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         Soverign antidote to drive out discontent in all that any way suffer affliction. Part 2.
         Younge, Richard.
      
       
         
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             A sovereign antidote to drive out discontent in all that any way suffer affliction As also the benefit of affliction; and how to husband it so, that the weakest Christian (with blessing from above) may be able to support himself in his most miserable exigents. Together with the wit, generosity, magnanimity and invincible strength of a patient Christian rightly so stiled, and as is herein characterized extracted out of the choisest authors, ancient and modern, both holy and humane. Necessary to be read of all that any way suffer tribulation. The second part. By R. Younge, of Roxwell in Essex, Florilegus. Licensed and entered according to order.
             Soverign antidote to drive out discontent in all that any way suffer affliction. Part 2.
             Younge, Richard.
          
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           A
           SOVEREIGN
           ANTIDOTE
           To
           drive
           out
           DISCONTENT
           In
           all
           that
           any
           way
           suffer
           Affliction
           .
           As
           also
           the
           Benefit
           of
           Affliction
           ;
           and
           how
           to
           Husband
           it
           so
           ,
           that
           the
           weakest
           Christian
           (
           with
           blessing
           from
           above
           )
           may
           be
           able
           to
           support
           himself
           in
           his
           most
           miserable
           exigents
           .
           Together
           with
           the
           Wit
           ,
           Generosity
           ,
           Magnanimity
           and
           Invincible
           strength
           of
           a
           patient
           Christian
           Rightly
           so
           stiled
           ,
           and
           as
           is
           herein
           Characterised
           Extracted
           out
           of
           the
           choisest
           Authors
           ,
           Ancient
           and
           Modern
           ,
           both
           Holy
           and
           Humane
           .
           
             Necessary
             to
             be
             read
             of
             all
             that
             any
             way
          
           suffer
           Tribulation
           .
           The
           Second
           Part.
           
        
         
           By
           
             R.
             Younge
          
           ,
           of
           Roxwell
           in
           Essex
           ,
           Florilegus
           .
        
         
           Licensed
           and
           Entered
           according
           to
           Order
           .
        
         
           
             All
             that
             will
             live
             godly
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             shall
             suffer
             persecution
             ,
          
           
             
               2
               Tim.
               3.12
            
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           the
           Author
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           House
           near
           the
           Wind-mills
           ,
           next
           dore
           to
           the
           three
           Colts
           :
           with
           more
           than
           forty
           other
           pieces
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           Author
           .
           1668.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         A
         SOVEREIGN
         ANTIDOTE
         To
         Drive
         out
         DISCONTENT
         ,
         &c.
         PART
         .
         II.
         
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           I.
           
        
         
           IN
           the
           former
           part
           I
           have
           Shewen
           the
           several
           Reasons
           ,
           why
           God
           suffers
           the
           best
           of
           his
           Children
           to
           be
           afflicted
           ;
           with
           the
           manifold
           benefits
           and
           advantages
           they
           make
           thereof
           .
           Now
           that
           some
           may
           be
           perswaded
           to
           make
           this
           use
           of
           their
           sufferings
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           may
           also
           put
           to
           silence
           the
           ignorance
           of
           others
           ;
           (
           
             foolish
             men
          
           who
           are
           mistaken
           in
           judging
           of
           this
           matter
           ,
           supposing
           it
           a
           base
           thing
           to
           suffer
           injuries
           unrevenged
           )
           see
           the
           Reasons
           which
           deservedly
           make
           
             Gods
             children
          
           so
           patiently
           to
           suffer
           wrongs
           that
           the
           
             men●
             of
             the
             world
          
           never
           dream
           of
           :
           And
           how
           ,
           through
           the
           study
           of
           vertue
           and
           
             Christian
             prudence
          
           ,
           they
           make
           the
           servile
           passions
           of
           their
           
             mindes
             (
             fear
          
           and
           anger
           )
           subject
           to
           the
           more
           worthy
           faculti●s
           of
           their
           
             souls
             ,
             reason
          
           and
           understanding
           .
           The
           reasons
           thereof
           are
           these
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Because
           it
           is
           more
           generous
           and
           laudable
           to
           forgive
           ,
           than
           revenge
           ▪
           Certainly
           ,
           in
           taking
           revenge
           ,
           a
           man
           is
           but
           
             even
             with
             his
             enemy
          
           ;
           but
           ,
           inpassing
           it
           over
           ,
           he
           is
           superiour
           to
           him
           :
           for
           it
           is
           a
           Princes
           part
           to
           pardon
           :
           yea
           ,
           quoth
           Alexander
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           nothing
           more
           noble
           ,
           than
           to
           
             do
             well
          
           to
           those
           that
           
             deserve
             ill
          
           .
           And
           St.
           Gregory
           ,
           It
           is
           more
           honor
           to
           
             suffer
             injuries
             by
             silence
          
           ,
           than
           to
           
             overcome
             them
             by
             answering
             again
             .
             Princes
          
           use
           not
           to
           chide
           when
           Embassadours
           have
           offered
           them
           undecencies
           ,
           but
           
             deny
             them
             audience
          
           as
           if
           silence
           were
           the
           
             way
             royall
             to
             correct
             a
             wrong
             .
          
           And
           certainly
           ,
           he
           enjoyes
           a
           brave
           composednesse
           ,
           that
           seats
           himself
           above
           the
           flight
           of
           the
           injurious
           claw
           :
           Like
           the
           
             Emperour
             Augustus
          
           ,
           who
           though
           of
           a
           most
           tenacious
           and
           
             retentive
             memory
          
           ,
           would
           forget
           wrongs
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           were
           offered
           :
           Or
           
             Agathocles
             ,
             Antigonus
          
           ,
           and
           Caesar
           ,
           who
           being
           great
           Potentates
           ,
           were
           as
           little
           moved
           at
           
             vulgar
             wrongs
          
           ,
           as
           a
           Lyon
           at
           the
           barking
           of
           Curre●
           ▪
           yea
           ,
           the
           Orator
           gives
           it
           as
           a
           high
           praise
           to
           Caesar
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           forget
           nothing
           but
           
             wrongs
             ,
             remember
          
           nothing
           but
           benefits
           ;
           and
           who
           so
           truly
           noble
           as
           he
           that
           can
           do
           ill
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           ?
        
         
           '
           True
           ,
           It
           is
           not
           rare
           to
           see
           
             a
             grea●
             man
          
           vex
           himself
           at
           the
           neglect
           of
           a
           peasant
           ,
           but
           this
           argues
           
             a
             poor
             spirit
          
           :
           A
           true
           Lyon
           would
           
             pass
             it
             by
          
           ,
           with
           
           an
           
             honourable
             scorn
          
           ▪
           You
           'l
           confesse
           then
           't
           is
           Princely
           to
           
             disdain
             a
             wrong
          
           :
           and
           is
           that
           all
           ?
           No
           ,
           forgiveness
           ,
           saith
           Seneca
           ,
           is
           a
           valiant
           kinde
           of
           revenge
           :
           and
           none
           are
           so
           frequent
           in
           pardoning
           as
           the
           couragious
           :
           He
           that
           is
           modestly
           valiant
           stirs
           not
           till
           he
           must
           needs
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           purpose
           :
           Like
           the
           Flint
           ,
           he
           hath
           fire
           in
           him
           ,
           but
           it
           
             appears
             not
          
           ,
           untill
           you
           
             force
             it
          
           from
           him
           :
           Who
           more
           valiant
           than
           Ioshua
           ?
           and
           he
           held
           it
           the
           
             noblest
             victory
             ,
             to
             overcome
             evil
             with
             good
          
           :
           for
           the
           Gibeonites
           took
           not
           so
           much
           pains
           
             in
             coming
             to
             deceive
             him
          
           ;
           as
           he
           ,
           in
           
             going
             to
             deliver
             them
          
           .
           And
           Cicero
           more
           commends
           Caesar
           for
           overcoming
           his
           
             own
             courage
          
           in
           pardoning
           Marcellus
           ,
           than
           for
           the
           
             great
             victories
          
           he
           had
           against
           his
           other
           enemies
           .
           Yea
           ,
           a
           dominion
           over
           ones
           self
           is
           greater
           then
           the
           
             Grand
             Signiory
             of
             Turkie
          
           .
           For
           as
           the
           
             greatest
             knowledge
          
           ,
           is
           truly
           to
           
             know
             thy self
          
           ;
           so
           the
           
             greatest
             conquest
          
           ,
           is
           to
           
             subdue
             thy self
          
           .
           He
           is
           a
           wiseman
           that
           can
           avoid
           an
           evil
           ,
           he
           is
           a
           
             patient
             man
          
           that
           can
           indure
           it
           ,
           but
           he
           is
           a
           
             valiant
             man
          
           that
           can
           conquer
           it
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           for
           a
           man
           to
           
             overcome
             an
             enemy
          
           ,
           and
           
             be
             overcome
             by
             his
             own
             passions
             ,
          
           is
           to
           
             conquer
             a
             petty
             village
          
           with
           the
           
             losse
             of
             a
             large
             City
          
           .
           What
           saith
           a
           Father
           ?
           Miserable
           is
           that
           victory
           wherein
           thou
           
             overcomest
             thine
             enemy
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Divel
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           
             overcomes
             thee
          
           :
           thou
           
             slayest
             his
             body
          
           ,
           the
           
             Divel
             thy
             soul
          
           .
           Now
           we
           deem
           him
           to
           have
           the
           
             honour
             of
             the
             warre
          
           ,
           that
           hath
           the
           
             profit
             of
             it
          
           .
           But
           as
           an
           Emperour
           said
           of
           the
           means
           prescribed
           him
           to
           cure
           his
           Leprosie
           (
           which
           was
           the
           
             blood
             of
             Infants
          
           )
           I
           had
           rather
           be
           sick
           still
           ,
           than
           be
           recovered
           by
           such
           a
           medicine
           :
           so
           wilt
           thou
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           if
           thou
           hast
           either
           bowels
           or
           brains
           .
           Yea
           ,
           if
           the
           price
           or
           honour
           of
           the
           conquest
           be
           rated
           by
           the
           difficulty
           ;
           then
           to
           suppresse
           anger
           in
           thy self
           ,
           is
           to
           conquer
           with
           Hercules
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Furies
           :
           To
           tame
           all
           passions
           ,
           is
           to
           lead
           Cerberus
           in
           chains
           :
           and
           to
           indure
           afflictions
           and
           
             persecutions
             strongly
          
           and
           patiently
           ,
           is
           with
           Atlas
           to
           bear
           the
           whole
           World
           on
           thy
           shoulders
           as
           saith
           the
           Poet.
           
        
         
           It
           is
           no
           shame
           to
           
             suffer
             ill
          
           ,
           but
           to
           
             do
             it
          
           :
           to
           be
           evil
           ,
           we
           are
           all
           
             naturally
             disposed
          
           :
           to
           be
           holy
           and
           good
           ,
           is
           the
           difficulty
           .
           Yea
           ,
           every
           beast
           and
           vermine
           can
           kill
           :
           it
           is
           true
           prowesse
           and
           honour
           to
           
             give
             life
          
           and
           
             preserve
             it
          
           .
           Yea
           a
           beast
           being
           snarled
           at
           by
           a
           cur
           ,
           will
           pass
           by
           as
           scorning
           to
           
             take
             notice
          
           thereof
           .
           I
           ,
           but
           is
           it
           wisdome
           so
           to
           do
           ?
           Yes
           ,
           first
           ,
           the
           
             ancient
             received
             opinion
          
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           
             sinews
             of
             wisdome
          
           ,
           are
           slowness
           of
           belief
           and
           distrust
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           None
           more
           wise
           then
           Solomon
           ,
           and
           he
           is
           of
           opinion
           ,
           
             That
             it
             is
             the
             glory
             of
             a
             man
             to
             pass
             by
             an
             offence
             ,
          
           Prov.
           19.11
           .
           We
           fools
           think
           it
           ignominy
           and
           cowardise
           ,
           to
           put
           up
           the
           lye
           without
           a
           stub
           :
           a
           wrong
           ,
           without
           a
           challenge
           :
           but
           Solomon●
           to
           whose
           wisdome
           all
           
             wise
             men
          
           will
           subscribe
           ,
           was
           of
           another
           judgment
           ;
           and
           to
           this
           of
           Solomon
           ,
           the
           wisest
           heathen
           have
           set
           their
           
             seal
             :
             Pittaeus
          
           the
           Philosopher
           holds
           ,
           That
           ,
           pardon
           is
           better
           than
           revenge
           ,
           inasmuch
           as
           the
           one
           is
           proper
           to
           the
           spirit
           ,
           the
           other
           to
           a
           
             cruel
             beast
          
           .
           And
           Demos●henes
           being
           reproached
           by
           one
           ,
           answers
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           strive
           with
           thee
           in
           this
           kind
           of
           fight
           :
           in
           which
           he
           that
           is
           overcome
           is
           the
           better
           man.
           But
           ,
           how
           Socrates
           ,
           whom
           the
           
             Oracle
             of
             Apollo
          
           pronounced
           the
           
             wisest
             man
          
           alive
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Philosophers
           approved
           of
           it
           ,
           both
           by
           judgment
           and
           
           practise
           ;
           we
           shall
           have
           occasion
           to
           relate
           in
           the
           reasons
           insuing
           .
           No
           truer
           note
           of
           a
           wiseman
           than
           this
           ;
           he
           so
           loves
           as
           if
           he
           were
           to
           be
           an
           enemy
           ,
           and
           so
           hates
           as
           if
           he
           were
           to
           love
           again
           .
           We
           know
           a
           
             spark
             of
             fire
          
           falling
           upon
           a
           
             solid
             body
          
           ,
           presently
           
             goes
             out
          
           ,
           which
           falling
           upon
           
             combustible
             matter
             kindles
          
           and
           burns
           :
           Now
           as
           with
           fire
           ,
           the
           light
           stuff
           and
           rubbish
           kindles
           sooner
           than
           the
           solid
           and
           more
           compact
           ;
           so
           ,
           anger
           doth
           sooner
           
             inflame
             a
             fool
          
           than
           
             a
             man
             composed
          
           in
           his
           resolutions
           .
           This
           the
           
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           witnesseth
           Eccles
           .
           7.
           
           
             Be
             not
             thou
             of
             a
             hasty
             spirit
             to
             be
             angry
             ;
             for
             anger
             resteth
             in
             the
             bosome
             of
             fools
             ,
          
           vers
           .
           9.
           
           So
           much
           fury
           ,
           so
           much
           folly
           :
           the
           
             more
             chafing
          
           ,
           the
           
             lesse
             wisdome
          
           .
           I
           confesse
           ,
           I
           finde
           some
           
             wise
             men
          
           extreamly
           passionate
           by
           nature
           ,
           as
           there
           is
           no
           
             generall
             rule
          
           but
           admits
           of
           some
           exceptions
           :
           Even
           God
           himself
           ,
           had
           
             particular
             exceptions
          
           ,
           from
           his
           
             generall
             Laws
          
           :
           as
           the
           Cherubims
           over
           the
           Ark
           ,
           was
           an
           instance
           against
           the
           
             second
             Commandment
          
           :
           the
           
             Israelites
             robbing
          
           the
           Aegyptians
           against
           the
           eight
           :
           the
           
             Priests
             breaking
             the
             Sabboth
          
           ,
           Matth.
           12.5
           .
           against
           the
           fourth
           :
           and
           
             Phin●as
             killing
             Zimry
          
           ,
           against
           the
           sixth
           ,
           Numb
           .
           25.8
           .
           And
           these
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           more
           taken
           with
           a
           joy
           ,
           so
           they
           
             tast
             a
             discontent
          
           more
           heavily
           :
           In
           whom
           
             Choler
             like
             fire
             in
             stubble
          
           is
           
             soon
             kindled
          
           ,
           and
           
             soon
             out
          
           :
           for
           they
           are
           stung
           with
           a
           Nettle
           ,
           and
           allayed
           with
           a
           Dock
           :
           being
           like
           Gun-powder
           ,
           to
           which
           you
           no
           sooner
           give
           fire
           ,
           but
           they
           fly
           in
           your
           face
           .
           And
           they
           say
           these
           
             hot
             men
          
           are
           the
           
             best
             natur'd
          
           ;
           but
           I
           say
           ;
           then
           the
           best
           are
           nought
           :
           And
           it
           is
           a
           strange
           fit
           that
           
             transformes
             a
             wiseman
          
           (
           with
           Apuleius
           )
           into
           an
           Asse
           ;
           yea
           ,
           a
           Tyger
           .
           And
           others
           again
           ,
           
             none
             of
             the
             wisest
          
           ,
           who
           are
           free
           from
           being
           affected
           ;
           And
           as
           they
           never
           
             joy
             excessively
          
           ,
           so
           they
           never
           
             sorrow
             inordinately
          
           ;
           but
           have
           together
           
             lesse
             mirth
          
           and
           
             lesse
             mourning
          
           ;
           like
           patient
           
             Gamesters
             ,
             winning
          
           and
           losing
           ,
           are
           all
           one
           .
           But
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           it
           is
           otherwise
           .
           Yea
           ,
           impatience
           is
           the
           
             Cousin-german
             to
             frenzie
          
           .
           How
           oft
           have
           we
           heard
           men
           that
           have
           been
           
             displeased
             with
             others
             ,
             tear
          
           the
           Name
           of
           
             their
             Maker
          
           in
           pieces
           ?
        
         
           And
           lastly
           ,
           This
           of
           all
           others
           is
           the
           most
           divine
           and
           Christian-like
           revenge
           ;
           witnesse
           our
           
             Saviour
             Christ
          
           ,
           who
           by
           death
           ,
           overcame
           death
           (
           as
           David
           cut
           off
           the
           head
           of
           Goliah
           ,
           with
           his
           own
           sword
           )
           and
           even
           then
           tryumphed
           over
           his
           enemies
           ,
           when
           most
           they
           seemed
           to
           tryumph
           over
           him
           ,
           Col.
           2.15
           .
           And
           the
           Martyrs
           ,
           who
           are
           said
           by
           the
           
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           ,
           to
           overcome
           the
           great
           Dragon
           ,
           that
           
             old
             Serpent
          
           called
           the
           Divell
           and
           Satan
           ,
           in
           that
           they
           loved
           not
           their
           lives
           unto
           the
           death
           ,
           Rev.
           12.11
           .
           Their
           conquering
           was
           by
           dying
           ,
           not
           by
           killing
           :
           and
           ,
           can
           the
           
             back
             of
             Charity
          
           now
           bear
           no
           load
           ?
           are
           the
           
             sinews
             of
             Love
          
           grown
           so
           feeble
           ?
           And
           holy
           David
           ,
           who
           when
           he
           had
           Saul
           at
           his
           mercy
           ,
           instead
           of
           
             cutting
             off
             his
             head
          
           ,
           as
           his
           servants
           perswaded
           him
           ,
           only
           
             cut
             off
             the
             lap
             of
             his
             garmnet
             ,
          
           and
           after
           thought
           that
           too
           much
           al●o
           .
           And
           at
           another
           time
           ,
           when
           the
           Lord
           had
           closed
           him
           into
           his
           hands
           ,
           finding
           him
           asleep
           in
           the
           Fort
           ,
           instead
           of
           
             taking
             away
             his
             life
          
           ,
           as
           
           Abishai
           ●ounselled
           him
           ,
           he
           
             took
             away
             his
             Spear
          
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           
             taking
             away
             his
             ●lood
             from
             his
             heart
             ,
          
           he
           
             takes
             a
             pot
             of
             water
             from
             his
             head
             .
          
           That
           this
           kind
           of
           ●evenge
           for
           a
           man
           to
           find
           his
           enemy
           at
           an
           advantage
           ,
           and
           let
           him
           depart
           ●ree
           ,
           is
           generous
           and
           noble
           ,
           beyond
           the
           capacity
           of
           an
           ordinary
           man
           :
           you
           
           may
           hear
           
             Saul
             himself
          
           confesse
           ,
           1
           Sam.
           24.17
           ,
           to
           23.
           
           Again
           ,
           when
           the
           King
           of
           Syria
           sent
           a
           mighty
           Host
           to
           take
           Elisha
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           had
           smote
           them
           all
           with
           blindness
           ,
           and
           shut
           them
           into
           Samaria
           ;
           what
           doth
           the
           Prophet
           ?
           slay
           them
           ?
           No
           :
           indeed
           the
           King
           of
           Israel
           would
           fain
           have
           had
           it
           so
           ,
           his
           
             fingers
             itcht
          
           to
           be
           doing
           :
           but
           Elisha
           commanded
           bread
           and
           water
           to
           be
           set
           before
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           eat
           and
           drink
           ,
           and
           go
           to
           their
           Master
           ,
           2
           King.
           6.22
           .
           So
           a
           Christian
           truly
           generous
           ,
           will
           omit
           no
           opportunity
           of
           
             doing
             good
          
           :
           nor
           
             do
             evil
          
           ,
           though
           he
           have
           opportunity
           :
           for
           to
           may
           ,
           and
           
             will
             not
          
           ,
           is
           the
           
             Christians
             laud.
          
           
        
         
           Which
           yet
           is
           not
           all
           ,
           for
           besides
           that
           it
           is
           the
           most
           
             generous
             ,
             noble
             ,
             valiant
             ,
             wise
             ,
             divine
          
           and
           
             Christian-like
             revenge
          
           ,
           to
           
             passe
             by
          
           and
           
             forgive
             injuries
          
           ;
           our
           
             Saviour
             Christ
          
           ,
           in
           whom
           is
           the
           fountain
           of
           all
           wisdome
           and
           knowledge
           ,
           as
           all
           the
           senses
           are
           in
           the
           head
           ,
           Zach.
           4.12
           .
           allowes
           none
           for
           magnanimous
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           together
           with
           forgiving
           ,
           
             bless
             those
             that
             curse
             them
             ,
             and
             do
             good
             to
             such
             as
             hurt
             them
             ,
          
           Matth.
           5
           ,
           44.
           
           The
           case
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
             Steven
          
           ,
           and
           many
           others
           ;
           as
           I
           shall
           shew
           in
           Chapter
           31.
           which
           is
           true
           generosity
           indeed
           .
           But
           how
           contrary
           is
           the
           opinion
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           to
           the
           judgment
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           wisest
           of
           men
           concerning
           valour
           ?
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           II.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           BEcause
           suffering
           is
           the
           only
           way
           to
           
             prevent
             suffering
             ;
             Revenge
          
           being
           one
           of
           those
           remedies
           ,
           which
           ,
           not
           seldom
           ,
           proves
           more
           grievous
           than
           the
           disease
           it self
           .
           When
           once
           Xantippe
           ,
           the
           wife
           of
           Socrates
           ,
           in
           the
           open
           street
           pluckt
           his
           cloak
           from
           his
           back
           ;
           and
           some
           of
           his
           acquaintance
           counselled
           him
           to
           
             strike
             her
          
           :
           he
           answers
           ,
           You
           say
           well
           ;
           that
           while
           we
           are
           brawling
           and
           fighting
           together
           ,
           every
           one
           of
           you
           may
           
             clap
             us
             on
             the
             back
          
           &
           cry
           ;
           Hoe
           ,
           well
           said
           ,
           to
           it
           Socrates
           :
           yea
           well
           done
           Xantippe
           ,
           the
           wisest
           of
           the
           twain
           .
           When
           Aristippus
           was
           asked
           by
           one
           in
           derision
           ,
           where
           the
           great
           high
           friendship
           was
           become
           ,
           that
           formerly
           had
           been
           between
           him
           and
           Aeschines
           ?
           he
           answers
           ,
           It
           is
           asleep
           ,
           but
           I
           will
           go
           and
           
             awaken
             it
          
           ;
           and
           did
           so
           ,
           least
           their
           enemies
           should
           make
           it
           a
           matter
           of
           rejoycing
           .
           When
           
             Philip
             of
             Macedon
          
           was
           told
           that
           the
           Graecians
           spake
           
             evil
             words
          
           of
           him
           ,
           notwithstanding
           he
           did
           them
           
             much
             good
          
           ,
           and
           was
           withall
           counselled
           to
           chastise
           them
           ;
           he
           answers
           ,
           Your
           counsel
           is
           not
           good
           ,
           for
           if
           they
           now
           
             speak
             evil
          
           of
           us
           ,
           having
           done
           them
           
             good
             only
          
           ;
           what
           would
           they
           then
           if
           we
           should
           do
           them
           any
           harm
           ?
           And
           at
           another
           time
           ,
           being
           counselled
           either
           to
           banish
           ,
           or
           put
           to
           death
           one
           who
           had
           slandered
           him
           ;
           he
           would
           do
           neither
           of
           both
           ,
           saying
           ,
           It
           was
           not
           a
           sufficient
           cause
           to
           condemn
           him
           :
           and
           for
           banishing
           ,
           it
           was
           better
           not
           to
           let
           him
           stirre
           out
           of
           Macedonia
           ,
           where
           all
           men
           knew
           that
           he
           lyed
           ;
           th●n
           to
           send
           him
           among
           strangers
           ,
           who
           not
           knowing
           him
           ,
           might
           admit
           his
           slanders
           for
           truth
           :
           better
           he
           speak
           where
           we
           are
           
             both
             known
          
           ,
           then
           where
           we
           are
           
             both
             unknown
          
           .
           And
           this
           made
           Chrysippus
           ,
           when
           one
           complained
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           his
           friend
           had
           
             reproached
             him
             
             privately
          
           ;
           answer
           ,
           Ah
           ,
           but
           chide
           him
           not
           ,
           for
           then
           he
           will
           do
           
             as
             much
             in
             publike
             ▪
             Neglect
          
           will
           sooner
           kill
           an
           injury
           ,
           than
           Revenge
           .
           These
           tongue-squibs
           ,
           or
           
             crackers
             of
             the
             brain
          
           ,
           will
           die
           alone
           ,
           if
           we
           revive
           them
           not
           :
           the
           best
           way
           to
           have
           them
           
             forgotten
             by
             others
          
           ,
           is
           first
           to
           
             forget
             them
             our selves
          
           .
           Yea
           ,
           to
           contemn
           an
           enemy
           ,
           is
           better
           then
           either
           to
           
             fear
             him
             ,
             or
             answer
             him
             .
          
           When
           the
           
             Passenger
             gallops
          
           by
           ,
           as
           if
           his
           fear
           made
           him
           speedy
           ,
           the
           Cur
           followes
           him
           with
           
             open
             mouth
          
           and
           swiftness
           :
           let
           him
           turn
           to
           the
           brawling
           Cur
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           be
           
             more
             fierce
          
           ;
           but
           let
           him
           ride
           by
           in
           a
           confident
           neglect
           ,
           and
           the
           Dog
           will
           never
           stir
           at
           him
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           will
           soon
           give
           over
           and
           be
           quiet
           .
           Wherefore
           ,
           when
           aspersed
           ,
           labour
           as
           the
           
             eclipsed
             Moon
          
           ,
           to
           keep
           on
           our
           motion
           ,
           till
           we
           wade
           out
           of
           the
           shadow
           ,
           and
           receive
           our
           former
           splendor
           .
           To
           
             vex
             other
             men
          
           ,
           is
           but
           to
           prompt
           them
           how
           they
           should
           again
           vexus
           .
           Two
           
             earthen
             pots
             floating
          
           on
           the
           water
           ,
           with
           this
           Inscription
           ,
           If
           we
           knock
           ,
           we
           crack
           ;
           was
           long
           ago
           made
           the
           Emblem
           of
           England
           and
           the
           Low-Countreys
           .
           When
           
             two
             friends
          
           fall
           out
           ,
           if
           one
           be
           not
           the
           wiser
           ,
           they
           turn
           
             love
             into
             anger
             and
             passion
             ,
             passion
             into
             evil
             words
             ,
             words
             into
             blows
          
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           are
           fighting
           a
           third
           adversary
           hath
           a
           fair
           
             advantage
             to
             insult
          
           over
           them
           both
           ,
           As
           have
           you
           not
           sometimes
           seen
           two
           neighbours
           ,
           like
           
             two
             Cocks
          
           of
           the
           Game
           
             pick
             out
             one
             anothers
             eyes
          
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           Lawyers
           sport
           ;
           it
           may
           be
           kill
           them
           ?
           As
           while
           Iudah
           was
           hot
           against
           Israel
           and
           Israel
           hot
           against
           Iudah
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           Syria
           smot
           them
           both
           .
           At
           least
           Sathan
           that
           common
           and
           arch
           enemy
           will
           have
           us
           at
           advantage
           .
           For
           as
           vain
           men
           delight
           when
           two
           Dogs
           ,
           or
           two
           Cocks
           are
           
             a
             fighting
          
           ,
           to
           encourage
           and
           prick
           them
           forward
           to
           the
           combate
           :
           Even
           so
           doth
           Satan
           deal
           with
           us
           ;
           
             Controversies
             ▪
          
           like
           a
           pair
           of
           Cudgels
           ,
           are
           thrown
           in
           by
           the
           Devill
           ,
           and
           taken
           up
           by
           male-contents
           ,
           who
           baste
           one
           another
           while
           he
           stands
           by
           and
           laughs
           .
           And
           we
           cannot
           please
           the
           Devill
           better
           :
           for
           as
           the
           
             Master
             of
             the
             Pit
          
           oft
           sets
           two
           Cocks
           to
           fight
           together
           ,
           unto
           the
           death
           of
           them
           both
           ;
           and
           then
           after
           mutuall
           conquest
           ,
           suppeth
           perchance
           with
           the
           
             fighters
             bodies
          
           :
           Even
           so
           ,
           saith
           Gregory
           ,
           doth
           the
           Devil
           deal
           with
           men
           .
           He
           is
           an
           enemy
           that
           watcheth
           his
           time
           and
           while
           
             we
             wound
             one
             another
          
           ,
           he
           wounds
           and
           
             wins
             all
             our
             souls
          
           .
           Thus
           ,
           like
           the
           Frog
           and
           the
           Mouse
           in
           the
           Fable
           ;
           while
           
             men
             fight
          
           eagerly
           for
           a
           toy
           (
           the
           Kite
           comes
           (
           that
           Prince
           ,
           and
           
             chief
             Foul
          
           that
           rul●th
           in
           the
           aire
           ,
           )
           and
           snatcheth
           away
           both
           these
           
             great
             warriours
          
           .
           Or
           ,
           like
           two
           Emmets
           in
           the
           
             mole
             hill
          
           of
           this
           earth
           ,
           we
           
             fight
             for
             the
             mastery
          
           ;
           in
           mean
           while
           comes
           the
           
             Robin-red
             breast
          
           and
           picks
           both
           up
           ,
           and
           so
           
             devours
             them
          
           .
           But
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           
             by
             gentleness
          
           we
           may
           as
           much
           
             pleasure
             our selves
          
           .
           It
           is
           said
           of
           Aristides
           ,
           when
           he
           perceived
           the
           
             open
             scandall
          
           which
           was
           like
           to
           arise
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           contention
           sprung
           up
           between
           him
           and
           Themistocles
           ,
           that
           he
           besought
           him
           mildly
           after
           this
           manner
           :
           Sir
           ,
           we
           both
           are
           
             no
             mean
             men
          
           in
           this
           
             Common
             wealth
          
           ;
           our
           dissention
           will
           prove
           
             no
             small
             offence
             unto
             others
          
           ,
           nor
           
             disparagement
             to
             our selves
          
           :
           wherefore
           good
           Themistocles
           ,
           let
           us
           be
           at
           one
           again
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           will
           needs
           strive
           ,
           let
           us
           strive
           who
           shall
           excell
           other
           
             in
             vertue
             and
             love
             .
             Aristippus
          
           and
           Aeschines
           two
           famous
           Philosophers
           ,
           being
           
           fallen
           at
           variance
           ,
           Aristippus
           came
           to
           Aeschines
           ,
           and
           saies
           ,
           Shall
           we
           〈◊〉
           friends
           again
           ?
           Yes
           ,
           with
           all
           my
           heart
           ,
           saies
           Aeschines
           ;
           Remember
           th●●
           saith
           Aristippus
           ,
           that
           though
           I
           be
           your
           elder
           ,
           yet
           I
           sought
           for
           peace
           :
           tru●
           saith
           Aeschines
           ,
           and
           for
           this
           ,
           I
           will
           ever
           ackowledge
           you
           the
           more
           worthy
           man
           ;
           for
           I
           began
           the
           strife
           and
           you
           the
           peace
           .
           And
           we
           read
           of
           Euclid●●
           that
           when
           his
           Brother
           (
           in
           a
           variance
           between
           them
           )
           said
           ,
           
             I
             would
             I
             migh●
             die
          
           if
           I
           be
           not
           revenged
           of
           thee
           ;
           he
           answered
           again
           ,
           Nay
           ,
           
             let
             me
             die
             for
             it
             ▪
          
           if
           I
           perswade
           thee
           not
           otherwise
           before
           I
           have
           done
           :
           by
           which
           
             one
             wo●●
          
           he
           presently
           so
           
             won
             his
             Brothers
             heart
          
           ,
           that
           he
           
             changed
             his
             minde
          
           ,
           and
           they
           
             parted
             friends
          
           .
           Milde
           words
           ,
           and
           gentle
           behaviour
           may
           be
           resembled
           to
           Milk
           ,
           that
           quencheth
           
             Wild
             fire
          
           ;
           or
           Oyl
           ,
           that
           quencheth
           Lime
           which
           b●
           water
           is
           kindled
           .
           And
           this
           was
           Davids
           way
           of
           overcoming
           ,
           1
           Sam.
           24
           ▪
           He
           whose
           Harp
           had
           wont
           to
           
             quiet
             Sauls
             frenzie
          
           ,
           now
           by
           his
           kindness
           ,
           dot●
           
             calm
             his
             fury
          
           ,
           so
           that
           now
           he
           
             sheds
             tears
             instead
             of
             blood
          
           :
           here
           was
           a
           
             victory
             gotten
          
           ,
           and
           no
           
             blow
             stricken
          
           .
           The
           King
           of
           Israel
           set
           bread
           and
           water
           before
           the
           host
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Syria
           ,
           when
           he
           might
           have
           
             slain
             them
          
           ,
           2
           King
           6.23
           ▪
           What
           did
           he
           lose
           by
           it
           ?
           or
           ,
           had
           he
           cause
           to
           repent
           himself
           ?
           No
           ,
           he
           did
           thereby
           so
           
             prevent
             succeeding
             quarrels
          
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           Text
           saith
           ▪
           
             the
             bands
             o●
             Aram
          
           came
           no
           more
           
             into
             the
             Land
             of
             Israel
          
           ;
           And
           such
           a
           conquest
           is
           like
           that
           which
           Evagrius
           recordeth
           of
           the
           Romans
           ,
           namely
           ,
           That
           they
           got
           such
           a
           victory
           over
           Cosroes
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Persian
           Kings
           ,
           that
           this
           Cosroes
           made
           a
           Law
           ,
           that
           never
           after
           ,
           any
           Kings
           of
           Persia
           should
           move
           warre
           against
           the
           Romans
           .
           Actions
           salved
           up
           w●th
           a
           free
           forgiveness
           ,
           are
           as
           not
           done
           ▪
           so
           every
           
             wise
             Christian
          
           will
           do
           good
           to
           them
           that
           do
           hurt
           to
           him
           ,
           yea
           blesse
           and
           pray
           for
           them
           that
           
             curse
             him
          
           ,
           as
           our
           Saviour
           adviseth
           ▪
           neither
           is
           he
           a
           fool
           in
           it
           ,
           for
           if
           grace
           comes
           (
           and
           nothing
           will
           procure
           it
           sooner
           than
           prayers
           and
           good
           examples
           )
           though
           before
           they
           were
           
             evil
             enemies
          
           ;
           now
           they
           shall
           neither
           be
           evil
           ,
           nor
           enemies
           .
           It
           was
           a
           witty
           answer
           of
           Socrates
           ,
           who
           replied
           when
           one
           asked
           him
           ,
           why
           he
           took
           such
           a
           mans
           
             bitter
             railing
          
           so
           
             patiently
             .
             It
             is
             enough
             for
             one
             to
             be
             angry
             at
             a
             time
             .
          
           For
           if
           a
           wise
           man
           contend
           with
           a
           foolish
           man
           ,
           saith
           Solomon
           ,
           whether
           he
           be
           
             angry
             ,
             or
             laugh
          
           ,
           there
           is
           
             no
             rest
          
           .
           Prov.
           29.9
           .
           whereas
           
             gentle
             speech
             appeaseth
             wrath
          
           ,
           and
           
             patience
             bridleth
             the
             secret
             pratlings
          
           of
           
             mockers
             ,
             and
             blunteth
             the
             point
             of
             their
             reproach
             .
          
           Had
           not
           Gideon
           ,
           Judg.
           &
           .
           learned
           to
           
             speak
             fair
          
           as
           well
           as
           to
           smite
           ,
           he
           had
           found
           work
           enough
           from
           the
           swords
           of
           Iosephs
           sonnes
           ,
           but
           his
           
             good
             words
          
           are
           as
           victorious
           as
           his
           sword
           :
           his
           
             pacification
             of
             friends
          
           better
           than
           his
           
             execution
             of
             enemies
          
           ,
           Vers
           .
           2
           ,
           3
        
         
           Satyrus
           ,
           knowing
           himself
           cholerick
           and
           in
           that
           whirry
           of
           mind
           apt
           to
           transgresse
           ,
           when
           he
           but
           
             suspected
             ill
             language
          
           from
           any
           ,
           he
           would
           
             stop
             his
             cars
             with
             wax
          
           ,
           lest
           the
           sense
           of
           it
           should
           cause
           his
           
             fierce
             blood
          
           to
           
             seeth
             in
             his
             distempered
             skin
          
           .
           And
           Caesar
           ,
           although
           he
           could
           moderate
           his
           passions
           ,
           having
           in
           that
           civil
           garboyl
           intercepted
           a
           
             Packet
             of
             Letters
          
           written
           to
           Pompey
           from
           his
           Favorites
           ,
           
             brake
             them
             not
             open
             but
             burnt
             them
          
           immediately
           .
           And
           Pompey
           committed
           those
           Letters
           to
           the
           f●re
           before
           he
           
           read
           them
           ,
           wherein
           he
           expected
           to
           find
           the
           cause
           
             of
             his
             grief
             .
             Rage
          
           is
           not
           ingendred
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           
             concurrence
             of
             cholers
          
           ,
           which
           are
           easily
           produced
           one
           of
           another
           ,
           and
           
             born
             at
             an
             instant
          
           .
           When
           the
           stone
           and
           the
           sseel
           meets
           ,
           the
           
             issue
             ingendred
          
           from
           thence
           is
           fire
           ,
           w●ereas
           the
           
             sword
             of
             anger
          
           being
           struck
           upon
           the
           
             soft
             pillow
          
           of
           a
           
             milde
             spirit
          
           ,
           is
           broken
           .
           The
           shot
           of
           the
           Cannon
           hurts
           not
           Wool
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           
             yeilding
             things
          
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           is
           
             hard
             ,
             stubborn
             ,
             and
             resisting
             .
          
           He
           is
           fuller
           of
           passion
           than
           reason
           ,
           that
           will
           flame
           at
           every
           vain
           
             tongues
             puff
          
           :
           A
           man
           that
           
             studies
             revenge
          
           ,
           keeps
           his
           own
           
             wounds
             green
          
           and
           open
           ,
           which
           otherwise
           would
           heal
           and
           do
           
             well
             .
             Anger
          
           to
           the
           soul
           ,
           is
           like
           a
           
             coal
             on
             the
             flesh
          
           ,
           or
           
             garment
             ,
             cast
             it
             off
          
           suddenly
           ,
           it
           doth
           little
           harm
           ,
           but
           
             let
             it
             lye
          
           ,
           it
           frets
           deep
           .
           Wherefore
           saith
           one
           ,
           their
           malice
           shall
           sooner
           cease
           than
           my
           unchanged
           patience
           .
           A
           
             small
             injury
          
           shall
           go
           as
           it
           comes
           ,
           a
           
             great
             injury
          
           may
           
             dine
             or
             sup
          
           with
           me
           ,
           but
           none
           at
           all
           shall
           lodge
           with
           me
           ,
           for
           why
           should
           I
           
             vex
             my self
          
           ,
           because
           
             another
             hath
             vexed
             me
          
           ?
           That
           were
           to
           imitate
           the
           fool
           that
           would
           not
           come
           out
           of
           the
           Pound
           ,
           saying
           ,
           They
           had
           
             put
             him
             in
             b●
             Law
          
           ,
           and
           he
           would
           
             come
             out
             again
             by
             Law
          
           :
           or
           Ahab
           ,
           who
           because
           he
           could
           not
           have
           his
           will
           on
           Naboth
           ,
           would
           be
           
             revenged
             on
             himself
          
           .
           As
           the
           
             mad
             man
          
           tears
           his
           own
           hair
           ,
           because
           he
           cannot
           come
           at
           his
           enemies
           ,
           Or
           Thamar
           ,
           who
           defiled
           her self
           ,
           to
           be
           revenged
           of
           her
           Father
           in
           law
           Iudah
           .
           Or
           the
           
             Hedg
             hog
          
           ,
           which
           having
           laden
           himself
           with
           Nuts
           and
           fruits
           ,
           if
           but
           the
           least
           Filberd
           chance
           to
           fall
           off
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           going
           to
           disburden
           them
           in
           his
           store-house
           ,
           will
           fling
           down
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           in
           a
           peevish
           humour
           ,
           and
           beat
           the
           ground
           for
           anger
           ,
           as
           Pliny
           writes
           .
           Or
           Dogs
           ,
           which
           set
           upon
           the
           stone
           that
           hath
           hurt
           them
           ,
           with
           such
           irefull
           teeth
           ,
           that
           they
           hurt
           themselves
           more
           than
           the
           thrower
           hurt
           them
           ;
           and
           feel
           greater
           smart
           from
           themselves
           ,
           than
           from
           their
           enemy
           :
           which
           makes
           Archelaus
           say
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           great
           evill
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           able
           to
           suffer
           evill
           .
           And
           certainly
           if
           we
           well
           consider
           it
           ,
           we
           shall
           meet
           with
           vexations
           enough
           that
           we
           cannot
           avoid
           if
           we
           would
           never
           so
           fain
           .
           We
           need
           not
           (
           like
           Cercion
           in
           Suidas
           )
           wrestle
           ,
           or
           (
           with
           foolish
           Pannus
           )
           go
           to
           law
           with
           every
           man
           we
           meet
           .
           And
           yet
           some
           (
           as
           if
           they
           did
           delight
           to
           vex
           their
           own
           souls
           ,
           )
           like
           the
           Ethiopians
           ,
           who
           ,
           as
           Diodorus
           relates
           ,
           
             lame
             themselves
          
           if
           their
           King
           be
           lame
           .
        
         
           I
           might
           go
           on
           ,
           and
           shew
           you
           ,
           that
           Greece
           and
           Asia
           were
           set
           on
           fire
           for
           an
           Apple
           :
           That
           ,
           not
           a
           few
           have
           suffered
           
             a
             sword
             in
             their
             bowels
          
           ,
           because
           they
           would
           not
           suffer
           the
           
             lye
             in
             their
             throats
          
           :
           And
           lastly
           ,
           I
           might
           shew
           ,
           that
           if
           we
           
             suffer
             not
             here
             with
             patience
          
           ,
           we
           shall
           
             suffer
             hereafter
             with
             grief
          
           ;
           for
           the
           wages
           of
           anger
           is
           judgement
           ,
           even
           the
           
             judgment
             of
             hell
             fire
          
           ,
           Mat.
           5
           ,
           22.
           
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           III.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           THey
           bear
           the
           slanders
           and
           reproaches
           of
           wicked
           men
           patiently
           ,
           for
           that
           they
           are
           false
           ,
           and
           so
           appertain
           not
           unto
           them
           .
           Socrates
           being
           
             rayled
             upon
          
           ,
           and
           called
           by
           one
           all
           to
           naught
           ,
           took
           no
           notice
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           being
           
           demanded
           a
           
             reason
             of
             his
             Patience
          
           ,
           said
           ,
           It
           concerns
           me
           not
           ,
           for
           I
           am
           no
           
             such
             man.
             Diogenes
          
           was
           wont
           to
           say
           when
           the
           people
           mockt
           him
           ,
           They
           deride
           me
           ,
           yet
           I
           am
           not
           derided
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           
             the
             man
          
           they
           take
           me
           for
           .
           This
           reason
           is
           of
           more
           force
           from
           the
           mouth
           of
           an
           
             innocent
             Christian
          
           ▪
           If
           a
           rich
           man
           be
           called
           poor
           ,
           or
           a
           sound
           Christian
           ,
           an
           hypocrite
           ,
           he
           slights
           it
           ,
           he
           laught
           at
           it
           ,
           because
           he
           knoweth
           the
           same
           to
           be
           false
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           Accuser
           is
           mistaken
           :
           whereas
           ,
           if
           a
           Beggar
           be
           called
           bankrup
           ,
           or
           a
           
             dissembler
             ,
             hypocrite
          
           ,
           he
           will
           wince
           and
           kick
           ,
           and
           be
           most
           grievously
           offended
           at
           it
           .
           Yea
           ,
           as
           soares
           and
           ulcers
           are
           grieved
           ,
           not
           only
           at
           a
           ●ight
           touch
           ,
           but
           even
           with
           fear
           and
           suspition
           of
           being
           touched
           ,
           so
           will
           an
           
             exu●●erate
             minde
          
           ,
           saith
           Seneca
           .
           And
           as
           
             small
             letters
          
           offend
           
             bad
             eyes
          
           so
           least
           appearances
           of
           contradiction
           will
           grieve
           the
           
             ill
             affected
             ears
          
           of
           
             guil●y
             persons
          
           ,
           saith
           Plutarch
           .
           For
           ,
           let
           mens
           tongues
           ,
           like
           Bells
           ,
           give
           but
           an
           indefinite
           ,
           &
           not
           a
           
             significant
             sound
          
           ,
           they
           imagin
           them
           to
           speak
           and
           mean
           ,
           whatsoever
           their
           
             guilty
             consciences
          
           frame
           in
           the
           fancie
           ,
           and
           whisper
           in
           the
           ear
           :
           which
           are
           those
           evil
           surmises
           of
           corrupt
           mindes
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           taxeth
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           6.4
           .
           When
           like
           
             Caius
             the
             humanist
          
           ,
           one
           thinks
           every
           word
           spoken
           ,
           tends
           to
           his
           disgrace
           ,
           and
           is
           as
           unwilling
           to
           bear
           ,
           as
           forbear
           reproaches
           .
           But
           where
           the
           conscience
           is
           clear
           ,
           the
           
             case
             is
             altered
             .
             Marius
          
           was
           never
           offended
           with
           any
           report
           that
           went
           of
           him
           ,
           because
           if
           it
           were
           true
           ,
           it
           would
           sound
           to
           his
           praise
           ,
           if
           false
           ,
           his
           life
           and
           manners
           should
           prove
           it
           contrary
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           the
           best
           confutation
           of
           their
           slanders
           ,
           is
           not
           by
           our
           
             great
             words
          
           ,
           but
           by
           our
           
             good
             works
             .
             Sophocles
          
           being
           accused
           by
           his
           own
           children
           ,
           that
           he
           grew
           D●tard
           ,
           and
           spent
           their
           Patrimonies
           idly
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           summoned
           ,
           did
           not
           personally
           appear
           before
           the
           Magistrates
           ,
           but
           sent
           one
           of
           his
           new
           Tragedies
           to
           their
           perusall
           ,
           which
           being
           read
           ,
           made
           them
           confess
           ,
           This
           is
           not
           the
           work
           of
           a
           man
           that
           dotes
           .
           So
           against
           all
           clamours
           and
           swelling
           opprobries
           ,
           set
           but
           thine
           innocency
           and
           
             good
             life
          
           ,
           thou
           needest
           do
           no
           more
           .
           That
           body
           which
           is
           in
           good
           health
           ,
           is
           strong
           ,
           and
           able
           to
           bear
           the
           
             great
             storms
          
           and
           
             bitter
             cold
          
           of
           Winter
           ,
           and
           likewise
           the
           excessive
           and
           
             intemperate
             heat
          
           of
           the
           Summer
           ;
           but
           with
           a
           crazie
           and
           
             distempered
             body
          
           ,
           it
           is
           far
           otherwise
           :
           Even
           so
           ,
           a
           
             sound
             heart
          
           ,
           and
           
             clear
             conscience
          
           ,
           will
           abide
           
             all
             tryals
          
           :
           in
           prosperity
           it
           will
           not
           be
           
             lifted
             up
          
           ,
           in
           adversity
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           be
           utterly
           
             cast
             down
          
           :
           whereas
           ,
           the
           
             corrupt
             heart
          
           and
           
             festered
             conscience
          
           ,
           can
           endure
           nothing
           ,
           even
           a
           word
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           pleasing
           ,
           
             puffs
             him
             up
             with
             pride
          
           ,
           if
           not
           ,
           it
           
             swels
             him
             with
             passion
          
           .
           A
           
             guilty
             conscience
          
           (
           like
           Glasse
           ,
           )
           will
           sweat
           with
           the
           least
           breath
           ,
           and
           like
           a
           
             windy
             instrument
          
           ,
           be
           put
           out
           of
           tune
           with
           the
           very
           distemper
           of
           the
           aire
           :
           but
           when
           the
           
             soul
             is
             steeled
             with
             goodnesse
          
           ,
           no
           assaults
           of
           evil
           can
           
             daunt
             it
          
           .
           I
           more
           fear
           what
           is
           within
           me
           (
           sayes
           Luther
           )
           then
           what
           comes
           from
           without
           :
           The
           storms
           and
           wind
           without
           ,
           do
           never
           move
           the
           Earth
           ,
           only
           Vapours
           within
           ,
           cause
           Earthquakes
           ,
           Jam.
           4.1
           .
           No
           greater
           sign
           of
           innocency
           when
           we
           are
           accused
           ,
           than
           mildness
           ,
           as
           we
           see
           in
           Ioseph
           ,
           who
           being
           both
           accused
           and
           committed
           for
           forcing
           his
           Mistress
           ,
           answered
           just
           nothing
           that
           we
           can
           read
           of
           ,
           Gen.
           39.17
           ,
           18.
           
           And
           Susanna
           ,
           who
           being
           accused
           by
           the
           two
           Elders
           of
           an
           h●ynous
           crime
           (
           which
           they
           
           ●lone
           were
           guilty
           of
           ,
           )
           
             never
             contended
          
           by
           laying
           the
           fault
           upon
           them
           ,
           but
           ●ppeals
           unto
           God
           whether
           she
           were
           innocent
           or
           no.
           And
           Hannah
           ,
           whose
           ●eply
           to
           Ely
           (
           when
           he
           falsly
           accused
           her
           of
           drunkenness
           )
           was
           no
           other
           ●ut
           ,
           
             Nay
             my
             Lord
             ,
             count
             not
             thine
             Handmaid
             for
             a
             wicked
             woman
             ,
          
           1
           Sam.
           ●
           15
           ,
           16.
           
           Neither
           is
           their
           a
           greater
           Symptome
           of
           guiltiness
           ,
           than
           our
           ●reaking
           into
           choler
           ,
           and
           being
           exasperated
           when
           we
           have
           any
           thing
           laid
           to
           ●ur
           charge
           ;
           witnesse
           Cain
           ,
           Gen.
           4.9
           .
           That
           Hebrew
           which
           struck
           his
           fel●ow
           .
           Exod.
           2.13.14
           .
           Saul
           ,
           1
           Sam.
           20.32
           ,
           33
           ,
           Abner
           ,
           2
           Sam.
           3.
           
           ●
           .
           Ieroboam
           ,
           ●
           King.
           13.4
           Ahab
           ,
           1
           King.
           22.27
           .
           Amaziah
           ,
           2
           Chron.
           25.16
           .
           
           Uzziah
           ●
           Chron.
           26.19
           .
           Herod
           the
           
             Tetrarch
             ,
             Luk.
          
           3.19.20
           .
           The
           men
           of
           
             Naza●eth
             ,
             Luk
          
           4
           28
           ,
           29.
           
           The
           Pharisees
           Ioh.
           8.47.48
           .
           And
           the
           
             High
             Priests
          
           and
           
             Scribes
             ,
             Luk.
          
           20.19
           ,
           20.
           
        
         
           Sinne
           and
           falshood
           are
           like
           an
           impudent
           strumpet
           ,
           but
           innocency
           and
           truth
           will
           
             veil
             themselves
          
           ,
           like
           a
           modest
           Virgin
           ,
           2
           Pet.
           2.18
           .
           The
           more
           false
           the
           matter
           ,
           the
           
             greater
             noise
          
           to
           uphold
           it
           .
           Paul
           is
           nothing
           so
           loud
           as
           Tertullus
           :
           The
           
             weakest
             cause
          
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           forelay
           the
           
             shrewdest
             counsell
          
           ,
           or
           the
           
             lowdest
             Advocates
             :
             Errour
          
           hath
           alwayes
           
             most
             words
          
           ,
           like
           a
           
             rotten
             house
          
           ,
           that
           needs
           most
           props
           and
           crutches
           to
           uphold
           it
           .
           
             Simple
             truth
          
           evermore
           requires
           
             least
             cost
          
           ,
           like
           a
           
             beautiful
             face
          
           ,
           that
           needs
           no
           painting
           ;
           or
           a
           
             comely
             body
          
           ,
           which
           ,
           any
           
             decent
             apparell
          
           becomes
           .
           We
           
             plaister
             over
             rotten
             posts
          
           ,
           and
           
             ragged
             walls
          
           ;
           substantiall
           buildings
           are
           able
           to
           
             grace
             themselves
          
           .
           So
           that
           as
           sparks
           flying
           up
           ,
           shew
           the
           house
           to
           be
           
             on
             fire
          
           ,
           and
           as
           
             corrupt
             spittle
          
           shews
           
             exulcerate
             lungs
          
           ;
           so
           a
           
             passionate
             answer
          
           argues
           a
           
             guilty
             conscience
          
           .
           Why
           doth
           the
           Hare
           use
           so
           many
           doublings
           ?
           but
           to
           frustrate
           the
           scent
           of
           the
           Hounds
           .
           And
           this
           is
           one
           reason
           why
           the
           former
           are
           compared
           to
           Sheep
           and
           Lambes
           (
           Emblems
           of
           innocency
           )
           which
           being
           harmed
           ,
           will
           not
           once
           bleat
           ;
           and
           the
           latter
           unto
           Swine
           ,
           which
           will
           roar
           and
           cry
           if
           they
           be
           but
           toucht
           .
           A
           
             good
             Conscience
          
           is
           not
           put
           out
           of
           countenance
           with
           the
           false
           accusations
           of
           slanderous
           tongues
           :
           it
           throweth
           them
           off
           ,
           as
           St.
           Paul
           did
           the
           Viper
           ,
           unhurt
           .
           Innocence
           and
           patience
           are
           two
           Bucklers
           sufficient
           to
           repulse
           and
           abate
           the
           violence
           of
           any
           such
           charge
           ;
           the
           
             Brestplate
             of
             Righteousnesse
          
           ,
           the
           
             brazen
             wall
             of
             a
             good
             conscience
             ,
          
           feareth
           no
           such
           Canons
           .
           The
           Conscionabl●
           being
           
             railed
             upon
          
           ,
           and
           reviled
           by
           a
           
             foul
             mouth
          
           ,
           may
           reply
           as
           once
           a
           Steward
           did
           to
           his
           passionate
           Lord
           ,
           when
           he
           called
           him
           Knave
           ,
           &c.
           
           Your
           Honour
           may
           speak
           as
           you
           please
           ,
           but
           I
           believe
           not
           a
           word
           that
           you
           say
           ,
           for
           I
           know
           my self
           an
           
             honest
             man.
          
           Yea
           ,
           suppose
           we
           are
           circled
           round
           with
           reproaches
           our
           conscience
           knowing
           us
           innocent
           ,
           like
           a
           constant
           friend
           ,
           takes
           us
           by
           the
           hand
           and
           cheers
           us
           against
           all
           our
           
             miseries
             .
             A
             good
             spirit
          
           ,
           will
           be
           ,
           as
           Simon
           to
           Christ
           ,
           its
           Cross-bearer
           .
           A
           
             just
             man
          
           saith
           chrysostome
           ,
           is
           impregnable
           ,
           and
           cannot
           be
           overcome
           :
           take
           away
           his
           wealth
           ,
           his
           good
           parts
           cannot
           be
           taken
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           treasure
           is
           above
           :
           cast
           him
           into
           prison
           and
           bonds
           ,
           he
           doth
           the
           more
           freely
           enjoy
           the
           
             presence
             of
             his
             God
             :
             banish
          
           him
           his
           Countrey
           ,
           he
           hath
           his
           
             conversation
             in
             Heaven
             :
             kill
             his
             body
             ,
          
           it
           shall
           
             rise
             again
          
           :
           so
           he
           fights
           with
           a
           shadow
           that
           contends
           with
           an
           upright
           man.
           
        
         
         
           Wherefore
           ,
           let
           all
           who
           suffer
           in
           their
           good
           Names
           ,
           if
           conscious
           and
           guilty
           of
           an
           enemies
           imputations
           ,
           repent
           and
           amend
           :
           if
           otherwise
           ,
           contemn
           them
           ;
           own
           them
           not
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           once
           to
           take
           notice
           thereof
           .
           A
           
             wicked
             heart
          
           is
           as
           a
           
             harrill
             powder
          
           to
           temptation
           ;
           let
           thine
           be
           ,
           as
           a
           
             River
             of
             water
          
           .
           Yea
           ,
           seeing
           God
           esteems
           men
           as
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           not
           as
           they
           
             have
             been
          
           ,
           although
           formerly
           thou
           hast
           been
           culpable
           ;
           yet
           now
           thou
           mayest
           answer
           for
           thy self
           ,
           as
           Paul
           did
           for
           
             Onesimus
             ,
             Though
             in
             times
             past
             I
             was
             unprofitable
             ,
             yet
             now
             I
             am
             profitable
          
           :
           and
           oppose
           to
           them
           that
           sweet
           and
           
             divine
             sentence
          
           of
           sweet
           and
           
             holy
             Bernard
          
           ,
           Tell
           me
           not
           ,
           Satan
           ,
           what
           
             I
             have
             been
          
           ;
           but
           ,
           what
           
             I
             am
             ,
             and
             will
             be
             .
          
           Or
           that
           of
           Beza
           in
           the
           like
           case
           ;
           Whatsoever
           
             I
             was
             ,
             I
             am
             now
          
           in
           Christ
           a
           
             New
             Creature
          
           :
           and
           that
           is
           it
           which
           troubles
           thee
           ,
           I
           might
           have
           so
           continued
           long
           enough
           ere
           thou
           wouldest
           have
           vexed
           at
           it
           ,
           but
           now
           I
           see
           thou
           dost
           envy
           me
           the
           grace
           of
           my
           Saviour
           .
           Or
           that
           Apothegme
           of
           Diogenes
           to
           a
           base
           fellow
           ,
           that
           told
           him
           he
           had
           once
           been
           a
           
             forger
             of
             money
          
           ;
           whose
           answer
           was
           ,
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           
             such
             as
             thou
             art
             now
          
           ,
           I
           was
           once
           ;
           but
           
             such
             as
             I
             am
             now
             thou
             wilt
             never
             be
             .
          
           Yea
           ,
           thou
           mayest
           say
           ,
           
             by
             how
             much
             more
          
           I
           have
           formerly
           
             sinned
             ,
             by
             so
             much
             more
             is
             Gods
             power
          
           and
           goodness
           now
           magnified
           .
           As
           St.
           Austine
           hearing
           the
           Donatists
           revile
           him
           for
           the
           former
           
             wickedness
             of
             his
             youth
          
           ;
           answered
           ,
           The
           more
           
             desperate
             my
             disease
             was
          
           ,
           so
           much
           the
           more
           I
           
             admire
             the
             Physician
          
           .
           Yea
           ,
           thou
           mayest
           yet
           strain
           it
           a
           
             peg
             higher
          
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           
             the
             greater
             my
             sinnes
          
           were
           ,
           
             the
             greater
             is
             my
             honour
          
           :
           as
           ,
           the
           Devi●s
           which
           
             Mary
             Magdalen
          
           once
           had
           ,
           are
           mentioned
           for
           her
           glory
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           IV.
           
        
         
           4.
           
           HE
           beareth
           the
           Cross
           patiently
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           counterpoysed
           and
           made
           sweet
           with
           more
           than
           answerable
           blessings
           .
           Satan
           and
           the
           world
           may
           take
           many
           things
           from
           us
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           from
           Iob
           ,
           viz.
           
             health
             ,
             wealth
             ,
             outward
             peace
             ,
             friends
             ,
             liberty
             ,
             credit
             ,
          
           &c.
           but
           they
           can
           never
           take
           God
           from
           us
           ,
           
             who
             gives
             all
          
           :
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           supplies
           the
           want
           of
           these
           ,
           with
           comforts
           farre
           surpassing
           ,
           and
           transcending
           them
           .
           As
           when
           a
           Courtier
           gave
           it
           out
           ,
           that
           
             Queen
             Mary
          
           (
           being
           displeased
           with
           the
           City
           )
           threatned
           to
           divert
           both
           Terme
           and
           Parliament
           to
           Oxford
           ;
           an
           Alderman
           askt
           whether
           she
           meant
           to
           turn
           the
           
             Channel
             of
             the
             Thames
          
           thither
           or
           no
           :
           if
           not
           (
           saith
           he
           ,
           )
           by
           
             Gods
             grace
          
           we
           shall
           do
           well
           enough
           .
           For
           what
           are
           the
           things
           our
           enemies
           can
           take
           from
           us
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Ocean
           of
           our
           comfort
           ,
           and
           Heaven
           the
           place
           of
           our
           rest
           ?
           And
           therefore
           in
           the
           
             midst
             of
             misery
          
           we
           say
           with
           
             Iob
             ,
             Blessed
             be
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           Quest
           .
           But
           with
           what
           comforts
           doth
           the
           Lord
           supply
           our
           losses
           ?
        
         
           Answ
           .
           The
           assurance
           of
           the
           pardon
           of
           sinne
           alone
           ,
           is
           able
           to
           cleer
           all
           storms
           of
           the
           minde
           :
           it
           teacheth
           misery
           ,
           as
           
             sickness
             ,
             poverty
             ,
             famine
             ,
             imprisonment
             ,
             infamy
             ,
          
           &c.
           to
           laugh
           :
           not
           by
           reason
           of
           some
           imaginary
           epicycles
           ,
           but
           by
           naturall
           and
           
             palpable
             reasons
          
           .
           Yea
           ,
           let
           
             death
             happen
          
           ,
           it
           matters
           not
           :
           When
           
           ●
           Malefactor
           hath
           
             sued
             out
             his
             pardon
          
           ,
           let
           the
           Assises
           come
           when
           they
           will
           ,
           ●he
           sooner
           the
           better
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           to
           this
           is
           added
           the
           
             peace
             of
             conscience
          
           (
           the
           marrow
           of
           all
           comforts
           ,
           )
           ●therwise
           called
           the
           
             peace
             of
             God
          
           ,
           which
           
             passeth
             all
             understanding
          
           ,
           and
           sur●asseth
           
             all
             commending
          
           ;
           and
           never
           did
           man
           find
           pleasure
           upon
           earth
           ,
           like
           ●he
           sweet
           testimony
           of
           an
           appeased
           conscience
           ,
           reconciled
           unto
           God
           ,
           cleansed
           ●y
           the
           blood
           of
           the
           Lamb
           ,
           and
           quieted
           by
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           
             holy
             Ghost
          
           .
           Yea
           ,
           hadst
           thou
           (
           who
           most
           dotest
           upon
           the
           world
           )
           but
           these
           comforts
           ,
           thou
           ●ouldest
           not
           change
           them
           for
           all
           that
           Satan
           once
           offered
           to
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           ●nd
           are
           now
           accepted
           by
           many
           .
           
             O
             good
             life
          
           (
           saith
           an
           Ancient
           Father
           )
           ●hat
           a
           Ioy
           art
           thou
           in
           time
           of
           distresse
           !
           And
           another
           ,
           Sweet
           is
           the
           feli●ity
           of
           that
           man
           ,
           whose
           
             works
             are
             just
          
           ,
           and
           whose
           
             desires
             are
             innocent
          
           :
           ●hough
           he
           be
           in
           
             Phaleris
             Bull.
          
           For
           these
           are
           priviledges
           which
           ma●e
           
           Paul
           ●appier
           in
           his
           chain
           of
           Iron
           ,
           than
           Agrippa
           in
           his
           chain
           of
           Gold
           ,
           and
           Peter
           more
           merry
           under
           stripes
           ,
           than
           Caiphas
           upon
           the
           
             Iudgment
             seat
          
           :
           and
           Ste●en
           the
           like
           :
           For
           though
           he
           was
           under
           his
           persecutors
           for
           outward
           condi●ion
           ,
           yet
           he
           was
           far
           above
           them
           for
           inward
           consolation
           .
           Neither
           had
           weal●hy
           Craesus
           so
           much
           riches
           ,
           in
           his
           coffers
           ,
           as
           poor
           Iob
           had
           ,
           in
           his
           conscience
           .
           Yea
           ,
           how
           can
           he
           be
           miserable
           ,
           that
           hath
           Christ
           and
           all
           hs
           merits
           made
           
           sure
           ●o
           him
           ;
           that
           hath
           his
           
             Name
             written
             in
             Heaven
          
           .
           Surely
           ,
           his
           soul
           must
           ●e
           brim
           full
           of
           
             brave
             thoughts
          
           ,
           that
           is
           able
           to
           refresh
           himself
           with
           this
           Me●itation
           ,
           God
           is
           
             my
             Father
          
           ,
           the
           Church
           my
           
             Mother
             ,
             Christ
             the
             Iudge
          
           my
           ●lder
           Brother
           and
           Advocate
           ,
           the
           
             holy
             Ghost
          
           my
           Comforter
           ,
           the
           Angels
           mine
           
             attendance
             ;
             all
             the
             Creatures
          
           mine
           ,
           for
           use
           ,
           the
           
             stock
             of
             the
             Churches
             Prayers
          
           mine
           for
           benefit
           ;
           the
           world
           mine
           
             Inne
             ;
             Heaven
          
           my
           home
           .
           God
           ●s
           alwayes
           with
           ●e
           ,
           before
           me
           ,
           within
           me
           ,
           overseeing
           me
           ;
           I
           talk
           with
           him
           in
           Prayer
           ,
           he
           with
           me
           in
           his
           word
           ,
           &c.
           
           Sure
           if
           these
           be
           the
           accusto●ed
           
             meals
             of
             a
             good
             soul
          
           ,
           it
           cannot
           chuse
           but
           keep
           naturall
           heat
           from
           de●aying
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           happy
           .
        
         
           But
           behold
           yet
           a
           greater
           priviledge
           ;
           These
           comforts
           do
           not
           only
           
           support
           ●nd
           refresh
           us
           ,
           and
           so
           supply
           our
           losses
           in
           common
           calamities
           ;
           but
           even
           in
           ●he
           midst
           of
           tortures
           and
           torments
           ,
           which
           otherwise
           were
           intollerable
           :
           The
           
             naturall
             mans
             stomack
          
           cannot
           (
           of
           all
           enemies
           )
           endure
           hunger
           ;
           yea
           a
           ●rison
           ,
           where
           he
           must
           alwayes
           lie
           under
           hatches
           ,
           makes
           him
           all
           amort
           :
           but
           ●orthy
           Hawks
           could
           clap
           his
           hands
           for
           joy
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           flames
           .
           And
           ●incentius
           (
           as
           Luther
           reports
           )
           made
           a
           sport
           of
           his
           torments
           ,
           and
           gloried
           ,
           ●hen
           they
           made
           him
           go
           upon
           hot
           
             burning
             coals
          
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           been
           ●oses
           .
           And
           another
           that
           I
           read
           of
           ,
           say
           ;
           My
           good
           friends
           ,
           I
           now
           finde
           it
           true
           ●ndeed
           ,
           he
           that
           
             leaveth
             all
             to
             follow
             Christ
          
           ,
           shall
           have
           in
           this
           world
           
           centuplum
           ●
           hundred
           fold
           more
           ;
           I
           have
           it
           in
           that
           
             centuplum
             peace
             of
             conscience
          
           with
           me
           〈◊〉
           parting
           .
           And
           this
           made
           Ignatius
           say
           ,
           he
           had
           rather
           be
           a
           Martyr
           then
           a
           ●onark
           .
           Nor
           did
           he
           ever
           like
           himself
           ,
           before
           he
           was
           thus
           tryed
           :
           for
           when
           ●e
           heard
           his
           bones
           crush
           between
           the
           wild
           beasts
           teeth
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           now
           I
           begin
           to
           be
           a
           Christian
           .
           And
           Anaxarchus
           being
           laid
           along
           in
           a
           
             Trough
             of
             
             stone
          
           ,
           and
           smitten
           with
           
             Iron
             sledges
          
           by
           the
           appointment
           of
           
             Nicocreon
             〈◊〉
             Tyrant
          
           of
           Cyprus
           ,
           ceased
           not
           to
           cry
           out
           ,
           
             strike
             ▪
             smite
          
           and
           beat
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           An●●archus
           ,
           but
           his
           vail
           you
           martyr
           so
           .
           And
           a
           Child
           in
           Iosephus
           ,
           being
           all
           〈◊〉
           to
           death
           with
           
             biting
             snippers
          
           at
           the
           commandment
           of
           Antiochus
           ,
           could
           〈◊〉
           with
           a
           
             loud
             ,
             assured
          
           ,
           and
           
             undaunted
             voice
             ;
             Tyrant
          
           ,
           thou
           losest
           time
           ,
           loe
           I
           〈◊〉
           still
           at
           mine
           ease
           :
           what
           is
           that
           
             smarting
             pain
          
           ?
           where
           are
           those
           torme●●●
           which
           whilome
           thou
           didst
           so
           threaten
           me
           withall
           ?
           my
           constancy
           more
           tro●bles
           thee
           ,
           than
           thy
           
             cruelty
             me
          
           .
           And
           how
           many
           more
           of
           those
           Martyrs
           〈◊〉
           Queen
           Maryes
           Raign
           ,
           were
           even
           ravished
           ,
           before
           they
           could
           be
           permitt●●
           to
           die
           ?
           so
           grea●
           ,
           and
           so
           passing
           all
           expressing
           ,
           is
           the
           peace
           and
           comfort
           〈◊〉
           
             good
             conscience
          
           .
        
         
           Now
           as
           the
           Priests
           of
           Mercury
           when
           they
           eat
           their
           figgs
           and
           honey
           ,
           〈◊〉
           out
           ,
           
             O
             how
             sweet
             is
             truth
          
           !
           so
           if
           the
           worst
           of
           a
           Beleivers
           life
           in
           this
           〈◊〉
           be
           so
           sweet
           ;
           how
           sweet
           shall
           his
           life
           be
           in
           Heaven
           !
           but
           I
           le
           hold
           you
           〈◊〉
           longer
           in
           this
           .
        
         
           A
           man
           that
           hath
           his
           
             sins
             pardoned
          
           ,
           is
           never
           compleatly
           miserable
           ,
           〈◊〉
           conscience
           again
           turns
           his
           enemy
           :
           whereas
           on
           the
           contrary
           ;
           take
           the
           〈◊〉
           happy
           worldling
           that
           ever
           was
           ,
           if
           he
           have
           not
           his
           
             sins
             pardoned
          
           ,
           he
           is
           co●pleatly
           wretched
           (
           though
           he
           sees
           it
           not
           :
           )
           suppose
           him
           Emperour
           of
           〈◊〉
           whole
           world
           ,
           as
           Adam
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           in
           Paradise
           ,
           and
           
             Lord
             of
             all
          
           ;
           what
           〈◊〉
           it
           avail
           him
           so
           long
           as
           he
           had
           a
           tormentor
           within
           ,
           a
           self-condemni●●
           conscience
           ?
           which
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           God
           was
           his
           enemy
           ,
           and
           knew
           no
           oth●●
           th●n
           th●t
           hell
           should
           be
           
             his
             everlasting
             portion
          
           ?
           Certainly
           this
           like
           a
           dam●
           could
           not
           chuse
           but
           put
           out
           all
           the
           lights
           of
           his
           pleasure
           ,
           so
           that
           
           Paradise
           ●●self
           was
           not
           Paradise
           to
           him
           :
           which
           is
           the
           case
           of
           all
           
             wicked
             men
          
           ,
           be
           the●
           never
           so
           great
           ,
           never
           so
           seemingly
           happie
           .
        
         
           True
           ;
           
             wicked
             men
          
           think
           the
           godly
           less
           merry
           ,
           and
           more
           miserable
           tha●
           themselves
           :
           yea
           some
           ,
           that
           mirth
           and
           mischeif
           are
           only
           
             sworn
             brothers
          
           ,
           〈◊〉
           this
           is
           a
           foundationlesse
           opinion
           .
           For
           first
           ,
           no
           man
           is
           miserable
           ,
           because
           〈◊〉
           other
           so
           thinks
           him
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           
             Gods
             word
          
           teacheth
           ,
           and
           a
           
             good
             conscie●●●
          
           findeth
           ,
           that
           no
           man
           can
           be
           so
           joyfull
           as
           the
           faithfull
           ,
           though
           they
           wa●●
           many
           things
           which
           others
           may
           have
           .
           St.
           Austin
           before
           his
           conversion
           could
           not
           tell
           how
           he
           should
           want
           those
           delights
           ,
           he
           then
           found
           so
           muc●
           contentment
           in
           :
           but
           after
           ,
           when
           his
           nature
           was
           changed
           ,
           when
           he
           ha●
           another
           spirit
           put
           into
           him
           ;
           then
           he
           sayes
           .
           O
           how
           sweet
           is
           it
           to
           be
           withou●
           those
           former
           sweet
           delights
           !
           Indeed
           ▪
           
             carnall
             men
          
           laugh
           more
           ,
           but
           th●●
           laughter
           is
           only
           the
           hypocrisie
           of
           mirth
           :
           they
           
             rejoyce
             in
             the
             face
             only
             ,
             and
             〈◊〉
             in
             the
             heart
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Apostle
           witnesseth
           2
           Cor.
           5.12
           .
           or
           as
           another
           hath
           it
           ,
           
             
               Where
               O
               God
               there
               wants
               thy
               grace
               ,
            
             
               Mirth
               is
               only
               in
               the
               face
               .
            
          
           Yea
           ,
           their
           own
           consciences
           bear
           me
           witnesse
           ,
           as
           that
           
             Spanish
             Iudge
          
           wel●
           considered
           ;
           who
           when
           a
           murther
           was
           committed
           in
           a
           tumultuous
           crowd
           o●
           people
           ,
           beared
           all
           their
           bosomes
           ,
           &
           feeling
           upon
           their
           brests
           ,
           discovered
           the
           guiltie
           Author
           by
           the
           panting
           of
           his
           heart
           .
           And
           Tully
           who
           makes
           it
           an
           argument
           
           of
           
             Roscius
             Amerinus
             Innocency
          
           ,
           that
           he
           killed
           not
           his
           Father
           ,
           because
           he
           so
           securely
           slept
           .
           Yea
           ,
           as
           in
           
             prophane
             joy
          
           ,
           even
           in
           laughter
           the
           
             heart
             is
             sorrowfull
          
           ;
           so
           in
           godly
           sorrow
           ,
           even
           in
           
             weeping
             the
             heart
             is
             light
             and
             cheerful
             .
          
           The
           tears
           of
           those
           that
           pray
           ,
           are
           sweeter
           then
           the
           joyes
           of
           the
           Theatre
           ,
           saith
           St.
           Augustin
           ;
           for
           our
           cheeks
           may
           run
           down
           with
           tears
           ,
           and
           yet
           our
           mouths
           sing
           forth
           praises
           ;
           the
           face
           may
           be
           pale
           ,
           yet
           the
           heart
           may
           be
           quiet
           and
           cheerfull
           :
           so
           St.
           
             Paul
             ,
             as
             sorrowing
             ,
             and
             yet
             alwayes
             rejoycing
             .
          
           2
           Cor
           6.10
           ▪
           Neither
           can
           it
           be
           solid
           comfort
           ,
           except
           it
           hath
           his
           issue
           from
           a
           
             good
             conscience
          
           .
           Indeed
           we
           therefore
           are
           not
           
             merry
             enough
          
           ,
           because
           we
           are
           not
           
             Christians
             enough
          
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           all
           our
           sufferings
           are
           thus
           counterpoysed
           ,
           and
           exceeded
           
             with
             blessings
          
           ;
           have
           we
           any
           cau●e
           to
           be
           angry
           and
           impatient
           ?
           What
           saith
           
             Iob
             ?
             Shall
             we
             receive
             good
             at
             the
             ●●nd
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             not
             evill
          
           ?
           He
           was
           content
           to
           eat
           the
           crust
           with
           the
           crumme
           .
           Indeed
           his
           wife
           (
           like
           the
           wicked
           ,
           )
           would
           only
           have
           fair
           weather
           ,
           all
           peace
           and
           
             plenty
             ▪
          
           no
           touch
           of
           trouble
           :
           but
           it
           is
           not
           so
           with
           the
           godly
           ,
           who
           have
           learnt
           better
           things
           .
           Who
           will
           not
           suffer
           a
           few
           stripes
           from
           a
           Father
           ,
           by
           whom
           he
           receiveth
           so
           much
           good
           ,
           even
           all
           that
           he
           hath
           ?
           Diogenes
           would
           have
           no
           nay
           ,
           but
           Antisthenes
           must
           entertain
           him
           his
           Scholar
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           Antisthenes
           ,
           to
           have
           him
           gone
           ,
           was
           forc't
           to
           cudgell
           him
           :
           yet
           all
           would
           not
           do
           ,
           he
           stirs
           not
           ,
           but
           takes
           the
           blowes
           very
           patiently
           ;
           saying
           ,
           Use
           me
           how
           you
           will
           ,
           so
           I
           may
           be
           your
           Scholar
           and
           hear
           your
           daily
           discourses
           ,
           I
           care
           not
           .
           Much
           more
           may
           a
           Christian
           say
           unto
           God
           ,
           Let
           me
           enjoy
           the
           sweet
           
             fruition
             of
             thy
             presence
          
           ,
           speak
           thou
           
             peace
             unto
             my
             conscience
          
           ,
           and
           say
           unto
           my
           soul
           ,
           I
           am
           thy
           salvation
           ,
           and
           then
           afflict
           me
           how
           thou
           pleasest
           ,
           I
           am
           content
           ,
           yea
           ,
           very
           willing
           to
           bear
           it
           .
           Yea
           ,
           if
           we
           well
           consider
           the
           commodity
           it
           brings
           ,
           we
           shall
           rather
           wish
           for
           affliction
           ,
           than
           be
           displeased
           when
           it
           comes
           ,
           Col.
           1.24
           .
           For
           ,
           it
           even
           bringeth
           with
           it
           the
           
             company
             of
             God
          
           himself
           :
           
             I
             will
             be
             with
             you
             in
             tribulation
             ,
          
           saith
           God
           to
           the
           disconsolate
           soul
           ,
           Psal
           .
           91.15
           .
           When
           
             Sidrack
             ,
             Mishack
          
           ,
           and
           Abednego
           ,
           were
           cast
           into
           the
           
             fiery
             furnace
          
           ,
           there
           was
           presently
           a
           fourth
           came
           to
           bear
           them
           company
           ,
           and
           that
           was
           God
           himself
           ,
           Dan.
           3.23
           ,
           to
           17
           ,
           And
           his
           presence
           makes
           any
           condition
           comfortable
           ,
           were
           a
           man
           even
           in
           hell
           it self
           .
           Yea
           ,
           as
           when
           St
           Paul
           was
           rapt
           up
           to
           the
           third
           Heaven
           ,
           he
           was
           so
           ravished
           with
           the
           joy
           thereof
           ,
           that
           he
           knew
           not
           whether
           he
           had
           his
           body
           about
           him
           or
           not
           ,
           2
           Cor.
           12.2
           .
           
             Whether
             in
             the
             body
             ,
             or
             out
             of
             the
             body
             I
             cannot
             tell
             ,
             God
             knoweth
             .
          
           So
           
             Gods
             presence
          
           so
           ravisheth
           the
           soul
           ,
           that
           while
           a
           man
           suffers
           the
           greatest
           pain
           ,
           he
           knows
           not
           whether
           he
           be
           in
           pain
           or
           no
           ,
           Yea
           God
           is
           not
           only
           
             with
             them
          
           ,
           to
           comfort
           them
           in
           all
           their
           tribulation
           ,
           2
           Cor.
           1.4
           ,
           but
           in
           them
           :
           for
           at
           the
           same
           time
           when
           the
           Disciples
           were
           persecuted
           ,
           they
           are
           said
           to
           be
           
             filled
             with
             joy
          
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           
             holy
             Gh●st
          
           ,
           Acts
           13.
           
           ●2
           .
           And
           
             as
             our
             sufferings
             in
             Christ
             do
             abound
             ,
             so
             our
             consolation
             also
             ab●undeth
             through
             Christ
             ,
          
           ●
           Cor.
           1.
           
           ●
           ▪
           And
           lastly
           ,
           he
           doth
           comfort
           us
           acco●ding
           to
           the
           dayes
           we
           are
           afflicted
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           the
           years
           we
           have
           seen
           evil
           ,
           Psal
           .
           90.15
           .
           So
           that
           a
           Christian
           gains
           more
           by
           his
           losses
           and
           
           crosses
           ,
           than
           the
           happiest
           worldling
           by
           all
           his
           immunities
           :
           at
           it
           was
           said
           of
           Demosthenes
           ,
           that
           he
           
             got
             more
             by
             holding
             his
             peace
             ,
             than
             other
             Lawyers
             di●
             by
             their
             pleading
             .
          
        
         
           And
           if
           so
           ;
           our
           sufferings
           require
           patience
           with
           thankfulness
           :
           as
           it
           fared
           with
           Iob.
           
        
         
           Object
           .
           But
           what
           ever
           others
           find
           ,
           thy
           sufferings
           are
           not
           thus
           counterpoysed
           and
           sweetned
           ?
        
         
           Answ
           .
           What
           's
           the
           reason
           ?
           get
           but
           the
           
             light
             of
             grace
          
           to
           shine
           in
           thy
           heart
           ,
           thy
           prison
           shall
           be
           an
           Heaven
           :
           thy
           
             Keepers
             Angels
          
           :
           thy
           chains
           thy
           glory
           :
           and
           thy
           
             deliverance
             salvation
          
           :
           Grow
           but
           
             heavenly
             minded
          
           ,
           and
           thou
           shalt
           be
           able
           to
           extract
           gain
           out
           of
           
             loss
             :
             peace
          
           out
           of
           trouble
           :
           strength
           out
           of
           infirmity
           :
           out
           of
           
             tears
             joy
          
           :
           out
           of
           
             sin
             holiness
          
           :
           out
           of
           
             persecution
             profit
          
           :
           out
           of
           
             affliction
             comfort
          
           :
           For
           godliness
           in
           every
           si●●ness
           ,
           is
           a
           Physician
           :
           in
           every
           contention
           ,
           an
           Advocate
           :
           in
           every
           doubt
           ,
           a
           Schoolman
           :
           in
           all
           heaviness
           ,
           a
           Preacher
           ;
           and
           a
           comforter
           unto
           whatsoever
           estate
           it
           comes
           ;
           making
           the
           whole
           life
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           a
           perpetual
           hallelujah
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           V.
           
        
         
           5.
           
           BEcause
           their
           adversaries
           are
           rather
           to
           be
           contemptuously
           pitied
           than
           maligned
           or
           reckoned
           of
           ;
           and
           that
           whether
           we
           regard
           their
           present
           ,
           o●
           
             future
             estate
          
           .
           Concerning
           the
           present
           ;
           If
           a
           man
           distracted
           (
           and
           so
           are
           wicked
           men
           touching
           
             spiritual
             things
          
           )
           do
           rail
           on
           us
           ,
           we
           are
           more
           sorry
           
             for
             him
          
           ,
           than
           for
           our selves
           :
           Yea
           ,
           who
           will
           take
           in
           evil
           part
           the
           reproaches
           and
           revilings
           of
           a
           man
           in
           his
           feaver
           ?
           or
           who
           will
           be
           angry
           with
           a
           Dogge
           for
           barking
           ?
           (
           and
           such
           an
           one
           hath
           but
           the
           
             minde
             of
             a
             beast
          
           ,
           in
           the
           
             form
             of
             a
             man
          
           :
           )
           Let
           us
           then
           do
           the
           like
           ,
           in
           a
           case
           not
           unlike
           :
           and
           not
           resemble
           Ctesipho
           the
           wrastler
           ,
           who
           would
           not
           put
           up
           a
           blow
           at
           the
           heels
           of
           an
           Asse
           ,
           but
           like
           an
           Asse
           kickt
           her
           again
           .
           Socrates
           bidding
           good
           speed
           to
           a
           
             dogged
             fellow
          
           ,
           who
           in
           requital
           of
           his
           kind
           salutation
           ,
           returned
           him
           a
           base
           answer
           ;
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           
             Company
             rayling
          
           on
           the
           fellow
           ,
           were
           reprehended
           by
           Socrates
           in
           this
           manner
           :
           
             If
             any
             one
          
           (
           quoth
           he
           )
           
             should
             pass
             by
             us
             displeased
             in
             his
             body
             ▪
             or
             distracted
             in
             his
             mind
             ,
             should
             we
             therefore
             be
             angry
             ?
             or
             had
             we
             not
             more
             cause
             to
             be
             fill'd
             with
             joy
             and
             thank●fulness
             ,
             that
             we
             our selves
             are
             in
             better
             case
          
           ?
           What
           need
           we
           return
           rayling
           for
           rayling
           ?
           All
           the
           harm
           that
           a
           common
           slanderer
           can
           do
           us
           with
           his
           foul
           mouth
           ,
           is
           to
           shame
           himself
           .
           For
           his
           words
           are
           like
           dust
           ,
           that
           men
           throw
           against
           the
           wind
           ,
           which
           flyes
           back
           into
           the
           throwers
           face
           ,
           and
           makes
           him
           blinde
           :
           for
           as
           the
           blaspheme●
           wounds
           himself
           by
           wounding
           Christ
           :
           so
           the
           rayler
           
             shames
             himself
          
           ,
           when
           he
           thinks
           to
           
             shame
             another
          
           .
           Neither
           have
           they
           power
           to
           hurt
           us
           ;
           
             strong
             malice
          
           in
           a
           
             weak
             breast
          
           ,
           is
           but
           like
           a
           
             heavy
             house
          
           built
           upon
           
             slender
             crutches
          
           .
        
         
           True
           ,
           they
           conceit
           of
           their
           slanders
           as
           the
           Pope
           of
           his
           censures
           ,
           who
           if
           he
           put
           a
           Traytor
           into
           the
           Rubricke
           ,
           he
           is
           presently
           a
           
             Saint
             in
             Heaven
          
           ;
           if
           he
           curse
           ,
           or
           excommunicate
           a
           Christian
           ,
           he
           must
           needs
           be
           
             inrolled
             in
             hell
          
           ;
           
           but
           we
           know
           their
           words
           ,
           meer
           Idols
           ,
           which
           as
           the
           Apostle
           witnesseth
           ▪
           
             are
             nothing
             in
             the
             world
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           trouble
           not
           thy self
           about
           them
           .
           What
           need
           had
           David
           to
           load
           himself
           with
           an
           unnecessary
           
             weapon
             ▪
          
           one
           sword
           can
           serve
           both
           his
           enemy
           and
           him
           ;
           Goliahs
           own
           weapon
           shall
           serve
           to
           behead
           the
           Master
           :
           so
           this
           mans
           own
           tongue
           shall
           serve
           to
           accuse
           himself
           ,
           and
           acquit
           thee
           .
           Whence
           those
           Noble
           Emperours
           ,
           Theodosius
           and
           Honorius
           ;
           would
           not
           have
           any
           punished
           that
           spake
           evil
           of
           them
           :
           for
           (
           said
           they
           ;
           )
           if
           it
           comes
           from
           lightness
           of
           spirit
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           contemned
           ;
           if
           from
           madness
           ,
           it
           is
           worthy
           of
           pitty
           ;
           if
           from
           intended
           injury
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           pardoned
           ;
           for
           
             wrongs
             are
             to
             be
             forgiven
          
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           in
           things
           that
           may
           have
           a
           
             double
             sense
          
           ,
           it
           is
           good
           to
           think
           the
           better
           was
           intended
           ;
           for
           so
           shall
           we
           both
           keep
           our
           friends
           and
           quietness
           .
        
         
           Again
           he
           well
           considers
           the
           
             ignorance
             of
             his
             enemies
          
           ,
           who
           being
           
             carnall
             ,
             fleshly
             ,
             unregenerate
          
           ,
           cannot
           discern
           the
           
             spirituall
             Objects
          
           at
           which
           they
           are
           offended
           .
           
             Father
             forgive
             them
          
           (
           saith
           our
           Saviour
           of
           his
           enemies
           ,
           )
           
             for
             they
             know
             not
             what
             they
             do
             ,
          
           Luk.
           23.34
           .
           Alas
           poor
           ignorant
           souls
           ,
           they
           did
           but
           imitate
           Oedipus
           ,
           who
           kild
           his
           Father
           Laius
           King
           of
           Thebes
           ,
           and
           thought
           he
           had
           killed
           his
           enemy
           .
           Socrates
           being
           perswaded
           to
           revenge
           himself
           of
           a
           fellow
           that
           kicked
           him
           ,
           answered
           ,
           If
           an
           
             Asse
             had
             kickt
             me
          
           ,
           should
           I
           have
           set
           my
           wit
           to
           his
           ,
           and
           
             kick
             him
             again
          
           ?
           or
           if
           a
           Mastiff
           had
           bitten
           me
           ,
           would
           you
           have
           me
           
             go
             to
             Law
             with
             him
          
           ?
           And
           when
           it
           was
           told
           him
           another
           time
           ,
           that
           such
           an
           one
           spake
           evill
           of
           him
           ,
           he
           replied
           ,
           Alas
           the
           man
           hath
           not
           as
           yet
           
             learned
             to
             speak
             well
          
           ,
           but
           I
           have
           learned
           
             to
             contemn
             what
             he
             speaks
             .
             Diogenes
          
           being
           told
           that
           many
           despised
           him
           ,
           answered
           ;
           It
           is
           the
           
             wisemans
             portion
             to
             suffer
             of
             fools
             .
             Aristotle
             ,
          
           being
           told
           that
           ●
           simple
           fellow
           railed
           on
           him
           ,
           was
           not
           once
           moved
           ,
           but
           said
           ,
           Let
           him
           
             beat
             me
             also
             being
             absent
          
           ,
           I
           care
           not
           :
           we
           may
           well
           suffer
           their
           words
           ,
           while
           God
           doth
           deliver
           us
           out
           of
           their
           hands
           :
           for
           if
           we
           go
           on
           in
           a
           silent
           constancy
           ,
           say
           our
           ears
           be
           beaten
           ,
           yet
           our
           hearts
           shall
           be
           free
           .
           And
           this
           heroicall
           resolution
           had
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           that
           chosen
           vessell
           ;
           
             I
             passe
             very
             little
             to
             be
             judged
             of
             you
          
           (
           meaning
           blind
           sensualists
           :
           )
           
             or
             of
             mans
             judgement
             ,
             he
             that
             judgeth
             me
             is
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           1
           Cor.
           4.3
           ,
           4.
           and
           indeed
           ,
           an
           ounce
           of
           credit
           with
           God
           ,
           is
           more
           worth
           than
           a
           talent
           of
           mens
           praises
           .
           
             I
             regard
             not
          
           (
           quoth
           Plato
           )
           
             what
             every
             one
             saith
             ;
             but
             what
             he
             saith
             that
             seeth
             all
             things
          
           :
           he
           knew
           well
           enough
           ,
           that
           the
           fame
           which
           is
           derived
           from
           fools
           and
           knaves
           is
           
             infamy
             ,
             Cato
          
           was
           much
           ashamed
           if
           at
           any
           time
           he
           had
           committed
           any
           thing
           dishonest
           ;
           but
           else
           ,
           what
           was
           reproved
           by
           opinion
           only
           ,
           never
           troubled
           him
           :
           Yea
           ,
           when
           a
           
             fool
             struck
             him
             in
             the
             Bath
          
           ;
           and
           after
           being
           sorry
           for
           it
           ,
           
             cried
             him
             mercy
          
           ;
           he
           would
           not
           come
           so
           
             neer
             revenge
          
           ,
           as
           to
           
             acknowledge
             he
             had
             been
             ●ronged
          
           .
           Light
           injuries
           are
           made
           none
           by
           a
           not
           regarding
           .
           The
           ignorant
           multitude
           among
           the
           Iews
           said
           ,
           that
           St.
           Iohn
           had
           a
           Devill
           ;
           and
           that
           Christ
           was
           a
           Glutton
           ,
           and
           a
           Wine-bibber
           :
           But
           what
           saith
           he
           by
           way
           of
           answer
           ?
           
             Wisdome
             is
             justified
             of
             her
             children
             ,
          
           Matth.
           11.18
           ,
           19.
           
        
         
           Let
           none
           object
           the
           Scribes
           and
           Pharisees
           joyning
           with
           them
           ,
           who
           
           were
           
             great
             Scholers
          
           ;
           for
           no
           man
           knows
           so
           much
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           through
           ignorance
           that
           he
           
             doth
             so
             ill
          
           .
           Neither
           doth
           our
           Saviour
           enquire
           ,
           what
           the
           Pharisees
           or
           Priests
           reputed
           him
           ;
           but
           
             whom
             say
             men
          
           (
           meaning
           those
           who
           minded
           his
           Doctrine
           )
           
             that
             I
             the
             sonne
             of
             man
             am
          
           ?
           Matth.
           16.13
           .
           Wherefore
           in
           these
           cases
           it
           hath
           been
           usuall
           for
           
             Gods
             people
          
           ,
           to
           behave
           themselves
           liked
           
             dead
             Images
          
           ,
           which
           though
           they
           be
           rayled
           on
           ,
           and
           reviled
           by
           their
           enemies
           ,
           yet
           
             have
             ears
             ,
             and
             hear
             not
             ;
             mouths
             ,
             and
             speak
             not
             ,
             hands
             ,
             and
             revenge
             not
             ;
             neither
             have
             they
             breath
             in
             their
             nostrils
          
           to
           make
           reply
           :
           Psal
           .
           115.5
           ,
           6
           ,
           7.
           
           If
           you
           will
           see
           it
           in
           an
           example
           ,
           look
           upon
           David
           ,
           he
           was
           as
           deaf
           and
           dumb
           at
           reproach
           ,
           as
           any
           stock
           or
           
             stone
             .
             They
             that
             seek
             after
             my
             life
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             lay
             snares
             ,
             and
             they
             that
             go
             about
             to
             do
             me
             evil
             ,
             talk
             wicked
             things
             all
             the
             day
          
           ;
           (
           sure
           it
           was
           their
           vocation
           to
           backbite
           and
           slander
           )
           
             but
             I
             was
             as
             deaf
             ,
             and
             heard
             not
             ;
             and
             as
             one
             dumb
             ,
             which
             doth
             not
             open
             his
             mouth
             .
             I
             was
             as
             a
             man
             that
             heareth
             not
             ,
             and
             in
             whose
             mouth
             are
             no
             reproofs
             ,
          
           Psal
           .
           38
           .
           1●.13
           .
           This
           innocent
           Dove
           was
           also
           as
           wise
           as
           a
           Serpent
           ,
           in
           stopping
           his
           ears
           and
           refusing
           to
           hear
           the
           voice
           of
           these
           blasphemous
           Inchanters
           ,
           charmed
           they
           never
           so
           wisely
           ,
           which
           being
           so
           ,
           let
           us
           hear
           
             with
             patience
          
           ,
           and
           say
           with
           Tacitus
           ,
           You
           are
           able
           to
           curse
           ,
           and
           I
           to
           
             contemn
             :
             Tu
             linguae
             ego
             aurium
             sum
             Dominus
             ,
          
           you
           are
           Master
           of
           
             your
             tongue
          
           ,
           and
           I
           of
           
             mine
             ears
          
           .
           What
           saith
           one
           advisedly
           ?
           When
           we
           are
           provoked
           to
           fight
           with
           women
           ,
           the
           
             best
             way
          
           is
           to
           
             run
             away
          
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           he
           that
           
             le
             ts
             loose
          
           his
           anger
           upon
           every
           occasion
           ,
           is
           like
           him
           that
           
             lets
             go
          
           his
           Hawk
           upon
           every
           bayt
           .
           Indeed
           in
           Gods
           cause
           the
           case
           may
           differ
           .
           When
           Iulian
           in
           a
           mock
           asked
           Maurice
           Bishop
           of
           Chalcedon
           ,
           why
           his
           
             Galilean
             ,
             God
          
           could
           not
           help
           him
           to
           his
           fight
           ;
           he
           replied
           ,
           I
           am
           contentedly
           blind
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           not
           see
           such
           a
           Tyrant
           as
           thou
           art
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           their
           words
           are
           to
           be
           contemned
           by
           us
           ,
           so
           are
           their
           challenges
           to
           fight
           .
           When
           a
           
             young
             Gallant
          
           would
           needs
           pick
           a
           quarrell
           with
           an
           
             ancient
             tried
             Souldier
          
           ,
           whose
           valour
           had
           made
           him
           famous
           :
           it
           was
           generally
           held
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           
             with
             credit
             refuse
             to
             fight
          
           with
           him
           ,
           until
           his
           worth
           should
           be
           known
           equivalent
           to
           his
           :
           saying
           ,
           Your
           ambition
           is
           to
           win
           
             honour
             upon
             me
          
           ,
           whereas
           I
           shall
           receive
           nothing
           but
           disgrace
           from
           you
           .
           The
           Goshawke
           scorns
           to
           fly
           at
           Sparrows
           Those
           noble
           Doggs
           which
           the
           King
           of
           Albany
           presented
           to
           Alexander
           ,
           out
           of
           an
           overflowing
           of
           
             courage
             ,
             contemned
          
           to
           encounter
           with
           any
           beasts
           ,
           but
           Lyons
           and
           Elephants
           :
           as
           for
           Stagg●
           ,
           wild
           Boars
           and
           Bears
           ,
           they
           made
           so
           little
           account
           of
           ,
           that
           
             seeing
             them
          
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           so
           much
           as
           remove
           out
           of
           their
           places
           .
           And
           so
           the
           
             Regenerate
             man
          
           ,
           which
           fighteth
           daily
           with
           their
           
             King
             ,
             Satan
          
           ,
           scorns
           to
           encounter
           with
           his
           servant
           and
           slave
           ,
           the
           
             carnall
             man.
          
           And
           this
           is
           so
           far
           from
           detracting
           ▪
           that
           it
           adds
           to
           his
           honour
           ,
           and
           shews
           his
           courage
           and
           fortitude
           ,
           to
           be
           right
           generous
           and
           noble
           .
        
         
           Again
           secondly
           ,
           The
           
             wager
             is
             unequall
          
           ,
           to
           lay
           the
           
             life
             of
             a
             Christian
          
           against
           the
           
             life
             of
             a
             Ruffian
          
           (
           and
           the
           blind
           sword
           makes
           no
           
             difference
             of
             persons
          
           )
           
             the
             one
          
           surpassing
           
             the
             other
          
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           
             Heaven
             ,
             Earth
             ;
             Angels
             ,
             men
          
           ;
           
           or
           
             men
             beasts
          
           :
           even
           Aristippus
           (
           being
           derided
           by
           a
           
             fearless
             souldier
          
           ,
           for
           
             drooping
             in
             danger
          
           of
           shipwrack
           ,
           )
           could
           answer
           ,
           Thou
           and
           I
           have
           not
           the
           like
           cause
           to
           be
           afraid
           :
           for
           thou
           shalt
           only
           lose
           the
           
             life
             of
             an
             Asse
          
           ,
           but
           I
           the
           
             life
             of
             a
             Philosopher
          
           .
           The
           consideration
           whereof
           ,
           made
           Alexander
           (
           when
           he
           was
           commanded
           by
           Philip
           his
           Father
           to
           wrastle
           in
           the
           games
           of
           Olympia
           ,
           )
           answer
           ;
           he
           would
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           any
           Kings
           present
           
             to
             strive
             with
          
           him
           ,
           else
           not
           ;
           which
           is
           our
           very
           Case
           :
           and
           nothing
           is
           more
           worthy
           our
           pride
           ,
           than
           (
           that
           which
           will
           make
           us
           
             most
             humble
          
           if
           we
           have
           it
           ,
           )
           that
           we
           are
           Christians
           .
           When
           an
           Embassadour
           told
           Henry
           ,
           the
           fourth
           that
           Magnificent
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           concerning
           the
           King
           of
           Spains
           ample
           Dominions
           :
           First
           said
           he
           ,
           He
           is
           
             King
             of
             Spain
          
           :
           is
           he
           so
           ?
           saith
           Henry
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           
             King
             of
             France
          
           :
           but
           said
           the
           other
           ,
           He
           is
           
             King
             of
             Portugall
          
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           
             King
             of
             France
          
           ,
           saith
           Henry
           :
           He
           is
           
             King
             Naples
          
           and
           I
           am
           
             King
             of
             France
          
           :
           He
           is
           
             King
             of
             Sicily
          
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           
             King
             of
             France
          
           :
           He
           is
           
             King
             of
             Novae
             Hispaniola
          
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           
             King
             of
             France
          
           :
           He
           is
           
             King
             of
             the
             West
             Indies
          
           and
           I
           ,
           said
           Henry
           ,
           am
           
             King
             of
             France
          
           :
           He
           thought
           the
           
             Kingdom
             of
             France
          
           only
           ,
           equivalent
           to
           all
           those
           Kingdoms
           .
           The
           application
           is
           easie
           ,
           the
           practise
           usuall
           with
           so
           many
           ,
           as
           know
           themselves
           
             heirs
             apparent
             ,
             to
             an
             immortall
             Crown
             of
             glory
             .
          
           And
           as
           touching
           their
           
             future
             estate
             ,
             Fret
             not
             thy self
          
           (
           saith
           David
           )
           
             because
             of
             the
             wicked
             men
             ,
             neither
             be
             envious
             for
             the
             evill
             doers
             ;
             for
             they
             shall
             soon
             be
             cut
             down
             like
             grass
             ,
             and
             shall
             wither
             as
             the
             green
             herb
             ,
          
           Psal
           37
           1
           ,
           2
           ▪
           This
           doth
           excellently
           appear
           in
           that
           
             remarkable
             example
          
           of
           Samaria
           ,
           besieged
           by
           Benhadad
           and
           his
           Host
           ,
           2
           King.
           7.6
           ,
           7.
           
           As
           also
           in
           Haeman
           who
           now
           begins
           to
           envy
           ,
           where
           half
           an
           hour
           since
           he
           had
           scorned
           :
           as
           what
           could
           so
           much
           vex
           that
           insulting
           Agagite
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           made
           a
           Lackie
           to
           a
           despised
           Iew
           ?
           yea
           ,
           not
           to
           mention
           that
           which
           followed
           ,
           stay
           but
           one
           hour
           more
           ,
           the
           basest
           slave
           of
           Persia
           ,
           will
           not
           change
           conditions
           with
           this
           great
           favourite
           ,
           though
           he
           might
           have
           his
           riches
           and
           former
           honour
           to
           boot
           .
           I
           might
           instance
           the
           like
           of
           Pharaoh
           ,
           Exod.
           15.9
           ,
           10
           ,
           19.
           
           Senacherib
           ,
           Isa
           .
           37.36
           ,
           37
           ,
           38.
           
           Herod
           ,
           Acts
           12
           ▪
           22
           ,
           23.
           and
           many
           others
           ;
           but
           experience
           shews
           ,
           that
           no
           man
           can
           sit
           upon
           so
           high
           a
           Cogue
           ,
           but
           may
           with
           turning
           prove
           the
           lowest
           in
           the
           wheele
           ;
           and
           that
           pride
           cannot
           climbe
           so
           high
           ,
           but
           Iustice
           will
           fit
           above
           her
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           VI.
           
        
         
           6.
           
           BEcause
           they
           have
           respect
           unto
           
             Gods
             Commandments
          
           who
           saith
           ,
           
             By
             your
             patience
             possesse
             your
             souls
             ,
          
           Luk.
           21
           ,
           19.
           
           
             Be
             patient
             toward
             all
             men
          
           ,
           1
           Thes
           .
           5
           ,
           14.
           
           And
           
             Let
             your
             patient
             mind
             be
             known
             unto
             all
             men
             ,
          
           Phil.
           4.5
           .
           More
           especially
           ;
           
             Let
             not
             the
             Sun
             go
             down
             upon
             your
             wrath
             ,
             neither
             give
             plac●
             to
             the
             Devill
             ,
          
           Ephes
           ▪
           4.26
           ,
           27.
           
           From
           whence
           observe
           this
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           that
           
             he
             which
             lies
             down
             in
             wrath
             hath
             the
             Devill
             for
             his
             bedfellow
             .
          
        
         
           See
           ,
           saith
           
             Paul
             ,
             that
             none
             recompence
             evill
             unto
             any
             man
             ,
          
           1
           Thes
           .
           ●
           .
           15
           .
           And
           again
           ,
           
             Be
             not
             overcome
             with
             evill
             ,
             but
             overcome
             evill
             with
             goodness
          
           
           Rom.
           12.21
           .
           Yea
           ,
           saith
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           
             Love
             your
             enemies
             ,
             do
             well
             to
             the●
             that
             hate
             you
             ,
             bless
             them
             that
             curse
             you
             ,
             and
             pray
             for
             them
             which
             hurt
             you
             ,
          
           Luk.
           6.27
           ,
           28
           :
           And
           in
           case
           thine
           
             enemy
             hunger
          
           ,
           instead
           of
           adding
           to
           his
           affliction
           ,
           
             give
             him
             bread
             to
             eat
             ;
             if
             he
             thirst
             ,
             give
             him
             water
             to
             drink
          
           ;
           or
           else
           thou
           breakest
           Gods
           Commandment
           touching
           patience
           ,
           Prov.
           25.21
           .
           Rom.
           1●
           .
           20
           ▪
           and
           consequently
           art
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           
             God
             a
             transgressour
             of
             the
             whole
             La●
          
           and
           standest
           guilty
           of
           the
           breach
           of
           every
           Commandment
           ,
           James
           ,
           2.10
           ,
           11.
           
           We
           know
           the
           frantick
           man
           ,
           though
           he
           be
           sober
           eleven
           moneths
           of
           the
           year
           ,
           yet
           if
           he
           rage
           one
           ,
           he
           cannot
           avoid
           the
           imputation
           of
           madness
           .
        
         
           Now
           as
           
             Gods
             Children
          
           should
           do
           whatsoever
           he
           commands
           cheerfully
           ,
           and
           take
           whatsoever
           he
           doth
           thankfully
           ;
           so
           
             God
             suffers
          
           such
           wrongs
           to
           be
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           
             exercise
             thy
             patience
          
           ,
           and
           he
           commands
           thee
           to
           forgive
           those
           wrongs
           ,
           that
           thou
           mayest
           
             exercise
             thy
             charity
          
           ,
           and
           
             approve
             thy
             sincerity
          
           :
           Many
           say
           ,
           
             Lord
             ,
             Lord
          
           ;
           but
           
             if
             you
             love
             me
          
           ,
           saith
           Christ
           ,
           
             keep
             my
             Commandments
          
           .
           It
           is
           an
           idle
           ceremony
           
             to
             bow
          
           at
           the
           Name
           of
           Iesus
           ,
           except
           we
           have
           him
           in
           our
           hearts
           ,
           and
           honour
           him
           with
           our
           
             lives
             .
             Phraates
          
           sent
           a
           Crown
           as
           ●
           present
           to
           Caesar
           ,
           against
           whom
           he
           was
           
             up
             in
             Arms
          
           ;
           but
           Caesar
           returned
           〈◊〉
           back
           with
           this
           answer
           ;
           Let
           him
           return
           to
           his
           obedience
           first
           ,
           and
           then
           I
           'le
           
             accept
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             recog●i●ance
             .
             God
          
           admits
           none
           to
           Heaven
           (
           saith
           
             justin
             Martyr
          
           )
           but
           such
           as
           can
           
             perswade
             him
          
           by
           their
           works
           ,
           that
           they
           
             have
             loved
             him
          
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           take
           a
           man
           that
           truly
           
             loves
             God
          
           ,
           he
           will
           
             easily
             be
             friends
          
           ,
           not
           
             easily
             be
             provoked
          
           .
        
         
           True
           ,
           take
           him
           unexpectedly
           ,
           he
           may
           have
           his
           lesson
           to
           seek
           (
           even
           he
           that
           was
           the
           meekest
           man
           upon
           earth
           ,
           threw
           down
           that
           in
           a
           
             sudden
             indignation
          
           ,
           which
           in
           
             cold
             blood
          
           he
           would
           have
           
             held
             faster
             than
             his
             life
          
           ,
           Exod.
           32.19
           .
           )
           but
           when
           he
           bethinks
           himself
           what
           
             God
             requires
          
           ,
           it
           is
           enough
           .
           When
           T●ribaezus
           a
           noble
           Persian
           was
           arrested
           ,
           at
           first
           he
           
             drew
             his
             sword
          
           ,
           and
           
             defended
             himself
          
           ;
           but
           when
           they
           charged
           him
           in
           the
           
             Kings
             Name
          
           ,
           and
           enformed
           him
           they
           came
           from
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           he
           yielded
           
             presently
             ,
             and
             willingly
          
           .
        
         
           If
           then
           we
           will
           approve
           our selves
           
             true
             obedienciaries
          
           ,
           let
           our
           revenge
           be
           like
           that
           of
           Elisha's
           to
           the
           
             Aramites
             ,
             instead
             of
             smiting
             them
             ,
             set
             bread
             and
             water
             before
             them
          
           :
           Or
           like
           that
           of
           Pericles
           ,
           who
           as
           Plutarch
           reports
           ,
           when
           one
           had
           spent
           the
           day
           in
           rayling
           upon
           him
           at
           his
           
             own
             door
          
           ,
           least
           he
           should
           go
           home
           in
           the
           dark
           ,
           caused
           his
           man
           to
           
             light
             him
             with
             a
             Torch
          
           .
           And
           to
           do
           otherwise
           is
           
             Ammonite
             ▪
             like
          
           ,
           to
           entreat
           those
           Embassadours
           ill
           ,
           which
           are
           sent
           in
           kindnesse
           and
           love
           :
           for
           these
           afflictions
           are
           
             Gods
             Embassadours
          
           ,
           and
           to
           handle
           them
           rufly
           ,
           yea
           ,
           to
           repine
           or
           grudge
           against
           them
           ,
           is
           to
           
             intreat
             them
             evill
          
           .
           And
           certainly
           ,
           as
           David
           took
           it
           not
           well
           when
           the
           Ammonites
           ill
           intreated
           his
           Embassadours
           ,
           so
           God
           will
           not
           take
           the
           like
           well
           from
           thee
           ,
           1
           Chron.
           19.
           
           But
           secondly
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Law
             of
             God
          
           bindes
           us
           to
           this
           ,
           so
           doth
           the
           
             Law
             of
             Nature
             :
             Whatsoever
             you
             would
             that
             men
             should
             do
             unto
             you
             even
             so
             do
             you
             unto
             them
             ,
          
           Matth.
           7.12
           .
           Our
           Saviour
           doth
           not
           say
           ,
           Do
           
             unto
             others
          
           ,
           as
           others
           do
           
             unto
             you
          
           ,
           but
           as
           you
           would
           have
           others
           do
           unto
           you
           .
           Now
           if
           we
           have
           wronged
           any
           man
           ,
           we
           desire
           that
           he
           should
           
             forgive
             
             us
          
           ,
           and
           therefore
           we
           must
           
             forgive
             him
          
           .
           Nor
           would
           we
           have
           any
           man
           traduce
           us
           behind
           our
           backs
           :
           therefore
           St.
           Austin
           writ
           over
           his
           Table
           thus
           
             
               To
               speak
               ill
               of
               the
               absent
               forbear
               :
            
             
               Or
               else
               sit
               not
               at
               table
               here
               .
            
          
           
             Lex
             talionis
          
           was
           never
           a
           good
           Christian
           Law.
           If
           I
           forgive
           not
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           be
           forgiven
           ,
           Mar.
           11.26
           So
           to
           say
           of
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           as
           Sampson
           once
           of
           the
           Philistins
           :
           even
           as
           they
           did
           
             unto
             me
          
           ,
           so
           I
           have
           done
           
             unto
             them
          
           ,
           is
           but
           an
           ill
           plea.
           For
           the
           
             Law
             of
             God
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Law
             of
             Nature
          
           forbids
           it
           ;
           and
           doth
           not
           the
           
             Law
             of
             Nations
          
           also
           ?
           Yes
           ,
           throughout
           the
           
             whole
             world
          
           :
           either
           they
           have
           no
           Law
           ,
           or
           else
           a
           
             Law
             to
             prohibit
          
           men
           from
           
             revenging
             themselves
          
           .
        
         
           When
           we
           have
           suffered
           some
           evill
           ,
           
             the
             flesh
             ,
             our
             own
             wisdome
             ,
          
           like
           the
           King
           of
           Israel
           ,
           2
           King.
           6.21
           .
           will
           bid
           us
           
             return
             evill
          
           to
           the
           doer
           ;
           but
           the
           
             Spirit
             or
             wisdome
             of
             God
          
           ,
           like
           Elisha
           ,
           opposeth
           and
           bids
           us
           
             return
             him
             good
          
           notwithstanding
           his
           evill
           .
           But
           
             the
             flesh
          
           will
           reply
           ,
           
             he
             is
             not
             worthy
             to
             be
             forgiven
          
           :
           I
           ,
           but
           saith
           the
           
             Spirit
             ,
             Christ
             is
             worthy
          
           to
           be
           obeyed
           ,
           who
           hath
           commanded
           thee
           to
           
             forgive
             him
          
           .
           Now
           ,
           whethers
           counsell
           wilt
           thou
           follow
           ?
           It
           is
           not
           alwayes
           good
           to
           take
           
             our
             own
             counsell
          
           ;
           our
           own
           wit
           often
           hunts
           us
           into
           the
           snares
           ,
           that
           above
           all
           we
           would
           shun
           .
           We
           oft
           use
           
             means
             of
             preservation
          
           ,
           and
           they
           prove
           
             destroying
             ones
          
           .
           Again
           ,
           we
           take
           
             courses
             to
             ruin
             us
          
           and
           they
           prove
           
             means
             of
             safety
          
           .
           How
           many
           flying
           
             from
             danger
          
           ,
           have
           met
           with
           death
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           found
           protection
           even
           in
           the
           very
           jawes
           of
           mischief
           ,
           that
           God
           alone
           may
           have
           the
           glory
           .
           It
           fell
           out
           to
           be
           part
           of
           
             Mithridates
             misery
          
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           made
           himself
           unpoysonable
           ,
           All
           
             humane
             wisedom
          
           is
           defective
           ,
           nor
           doth
           the
           
             Fools
             bolt
          
           ever
           misse
           :
           whatsoever
           man
           thinketh
           to
           do
           in
           contrariety
           ,
           is
           by
           God
           turned
           to
           be
           an
           
             help
             of
             hastning
             the
             end
          
           he
           hath
           appointed
           him
           .
           We
           are
           governed
           by
           a
           power
           that
           we
           cannot
           but
           obey
           ,
           
             our
             minds
          
           are
           wrought
           
             against
             our
             mindes
          
           to
           alter
           us
           .
           In
           brief
           ,
           man
           is
           oft
           his
           own
           Traytor
           ,
           and
           maddeth
           to
           undo
           himself
           .
           Wherefore
           take
           the
           Spirits
           and
           the
           Words
           direction
           .
           Render
           
             good
             for
             evil
          
           ,
           and
           not
           
             like
             for
             like
          
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           with
           an
           
             unwilling
             willingnesse
          
           ;
           as
           the
           Merchant
           casteth
           his
           
             goods
             over
             board
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Patient
           suffers
           his
           
             arm
             or
             leg
          
           to
           be
           
             cut
             off
          
           :
           and
           say
           with
           thy
           Saviour
           ,
           
             Neverthelesse
             ;
             not
             my
             will
             but
             thy
             will
             be
             done
             .
          
        
         
           But
           yet
           more
           to
           induce
           thee
           hereunto
           ;
           consider
           in
           the
           last
           place
           ,
           That
           to
           avenge
           thy self
           ,
           is
           both
           to
           
             lose
             Gods
             protection
          
           ,
           and
           to
           
             incur
             his
             condemnation
          
           .
           We
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           out
           of
           his
           protection
           ,
           when
           we
           are
           
             out
             of
             our
             way
          
           which
           he
           hath
           set
           us
           :
           he
           hath
           promised
           to
           
             give
             his
             Angels
             charge
             over
             us
             ,
             to
             keep
             us
             in
             all
             our
             wayes
             ,
          
           Psal
           .
           91.11
           .
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           the
           
             way
             of
             obedience
          
           ,
           or
           the
           
             way
             of
             his
             commandements
          
           .
           But
           this
           is
           one
           of
           the
           
             Devils
             wayes
          
           ,
           a
           way
           of
           sinne
           and
           disobedience
           ;
           and
           the
           refore
           hath
           no
           promise
           or
           assurance
           of
           protection
           :
           we
           may
           
             trust
             God
          
           ,
           we
           may
           not
           
             tempt
             him
          
           :
           if
           we
           do
           ,
           what
           seconds
           soever
           we
           get
           ,
           Christ
           will
           not
           be
           our
           second
           .
           Where
           is
           no
           commandement
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           promise
           ;
           if
           we
           want
           his
           word
           ,
           in
           vain
           we
           look
           for
           his
           〈◊〉
           .
           When
           we
           have
           means
           to
           keep
           our selves
           ,
           
             Gods
             omnipotency
          
           is
           for
           the
           
           present
           dscharged
           .
           If
           Eutychus
           had
           fallen
           down
           out
           of
           a
           
             saucy
             malipertnes●
             ▪
          
           I
           doubt
           whether
           he
           had
           been
           restored
           by
           St
           Paul
           ,
           Acts
           20.9
           .
           Wasts
           and
           stray●s
           ,
           are
           properly
           due
           to
           the
           Lord
           of
           the
           soyl
           :
           and
           you
           know
           what
           the
           Devill
           said
           to
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           Luk.
           4.6
           .
           which
           in
           a
           restrained
           sense
           is
           true
           .
           And
           therefore
           when
           one
           in
           Gods
           stead
           rebuked
           Satan
           ,
           touching
           a
           Virgin
           whom
           he
           
             possest
             at
             a
             Theatre
          
           ,
           saying
           ,
           How
           durst
           thou
           be
           so
           bold
           ,
           as
           to
           enter
           into
           
             my
             house
             ?
             Satan
          
           answers
           ,
           because
           I
           found
           her
           in
           my
           house
           ▪
           as
           Chrysostom
           delivers
           it
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           Dinah
           fell
           into
           
             foul
             hands
          
           ,
           when
           her
           
             Fathers
             house
          
           could
           not
           
             hold
             her
          
           :
           and
           Sampson
           the
           like
           ,
           when
           he
           went
           to
           Dalilah
           :
           and
           Ionah
           ,
           when
           he
           went
           to
           Tarshish
           :
           and
           the
           
             seduced
             Prophet
          
           ,
           when
           he
           went
           
             beyond
             his
             Commission
          
           ,
           set
           him
           by
           God
           :
           and
           many
           the
           like
           ,
           who
           left
           the
           path
           of
           
             Gods
             protection
          
           ,
           where
           the
           
             Angels
             guard
          
           and
           watch
           to
           walk
           in
           the
           
             Devils
             by
             way
             of
             sinne
          
           and
           disobedience
           .
           The
           Chickins
           are
           safe
           under
           the
           wings
           of
           their
           mother
           ,
           and
           we
           under
           the
           providence
           of
           our
           Father
           ;
           so
           long
           as
           we
           hold
           the
           tenure
           of
           obedience
           ,
           we
           are
           the
           
             Lords
             Subjects
          
           ,
           and
           if
           we
           
             serve
             him
          
           ,
           he
           will
           
             preserve
             us
          
           .
           A
           Priest
           might
           enter
           into
           a
           Leprous
           house
           without
           danger
           :
           because
           he
           had
           a
           calling
           from
           God
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           we
           may
           follow
           God
           dry-shod
           through
           the
           Red-Sea
           .
           Neither
           need
           we
           vex
           our selves
           with
           cares
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           lived
           at
           our
           own
           cost
           ,
           or
           trusted
           to
           our
           own
           strength
           :
           but
           when
           a
           man
           is
           fallen
           to
           the
           state
           of
           an
           Out-Law
           or
           Rebell
           ;
           the
           Law
           dispenseth
           with
           them
           that
           
             kill
             him
          
           ,
           because
           the
           Prince
           hath
           excluded
           him
           from
           his
           Protection
           .
           Now
           this
           being
           our
           case
           ,
           say
           there
           shall
           happen
           any
           thing
           amisse
           ,
           through
           thy
           taking
           revenge
           ,
           what
           mayest
           thou
           not
           expect
           to
           suffer
           ,
           and
           in
           thy
           suffering
           ,
           what
           comfort
           canst
           thou
           have
           ?
           Whereas
           ,
           if
           God
           bring
           us
           into
           crosses
           ,
           he
           will
           be
           with
           us
           in
           those
           crosses
           ,
           and
           at
           length
           bring
           us
           out
           of
           them
           more
           refined
           .
           You
           may
           observe
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           such
           coward
           ,
           none
           so
           valiant
           as
           the
           believer
           :
           without
           
             Gods
             warrant
          
           he
           dares
           do
           nothing
           ;
           with
           it
           ,
           any
           thing
           .
           Nothing
           without
           it
           .
           Those
           saith
           Basil
           (
           to
           a
           great
           man
           that
           perswaded
           him
           to
           yeeld
           )
           who
           are
           trained
           up
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           will
           rather
           
             die
             in
             an
             holy
             quarrell
          
           ,
           than
           abate
           one
           
             syllable
             of
             divine
             truth
          
           .
           Nor
           would
           any
           solicite
           them
           to
           do
           ill
           ,
           did
           they
           rightly
           know
           them
           :
           for
           what
           Cicero
           speaks
           of
           Cato
           (
           viz.
           O
           gentle
           Cato
           ,
           how
           happy
           art
           thou
           to
           have
           been
           such
           an
           one
           ?
           that
           never
           man
           durst
           yet
           presume
           ,
           to
           solicite
           thee
           in
           any
           dishonest
           cause
           ,
           or
           contrary
           to
           duty
           )
           may
           be
           applied
           to
           every
           Believer
           ,
           rightly
           so
           stiled
           :
           When
           the
           Tormentors
           of
           
             Marcus
             Arethusius
          
           (
           who
           laid
           to
           his
           charge
           the
           
             pulling
             down
          
           of
           an
           
             idolatrous
             Temple
          
           )
           offered
           him
           his
           pardon
           ,
           in
           case
           he
           would
           give
           so
           much
           as
           would
           
             build
             it
             up
             again
          
           ,
           he
           refused
           it
           ;
           and
           being
           further
           urged
           to
           give
           
             but
             half
          
           ,
           he
           refused
           it
           :
           at
           last
           ,
           being
           told
           that
           if
           he
           would
           give
           but
           
             a
             little
          
           towards
           it
           ,
           they
           would
           release
           him
           ;
           he
           refused
           to
           give
           them
           so
           much
           as
           an
           
             half
             penny
          
           :
           saying
           ,
           No
           not
           an
           
             half
             penny
          
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           as
           great
           wickedness
           ,
           said
           he
           ;
           to
           
             confer
             one
             half
             penny
          
           ,
           in
           case
           of
           impiety
           ,
           as
           if
           a
           man
           should
           
             bestow
             the
             whole
          
           .
           A
           good
           conscience
           being
           in
           the
           greatest
           torture
           ,
           will
           not
           give
           one
           
             half
             penny
          
           to
           be
           released
           ,
           with
           hurt
           to
           his
           conscience
           :
           he
           scans
           
           not
           the
           weight
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           but
           the
           authority
           of
           the
           Commander
           :
           and
           such
           have
           no
           good
           consciences
           ,
           that
           dare
           
             gratifie
             Satan
          
           ,
           in
           committing
           the
           least
           sinne
           ,
           or
           neglect
           God
           in
           the
           smallest
           precept
           .
           The
           conscionable
           Nazarite
           ,
           Numb
           .
           6.
           did
           not
           only
           make
           scruple
           of
           guzling
           ,
           and
           quaffing
           whole
           
             Flagons
             of
             wine
          
           ,
           but
           of
           eating
           only
           a
           husk
           ,
           or
           an
           
             kernell
             of
             the
             grape
          
           :
           knowing
           the
           one
           was
           as
           well
           forbidden
           as
           the
           other
           .
           Will
           any
           man
           eat
           poyson
           because
           there
           is
           but
           a
           little
           of
           it
           ?
           A
           small
           bullet
           may
           kill
           a
           man
           as
           well
           as
           a
           great
           one
           .
           Goliah
           was
           as
           much
           hurt
           by
           Davids
           little
           stone
           ,
           as
           Sampson
           by
           the
           weight
           of
           a
           whole
           house
           .
           And
           Ely
           died
           as
           well
           by
           falling
           back
           in
           his
           chair
           ,
           as
           Iezabel
           by
           being
           thrown
           down
           from
           an
           high
           window
           .
           And
           what
           saith
           our
           Saviour
           to
           the
           
             unjust
             Steward
          
           ?
           He
           that
           is
           faithfull
           in
           that
           which
           is
           least
           ,
           is
           faithfull
           also
           in
           much
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           is
           unjust
           in
           the
           least
           ,
           is
           unjust
           also
           in
           much
           ,
           Luk.
           16.10
           .
           He
           that
           will
           corrupt
           his
           conscience
           for
           a
           pound
           ,
           what
           would
           he
           do
           for
           a
           thousand
           ?
           If
           Iudas
           will
           fell
           his
           Master
           for
           
             thirty
             pence
          
           ,
           what
           would
           he
           not
           have
           done
           for
           the
           Treasury
           ?
        
         
           Alas
           ,
           there
           are
           no
           
             sins
             small
          
           but
           
             comparatively
             :
             These
             things
          
           (
           speaking
           of
           Mint
           and
           Cummin
           )
           ought
           ye
           to
           have
           done
           ,
           sayes
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           not
           have
           left
           the
           other
           undone
           ,
           Luk.
           11.42
           .
           Wherefore
           it
           is
           with
           a
           good
           and
           
             tender
             conscience
          
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           with
           the
           
             apple
             of
             the
             eye
          
           ,
           for
           as
           the
           least
           hair
           or
           dust
           grieves
           and
           offends
           that
           which
           the
           skin
           of
           the
           eye-lid
           could
           not
           once
           complain
           of
           ;
           so
           a
           good
           and
           tender
           conscience
           is
           disquieted
           ,
           not
           only
           with
           beams
           ,
           but
           moats
           ,
           even
           such
           as
           the
           world
           accounts
           trifles
           ;
           it
           strains
           not
           only
           at
           Cammels
           ,
           but
           Gnats
           also
           .
           A
           sincere
           ,
           heart
           is
           like
           ●
           neat
           spruce
           man
           ,
           that
           no
           sooner
           spies
           the
           least
           speck
           or
           spot
           on
           his
           garment
           ,
           but
           he
           gets
           it
           washt
           or
           scrap't
           off
           :
           the
           common
           Christian
           ,
           like
           a
           nasty
           sloven
           ,
           who
           ,
           though
           he
           be
           ,
           all
           foul
           and
           besmeared
           ,
           can
           indure
           it
           well
           enough
           :
           yea
           ,
           it
           offends
           him
           that
           another
           should
           be
           more
           neat
           than
           himself
           .
           But
           such
           men
           should
           consider
           ,
           that
           though
           they
           have
           
             large
             consciences
          
           ,
           that
           can
           swallow
           down
           any
           thing
           ,
           yet
           the
           sincere
           and
           tender
           conscience
           is
           not
           so
           wide
           .
           A
           strait
           shooe
           cannot
           indure
           the
           least
           pibble
           stone
           ,
           which
           will
           hardly
           be
           felt
           in
           a
           wider
           ;
           neither
           will
           God
           allow
           those
           things
           in
           his
           Children
           ,
           which
           he
           permits
           in
           his
           enemies
           :
           no
           man
           but
           will
           permit
           that
           in
           another
           mans
           Wife
           or
           Child
           ,
           which
           he
           would
           abhor
           in
           his
           own
           .
           A
           box
           of
           precious
           oyntment
           ,
           may
           not
           have
           the
           least
           fly
           in
           it
           ;
           nor
           a
           delicate
           Garden
           ,
           the
           least
           weed
           ,
           though
           the
           Wildernesse
           be
           overgrown
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           the
           blind
           world
           so
           blames
           the
           Religious
           ,
           and
           their
           Religion
           also
           ,
           for
           this
           nicenesse
           ,
           that
           they
           think
           them
           Hypocrites
           for
           it
           :
           but
           this
           was
           Iobs
           comfort
           in
           the
           aspersion
           of
           Hypocrisie
           ,
           My
           wi●ness
           is
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           my
           record
           
             on
             high
          
           .
           And
           as
           touching
           others
           that
           are
           offended
           ,
           their
           answer
           is
           ,
           Take
           thou
           O
           God
           (
           who
           needest
           not
           ●ur
           sinne
           to
           further
           thy
           work
           of
           Grace
           )
           the
           charge
           of
           thy
           Glory
           ,
           give
           us
           grace
           to
           take
           charge
           of
           thy
           Precepts
           .
           For
           sure
           we
           are
           ,
           that
           what
           is
           absolutely
           evill
           ,
           can
           by
           no
           circumstance
           
           be
           made
           
             good
             ;
             poys●n
          
           may
           be
           qualified
           and
           become
           medicinall
           ▪
           there
           is
           use
           to
           be
           m●de
           of
           an
           
             enemy
             ;
             sicknesse
          
           may
           turn
           to
           our
           bette●
           health
           ;
           and
           death
           it self
           to
           the
           faithful
           ,
           is
           but
           a
           door
           to
           life
           ,
           but
           sinne
           ,
           be
           it
           never
           
             so
             small
          
           ,
           can
           never
           be
           
             made
             good
          
           .
           Thus
           you
           have
           seen
           their
           fear
           ,
           but
           look
           also
           upon
           their
           courage
           ,
           for
           they
           
             more
             fear
          
           the
           
             least
             sinne
          
           ,
           t●an
           the
           greatest
           torment
           .
        
         
           All
           the
           fear
           of
           Satan
           and
           his
           instruments
           ,
           ariseth
           from
           the
           want
           of
           the
           true
           
             fear
             of
             God
          
           ;
           but
           the
           more
           a
           man
           fears
           God
           ,
           the
           lesse
           he
           fears
           
             everything
             else
          
           .
           Fear
           God
           ,
           honour
           the
           King
           1
           Pet.
           2.14
           ,
           17.
           
           He
           that
           
             fears
             God
          
           ,
           doth
           but
           
             honour
             the
             King
          
           ,
           he
           need
           not
           
             fear
             him
          
           ,
           Rom.
           13.3
           .
           the
           Law
           hath
           not
           power
           to
           smite
           the
           vertuous
           .
        
         
           True
           ,
           many
           have
           an
           
             opinion
             not
             wise
          
           .
           That
           Piety
           and
           Religion
           abates
           fortitude
           ,
           and
           makes
           
             valour
             Feminine
          
           :
           but
           it
           is
           a
           
             foundationlesse
             conceit
          
           .
           The
           true
           
             beleever
             fear●
             nothing
          
           but
           the
           displeasure
           of
           the
           highest
           ,
           and
           runs
           away
           from
           nothing
           but
           sinne
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           he
           is
           not
           like
           our
           
             hot
             spurs
          
           ,
           that
           will
           fight
           in
           no
           cause
           but
           a
           bad
           ,
           that
           fear
           where
           they
           should
           not
           fear
           ,
           and
           fear
           not
           where
           they
           
             should
             fear
          
           ,
           that
           fear
           the
           
             blasts
             of
             mens
             breath
          
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           
             fire
             of
             God●
             wrath
          
           ,
           that
           fear
           more
           to
           have
           the
           world
           call
           them
           Cowards
           for
           refusing
           ,
           then
           God
           to
           judg
           them
           rebels
           for
           undertaking
           :
           that
           tremble
           at
           the
           thought
           of
           a
           Prison
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           fear
           
             Hell
             fire
          
           :
           That
           can
           
             govern
             Towns
          
           and
           Cities
           ,
           and
           let
           ●
           silly
           
             woman
             over-rule
             them
          
           at
           home
           ;
           it
           may
           be
           a
           servant
           or
           a
           Child
           ,
           as
           
             Themistocle●
             Sonne
          
           did
           in
           Greece
           :
           What
           
             I
             will
          
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           my
           Mother
           will
           have
           done
           ,
           and
           wh●t
           my
           Mother
           will
           have
           ,
           my
           Father
           doeth
           .
           That
           will
           undertake
           a
           long
           
             journey
             by
             Sea
          
           in
           a
           W●erry
           ,
           as
           the
           desperate
           Marriner
           hoysteth
           sayl
           in
           a
           storm
           ,
           and
           sayes
           None
           of
           this
           Ancestors
           were
           drowned
           :
           That
           will
           rush
           fearlesly
           into
           infected
           houses
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           The
           Plague
           never
           ceizeth
           on
           
             valiant
             blood
          
           ,
           it
           kills
           none
           but
           Cowards
           :
           That
           languishing
           of
           some
           sicknesse
           ,
           will
           strive
           to
           drink
           it
           away
           ,
           and
           so
           make
           hast
           to
           dispatch
           both
           body
           and
           soul
           at
           once
           :
           that
           will
           run
           on
           
             high
             battlements
          
           ,
           gallop
           down
           
             steep
             hils
          
           ,
           ride
           over
           
             narrow
             bridges
          
           ,
           walk
           on
           
             weak
             Ice
          
           ,
           and
           never
           think
           what
           if
           I
           fall
           ?
           but
           what
           if
           I
           passe
           over
           and
           fall
           not
           ?
        
         
           No
           ,
           he
           is
           not
           
             thus
             fearlesse
          
           ,
           for
           this
           is
           presumption
           and
           
             desperate
             madnesse
          
           ,
           not
           that
           courage
           and
           fortitude
           which
           ariseth
           from
           faith
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           fear
           of
           God
           ;
           but
           from
           blindnesse
           and
           invincible
           ignorance
           of
           their
           own
           estate
           :
           As
           what
           think
           you
           ?
           Would
           any
           man
           put
           his
           
             life
             to
             a
             venture
          
           ,
           if
           he
           knew
           that
           when
           he
           died
           he
           should
           presently
           
             drop
             into
             hell
          
           ?
           I
           think
           not
           .
           But
           let
           the
           beleeving
           Christian
           ,
           (
           who
           knowes
           he
           hath
           a
           place
           reserved
           for
           him
           in
           Heaven
           )
           have
           a
           
             warrant
             from
             Gods
             word
          
           ;
           you
           cannot
           name
           the
           service
           ,
           or
           danger
           that
           he
           will
           stick
           at
           .
           Nor
           can
           he
           lightly
           fail
           of
           successe
           .
           It
           is
           observed
           that
           Trajan
           was
           never
           vanquished
           ,
           because
           he
           never
           undertook
           warre
           without
           just
           cause
           .
           In
           fine
           ,
           at
           he
           is
           
             most
             fearfull
          
           to
           offend
           ,
           so
           he
           is
           
             most
             couragious
          
           in
           a
           good
           cause
           ;
           as
           abundance
           of
           examples
           witnesse
           ,
           whereof
           I
           'le
           but
           instance
           two
           :
           for
           the
           time
           would
           be
           too
           short
           to
           
           ●ell
           of
           Abraham
           ,
           and
           Moses
           ,
           and
           Caleb
           ,
           and
           David
           ,
           and
           Gideon
           ,
           and
           Baruck
           and
           Sampson
           ,
           and
           Ieptha
           ,
           and
           many
           others
           ;
           of
           whom
           the
           
             holy
             Ghost
          
           gives
           this
           generall
           testimony
           ;
           that
           by
           faith
           
             of
             weak
             they
             are
             made
             strong
             ,
             waxed
             valiant
             in
             battel
             ,
             turned
             to
             flight
             the
             Armies
             of
             the
             Aliants
             ,
             subdued
             Kingdoms
             ,
             stopt
             the
             mouths
             of
             Lyons
             ,
             quenched
             the
             violence
             of
             the
             fire
             ,
          
           &c.
           Heb.
           11.22
           ,
           to
           35.
           
           Nor
           will
           I
           pitch
           upon
           Ioshua
           ,
           whom
           neither
           Caesar
           ,
           nor
           Pompey
           ,
           nor
           
             Alexander
             the
             Great
          
           ,
           nor
           
             William
             the
             Conquerour
          
           ,
           nor
           any
           other
           ever
           came
           near
           ,
           either
           for
           valour
           or
           victories
           :
           but
           even
           
             Ionathan
             before
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Martyrs
             ,
             after
             Christ
          
           ,
           shall
           make
           it
           good
           .
           As
           what
           think
           you
           of
           Ionathan
           ,
           whom
           neither
           steepness
           of
           Rocks
           ,
           nor
           
             multitude
             of
             enemies
          
           ,
           could
           discourage
           ,
           or
           diswade
           from
           so
           unlikely
           an
           assault
           ?
           Is
           it
           possible
           ,
           if
           the
           
             divine
             power
             of
             Faith
          
           ,
           did
           not
           add
           
             spirit
             and
             courage
          
           ,
           making
           men
           more
           then
           men
           ;
           that
           two
           should
           dare
           to
           think
           of
           encountering
           so
           many
           thousands
           ?
           and
           yet
           behold
           Ionathan
           and
           his
           
             Armour
             bearer
             put
             to
             flight
             ,
             and
             ●●rified
             the
             hearts
             of
             all
             the
             Philistins
             ,
             being
             thirty
             thousand
             Chariots
             ,
             six
             thousand
             Horse-men
             ,
             and
             Foot-men
             like
             the
             sand
             of
             the
             Sea-sh●re
             ,
          
           1
           Sam.
           14.15
           .
           O
           divine
           power
           of
           faith
           !
           that
           in
           all
           attemps
           and
           difficulties
           makes
           us
           more
           then
           men
           ,
           and
           regards
           no
           more
           
             Armies
             of
             adversaries
          
           ,
           than
           
             swarms
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           A
           
             natural
             man
          
           in
           a
           project
           so
           unlikely
           ,
           would
           have
           had
           many
           
             thoughts
             of
             discouragment
          
           ,
           and
           strong
           reasons
           to
           diswade
           him
           :
           but
           his
           
             faith
             dissolves
             impediments
          
           ,
           as
           the
           Sunne
           doth
           dews
           ;
           yea
           ,
           he
           
             contemns
             all
             fears
          
           ,
           over-looks
           all
           impossibilities
           ,
           breaks
           through
           all
           difficulties
           with
           a
           resolute
           courage
           ,
           and
           flies
           over
           all
           
             carnall
             objections
          
           with
           
             celestiall
             wings
          
           ;
           because
           the
           
             strength
             of
             his
             God
          
           ,
           was
           the
           ground
           of
           
             his
             strength
          
           in
           God.
           
        
         
           But
           secondly
           ▪
           To
           shew
           that
           their
           courage
           is
           no
           less
           passive
           ,
           than
           active
           ;
           look
           upon
           that
           Noble
           
             Army
             of
             Martyrs
          
           ,
           mentioned
           in
           
             Ecclesiastical
             History
          
           ,
           who
           went
           as
           willingly
           and
           cheerfully
           to
           the
           stake
           ,
           as
           our
           Gallants
           to
           a
           Play
           ;
           and
           leapt
           into
           their
           
             beds
             of
             flames
          
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           been
           beds
           of
           down
           :
           yea
           ,
           even
           
             weak
             women
          
           ,
           and
           
             young
             striplings
          
           ,
           when
           with
           one
           dash
           of
           a
           pen
           ,
           they
           might
           have
           been
           released
           .
           If
           any
           shall
           yet
           doubt
           which
           of
           the
           two
           (
           the
           Religious
           or
           Prophane
           )
           are
           most
           valiant
           and
           couragious
           ;
           let
           them
           look
           upon
           the
           demeanour
           of
           the
           twelve
           Spies
           ,
           Numb
           .
           the
           13th
           and
           14th
           Chapters
           ;
           and
           observe
           the
           difference
           between
           the
           two
           faithfull
           and
           true
           hearted
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           ten
           :
           then
           will
           they
           conclude
           ,
           that
           Piety
           and
           Religion
           doth
           not
           make
           men
           Cowards
           ;
           or
           if
           it
           do
           ,
           that
           as
           there
           is
           no
           feast
           to
           the
           Churles
           ,
           so
           there
           is
           no
           fight
           to
           the
           Cowards
           .
           True
           ,
           they
           are
           
             not
             soon
          
           ,
           not
           
             easily
             provoked
          
           ;
           but
           all
           the
           better
           ,
           
             the
             longer
             the
             could
             fit
          
           in
           an
           Ague
           ,
           
             the
             stronger
             the
             hot
             fit
          
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           men
           of
           the
           Sword
           ,
           will
           deem
           those
           the
           greatest
           Cowards
           that
           are
           least
           apt
           to
           fight
           .
           But
           as
           when
           it
           was
           objected
           to
           a
           Martyr
           ,
           that
           his
           Christ
           was
           but
           a
           
             Carpenters
             sonne
          
           ,
           he
           aswered
           ,
           yea
           ,
           but
           
             such
             a
             Carpenter
             as
             built
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
          
           :
           so
           we
           grant
           ,
           we
           are
           Cowards
           ,
           as
           they
           tearm
           us
           ,
           but
           
             such
             cowards
          
           as
           are
           a●le
           to
           
             prevail
             with
             God
          
           ,
           Gen.
           32.26
           ,
           28.
           
           Exod.
           32.10
           .
           And
           overcome
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           the
           Devil
           ,
           1
           Ioh.
           5.4
           .
           Gal.
           5.24
           
           1
           ●oh
           .
           2.14
           .
           which
           is
           as
           much
           valour
           and
           victory
           as
           we
           care
           for
           .
           Tru●●
           is
           truth
           ,
           as
           well
           when
           it
           is
           
             not
             acknowledged
          
           ,
           as
           when
           it
           is
           :
           and
           experience
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           he
           who
           fears
           not
           to
           do
           evill
           ,
           is
           alwayes
           afraid
           to
           suffer
           evill
           .
           Yea
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           is
           expresse
           ;
           That
           none
           can
           be
           truly
           valarous
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           are
           
             truly
             religious
             ,
             The
             wicked
             fly
             when
             none
             pursueth
             ,
             but
             the
             righeous
             are
             as
             bold
             as
             a
             Lyon
             ,
          
           Prov.
           28.1
           .
           The
           reason
           whereof
           i●
           ,
           If
           they
           live
           ,
           they
           know
           by
           whom
           they
           stand
           ;
           if
           they
           die
           ,
           they
           know
           for
           whose
           sake
           they
           fall
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           speak
           I
           of
           their
           not
           fearing
           death
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           not
           fear
           even
           the
           day
           of
           Iudgment
           ,
           1
           Joh.
           4.17
           .
           Hast
           not
           thou
           O
           Saviour
           bidde●
           us
           ,
           
             when
             the
             Elements
             shall
             be
             dissolved
             ,
             and
             the
             Heavens
             shall
             be
             flaming
             about
             our
             ears
             ,
             to
             lift
             up
             our
             heads
             with
             joy
             ,
             because
             our
             redemption
             draweth
             nigh
             ,
             Luk.
          
           21.25
           ,
           to
           29
           ,
           Wherefore
           saith
           the
           valiant
           Believer
           ,
           come
           death
           ,
           come
           fire
           ,
           come
           whirlewinde
           ,
           they
           are
           worthy
           to
           be
           welcome
           that
           shall
           carry
           us
           to
           immortality
           .
           Let
           Pagans
           and
           Infidels
           fear
           death
           ,
           saith
           St.
           Cyprian
           who
           never
           feared
           God
           in
           their
           life
           ,
           but
           let
           Christians
           go
           to
           it
           as
           travellers
           unto
           their
           native
           home
           ;
           as
           Children
           unto
           their
           loving
           Father
           ;
           willingly
           ,
           joyfully
           .
           Let
           such
           fear
           to
           die
           ,
           as
           have
           no
           hope
           to
           live
           a
           better
           life
           :
           well
           may
           the
           brute
           beasts
           fear
           death
           ,
           whose
           end
           of
           life
           is
           the
           conclusion
           of
           their
           being
           :
           well
           may
           the
           Epicure
           tremble
           at
           it
           ,
           who
           with
           his
           life
           looketh
           to
           lose
           his
           felicity
           :
           well
           may
           ignorant
           and
           
             unrepentant
             sinners
          
           quake
           at
           it
           ,
           whose
           death
           begins
           their
           damnation
           :
           well
           may
           all
           those
           make
           much
           of
           this
           life
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           sure
           of
           a
           better
           ;
           because
           they
           are
           conscious
           to
           themselves
           ,
           that
           this
           
             dying
             life
          
           ,
           will
           but
           bring
           them
           to
           a
           
             living
             death
          
           ,
           they
           have
           all
           
             sown
             in
             sinne
          
           ,
           and
           what
           ●an
           they
           look
           to
           reap
           ,
           but
           misery
           and
           vanity
           ?
           sinne
           was
           their
           traffique
           ,
           and
           grief
           will
           be
           their
           gain
           ;
           detestable
           was
           their
           life
           ,
           and
           damnable
           will
           be
           their
           decease
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           otherwise
           with
           the
           Godly
           ,
           they
           may
           be
           killed
           ,
           but
           cannot
           be
           hurt
           ;
           for
           even
           death
           (
           that
           fiend
           )
           is
           to
           them
           a
           friend
           ,
           like
           the
           
             Read
             Sea
          
           to
           the
           Israelites
           ,
           which
           put
           them
           over
           to
           the
           
             Land
             of
             Promise
          
           ,
           while
           it
           
             drowned
             their
             enemies
          
           .
           It
           is
           to
           the
           faithful
           as
           the
           Angels
           were
           to
           Lot
           ,
           who
           snatcht
           him
           out
           of
           Sodome
           ,
           while
           the
           rest
           were
           consumed
           with
           fire
           and
           Brimstone
           .
           Every
           believer
           is
           Christs
           betrothed
           Spouse
           ,
           and
           death
           is
           but
           a
           messenger
           to
           bring
           her
           ●ome
           to
           her
           Husband
           :
           and
           what
           chaste
           or
           
             loving
             Spouse
          
           ,
           will
           not
           earnestly
           desire
           the
           
             presence
             of
             her
             Bridegroom
          
           (
           as
           St.
           Austin
           speaks
           ?
           )
           Yea
           ,
           the
           
             day
             of
             death
          
           to
           them
           ,
           is
           the
           
             day
             of
             their
             Coronation
          
           :
           and
           what
           
             Princely
             heir
          
           does
           not
           long
           for
           the
           day
           of
           his
           inst●lm●●t
           ,
           and
           rejoyce
           when
           it
           comes
           ?
           Certainly
           it
           was
           the
           sweetest
           voit●
           that
           ever
           the
           Thief
           heard
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           when
           Christ
           said
           unto
           him
           ,
           
             This
             day
             shalt
             thou
             be
             with
             me
             in
             Paradise
             ,
          
           Luk.
           23.43
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           as
           death
           to
           the
           wicked
           ,
           puts
           an
           end
           to
           their
           
             short
             joyes
          
           ,
           and
           begins
           their
           
             everlasting
             sorrowes
          
           :
           so
           to
           the
           Elect
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           end
           of
           all
           sorrow
           ,
           and
           the
           beginning
           of
           their
           
             everlasting
             joyes
          
           .
        
         
         
           The
           end
           of
           their
           sorrow
           ;
           for
           whereas
           complaint
           of
           
             evils
             ▪
             past
          
           ,
           sense
           of
           〈◊〉
           ,
           and
           fear
           of
           future
           ,
           have
           shared
           our
           lives
           amongst
           them
           ;
           death
           is
        
         
           1.
           
           A
           Supersedeas
           for
           all
           diseases
           ;
           the
           Resurrection
           knows
           no
           imper●●ction
           ,
        
         
           2
           ,
           It
           is
           a
           
             Writ
             of
             ease
          
           ,
           to
           free
           us
           from
           labour
           and
           servitude
           :
           like
           Moses
           〈◊〉
           delivered
           
             Gods
             people
          
           out
           of
           bondage
           ,
           and
           from
           
             brick
             making
          
           i●
           ●egypt
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Whereas
           our
           ingresse
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           our
           progresse
           in
           it
           ,
           our
           
           egress●
           ●ut
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           nothing
           but
           sorrow
           (
           for
           we
           are
           born
           crying
           ,
           live
           grumbling
           ,
           ●nd
           die
           sighing
           )
           death
           is
           a
           medicine
           ,
           which
           drives
           away
           all
           these
           ,
           for
           we
           ●hall
           rise
           triumphing
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           It
           shall
           revive
           our
           reputation●
           ,
           and
           cleer
           our
           Names
           from
           all
           
             ignomi
             ▪
             ●y
          
           and
           reproach
           ;
           yea
           ,
           the
           more
           contemptible
           here
           ,
           the
           more
           glorious
           
             here
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           Now
           a
           very
           Duellist
           will
           go
           into
           the
           field
           to
           seek
           death
           ,
           and
           finde
           ●onour
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Death
           to
           the
           godly
           is
           as
           a
           
             Goal
             ▪
             delivery
          
           ,
           to
           let
           the
           Soul
           out
           of
           the
           ●rison
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           and
           set
           it
           free
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           Death
           frees
           us
           from
           sinne
           ,
           an
           Inmate
           that
           (
           spite
           of
           our
           teeth
           )
           will
           ●●oust
           with
           us
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           life
           affords
           it
           ho●se
           room
           :
           for
           what
           is
           it
           to
           the
           ●●ithfull
           ,
           but
           the
           funerall
           of
           their
           vices
           ,
           and
           the
           resurrection
           of
           their
           vertues
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           VII
           .
        
         
           BEcause
           Patience
           in
           suffering
           brings
           a
           reward
           wi●h
           it
           .
           In
           reason
           a
           man
           would
           forgive
           his
           enemy
           ev●n
           for
           his
           own
           ●ake
           ,
           were
           there
           no
           ●ther
           motive
           ●o
           perswade
           him
           :
           for
           to
           let
           passe
           many
           things
           of
           no
           smal●
           moment
           ,
           as
           that
           ,
           if
           we
           
             forgive
             not
          
           ,
           we
           can
           do
           no
           part
           of
           ●ods
           worship
           ●hat
           is
           pleasing
           to
           him
           ;
           for
           we
           cannot
           
             pray
             aright
          
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           2.8
           .
           We
           ●annot
           communicate
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           but
           we
           make
           our selves
           
             guilty
             of
             Christs
             blood
          
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           11.27
           .
           Matth.
           ●
           .
           24
           .
           We
           cannot
           be
           good
           hearers
           ●f
           the
           Word
           ,
           Iames
           1.21
           .
           and
           that
           it
           makes
           a
           man
           
             captive
             to
             Satan
             ▪
          
           Ephes
           .
           4.26
           ,
           27.
           and
           many
           the
           like
           :
           
             If
             ye
             forigve
             men
             their
             trespasses
             ,
          
           (
           saith
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           )
           
             your
             heavenly
             Father
             also
             will
             forgive
             you
             ;
             but
             if
             you
             for●ive
             not
             men
             their
             trespasses
             ,
             neither
             will
             your
             heavenly
             Father
             forgive
             you
             ●our
             trespasses
             ,
          
           Mat.
           6.14
           ,
           15.
           
           So
           he
           that
           will
           not
           
             be
             in
             Charity
          
           ,
           shall
           never
           be
           in
           Heaven
           :
           And
           why
           should
           I
           do
           my self
           a
           shrewd
           turn
           because
           
             ●nother
             would
          
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           we
           
             desire
             pardon
          
           ,
           as
           we
           
             give
             pardon
          
           ;
           and
           we
           would
           ●e
           loath
           to
           have
           our
           
             own
             lips
             condemn
             us
          
           .
           When
           we
           pray
           to
           God
           to
           forgive
           us
           our
           trespasses
           ,
           as
           we
           also
           forgive
           them
           that
           trespasse
           against
           us
           ,
           ●nd
           do
           not
           resolve
           to
           forgive
           our
           brethren
           ;
           we
           do
           ineffect
           say
           ,
           
             Lord
             condemn
             us
          
           ,
           for
           we
           will
           be
           condemned
           :
           whereas
           he
           that
           
             doth
             good
             to
             his
             enemy
          
           ,
           e●en
           in
           that
           act
           ,
           doth
           better
           to
           himself
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           
             Blessed
             is
             the
             man
          
           (
           saith
           St.
           Iames
           )
           
             that
             endureth
             temptation
          
           (
           viz.
           with
           patience
           )
           
             for
             when
             he
             is
             tried
             ,
             he
             shall
             receive
             the
             Crown
             of
             life
             ,
          
           James
           
           1.12
           .
           And
           this
           made
           Moses
           not
           only
           patient
           in
           his
           sufferings
           ,
           but
           joyfull
           ,
           esteeming
           
             the
             rebuke
             of
             Christ
             greater
             riches
             than
             all
             the
             measures
             of
             Aegypt
          
           :
           For
           saith
           the
           Text
           ,
           he
           had
           
             respect
             unto
             the
             recompence
             of
             the
             reward
             ,
          
           Heb.
           11.26
           .
           And
           well
           it
           might
           ;
           for
           whereas
           the
           highest
           degree
           of
           suffering
           ,
           is
           not
           worthy
           of
           he
           least
           and
           
             lowest
             degree
             of
             this
             glory
          
           ,
           Rom.
           2.18
           .
           St.
           Paul
           witnesseth
           ,
           that
           
             our
             light
             affliction
             which
             is
             but
             for
             a
             moment
          
           (
           if
           it
           be
           borne
           with
           patience
           )
           
             causeth
             unto
             us
             a
             far
             most
             excellent
             and
             eternall
             weight
             of
             glory
             ,
             while
             we
             look
             not
             on
             the
             things
             that
             are
             seen
             ,
             but
             on
             the
             things
             which
             are
             not
             seen
             ,
          
           2
           Cor.
           4.17
           ,
           18.
           
           Where
           note
           the
           incomparablenesse
           and
           infinite
           difference
           between
           the
           work
           and
           the
           wages
           :
           light
           affliction
           receiving
           a
           weight
           of
           glory
           ,
           and
           momentary
           afflictions
           ,
           eternall
           glory
           :
           answerable
           to
           the
           reward
           of
           the
           wicked
           ,
           whose
           empty
           delights
           live
           and
           die
           in
           a
           moment
           :
           but
           their
           insufferable
           punishment
           is
           interminable
           and
           endless
           :
           As
           it
           fared
           with
           Pope
           Sixtus
           the
           fifth
           (
           who
           sold
           his
           soul
           to
           the
           Devill
           ,
           to
           enjoy
           the
           glory
           and
           pleasure
           of
           the
           Popedom
           for
           seven
           years
           )
           their
           pleasure
           is
           short
           ,
           their
           pain
           everlasting
           :
           our
           pain
           is
           short
           ,
           our
           joy
           eternall
           .
           What
           will
           not
           men
           undergo
           ,
           so
           their
           pay
           may
           be
           answerable
           ?
           The
           old
           experienced
           Souldier
           fears
           not
           the
           rain
           and
           storms
           above
           him
           ,
           nor
           the
           numbers
           falling
           before
           him
           ,
           nor
           the
           troops
           of
           enemies
           against
           him
           ,
           nor
           the
           shot
           of
           thundring
           Ordinance
           about
           him
           ;
           but
           looks
           to
           the
           honourable
           reward
           promised
           him
           .
           When
           Philip
           asked
           Democritus
           ,
           if
           he
           die
           ,
           not
           fear
           to
           lose
           his
           head
           ,
           he
           answered
           ,
           No
           :
           for
           (
           quoth
           he
           ,
           )
           if
           I
           die
           ,
           the
           Athenians
           will
           give
           me
           a
           
             life
             immortall
          
           :
           meaning
           ,
           he
           should
           be
           s●●●ued
           in
           the
           treasury
           of
           eternall
           fame
           :
           if
           the
           immortality
           (
           as
           they
           thought
           )
           of
           their
           names
           ,
           was
           such
           a
           strong
           reason
           to
           perswade
           them
           to
           patience
           ,
           and
           all
           kind
           of
           worthinesse
           ;
           what
           should
           the
           
             immortality
             of
             the
             soul
          
           be
           to
           us
           ?
           Alas
           ,
           vertue
           were
           a
           poor
           thing
           ,
           if
           fam●
           only
           should
           be
           all
           the
           Garland
           that
           did
           crown
           her
           :
           but
           the
           
             Christian
             knowes
          
           ,
           that
           if
           every
           pain
           he
           suffers
           were
           a
           death
           ,
           and
           very
           crosse
           an
           hell
           ;
           he
           shall
           have
           amends
           enough
           .
           Which
           made
           the
           Martyrs
           such
           Lambs
           in
           suffering
           ,
           that
           their
           persecutors
           were
           more
           weary
           with
           striking
           ,
           than
           they
           with
           suffering
           ;
           and
           many
           of
           them
           as
           willing
           to
           die
           as
           dine
           .
           When
           Modestus
           the
           Emperours
           Lieutenant
           ,
           told
           Basil
           what
           he
           should
           suffer
           ;
           as
           confiscation
           of
           goods
           ,
           cruell
           tortures
           ,
           death
           ,
           &c.
           
           He
           answered
           ,
           If
           this
           be
           all
           ,
           I
           fear
           not
           :
           yea
           had
           I
           as
           many
           lives
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           hairs
           on
           my
           head
           ,
           I
           would
           lay
           them
           all
           down
           for
           Christ
           ,
           nor
           can
           your
           master
           more
           benefit
           me
           than
           in
           sending
           me
           to
           my
           Heavenly
           Father
           ,
           to
           whom
           I
           now
           live
           ,
           and
           to
           whom
           I
           desire
           to
           hasten
           .
           And
           another
           time
           ,
           being
           threatned
           in
           like
           manner
           by
           the
           Emperour
           ▪
           he
           bad
           him
           fright
           Babies
           with
           such
           Bugbares
           .
           His
           life
           might
           be
           taken
           away
           ,
           but
           not
           his
           comforte
           ,
           his
           head
           ;
           but
           not
           his
           crown
           .
           Yea
           ,
           persecutors
           ,
           are
           but
           our
           Fathers
           Goldsmiths
           ,
           (
           sayes
           Bernard
           )
           working
           to
           adde
           Pearles
           ,
           to
           the
           Crowns
           of
           the
           Saints
           .
           Whence
           Gordius
           could
           say
           to
           his
           tormentors
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           my
           great
           loss
           ,
           if
           you
           bate
           me
           any
           part
           of
           my
           sufferings
           .
           I
           could
           abound
           with
           
           ●●amples
           of
           this
           nature
           .
           No
           matter
           (
           quoth
           one
           of
           them
           )
           what
           I
           
             suffer
             on
             earth
          
           ,
           so
           I
           may
           be
           crowned
           in
           Heaven
           .
           I
           care
           not
           ,
           quoth
           another
           ,
           what
           becometh
           of
           this
           frail
           
             Bark
             my
             flesh
          
           ;
           so
           I
           have
           the
           passenger
           ,
           my
           soul
           ,
           safely
           conducted
           .
           And
           another
           ,
        
         
           
             If
             (
             Lord
             )
             at
             night
             thou
             grant'st
             me
             Lazarus
             boon
             ,
          
           
             Let
             Dives
             dogs
             lick
             all
             my
             sores
             at
             noon
             ,
          
        
         
           And
           a
           valiant
           Souldier
           going
           about
           a
           Christian
           atchievement
           ;
           My
           comfort
           is
           ,
           though
           
             I
             lose
             my
             life
          
           for
           Christs
           sake
           ,
           yet
           I
           shall
           not
           
             lose
             my
             labour
          
           ;
           yea
           ,
           I
           cannot
           endure
           enough
           to
           come
           to
           Heaven
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           Ignatius
           going
           to
           his
           Martyrdom
           ,
           was
           so
           strongly
           ravished
           with
           the
           joyes
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           that
           he
           burst
           out
           into
           these
           words
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           come
           fire
           ,
           come
           beasts
           ,
           come
           breaking
           my
           
             bones
             ,
             racking
          
           of
           my
           body
           ,
           come
           all
           the
           torments
           of
           the
           Devill
           together
           upon
           me
           ,
           come
           what
           can
           come
           in
           the
           whole
           earth
           ,
           or
           in
           hell
           ,
           so
           I
           may
           enjoy
           
             Iesus
             Christ
          
           in
           the
           end
           .
        
         
           I
           might
           shew
           the
           like
           ,
           touching
           
             temptations
             on
             the
             right
             hand
          
           ,
           which
           have
           commonly
           more
           strength
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           are
           therefore
           more
           dangerous
           ,
           because
           more
           plausible
           and
           glorious
           .
           When
           Valence
           sent
           to
           offer
           Basil
           great
           preferments
           ,
           and
           to
           tell
           him
           what
           a
           great
           man
           he
           might
           be
           :
           Basil
           answers
           ,
           Offer
           these
           things
           to
           Children
           not
           to
           Christians
           .
           When
           some
           bad
           ,
           stop
           Luthers
           mouth
           with
           preferment
           :
           one
           of
           his
           adversaries
           answered
           ,
           it
           was
           in
           vain
           ,
           he
           cares
           neither
           for
           Gold
           ,
           nor
           Honour
           .
           And
           when
           they
           offered
           to
           make
           him
           a
           Cardinall
           ,
           if
           he
           would
           be
           quiet
           ;
           he
           answered
           ,
           No.
           I
           will
           not
           betray
           the
           truth
           by
           my
           silence
           ,
           if
           you
           would
           make
           me
           Pope
           .
           When
           Valence
           the
           Emperour
           offered
           Basil
           great
           sums
           of
           
             money
             ,
             and
             high
             preferment
             to
             tempt
             him
             :
             he
             answered
             ,
             can
             you
             give
             me
             money
             that
             shall
             last
             for
             ever
             ,
          
           and
           
             glory
             that
             will
             eternally
             flourish
          
           ?
           When
           Pyrrhus
           tempted
           Fabritius
           ,
           the
           first
           day
           with
           an
           Elephant
           ,
           so
           huge
           and
           monstrous
           a
           beast
           as
           before
           he
           had
           not
           seen
           ,
           the
           next
           day
           with
           Money
           and
           promises
           of
           Honour
           ,
           he
           answered
           ,
           I
           fear
           not
           thy
           force
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           too
           wise
           for
           thy
           fraud
           .
           But
           I
           shall
           be
           censured
           for
           exceeding
           .
        
         
           Thus
           
             hope
             refresheth
          
           a
           Christian
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           
             misery
             depresseth
          
           him
           ;
           it
           makes
           him
           defie
           all
           that
           men
           or
           Devils
           can
           do
           ,
           saying
           ,
           Take
           away
           my
           goods
           ,
           my
           
             good
             name
          
           ,
           my
           friends
           ,
           my
           liberty
           ,
           my
           life
           ,
           and
           what
           else
           thou
           canst
           imagin
           ;
           yet
           I
           am
           well
           enough
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           thou
           canst
           not
           take
           away
           the
           
             reward
             of
             all
          
           ,
           which
           is
           
             an
             hundred
             sold
             more
             even
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             world
             to
             come
             ,
             life
             everlasting
             .
          
           Mark.
           10.29
           ,
           30.
           
           I
           confess
           many
           are
           such
           Milksops
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           Faith
           ,
           and
           experience
           :
           that
           they
           are
           dishartned
           with
           Scoffs
           alone
           ,
           but
           no
           need
           .
           For
           ,
           if
           they
           should
           turn
           their
           words
           into
           blowes
           ,
           and
           (
           instead
           of
           using
           their
           tongues
           )
           take
           up
           their
           swords
           and
           kill
           us
           ,
           they
           shall
           rather
           pleasure
           than
           hurt
           us
           .
           When
           
             Iohn
             Baptists
          
           was
           delivered
           from
           a
           double
           prison
           ,
           of
           his
           own
           ,
           of
           Herods
           ,
           and
           
             placed
             in
             the
             glorious
             liberty
             of
             the
             Sonnes
             of
             God
             ,
          
           what
           did
           he
           lose
           by
           it
           ?
           His
           
             head
             was
             taken
             off
          
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           be
           
             crowned
             with
             glory
          
           ;
           he
           had
           no
           ill
           bargain
           of
           it
           ,
           they
           did
           but
           hasten
           him
           to
           immortality
           :
           and
           the
           Churches
           daily
           
           prayer
           is
           ,
           
             Come
             Lord
             Iesus
             ,
             come
             quickly
             .
          
           Yea
           ,
           what
           said
           blessed
           
             Bradford
             ▪
             In
             Christs
             cause
             to
             suffer
             death
             ,
             is
             the
             way
             to
             Heaven
             on
             Horsback
          
           ;
           which
           hath
           made
           some
           even
           slight
           the
           sentence
           of
           death
           ,
           and
           make
           nothing
           of
           it
           .
           It
           is
           recorded
           of
           one
           Martyr
           ,
           that
           hearing
           the
           sentence
           of
           his
           condemnation
           read
           ,
           wherein
           was
           exprest
           many
           severall
           tortures
           ,
           of
           
             starving
             ,
             killing
             ,
             boyling
             ,
             burning
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           which
           he
           should
           suffer
           ;
           he
           turns
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           smiling
           countenance
           saies
           ;
           
             And
             all
             this
             is
             but
             one
             death
             ,
          
           and
           each
           Christian
           may
           say
           (
           of
           what
           kinde
           soever
           his
           sufferings
           be
           )
           
             The
             sooner
             I
             get
             home
             ,
             the
             sooner
             I
             shall
             be
             at
             ease
             .
          
           Yea
           ,
           whatever
           threatens
           to
           befall
           him
           he
           may
           answer
           it
           as
           once
           that
           noble
           Spartan
           ,
           who
           being
           told
           of
           the
           death
           of
           his
           Children
           ,
           answered
           ,
           I
           knew
           well
           they
           were
           all
           begot
           mortall
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           his
           goods
           were
           confiscate
           ,
           I
           knew
           what
           was
           but
           
             for
             my
             use
          
           ,
           was
           not
           mine
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           that
           his
           honour
           was
           gone
           ,
           I
           knew
           no
           glory
           could
           be
           everlasting
           on
           this
           miserable
           Earth
           .
           Fourthly
           ,
           that
           his
           sentence
           was
           to
           dye
           .
           That
           's
           nothing
           ,
           Nature
           hath
           given
           like
           sentence
           both
           of
           my
           condemners
           and
           me
           .
           Wicked
           men
           have
           the
           advantage
           of
           the
           way
           ,
           but
           
             godly
             men
          
           of
           the
           end
           ;
           Who
           fear
           not
           death
           because
           they
           
             feared
             God
             in
             their
             life
          
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           carnall
           men
           will
           either
           not
           believe
           this
           ,
           or
           should
           they
           see
           it
           acted
           ,
           (
           as
           in
           Queen
           Macies
           dayes
           )
           they
           would
           be
           amazed
           at
           it
           .
           And
           no
           wonder
           for
           to
           speak
           truth
           ,
           Faith
           and
           Patience
           are
           two
           mi●acles
           in
           a
           Christian
           .
           A
           
             Protestant
             Martyr
          
           being
           at
           the
           stake
           ,
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           furious
           and
           outragious
           flames
           ,
           cried
           out
           ,
           Behold
           ye
           Papists
           ,
           whom
           nothing
           will
           convince
           but
           Miracles
           ;
           here
           see
           one
           indeed
           ,
           for
           in
           this
           fire
           I
           feel
           no
           more
           pain
           ,
           than
           if
           I
           were
           in
           a
           
             bed
             of
             Down
          
           ,
           yea
           it
           is
           to
           me
           like
           a
           
             bed
             of
             Roses
          
           :
           and
           Cassianus
           reporteth
           ,
           that
           when
           a
           Martyr
           was
           tormented
           by
           the
           Infidels
           ,
           and
           asked
           by
           way
           of
           reproach
           ,
           What
           Miracle
           his
           CHRIST
           had
           done
           ;
           he
           answered
           ,
           He
           hath
           done
           what
           you
           now
           he
           hold
           ;
           enabled
           me
           so
           to
           bear
           your
           contumelies
           ,
           and
           undergo
           all
           these
           tortures
           so
           patiently
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           not
           once
           moved
           ;
           and
           is
           not
           this
           a
           miracle
           worthy
           yout
           taking
           notice
           of
           ?
           And
           indeed
           ,
           what
           have
           we
           by
           our
           second
           birth
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           miraculous
           in
           comparison
           of
           our
           naturall
           condition
           ?
           It
           was
           no
           lesse
           then
           a
           miracle
           for
           Zacheus
           ,
           a
           man
           both
           rich
           and
           covetous
           ,
           to
           give
           half
           his
           goods
           to
           the
           poor
           ,
           and
           make
           restitution
           with
           the
           residue
           ,
           and
           ,
           all
           this
           in
           his
           health
           .
           It
           was
           a
           great
           miracle
           ,
           that
           
             Ioseph
             in
             the
             arms
             of
             his
             Mistress
             ,
          
           should
           not
           burn
           with
           lust
           .
           It
           is
           a
           great
           miracle
           for
           a
           man
           to
           forsake
           Houses
           ,
           and
           Lands
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           he
           hath
           ;
           yea
           ,
           to
           hate
           Father
           ,
           and
           Mother
           ,
           and
           Wife
           ,
           and
           Children
           ,
           and
           his
           
             own
             life
          
           to
           be
           
             Christs
             Disciple
          
           .
           It
           is
           a
           great
           miracle
           ,
           to
           rejoyce
           in
           tribulation
           ,
           and
           smile
           
             death
             in
             the
             face
          
           .
           It
           is
           a
           great
           miracle
           that
           of
           fierce
           and
           cruell
           
             Wolves
             ,
             Bears
             ,
             Lyons
          
           ,
           we
           should
           be
           transformed
           into
           meek
           Lambs
           ,
           and
           harmless
           Doves
           and
           all
           this
           ,
           
             by
             the
             foolishness
             of
             Preaching
             Christ
             crucified
             .
          
           Indeed
           ,
           they
           were
           no
           miracles
           ,
           if
           nature
           could
           produce
           the
           like
           effect
           :
           But
           he
           must
           not
           look
           to
           s●and
           in
           competion
           with
           grace
           ,
           for
           which
           consult
           ,
           Phil.
           3
           ,
           4.
           
           ●●m
           .
           5.5
           .
           Phil.
           4.13
           .
           Alas
           ,
           grace
           and
           faith
           transcend
           nature
           and
           reason
           :
           〈◊〉
           much
           as
           reason
           doth
           sense
           ,
           for
           patience
           (
           rightly
           so
           called
           )
           is
           a
           
             Preroga●●ve
             royall
          
           ,
           peculiar
           to
           the
           Saints
           .
           It
           is
           well
           if
           Philosophy
           have
           so
           much
           ●isdome
           ,
           as
           to
           stand
           amazed
           at
           it
           .
           Neither
           is
           it
           true
           
             Christian
             patience
          
           ,
           ●●cept
           1.
           
           It
           flow
           from
           a
           pious
           and
           
             good
             heart
             ,
             sanctified
             by
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             .
          
           ●
           Be
           done
           in
           
             knowledge
             of
          
           ,
           and
           
             obedience
             to
             Gods
             c●mmand
          
           .
           3.
           
           That
           we
           〈◊〉
           it
           in
           humility
           ,
           and
           sincere
           
             love
             to
             God.
          
           4.
           
           That
           it
           be
           done
           in
           faith
           .
           ●
           That
           we
           aim
           at
           
             Gods
             glory
          
           (
           not
           at
           our
           own
           ,
           )
           and
           the
           
             Churches
             good
          
           〈◊〉
           our
           sufferings
           .
           6.
           
           That
           we
           forgive
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           forbear
           ;
           yea
           ,
           
             love
             ,
             ●●ay
          
           for
           ,
           and
           
             return
             good
          
           to
           our
           enemies
           for
           their
           evill
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           you
           see
           how
           patient
           suffering
           is
           rewarded
           ,
           both
           here
           and
           ●●reafter
           ;
           that
           we
           lose
           whatever
           we
           
             do
             lose
          
           by
           our
           enemies
           ,
           no
           otherwise
           ●●an
           the
           
             husbandman
             loseth
             his
             seed
          
           :
           for
           whatever
           we
           part
           withall
           ,
           is
           but
           
             〈◊〉
             seed
             cast
             into
             the
             ground
             ,
          
           which
           shall
           even
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           according
           to
           our
           ●●●viours
           promise
           ,
           return
           unto
           us
           the
           
             increase
             of
             an
             hundred
             fold
          
           ,
           and
           in
           
             〈◊〉
             world
             to
             come
             ,
             life
             everlasting
             .
          
           Mark.
           10.19
           ,
           30
           ,
           But
           admit
           patience
           ●ould
           neither
           be
           rewarded
           here
           ,
           nor
           hereafter
           ;
           yet
           it
           is
           a
           sufficient
           ●●ward
           to
           it self
           :
           for
           ,
           hope
           and
           patience
           are
           two
           soveraign
           and
           
             universall
             ●●medies
          
           for
           all
           diseases
           .
           Patience
           is
           a
           counterpoyson
           or
           antipoyson
           for
           all
           〈◊〉
           .
           It
           is
           like
           the
           Tree
           which
           Moses
           cast
           into
           the
           waters
           ,
           Exod.
           15.25
           .
           ●r
           as
           that
           Tree
           made
           the
           
             waters
             sweet
          
           ,
           so
           Patience
           sweetens
           
             afflicti●n
             ▪
          
           〈◊〉
           is
           as
           Larde
           to
           the
           
             lean
             meat
          
           of
           adversity
           .
           It
           makes
           the
           poor
           beggar
           〈◊〉
           teacheth
           the
           bond-man
           in
           a
           narrow
           prison
           to
           enjoy
           all
           liberty
           and
           ●●●iety
           for
           ,
           the
           patient
           beleever
           ,
           though
           he
           be
           alone
           ,
           yet
           he
           never
           wants
           ●●mpany
           :
           though
           his
           diet
           be
           penury
           ,
           his
           saewce
           is
           content
           :
           all
           his
           
           miseries
           ●●nnot
           make
           him
           sick
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           digested
           by
           patience
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           is
           not
           so
           much
           the
           greatnesse
           of
           their
           pain
           ,
           as
           the
           smalnesse
           of
           their
           
             pa
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           that
           makes
           many
           miserable
           ;
           whence
           some
           have
           (
           and
           not
           unfitly
           )
           ●●embled
           our
           fancies
           ,
           to
           those
           
             multiplying
             glasses
          
           made
           at
           Venice
           ,
           which
           〈◊〉
           put
           to
           the
           eye
           ,
           make
           
             twenty
             men
          
           in
           Arms
           shew
           like
           a
           
             terrible
             ●rmy
          
           .
           And
           every
           man
           is
           truly
           calamitous
           ,
           that
           supposeth
           himself
           so
           :
           ●
           oftentimes
           we
           
             die
             in
             conceit
          
           ,
           before
           we
           be
           
             truly
             sick
          
           :
           we
           give
           the
           
             bat
             〈◊〉
          
           for
           lost
           ,
           when
           as
           yet
           we
           see
           not
           the
           
             enemy
             .
             Now
          
           crosses
           are
           either
           ●nderous
           or
           light
           ,
           as
           the
           Disciples
           or
           Scholers
           esteem
           them
           :
           every
           man
           ●
           so
           wretched
           ,
           as
           he
           
             beleeveth
             himselfe
          
           to
           be
           .
           The
           tast
           of
           goods
           or
           
           evils
           ●oth
           greatly
           depend
           on
           the
           opinion
           we
           have
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           contentation
           ,
           ●ke
           an
           old
           man
           spectacles
           ,
           make
           those
           characters
           easie
           and
           familiar
           that
           ●therwise
           would
           puzzle
           him
           shrewdly
           .
           Afflictions
           are
           as
           we
           use
           them
           ;
           ●●eir
           is
           nothing
           grievous
           ,
           if
           the
           thought
           make
           it
           not
           so
           :
           even
           pain
           it self
           ●aith
           the
           Philosopher
           )
           is
           in
           our
           power
           ,
           if
           not
           to
           be
           disanulled
           ,
           yet
           at
           〈◊〉
           to
           be
           diminshed
           through
           patience
           :
           very
           
             Gally
             slaves
          
           ,
           setting
           〈◊〉
           by
           their
           captivity
           ,
           find
           freedom
           in
           
             bondage
             .
             Patience
          
           is
           like
           a
           
             golden
             ●eld
          
           in
           the
           hand
           ,
           to
           break
           the
           stroak
           of
           every
           crosse
           ,
           and
           save
           the
           
           heart
           ●●ough
           the
           body
           suffer
           .
           
             A
             sound
             spirit
          
           ,
           saith
           
             Solomon
             ,
             will
             bear
             his
             
             infirmity
             ,
          
           Prov.
           18.14
           .
           Patience
           to
           the
           soul
           ,
           is
           as
           the
           lid
           to
           the
           eye●
           as
           the
           lid
           being
           shut
           ,
           when
           occasion
           requires
           ,
           saves
           it
           exceedingly●
           Patience
           intervening
           between
           the
           soul
           and
           that
           which
           it
           suffers
           ,
           〈◊〉
           the
           
             heart
             whole
          
           ,
           and
           cheers
           the
           body
           again
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           if
           you
           〈◊〉
           it
           ,
           when
           you
           can
           passe
           by
           an
           offence
           ,
           and
           take
           it
           patiently
           and
           quie●
           you
           have
           a
           kind
           of
           peace
           and
           joy
           in
           your
           heart
           ,
           as
           if
           you
           had
           gott●●
           victory
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           your
           patience
           is
           ,
           still
           the
           lesse
           your
           pain
           is
           :
           for
           〈◊〉
           light
           burthen
           at
           the
           
             arms
             end
          
           weigheth
           heavier
           by
           much
           ,
           than
           a
           〈◊〉
           of
           treble
           weight
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           born
           on
           the
           shoulders
           which
           are
           made
           to
           〈◊〉
           so
           if
           a
           man
           set
           patience
           to
           bear
           his
           crosse
           ,
           the
           weight
           is
           nothing
           to
           〈◊〉
           it
           would
           be
           if
           that
           were
           wanting
           :
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           Patience
           is
           so
           soveraig●
           medicine
           ,
           that
           it
           cures
           and
           overcomes
           all
           ;
           it
           keeps
           the
           heart
           from
           〈◊〉
           the
           hand
           from
           revenge
           ,
           the
           tongue
           from
           contumely
           ,
           the
           whole
           body
           〈◊〉
           smart
           ,
           it
           overcomes
           our
           enemies
           without
           weapons
           :
           finally
           ,
           it
           is
           such
           a
           〈◊〉
           tue
           that
           it
           makes
           calamities
           no
           calamities
           .
           So
           you
           have
           seaven
           
             Reaso●●
             patience
          
           there
           are
           nine
           more
           in
           the
           Originall
           that
           should
           follow
           ,
           〈◊〉
           hasten
           to
           the
           uses
           &c.
           
           An
           end
           of
           the
           
             second
             part
          
           :
           the
           Third
           and
           〈◊〉
           followes
           .
        
      
       
         
           POSTSCRIPT
           .
        
         
           FOr
           the
           Readers
           good
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Vendor
           may
           not
           want
           sorts
           ,
           〈◊〉
           serve
           his
           two
           penny
           customers
           :
           (
           for
           he
           meets
           with
           few
           that
           will
           〈◊〉
           him
           more
           ,
           be
           the
           Book
           of
           what
           bulk
           it
           will.
           )
           I
           have
           stooped
           so
           〈◊〉
           as
           to
           cut
           these
           small
           shreds
           out
           of
           a
           whole
           piece
           of
           rich
           Scarlet
           .
           And
           〈◊〉
           doce
           out
           so
           much
           Ambergreece
           in
           these
           little
           papers
           ,
           as
           may
           accomm●
           ▪
           date
           both
           the
           poor
           ,
           and
           penurious
           .
           Though
           I
           foresee
           the
           disinge●
           ▪
           ousness
           of
           not
           a
           few
           ;
           who
           not
           considering
           the
           worth
           ,
           nor
           quantity
           〈◊〉
           matter
           crowded
           in
           ,
           but
           the
           number
           of
           leaves
           :
           will
           offer
           him
           for
           eac●
           two
           sh●ets
           ,
           the
           price
           of
           a
           Ballad
           .
           Notwithstanding
           in
           case
           any
           sha●●
           repent
           their
           bargain
           ,
           they
           shall
           be
           intreated
           by
           some
           or
           other
           I
           presum●
           to
           take
           their
           money
           again
           ,
           after
           they
           have
           read
           it
           .
        
         
           So
           many
           as
           would
           have
           the
           Originall
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           these
           seaven
           Ch●pters
           ,
           and
           the
           foregoing
           eleaven
           are
           taken
           ;
           (
           a
           Book
           contayning
           as
           good
           〈◊〉
           fourscore
           the
           li●e
           Chapters
           )
           need
           but
           repair
           to
           the
           Stationers
           ,
           Or
           〈◊〉
           case
           
             the
             Fier
          
           has
           prevented
           ;
           they
           may
           be
           had
           where
           these
           pieces
           ar●
           sold
           .
        
         
           Then
           that
           hundreds
           may
           be
           undeceived
           ,
           who
           having
           bought
           so
           man●
           of
           my
           small
           pieces
           ,
           as
           are
           conteyned
           in
           my
           
             Christian
             Library
          
           :
           suppos●●
           they
           have
           all
           my
           Lucubrations
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           not
           one
           half
           :
           for
           wha●
           I
           have
           published
           ,
           cannot
           well
           be
           bound
           up
           in
           less
           then
           four
           Vollumes
           ▪
           And
           that
           the
           several
           Stationers
           ,
           that
           have
           the
           Coppies
           ;
           may
           not
           wher●
           I
           am
           gone
           so
           serve
           me
           ,
           in
           Printing
           them
           together
           with
           Tables
           ,
           (
           without
           which
           they
           are
           nothing
           so
           useful
           for
           Scholers
           .
           )
           I
           think
           it
           n●t
           amis●●
           
           to
           give
           them
           thereof
           a
           hint
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           may
           better
           inform
           themselves
           ,
           if
           occasion
           shall
           happen
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           prevailing
           with
           some
           one
           against
           the
           time
           I
           shall
           leave
           the
           World
           which
           is
           neer
           at
           hand
           ,
           (
           should
           I
           make
           it
           my
           humble
           and
           universal
           request
           .
           )
           to
           take
           up
           my
           Trade
           ,
           In
           giving
           a
           few
           lines
           of
           good
           counsell
           ,
           to
           those
           poor
           ignorant
           and
           impotent
           wretches
           ,
           that
           do
           not
           so
           much
           as
           know
           they
           have
           pretious
           and
           
             immortal
             souls
          
           that
           must
           live
           everlastingly
           in
           Blisse
           or
           Woe
           :
           that
           is
           when
           he
           shall
           hear
           them
           swear
           ,
           Curse
           ,
           Scoff
           ,
           &c.
           
           As
           he
           sees
           an
           opportunity
           of
           doing
           good
           ,
           or
           some
           likelywhood
           of
           stopping
           them
           in
           their
           way
           to
           destruction
           ,
           whether
           they
           are
           posting
           b●indfold
           ,
           and
           headlong
           I
           have
           very
           small
           hope
           .
           Though
           I
           will
           forbid
           the
           best
           pate
           alive
           to
           devise
           a
           better
           way
           for
           a
           private
           Christian
           ,
           to
           express
           his
           love
           and
           thankfulness
           to
           Christ
           ,
           who
           hath
           
             done
             and
             suffered
          
           for
           ,
           
             given
             and
             forgiven
          
           so
           much
           to
           him
           :
           or
           how
           he
           shall
           better
           discharge
           his
           duty
           to
           his
           Neighbour
           ,
           or
           Country
           ,
           or
           do
           
             so
             much
             good
             at
             so
             cheap
             a
             rate
          
           :
           For
           hereby
           he
           shall
           endeavour
           ,
           and
           not
           without
           some
           hope
           ,
           (
           God
           blessing
           the
           meanes
           )
           the
           saving
           of
           
             Ten
             thousand
             souls
          
           ;
           with
           the
           expence
           of
           
             five
             times
             ten
             shillings
          
           .
           Which
           project
           that
           ever
           it
           was
           put
           into
           my
           minde
           ,
           I
           account
           the
           second
           incomparable
           favour
           ,
           that
           ever
           I
           received
           Insomuch
           that
           I
           can
           never
           enough
           admire
           !
           The
           
             coldness
             of
             mens
             charity
          
           and
           love
           ;
           and
           yet
           the
           strength
           (
           as
           they
           pretend
           )
           
             of
             their
             faith
             ,
             and
             servency
             in
             prayer
             .
          
           Yea
           ,
           how
           should
           it
           other
           then
           cut
           the
           hearts
           of
           those
           that
           have
           felt
           the
           love
           of
           Christ
           ,
           or
           that
           have
           any
           Christian
           blood
           in
           their
           vaines
           ;
           to
           hear
           him
           so
           
             wounded
             at
             home
          
           with
           oaths
           and
           
             blasphemies
             abroad
          
           with
           reproaches
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           life
           of
           their
           lives
           ,
           and
           the
           soul
           of
           their
           souls
           :
           To
           see
           multitudes
           go
           blindfold
           to
           Hell
           ,
           and
           no
           man
           offer
           to
           stop
           or
           check
           them
           ,
           before
           they
           arive
           there
           from
           whence
           there
           is
           no
           redemption
           .
           Yea
           ,
           how
           should
           it
           not
           make
           all
           that
           are
           themselves
           got
           out
           of
           
             Satans
             clutches
          
           ;
           to
           plot
           ,
           studdy
           and
           contrive
           all
           they
           can
           ,
           to
           draw
           others
           of
           their
           brethren
           after
           them
           .
        
         
           True
           some
           fooles
           think
           me
           a
           little
           crackt
           in
           brain
           ,
           for
           putting
           a
           paper
           into
           mens
           hands
           when
           I
           hear
           them
           
             blaspheme
             the
             name
             of
             God
          
           ,
           and
           
             ●ound
             their
             own
             souls
          
           :
           But
           when
           I
           consider
           how
           our
           carnall
           Friends
           will
           curse
           us
           ,
           when
           they
           come
           in
           Hell
           :
           that
           we
           did
           not
           our
           utmost
           endeavour
           to
           stop
           them
           ,
           I
           can
           hardly
           forbear
           to
           lay
           hands
           upon
           a
           
             Drunkard
             ,
             Blasphemer
             ,
             Adulterer
             ,
             Murtherer
             ,
             &c.
          
           to
           stop
           him
           from
           the
           evill
           ,
           he
           ●s
           about
           to
           execute
           ,
           and
           to
           kneel
           down
           upon
           my
           knees
           and
           beg
           of
           him
           ,
           ●hat
           he
           would
           not
           so
           desperately
           damn
           his
           own
           soul
           .
           As
           let
           me
           ask
           ●ur
           
             discreet
             ones
          
           but
           this
           question
           ?
           Had
           we
           stood
           by
           when
           Adam
           was
           between
           the
           perswasion
           of
           his
           Wife
           ,
           and
           the
           precept
           of
           his
           God
           ,
           when
           the
           one
           said
           
             Adam
             eat
          
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           said
           
             Adam
             eat
             not
          
           ,
           for
           if
           thou
           dost
           
             ●hou
             shalt
             dye
             the
             death
          
           ,
           and
           all
           thy
           posterity
           .
           Had
           it
           been
           an
           ill
           office
           ●o
           have
           cryed
           out
           and
           said
           ?
           O
           Adam
           take
           heed
           what
           thou
           dost
           ?
           Or
           ●ould
           he
           have
           had
           cause
           to
           complain
           of
           being
           prevented
           :
           I
           trow
           not
           
           Yea
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           had
           been
           a
           seasonable
           peice
           of
           high
           friendship
           ;
           and
           〈◊〉
           can
           deny
           it
           .
           And
           indeed
           could
           a
           man
           save
           his
           brothers
           soul
           ,
           by
           so
           doin●
           (
           as
           probably
           and
           for
           ought
           he
           knows
           he
           may
           ,
           Iude
           23.
           
           Iames
           5.10
           ,
           20
           1
           Tim.
           4.16
           .
           )
           he
           needed
           not
           much
           to
           care
           ,
           though
           
             the
             World
          
           reputed
           hi●
           a
           madman
           ▪
           and
           spent
           a
           thousand
           of
           their
           simple
           verdicts
           on
           him
           ,
           see
           〈◊〉
           12.3
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           as
           if
           God
           and
           Christ
           (
           as
           well
           as
           those
           graceless
           and
           pittif●●
           ones
           )
           were
           altogether
           friendless
           ,
           where
           is
           the
           man
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           in
           〈◊〉
           the
           three
           Kingdoms
           ?
           That
           like
           Paul
           at
           Athens
           ,
           (
           who
           
             was
             so
             stirred
             in
             〈◊〉
             spirit
             ,
             when
             he
             saw
             the
             City
             wholly
             given
             to
             Idolatry
             ,
          
           that
           he
           not
           onl●
           blamed
           them
           for
           
             their
             ignorance
             ,
             and
             superstition
             ,
             but
             he
             daily
             disp●●●
             with
             them
             in
             the
             market
             ,
             and
             with
             any
             that
             he
             met
             :
          
           though
           he
           was
           grie●vously
           mockt
           ,
           both
           by
           
             the
             Epicurian
             and
             Stoick
             Philosophers
          
           ,
           togethe●
           with
           the
           
             rude
             multitude
          
           as
           a
           
             Babler
             ,
             and
             a
             setter
             forth
             of
             strange
             Gods
             ,
             Acts
          
           17.16
           .
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Chapter
           )
           will
           so
           much
           disparage
           ,
           or
           disquie●
           himself
           in
           the
           open
           streets
           ,
           as
           to
           
             speak
             a
             syllable
             ,
             to
             save
             a
             soul
          
           that
           〈◊〉
           invaluable
           ;
           and
           to
           vindicate
           the
           honour
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           we
           are
           boun●
           to
           redeem
           with
           our
           own
           lives
           .
           And
           why
           forsooth
           ?
           but
           this
           ,
           they
           sha●●
           be
           sensured
           by
           the
           thronge
           as
           indiscreet
           ,
           and
           reviled
           for
           so
           doing
           .
        
         
           But
           let
           men
           look
           to
           it
           ,
           for
           what
           our
           Saviour
           hath
           plainly
           forewarne●
           us
           of
           Mark
           8.38
           .
           will
           prove
           a
           dreadful
           Text
           ,
           to
           a
           great
           many
           of
           〈◊〉
           discreet
           ,
           and
           white
           livered
           Nicodemases
           .
           What
           I
           speak
           is
           not
           at
           〈◊〉
           dome
           ,
           I
           know
           well
           what
           hath
           been
           the
           product
           of
           a
           little
           
             good
             counse●●
          
           given
           to
           me
           ,
           when
           I
           was
           a
           youth
           :
           It
           proved
           not
           only
           the
           saving
           of
           〈◊〉
           soul
           ,
           and
           the
           occasion
           of
           composing
           ,
           my
           many
           well
           approved
           of
           peice●
           of
           practicall
           Divinity
           ,
           (
           in
           which
           God
           hath
           made
           my
           pen
           ,
           an
           instrumen●
           to
           serve
           him
           ,
           and
           me
           
             a
             president
             without
             a
             president
          
           :
           for
           never
           did
           〈◊〉
           insufficient
           a
           dunce
           put
           pen
           to
           paper
           ,
           upon
           such
           an
           account
           ,
           withou●
           becoming
           a
           fool
           in
           print
           .
           (
           But
           the
           same
           also
           hath
           occasioned
           me
           ,
           〈◊〉
           give
           a
           thousand
           pound
           in
           such
           Books
           as
           are
           most
           likely
           to
           prevaile
           wit●
           sinners
           ,
           and
           with
           such
           success
           ,
           that
           I
           would
           not
           have
           them
           ungiven
           fo●
           a
           thousand
           worlds
           .
           Yea
           ,
           poss●ble
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           hundreds
           〈◊〉
           in
           Heaven
           praising
           God
           ,
           that
           ever
           I
           presented
           them
           with
           a
           few
           line●
           Nor
           do
           I
           slightly
           overlook
           what
           I
           have
           gained
           (
           though
           it
           s
           well
           know●
           I
           hate
           and
           scorne
           gifts
           )
           by
           giving
           and
           that
           in
           a
           threefold
           respect
           .
           Nor
           〈◊〉
           
             providence
             of
             God
          
           ,
           in
           having
           preserved
           me
           alive
           in
           a
           dying
           conditio●
           almost
           these
           forty
           years
           .
           And
           withall
           ,
           made
           me
           (
           the
           most
           bashfull
           〈◊〉
           other
           cases
           )
           as
           bold
           as
           a
           Lyon
           :
           in
           not
           fearing
           to
           discharge
           my
           duty
           an●
           conscience
           in
           this
           particular
           to
           any
           ,
           be
           they
           what
           they
           will
           :
           thoug●
           to
           the
           hazard
           of
           all
           that
           can
           be
           taken
           from
           me
           .
           Though
           these
           
             unreaso●●able
             men
          
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           Apostle
           stiles
           all
           
             that
             have
             not
             faith
          
           :
           2
           Thess
           .
           3.2
           .
           make
           me
           many
           times
           wish
           
             that
             I
             had
             the
             Wings
             of
             a
             Dove
             ,
             that
             I
             mig●●
             fly
             away
             ,
             and
             be
             at
             rest
             .
             Psal
             .
          
           55.1
           .
           to
           9.
           
           Ier.
           9.1
           .
           to
           10.
           
        
         
           Bare
           with
           me
           ,
           when
           the
           Apostle
           himself
           was
           driven
           ,
           to
           speak
           〈◊〉
           
           more
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           2
           Cor.
           10
           ,
           11
           ,
           and
           12.
           
           Chapters
           that
           he
           might
           indicate
           himself
           to
           those
           ,
           that
           had
           prejudice
           against
           his
           person
           least
           they
           should
           slight
           whatever
           he
           spake
           ,
           or
           wrote
           unto
           them
           .
           2
           Cor.
           10.10
           .
           What
           〈◊〉
           speak
           is
           to
           the
           glory
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           for
           others
           good
           were
           I
           not
           compelled
           by
           them
           so
           to
           do
           .
           O
           that
           some
           or
           other
           would
           have
           the
           
             wit
             ,
             generosity
          
           ,
           and
           Magnanimity
           ,
           to
           lay
           what
           I
           have
           foolishly
           spoken
           ,
           sufficiently
           to
           ●eart
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           how
           I
           am
           censured
           for
           my
           passion
           ,
           (
           or
           rather
           compassion
           and
           commiseration
           )
           and
           indignation
           ,
           for
           my
           indiscretion
           in
           answering
           Scoffers
           ,
           when
           ●hey
           spurn
           against
           the
           means
           to
           be
           saved
           ,
           and
           make
           themselves
           merry
           with
           ●heir
           own
           damnation
           .
           Nor
           can
           I
           excuse
           my self
           ,
           though
           I
           use
           the
           best
           wits
           ●
           have
           ,
           in
           observing
           circumstances
           .
           For
           ,
           I
           am
           (
           full
           sore
           against
           my
           will
           )
           too
           much
           like
           Ionah
           for
           passion
           .
           Ionah
           4.4
           ,
           8
           ,
           9.
           
           And
           like
           Iob
           ,
           ●n
           handling
           a
           good
           cause
           ill
           ,
           most
           unlike
           him
           in
           patience
           ,
           and
           yet
           in
           purpose
           desire
           and
           indeavour
           perhaps
           really
           ,
           and
           practically
           in
           some
           other
           cases
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           in
           Gods
           acceptance
           as
           patient
           as
           he
           .
           Nor
           can
           〈◊〉
           be
           denyed
           ,
           but
           he
           that
           hath
           faith
           or
           any
           
             one
             grace
          
           in
           truth
           ,
           hath
           all
           other
           graces
           in
           the
           same
           measure
           with
           it
           ,
           though
           not
           alike
           conspicuous
           ap●arent
           and
           manifest
           .
           For
           which
           read
           Mr.
           
             Downams
             Christian
             Warfare
          
           First
           〈◊〉
           46.
           
           Chapter
           3.
           
           Section
           to
           9.
           p.
           614.
           and
           Printed
           Anno
           1612.
           
           And
           who
           ●o
           reads
           the
           same
           will
           give
           me
           thanks
           for
           pointing
           him
           to
           it
           .
           But
           ●hat
           if
           God
           findes
           it
           meet
           ?
           to
           deny
           me
           the
           
             gift
             of
             talking
          
           ,
           and
           that
           
             Christian
             prudence
          
           which
           were
           to
           be
           wished
           ,
           both
           
             to
             humble
             me
          
           and
           to
           
             ●●●rden
             his
             implacable
             enemies
          
           ,
           that
           deny
           and
           refuse
           
             Christs
             offer
          
           ,
           and
           
             ●heir
             own
             mercy
          
           .
           (
           As
           much
           worse
           were
           it
           for
           me
           if
           I
           had
           not
           more
           to
           ●vercome
           and
           to
           humble
           me
           ,
           then
           ordinarily
           other
           men
           have
           .
           )
           
             who
             can
             ●avell
          
           ?
           or
           if
           any
           be
           so
           minded
           ,
           let
           them
           minde
           well
           ,
           what
           the
           
           Apostle
           ●peaks
           .
           Philip.
           1.28
           ,
           29
           ,
           30.
           and
           lay
           their
           hand
           upon
           their
           mouth
           .
           Iob.
           ●0
           .
           4
           ,
           5.
           
        
         
           Men
           may
           think
           as
           they
           please
           ,
           but
           thirty
           years
           experience
           (
           for
           so
           long
           ●ave
           I
           been
           pudling
           in
           a
           
             Wasps
             nest
          
           )
           hath
           taught
           me
           ,
           that
           mild
           and
           gentle
           ●ordes
           ,
           to
           such
           Mad-dogs
           as
           fly
           in
           their
           
             Makers
             face
          
           ,
           and
           wound
           their
           
             ●wn
             souls
          
           ,
           as
           oft
           as
           they
           speak
           :
           may
           cause
           them
           to
           
             fleer
             and
             scoff
          
           ,
           but
           no
           ●ore
           stirr
           or
           move
           them
           ,
           then
           a
           
             soft
             ,
             knock
          
           ,
           or
           call
           ,
           will
           awaken
           one
           ●ut
           of
           a
           dream
           ,
           or
           
             dead
             sleep
          
           .
           Yea
           ,
           a
           mild
           reproof
           ,
           does
           but
           incourage
           ●ickedness
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           think
           it self
           so
           slight
           ,
           as
           that
           rebuke
           importeth
           .
           ●o
           say
           to
           hardned
           sinners
           ,
           as
           
             Ely
             to
             his
             sonnes
             why
             did
             you
             so
             ,
          
           is
           no
           other
           ●●en
           to
           
             shave
             that
             head
          
           ,
           which
           deserves
           
             cutting
             off
          
           .
           Nothing
           will
           cut
           a
           Diamond
           ,
           but
           a
           Diamond
           ,
           nothing
           will
           ease
           the
           Plurisy
           ,
           but
           
             letting
             of
             ●lood
          
           ,
           Such
           as
           are
           sick
           of
           a
           dead
           Appoplex
           ,
           must
           have
           both
           stronger
           ,
           and
           
             〈◊〉
             the
             quantity
          
           of
           Physick
           that
           others
           have
           .
           But
           that
           
             beef
             brained
             fellow
             〈◊〉
             Scalleger
          
           ,
           had
           his
           ears
           bored
           with
           thunder
           ,
           when
           nothing
           else
           would
           〈◊〉
           it
           .
           Yea
           ,
           the
           
             inchanted
             Asse
          
           in
           Lucian
           ,
           returned
           to
           his
           proper
           shape
           
           again
           ,
           when
           he
           saw
           himself
           in
           
             a
             looking
             glasse
          
           .
           And
           the
           frant●●●
           returned
           to
           his
           wits
           ,
           reputes
           him
           his
           best
           friend
           ,
           that
           hath
           bound
           beat
           him
           most
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           found
           by
           not
           a
           few
           of
           them
           ,
           but
           se●
           Prov.
           ●
           ▪
        
         
           In
           Page
           14
           Line
           29.
           
           For
           
             displeased
             in
             his
             body
          
           ,
           read
           
             diseased
             in
             his
             〈◊〉
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
  

