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           A
           LEAFE
           From
           the
           TREE
           of
           LIFE
           ,
           Wherewith
           to
           heal
           the
           NATION
           of
           all
           Strife
           and
           Controversie
           ,
           and
           to
           settle
           therein
           PEACE
           and
           UNITIE
        
         
           By
           
             R.
             Younge
          
           a
           Roxwell
           Bee
           ,
           whose
           sting
           is
           as
           Soveraign
           as
           its
           Honey
           is
           sweet
           ,
           and
           whose
           Enemies
           have
           no
           less
           cause
           to
           love
           him
           then
           his
           Friends
           .
        
         
           
             Sold
             by
          
           James
           Crump
           in
           Little
           Bartholmews
           ,
           Well-Yard
           ,
           and
           Henry
           Crisps
           in
           Popes-Head-Alley
           ,
           1661.
           
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           I.
           
        
         
           
             Reverend
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           SOme
           time
           since
           I
           heard
           you
           upon
           Jer.
           51.
           9.
           
           
             We
             would
             have
             healed
             Babilon
             ,
             but
             she
             would
             not
             be
             healed
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           What
           change
           it
           hath
           wrought
           in
           me
           ,
           I
           forbear
           to
           mention
           :
           But
           certainly
           Satan
           and
           the
           World
           fear
           they
           have
           lost
           ,
           the
           one
           a
           subject
           or
           prisoner
           ,
           the
           other
           a
           ●imbe
           or
           member
           ever
           since
           :
           for
           whereas
           they
           never
           molested
           me
           formerly
           ;
           now
           as
           if
           I
           were
           rescued
           out
           of
           Satans
           clutches
           ,
           that
           Lyon
           foams
           and
           roars
           ,
           ●nd
           bestirs
           himself
           to
           recover
           his
           losse
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           for
           my
           old
           acquaintance
           ,
           they
           so
           envy
           to
           see
           themselves
           cashe●●ed
           ,
           and
           so
           mortally
           hate
           me
           ,
           for
           that
           
             I
             will
             no
             longer
          
           continue
           miserable
           ,
           nor
           
             run
             with
             them
          
           (
           as
           I
           have
           done
           )
           
             to
             the
             same
             excesse
             of
             riot
             ,
          
           1
           Per.
           4.
           4.
           
           ●hat
           they
           make
           me
           
             weary
             of
             my
             life
          
           ,
           as
           the
           
             daughters
             of
             Heth
          
           did
           Rebechah
           ,
           Gen.
           27.
           46.
           
        
         
           Yea
           I
           am
           so
           scoft
           at
           and
           scorned
           ,
           both
           by
           
             Parents
             ,
             Friends
          
           ,
           and
           Enemies
           ,
           ●hat
           it
           not
           only
           hinders
           me
           from
           doing
           the
           good
           I
           would
           ,
           or
           appearing
           the
           ●ame
           I
           am
           ;
           but
           it
           almost
           beats
           me
           off
           from
           being
           religious
           back
           to
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           And
           certainly
           he
           must
           be
           more
           spirit
           then
           flesh
           ,
           that
           can
           contentedly
           make
           himself
           contemptible
           to
           follow
           Christ
           ;
           be
           pointed
           at
           for
           singularity
           ,
           endure
           so
           many
           base
           and
           vile
           nick-names
           ;
           have
           his
           Religion
           judged
           hypocrisie
           ,
           his
           godly
           simplicity
           ,
           silliness
           ;
           his
           zeal
           ,
           madness
           ;
           his
           contempt
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           ignorance
           ;
           his
           godly
           sorrow
           ,
           dumpishness
           ;
           and
           the
           like
           malicious
           and
           mischievous
           constructions
           made
           of
           whatsoever
           he
           speaks
           or
           does
           .
           For
           my
           part
           I
           could
           better
           abide
           a
           stake
           (
           God
           assisting
           me
           )
           then
           the
           mocks
           ,
           scoffs
           and
           scorns
           ,
           which
           every
           where
           I
           meet
           withall
           .
           It
           is
           death
           to
           me
           to
           be
           mockt
           ;
           as
           it
           fared
           with
           Zedekiah
           ,
           Jer.
           38.
           19.
           
           Nor
           is
           there
           above
           Hell
           ,
           a
           greater
           punishment
           in
           my
           judgement
           ,
           then
           to
           become
           a
           Sa●●io
           ,
           a
           subject
           of
           scorn
           ,
           as
           Sampson
           (
           I
           doubt
           not
           )
           found
           .
           Alcibiades
           profest
           ,
           that
           neither
           the
           proscription
           
           of
           his
           goods
           ,
           nor
           his
           banishment
           ,
           nor
           the
           wounds
           he
           received
           in
           his
           b●ly
           ,
           were
           so
           grievous
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           one
           scornful
           word
           from
           his
           enemy
           Ctesiphon
           .
        
         
           Yea
           doubtlesse
           our
           Saviours
           ear
           was
           more
           painfully
           pierced
           ,
           then
           either
           his
           ●rows
           ,
           or
           hands
           ,
           or
           feet
           .
           It
           could
           not
           but
           go
           deep
           into
           his
           soul
           ,
           to
           hear
           those
           bitter
           and
           girding
           reproaches
           from
           them
           whom
           he
           came
           to
           save
           :
           A
           generous
           ●ature
           is
           more
           wounded
           with
           the
           tongue
           then
           with
           the
           hand
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           II.
           
        
         
           Minister
           .
           I
           Grant
           there
           is
           no
           such
           rub
           in
           the
           way
           to
           Heaven
           as
           this
           ;
           Satan
           hath
           not
           such
           a
           tried
           shaft
           in
           all
           his
           quiver
           :
           he
           gets
           more
           now
           by
           such
           discouragements
           ,
           and
           the
           ●eproaches
           that
           are
           cast
           upon
           Religion
           ,
           then
           he
           did
           formerly
           by
           fire
           and
           faggot
           ;
           for
           then
           the
           
             blood
             of
             the
             Martyrs
          
           ,
           was
           found
           to
           be
           
             the
             seed
             of
             the
             Church
          
           :
           Others
           
             (
             Phaenix
          
           like
           )
           springing
           out
           of
           their
           ashes
           :
           Whereas
           now
           ,
           multitudes
           of
           souls
           are
           scoft
           out
           of
           their
           Religion
           by
           wicked
           men
           ;
           many
           being
           apt
           with
           Peter
           to
           deny
           their
           Religion
           ,
           when
           they
           come
           in
           company
           with
           Christs
           enemies
           ;
           and
           with
           David
           to
           dissemble
           their
           faith
           when
           they
           are
           amongst
           Philistines
           ,
           lest
           they
           should
           be
           mockt
           ,
           have
           so
           many
           frowns
           ,
           and
           frumps
           ,
           and
           censures
           ,
           and
           scoffs
           ;
           be
           branded
           with
           that
           ●dious
           and
           stigmatical
           name
           of
           an
           hypocrite
           ,
           &c.
           
           Yea
           S.
           Austin
           confesseth
           ,
           that
           he
           often
           ●elied
           himself
           with
           sins
           which
           he
           never
           committed
           ,
           lest
           he
           should
           be
           unacceptable
           to
           his
           sinfull
           companions
           ;
           which
           makes
           our
           Saviour
           pronounce
           
             that
             man
             blessed
             that
             is
             not
             offended
             in
             him
             ,
          
           Matth.
           11.
           6.
           
        
         
           But
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           a
           wise
           man
           will
           not
           be
           scoft
           out
           of
           his
           Money
           ,
           nor
           a
           just
           man
           flowred
           out
           of
           his
           Faith.
           The
           taunts
           of
           an
           Ishmael
           shall
           never
           make
           an
           Isaac
           out
           of
           love
           with
           his
           inheritance
           .
           Yea
           for
           a
           man
           to
           be
           scoft
           out
           of
           his
           goodness
           by
           those
           which
           are
           lewd
           ,
           is
           all
           one
           ,
           as
           if
           a
           man
           that
           seeth
           should
           blind●old
           himself
           ,
           or
           put
           out
           his
           eyes
           ,
           because
           some
           blinde
           wretches
           revile
           and
           scoff
           at
           him
           for
           seeing
           .
           Or
           as
           if
           one
           that
           is
           ●ound
           of
           limbs
           ,
           should
           limp
           or
           mai●
           himself
           to
           please
           the
           criple
           ,
           and
           avoid
           his
           taunts
           ;
           And
           know
           this
           ,
           That
           if
           the
           barking
           of
           these
           currs
           ,
           shall
           hinder
           us
           from
           walking
           on
           our
           way
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           sign
           we
           are
           most
           impotent
           cowards
           :
           Ye●
           if
           our
           love
           be
           so
           cold
           to
           Christ
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           ashamed
           for
           his
           sake
           ,
           to
           bear
           a
           few
           scoffs
           and
           reproaches
           from
           the
           world
           ,
           it
           is
           evident
           we
           are
           but
           counterfeits
           ,
           such
           as
           
             Christ
             will
             be
             ashamed
             of
             before
             his
             Father
             and
             his
             holy
             Angels
             at
             the
             latter
             day
             ,
          
           Mark.
           8
           38.
           
           For
           ,
           for
           the
           comfort
           of
           all
           that
           are
           single
           and
           honest-hearted
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           scoffs
           and
           scorns
           of
           Atheists
           and
           careless
           worldlings
           ,
           all
           their
           perswasions
           and
           persecutions
           ,
           they
           shall
           both
           lose
           their
           labours
           ,
           and
           themselves
           too
           in
           the
           end
           .
           Well
           may
           they
           intend
           ,
           and
           also
           do
           their
           utmost
           to
           flout
           us
           out
           of
           our
           Faith
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           may
           slay
           us
           with
           death
           eternal
           ,
           and
           speed
           thereafter
           ;
           (
           As
           God
           that
           regards
           not
           so
           much
           what
           is
           performed
           ,
           as
           what
           was
           intended
           ,
           and
           measures
           what
           we
           do
           by
           what
           we
           meant
           to
           do
           ;
           as
           in
           the
           case
           of
           
             Abrahams
             offering
             up
             his
             son
          
           ,
           and
           those
           Jews
           who
           only
           thought
           they
           had
           killed
           
             Paul
             ,
             Acts
          
           14
           ▪
           19.
           )
           but
           they
           shall
           be
           no
           more
           able
           to
           hinder
           the
           salvation
           of
           any
           one
           whom
           God
           hath
           chosen
           to
           his
           
             Kingdome
             of
             grace
             and
             glory
          
           ,
           then
           Saul
           with
           his
           Courtiers
           could
           hinder
           David
           from
           attaining
           the
           promised
           
             Kingdom
             of
             Israel
          
           ,
           Psal.
           129.
           1.
           
           Rev.
           13.
           8.
           
           The
           windes
           may
           well
           ●osse
           the
           ship
           wherein
           Christ
           is
           ,
           but
           never
           overturn
           it
           .
           If
           Christ
           have
           but
           once
           ▪
           possest
           the
           affections
           ,
           there
           
           is
           no
           dispossessing
           him
           again
           .
           The
           League
           that
           Heaven
           hath
           made
           ,
           Hell
           wants
           power
           to
           break
           .
           Who
           can
           separate
           the
           conjunctions
           of
           the
           
             Deitie
             ?
             Whom
             God
             did
             predestinate
             ,
          
           saith
           
             Paul
             ,
             them
             he
             also
             called
             ;
             and
             whom
             he
             called
             ,
             them
             be
             also
             justified
             ;
             and
             whom
             he
             justified
             ,
             them
             he
             also
             glorified
             ,
          
           Rom.
           8.
           30.
           
           They
           shall
           sooner
           blow
           up
           hell
           with
           trains
           of
           powder
           ,
           then
           break
           the
           chain
           of
           this
           dependent
           truth
           .
           No
           power
           of
           men
           or
           devils
           is
           able
           to
           withstand
           the
           will
           of
           God
           ,
           it
           shall
           stand
           firmer
           then
           the
           firmament
           .
        
         
           A
           fire
           in
           the
           heart
           overcomes
           all
           other
           fires
           without
           ;
           as
           we
           see
           in
           the
           Martyrs
           ,
           which
           when
           the
           sweet
           doctrine
           of
           Christ
           had
           once
           got
           into
           their
           hearts
           ,
           it
           could
           not
           be
           got
           out
           again
           by
           all
           the
           torments
           that
           wit
           and
           cruelty
           could
           devise
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           III.
           
        
         
           Convert
           .
           BUt
           how
           should
           I
           a
           novice
           ,
           a
           punio
           ,
           a
           white-liver
           ,
           shake
           off
           this
           slavish
           yoke
           of
           bondage
           and
           fear
           in
           which
           Satan
           for
           the
           present
           holds
           me
           ?
        
         
           Minister
           .
           By
           well
           observing
           what
           the
           Scriptures
           in
           this
           case
           hold
           forth
           for
           the
           encouragement
           of
           all
           that
           thus
           suffer
           .
           I
           will
           commend
           to
           your
           serious
           consideration
           only
           six
           things
           ,
           and
           I
           pray
           minde
           them
           well
           ;
           for
           Virgil
           most
           excellently
           and
           profundly
           ,
           couples
           the
           
             knowledge
             of
             cause
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             conquest
             of
             ●ll
             fears
          
           together
           .
        
         
           First
           observe
           ,
           that
           grievous
           temptations
           and
           persecutions
           ,
           do
           always
           accompany
           the
           remission
           of
           sins
           .
           That
           all
           men
           ,
           as
           Austin
           speaks
           ,
           are
           necessitated
           to
           miseries
           ,
           who
           bend
           their
           course
           towards
           the
           
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
          
           :
           neither
           can
           
             Gods
             love
          
           be
           enjoyed
           without
           Satans
           disturbance
           .
           Yea
           the
           world
           and
           the
           devill
           therefore
           
             hate
             us
             ,
             because
             God
             hath
             chosen
             us
             .
          
           If
           a
           conver●
           comes
           home
           ,
           the
           Angels
           welcome
           him
           with
           songs
           ,
           the
           devils
           follow
           him
           wit●…
           uprore
           and
           fury
           ,
           his
           old
           acquaintance
           with
           scorns
           and
           obloquie
           ,
           as
           you
           sufficiently
           finde
           .
           Godly
           men
           are
           thorns
           in
           wicked
           mens
           eyes
           ,
           as
           Job
           was
           in
           the
           devils
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           good
           ,
           or
           for
           that
           they
           are
           dearly
           beloved
           of
           God.
           If
           a
           mans
           person
           and
           ways
           please
           God
           ,
           the
           world
           will
           be
           displeased
           with
           both
           :
           whence
           we
           are
           so
           often
           foretold
           and
           forewarned
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           be
           the
           better
           forearmed
           and
           prepared
           to
           entertain
           it
           :
           
             All
             that
             will
             live
             godly
             i●…
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             shall
             suffer
             persecution
             ,
          
           2
           Tim.
           3.
           12.
           
           
             Ye
             shall
             be
             hated
             of
             all
             me●…●nd
             nations
             for
             my
             Names
             sake
             ,
          
           Matth.
           10.
           22.
           and
           ●4
           .
           9.
           
           
             Behold
             I
             send
             yo●…●●●th
             ,
             as
             sheep
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             wolves
             ,
          
           Matth.
           10.
           16.
           and
           many
           the
           like
           .
           Whence
           also
           those
           many
           and
           strong
           encouragements
           in
           the
           word
           ,
           which
           may
           serve
           as
           so
           many
           flaggons
           of
           wine
           ,
           to
           comfort
           and
           strengthen
           us
           against
           whatsoever
           we
           meet
           withall
           in
           the
           
             world
             :
             Blessed
             are
             they
             that
             suffer
             persecution
             for
             righteousnesse
             sake
             ,
             for
             theirs
             is
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Heaven
             ,
          
           Matth.
           5.
           10.
           
           
             Blessed
             are
             y●
             when
             men
             shall
             revile
             you
             and
             persec̄ute
             you
             ,
             and
             say
             all
             manner
             of
             evill
             against
             you
             fals●y
             for
             my
             sake
             .
             Rejoyce
             and
             be
             exceeding
             glad
             ,
             for
             great
             is
             your
             reward
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             for
             so
             persecuted
             they
             the
             Prophets
             which
             were
             before
             you
             ,
          
           ver
           .
           11
           ,
           12
           ▪
           
             Rejoyce
             ,
             inasmuch
             as
             ye
             are
             partakers
             of
             Christs
             sufferings
             ;
             that
             when
             his
             glory
             shall
             be
             revealed
             ,
             ye
             may
             be
             glad
             also
             with
             exceeding
             joy
             .
             For
             if
             ye
             ●e
             reproach●d
             for
             the
             Name
             of
             Christ
             ,
             happy
             are
             ye
             .
             For
             the
             spirit
             of
             glory
             and
             of
             God
             restet●
             vpon
             you
             ,
             which
             on
             their
             part
             is
             evil
             spoken
             of
             ,
             but
             on
             your
             part
             is
             glorified
             ,
          
           〈◊〉
           Pet.
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           ▪
           13
           ,
           14.
           ●o
           here
           is
           reward
           enough
           ,
           for
           all
           that
           men
           or
           devils
           can
           do
           〈◊〉
           
           gainst
           us
           ;
           which
           hath
           made
           thousands
           even
           ambitious
           to
           imbrace
           the
           fla●●●
           .
           Your
           cruelty
           is
           our
           glory
           ,
           said
           the
           Martyrs
           in
           Tertullians
           time
           to
           their
           persecutors
           ,
           for
           the
           harder
           we
           are
           put
           to
           it
           ,
           the
           greater
           shall
           our
           reward
           be
           in
           Heaven
           .
           It
           is
           to
           my
           loss
           (
           said
           Gordius
           the
           Martyr
           )
           if
           you
           bate
           me
           any
           thing
           of
           my
           sufferings
           :
           See
           more
           Phil.
           1.
           28
           ,
           29.
           
           Rev.
           2.
           13.
           
        
         
           And
           so
           much
           to
           shew
           ,
           that
           he
           refuseth
           to
           be
           an
           Abel
           ,
           whom
           the
           malice
           of
           Cain
           doth
           not
           exercise
           ,
           as
           Gregory
           speaks
           :
           For
           it
           is
           an
           everlasting
           rule
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             He
             that
             is
             born
             after
             the
             fl●sh
             ,
             will
             persecute
             him
             that
             is
             born
             after
             the
             spirit
          
           (
           Gal.
           4.
           29.
           
           )
           not
           because
           he
           is
           evill
           ,
           but
           because
           he
           is
           so
           much
           better
           then
           himself
           ,
           1
           
             John
             3.
             12.
             
             Because
             his
             life
             is
             not
             like
             other
             mens
             ,
             his
             ways
             are
             of
             another
             fashion
             ,
          
           Wisd.
           2.
           15.
           
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           IV.
           
        
         
           SEcondly
           consider
           ,
           That
           as
           we
           are
           every
           where
           in
           the
           word
           forewarned
           of
           it
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           not
           our
           case
           alone
           ;
           for
           search
           the
           whole
           Bible
           over
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           not
           finde
           one
           holy
           man
           mentioned
           ,
           without
           mention
           of
           something
           lie
           suffered
           from
           ungodly
           men
           ;
           as
           it
           were
           easie
           to
           instance
           ,
           how
           
             Abel
             ,
             Lot
             ,
             Noah
          
           ,
           righteous
           men
           ;
           Abraham
           the
           father
           of
           the
           faithful
           ;
           
             Isaac
             ,
             Jacob
             ,
             Joseph
             ,
             Patriarchs
          
           and
           Fathers
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           meek
           Moses
           ,
           upright
           
             Samuel
             ,
             Job
          
           that
           none-such
           ,
           all
           the
           
             Lords
             Priests
             ,
             Prophets
             ,
             Apostles
             ,
          
           yea
           the
           harmlesse
           Babes
           ,
           and
           our
           
             Saviour
             Christ
          
           himself
           did
           severally
           suffer
           from
           wicked
           and
           ungodly
           men
           :
           Yea
           never
           man
           came
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           but
           first
           he
           past
           through
           this
           Purgatory
           .
           God
           had
           one
           Son
           without
           sin
           ,
           but
           never
           any
           one
           without
           suffering
           .
           Which
           makes
           our
           Saviour
           say
           ,
           
             ●o
             be
             to
             you
             when
             all
             men
             speak
             well
             of
             you
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           when
           evill
           men
           speak
           well
           of
           you
           ;
           
             for
             so
             did
             the
             Jews
             of
             the
             false
             Prophets
             ,
          
           Luke
           6
           26.
           
           Wherefore
           
             marvel
             not
             though
             the
             world
             hate
             you
             ,
          
           as
           St.
           John
           speaks
           ,
           1
           
             Joh.
             3.
             13.
             
             Neither
             count
             it
             strange
             ,
          
           as
           St.
           Peter
           hath
           it
           ,
           
             concerning
             the
             fiery
             triall
             ,
             which
             is
             amongst
             you
             to
             try
             you
             ,
             as
             though
             some
             strange
             thing
             were
             come
             unto
             you
             ,
          
           1
           Pet.
           4.
           12.
           
           For
           
             Christ
             and
             his
             Crosse
          
           are
           inseparable
           ,
           Luke
           14.
           27.
           
           Whence
           that
           distinction
           of
           Luther
           ,
           that
           
             a
             Christian
          
           is
           
             a
             Crosse-bearer
             .
             He
             that
             will
             be
             my
             disciple
             ,
             let
             him
             take
             up
             his
             crosse
             daily
             and
             follow
             me
             ,
          
           Luke
           9.
           23.
           and
           14.
           26
           ,
           27.
           
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           V.
           
        
         
           THirdly
           ,
           No
           hope
           it
           should
           be
           otherwise
           ,
           since
           God
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Creation
           ,
           hath
           preclaimed
           a
           War
           ,
           enmity
           and
           strife
           ,
           between
           the
           wicked
           and
           the
           godly
           :
           Did
           you
           never
           read
           that
           Scripture
           ,
           Gen.
           3.
           15.
           where
           God
           himself
           saith
           to
           the
           
             Serpent
             ,
             I
             will
             put
             enmity
             between
             thee
             and
             the
             woman
             ,
             and
             between
             thy
             seed
             and
             her
             seed
             ;
             he
             ,
          
           or
           it
           ,
           
             shall
             bruise
             thine
             head
             ,
             and
             thou
             shalt
             bruise
             his
             heel
             .
          
           Where
           by
           the
           
             serpentts
             seed
          
           are
           meant
           the
           whole
           generation
           of
           wicked
           men
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           
             womans
             seed
             ,
             Christ
          
           and
           all
           his
           members
           ,
           as
           all
           Interpreters
           conclude
           ,
           and
           other
           Scriptures
           make
           cleer
           ,
           where
           
             wicked
             men
          
           are
           called
           
             serpents
             ,
             a
             generation
             of
             vipers
             ,
          
           and
           
             children
             of
             the
             Devil
          
           ,
           Matth.
           23.
           33.
           
           John
           8.
           44.
           1
           
           John
           3.
           10.
           
           And
           as
           this
           war
           was
           proclaimed
           in
           Paradise
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           time
           ,
           
             (
             original
             sin
          
           ,
           being
           the
           original
           of
           this
           discord
           )
           so
           it
           shall
           continue
           to
           the
           end
           of
           all
           time
           :
           When
           time
           ,
           faith
           One
           ,
           began
           ,
           this
           malice
           first
           began
           ,
           nor
           will
           it
           end
           but
           with
           the
           latest
           man.
           It
           is
           an
           everlasting
           
             Act
             of
             Parliament
          
           ,
           like
           a
           Statute
           in
           
             Magna
             Charta
          
           .
           Which
           is
           the
           next
           thing
           I
           would
           commend
           to
           your
           serious
           consideration
           :
           And
           that
           
           you
           may
           be
           the
           better
           confirmed
           therein
           ,
           see
           how
           according
           to
           the
           Lords
           prediction
           or
           proclamation
           ,
           there
           hath
           been
           a
           perpetual
           war
           ,
           enmity
           and
           strife
           in
           all
           ages
           past
           ,
           is
           now
           and
           ever
           shall
           be
           ,
           between
           Satan
           and
           Christ
           ,
           and
           their
           Regiments
           the
           wicked
           and
           the
           godly
           .
        
         
           For
           proof
           whereof
           I
           could
           produce
           testimonies
           and
           examples
           innumerable
           there
           being
           scarce
           a
           page
           in
           the
           Bible
           ,
           which
           doth
           not
           express
           or
           imply
           somewhat
           touching
           this
           enmity
           .
           But
           that
           I
           may
           be
           brief
           ,
           and
           because
           examples
           give
           a
           quicker
           impression
           then
           arguments
           ,
           I
           will
           onely
           give
           you
           an
           instance
           in
           every
           Age.
           As
        
         
           First
           ,
           to
           begin
           with
           the
           
             first
             Age
          
           ,
           viz.
           the
           
             old
             World
          
           before
           the
           flood
           .
           We
           read
           of
           this
           mortal
           enmity
           and
           strife
           between
           Cain
           and
           Abel
           ,
           1
           John
           3.
           12.
           
           Secondlyl
           ,
           after
           the
           Flood
           ,
           before
           the
           Law
           between
           Esau
           and
           Jacob
           ,
           first
           in
           the
           womb
           ,
           the
           more
           plainly
           to
           shadow
           out
           this
           enmity
           ,
           Gen.
           25.
           22
           ,
           23.
           and
           after
           they
           were
           born
           ,
           Gen.
           27.
           41.
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             After
             the
             Law
          
           ,
           before
           Christ
           ,
           between
           Doeg
           and
           the
           85.
           
           Priests
           which
           he
           
             slew
             with
             the
             edge
             of
             the
             sword
             ,
          
           1
           Sam.
           22.
           18
           ,
           19.
           
           Fourthly
           ,
           Since
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ;
           this
           enmity
           so
           manifested
           it self
           not
           only
           in
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           Jews
           ,
           Gods
           own
           people
           ,
           who
           first
           raised
           those
           persecutions
           against
           Christ
           and
           his
           members
           ;
           that
           having
           beheaded
           
             John
             Baptist
          
           his
           harbinger
           ,
           and
           crucified
           himself
           the
           
             Lord
             of
             life
          
           :
           We
           read
           that
           of
           all
           the
           twelve
           ,
           none
           died
           a
           natural
           death
           save
           only
           S.
           Iohn
           ,
           and
           he
           also
           was
           banished
           by
           Domitian
           to
           Patmos
           ,
           and
           at
           another
           time
           thrust
           into
           a
           
             Tun
             of
             seething
             oyl
          
           at
           Rome
           ,
           as
           Tertullian
           and
           S.
           Hierome
           do
           report
           :
           See
           Acts
           7.
           51
           ,
           to
           60.
           and
           12.
           1.
           to
           5.
           
           
             Rom.
             8.
             36.
             
             Iohn
          
           21.
           18
           ,
           19.
           
           Fifthly
           ,
           After
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           the
           residue
           of
           the
           
             ten
             Persecutions
          
           raised
           by
           the
           Romans
           against
           the
           Christians
           ,
           which
           was
           for
           three
           hundred
           years
           till
           the
           coming
           of
           godly
           Constantine
           ,
           we
           finde
           that
           under
           Dioclesian
           ,
           seventeen
           thousand
           Christians
           ,
           were
           slain
           in
           one
           moneth
           ,
           amongst
           whom
           was
           Serena
           the
           Empress
           also
           .
           Yea
           ,
           under
           him
           and
           nine
           other
           Emperers
           ,
           there
           was
           such
           an
           innumerable
           company
           of
           innocent
           Christians
           put
           to
           death
           and
           tormented
           ,
           that
           S.
           Hierom
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           Chromatius
           and
           Heliodorus
           saith
           ,
           There
           is
           no
           one
           day
           in
           the
           year
           ,
           unto
           which
           the
           number
           of
           five
           thousand
           Martyrs
           might
           not
           be
           ascribed
           ,
           except
           only
           the
           first
           day
           of
           Ianuary
           .
           Yea
           there
           was
           two
           thousand
           suffered
           in
           the
           same
           place
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           with
           Nicanor
           ,
           Acts
           and
           Monuments
           ,
           page
           32.
           who
           were
           put
           to
           the
           most
           exquisite
           deaths
           and
           torments
           ,
           that
           ever
           the
           wit
           or
           malice
           of
           men
           or
           devils
           could
           invent
           to
           inflict
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           all
           for
           professing
           the
           faith
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           being
           holy
           :
           which
           makes
           S.
           Paul
           cry
           out
           ,
           
             I
             think
             that
             God
             hath
             set
             forth
             us
             the
             last
             Apostles
             ,
             as
             men
             appointed
             to
             death
             !
          
           1
           Cor.
           4.
           9.
           
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           VI.
           
        
         
           SIxthly
           ,
           From
           the
           
             Primitive
             times
          
           and
           infancy
           of
           the
           Church
           hitherto
           ;
           the
           Turk
           and
           the
           Pope
           have
           acted
           their
           parts
           in
           shedding
           the
           blood
           of
           the
           Saints
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Jewes
           and
           
             Roman
             Emperours
          
           ;
           touching
           which
           I
           will
           refer
           you
           to
           the
           Book
           of
           Acts
           and
           Monuments
           ;
           and
           
             R●vel
             .
             17.
             
             The
             whore
             of
             Babylon
             was
             drunk
             with
             the
             blood
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             blood
             of
             the
             Martyrs
             of
             Iesus
             ,
          
           ver
           .
           6.
           
           Which
           in
           part
           was
           fulfilled
           in
           England
           under
           the
           reign
           of
           Queen
           Mary
           ;
           and
           in
           France
           ,
           where
           before
           many
           late
           bloody
           Massacres
           ,
           there
           were
           
           more
           then
           two
           hundred
           thousand
           who
           suffered
           Martyrdom
           about
           Transubstantiation
           :
           See
           
             Ecclesiastical
             History
          
           ,
           lib.
           6.
           cap.
           4
           ,
           5
           ,
           16.
           But
        
         
           Seventhly
           ,
           To
           come
           to
           these
           present
           times
           wherein
           we
           live
           :
           Is
           it
           possible
           for
           a
           man
           to
           live
           a
           conscionable
           and
           unreproveable
           life
           ?
           abstain
           from
           
             drunkennesse
             ,
             swearing
             ,
             prophaning
             the
             Lords
             day
             ,
          
           separate
           himself
           from
           evill
           company
           ,
           be
           zealous
           for
           the
           glory
           of
           God
           ,
           admonish
           others
           that
           do
           amisse
           &c.
           without
           being
           traduced
           ,
           calumniated
           ,
           hated
           ,
           slandered
           and
           persecuted
           for
           the
           same
           ?
           no
           it
           is
           not
           possible
           :
           for
           if
           our
           righteousnesse
           doe
           but
           exceed
           the
           righteousness
           of
           a
           swearer
           ,
           or
           a
           drunkard
           ,
           we
           are
           sure
           to
           be
           persecuted
           for
           our
           righteousness
           ,
           as
           Abel
           was
           persecuted
           of
           Cain
           ,
           because
           his
           Sacrifice
           was
           better
           then
           his
           .
           If
           a
           man
           walke
           according
           to
           the
           rule
           of
           Gods
           Word
           ,
           he
           is
           too
           precise
           ;
           if
           he
           will
           be
           more
           then
           almost
           a
           Christian
           ,
           he
           is
           curious
           ,
           phantastical
           ,
           factious
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           mocked
           with
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           were
           a
           Spirit
           of
           dishonour
           and
           shame
           .
           Yea
           ,
           in
           these
           times
           not
           to
           be
           an
           Atheist
           ,
           or
           Papist
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           a
           Fanatick
           :
           as
           how
           common
           a
           thing
           is
           it
           to
           wound
           all
           holiness
           under
           the
           name
           of
           Fanatick
           ,
           a
           name
           so
           full
           of
           the
           Serpents
           enmity
           ,
           as
           the
           egge
           of
           a
           Cockatrice
           is
           full
           of
           poison
           ?
           What
           should
           I
           say
           ?
           the
           World
           is
           grown
           so
           much
           knave
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           now
           a
           vice
           to
           be
           honest
           .
           O
           the
           deplorable
           condition
           of
           these
           times
           !
           Even
           the
           Devil
           himself
           durst
           not
           have
           been
           so
           impudent
           ,
           as
           to
           have
           scoft
           at
           holiness
           in
           those
           ancient
           and
           purer
           times
           :
           but
           now
           I
           could
           even
           sink
           down
           with
           shame
           ,
           to
           see
           Christianity
           every
           where
           so
           discountenanced
           :
           Our
           very
           names
           come
           into
           few
           mouths
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           they
           return
           but
           with
           reproaches
           .
           Amongst
           the
           rest
           of
           our
           sins
           ,
           O
           God
           ,
           be
           merciciful
           to
           the
           contempt
           of
           thy
           Servants
           .
        
         
           Eightly
           ,
           For
           the
           time
           to
           come
           :
           It
           is
           like
           not
           only
           to
           continue
           ,
           but
           the
           last
           remnants
           of
           time
           are
           sure
           to
           have
           the
           most
           of
           it
           ;
           because
           as
           in
           them
           
             love
             shall
             wax
             cold
          
           ,
           Matth.
           24.
           12.
           so
           as
           love
           groweth
           cold
           ,
           contention
           groweth
           hot
           .
        
         
           More
           expresly
           the
           
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           foretells
           ,
           that
           
             in
             the
             last
             dayes
             the
             times
             shall
             be
             perilous
             ,
          
           and
           that
           
             toward
             the
             end
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             there
             shall
             be
             scoffers
             ,
             false
             accusers
             ,
             cursed
             speakers
             ,
             fierce
             ,
             despisers
             of
             them
             that
             are
             good
             ;
             and
             being
             fleshly
             ,
             not
             having
             the
             spirit
             ,
             they
             shall
             speak
             evill
             of
             the
             things
             which
             they
             understand
             not
             :
             and
             that
             many
             shall
             follow
             their
             damnable
             ways
             ,
             whereby
             the
             way
             of
             truth
             shall
             be
             evill
             spoken
             of
             .
          
           And
           
             that
             as
             Jannes
             and
             Jambres
             withstood
             Moses
             ,
             so
             these
             also
             shall
             resist
             the
             truth
             ,
             being
             men
             of
             corrupt
             mindes
             ,
             reprobate
             concerning
             the
             faith
             ,
             being
             before
             of
             old
             ordained
             to
             condemnation
             ,
          
           2
           Tim.
           3.
           1.
           to
           13.
           2
           
           Pet.
           2.
           2.
           and
           3.
           3.
           
           Jude
           4.
           10.
           16
           ,
           18
           ,
           19.
           
           And
           so
           much
           of
           the
           third
           particular
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           VII
           .
        
         
           FOurthly
           ,
           It
           would
           be
           considered
           ,
           that
           what
           you
           suffer
           is
           far
           short
           of
           what
           others
           have
           suffered
           before
           you
           ;
           for
           whereas
           you
           suffer
           a
           little
           tongue-persecution
           ,
           your
           betters
           and
           
             such
             as
             the
             world
             was
             not
             worthy
             of
             ,
          
           have
           
             suffered
             cruel
             mockings
             ,
             and
             scourgings
             ,
             bonds
             ,
             and
             imprisonments
             ;
             were
             stoned
             ,
             sawn
             asunder
             ,
             tempted
             ,
             slain
             with
             the
             sword
             :
             endured
             the
             violence
             of
             fire
          
           ;
           were
           
             rackt
             ,
             wandred
             about
             in
             desarts
             and
             mountains
             ,
             in
             dens
             and
             caves
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             in
             sheep-skins
             ,
             and
             goat
             skins
             ,
             destitute
             ,
             afflicted
             ,
             and
             tormented
             :
             Not
             accepting
             deliverance
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             obtain
             a
             better
             resurrection
             ,
          
           Hebr.
           11.
           35
           ,
           to
           39.
           
           Yea
           ,
           turn
           
             ●…stical
             History
          
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           finde
           that
           some
           of
           the
           Martyrs
           were
           
           stoned
           ,
           some
           crucified
           ,
           some
           beheaded
           ,
           some
           
             thrust
             thorow
             with
             spears
          
           ,
           some
           
             burnt
             with
             fire
          
           ,
           some
           broiled
           ,
           some
           brained
           ;
           with
           many
           the
           like
           ,
           and
           worse
           kinds
           of
           death
           :
           for
           we
           read
           of
           no
           lesse
           then
           
             twenty
             nine
             several
             deaths
          
           they
           were
           put
           unto
           .
           But
           to
           clear
           your
           sight
           ,
           I
           le
           give
           you
           some
           particular
           instances
           of
           the
           several
           wayes
           that
           the
           best
           of
           Gods
           people
           have
           suffered
           before
           you
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           You
           shall
           finde
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           been
           the
           manner
           of
           wicked
           men
           ,
           out
           of
           this
           enmity
           ,
           to
           envy
           the
           vertuous
           and
           good
           estate
           of
           the
           godly
           :
           as
           Cain
           envied
           Abel
           ,
           Gen.
           4.
           5.
           
           Secondly
           ,
           To
           contemn
           their
           supposed
           mean
           estate
           ,
           as
           
             Sanballat
             ,
             Tobia●
          
           ,
           and
           Gershom
           ,
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           that
           crue
           contemned
           Nehemiah
           and
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           Nehem.
           4.
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3.
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           To
           rejoyce
           at
           their
           supposed
           evill
           estate
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Princes
             of
             the
             Philistins
          
           did
           at
           
             Sampsons
             blindness
             and
             bondage
          
           ,
           Judg.
           16.
           25.
           
           Fourthly
           ,
           To
           hate
           them
           ,
           as
           all
           carnal
           men
           hate
           the
           
             members
             of
             Christ
          
           ,
           Matth.
           10.
           22.
           
           Fiftly
           ,
           To
           murmure
           against
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           Israelites
           murmured
           against
           Moses
           and
           Aaron
           ,
           Numb
           .
           11.
           1.
           and
           14.
           2
           ,
           3.
           
           Sixthly
           ,
           To
           censure
           their
           actions
           ,
           and
           misconster
           their
           intentions
           ,
           as
           Eliah
           did
           Davids
           zeal
           for
           
             Gods
             glory
          
           ,
           in
           fighting
           with
           Goliah
           ,
           1
           Sam.
           17.
           18.
           and
           those
           
             wicked
             ones
          
           ,
           his
           fasting
           and
           mourning
           ,
           Psal.
           35.
           13
           ,
           to
           17.
           
           Seventhly
           ,
           By
           carrying
           tales
           of
           them
           unto
           others
           ,
           as
           Doeg
           did
           to
           Saul
           of
           David
           and
           Ahimeleck
           ,
           1
           Sam.
           22.
           9
           ,
           10.
           and
           the
           Ziphims
           ,
           1
           Sam.
           23.
           19
           ,
           20.
           and
           26.
           1.
           
           Eightly
           ,
           To
           perswade
           and
           give
           divelish
           counsel
           to
           others
           like
           themselves
           to
           persecute
           them
           ;
           as
           the
           Princes
           and
           Rulers
           did
           to
           
             Zedekiah
             the
             King
          
           against
           Jeremiah
           ,
           Jer.
           38.
           4.
           
           Ninthly
           ,
           To
           scoff
           at
           them
           ,
           as
           Ishmael
           scoft
           at
           Isaac
           ,
           Gen.
           21.
           9.
           
           Tenthly
           ,
           To
           nick-name
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           Jews
           did
           Paul
           ,
           Acts
           24.
           14.
           and
           all
           the
           Disciples
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           4.
           9
           ,
           10.
           
           Eleventhly
           ,
           To
           revile
           and
           rail
           on
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           Jews
           did
           upon
           Paul
           and
           Barnabas
           ,
           Acts
           13.
           45.
           
           Twelfthly
           ,
           To
           raise
           slanders
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           those
           wicked
           men
           slandered
           Naboth
           ,
           confirming
           the
           same
           with
           an
           Oath
           ,
           1
           Kings
           21.
           
           Thirteenthly
           ,
           To
           curse
           them
           ,
           as
           Goliah
           cursed
           David
           ,
           1
           Sam.
           17.
           43.
           and
           also
           Shemei
           ,
           2
           Sam.
           16.
           7
           ,
           to
           15.
           
           Fourteenthly
           ,
           To
           threaten
           them
           ,
           as
           all
           the
           
             men
             of
             Sodom
          
           did
           Lot
           ,
           Gen.
           19.
           9.
           
           Fifteenthly
           ,
           By
           subtilty
           to
           undermine
           them
           in
           talk
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           betray
           them
           ;
           as
           the
           
             false
             Prophets
          
           and
           other
           enemies
           of
           the
           truth
           undermined
           Jeremiah
           ,
           seeking
           every
           way
           to
           destroy
           him
           ,
           Jer.
           18.
           18
           ,
           &c.
           
           Sixteenthly
           ,
           By
           using
           scornful
           and
           disdainful
           gestures
           to
           despigh●
           them
           ;
           as
           Goliah
           against
           David
           ,
           1
           Sam.
           17.
           42.
           and
           also
           those
           
             wicked
             ones
          
           ,
           Psal.
           22.
           7.
           13.
           and
           35.
           16.
           and
           109.
           25.
           
           Seventeenthly
           ,
           To
           withstand
           and
           contrary
           the
           doctrine
           which
           they
           are
           commanded
           by
           God
           to
           deliver
           :
           As
           
             Elymas
             the
             Socerer
          
           withstood
           Paul
           and
           Barnabas
           in
           their
           preaching
           ,
           Acts
           13.
           8.
           
           Eighteenthly
           ,
           To
           combine
           themselves
           together
           and
           lay
           divellish
           plots
           to
           destroy
           them
           ;
           as
           Demetrius
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Craftsmen
           conspired
           the
           death
           of
           
             Pauls
             companions
          
           ,
           Acts
           19.
           and
           likewise
           
             more
             then
             forty
             of
             the
             Jews
             which
             bound
             themselves
             by
             a
             curse
             ,
             not
             to
             eat
             nor
             drink
             till
             they
             had
             killed
             Paul
             ,
          
           in
           which
           conspiracy
           the
           
             chief
             Priests
          
           were
           likewise
           assistants
           ,
           Acts
           23.
           12
           ,
           13
           ,
           14.
           
           Nineteenthly
           ,
           To
           imprison
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           malicious
           Priests
           did
           Jeremiah
           ,
           Jer.
           36.
           5.
           
           Twentieth
           ,
           To
           strike
           them
           as
           Zedekiah
           the
           false
           Prophet
           strook
           Micaiah
           1
           Kings
           22.
           24.
           
           Twenty
           one
           ,
           To
           hurt
           and
           maim
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           Jews
           of
           Antiochia
           and
           Iconium
           did
           Paul
           ,
           Acts
           14.
           19.
           
           Twenty
           two
           and
           lastly
           ,
           To
           slay
           them
           ,
           as
           Jezabel
           did
           all
           the
           Prophets
           of
           the
           Lord
           she
           could
           finde
           ,
           1
           Kings
           18.
           4.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           CHAP.
           VIII
           .
        
         
           NOw
           to
           speak
           nothing
           in
           this
           place
           of
           the
           diversity
           of
           deaths
           and
           torture●
           that
           millions
           of
           Martyrs
           have
           suffered
           
             for
             prosessing
             of
             Christs
             Nam●
          
           and
           keeping
           of
           a
           good
           Conscience
           ,
           though
           their
           sufferings
           were
           nothing
           ,
           either
           to
           what
           their
           sins
           had
           deserved
           ,
           or
           to
           what
           their
           Saviour
           had
           done
           and
           suffered
           for
           them
           ;
           for
           he
           endured
           many
           a
           little
           death
           all
           his
           life
           for
           our
           sakes
           ,
           and
           at
           length
           that
           painful
           ,
           shameful
           and
           cursed
           
             death
             of
             the
             Crosse
          
           ;
           ye●
           he
           suffered
           every
           one
           of
           these
           two
           and
           twenty
           ways
           before-mentioned
           ,
           and
           that
           from
           his
           own
           countrymen
           and
           kinsfolks
           ,
           ye●
           of
           the
           
             Chief
             Priests
             ,
             Scribes
          
           and
           Pharisees
           ,
           who
           were
           
             teachers
             and
             expounders
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             which
             sate
             in
             Moses
             chair
             .
          
           For
           he
           was
           Envied
           ,
           Matth.
           26.
           15.
           
           Contemned
           ,
           Mat.
           12.
           24.
           and
           13.
           55.
           
           
             Rejoyced
             at
          
           in
           his
           misery
           and
           distresse
           ,
           
             Matth.
             27.
             29.
             
             Hated
          
           ,
           Joh.
           7.
           7
           
           ▪
           
             Murmured
             against
          
           ,
           Luke
           15.
           2.
           
           Had
           
             his
             actions
             and
             intentions
             mis-construed
          
           ,
           Matth.
           11.
           19.
           
           Had
           
             tales
             carried
             of
             him
          
           ,
           Matth.
           12.
           14.
           and
           divelish
           
             counsel
             given
          
           against
           him
           ,
           Matth.
           27.
           20.
           was
           
             scoffed
             at
          
           ,
           Matth.
           27.
           42.
           
           Nicknamed
           ,
           Matth.
           13.
           55.
           
           
             Railed
             on
          
           ,
           Luke
           23.
           39.
           
           Slandered
           ,
           Matth.
           28.
           13
           
           ▪
           Cursed
           ,
           Gal.
           3.
           13.
           
           Threatned
           ,
           John
           11.
           53.
           
           Undermined
           in
           talk
           that
           they
           might
           accuse
           him
           ,
           Matth.
           22.
           15.
           
           They
           used
           
             disdainful
             ge●●ures
          
           before
           him
           ,
           
             Matth.
             27.
             29
             ,
             39.
             withstood
             him
             in
             his
             preaching
             ,
          
           and
           contraried
           his
           doctrin●
           ,
           Luke
           5.
           21.
           
           Matth.
           9.
           34.
           
           
             Combined
             together
          
           and
           laid
           divelish
           plots
           to
           destroy
           him
           .
           Mat.
           12.
           14.
           
           Took
           him
           prisoner
           ,
           Matth.
           26.
           57.
           
           
             Smote
             him
          
           ,
           Luke
           22.
           64.
           
           
             Hurt
             and
             wounded
             him
          
           ,
           Matth.
           27.
           29.
           
           John
           19.
           34.
           
           And
           lastly
           ,
           they
           
             put
             him
             to
             death
          
           ,
           Mat.
           27.
           35.
           
           And
           why
           all
           this
           ?
           not
           for
           any
           evil
           they
           found
           in
           him
           ,
           for
           their
           own
           words
           are
           ,
           
             He
             hath
             done
             all
             things
             well
             ,
          
           Mark
           7.
           37.
           
           He
           hath
           done
           ,
           such
           was
           his
           power
           :
           all
           things
           ,
           such
           was
           his
           wisdom
           :
           well
           ,
           such
           was
           his
           goodness
           :
           and
           yet
           crucified
           ,
           and
           every
           way
           abused
           he
           must
           b●
           .
           But
           it
           was
           for
           his
           zeal
           ,
           purity
           and
           holiness
           ,
           and
           because
           his
           life
           and
           practice
           was
           clean
           contrary
           to
           theirs
           ;
           his
           doctrine
           too
           powerfull
           and
           pure
           for
           such
           carnal
           hearts
           to
           imbrace
           or
           endure
           .
           Now
           cast
           up
           thy
           Receits
           ,
           and
           compare
           them
           with
           thy
           deservings
           ;
           look
           upon
           thy
           deliverance
           from
           the
           
             fire
             of
             ●●ll
          
           :
           Yea
           ,
           look
           but
           upon
           thy
           sufferings
           single
           ,
           and
           thou
           shalt
           finde
           them
           nothing
           ,
           to
           what
           thy
           
             fellow
             Saints
          
           ,
           and
           
             Christ
             thy
             Elder
             brother
          
           hath
           suffered
           before
           thee
           .
           At
           a
           
             Lions
             Den
          
           ,
           or
           a
           
             fiery
             furnace
          
           ,
           not
           to
           turn
           tail
           ,
           were
           something
           worthy
           a
           Christian.
           Yea
           compare
           thine
           own
           estate
           with
           thine
           enemies
           ,
           and
           thou
           shalt
           see
           yet
           greater
           cause
           to
           be
           not
           only
           patient
           ,
           but
           thankful
           .
           For
           if
           these
           scoffs
           and
           flou●s
           of
           men
           like
           thy self
           are
           so
           grievous
           to
           thee
           ,
           how
           will
           thine
           and
           Gods
           enemies
           indure
           those
           
             mocks
             and
             flouts
             of
             the
             divels
             in
             hell
             ?
          
           how
           will
           they
           i●dure
           
             that
             devouring
             fire
             ,
             that
             everlasting
             burning
             ,
          
           Isa.
           33
           :
           14.
           
           Psal.
           68.
           21.
           
           And
           the
           way
           not
           to
           repine
           at
           those
           above
           us
           ,
           is
           to
           look
           at
           those
           below
           us
           .
           But
           leaving
           the
           application
           untill
           the
           conclusion
           ;
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           IX
           .
        
         
           F●s●hly
           ,
           Consider
           but
           seriously
           ,
           who
           they
           are
           ,
           that
           ha●e
           ,
           scoff
           and
           j●●r
           you
           ,
           and
           that
           have
           persecuted
           the
           Saints
           before
           you
           ,
           and
           mockt
           at
           heliness
           ;
           and
           this
           may
           serve
           exceedingly
           to
           support
           you
           against
           whatever
           you
           shall
           hear
           or
           feel
           from
           them
           .
           As
           first
           ,
           What
           is
           their
           
             Character
             in
             Scripture
          
           ?
           are
           they
           not
           such
           as
           these
           ?
           A
           company
           of
           hypocrites
           ,
           
             Psal.
             35.
             
             Hypocritical
             mock●rs
          
           ,
           v.
           16.
           a
           crue
           of
           Drunka●ds
           ,
           
             Psal.
             69.
             
             I
             am
             〈◊〉
             song
             of
             the
             Drunkards
             ,
          
           vers
           .
           12.
           
           a
           sort
           of
           vicious
           persons
           ,
           following
           their
           lusts
           ,
           2
           
             Pet.
             3.
             3.
             
             There
             shall
             come
             ●●ckers
             ,
             walking
             after
             their
             own
             lusts
             .
          
           A
           company
           of
           
             abj●ct
             persons
          
           ,
           Psal.
           35.
           15.
           like
           those
           e●●mies
           ,
           Acts
           17.
           
           
             L●wd
             fellows
             of
             the
             baser
             sort
             ,
          
           ver
           .
           5.
           
           
             A
             rout
             if
             prophane
             ,
             godless
             ,
             irreligious
             Ath●ists
             and
             ignorant
             fools
             ,
          
           that
           do
           no
           more
           know
           the
           power
           ,
           then
           Tu●ks
           and
           Heathens
           know
           the
           truth
           of
           godliness
           ,
           Psal.
           14.
           1.
           to
           6.
           
           And
           it
           is
           a
           ●hrewd
           suspition
           ,
           that
           he
           who
           is
           
             a
             ●●●ker
          
           is
           
             an
             Atheist
          
           :
           It
           well
           becomes
           him
           to
           mock
           at
           Relig●on
           ,
           that
           denies
           a
           God
           :
           And
           it
           is
           evident
           enough
           that
           he
           denies
           a
           Goa
           ,
           that
           mo●ks
           a●
           godlinesse
           .
           But
           secondly
           ,
           Experience
           sufficiently
           acquaint●
           us
           what
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           the
           examples
           before
           rehearsed
           ;
           for
           such
           as
           Cain
           ,
           and
           th●
           Sodo●●●●s
           ,
           and
           Ishma●l
           ,
           and
           E●a●
           ,
           and
           Ha●an
           ,
           and
           Eliab
           ,
           and
           Goliah
           ,
           and
           Michal
           ,
           and
           Do●g
           ,
           and
           Sh●m●i
           ,
           and
           R●bsheke●
           ,
           and
           Abab
           ,
           and
           J●zabel
           ,
           and
           Tobia●
           ,
           and
           Sanballat
           ,
           and
           P●s●ur
           ,
           and
           Zedekiah
           ,
           and
           Herod
           ,
           and
           Judas
           ,
           and
           S.
           Paul
           before
           his
           conversion
           ,
           and
           
             A●●nias
             the
             High
             Priest
          
           ,
           and
           
             Demetrius
             the
             silver-smith
          
           ,
           and
           
             Alexander
             the
             Copper-smith
          
           ,
           and
           
             Elimas
             the
             Sorcerer
          
           :
           such
           as
           these
           I
           say
           are
           the
           men
           ,
           who
           amongst
           us
           do
           the
           like
           things
           that
           they
           did
           .
           And
           will
           any
           wise
           man
           stumble
           at
           Religion
           for
           such
           mens
           ●c●ffs
           and
           reproaches
           ?
           what
           better
           can
           be
           expected
           from
           them
           ?
           What
           said
           the
           Orator
           to
           Salust
           ?
           It
           cannot
           be
           ,
           but
           he
           that
           lives
           thy
           life
           should
           speak
           thy
           language
           ;
           yea
           ,
           a
           man
           would
           choose
           his
           Religion
           by
           such
           mens
           enmity
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           a
           great
           honour
           to
           Religion
           that
           it
           hath
           such
           adversaries
           .
           For
           as
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           used
           to
           say
           when
           N●ro
           persecuted
           them
           ;
           they
           that
           know
           him
           must
           needs
           think
           it
           some
           great
           good
           which
           Nero
           so
           ha●ed
           and
           condemned
           ;
           so
           every
           wise
           man
           will
           love
           Religion
           the
           better
           ,
           and
           take
           it
           for
           a
           great
           honour
           to
           the
           Saints
           ,
           that
           
             ●ypocrites
             ,
             drunkards
             ,
             vitious
             followers
             of
             their
             lusts
             ,
             ●●se
             and
             lewd
             fellows
             ,
             godlesse
             Atheists
             ,
             and
             blind
             Sensualis●s
          
           are
           her
           s●●ffing
           adversaries
           :
           And
           scarce
           do
           I
           know
           a
           better
           argument
           to
           perswade
           to
           love
           and
           imbrace
           it
           ,
           then
           that
           such
           men
           hate
           and
           deride
           it
           :
           neither
           can
           it
           be
           the
           true
           Religion
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           every
           where
           thus
           spoken
           against
           ,
           Act.
           28.
           22.
           But
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           X.
           
        
         
           SIxthly
           and
           lastly
           ,
           Observe
           but
           the
           reasons
           why
           they
           do
           it
           ;
           and
           this
           will
           notably
           confirm
           and
           strengthen
           you
           against
           their
           〈◊〉
           and
           s●●●ns
           .
        
         
           Convert
           .
           Have
           they
           any
           reason
           for
           their
           so
           doing
           ?
        
         
           Minist
           .
           Not
           properly
           :
           For
           as
           the
           Prophet
           very
           often
           complains
           ,
           
             they
             are
             mine
             enemies
             without
             a
             cause
             ,
          
           and
           
             they
             hate
             me
             without
             a
             cause
             ,
          
           &c.
           Psal.
           35.
           7.
           and
           69.
           4.
           though
           they
           pretended
           many
           causes
           .
           So
           they
           have
           no
           just
           cause
           no●
           reason
           to
           hate
           ,
           censure
           and
           slander
           us
           as
           they
           do
           ;
           for
           not
           vill
           deed
           can
           have
           a
           good
           reason
           :
           yet
           they
           do
           it
           not
           without
           many
           by
           reasons
           and
           self-ends
           .
           As
        
         
           First
           ,
           The
           main
           and
           most
           material
           cause
           why
           wicked
           men
           so
           mortally
           hate
           the
           godly
           ,
           and
           which
           breeds
           so
           many
           quarrels
           ▪
           is
           the
           contrariety
           of
           their
           natures
           ;
           being
           as
           contrary
           one
           to
           the
           other
           as
           are
           God
           and
           the
           devil
           ,
           the
           one
           being
           the
           
             children
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             partaking
             of
             the
             divine
             nature
             ,
          
           as
           
             being
             one
             with
             the
             Father
             and
             the
             Son
             ,
          
           2
           Cor.
           6.
           18.
           
           Gal.
           3.
           26.
           
           Joh.
           1.
           12.
           and
           17.
           14
           ,
           21
           ,
           22.
           2
           
           Pet.
           1.
           4.
           being
           
             like
             God
             i●
             holiness
          
           ,
           1
           Pet.
           1.
           15.
           
           
             Brethren
             of
             ,
             and
             〈◊〉
             annexed
             with
             Christ
             ,
          
           Rom.
           8.
           17.
           29.
           
           
             Members
             of
             his
             b●ay
          
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           12.
           27.
           
           
             B●n●
             of
             his
             ●●ne
             ,
             and
             flesh
             of
             his
             flesh
             ,
          
           Ep●
           .
           5
           ▪
           30.
           
             having
             his
             spirit
             dwelling
             in
             them
             ,
          
           Rom.
           8
           9
           ,
           16.
           and
           being
           
             Temples
             of
             the
             holy
             Ghost
          
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           6.
           19.
           
           Jam.
           1.
           18.
           
           Joh.
           1.
           13.
           
           &
           3.
           5.
           8.
           1
           
           Joh.
           3
           9.
           
        
         
         
           And
           the
           other
           being
           the
           
             seed
             of
             the
             serpent
             and
             children
             of
             the
             devil
          
           ;
           and
           so
           partake
           of
           his
           nature
           ,
           as
           is
           plain
           by
           1
           Joh.
           3.
           8
           ,
           10
           ,
           12
           ,
           14.
           and
           6.
           70.
           and
           8.
           44.
           
           Matth.
           13.
           38
           ,
           39.
           2
           
           Cor.
           4.
           4.
           2
           
           Tim.
           2.
           26.
           
           Gen.
           3.
           15.
           and
           5.
           3.
           
           Eph.
           2.
           2
           ,
           &c.
           Which
           being
           so
           ,
           how
           is
           it
           possible
           they
           should
           ever
           agree
           ;
           although
           God
           had
           not
           proclaimed
           an
           enmity
           between
           them
           ?
           For
           there
           can
           be
           no
           amity
           where
           there
           is
           no
           sympathy
           ;
           no
           reconciling
           of
           the
           wolf
           and
           the
           lam●
           ,
           the
           winds
           and
           the
           sea
           ;
           no
           neighbourhood
           ,
           no
           alliance
           ,
           no
           conjunction
           ,
           is
           able
           to
           make
           the
           cursed
           
             seed
             of
             the
             serpent
          
           ,
           and
           the
           blessed
           
             seed
             of
             the
             woman
          
           ever
           agree
           .
           For
           fire
           and
           
             water
             ,
             light
          
           and
           
             darkness
             ,
             heaven
          
           and
           hell
           are
           not
           more
           contrary
           .
        
         
           One
           bloud
           ,
           one
           belly
           ,
           one
           house
           ,
           one
           education
           ,
           could
           never
           make
           Cain
           and
           Ab●●
           accord
           ,
           Jacob
           and
           
             Esa●
             ,
             Isaac
          
           and
           Ishmael
           at
           one
           .
           Yea
           though
           they
           be
           man
           and
           
             wife
             ,
             parent
          
           and
           childe
           ,
           yet
           if
           they
           be
           not
           like
           ,
           they
           will
           not
           like
           .
           2
           Cor.
           6.
           14
           ,
           15.
           
           As
           how
           many
           a
           wife
           is
           so
           much
           the
           more
           hated
           ,
           because
           a
           zealous
           wife
           ?
           how
           many
           a
           childe
           lesse
           beloved
           ,
           because
           a
           religious
           childe
           ?
           how
           many
           a
           servant
           lesse
           respected
           ,
           because
           a
           godly
           servant
           ?
           And
           no
           marvel
           ,
           for
           though
           they
           dwell
           in
           the
           same
           house
           ,
           yet
           they
           belong
           to
           two
           several
           Kingdoms
           :
           and
           albeit
           they
           both
           remain
           upon
           earth
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           governed
           by
           two
           several
           Laws
           ,
           the
           ones
           Burguship
           being
           in
           heaven
           ,
           Phil.
           3.
           20.
           and
           the
           other
           being
           a
           Denizen
           belonging
           to
           hell
           ;
           as
           
             Irish
             men
          
           are
           dwellers
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           but
           
             denize●s
             of
             England
          
           ,
           and
           governed
           by
           the
           Statutes
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           And
           indeed
           what
           is
           the
           corporal
           sympathy
           ,
           to
           the
           spiritual
           antipathy
           ?
           Can
           there
           be
           such
           a
           parity
           between
           the
           parent
           and
           the
           childe
           ,
           the
           husband
           and
           the
           wife
           ,
           as
           there
           is
           a
           disparity
           between
           God
           and
           Satan
           ?
           no
           certainly
           .
        
         
           A
           wicked
           man
           can
           agree
           with
           all
           that
           are
           wicked
           ,
           be
           they
           Papists
           ,
           or
           Turks
           or
           
             Atheists
             ;
             Prophane
          
           or
           
             Civill
             men
          
           :
           for
           all
           these
           agree
           with
           him
           in
           blindness
           and
           darkness
           ,
           and
           are
           all
           seed
           of
           the
           same
           Serpent
           :
           but
           with
           sincere
           Christians
           and
           practisers
           of
           piety
           he
           can
           never
           agree
           ,
           the
           religious
           shall
           be
           sure
           of
           opposition
           ,
           because
           their
           light
           is
           contrary
           to
           his
           darknesse
           ,
           grace
           in
           the
           one
           is
           a
           secret
           disgrace
           to
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           Yea
           let
           wicked
           men
           be
           at
           never
           so
           much
           odds
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           yet
           they
           will
           concur
           and
           joyn
           against
           the
           godly
           ,
           Acts
           6.
           9.
           
           The
           
             Sadduces
             ,
             Pharise●●
          
           and
           Herodians
           ,
           were
           Sectaries
           of
           divers
           and
           adverse
           Factions
           ,
           all
           differing
           one
           from
           another
           ;
           yet
           all
           joyn
           together
           against
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           Matth.
           22.
           
           Herod
           neither
           loved
           the
           Jews
           ,
           nor
           the
           
             Jews
             Herod
          
           ,
           yet
           both
           are
           agreed
           to
           ●ex
           the
           Church
           .
           Yea
           Herod
           and
           Pilate
           ,
           two
           enemies
           will
           agree
           so
           it
           be
           against
           Christ
           ;
           they
           will
           fall
           in
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           to
           fall
           out
           with
           God.
           
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XI
           .
        
         
           NOr
           is
           this
           of
           theirs
           an
           ordinary
           hatred
           ,
           but
           the
           
             most
             bitter
             ,
             exorbitant
             ,
             unlimitted
          
           and
           implacable
           of
           all
           others
           .
           No
           such
           concord
           ,
           no
           such
           discord
           ,
           saith
           one
           of
           the
           Learned
           ,
           as
           that
           which
           proceeds
           from
           Religion
           .
           
             He
             that
             is
             upright
             in
             his
             wayes
             ,
          
           saith
           Solomon
           ,
           
             is
             an
             abomination
             to
             the
             wicked
             ,
          
           Prov.
           29
           27.
           
           My
           name
           ,
           sayes
           Luther
           ,
           is
           more
           odious
           to
           them
           ,
           then
           any
           thief
           or
           murderer
           ;
           as
           Christ
           was
           more
           detestable
           to
           the
           Jews
           ,
           then
           Barabas
           .
           And
           it
           was
           evident
           enough
           ;
           for
           the
           Pope
           was
           so
           busie
           and
           hot
           against
           Luther
           ,
           that
           he
           neglected
           to
           look
           to
           all
           Christendom
           against
           the
           Turk
           :
           which
           declared
           that
           he
           
           would
           easier
           digest
           Mahometisme
           then
           Lutheranisme
           .
           The
           case
           of
           two
           many
           in
           our
           dayes
           ,
           in
           opposing
           the
           
             Reformation
             .
             Behold
          
           ,
           saith
           
             David
             ,
             mine
             enemies
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             many
             ;
             and
             they
             hate
             me
             with
             a
             cruel
             hatred
             ,
          
           Psal.
           25.
           19.
           
           Yea
           ,
           so
           cruel
           ,
           that
           it
           makes
           their
           
             teeth
             gnash
          
           ,
           and
           their
           hearts
           burst
           again
           ,
           as
           it
           fared
           with
           those
           that
           stoned
           Stephen
           ,
           Acts
           7.
           54.
           
           This
           made
           the
           truths
           adversaries
           ,
           give
           St.
           
             Paul
             stripes
             above
             measure
          
           ,
           2
           Cor.
           11.
           23.
           
           And
           the
           
             Heathen
             Emperors
          
           to
           devise
           such
           cruel
           tortures
           for
           all
           those
           that
           but
           profest
           themselves
           Christians
           .
           This
           made
           Ahab
           so
           hate
           Eliah
           ,
           that
           
             there
             was
             not
             one
             Kingdom
             or
             Nation
             where
             he
             had
             not
             sent
             to
             take
             away
             his
             life
             ,
          
           1
           King.
           18.
           10.
           
           And
           this
           made
           the
           Papists
           dig
           many
           of
           our
           choice
           Ministers
           out
           of
           their
           graves
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           the
           b●tter
           curse
           them
           ,
           with
           
             Bell
             ,
             Book
          
           and
           Candle
           .
           Yea
           ,
           ask
           from
           East
           to
           West
           ,
           from
           one
           Pole
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           search
           all
           records
           under
           Heaven
           ,
           if
           ever
           there
           was
           the
           like
           of
           the
           intended
           Powder-plot
           .
        
         
           Neither
           does
           this
           hatred
           extend
           it self
           to
           this
           or
           that
           person
           alone
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           whole
           generation
           of
           the
           godly
           ;
           as
           is
           well
           exprest
           ,
           
             Psal.
             83.
             
             Come
             let
             us
             cut
             them
             off
             from
             being
             a
             Nation
             ,
             and
             let
             the
             Name
             of
             Israel
             be
             no
             more
             in
             remembrance
             ,
          
           ver
           .
           4.
           12.
           
           And
           the
           like
           we
           see
           in
           Haman
           ,
           whose
           hatred
           to
           Mordecai
           was
           so
           deadly
           ,
           that
           he
           thought
           it
           too
           little
           to
           lay
           hands
           on
           him
           only
           ,
           except
           he
           destroyed
           all
           the
           Jews
           his
           people
           ,
           that
           were
           throughout
           the
           whole
           Kingdome
           of
           Ahashuerosh
           ,
           Esth.
           3.
           5
           ,
           6.
           
           For
           the
           effecting
           whereof
           he
           offered
           
             ten
             thousand
             talents
             of
             silver
             into
             the
             Kings
             treasury
             ,
          
           ver
           .
           9.
           13.
           
           And
           of
           his
           mind
           was
           Herodias
           ,
           who
           preferred
           the
           head
           of
           
             John
             Baptist
          
           before
           
             the
             half
             of
             Herods
             Kingdom
          
           .
           And
           such
           another
           was
           cruel
           
             Arundale
             Archbishop
             of
             Canterbury
          
           ,
           who
           swore
           he
           would
           not
           leave
           a
           slip
           of
           professors
           in
           this
           Land.
           
        
         
           And
           the
           world
           is
           no
           changling
           ,
           for
           this
           age
           hath
           but
           two
           many
           such
           Hamans
           and
           Arundales
           ,
           who
           so
           hate
           the
           children
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           they
           wish
           as
           Caligula
           once
           did
           of
           the
           Romans
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           all
           but
           one
           neck
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           might
           cut
           it
           off
           at
           a
           blow
           ,
           were
           it
           in
           their
           power
           .
           As
           why
           are
           not
           our
           Sanctuaries
           turned
           into
           Shambles
           ?
           and
           our
           Beds
           made
           to
           swim
           with
           our
           Bloods
           ?
           but
           that
           the
           God
           of
           Israel
           hath
           crossed
           the
           confederacy
           of
           Balack
           ,
           and
           their
           wickedness
           doth
           not
           prosper
           .
           For
           their
           studies
           are
           the
           plots
           of
           our
           ruine
           ;
           and
           the
           best
           they
           intend
           ,
           is
           the
           destruction
           and
           overthrow
           of
           Religion
           ,
           or
           the
           religious
           ,
           or
           both
           ,
           
             Mat.
             24.
             9.
             
             John
          
           16.
           2.
           
           Yea
           ,
           their
           enmity
           and
           hatred
           is
           so
           virulent
           and
           bitter
           ,
           that
           were
           their
           power
           answerable
           to
           their
           wills
           and
           malice
           ,
           the
           brother
           would
           betray
           the
           brother
           to
           death
           ,
           the
           father
           the
           son
           ,
           and
           the
           children
           would
           rise
           up
           against
           their
           parents
           ,
           and
           cause
           them
           to
           die
           ;
           the
           kinsman
           against
           the
           kinsman
           ,
           and
           the
           friend
           against
           the
           friend
           ;
           only
           for
           professing
           
             Christs
             Name
          
           and
           being
           religious
           ,
           as
           himself
           affirms
           ,
           
             Matth.
             10.
             34
             ,
             35
             ,
             36.
             
             Luk.
          
           21.
           16
           ,
           17.
           
           Neither
           is
           it
           strange
           ,
           for
           this
           was
           one
           of
           the
           ends
           of
           Christs
           coming
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           appears
           Matth.
           10.
           34
           ,
           35.
           where
           himself
           saith
           ,
           
             Think
             not
             that
             I
             am
             come
             to
             send
             peace
             but
             the
             sword
             :
          
           meaning
           between
           the
           
             seed
             of
             the
             serpent
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             seed
             of
             the
             woman
             :
             for
             I
             am
             come
             to
             set
             a
             man
             at
             variance
             against
             his
             father
             ,
             the
             daughter
             in
             law
             against
             the
             mother
             in
             law
             ,
             and
             a
             mans
             enemies
             shall
             be
             they
             of
             his
             own
             houshold
             ,
          
           Luke
           12.
           51
           ,
           52
           ,
           53.
           
        
         
           Neither
           want
           we
           Presidents
           of
           this
           :
           For
           by
           whom
           was
           upright
           Abel
           persecuted
           and
           slain
           ,
           but
           by
           his
           own
           brother
           Cain
           ?
           who
           scoft
           at
           righteous
           Noah
           ,
           but
           his
           own
           son
           Cham
           ?
           by
           whom
           was
           that
           vertuous
           and
           religious
           Lady
           Barbara
           
           put
           to
           death
           ,
           for
           imbracing
           the
           Christian
           faith
           ,
           but
           by
           her
           own
           Father
           Dioscorus
           ?
           who
           made
           Serena
           the
           Empress
           a
           Martyr
           ,
           for
           her
           faith
           in
           Christ
           ,
           but
           her
           own
           husband
           Dioclesian
           ?
           who
           helped
           to
           burn
           Bradford
           but
           Bourn
           ,
           whose
           life
           he
           had
           formerly
           saved
           ?
           And
           lastly
           ,
           By
           whom
           was
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           b●trayed
           ,
           but
           by
           his
           own
           
             Disciple
             Judas
          
           ?
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XII
        
         
           Convert
           .
           WHerein
           consists
           their
           unlikeness
           and
           contrariety
           ?
        
         
           Minister
           .
           There
           be
           more
           differences
           between
           the
           
             children
             of
             God
          
           and
           the
           
             children
             of
             the
             Devil
          
           ,
           then
           there
           are
           between
           men
           and
           beasts
           :
           But
           principally
           they
           differ
           in
           their
           
             judgements
             ,
             affections
          
           and
           actions
           .
           How
           they
           differ
           in
           their
           judgements
           and
           affections
           ,
           I
           have
           shewn
           upon
           another
           occasion
           .
           How
           in
           their
           actions
           and
           practice
           (
           which
           occasions
           the
           greatest
           strife
           and
           discord
           )
           I
           will
           acquaint
           you
           as
           briefly
           as
           I
           can
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           nothing
           more
           common
           then
           for
           all
           sorts
           and
           kindes
           of
           men
           to
           
             hate
             ,
             scorn
             ,
             persecute
             ,
             reproach
             ,
             revile
             ,
             accuse
             ,
             slander
          
           and
           condemn
           the
           religious
           ,
           
             because
             their
             own
             works
             are
             evil
          
           and
           wicked
           ,
           and
           
             the
             others
             good
             ,
             holy
             and
             righteous
             .
          
           As
           wherefore
           slew
           Cain
           his
           brother
           ,
           saith
           S.
           Iohn
           ,
           but
           because
           
             his
             own
             works
             were
             evil
             ,
             and
             his
             brothers
             good
             ,
          
           1
           Joh.
           3.
           12.
           
           Why
           was
           Ioseph
           accused
           of
           his
           Mistress
           for
           an
           adulterer
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           committed
           to
           prison
           ,
           but
           because
           he
           would
           not
           be
           an
           adulterer
           like
           her
           ,
           Gen.
           39
           ?
           yea
           it
           was
           his
           party
           coloured
           coat
           ,
           composed
           of
           all
           kinds
           of
           graces
           and
           blessings
           ,
           that
           formerly
           procured
           his
           brothrens
           hate
           .
           Wherefore
           was
           holy
           David
           ,
           as
           himself
           complains
           almost
           in
           every
           Psalm
           ,
           
             had
             in
             derision
             ,
             hated
             ,
             slandered
             ,
             reviled
             ,
             contemned
             ,
             and
             made
             a
             proveth
             and
             song
             of
             the
             drunkards
             ,
             and
             other
             wicked
             men
             which
             sate
             in
             the
             gate
             :
          
           but
           because
           
             he
             followed
             the
             things
             that
             were
             good
             and
             pleasing
             unto
             God
             ,
             and
             in
             him
             put
             his
             trust
             ,
          
           Psal.
           11.
           2.
           and
           22.
           6
           ,
           7
           ,
           8.
           and
           37
           14.
           and
           69.
           10
           ,
           11
           ,
           12.
           
           And
           lastly
           (
           for
           I
           might
           be
           endlesse
           in
           the
           prosecution
           of
           this
           ,
           )
           Why
           were
           all
           the
           just
           in
           Solomons
           time
           ,
           
             had
             in
             abomination
             ,
             and
             mockt
             of
             the
             wicked
             ?
          
           but
           because
           
             they
             were
             upright
             in
             their
             way
             ,
             and
             holy
             in
             their
             conversation
             ,
          
           Pro.
           29.
           27.
           
           Or
           those
           numberless
           
             Martyrs
             ,
             whose
             souls
          
           S.
           John
           
             saw
             under
             the
             Altar
          
           ,
           Rev.
           6.
           9.
           killed
           ?
           but
           
             for
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             testimony
             which
             they
             maintained
             ?
          
           And
           the
           Master
           himself
           ?
           not
           for
           any
           evil
           as
           themselvs
           are
           forced
           to
           confess
           ,
           Mar.
           7.
           37.
           
           Which
           examples
           sufficiently
           prove
           ,
           that
           
             that
             great
             Dragon
             the
             Devil
          
           ,
           and
           these
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           are
           wroth
           with
           none
           but
           
             the
             woman
             and
             the
             remnant
             of
             her
             seed
             ,
             which
             keep
             the
             Commandements
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             have
             the
             testimony
             of
             Jesus
             ,
          
           Rev.
           12.
           17.
           
           All
           was
           quiet
           at
           Ephesus
           before
           S.
           Paul
           came
           thither
           ;
           but
           then
           
             ●●ere
             arose
             no
             small
             strife
             about
             that
             way
             .
          
           Acts
           19.
           23.
           
           &c.
           A
           wolf
           flies
           not
           upon
           a
           painted
           sheep
           :
           we
           can
           with
           delight
           look
           upon
           the
           picture
           of
           a
           Toad
           :
           It
           is
           your
           active
           Christian
           that
           is
           most
           spighted
           and
           persecuted
           .
           As
           how
           many
           with
           us
           may
           complain
           with
           Ieremy
           ,
           that
           
             because
             they
             live
             a
             godly
             life
             themselves
             ,
             and
             call
             upon
             others
             to
             do
             the
             same
             ,
             they
             are
             cursed
             of
             every
             one
             ,
             and
             cou●ted
             contentious
             ,
          
           Jer.
           15.
           10.
           
           It
           faring
           with
           many
           as
           it
           did
           with
           
             Caius
             Selius
          
           ,
           of
           whom
           the
           heathen
           were
           wont
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           a
           good
           man
           ,
           but
           he
           was
           a
           Christian.
           Yea
           let
           but
           a
           spark
           of
           servent
           devotion
           break
           out
           in
           a
           family
           ,
           all
           the
           rest
           are
           up
           in
           clamours
           ;
           as
           when
           
             bells
             ring
             disorderly
          
           ,
           every
           one
           is
           ready
           with
           his
           bucket
           to
           
             quench
             the
             fire
          
           :
           disgraced
           he
           must
           be
           for
           a
           
             Puritan
             ,
             Roundbead
          
           ,
           or
           
           P●anatick
           ,
           but
           only
           by
           Luodic●ans
           .
           Indifferency
           strives
           to
           dash
           zeal
           out
           of
           countenance
           .
           And
           the
           reason
           is
           ,
           wheresoever
           Christ
           ,
           comes
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           opposition
           .
           
             when
             Christ
             was
             born
             ,
             all
             Ierusalem
             was
             troubled
             ,
             and
          
           Herod
           
             cut
             the
             throats
             of
             all
             the
             children
             in
             Bethlem
             :
          
           so
           when
           Christ
           is
           born
           in
           any
           man
           ,
           the
           soul
           is
           in
           an
           uprore
           ,
           and
           Satan
           with
           his
           instruments
           are
           ready
           to
           kill
           in
           him
           every
           good
           motion
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           never
           so
           little
           a
           babe
           .
           You
           cannot
           anger
           a
           wicked
           man
           worse
           ,
           then
           to
           do
           well
           :
           yea
           ,
           he
           hates
           you
           more
           bitterly
           for
           this
           ,
           and
           the
           credit
           you
           gain
           thereby
           ,
           then
           if
           you
           had
           cheated
           him
           of
           hiis
           patrimony
           with
           your
           own
           discredit
           .
           Whereas
           ,
           if
           a
           man
           will
           but
           bear
           them
           company
           in
           their
           sins
           ,
           drink
           ,
           swea
           ,
           temporize
           ,
           contemn
           holiness
           ,
           mis-spend
           his
           time
           ,
           haunt
           Taverns
           ,
           play
           the
           good
           fellow
           ,
           and
           do
           as
           the
           rest
           do
           ;
           he
           shall
           have
           the
           approbation
           and
           good
           word
           of
           the
           greatest
           number
           .
           Yea
           if
           none
           would
           be
           precise
           in
           their
           actions
           ,
           nor
           reprove
           others
           for
           their
           evill
           courses
           ;
           if
           they
           would
           but
           be
           prophane
           and
           wicked
           ,
           and
           make
           no
           bones
           of
           sin
           ;
           their
           malice
           would
           cease
           ,
           and
           we
           should
           not
           have
           a
           Roundhead
           or
           a
           Pha●●tick
           in
           all
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           Neither
           is
           
             Christ
             a
             sign
             to
             be
             spoken
             against
             of
             many
             in
             Babylon
             or
             Assyria
             ,
          
           but
           of
           many
           in
           Israel
           ,
           Luke
           2.
           34.
           where
           Religion
           is
           profest
           publikely
           :
           Yea
           ▪
           when
           sincerity
           is
           wanting
           ,
           the
           neerer
           the
           line
           with
           any
           opposition
           ,
           the
           greater
           eclipse
           .
           The
           Gadarens
           but
           besought
           Christ
           to
           depart
           ;
           his
           own
           countrymen
           drave
           him
           out
           ,
           and
           cast
           him
           down
           headlong
           ,
           Luke
           4.
           29.
           
           And
           who
           was
           his
           greatest
           enemy
           ,
           but
           his
           greatest
           friend
           ,
           even
           one
           of
           his
           houshold
           
             Chaplains
             ▪
          
           and
           who
           but
           
             Jeremics
             familiars
             watched
             for
             his
             halting
             .
          
        
         
           Yea
           commonly
           ,
           vertue
           fares
           hardest
           from
           such
           as
           should
           and
           seem
           ●o
           uphold
           her
           ;
           for
           the
           chief
           Persecutors
           of
           Christ
           and
           his
           followers
           ,
           are
           not
           prefest
           Atheists
           ,
           or
           Turks
           ,
           or
           Jews
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           hold
           some
           great
           place
           in
           the
           Church
           .
           And
           intruders
           upon
           other
           mens
           right
           ,
           can
           endure
           any
           man
           how
           bad
           soever
           rather
           to
           live
           by
           them
           ,
           then
           the
           servants
           of
           him
           whom
           they
           intrude
           upon
           ;
           as
           you
           may
           see
           ,
           Matth.
           21.
           33
           ,
           to
           39.
           where
           those
           farmers
           of
           the
           vineyard
           did
           not
           kill
           the
           theeves
           ,
           robbers
           and
           spoilers
           of
           the
           vineyard
           ;
           but
           the
           servants
           ,
           yea
           and
           the
           son
           too
           ;
           and
           the
           end
           of
           all
           was
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           take
           the
           inheritance
           .
           And
           indeed
           it
           hath
           been
           the
           complaint
           almost
           of
           all
           that
           have
           written
           that
           they
           have
           suffered
           most
           from
           such
           as
           profest
           the
           same
           Faith
           and
           Religion
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           much
           touching
           the
           main
           difference
           between
           the
           seed
           of
           the
           serpent
           ,
           and
           the
           seed
           of
           the
           woman
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XIII
           .
        
         
           I
           Might
           go
           on
           ,
           and
           shew
           you
           that
           as
           they
           hate
           and
           persecute
           the
           godly
           because
           they
           
             do
             w●ll
          
           ,
           so
           likewise
           because
           they
           
             fare
             well
          
           ,
           and
           are
           accepted
           before
           them
           .
           As
           why
           
             was
             Cain
             wroth
             with
             his
             brother
             Abel
             ,
          
           and
           after
           ●lew
           him
           ,
           as
           affirmeth
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           ,
           but
           
             because
             the
             Lord
             had
             respect
             unto
             Abe●
             and
             to
             his
             offering
             ,
             but
             unto
             Cain
             and
             his
             offering
             he
             had
             no
             respect
             ,
          
           Gen.
           4.
           4
           ,
           5.
           
           Why
           did
           Esau
           hate
           Jacob
           ,
           and
           purpose
           to
           kill
           him
           ,
           but
           because
           of
           the
           blessing
           wherewith
           his
           father
           blessed
           him
           ?
           
             Gen.
             27.
             41.
          
           
           Isaac's
           blessing
           bred
           
           Esau's
           hate
           .
           Again
           ,
           wherefore
           did
           the
           Phil●●●ines
           and
           Abim●lech
           envie
           Isaac
           ?
           
           stop
           up
           his
           wells
           ,
           and
           banish
           him
           from
           them
           ,
           but
           
             because
             the
             Lord
             so
             abundantly
             blessed
             Isaac
             ,
          
           as
           appears
           Gen.
           26.
           12.
           to
           18.
           
           Wherefore
           did
           
             Josephs
             Brethren
          
           hate
           him
           ,
           not
           being
           able
           to
           speak
           peaceably
           unto
           him
           ,
           and
           after
           sell
           him
           into
           Egipt
           ?
           but
           because
           his
           father
           more
           favoured
           him
           ,
           and
           they
           feared
           he
           should
           reign
           over
           them
           ,
           Gen.
           37.
           4
           ,
           to
           9.
           
           If
           Joseph
           be
           his
           fathers
           darling
           ,
           he
           is
           his
           brethrens
           eye-sore
           .
           Wherefore
           did
           Saul
           persecute
           David
           ,
           and
           pursue
           after
           him
           from
           place
           to
           place
           to
           take
           away
           his
           life
           ,
           but
           because
           he
           was
           so
           praised
           and
           preferred
           of
           the
           people
           before
           himself
           ?
           and
           the
           
             Lord
             was
             with
             David
             ,
             and
             prospered
             him
             in
             every
             thing
             he
             took
             in
             hand
             ,
          
           1
           Sam.
           18.
           12
           ,
           13
           ,
           28
           ,
           29.
           
           Davids
           successe
           is
           Sauls
           vexation
           ;
           yea
           ,
           he
           findes
           not
           so
           much
           pleasure
           in
           his
           Kingdome
           ,
           as
           vexation
           in
           the
           prosperity
           of
           David
           ?
           And
           lastly
           (
           for
           I
           passe
           by
           the
           
             Elder
             Brothers
          
           envie
           in
           the
           Parable
           against
           his
           
             younger
             Brother
          
           ,
           when
           his
           Father
           so
           royally
           entertained
           him
           at
           his
           return
           ,
           Luke
           15.
           28.
           which
           is
           meant
           of
           the
           Jewes
           envying
           the
           Gentiles
           conversion
           ,
           and
           many
           the
           like
           instances
           .
           )
           Why
           was
           Eliah
           wroth
           with
           his
           younger
           brother
           ?
           1
           Sam.
           17.
           28.
           but
           because
           he
           should
           be
           more
           exalted
           .
           And
           I
           doubt
           whether
           Davids
           brethren
           were
           more
           glad
           that
           Goliah
           was
           slain
           ,
           or
           angry
           that
           he
           was
           slain
           by
           their
           brother
           :
           For
           envie
           is
           sick
           if
           her
           neighbour
           be
           well
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           mans
           honour
           is
           the
           envious
           mans
           torment
           ,
           as
           it
           fared
           between
           Haman
           and
           Mordecai
           ;
           as
           hereafter
           the
           glory
           of
           Christ
           shall
           add
           to
           these
           Reprobates
           confusion
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           driven
           to
           confess
           
             this
             is
             he
             whom
             we
             once
             had
             in
             de●ision
             ,
          
           Luke
           13.
           28.
           
           I
           might
           also
           apply
           all
           this
           to
           many
           in
           our
           times
           .
           As
           why
           do
           many
           mens
           hearts
           rise
           against
           every
           holy
           man
           they
           meet
           ?
           as
           some
           stomacks
           rise
           at
           the
           sight
           of
           sweet
           meats
           :
           Why
           do
           all
           drunkards
           and
           vitious
           livers
           hate
           the
           religious
           ?
           and
           so
           belch
           out
           their
           enmity
           and
           spleen
           against
           them
           ,
           in
           raising
           and
           spreading
           of
           slanders
           as
           they
           do
           :
           but
           although
           partly
           to
           rescue
           themselves
           from
           contempt
           ,
           and
           to
           procure
           a
           contrary
           esteem
           by
           p●tting
           a
           foul
           ,
           and
           ugly
           vizard
           upon
           vertue
           ,
           and
           decking
           up
           vice
           in
           a
           gorgeous
           and
           comely
           attire
           ;
           yet
           chiefly
           because
           
             they
             partake
             of
             the
             divine
             nature
             ,
             and
             are
             one
             with
             the
             Father
             and
             the
             Son
             ,
          
           John
           17.
           14.
           21
           ,
           22.
           2
           
           Cor.
           6.
           18.
           
           I
           might
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           be
           large
           upon
           this
           ,
           and
           many
           the
           like
           ,
           but
           I
           must
           only
           mention
           them
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XIV
           .
        
         
           SEcondly
           ,
           Another
           cause
           is
           ,
           their
           Ignorance
           :
           
             They
             shall
             hate
             and
             persecute
             you
             ,
             yea
             ,
             they
             shall
             excommunicate
             and
             kill
             you
             for
             my
             Names
             sake
             ,
          
           saith
           our
           Saviour
           to
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           
             because
             they
             have
             not
             known
             the
             Father
             nor
             me
             ,
          
           John
           16.
           2
           ,
           3.
           and
           15.
           21.
           
           
             And
             again
             ,
             they
             are
             an
             offence
             unto
             us
             ,
             because
             they
             understand
             not
             the
             things
             which
             are
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             the
             things
             which
             are
             of
             men
             ,
          
           Matth.
           16.
           23.
           
           
             And
             are
             deceived
             ,
             because
             they
             know
             not
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             neither
             the
             power
             of
             God
             ,
          
           Matth.
           22.
           29.
           
           Luke
           19.
           42.
           
           This
           the
           Apostle
           confesseth
           to
           have
           been
           the
           cause
           of
           his
           persecuting
           the
           Church
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           1.
           13.
           
           Who
           so
           soon
           as
           he
           was
           enlightned
           with
           the
           saving
           knowledge
           of
           the
           truth
           ,
           changed
           his
           note
           ,
           with
           his
           name
           ,
           
             and
             preached
             that
             saith
             ,
             which
             before
             he
             persecuted
             .
          
           Yea
           ,
           the
           most
           ugly
           and
           monstrous
           wickedness
           ,
           that
           ever
           was
           hatched
           or
           brought
           forth
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           calleth
           ignorance
           mother
           :
           
             Had
             they
             known
          
           (
           says
           the
           Apostle
           )
           
             they
             would
             not
             have
             crucified
             the
             Lord
             of
             glory
             ,
          
           1
           
             Cor.
             2.
             8.
             
             Acts
             3.
             15
             ,
             17.
             
             Father
             ,
             forgive
             them
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           of
           his
           murtherers
           ,
           
           
             for
             they
             know
             not
             what
             they
             do
             .
          
           And
           why
           have
           the
           
             Kings
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             in
             all
             ages
             ●nded
             themselves
             together
             against
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             against
             his
             Christ
             ,
          
           Psal.
           2.
           2.
           
           ●ut
           because
           they
           knew
           him
           not
           ?
           Joh.
           15.
           21.
           they
           see
           no
           more
           then
           the
           
             bark
             or
             outside
          
           of
           spiritual
           things
           ,
           2
           Sam.
           6.
           16.
           
           And
           the
           flesh
           (
           Satans
           ready
           instrument
           )
           will
           be
           ever
           sugesting
           to
           them
           strange
           surmises
           touching
           what
           the
           Reli●●ous
           either
           say
           or
           do
           ;
           as
           is
           evident
           by
           what
           is
           recorded
           of
           Michal
           ,
           2
           Sam.
           6.
           16.
           of
           Nicodemus
           ,
           Joh.
           3.
           4.
           of
           Festus
           ,
           Act.
           26.
           24.
           and
           lastly
           ,
           of
           Paul
           ,
           before
           his
           conversion
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           1.
           13.
           
        
         
           It
           is
           the
           nature
           of
           ignorant
           and
           carnal
           men
           (
           that
           walk
           after
           the
           flesh
           in
           the
           ●●sts
           of
           uncleanness
           ,
           whom
           Saint
           Peter
           calls
           
             brute
             beasts
             ,
             led
             with
             sensuality
             )
             to
             ●●ak
             evil
             of
             the
             things
          
           which
           
             they
             understand
             not
             ,
             2
             Pet.
          
           2.
           12.
           especially
           in
           judging
           acts
           of
           zeal
           and
           piety
           ,
           their
           opinion
           still
           lights
           upon
           the
           worst
           sense
           ,
           like
           them
           in
           Act.
           2.
           who
           mocked
           the
           Apostles
           when
           they
           were
           filled
           with
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           and
           hearing
           them
           speak
           languages
           which
           they
           understood
           not
           ,
           cried
           out
           ,
           
             These
             men
             are
             drunk
             with
             new
             wine
             .
          
        
         
           Until
           we
           be
           born
           again
           ,
           we
           are
           like
           Nicodemus
           ,
           who
           
             knew
             not
             what
             it
             was
             〈◊〉
             be
             born
             again
             ,
             Joh.
          
           3.
           4.
           
           Until
           we
           become
           zealous
           our selves
           ,
           we
           are
           like
           Festus
           ,
           who
           thought
           
             zeal
             madness
             ,
             Act.
          
           26.
           24.
           
           Until
           we
           be
           humble
           our selves
           ,
           we
           are
           like
           Michal
           ,
           who
           mocked
           David
           for
           his
           humility
           ,
           and
           thought
           him
           a
           fool
           ,
           for
           
             dancing
             before
             the
             Ark
             ,
             2
             Sam.
          
           6.
           16.
           
           Yea
           ,
           to
           such
           as
           shall
           perish
           ,
           or
           are
           for
           the
           present
           in
           a
           perishing
           condition
           ,
           all
           Religion
           seems
           foolishness
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           1.
           18.
           
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XV.
           
        
         
           THirdly
           ,
           They
           therefore
           speak
           evil
           of
           us
           ,
           and
           do
           all
           the
           evil
           they
           dare
           to
           us
           :
           
             Because
             we
             will
             no
             longer
             run
             with
             them
             to
             the
             same
             excess
             of
             riot
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Apostle
           acquaints
           us
           ,
           1
           Pet.
           4.
           4.
           
           When
           our
           affections
           like
           wild
           and
           mad
           horses
           ,
           are
           violently
           galloping
           to
           Hell
           ;
           if
           the
           
             Spirit
             of
             God
          
           by
           repentance
           ,
           as
           with
           a
           bridle
           ,
           suddenly
           gives
           a
           jerk
           and
           turns
           them
           another
           way
           ,
           yea
           ,
           sets
           them
           going
           as
           fast
           in
           
             the
             narrow
             path
             towards
             Heaven
          
           :
           presently
           those
           our
           companions
           in
           the
           
             broad
             way
          
           ,
           stand
           marvelling
           at
           us
           that
           we
           break
           off
           company
           ,
           and
           envy
           to
           see
           themselves
           cashiered
           .
        
         
           The
           Israelites
           ,
           were
           never
           set
           upon
           by
           Pharaoh
           and
           all
           his
           Forces
           ,
           until
           they
           were
           got
           out
           of
           his
           land
           ,
           So
           long
           as
           
             S.
             Paul
          
           joyned
           with
           the
           
             High
             Priests
          
           and
           Elders
           ,
           to
           
             make
             havock
             of
             the
             Church
          
           ;
           he
           was
           no
           whit
           molested
           by
           them
           :
           but
           when
           he
           became
           a
           convert
           ,
           and
           preached
           in
           the
           name
           of
           Jesus
           ,
           none
           so
           hated
           and
           persecuted
           as
           he
           .
           That
           
             great
             Dragon
          
           ,
           the
           Devil
           ,
           and
           his
           subjects
           wicked
           men
           ,
           
             make
             war
             and
             are
             wroth
             with
          
           none
           ,
           but
           
             the
             Woman
          
           (
           that
           is
           the
           
             Church
             )
             and
             the
             remnant
             of
             her
             seed
             ,
             which
             keep
             the
             Commandments
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             have
             the
             testimony
             of
             Jesus
             Christ.
          
           Revel
           .
           11.
           17.
           
        
         
           The
           
             Accuser
             of
             the
             Brethren
          
           makes
           choice
           of
           wicked
           men
           to
           traduce
           those
           whom
           he
           cannot
           seduce
           as
           he
           desireth
           ;
           as
           we
           may
           plainly
           see
           in
           our
           Saviours
           example
           ;
           who
           notwithstanding
           he
           fulfilled
           all
           righteousness
           ,
           and
           did
           all
           things
           well
           ,
           for
           
             in
             his
             mouth
             was
             found
             no
             guile
             ,
          
           nor
           fault
           in
           his
           manners
           ,
           nor
           errour
           in
           his
           doctrine
           ,
           
             Which
             of
             you
          
           (
           said
           he
           )
           
             can
             rebuke
             me
             of
             sin
          
           ?
           Yet
           the
           world
           traduced
           him
           for
           a
           Samaritan
           ,
           a
           Blasphemer
           ,
           a
           Sorcerer
           ,
           a
           wine-bibber
           ,
           an
           enemy
           to
           Caesar
           ,
           and
           what
           not
           ?
        
         
           Thus
           they
           deal
           with
           the
           godly
           ,
           as
           sometimes
           a
           lustfull
           person
           will
           do
           by
           a
           
           chaste
           wom●n
           ,
           when
           he
           cannot
           take
           away
           her
           honesty
           ,
           he
           will
           take
           away
           he
           credit
           ;
           brag
           of
           effecting
           his
           will
           with
           her
           ,
           when
           yet
           he
           could
           never
           have
           admittance
           into
           her
           company
           .
           Besides
           how
           should
           those
           enemies
           of
           holiness
           work
           their
           will
           upon
           us
           ?
           if
           they
           did
           not
           thus
           cast
           aspersions
           upon
           ,
           and
           accus●us
           .
           How
           should
           Naboth
           be
           cleanly
           put
           to
           death
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           not
           first
           accused
           of
           blas●phemy
           ?
           1
           Kings
           21.
           13.
           and
           the
           like
           of
           
             Joseph
             ,
             Eliah
             ,
             Jeremiah
             ,
             Susann
             ,
             Paul
             ,
             Stevon
             ,
          
           and
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           himself
           :
           Alas
           ,
           they
           well
           know
           ,
           and
           their
           Consciences
           spare
           not
           to
           tell
           them
           that
           the
           men
           whom
           they
           nick-name
           ,
           and
           asperse
           ,
           are
           honester
           men
           ,
           and
           more
           righteous
           then
           themselves
           ,
           as
           Pharaah
           was
           forced
           to
           confess
           touching
           
             Moses
             ,
             Exod.
          
           10.
           16
           ,
           27.
           
           And
           Saul
           touching
           
             David
             ?
             1
             Sam.
          
           26.
           21.
           yea
           ,
           I
           know
           they
           are
           perswaded
           well
           of
           them
           ,
           even
           when
           they
           speak
           most
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           we
           know
           Pilate
           judged
           Christ
           guiltlesse
           ,
           but
           yet
           he
           put
           him
           to
           death
           .
           And
           Festus
           acknowledged
           that
           Paul
           was
           without
           crime
           ,
           yet
           he
           left
           him
           in
           prison
           .
           I
           dare
           say
           Tertullus
           knew
           that
           he
           lyed
           ,
           when
           he
           called
           Paul
           a
           
             pestilent
             fellow
          
           ,
           &c.
           his
           conscience
           could
           not
           chuse
           but
           answer
           him
           ,
           thou
           lyest
           in
           thy
           throat
           
             Tertullus
             ,
             Paul
          
           is
           an
           honester
           man
           then
           thy self
           ;
           and
           the
           like
           of
           our
           accusors
           at
           this
           day
           ;
           but
           malice
           regards
           not
           how
           true
           any
           accusation
           is
           ,
           but
           how
           spightful
           .
           I
           grant
           that
           in
           many
           cases
           they
           think
           as
           ill
           of
           us
           ,
           as
           they
           speak
           ;
           and
           the
           reason
           is
           ,
           when
           they
           want
           evidence
           ,
           their
           manner
           is
           to
           judge
           of
           us
           by
           themselves
           ;
           as
           it
           fared
           with
           Nero
           ,
           who
           verily
           beleeved
           that
           all
           men
           vvere
           Libidinists
           ,
           because
           himself
           was
           such
           an
           one
           ;
           and
           indeed
           their
           own
           guiltinesse
           is
           a
           main
           and
           usual
           cause
           of
           their
           censuring
           and
           slandring
           us
           ,
           for
           most
           commonly
           suspition
           proceeds
           from
           a
           self
           defect
           ,
           and
           a
           bad
           construction
           from
           a
           bad
           mind
           .
        
         
           
             Deceitfull
             ,
             ever
             will
             mistrustfull
             be
             :
          
           
             But
             no
             distrust
             is
             found
             in
             honestie
             .
          
        
         
           And
           it
           is
           a
           rule
           which
           seldome
           fails
           :
           That
           as
           Chara
           was
           worse
           then
           Noa●
           whom
           he
           derided
           :
           and
           Ishmael
           worse
           then
           Isaac
           whom
           he
           mocked
           :
           and
           Saul
           worse
           then
           David
           whom
           he
           persecuted
           :
           and
           Jezabel
           worse
           then
           Naboth
           whom
           she
           defamed
           and
           murthered
           :
           and
           Herod
           worse
           then
           
             John
             Baptist
          
           whom
           he
           beheaded
           :
           So
           they
           that
           are
           wont
           to
           slander
           ,
           jeer
           and
           persecute
           others
           ,
           have
           themselves
           more
           cause
           to
           be
           jeered
           and
           judged
           by
           others
           .
           Experience
           sufficiently
           acquaints
           us
           what
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           the
           examples
           before
           rehearsed
           ;
           And
           will
           any
           wise
           man
           stumble
           at
           Religion
           for
           such
           mens
           scoffs
           and
           reproaches
           ?
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           XVI
           .
        
         
           FOurthly
           ,
           Another
           Reason
           is
           ,
           They
           know
           their
           glory
           and
           credit
           with
           the
           world
           ,
           is
           greatly
           eclipsed
           by
           such
           as
           excell
           in
           vertue
           :
           Their
           vitious
           lives
           are
           plainly
           reproved
           ,
           and
           their
           persons
           most
           grievously
           shamed
           by
           the
           holy
           conversation
           of
           good
           men
           .
           And
           this
           makes
           them
           smut
           the
           face
           that
           is
           fairer
           :
           blemish
           honest
           mens
           fame
           by
           their
           censuring
           and
           ●spersions
           ;
           that
           they
           may
           mittigate
           their
           own
           shame
           with
           others
           discredit
           like
           
             Potiphars
             wife
          
           they
           pretend
           we
           are
           guilty
           ,
           that
           themselves
           may
           be
           taken
           for
           innocent
           .
           And
           have
           they
           not
           reason
           so
           to
           do
           ?
           Yes
           ,
           for
           the
           
             ●hiter
             the
             Swan
          
           is
           ,
           the
           
             more
             black
             is
             the
             Crow
          
           that
           is
           by
           her
           ;
           and
           how
           is
           a
           vitious
           person
           discredited
           and
           made
           contemptible
           ,
           by
           the
           vertuous
           life
           of
           an
           holy
           man
           ?
           We
           know
           straight
           lines
           help
           to
           shew
           the
           crooked
           .
           And
           it
           is
           easie
           to
           guesse
           ,
           that
           Pharaohs
           fa●
           Kin●
           
           made
           the
           lean
           ones
           more
           ill
           favoured
           .
           A
           swarthy
           and
           hard
           featured
           visage
           ,
           loves
           not
           the
           company
           of
           clear
           beauties
           .
           It
           s
           a
           plain
           case
           ,
           if
           the
           Gospel
           should
           
             rise
             ,
             sin
          
           and
           error
           must
           go
           
             down
             ;
             Herod
          
           thought
           he
           could
           not
           be
           King
           ,
           if
           Christ
           should
           reign
           ;
           And
           the
           Pharisees
           knew
           that
           they
           should
           be
           despised
           ,
           if
           Christ
           were
           regarded
           .
           And
           this
           makes
           them
           
             watch
             for
             our
             halting
          
           ,
           and
           withall
           as
           sharp
           sighted
           as
           Eagles
           to
           spy
           faults
           in
           us
           :
           Briefly
           ,
           They
           put
           their
           own
           faults
           in
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Wallet
           which
           is
           behinde
           them
           ;
           but
           ours
           ,
           in
           the
           other
           part
           or
           end
           which
           is
           before
           them
           .
           Indeed
           self-examination
           would
           make
           their
           judgements
           more
           charitable
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           They
           delight
           in
           censuring
           and
           slandering
           us
           :
           because
           Satan
           (
           who
           is
           their
           God
           ,
           2
           Cor.
           4.
           4.
           and
           their
           Prince
           ,
           Joh.
           14
           30.
           
             and
             works
             in
             them
             his
             pleasure
             ,
          
           Eph.
           2.
           2.
           2
           
           Tim.
           2.
           26.
           
           )
           is
           ever
           prompting
           them
           thereunto
           ,
           
             Acts
             5.
             3.
             
             Rev.
          
           12.
           10.
           
           For
           it
           is
           Satan
           that
           speaks
           in
           and
           by
           them
           ,
           as
           once
           he
           did
           by
           the
           Serpent
           :
           It
           is
           his
           minde
           in
           their
           mouth
           ,
           his
           heart
           in
           their
           lips
           ,
           Mat.
           16.
           23.
           
        
         
           And
           they
           being
           his
           Sons
           ,
           Servants
           and
           Subjects
           ,
           thirst
           to
           do
           him
           what
           honour
           and
           service
           they
           can
           .
           Nor
           can
           they
           pleasure
           him
           more
           ,
           it
           being
           the
           hopefullest
           way
           to
           discourage
           men
           in
           the
           way
           to
           heaven
           ,
           quench
           the
           good
           motions
           of
           Gods
           spirit
           ,
           kill
           the
           buds
           and
           beginnings
           of
           grace
           ,
           draw
           them
           back
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           so
           by
           consequence
           damn
           their
           souls
           ,
           that
           can
           be
           ,
           to
           see
           that
           whatsoever
           they
           do
           or
           speak
           ;
           base
           constructions
           are
           made
           thereof
           .
           Hereupon
           that
           subtil
           Serpent
           does
           like
           Maximinus
           who
           set
           on
           work
           certain
           vile
           persons
           to
           accuse
           the
           Christians
           of
           hainous
           crimes
           ,
           that
           so
           he
           might
           persecute
           them
           with
           the
           more
           shew
           of
           reason
           .
           True
           ,
           they
           poor
           souls
           do
           not
           know
           that
           Satan
           speaks
           in
           and
           by
           them
           :
           As
           those
           four
           hundred
           of
           Ababs
           Prophets
           ,
           in
           whom
           this
           evil
           spirit
           spake
           ,
           did
           not
           know
           that
           Satan
           spake
           by
           them
           ,
           1
           King.
           22.
           22.
           
           Neither
           did
           Judas
           know
           when
           he
           eat
           the
           sop
           that
           
             Satan
             entred
             into
             him
          
           ,
           and
           put
           it
           into
           his
           heart
           to
           betray
           Christ
           ,
           John
           13.
           
           2●
           Neither
           do
           Magistrates
           (
           when
           they
           cast
           the
           servants
           of
           God
           into
           prison
           )
           once
           imagine
           that
           the
           devill
           makes
           them
           his
           jaylors
           ,
           but
           he
           doth
           so
           ;
           whence
           that
           Phrase
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           
             The
             Devil
             shall
             cast
             some
             of
             you
             into
             prison
             ,
          
           Rev.
           2.
           10.
           
           They
           are
           his
           instruments
           ,
           but
           he
           is
           the
           principal
           Author
           .
           Neither
           did
           Ananias
           and
           Saphira
           once
           think
           that
           Satan
           had
           filled
           their
           hearte
           ,
           or
           put
           that
           lye
           into
           their
           mouths
           which
           they
           were
           strook
           dead
           for
           ,
           Acts
           5.
           yet
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ●ells
           us
           plainly
           that
           he
           did
           so
           ,
           ver
           .
           3.
           
           No
           ,
           
             Eve
             ▪
          
           in
           Paradise
           had
           not
           the
           least
           suspition
           that
           it
           was
           Satan
           that
           spake
           to
           her
           by
           the
           Serpent
           ;
           nor
           Adam
           that
           it
           was
           the
           Devils
           minde
           in
           her
           mouth
           ,
           when
           tempted
           to
           eat
           the
           forbidden
           fruit
           .
           Nor
           did
           David
           once
           dream
           that
           it
           was
           Satan
           which
           
             moved
             him
             to
             number
             the
             people
             ,
          
           1
           Chron.
           21.
           1.
           
           Much
           lesse
           did
           Peter
           ,
           who
           so
           dearly
           loved
           Christ
           ,
           imagine
           that
           he
           was
           set
           on
           by
           Satan
           to
           tempt
           his
           own
           Lord
           and
           Master
           with
           those
           affectionate
           words
           ,
           
             Master
             ,
             pitie
             thy self
          
           for
           if
           Christ
           had
           pitied
           himself
           ,
           Peter
           and
           all
           the
           world
           had
           perish
           d●
           yet
           he
           was
           so
           ,
           which
           occasioned
           Christ
           to
           answer
           him
           ,
           
             Get
             th●e
             ,
             behinde
             me
             Satan
             ,
          
           Matth.
           16.
           22
           ,
           23.
           
           Whence
           we
           may
           argue
           ,
           That
           if
           Satan
           can
           make
           the
           best
           and
           wisest
           of
           Gods
           servants
           ,
           do
           him
           ▪
           such
           service
           unwittingly
           ,
           and
           besides
           their
           intention
           ;
           how
           much
           more
           can
           he
           make
           use
           of
           his
           own
           children
           and
           servants
           who
           
             are
             kept
             by
             him
             in
             a
             s●are
             ,
             and
             taken
             captive
             of
             him
             ,
             
             at
             his
             will
             ?
          
           2
           Tim.
           2.
           26.
           and
           whom
           he
           altogether
           
             ruleth
             and
             worketh
             his
             pleasure
             in
             ,
          
           Ephes.
           2.
           2
           ,
           3.
           as
           I
           might
           give
           you
           instances
           of
           all
           sorts
           .
           Our
           Saviour
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           
             they
             shall
             think
             they
             do
             God
             service
             ,
          
           in
           persecuting
           his
           servants
           ,
           as
           the
           Jews
           formerly
           did
           in
           putting
           
             his
             Prophets
             to
             death
          
           ,
           John
           16.
           2.
           and
           experience
           shews
           that
           thousands
           in
           these
           dayes
           do
           so
           ;
           and
           why
           did
           
             Saul
             make
             havock
             of
             the
             Church
             ?
          
           but
           
             in
             zeal
             to
             the
             traditions
             of
             his
             Fathers
             ,
          
           Gal.
           1.
           14.
           
           There
           was
           a
           Monk
           poysoned
           H●my
           the
           seventh
           ,
           Emperour
           of
           Germany
           with
           the
           Sacramental
           Bread
           ,
           and
           thought
           he
           did
           God
           good
           service
           in
           so
           doing
           :
           So
           did
           the
           
             Powder
             Traitors
          
           ,
           when
           they
           intended
           to
           blow
           up
           the
           whole
           State.
           Maximinian
           thought
           the
           blood
           of
           Christians
           would
           be
           an
           acceptable
           sacrifice
           to
           his
           gods
           .
           So
           Francis
           the
           second
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           Philip
           the
           second
           of
           Spain
           ,
           thought
           of
           the
           Lutherans
           blood
           in
           their
           Dominions
           .
           In
           the
           sixth
           Council
           of
           Toledo
           ,
           It
           was
           enacted
           ,
           That
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           should
           suffer
           none
           to
           live
           in
           his
           Dominions
           ,
           that
           professed
           not
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholick
             Religion
          
           :
           Whereupon
           King
           Philip
           having
           hardly
           escaped
           shipwrack
           ,
           as
           he
           returned
           from
           the
           
             Low
             Countries
          
           ,
           said
           ,
           he
           was
           delivered
           by
           the
           singular
           providence
           of
           God
           to
           root
           out
           Lutheranism
           ,
           which
           he
           presently
           began
           to
           do
           :
           professing
           that
           he
           had
           rather
           have
           no
           Subjects
           then
           such
           .
           And
           how
           could
           this
           be
           ?
           if
           Satan
           did
           not
           hold
           the
           Stern
           .
        
         
           *
           It
           is
           the
           usuall
           lot
           of
           the
           godly
           to
           suffer
           for
           
             speaking
             of
             truth
          
           ;
           but
           the
           
             Divels
             servants
          
           prevail
           most
           by
           
             telling
             of
             lies
          
           ;
           as
           when
           the
           Jews
           accused
           Paul
           to
           Agrippa
           ;
           they
           charged
           him
           ▪
           with
           many
           things
           ,
           but
           proved
           nothing
           ;
           neither
           could
           they
           well
           
             undoe
             us
          
           ,
           if
           first
           they
           did
           not
           
             falsly
             accuse
             us
          
           ;
           as
           it
           fared
           with
           Jezabel
           touching
           Naboth
           ,
           and
           the
           wife
           of
           Potiphar
           touching
           Joseph
           .
           We
           read
           that
           the
           
             Chief
             Priests
             ,
             Elders
          
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           
             counsel
             sought
             false
             Witnesses
             to
             accuse
             Christ
          
           of
           h●inous
           evils
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           might
           crucifie
           him
           by
           a
           Law
           ,
           Matth.
           26.
           59.
           for
           innocency
           is
           no
           shelter
           against
           persecution
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           Why
           do
           all
           the
           
             Serpents
             seed
          
           censure
           ,
           and
           in
           censuring
           ●la●der
           us
           ?
           but
           that
           they
           may
           incite
           and
           stir
           up
           others
           to
           do
           the
           like
           :
           Resembling
           those
           ancient
           enemies
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           who
           clad
           the
           Martyrs
           in
           the
           skins
           of
           wilde
           Beasts
           ;
           to
           animate
           the
           Dogs
           to
           tear
           them
           :
           Nor
           will
           the
           giddy
           ▪
           headed
           multitude
           be
           wanting
           what
           lyes
           in
           them
           ,
           for
           they
           like
           so
           many
           fools
           ,
           have
           not
           heads
           sufficient
           to
           
             direct
             them
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           do
           only
           ,
           
             as
             they
             see
             others
             do
          
           :
           They
           are
           a
           generation
           that
           (
           for
           matter
           of
           Religigion
           )
           can
           sca●cely
           discern
           
             betw●…
             their
             right
             hand
             and
             their
             left
             :
          
           as
           it
           fared
           with
           these
           sixscore
           thousand
           Nin●vites
           ,
           Jonah
           4.
           11.
           
           I
           might
           hea●
           up
           Instances
           to
           prove
           how
           ▪
           strongly
           and
           strangely
           example
           prevails
           ,
           to
           
           the
           committing
           of
           evill
           with
           ignorant
           persons
           ,
           who
           are
           Cisterns
           to
           sin
           ,
           Sieves
           to
           grace
           :
           As
           in
           the
           Sodomites
           ,
           Gen.
           19.
           4.
           10
           12.
           
           In
           
             Korah
             and
             his
             150
             followers
          
           :
           In
           
             Demetrius
             and
             his
             fellows
          
           ,
           Acts
           19.
           &c.
           
           And
           the
           like
           in
           our
           times
           ,
           as
           how
           many
           thousands
           do
           censure
           and
           blaspheme
           the
           godly
           ;
           because
           they
           hear
           others
           do
           so
           ?
           for
           other
           reason
           they
           can
           give
           none
           .
           Thus
           I
           might
           go
           on
           in
           giving
           you
           other
           reasons
           of
           their
           censuring
           and
           slandering
           us
           ;
           as
           one
           in
           regard
           of
           Satan
           ,
           who
           loseth
           so
           many
           of
           his
           Subjects
           or
           Captives
           as
           turn
           beleevers
           :
           for
           every
           repentant
           sinner
           is
           as
           a
           prisoner
           broke
           loose
           from
           his
           chains
           of
           darknesse
           .
        
         
           And
           another
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           which
           loseth
           a
           limb
           or
           member
           :
           when
           a
           convert
           will
           no
           longer
           accompany
           them
           in
           their
           wicked
           customs
           .
        
         
           I
           might
           also
           make
           it
           appear
           ,
           that
           Atheism
           or
           Unbelief
           is
           another
           cause
           ,
           Psal.
           2.
           1.
           to
           4.
           and
           10.
           4.
           and
           94.
           5
           ,
           6
           ,
           7.
           
           John
           8.
           37.
           2
           
           Kings
           18.
           35.
           
           Dan.
           3.
           15.
           
           Exod.
           5.
           2.
           
           Acts
           17.
           2.
           to
           11.
           1
           
           Tim.
           1.
           13.
           
           
             Speaking
             of
             truth
          
           another
           ,
           1
           Kings
           22.
           8
           ,
           17
           ,
           23
           ,
           24
           ,
           26
           ,
           27.
           
           Jer.
           26.
           8
           ,
           9
           ,
           11.
           and
           38.
           4
           ,
           5
           ,
           6.
           
           Amos
           5.
           10.
           
           Acts
           17.
           5
           ,
           6
           ,
           7
           ,
           13.
           and
           22.
           22
           ,
           23.
           and
           23.
           12
           ,
           13
           ,
           14.
           
           Gal.
           4.
           16.
           
           Misprision
           another
           ,
           Acts
           24.
           14.
           and
           26
           ,
           9
           ,
           10
           ,
           11
           ,
           24.
           
           Jer.
           44.
           17
           ,
           18
           ,
           19.
           
           Wisdom
           5.
           4.
           
           Matth.
           13.
           55
           ,
           56
           ,
           57.
           
           John
           2.
           19
           ,
           20
           ,
           21.
           and
           3.
           3
           ,
           4.
           and
           7.
           24.
           and
           8.
           15.
           and
           16.
           2.
           2
           
           Thes.
           2.
           11.
           1
           
           Cor.
           2.
           7
           ,
           8
           ,
           14
           ,
           15
           ,
           16.
           
           Revel
           .
           3.
           17.
           
           
             Breaking
             off
             society
             with
             them
          
           another
           ,
           Gen.
           39.
           12.
           to
           21.
           
           Psal.
           26.
           4
           ,
           5.
           and
           119.
           115.
           
           Prov.
           23.
           20.
           2
           
           Thes.
           3.
           6
           ,
           14.
           1
           
           Pet.
           4.
           4.
           
           
             The
             serpentine
             preaching
             of
             some
             Ministers
          
           another
           ,
           Jer.
           5.
           31.
           and
           8.
           11.
           and
           23.
           13
           ,
           14
           ,
           to
           33.
           
           Ezek.
           22.
           28.
           
           Matth.
           9.
           34.
           
           Mark
           13.
           22.
           
           John
           5.
           43.
           
           Acts
           20.
           29
           ,
           30.
           2
           
           Cor.
           2.
           17.
           1
           
           Tim.
           4.
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3.
           2
           
           Pet.
           second
           chapter
           .
           
             The
             scandalous
             lives
             of
             some
             Professors
          
           another
           ,
           Gen.
           9.
           21
           ,
           22.
           and
           34.
           13.
           to
           31.
           1
           
           Sam.
           2.
           12.
           to
           18.
           2
           
           Sam.
           12.
           14.
           
           Matth.
           18.
           7.
           and
           23.
           3.
           14
           ,
           23
           ,
           24
           ,
           25
           ,
           27.
           
           
             Flocking
             after
             sermons
          
           another
           ,
           John
           11.
           48.
           and
           12.
           19.
           
           Acts
           13.
           45.
           
           See
           more
           Psal.
           56.
           6.
           and
           59.
           2
           ,
           3.
           
           Matth.
           23.
           13
           ,
           15.
           
           Luke
           11.
           52.
           
           John
           11.
           18.
           and
           12.
           10
           ,
           11.
           
           Revel
           .
           12.
           17.
           as
           they
           make
           them
           :
           but
           I
           hope
           I
           have
           said
           enough
           :
           Only
           a
           Word
           more
           by
           way
           of
           caution
           ;
           set
           not
           your
           wit
           to
           theirs
           ,
           if
           they
           revile
           you
           ,
           revile
           not
           you
           again
           ;
           but
           pray
           for
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           Prophet
           for
           the
           Syrian
           Armie
           ,
           2
           
             Kings
             6.
             20.
             
             Lord
             open
             the
             eyes
             of
             these
             men
             that
             they
             may
             see
             .
          
           Or
           as
           Stephen
           for
           his
           
             enemies
             ,
             Lord
             lay
             not
             this
             sin
             to
             their
             charge
             ,
          
           Acts
           7.
           60.
           
           Or
           as
           Christ
           for
           his
           murtherers
           ,
           Luke
           23.
           34.
           
           
             Father
             forgive
             them
             ,
             for
             they
             know
             not
             what
             they
             do
             .
          
           Yea
           ,
           let
           you
           and
           I
           and
           all
           that
           suffer
           from
           them
           send
           down
           water
           from
           our
           compassionate
           eyes
           ,
           and
           weep
           for
           them
           by
           whom
           we
           bleed
           :
           And
           well
           we
           may
           ,
           for
           their
           case
           hath
           been
           ours
           ;
           we
           were
           by
           nature
           the
           
             seed
             of
             the
             serpent
          
           ;
           if
           we
           are
           now
           changed
           to
           be
           of
           the
           
             womans
             seed
          
           ,
           whom
           may
           we
           thank
           for
           it
           ?
           not
           our selves
           :
           God
           found
           nothing
           in
           us
           but
           enmity
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           15.
           10.
           
           Rom.
           7.
           18
           ,
           25.
           
           And
           whereas
           he
           might
           have
           left
           us
           in
           that
           perishing
           condition
           (
           being
           bound
           to
           none
           )
           and
           have
           chosen
           them
           ;
           he
           hath
           of
           his
           free
           grace
           adopted
           us
           ,
           and
           (
           for
           the
           ●resent
           )
           left
           them
           :
           What
           's
           the
           reason
           ?
           surely
           no
           reason
           can
           be
           given
           ,
           but
           
             O
             the
             depth
          
           !
           Only
           this
           is
           sure
           ,
           It
           is
           a
           mercy
           beyond
           all
           expression
           !
           O
           my
           soul
           ,
           thou
           hast
           not
           room
           enough
           for
           thankfulnesse
           !
        
      
       
         FINIS
         .
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A67761-e8680
           
             *
             One
             that
             formerly
             held
             it
             not
             enough
             to
             be
             bad
             himself
             ,
             except
             he
             railed
             at
             and
             persecuted
             the
             good
             ;
             hath
             now
             given
             ten
             thousand
             of
             these
             Books
             ,
             to
             clear
             the
             sight
             of
             others
             ,
             who
             
               look
               upon
               Religion
            
             and
             holiness
             with
             
               Satans
               Spectacles
            
             .
             Wherefore
             such
             as
             will
             ,
             need
             but
             call
             at
             
               James
               Crumps
            
             in
             
               Little
               Bartholomews
            
             ,
             in
             Well-yard
             ,
             and
             have
             them
             gratis
             so
             long
             as
             they
             last
             ;
             and
             afterwards
             (
             at
             Mr.
             Cripps
             his
             Shop
             in
             
               Popes
               Head
               Alley
            
             ,
             also
             )
             for
             pence
             a
             pe●ce
             .
          
        
      
    
  

