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             The tryall of true wisdom, with how to become wise indeed, or, A choice and cheap gift for a friend both to please and pleasure him, be he inferior or superior, sinful or faithful, ignorant or intelligent / By R. Younge ... ; add this as an appendix, or third part, to The hearts index, and, A short and sure way, to grace and salvation.
             Younge, Richard.
             Younge, Richard. Hearts-index, or, self-knowledg.
             Younge, Richard. Short and sure way to grace and salvation.
          
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           THE
           TRYALL
           OF
           TRUE
           WISDOM
           ;
           WITH
           How
           to
           become
           
             Wise
          
           indeed
           .
           OR
           ,
           A
           
             Choice
          
           and
           
             Cheap
          
           Gift
           for
           a
           Friend
           ;
           both
           to
           
             please
          
           and
           
             pleasure
          
           him
           :
           Be
           he
           
             inferior
          
           or
           
             superior
             ,
             sinful
          
           or
           
             faithful
             ,
             ignorant
          
           or
           
             intelligent
             .
          
        
         
           
             By
          
           R.
           Younge
           
             of
          
           Roxwel
           
             in
             Essex
             ,
          
           Floreligus
           .
        
         
           Add
           this
           as
           an
           
             Apendix
             ,
          
           or
           Third
           Part
           ,
           to
           
             The
             Hearts
             Index
             .
          
           And
           ,
           
             A
             short
             and
             sure
             way
             ,
             to
             Grace
             and
             Salvation
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Section
            
             41.
             
          
           
             
               LUcian
            
             tells
             of
             an
             
               Egyptian
               King
               ,
            
             who
             had
             
               Apes
            
             taught
             (
             when
             they
             were
             young
             )
             to
             
               dance
               ,
            
             and
             keep
             their
             postures
             with
             much
             
               art
               :
            
             these
             he
             would
             put
             into
             
               rich
               Coats
               ,
            
             and
             have
             them
             in
             some
             
               great
               presence
            
             to
             exercise
             their
             
               skill
               ;
            
             which
             was
             to
             the
             admiration
             of
             such
             as
             knew
             them
             not
             ,
             what
             
               little
            
             sort
             of
             
               active
               ,
               nimble
            
             men
             the
             
               King
            
             had
             got
             :
             And
             such
             as
             knew
             them
             ,
             thought
             it
             no
             
             less
             strange
             ;
             that
             they
             should
             be
             trained
             up
             to
             so
             
               man-like
               ,
            
             and
             handsome
             a
             
               deportment
               .
            
             But
             a
             
               subtile
               Fellow
            
             that
             was
             once
             admitted
             to
             see
             them
             ,
             brought
             and
             threw
             amongst
             them
             ,
             a
             handful
             of
             
               Nuts
               :
            
             which
             they
             no
             sooner
             spied
             ;
             but
             they
             presently
             
               left
               off
            
             their
             dance
             ,
             
               fell
               a
               scrambling
               ,
               tore
            
             one
             anothers
             
               rich
               Coats
               ;
            
             and
             to
             the
             dirision
             of
             the
             beholders
             (
             who
             before
             admired
             them
             )
             they
             discovered
             themselves
             to
             be
             
               meer
               Apes
               .
            
          
           
             These
             ensuing
             
               Notions
            
             (
             which
             I
             have
             purposely
             taken
             ,
             as
             a
             
               handful
            
             out
             of
             the
             whole
             
               sack
               ,
            
             to
             squander
             away
             amongst
             my
             
               acquaintance
               )
            
             are
             such
             
               Nuts
               ,
            
             as
             will
             discover
             not
             a
             few
             (
             who
             are
             
               men
            
             in
             
               appearance
               ,
            
             and
             their
             own
             
               opinion
               )
            
             to
             be
             as
             wise
             ,
             and
             well
             affected
             as
             
               Aesops
               Cock
               ;
            
             that
             preferred
             a
             
               barley
               Corn
               ,
            
             before
             a
             
               Pearl
               :
            
             or
             
               Plinies
               Moal
               ,
            
             that
             would
             
               dig
               under
               ground
            
             with
             great
             
               dexterity
               :
            
             but
             was
             
               blind
               ,
            
             it
             brought
             
               into
               the
               Sun
               .
            
             Or
             
               Diaphontus
               ,
            
             that
             refused
             his
             mothers
             blessing
             ,
             to
             hear
             a
             song
             :
             Or
             the
             
               Israelites
               ,
            
             who
             preferred
             
               Garlick
            
             and
             
               Onions
               ,
            
             before
             
               Quails
            
             and
             
               manna
               .
            
          
           
             
               Men
            
             no
             more
             differ
             from
             
               Beasts
               ,
               Plants
               ,
               Stones
               ;
            
             in
             speech
             ,
             reason
             ,
             shape
             ,
             than
             some
             differ
             from
             others
             ,
             in
             
               heart
               ,
            
             in
             
               brain
               ,
            
             in
             
               life
               .
            
             Whence
             the
             very
             
               heathen
               Poets
            
             usually
             &
             most
             fitly
             compare
             some
             men
             to
             
               stones
               ,
            
             for
             their
             hardness
             ,
             and
             insensibleness
             ;
             others
             to
             
               plants
               ,
            
             that
             only
             fill
             their
             veins
             ;
             a
             third
             sort
             to
             
               beasts
               ,
            
             that
             please
             their
             senses
             too
             ;
             a
             fourth
             to
             
               evil
               Angels
               ,
            
             that
             only
             sin
             ,
             and
             cause
             others
             to
             sin
             ;
             a
             fift
             to
             
               good
               Angels
               ,
            
             that
             are
             still
             in
             motion
             ,
             alwayes
             serving
             
               God
            
             and
             doing
             
               good
               ,
            
             yet
             ever
             rest
             .
          
           
             Again
             ,
             Experience
             teaches
             ,
             that
             mens
             
               judgements
            
             and
             
               censures
            
             are
             as
             various
             ,
             as
             their
             
               pallats
               :
            
             For
             what
             one
             
               admires
               ,
            
             another
             
               slights
               ;
            
             as
             is
             evident
             by
             
               our
               Saviours
               Auditors
               ;
            
             of
             which
             some
             
               admired
               ,
            
             others
             
               censured
               ,
            
             a
             third
             sort
             
               wept
               ,
            
             a
             fourth
             
               scoft
               ,
            
             a
             fift
             
               trembled
               ,
            
             a
             fixt
             
               blasphemed
            
             when
             they
             heard
             him
             .
             And
             how
             should
             it
             be
             otherwise
             ,
             when
             the
             greater
             part
             ,
             are
             as
             deeply
             in
             
               love
            
             with
             
               vice
            
             and
             
               error
               ;
            
             as
             the
             rest
             are
             with
             
               vertue
               ,
            
             and
             
               truth
               .
            
             When
             mens
             
               conditions
               ,
            
             and
             
               constitutions
            
             vary
             as
             much
             ;
             as
             their
             
               faces
               .
            
             As
             the
             
               Holy
               Ghost
            
             intimates
             ,
             in
             comparing
             several
             men
             ,
             to
             almost
             every
             several
             creature
             in
             the
             
               Universe
               .
            
             Nor
             is
             the
             Epicure
             more
             like
             a
             
               swine
               ,
            
             the
             Lustful
             person
             a
             
               Goat
               ,
            
             the
             Fraudulent
             man
             a
             
               Fox
               ,
            
             the
             Backbiter
             a
             
               barking
               Dog
               ,
            
             the
             Slanderer
             an
             
               Asp
               ,
            
             the
             Oppressor
             a
             
               VVolf
               ,
            
             the
             Persecutor
             a
             
               Tyger
               ,
            
             the
             Church-robber
             a
             
               wild
               Bore
               ,
            
             the
             Seducer
             a
             
               Serpent
               ,
            
             yea
             a
             
               Devil
               ,
            
             the
             Traytor
             a
             
               Viper
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             2
             
               Tim.
            
             4
             17.
             
             
               Luk.
            
             13.
             32.
             
             
               Phil.
            
             3.
             2.
             
               Psal.
            
             22.
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             16
             ,
             20
             ,
             21.
             
             &
             74.
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             19.
             
             &
             80.
             13.
             
             
               Matth.
            
             23.
             33.
             
             
               Dan.
            
             7.
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             &c.
             
               Zeph.
            
             3.
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             &c.
             
               Cant.
            
             2.
             15
             ,
             17
             ,
             &c.
             then
             every
             of
             them
             is
             unlike
             another
             .
          
           
             Amidst
             such
             a
             world
             of
             variety
             ,
             I
             have
             chosen
             to
             set
             forth
             ,
             how
             one
             man
             differs
             from
             ,
             and
             excels
             another
             in
             
               brain
               ,
            
             and
             to
             prove
             ,
             that
             to
             be
             
               wise
               indeed
               ,
            
             is
             the
             
               portion
            
             but
             
               of
               a
               few
               ,
            
             even
             amongst
             us
             .
             And
             this
             discovery
             alone
             (
             as
             I
             deem
             )
             will
             be
             richly
             worth
             my
             pains
             ,
             and
             each
             mans
             serious
             Observation
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             
               Sect.
            
             42.
             
          
           
             NOw
             all
             sorts
             of
             men
             ,
             may
             be
             comprised
             ,
             under
             one
             of
             these
             three
             Heads
             :
             The
             
               
                 
                   Sensual
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Rational
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Spiritual
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             For
             if
             you
             observe
             it
             ,
             some
             men
             like
             the
             
               Moon
               at
               Full
               ,
            
             have
             all
             their
             light
             towards
             
               earth
               ,
            
             none
             towards
             Heaven
             :
             Others
             like
             the
             
               Moon
               at
               VVaine
               ,
            
             or
             Change
             ,
             have
             all
             their
             light
             to
             
               Heaven
            
             wards
             ,
             none
             to
             the
             earth
             :
             a
             third
             sort
             like
             to
             the
             
               Moon
               in
               eclipse
               ,
            
             as
             having
             no
             light
             in
             it self
             ,
             neither
             towards
             
               earth
               ,
            
             nor
             towards
             
               Heaven
               .
            
          
           
             Touching
             these
             
               three
               degrees
               of
               comparison
               ,
            
             you
             shall
             find
             ,
             that
             the
             one
             exceeds
             the
             other
             (
             in
             wisdom
             )
             as
             the
             
               stars
               exceed
               one
               another
               in
               glory
               .
            
             Of
             which
             particularly
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             There
             is
             no
             less
             difference
             ,
             between
             the
             
               Rational
            
             and
             
               sensual
               ,
            
             the
             
               wise
            
             and
             
               simple
               ,
            
             the
             
               learned
            
             and
             
               unlearned
               ,
            
             than
             there
             is
             between
             
               men
            
             and
             
               beasts
               ;
            
             as
             
               Menander
            
             speaks
             .
             Or
             between
             the
             
               living
            
             and
             the
             
               dead
               ,
            
             as
             another
             hath
             it
             .
             And
             yet
             the
             
               Rational
               ,
            
             do
             not
             so
             far
             excel
             the
             
               sensual
               ,
            
             as
             the
             
               spiritual
            
             excel
             the
             
               rational
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sensual
               men
            
             are
             so
             be-nighted
             ,
             and
             puzled
             with
             blindnes
             ,
             that
             they
             know
             no
             other
             way
             than
             the
             
               flesh
               leads
            
             them
             .
             It
             is
             the
             
               weight
            
             that
             sets
             all
             their
             
               wheels
            
             a
             going
             ;
             the
             
               horses
            
             that
             draw
             their
             
               chariot
               ,
            
             the
             very
             
               life
            
             of
             their
             
               corruption
               ,
            
             the
             
               corruption
            
             of
             their
             
               life
               ,
            
             without
             which
             they
             do
             nothing
             .
          
           
             The
             minds
             of
             brutish
             men
             ,
             that
             have
             been
             ill
             bred
             ,
             are
             so
             drowned
             in
             sin
             ,
             and
             sensuallity
             ;
             and
             their
             spirits
             so
             frozen
             ,
             and
             pitifully
             benumed
             with
             worldliness
             ,
             and
             wicked
             customs
             ,
             that
             they
             cannot
             judg
             aright
             ,
             either
             of
             spiritual
             matters
             ,
             or
             rectified
             reason
             .
             Yea
             ,
             in
             matters
             experimental
             ,
             they
             are
             of
             as
             deep
             a
             judgement
             as
             was
             
               Callico
               ,
            
             who
             stuft
             his
             pillow
             (
             a
             brass
             pot
             )
             with
             straw
             ,
             to
             make
             it
             soft
             .
             Or
             that
             
               Germain
               Clow●
               ,
            
             who
             under-took
             to
             be
             very
             ready
             in
             the
             
               ten
               Commandments
               :
            
             but
             being
             demanded
             by
             the
             
               Minister
            
             which
             was
             the
             first
             ?
             made
             answer
             ,
             
               Thou
               shall
               not
               eate
               .
            
             Or
             that
             simple
             fellow
             ,
             who
             thought
             
               Pontius
               Pilate
            
             must
             needs
             be
             a
             
               Saint
               ,
            
             because
             his
             name
             was
             put
             into
             the
             
               Creed
               .
            
             They
             are
             like
             the
             
               Ostrich
               ,
            
             Job
             9.
             17.
             whom
             
               God
               hath
               deprived
               of
               wisdom
               ,
               and
               to
               whom
               he
               hath
               given
               no
               part
               of
               understanding
               .
            
          
           
             Which
             men
             also
             ,
             are
             so
             far
             from
             receiving
             
               instruction
               ,
            
             that
             they
             will
             scorn
             and
             scoff
             at
             their
             admonisher
             .
             As
             they
             
               have
               no
               reason
               ,
            
             so
             they
             
               will
               hear
               none
               .
            
             Nor
             will
             they
             
               believe
            
             any
             thing
             ,
             but
             what
             they
             
               see
               ,
            
             or
             
               feell
               :
            
             and
             
               he
               that
               learns
               of
               none
               but
               himself
               ,
               hath
               a
               fool
               to
               his
               t●acher
               .
            
             Yea
             ,
             such
             as
             refuse
             admonition
             ,
             are
             by
             wise
             
               Solomon
            
             branded
             ,
             for
             the
             most
             incorigible
             Fools
             alive
             ;
             so
             that
             their
             
               knowledge
            
             is
             
               ignorance
               ,
            
             
             their
             
               wisdom
               folly
               ,
            
             their
             
               sight
               blindness
               .
            
             They
             neither
             consider
             what
             
               reason
               speaketh
               ,
            
             or
             
               Religion
               commandeth
               ;
            
             but
             what
             the
             
               will
            
             and
             
               appetite
               affecteth
               .
            
             For
             
               will
            
             is
             the
             
               axeltree
               ,
               lusts
            
             and
             
               passions
            
             the
             
               wheels
            
             whereupon
             all
             their
             actions
             are
             carried
             and
             do
             run
             .
             
               Appetite
            
             being
             their
             
               Lord
               ,
               Reason
            
             their
             
               servant
               ,
            
             and
             
               Religion
            
             their
             
               slave
               .
            
             Whereas
             Religion
             should
             govern
             their
             judgement
             ,
             judgment
             and
             reason
             their
             wills
             and
             affections
             ;
             as
             
               Adam
            
             should
             have
             done
             
               Eve
               .
               They
               that
               are
               after
               the
               flesh
               ,
               do
               minde
               the
               things
               of
               the
               flesh
               :
               The
               carnal
               minde
               is
               enmity
               against
               God
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               not
               subject
               to
               the
               law
               of
               God
               ,
               neither
               indeed
               can
               be
               ,
            
             Rom.
             8.
             5.
             to
             9.
             
             And
             which
             leaves
             them
             without
             all
             hope
             of
             being
             wiser
             ,
             they
             had
             rather
             keep
             
               conscience
               blind
               ,
            
             that
             it
             may
             
               flatter
               them
               ,
            
             than
             
               inform
            
             it
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             give
             a
             
               just
               verdict
               against
               them
               ,
            
             counting
             it
             less
             trouble
             ,
             to
             believe
             
               a
               favorable
               falshood
               ,
            
             than
             to
             examine
             whether
             it
             be
             
               true
               .
            
             So
             that
             it
             is
             impossible
             for
             fleshly
             minded
             men
             ,
             to
             believe
             what
             sots
             they
             are
             ,
             touching
             the
             good
             of
             their
             souls
             .
             Wherefore
             when
             we
             see
             the
             
               folly
               ,
            
             and
             
               misery
            
             of
             those
             that
             serve
             sin
             and
             Satan
             ,
             and
             how
             peevishly
             averse
             they
             are
             to
             their
             own
             eternal
             salvation
             ,
             let
             us
             pity
             them
             ,
             as
             being
             so
             much
             more
             worthy
             our
             commiseration
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             more
             uncapable
             of
             their
             own
             misery
             .
             And
             so
             much
             of
             the
             First
             sort
             ,
             namely
             ,
             Sensuallists
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Sect.
            
             43.
             
          
           
             SEcondly
             ,
             There
             is
             another
             degree
             of
             Knowledge
             ,
             that
             is
             accrued
             or
             obtained
             ,
             by
             
               education
            
             and
             
               learning
               ,
               observation
            
             and
             
               experience
               ,
            
             called
             
               natural
            
             or
             
               speculative
               knowledge
               ,
            
             or
             
               reason
               improved
               .
            
             For
             
               humane
               learning
               ,
            
             is
             as
             
               oyl
               to
               the
               lamp
            
             of
             our
             
               reason
               ,
            
             and
             makes
             it
             burn
             cleerer
             :
             but
             
               faith
            
             and
             
               illumination
            
             of
             the
             
               spirit
               ,
            
             more
             than
             doubles
             the
             sight
             of
             our
             minds
             ;
             as
             a
             
               prospective
               glass
            
             does
             the
             
               corporal
               sight
               ,
               Matth.
            
             16.
             17.
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             2.
             7.
             to
             17.
             
             
               Joh.
            
             12.
             46.
             
             For
             as
             the
             
               soul
            
             is
             the
             
               lamp
            
             of
             the
             
               body
               ,
            
             and
             
               reason
            
             of
             the
             
               soul
               ,
            
             and
             
               religion
            
             of
             reason
             ,
             and
             
               faith
            
             of
             religion
             :
             so
             
               Christ
            
             is
             the
             
               light
               ,
            
             and
             
               life
            
             of
             Faith
             ,
             
               Joh.
            
             1.
             9.
             
             &
             8.
             12.
             
             
               Act.
            
             26.
             18.
             
             
               Eph.
            
             5.
             14.
             
             
               Christ
            
             is
             the
             
               sun
               of
               the
               soul
               ;
               reason
            
             and
             
               faith
            
             the
             
               two
               eyes
               :
            
             reason
             discerns
             
               natural
               objects
               ,
            
             faith
             
               spiritual
            
             and
             
               supernatural
               .
            
             We
             may
             see
             far
             with
             our
             
               bodily
               eye
               sence
               ,
            
             farther
             with
             the
             
               minds
               eye
               reason
               ;
            
             but
             farther
             with
             the
             
               souls
               eye
               faith
            
             than
             with
             both
             .
             And
             the
             
               Beleever
            
             hath
             the
             addition
             of
             
               Gods
               spirit
               ,
            
             and
             
               faith
            
             above
             all
             other
             men
             .
             
               I
               am
               the
               light
               of
               the
               world
               ,
            
             saith
             
               our
               Saviour
               ,
               he
               that
               followeth
               me
            
             (
             meaning
             by
             a
             lively
             faith
             )
             
               shall
               not
               walk
               in
               darkness
               ,
               but
               shall
               have
               the
               light
               of
               life
               ,
               Joh.
            
             8.
             12.
             and
             more
             see
             two
             eyes
             than
             one
             :
             yea
             ,
             the
             
               day
            
             with
             one
             eye
             ,
             does
             far
             more
             things
             descry
             ,
             than
             
               night
            
             can
             do
             with
             more
             than
             
               Argos
               eyes
               .
            
             So
             that
             as
             meer
             
               sense
            
             is
             uncapable
             of
             the
             rules
             of
             
               reason
               ;
            
             so
             reason
             is
             no
             less
             uncapable
             ,
             of
             the
             things
             that
             are
             
               divine
            
             and
             
               supernatural
               ,
               Jer.
            
             10.
             14.
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             2.
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             16.
             
             
               Eph.
            
             5.
             8.
             
             And
             as
             to
             
               speak
            
             is
             only
             proper
             to
             
               men
               :
            
             so
             to
             know
             the
             secrets
             of
             the
             
               kingdom
               of
            
             
             
               heaven
               ,
            
             is
             only
             propper
             to
             
               believers
               ,
               Psal.
            
             25.
             14.
             
             
               Prov.
            
             3.
             32.
             
             
               Amos.
            
             3.
             7.
             
          
           
             Now
             of
             
               natural
            
             and
             
               speculative
               knowledge
               ,
            
             the
             wicked
             have
             as
             large
             a
             share
             as
             the
             godly
             :
             but
             of
             
               spiritual
               ,
               experimental
               ,
            
             and
             
               saving
            
             knowledge
             which
             is
             
               supernatural
               ,
            
             and
             
               descendeth
               from
               above
               ,
            
             Jam.
             3.
             17.
             
               and
               keepeth
               a
               man
               from
               every
               evil
               way
               ,
            
             Prov.
             2.
             12.
             the
             
               wicked
            
             have
             no
             part
             with
             the
             
               godly
               .
            
             Whence
             all
             men
             in
             their
             natural
             condition
             are
             said
             to
             be
             
               blind
               and
               in
               darkness
               ,
            
             Matth.
             4.
             16.
             
             &
             15.
             14.
             
             
               Eph.
            
             4.
             18
             ,
             19.
             
             &
             5.
             8.
             
             Whereas
             
               believers
               ,
            
             are
             called
             
               children
               of
               light
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               day
               ,
            
             1
             Thes.
             5.
             5.
             1
             
               Pet.
            
             2.
             9.
             
          
           
             Nor
             is
             this
             kind
             of
             knowledge
             ,
             any
             way
             attainable
             ,
             but
             by
             Grace
             from
             above
             .
             No
             learning
             ,
             experience
             ,
             or
             pains
             in
             studdy
             and
             
               Books
               ,
            
             will
             bring
             them
             to
             it
             ,
             
               Ephe.
            
             1.
             17
             ,
             18.
             
             &
             3.
             19.
             except
             they
             become
             
               new
               creatures
               ,
            
             have
             
               hearts
               ,
               eyes
               ,
            
             and
             
               eares
            
             sanctified
             from
             above
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             
               holy
               Ghost
            
             becomes
             their
             teacher
             ,
             
               Deut.
            
             29.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
               Psal.
            
             111.
             10.
             
             
               Joh.
            
             ●●
             .
             15.
             
             
               Rom.
            
             8.
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Nor
             is
             it
             saving
             knowledge
             that
             they
             seek
             after
             :
             For
             though
             many
             of
             them
             ,
             be
             great
             seekers
             after
             knowledge
             ,
             great
             pains-takers
             to
             become
             wise
             :
             yet
             it
             is
             not
             divine
             and
             supernatural
             knowledge
             ,
             that
             they
             labor
             for
             ,
             or
             desire
             .
          
           
             Indeed
             
               wisdom
            
             in
             the
             largest
             sense
             ,
             hath
             ever
             carried
             that
             shew
             of
             excellency
             with
             it
             ,
             that
             not
             only
             the
             
               good
            
             have
             highly
             
               affected
               it
               ,
            
             (
             as
             
               Moses
            
             who
             
               studied
            
             for
             wisdom
             ;
             and
             
               Solomon
            
             who
             
               prayed
            
             for
             wisdom
             ;
             and
             the
             
               Queen
               of
               Sheba
            
             who
             
               travelled
            
             for
             wisdom
             ;
             and
             
               David
            
             who
             to
             get
             wisdom
             ,
             
               made
               the
               word
               his
               counsellor
               ,
               hated
               every
               false
               way
               ,
               and
               was
               a
               man
               after
               Gods
               own
               heart
               )
            
             but
             the
             very
             
               wicked
            
             have
             labored
             for
             it
             ,
             who
             are
             ashamed
             of
             other
             vertues
             ;
             as
             ,
             O
             the
             pleasure
             that
             rational
             men
             take
             in
             it
             !
             
               Prov.
            
             2.
             3
             ,
             10
             ,
             11.
             
             &
             10.
             14.
             
             
               Phil.
            
             3.
             8.
             
          
           
             
               Knowledge
            
             is
             so
             
               fair
               a
               virgin
               ,
            
             that
             every
             
               cleer
               eye
            
             is
             in
             
               love
            
             with
             her
             ;
             it
             is
             a
             
               pearl
            
             despised
             of
             none
             but
             
               swine
               ,
            
             Prov.
             2.
             3.
             10.
             11.
             
             (
             whereas
             brutish
             and
             blockish
             men
             ,
             as
             little
             regard
             it
             )
             they
             who
             care
             not
             for
             one
             dram
             of
             goodness
             ,
             would
             yet
             have
             a
             full
             scale
             of
             knowledge
             .
             Amongst
             all
             the
             trees
             of
             the
             
               garden
               ,
            
             none
             so
             pleaseth
             them
             as
             the
             
               tree
               of
               knowledge
               .
            
             And
             as
             wisdom
             is
             excellent
             
               above
               all
               ,
            
             so
             it
             is
             affected
             
               of
               all
               ,
            
             as
             
               oyl
            
             was
             
               both
               of
               the
               wise
               and
               foolish
               virgins
               .
            
             It
             hath
             been
             a
             
               mark
            
             that
             every
             man
             hath
             
               shot
               at
               ,
            
             ever
             since
             
               Eve
            
             sought
             to
             be
             as
             wise
             as
             
               her
               Maker
               :
            
             but
             as
             a
             hundreth
             
               shoot
               ,
            
             for
             one
             that
             
               hitts
               the
               white
               :
            
             so
             an
             hundred
             
               aim
            
             at
             wisdom
             ,
             for
             one
             that
             
               lights
               upon
               it
               ,
            
             Eccles.
             7.
             28.
             because
             they
             are
             mistaken
             in
             the
             thing
             .
             For
             as
             
               Iacob
            
             in
             the
             dark
             mistook
             
               Leah
            
             for
             
               Rachael
               ,
            
             so
             many
             a
             blind
             soul
             ,
             takes
             that
             to
             be
             wisdom
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             like
             
               Eve
               ,
            
             who
             thought
             it
             wisdom
             to
             
               eate
               the
               forbidden
               fruit
               ,
            
             and
             
               Absalom
               ,
            
             who
             thought
             it
             wisdom
             to
             
               lye
               with
               his
               Fathers
               Concubines
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               all
               the
               people
               ;
            
             and
             the
             
               false
               Steward
               ,
            
             who
             thought
             it
             wisdom
             to
             
               deceive
               his
               Master
               .
            
             And
             so
             of
             
               Josephs
               brethren
               ,
            
             of
             
               Pharoah
            
             and
             his
             
               deep
               counsellors
               ,
            
             of
             
               Achitophel
               ,
            
             of
             
               Herod
               ,
            
             of
             the
             
               Pharisees
            
             in
             their
             project
             to
             destroy
             
               Jesus
               ;
            
             and
             many
             the
             like
             .
             All
             these
             thought
             they
             
             did
             wisely
             ,
             but
             they
             were
             mistaken
             ,
             and
             their
             projects
             proved
             foolish
             ,
             and
             turned
             to
             their
             own
             ruine
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Sect.
            
             44.
             
          
           
             BUt
             take
             some
             Instances
             ,
             to
             prove
             that
             all
             sorts
             of
             Naturians
             are
             Fools
             ,
             in
             comparrison
             of
             the
             Godly
             .
             I
             'le
             begin
             with
             those
             that
             
               rep●●e
               themselves
               ,
            
             and
             
               are
               reputed
               by
               others
               ,
            
             the
             wisest
             amongst
             men
             :
             And
             they
             are
             your
             
               profound
               Humanists
               ,
            
             and
             
               cunning
               Polititians
               ,
            
             wherein
             you
             shall
             see
             ,
             whether
             the
             most
             and
             greatest
             number
             are
             not
             grosly
             mistaken
             ,
             in
             their
             opinions
             and
             verdicts
             touching
             Wisdom
             .
          
           
             First
             for
             
               profound
               Hamanists
               ,
            
             a
             man
             would
             think
             that
             they
             were
             incomparably
             wise
             ;
             for
             none
             so
             thirst
             after
             knowledge
             and
             wisdom
             as
             they
             ;
             &
             to
             get
             it
             they
             are
             no
             niggards
             of
             their
             labor
             :
             nor
             do
             they
             leave
             
               any
               thing
               unstudied
               but
               themselves
               .
            
             They
             know
             all
             parts
             and
             places
             of
             the
             created
             
               world
               ,
            
             can
             discourse
             of
             every
             thing
             
               visible
            
             and
             
               invisible
               ,
               divine
               ,
               humane
            
             and
             
               mundane
               ;
            
             whether
             it
             be
             meant
             of
             
               substances
            
             or
             
               accidents
               ,
            
             are
             ignorant
             of
             nothing
             but
             
               the
               way
               to
               heaven
               ,
            
             are
             acquainted
             with
             
               all
               Laws
            
             and
             
               customs
               ,
            
             save
             the
             
               Law
               of
               God
               ,
            
             and
             
               customs
               of
               Christianity
               ;
            
             they
             are
             
               strangers
            
             no where
             but
             in
             the
             court
             of
             their
             own
             
               consciences
               :
            
             Yea
             ,
             they
             
               build
            
             as
             hard
             ,
             and
             
               erect
            
             as
             high
             as
             did
             the
             
               Babel-builders
               ;
            
             but
             all
             to
             no
             purpose
             :
             they
             never
             come
             to
             the
             
               roof
               ,
            
             and
             when
             they
             
               die
            
             they
             are
             
               undone
               .
            
             They
             spend
             all
             their
             time
             in
             seeking
             after
             wisdom
             ;
             as
             
               Alchimists
               spend
            
             all
             their
             
               estates
               ,
            
             to
             find
             out
             the
             
               Philosophers
               stone
               ;
            
             but
             never
             find
             it
             ;
             they
             never
             attain
             to
             that
             ,
             which
             is
             true
             wisdom
             indeed
             .
             For
             as
             the
             
               ragged
               Poet
            
             told
             
               Petronius
               ,
            
             that
             
               Poetry
            
             was
             a
             kind
             of
             learning
             ,
             that
             never
             made
             any
             man
             rich
             :
             so
             
               humane
               learning
            
             of
             it self
             ,
             never
             made
             a
             wise
             man
             .
          
           
             As
             thus
             (
             if
             I
             may
             be
             so
             bold
             )
             what
             is
             it
             ,
             or
             what
             does
             it
             profit
             a
             man
             ,
             to
             have
             the
             etymologie
             ,
             and
             derivation
             of
             wisdome
             and
             knowledge
             ,
             without
             being
             affected
             with
             that
             ,
             which
             is
             true
             wisdom
             indeed
             to
             be
             able
             to
             
               decline
               vertue
               ,
            
             yet
             
               not
               love
               it
               ?
            
             to
             have
             the
             
               theory
               ,
            
             &
             be
             able
             to
             prattle
             of
             wisdom
             by
             
               rote
               ;
            
             yet
             not
             know
             what
             it
             is
             by
             
               effect
            
             and
             
               experience
               ?
            
             To
             have
             as
             expert
             a
             
               tongue
               ,
            
             and
             as
             quick
             a
             
               memory
            
             as
             
               Portius
               ;
            
             a
             perfect
             understanding
             ,
             great
             science
             ,
             profound
             eloquence
             ,
             a
             sweet
             stile
             ?
             To
             have
             the
             force
             of
             
               Demosthenes
               ,
            
             the
             depth
             of
             
               Thesius
               ,
            
             the
             perswasive
             art
             of
             
               Tully
               ,
            
             &c.
             if
             withal
             he
             wants
             Grace
             ,
             and
             lives
             remissely
             ?
             With
             the
             
               Astronomer
               ,
            
             to
             observe
             the
             motions
             of
             the
             
               heavens
               ;
            
             while
             his
             heart
             is
             buried
             in
             the
             
               earth
               ?
            
             to
             search
             out
             the
             
               cause
            
             of
             many
             
               effects
               ,
            
             and
             let
             pass
             the
             consideration
             of
             the
             principal
             ,
             and
             most
             necessary
             ?
             With
             the
             
               Historian
               ,
            
             to
             know
             what
             others
             have
             
               done
               ,
            
             and
             how
             they
             have
             
               sped
               ;
            
             while
             he
             neglecteth
             the
             imitation
             of
             such
             ,
             as
             are
             gone
             the
             right
             way
             ?
             With
             the
             
               Law-maker
               ,
            
             to
             set
             down
             many
             Lawes
             in
             particular
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             remember
             the
             
               common
               Law
            
             of
             nature
             ,
             or
             
               Law
               general
            
             that
             all
             must
             die
             ?
             Or
             lastly
             ,
             with
             
               Adam
            
             to
             know
             the
             
             Nature
             of
             all
             the
             Creatures
             :
             and
             with
             
               Solomon
            
             to
             be
             able
             to
             dispute
             of
             every
             thing
             ,
             even
             from
             the
             
               Cedar
            
             to
             the
             
               Hyssop
            
             or
             
               Pellitory
               ;
            
             when
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             he
             lives
             like
             
               Dives
               ,
            
             dyes
             like
             
               Naba●●
            
             and
             after
             all
             goes
             to
             his
             own
             place
             with
             
               Iudas
               ?
            
             Alas
             !
             many
             a
             Fool
             goes
             to
             hell
             with
             lesse
             
               cost
               ,
            
             less
             
               pains
               ,
            
             and
             far
             more
             
               quiet
               :
            
             that
             is
             but
             
               raw
               knowledge
               ,
            
             which
             is
             not
             
               digested
            
             into
             
               practice
               :
            
             It
             is
             not
             worth
             the
             ●●me
             of
             knowledge
             ,
             that
             may
             be
             
               heard
            
             only
             and
             not
             
               seen
               ,
               Ioh.
            
             13.
             17
             
             
               〈◊〉
               .
            
             4.
             6.
             
             
               Good
               discourse
            
             is
             but
             the
             
               froth
               of
               wisdom
               :
            
             the
             sweet
             and
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             of
             it
             ,
             is
             in
             
               well
               framed
               actions
               :
            
             that
             is
             true
             knowledge
             ,
             that
             makes
             the
             knower
             blessed
             .
             We
             only
             praise
             that
             
               Mariner
               ,
            
             that
             brings
             the
             
               〈◊〉
            
             safe
             to
             the
             
               haven
               .
            
          
           
             What
             sayes
             
               Aristotle
               ?
            
             to
             be
             
               wise
            
             and
             
               happy
            
             are
             terms
             reciprocal
             .
             And
             
               Socrates
               ,
            
             that
             learning
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             pleaseth
             me
             but
             a
             little
             ,
             which
             nothing
             profits
             the
             owner
             of
             it
             ,
             either
             to
             
               vertue
               ,
            
             or
             
               happiness
               :
            
             And
             being
             demanded
             ,
             Who
             was
             the
             wisest
             and
             happiest
             man
             ?
             He
             Answered
             ,
             He
             that
             offends
             least
             .
             He
             is
             the
             
               best
               scholar
               ,
            
             that
             
               learns
               of
               Christ
               obedience
               ,
               humility
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             He
             is
             the
             best
             
               Arithmetitian
               ,
            
             that
             can
             
               add
               grace
               to
               grace
               ;
            
             he
             is
             the
             
               best
               learned
               ,
            
             that
             knows
             how
             to
             be
             
               saved
               .
            
             Yea
             ,
             all
             the
             
               Arts
            
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             are
             
               artless
               Arts
            
             to
             this
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Sect.
            
             45.
             
          
           
             THe
             
               best
               knowledge
            
             is
             about
             the
             
               best
               things
               ;
            
             and
             the
             perfection
             of
             all
             knowledge
             ,
             to
             
               know
               God
               ,
            
             and
             
               our selves
               :
            
             Knowledge
             and
             learning
             ,
             saith
             
               Aristotle
               ,
            
             consisteth
             not
             so
             much
             in
             the
             
               quantity
               ,
            
             as
             in
             the
             
               quality
               ;
            
             not
             in
             the
             
               greatness
               ,
            
             but
             in
             the
             
               goodness
            
             of
             it
             .
             A
             
               little
               gold
            
             (
             we
             know
             )
             is
             more
             worth
             than
             
               much
               dross
               :
            
             a
             little
             
               diamond
               ,
            
             than
             a
             
               rocky
               mountain
               .
            
             So
             one
             drop
             of
             wisdom
             ,
             guided
             by
             the
             fear
             of
             
               God
               ;
            
             one
             spark
             of
             spiritual
             ,
             experimental
             ,
             and
             saving
             knowledge
             ,
             is
             more
             worth
             than
             all
             humane
             wisdom
             and
             learning
             :
             yea
             ,
             one
             
               scruple
               of
               holiness
               ,
            
             one
             
               dram
               of
               faith
               ,
            
             one
             
               grain
               of
               grace
               ,
            
             is
             more
             worth
             than
             
               many
               pounds
               ,
               of
               natural
               parts
               .
            
             And
             indeed
             Faith
             ,
             and
             Holiness
             ,
             are
             the
             nerves
             ,
             and
             sinews
             ;
             yea
             ,
             the
             soul
             of
             saving
             knowledge
             .
          
           
             What
             saith
             
               Aristotle
               ?
            
             No
             more
             than
             the
             knowledge
             of
             goodness
             ,
             maketh
             one
             to
             be
             named
             a
             good
             man
             ;
             no
             more
             doth
             the
             knowledge
             of
             wisdom
             alone
             ,
             cause
             any
             person
             properly
             to
             be
             called
             a
             wise
             man
             .
             Saving
             knowledge
             of
             the
             truth
             ,
             works
             a
             love
             of
             the
             truth
             known
             :
             yea
             it
             is
             a
             uniform
             consent
             ,
             of
             knowledge
             and
             action
             .
             He
             only
             is
             wise
             ,
             that
             is
             wise
             for
             his
             own
             soul
             :
             he
             whose
             conscience
             pulleth
             all
             he
             hears
             ,
             and
             reads
             to
             his
             heart
             ,
             and
             his
             heart
             to
             
               God
               :
            
             who
             turneth
             his
             
               knowledge
            
             to
             
               faith
               ,
            
             his
             faith
             to
             
               feeling
               ,
            
             and
             all
             to
             walk
             worthy
             of
             his
             
               Redeemer
               .
            
             He
             that
             subdues
             his
             
               sensual
               desires
            
             and
             
               appetite
               ,
            
             to
             the
             more
             
               noble
               faculties
            
             of
             
               reason
               ,
            
             and
             
               understanding
               ;
            
             and
             makes
             that
             understanding
             of
             his
             to
             serve
             him
             ,
             by
             whom
             it
             is
             ,
             and
             doth
             understand
             .
             He
             that
             subdues
             his
             
               lusts
            
             to
             his
             
               will
               ,
            
             submits
             his
             will
             to
             
               reason
               ;
            
             his
             reason
             
             to
             
               faith
               ;
            
             his
             faith
             ,
             his
             reason
             ,
             his
             will
             ,
             himself
             to
             the
             
               will
               of
               God
               :
            
             this
             is
             practical
             ,
             experimental
             ,
             and
             saving
             knowledge
             ;
             to
             which
             the
             other
             is
             but
             a
             bare
             name
             ,
             or
             title
             .
             
               A
               competnet
               estate
            
             (
             we
             know
             )
             
               well
               husbanded
               ,
            
             is
             better
             than
             
               a
               vast
               patrimony
               neglected
               .
            
             Never
             any
             meer
             man
             (
             since
             the
             first
             )
             knew
             so
             much
             as
             
               Solomon
               :
            
             many
             that
             have
             known
             less
             ,
             have
             had
             more
             command
             of
             themselves
             .
          
           
             Alas
             !
             they
             are
             
               not
            
             alwayes
             
               the
               wisest
               ,
               that
               know
               most
               :
            
             For
             none
             more
             wise
             and
             learned
             in
             the
             worlds
             account
             ,
             than
             the
             
               Scribes
            
             and
             
               Pharisees
               :
            
             yet
             
               Christ
            
             calls
             them
             four
             times
             
               blind
               ,
            
             and
             twice
             
               fools
            
             in
             one
             
               chapter
               ,
               Matth.
            
             23.
             
             And
             the
             like
             of
             
               Balaam
               ,
            
             2
             
               Pet.
            
             2.
             16.
             who
             had
             such
             a
             prophetical
             knowledge
             ,
             that
             scarce
             any
             of
             the
             
               Prophets
               ,
            
             had
             a
             cleerer
             revelation
             of
             the
             
               Messiah
            
             to
             come
             .
             And
             the
             same
             may
             be
             affirmed
             of
             
               Judas
               ,
            
             and
             
               Achitophel
               ;
            
             for
             many
             that
             know
             a
             great
             deal
             less
             ,
             are
             far
             wiser
             .
             Yea
             ,
             one
             poor
             
               crucified
               thief
               ,
            
             being
             
               converted
               ,
            
             in
             an
             hours
             time
             ,
             had
             more
             true
             wisdom
             and
             knowledge
             infused
             into
             him
             ,
             than
             had
             all
             the
             
               Rulers
               ,
               Scribes
               ,
            
             and
             
               Pharisees
               .
            
          
           
             It
             is
             very
             observable
             ,
             what
             the
             
               High
               Priest
            
             told
             the
             
               Council
               ,
            
             as
             they
             were
             set
             to
             condemne
             
               Christ
               ;
               Ye
               know
               nothing
               at
               all
               :
            
             he
             spake
             truer
             than
             he
             meant
             it
             ;
             for
             if
             we
             know
             not
             the
             
               Lord
               Iesus
               ,
            
             our
             knowledge
             is
             either
             
               nothing
               ,
            
             or
             
               nothing
               worth
               .
            
             Rightly
             a
             man
             knows
             no
             more
             than
             he
             practiseth
             .
             It
             is
             said
             of
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             2
             
               Cor.
            
             5.
             21.
             that
             he
             
               knew
               no
               sin
               ;
            
             because
             he
             
               did
               no
               sin
               ;
            
             in
             which
             sense
             ,
             he
             
               knows
               no
               good
               ,
            
             that
             
               doth
               no
               good
               .
               These
               things
               if
               ye
               know
            
             (
             saith
             
               our
               Saviour
               )
               happy
               are
               ye
               ,
               if
               ye
               do
               them
               ,
            
             Joh.
             13.
             17.
             
             And
             in
             
               Deut.
            
             4.
             6.
             
             
               Keep
               the
               commandements
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               do
               them
               :
               for
               this
               is
               your
               wisdom
               ,
               and
               understanding
               before
               God
               ,
               and
               man
               .
            
          
           
             What
             is
             the
             
               notional
               sweetness
            
             of
             
               Honey
               ,
            
             to
             the
             
               experimental
               taste
            
             of
             it
             ?
             It
             is
             one
             thing
             to
             know
             what
             riches
             are
             ,
             and
             another
             thing
             to
             be
             Master
             of
             them
             :
             It
             is
             not
             the
             
               knowing
               ,
            
             but
             the
             
               possessing
            
             of
             them
             that
             
               makes
               rich
               .
            
             Many
             have
             a
             depth
             of
             knowledge
             ,
             and
             yet
             are
             not
             
               soul-wise
               ;
            
             have
             a
             
               liberary
            
             of
             
               divinity
            
             in
             their
             
               heads
               ,
            
             not
             so
             much
             as
             the
             least
             
               Catechisme
            
             in
             their
             
               consciences
               ;
               full
               brains
               ,
               empty
               hearts
               .
            
             Yea
             ,
             you
             shall
             hear
             
               a
               flood
            
             in
             the
             
               tongue
               ,
            
             when
             you
             cannot
             see
             one
             
               drop
            
             in
             the
             
               life
               .
            
             Insomuch
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             our
             so
             much
             light
             ,
             and
             means
             of
             Grace
             ,
             there
             be
             few
             I
             fear
             ,
             that
             have
             the
             sound
             ,
             and
             saving
             knowledge
             of
             
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               and
               him
               crucified
               ,
            
             which
             was
             the
             only
             
               care
               ,
            
             and
             
               study
            
             of
             St.
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             2.
             2.
             
          
        
         
           
             
               Sect.
            
             46.
             
          
           
             ANd
             that
             I
             am
             not
             mistaken
             ,
             the
             effect
             shews
             :
             For
             if
             men
             knew
             either
             
               God
               ,
            
             or
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             they
             could
             not
             but
             love
             him
             ;
             and
             loveing
             him
             ,
             they
             would
             keep
             his
             commandments
             ,
             
               Ioh.
            
             14.
             15.
             
             For
             
               hereby
            
             (
             saith
             St.
             
               John
               )
               It
               is
               manifest
               that
               we
               know
               him
               ,
               if
               we
               keep
               his
               commandments
               ,
            
             1
             Joh.
             2.
             3.
             
             But
             
               he
               that
               sayeth
               ,
               I
               know
               him
               ,
               and
               yet
            
             
             
               keepeth
               not
               his
               commandments
               is
               a
               lyar
               ,
               and
               there
               is
               no
               truth
               in
               him
               ,
            
             ver.
             4.
             
             What
             saith
             
               our
               Saviour
               ?
               This
               is
               life
               eternal
               to
               know
               thee
               the
               only
               true
               God
               ,
               and
               Jesus
               Christ
               whom
               thou
               hast
               sent
               ,
            
             Joh.
             17.
             3.
             
             But
             how
             shall
             a
             man
             know
             ,
             whether
             he
             hath
             this
             knowledge
             ?
             
             Answ.
             St.
             
               John
            
             tells
             you
             in
             those
             last
             words
             mentioned
             ,
             and
             so
             plainly
             ,
             that
             you
             cannot
             be
             deceived
             ,
             except
             you
             desire
             to
             deceive
             your
             own
             soul
             .
          
           
             The
             knowledge
             of
             
               God
            
             that
             saves
             us
             ,
             is
             more
             than
             a
             bare
             apprehension
             of
             him
             ;
             it
             knows
             his
             
               power
               ,
            
             and
             therefore
             
               fears
            
             him
             ;
             knows
             his
             
               justice
               ,
            
             and
             therefore
             
               serves
            
             him
             ;
             knows
             his
             
               mercy
               ,
            
             and
             therefore
             
               trusts
            
             him
             ;
             knows
             his
             
               goodness
               ,
            
             and
             therefore
             
               loves
            
             him
             ,
             &c.
             
             For
             he
             that
             hath
             the
             saving
             knowledge
             of
             
               God
               ,
            
             or
             of
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             hath
             every
             other
             Grace
             :
             There
             is
             a
             sweet
             correspondence
             between
             
               every
               one
               ,
            
             where
             there
             is
             
               any
               one
            
             in
             truth
             :
             As
             in
             the
             
               generation
               ,
            
             the
             
               head
            
             is
             not
             without
             the
             
               body
               ,
            
             nor
             the
             
               body
            
             without
             each
             
               member
               ,
            
             nor
             the
             
               soul
            
             without
             its
             
               powers
            
             and
             
               faculties
               ;
            
             so
             in
             the
             
               regeneration
               ,
            
             where
             there
             is
             
               any
               one
            
             grace
             in
             truth
             ,
             there
             is
             
               every
               one
               ,
            
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             17.
             
             If
             you
             will
             see
             it
             in
             particulars
             ,
             read
             
               Psa.
            
             9.
             10.
             
             
               Jer.
            
             9.
             24.
             1
             
               Joh.
            
             4.
             6.
             
             
               Joh.
            
             4.
             10.
             1
             
               Joh
            
             4.
             7
             ,
             8.
             
             &
             2.
             3.
             
               Joh
            
             42.
             5
             ,
             6.
             1
             
               Ioh.
            
             4.
             7.
             which
             Scriptures
             shew
             ,
             that
             as
             
               feeling
            
             is
             inseparable
             to
             all
             the
             
               organs
               of
               sense
               ;
            
             the
             
               eye
               sees
               and
               feels
               ,
            
             the
             
               ear
               hears
               and
               feels
               ,
            
             the
             
               pallat
               tastes
               and
               feels
               ,
            
             the
             
               nostrils
               smell
               and
               feel
               ;
            
             so
             knowledge
             is
             involved
             in
             every
             grace
             :
             Faith
             
               knows
               and
               believes
               ,
            
             Charity
             
               knows
               and
               loves
               ,
            
             Patience
             
               knows
               and
               suffers
               ,
            
             Temperance
             
               knows
               and
               abstains
               ,
            
             Humility
             
               knows
               and
               stoops
               ,
            
             Repentance
             
               knows
               and
               mourns
               ,
            
             Obedience
             
               knows
               and
               does
               ,
            
             Confidence
             
               knows
               and
               rejoyces
               ,
            
             Hope
             
               knows
               and
               expects
               ,
            
             Compassion
             
               knows
               and
               pities
               .
            
             Yea
             ,
             as
             there
             is
             a
             power
             of
             
               water
               in
               every
               thing
               that
               grows
               ;
            
             it
             is
             
               fatness
            
             in
             the
             
               olive
               ,
               sweetness
            
             in
             the
             
               figg
               ,
               cheerfulness
            
             in
             the
             
               grape
               ,
               strength
            
             in
             the
             
               oak
               ,
               taleness
            
             in
             the
             
               cedar
               ,
               redness
            
             in
             the
             
               rose
               ,
               whiteness
            
             in
             the
             
               lilly
               ,
            
             &c.
             so
             knowledge
             is
             in
             the
             
               hand
               obedience
               ,
            
             in
             the
             
               mouth
               benediction
               ,
            
             in
             the
             
               knee
               humility
               ,
            
             in
             the
             
               eye
               compassion
               ,
            
             in
             the
             
               heart
               charity
               ,
            
             in
             the
             
               whole
               body
            
             and
             
               soul
               ,
               piety
               .
            
          
           
             Alas
             !
             If
             men
             had
             the
             true
             
               knowledg
            
             of
             
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
            
             it
             would
             
               disperse
            
             and
             
               dispel
               ,
            
             all
             the
             
               black
               clouds
            
             of
             their
             reigning
             
               sins
            
             in
             a
             moment
             ;
             as
             the
             
               Sun
            
             does
             no
             sooner
             shew
             his
             face
             ,
             but
             the
             
               darkness
            
             vanisheth
             :
             or
             as
             
               Caesar
            
             did
             no
             sooner
             look
             upon
             his
             
               enemies
               ,
            
             but
             they
             were
             gone
             :
             
               Egypt
            
             swarmed
             with
             
               locusts
               ,
            
             till
             the
             
               west
               wind
            
             came
             ,
             that
             left
             not
             one
             :
             He
             cannot
             
               delight
               in
               sin
               ,
            
             nor
             
               dote
               upon
               this
               world
               ,
            
             that
             knows
             
               Christ
            
             savingly
             .
          
           
             
               Vertue
            
             is
             ordained
             
               a
               wife
               for
               knowledg
               ;
            
             and
             where
             these
             two
             joyn
             ,
             there
             will
             proceed
             from
             them
             
               a
               noble
               progine
               ,
               a
               generation
               of
               good
               works
               .
            
             Again
             ,
             as
             the
             
               water
            
             engendereth
             
               ice
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               ice
            
             again
             engendereth
             
               water
               ;
            
             so
             
               knowledg
            
             begets
             
               righteousness
               ,
            
             and
             
               righteousness
            
             again
             begetteth
             
               knowledg
               .
            
             It
             is
             between
             
               science
            
             and
             
               conscience
               ,
            
             as
             it
             is
             between
             the
             
               stomack
            
             and
             the
             
               head
               ;
            
             for
             as
             in
             
               mans
               body
               ,
            
             the
             
               raw
               stomack
            
             maketh
             a
             
               thumatick
               head
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               thumatick
               head
            
             maketh
             a
             
               raw
               stomach
               ;
            
             so
             
               science
            
             makes
             our
             
               conscience
               good
               ,
            
             and
             
               conscience
            
             makes
             our
             
             
               science
               good
               :
            
             Nor
             is
             it
             so
             much
             
               scientiae
               capitis
               ,
            
             as
             
               conscientia
               cordis
               ,
            
             that
             knows
             
               Christ
            
             and
             
               ourselves
               ;
            
             whence
             
               Solomon
            
             saith
             ,
             
               Give
               thine
               heart
               to
               wisdom
               ,
            
             Prov.
             2.
             10.
             and
             
               let
               wisdom
               enter
               into
               thine
               heart
               ,
            
             Prov.
             4.
             4.
             
             And
             when
             he
             would
             acquaint
             us
             how
             to
             become
             wise
             ,
             he
             tells
             us
             ,
             that
             
               the
               fear
               of
               the
               Lord
               is
               the
               beginning
               of
               wisdom
               ,
            
             Prov.
             1.
             7.
             as
             if
             the
             
               first
               lesson
            
             to
             be
             
               wise
               ,
            
             were
             to
             be
             
               holy
               .
            
             Again
             ,
             If
             it
             be
             asked
             ,
             Why
             the
             
               natural
               man
               perceiveth
               not
               the
               things
               of
               the
               spirit
               of
               God
               ?
            
             Saint
             
               Paul
            
             answers
             ,
             he
             cannot
             know
             them
             ,
             
               because
               they
               are
               spiritually
               discerned
               ,
            
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             2.
             14
             and
             indeed
             if
             they
             are
             
               spiritually
               discerned
               ,
            
             how
             should
             they
             descern
             them
             that
             have
             not
             the
             
               spirit
               ?
            
             For
             though
             the
             
               outward
               man
            
             receives
             the
             elements
             and
             rudiments
             of
             Religion
             by
             
               breeding
            
             and
             
               education
               ,
            
             yet
             his
             
               inward
               man
            
             receiveth
             them
             by
             
               heavenly
               inspiration
               ,
            
             1
             
               〈◊〉
            
             2.
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13.
             
             
               &
            
             12.
             3.
             8.
             
             
               Matth.
            
             16.
             16
             ,
             17.
             
             
               Deut.
            
             29
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             
               Psa.
            
             111.
             10.
             
             
               Luke
            
             24.
             45.
             
             
               Ioh.
            
             15.
             15.
             
             And
             this
             alone
             is
             enough
             to
             prove
             ,
             that
             no
             wicked
             man
             is
             a
             wise
             man
             ;
             for
             if
             
               God
            
             alone
             be
             
               the
               giver
            
             of
             it
             ,
             we
             may
             be
             sure
             that
             he
             will
             reveal
             his
             secrets
             to
             none
             but
             such
             as
             he
             knows
             will
             improve
             their
             knowledge
             to
             his
             glory
             ,
             and
             the
             good
             of
             others
             :
             Even
             as
             the
             
               husband
               man
            
             will
             not
             
               cast
            
             his
             
               seed
            
             but
             into
             
               ground
            
             that
             will
             return
             him
             a
             good
             
               harvest
               ,
               Psa.
            
             25.
             14.
             
             
               Luke
            
             24.
             45.
             
             
               Mark
            
             4.
             34.
             
             
               Gen.
            
             18.
             17.
             1
             
               Joh.
            
             4.
             7.
             
          
        
         
           
             
               Sect.
            
             47.
             
          
           
             BUt
             would
             these
             men
             (
             any
             one
             ,
             even
             the
             best
             of
             them
             )
             thus
             improve
             ,
             or
             imploy
             their
             knowledge
             ?
             Or
             do
             they
             desire
             it
             to
             any
             such
             end
             ?
             No
             :
             but
             to
             some
             other
             end
             ,
             as
             I
             shall
             in
             the
             next
             place
             acquaint
             you
             .
          
           
             Some
             men
             desire
             
               not
               to
               know
               ,
            
             some
             desire
             
               only
               to
               know
               ;
            
             Or
             rather
             thus
             ,
             Few
             men
             in
             comparison
             desire
             knowledge
             ,
             fewer
             that
             desire
             divine
             and
             supernatural
             knowledge
             ;
             fewest
             of
             all
             that
             desire
             to
             be
             the
             better
             ,
             or
             that
             others
             should
             be
             the
             better
             for
             their
             knowledge
             :
             More
             particularly
             ,
             a
             world
             of
             men
             
               desire
               knowledg
            
             for
             no
             other
             end
             but
             
               to
               remove
               their
               ignorance
               ;
            
             as
             
               Pharach
            
             used
             
               Moses
               ,
            
             but
             
               to
               remove
               the
               plagues
               .
            
             Others
             again
             
               study
            
             the
             
               Scriptures
               ,
            
             and
             other
             good
             
               Books
               ,
            
             only
             to
             
               make
               gain
            
             thereof
             ;
             or
             to
             be
             the
             abler
             
               to
               dispute
            
             and
             
               discourse
               ,
            
             as
             
               boys
            
             go
             into
             the
             
               water
               ,
            
             only
             to
             play
             and
             paddle
             there
             ,
             not
             to
             
               wash
            
             and
             be
             
               clean
               .
            
             With
             
               Eve
               ,
            
             they
             highly
             desire
             the
             
               tree
               of
               knowledg
               ,
            
             but
             regard
             not
             the
             
               tree
               of
               life
               .
            
          
           
             As
             I
             would
             fain
             know
             ,
             what
             fruit
             or
             effect
             the
             knowledge
             of
             most
             men
             produces
             in
             them
             ,
             except
             it
             be
             to
             inable
             them
             to
             
               dispute
            
             and
             
               discourse
               ,
            
             to
             
               increase
               wit
               ,
            
             or
             to
             
               increase
               wealth
               ,
            
             or
             to
             
               increase
               pride
               ,
            
             or
             perhaps
             to
             
               increase
               Athiesm
               ,
            
             and
             to
             make
             them
             the
             more
             able
             and
             cunning
             
               to
               argue
               against
               the
               truth
            
             and
             power
             of
             Religion
             ?
             Whether
             the
             utmost
             of
             their
             aim
             be
             not
             to
             
               enrich
               ,
               dignifie
               ,
            
             and
             
               please
               themselves
               ;
            
             not
             once
             casting
             the
             eye
             of
             their
             souls
             at
             
               Gods
               glory
               ,
            
             their
             
               neighbors
               good
               ,
            
             or
             their
             
               own
               salvation
               ?
            
             Whether
             their
             main
             drift
             be
             not
             
               purchasing
               of
               a
               great
               estate
            
             for
             them
             and
             theirs
             ,
             with
             out
             either
             fear
             of
             God
             ,
             regard
             
             of
             men
             ,
             or
             the
             discharge
             of
             their
             duty
             and
             calling
             ?
             Again
             ,
             whereas
             a
             
               godly
               man
            
             and
             a
             
               good
               Christian
               ,
            
             thinks
             himself
             as
             happy
             in
             
               giving
               light
            
             to
             others
             ,
             as
             in
             
               receiving
               it
            
             himself
             ;
             how
             many
             are
             there
             ,
             who
             as
             themselves
             are
             never
             the
             better
             ,
             (
             I
             mean
             in
             regard
             of
             Grace
             )
             for
             their
             great
             wisdom
             and
             learning
             ,
             so
             no
             more
             are
             others
             ;
             for
             commonly
             they
             resemble
             
               dark
               Lanthorns
            
             which
             
               have
               light
               ,
               but
               so
               shut
               up
            
             and
             reserved
             
               as
               if
               it
               were
               not
               :
            
             and
             what
             is
             the
             difference
             betwixt
             
               concealed
               skill
               ,
            
             and
             
               ignorance
               ;
            
             It
             is
             the
             
               nature
               and
               praise
               of
               good
               ,
               to
               be
               communicative
               ,
            
             whereas
             if
             their
             hidden
             knowledge
             do
             ever
             look
             out
             ,
             it
             casts
             
               so
               sparing
               a
               light
               ,
            
             that
             it
             only
             argues
             it self
             to
             have
             
               an
               unprofitable
               being
               .
            
          
           
             And
             for
             the
             most
             part
             these
             men
             if
             they
             may
             be
             thought
             
               great
               Rabbies
               ,
               deep
            
             and
             
               profound
               Schollars
               ;
            
             this
             is
             the
             hight
             of
             their
             ambition
             ,
             though
             neither
             the
             
               Church
            
             be
             
               benefited
               ,
            
             nor
             
               God
               glorified
            
             by
             it
             ;
             whereas
             they
             ought
             the
             contrary
             :
             for
             as
             
               the
               grace
               of
               God
               is
               the
               fountain
            
             from
             which
             our
             wisdom
             
               flows
               ;
            
             so
             the
             
               glory
               of
               God
            
             should
             be
             
               the
               Ocean
            
             to
             which
             it
             should
             
               run
               :
            
             yea
             ,
             that
             
               God
            
             may
             be
             
               honoured
            
             with
             ,
             and
             by
             our
             
               wisdom
               ,
            
             is
             the
             only
             
               end
            
             for
             which
             he
             
               gives
               us
               to
               be
               〈◊〉
               :
            
             And
             for
             default
             of
             this
             
               end
               ,
            
             he
             not
             seldom
             croffeth
             the
             
               mean●
               ,
            
             whereby
             while
             men
             strive
             to
             
               expel
               ignorance
               ,
            
             they
             
               fall
               into
               〈◊〉
               ;
            
             as
             
               an
               E●●●●rick
               to
               cure
               one
               Disease
               ,
               causeth
               a
               worse
               .
            
             Briefly
             ,
             to
             conclude
             this
             〈◊〉
             ,
             So
             many
             as
             are
             
               pust
               up
               with
            
             their
             
               knowledge
               ,
            
             or
             do
             not
             
               part
               with
               their
               sins
               ,
            
             th●w
             that
             they
             never
             sought
             it
             for
             
               Gods
               glory
               ,
            
             but
             for
             their
             
               own
               honour
               and
               glory
               .
            
             And
             certainly
             if
             we
             seek
             not
             
               Gods
               glory
            
             in
             doing
             his
             
               work
               ,
            
             he
             will
             give
             us
             no
             
               wages
            
             at
             the
             latter
             
               end
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Sect.
            
             48.
             
          
           
             BUt
             for
             men
             to
             do
             
               no
               good
            
             with
             then
             gifts
             ,
             is
             not
             all
             ;
             yea
             ,
             it
             were
             
               well
            
             if
             that
             were
             the
             
               worst
               ,
            
             for
             not
             a
             few
             of
             them
             resembl
             
               Achitophel
               ,
            
             and
             
               Jonadab
               ,
            
             who
             
               imployed
               their
               wit
               wickedly
               ,
            
             and
             do
             
               mischief
               insteed
               of
               good
            
             with
             their
             wisdom
             :
             like
             
               Herod
               ,
            
             when
             you
             shall
             see
             
               turning
               over
               the
               Bible
               ,
               searching
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               examining
               the
               Prophets
               ;
            
             but
             to
             what
             end
             and
             purpose
             ?
             
               To
               know
               good
               ,
            
             but
             
               to
               do
               evil
               :
            
             yea
             ,
             the
             greatest
             evil
             under
             the
             Sun
             ,
             
               slay
               Christ
               in
               the
               cradle
               :
            
             With
             many
             ,
             their
             
               knowledge
            
             and
             
               learning
            
             is
             not
             
               for
               God
            
             and
             
               for
               Gideon
               ;
            
             but
             
               for
               Antichrist
            
             and
             
               for
               Babylon
               ;
            
             and
             so
             of
             all
             other
             gifts
             ;
             how
             many
             are
             the
             worse
             for
             them
             ?
             As
             give
             
               Saul
               a
               Kingdom
               ,
            
             and
             he
             will
             
               tyrannize
               ;
            
             give
             
               Nabal
               plenty
               ,
            
             and
             he
             will
             be
             
               drunk
               ;
            
             give
             
               Judas
            
             an
             
               Apostleship
               ,
            
             and
             he
             will
             
               sell
               his
               Master
            
             for
             mony
             ;
             let
             
               Sarmantus
            
             have
             
               a
               good
               wit
               ,
            
             he
             will
             exercise
             it
             
               in
               scoffing
            
             at
             
               holiness
               .
            
             Briefly
             ,
             how
             oft
             doth
             
               wisdom
            
             without
             
               grace
            
             prove
             like
             
               a
               fair
               estate
            
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             
               a
               sool
               ,
            
             which
             not
             seldom
             becomes
             the
             
               owners
               ruine
               ?
            
             Or
             
               Absoloms
               hair
               ,
            
             which
             was
             an
             ornament
             ,
             wherewith
             he
             
               hanged
               himself
               :
            
             So
             that
             
               wisdom
            
             without
             
               grace
            
             is
             nothing
             else
             but
             a
             cunning
             way
             of
             
               undoing
               our selves
            
             at
             the
             last
             .
             Many
             mens
             knowledge
             to
             them
             ,
             being
             like
             
               the
               Ark
               to
               the
               Philistims
               ,
            
             which
             did
             them
             
               more
               hurt
               than
               good
               :
            
             When
             their
             knowledge
             makes
             them
             
             
               prouder
               ,
            
             not
             
               better
               ;
            
             more
             
               rebellious
               ,
            
             not
             more
             
               serviceable
               ;
            
             as
             it
             is
             
               Isa.
            
             47.
             10.
             
             
               Thy
               wisdom
               and
               thy
               knowledge
               they
               have
               caused
               thee
               to
               rebel
               :
            
             And
             very
             often
             this
             falls
             out
             ,
             that
             as
             the
             
               best
               soyl
            
             usually
             yieldeth
             the
             
               worst
               air
               ,
            
             so
             without
             grace
             there
             is
             nothing
             more
             pestilent
             than
             a
             deep
             wit
             ,
             no
             such
             prey
             for
             the
             
               Devil
               ,
            
             as
             
               a
               good
               wit
            
             unsanctified
             .
             
               VVit
            
             and
             
               Iearning
            
             well
             used
             ,
             is
             like
             the
             
               golden
               ear-rings
            
             and
             
               bracelets
            
             of
             the
             
               Israelites
               ,
            
             abused
             like
             the
             same
             
               gold
            
             cast
             into
             an
             
               Idol
               ;
            
             than
             which
             ,
             nothing
             more
             abominable
             .
          
           
             Now
             when
             it
             comes
             to
             this
             ,
             That
             they
             fight
             against
             
               God
            
             with
             the
             
               weapon
            
             he
             hath
             given
             them
             ;
             when
             with
             those
             the
             
               Psalmist
            
             speaks
             of
             ,
             
               Psal.
            
             73.
             9.
             
             
               They
               set
               their
               mouths
               against
               heaven
               ,
               and
               are
               like
               an
               unruly
               Jade
               ,
            
             that
             being
             
               full
               fed
               kicks
               at
               his
               Master
               ;
            
             what
             course
             doth
             
               the
               Lord
            
             take
             with
             them
             ?
             
             Answ.
             Read
             but
             that
             
               Parable
               ,
            
             Luk
             19.
             24.
             
             
               Iob
            
             7.
             17.
             it
             will
             inform
             you
             :
             For
             to
             him
             that
             
               useth
               his
               Talent
               of
               knowledge
               well
               ,
            
             he
             giveth
             
               more
               ;
            
             as
             to
             the
             servant
             that
             used
             his
             talents
             well
             ,
             he
             doubled
             them
             :
             but
             to
             them
             that
             use
             not
             their
             knowledge
             well
             ,
             much
             more
             if
             they
             abuse
             it
             ,
             he
             
               taketh
               away
            
             that
             which
             he
             had
             formerly
             
               given
            
             them
             :
             as
             he
             took
             
               heat
            
             from
             the
             
               fire
            
             when
             it
             would
             
               burn
            
             his
             Children
             ,
             
               Dan.
            
             3.
             27.
             
             As
             you
             〈…〉
             ,
             
               Isa.
            
             44.
             25.
             2
             
               Thess.
            
             2.
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
             
               Iob.
            
             7.
             17.
             
             
               Psa.
            
             111.
             10.
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             〈◊〉
             15.
             
             
               Eccles.
            
             2.
             26.
             
             
               Prov.
            
             28
             5.
             
             
               Matth.
            
             21.
             43.
             
             
               Acts
            
             26.
             18
             
             
               Isa.
            
             29
             14.
             
             
               &
            
             44
             25.
             
             
               &
            
             6.
             9
             ,
             10.
             
             
               Dan.
            
             2.
             19.
             23.
             
             
               Iob
            
             5.
             13
             ,
             14.
             
             
               Iob
            
             9.
             39.
             
             
               &
            
             12.
             40.
             
             
               Rom.
            
             1.
             28.
             
             
               Ephe.
            
             4.
             18
             ,
             19.
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             1.
             20.
             2
             
               Thess.
            
             2.
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             turn
             to
             the
             
               places
               ,
            
             for
             they
             are
             
               rare
               .
               I
               will
               destroy
               the
               Tokens
               of
               the
               Soothsayers
               ,
               and
               make
               them
               that
               conjecture
               ,
               fools
               :
               I
               will
               turn
               the
               wise
               men
               backward
               ,
               and
               make
               their
               knowledge
               foolishness
               ,
               saith
               the
               Lord
               ,
            
             Isa.
             44.
             25.
             
             
               He
               taketh
               the
               wise
               in
               their
               own
               craftiness
               ,
               and
               the
               counsel
               of
               the
               wicked
               is
               made
               foolish
               ,
            
             Job
             .
             5.
             13.
             the
             case
             of
             
               Achitophel
               :
            
             And
             justly
             are
             they
             forsaken
             of
             their
             reason
             ,
             who
             have
             abandoned
             
               God
               ;
            
             yea
             ,
             most
             just
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             they
             who
             
               want
               grace
               ,
            
             should
             
               want
               wit
            
             too
             .
             And
             so
             much
             of
             abusing
             their
             gifts
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             These
             great
             knowers
             and
             wise
             men
             are
             so
             far
             from
             desiring
             soul
             wisdom
             ,
             and
             saving-knowledge
             to
             the
             ends
             before
             specified
             ,
             that
             they
             do
             not
             at
             all
             desire
             it
             ,
             for
             that
             it
             suits
             not
             with
             their
             condition
             .
             For
             
               Naturalmen
            
             desire
             only
             
               humane
            
             and
             
               mundane
               knowledge
               :
               Spiritual
               men
               ,
            
             that
             which
             is
             
               heavenly
            
             and
             
               supernatural
               ;
            
             and
             the
             reason
             why
             they
             
               desire
               it
               not
               ,
            
             is
             ,
             for
             that
             they
             
               know
               it
               not
               .
            
             A
             man
             
               desireth
               not
            
             that
             he
             
               knoweth
               not
               ,
            
             saies
             
               Chrisostome
               ;
            
             neither
             are
             
               unknown
            
             evils
             
               feared
               :
            
             wherefore
             the
             work
             of
             
               Regeneration
            
             begins
             at
             
               Illumination
               ,
               Acts
            
             26.
             18.
             
             
               Coll.
            
             1.
             13.
             1
             
               Pet.
            
             2.
             9.
             
          
           
             Now
             according
             as
             men
             are
             wise
             ,
             they
             prize
             and
             value
             this
             wisdom
             ,
             and
             endeavour
             to
             obtain
             it
             ,
             
               Prov.
            
             18.
             15.
             
             For
             it
             is
             more
             true
             of
             
               divine
               wisdom
               ,
            
             than
             it
             was
             of
             that
             
               Grecian
               beauty
               :
               No
               man
            
             ever
             
               loved
               her
               ,
            
             that
             
               never
               saw
               her
               ;
               no
               man
            
             ever
             
               saw
               her
               ,
               but
               he
               loved
               her
               .
            
          
           
             And
             so
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             according
             as
             men
             are
             ignorant
             and
             blockish
             ,
             they
             under-value
             and
             dis-esteem
             it
             ,
             hate
             it
             ,
             and
             are
             prejudiced
             
             against
             it
             :
             And
             hereupon
             
               carnal
               men
            
             being
             
               blinded
            
             by
             the
             
               Prince
               of
               darkness
               ,
            
             together
             with
             their
             own
             
               wickedness
               ,
            
             and
             being
             of
             
               a
               reprobate
               judgement
               ,
            
             do
             most
             usually
             and
             familiarly
             term
             and
             esteem
             this
             
               soul-wisdom
               ,
            
             this
             divine
             ,
             spiritual
             ,
             experimental
             ,
             and
             saving-knowledge
             to
             be
             meer
             
               foolishness
               ,
            
             or
             
               madness
               ,
            
             Wisd.
             5.
             3.
             to
             9.
             and
             the
             Professors
             thereof
             to
             be
             
               fools
            
             &
             
               madmen
               ;
               Elisha
            
             was
             counted
             no
             better
             ,
             2
             
               King.
            
             9.
             11.
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             
               Prophets
               ,
            
             Hosea
             9.
             7.
             and
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             Acts
             26.
             20.
             and
             all
             the
             
               Apostles
               ,
            
             1
             Cor.
             4.
             10.
             
             Yea
             ,
             
               our
               Saviour
               Christ
            
             himself
             with
             open
             mouth
             was
             pronounced
             
               mad
            
             by
             his
             
               carnal
               hearers
               ,
            
             Joh.
             10.
             20.
             
             Mark
             .
             3.
             21.
             and
             this
             hath
             been
             the
             worlds
             vote
             ever
             since
             .
             The
             sinceer
             
               Christian
            
             was
             so
             reputed
             in
             
               Pliny's
               time
               ,
            
             and
             after
             in
             St.
             
             
               Austin's
               time
               :
            
             yea
             ,
             
               Julian
               the
               Pelagian
            
             could
             gibe
             St.
             
               Austin
               ,
            
             that
             he
             had
             none
             of
             the
             
               wise
               Sages
               ,
            
             nor
             the
             
               learned
               Senate
               of
               Philosophers
            
             on
             his
             side
             ;
             but
             only
             a
             company
             of
             
               mean
               tradesmen
               ,
            
             of
             the
             vulgar
             sort
             ,
             that
             took
             part
             with
             him
             :
             Whose
             Answer
             was
             ,
             
               Thou
               reproachest
               the
               weak
               things
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               which
               God
               hath
               chosen
               to
               confound
               the
               things
               that
               are
               mighty
               .
            
          
           
             To
             worldly
             men
             
               Christian
               wisdom
            
             seems
             
               folly
               ,
            
             saith
             
               Gregory
               .
            
             And
             well
             it
             may
             ,
             for
             even
             
               the
               wisdom
               of
               God
               is
               foolishness
               with
               the
               world
               ,
            
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             1.
             18
             23.
             therefore
             
               no
               disparagement
               to
               us
            
             his
             servants
             ,
             if
             they
             repute
             us
             
               fools
               ;
            
             nor
             I
             think
             
               any
               honour
               to
               such
               sensualists
               that
               so
               repute
               us
               :
            
             However
             we
             will
             give
             them
             their
             due
             :
             For
             ,
          
        
         
           
             
               Sect.
            
             49.
             
          
           
             I
             Grant
             that
             in
             some
             kind
             of
             skill
             they
             out-strip
             the
             best
             of
             
               Gods
            
             People
             ,
             who
             ,
             if
             they
             are
             put
             to
             it
             ,
             may
             answer
             as
             
               Themistocles
            
             did
             when
             one
             invited
             him
             to
             
               touch
               a
               lute
               ;
            
             for
             as
             he
             said
             ,
             
               I
               cannot
               fiddle
               ;
            
             but
             
               I
               can
               make
               a
               smal
               town
               a
               great
               state
               :
            
             So
             the
             godly
             may
             say
             ,
             We
             cannot
             give
             a
             sollid
             reason
             in
             Nature
             ,
             why
             
               Nilus
            
             should
             
               over-flow
            
             only
             in
             the
             Sommer
             ,
             when
             
               waters
            
             are
             at
             the
             
               lowest
               ?
            
             Why
             the
             
               Loadstone
            
             should
             
               draw
               iron
               ,
            
             or
             incline
             to
             the
             
               pole-star
               ?
            
             How
             the
             
               heat
               of
               the
               stomach
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               strength
               of
               the
               nether
               chap
            
             should
             be
             so
             great
             ?
             Why
             
               a
               flash
               of
               lightening
            
             should
             
               melt
               the
               sword
            
             without
             making
             any
             
               impression
               in
               the
               scabbard
               ?
               Kill
               the
               Child
               in
               the
               womb
               ,
            
             and
             
               never
               hurt
               the
               Mother
               ?
            
             How
             the
             
               waters
            
             should
             
               stand
            
             upon
             a
             heap
             ,
             and
             yet
             
               not
               over-flow
               the
               earth
               ?
            
             Why
             the
             
               clouds
            
             above
             being
             
               heavie
            
             with
             
               water
               ,
            
             should
             not
             
               fall
            
             to
             the
             
               earth
            
             suddenly
             ,
             seeing
             
               every
               heavy
               thing
               descendeth
               ?
            
             Except
             the
             reason
             which
             
               God
            
             giveth
             ,
             
               Gen.
            
             1.
             6.
             
             &
             Job
             38
             8.
             to
             12.
             
             &
             26.
             8.
             
             
               Psal.
            
             104.
             9.
             
             But
             we
             know
             the
             mystery
             of
             the
             
               Gospel
               ,
            
             and
             what
             it
             is
             to
             be
             
               born
               a
               new
               ,
            
             and
             can
             give
             a
             sollid
             
               reason
               of
               our
               faith
               :
            
             we
             know
             that
             
               God
            
             is
             
               reconciled
            
             to
             us
             ,
             the
             
               Law
               satisfied
            
             for
             us
             ,
             our
             
               sins
               pardoned
               ,
            
             our
             
               souls
               acquitted
               ,
            
             and
             that
             we
             are
             in
             
               favour
            
             with
             
               God
               ;
            
             which
             many
             of
             these
             with
             their
             
               great
               learning
            
             do
             
               not
               know
               .
            
             And
             thus
             the
             
               godly
            
             are
             proved
             
               wiser
            
             than
             the
             
               wisest
               humanist
            
             that
             wants
             grace
             .
             You
             have
             likewise
             
               the
               reasons
            
             why
             these
             
               great
               knowers
               ,
               know
               nothing
            
             yet
             as
             they
             
               might
            
             and
             
               ought
            
             to
             know
             :
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
          
           
             First
             ,
             Because
             they
             are
             
               mistaken
            
             in
             the
             thing
             ;
             they
             take
             
               speculative
            
             
             
               knowledg
            
             for
             
               soul
               wisdom
               ;
               &
               soul
               saving
               wisdom
            
             to
             be
             
               foolishness
            
             &
             
               madness
               .
            
             Now
             if
             a
             man
             take
             his
             
               aim
            
             amiss
             ,
             he
             may
             
               shoot
            
             long
             enough
             ere
             he
             
               hit
            
             the
             
               white
               :
            
             and
             these
             men
             are
             as
             one
             that
             is
             
               gone
            
             a
             good
             
               part
            
             of
             his
             
               journey
               ,
            
             but
             must
             
               come
               back
               again
            
             because
             he
             hath
             
               mistaken
            
             his
             
               way
               .
            
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             Because
             they
             are
             
               Unregenerate
               ,
            
             and
             want
             the
             
               Eye
               of
               Faith
               .
            
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             For
             that
             they
             
               seek
            
             not
             to
             
               God
            
             for
             it
             who
             is
             the
             
               giver
            
             thereof
             ,
             and
             without
             whose
             
               spirit
            
             there
             is
             no
             attaining
             it
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             Because
             they
             are
             
               proud
               ,
            
             and
             so
             seek
             not
             after
             it
             ,
             as
             
               supposing
            
             they
             
               have
               it
            
             already
             .
          
           
             Fiftly
             ,
             Because
             if
             they
             
               had
            
             never
             so
             
               much
            
             knowledge
             ,
             they
             would
             be
             
               never
               the
               holier
               ,
            
             or
             the
             
               better
            
             for
             it
             ,
             but
             rather
             the
             
               worse
               ;
            
             nor
             would
             they
             
               imploy
            
             it
             to
             the
             
               honour
               of
            
             God
             ,
             or
             the
             
               good
               of
               others
               .
            
          
           
             Sixtly
             ,
             Because
             they
             either
             
               do
               ,
            
             or
             
               would
               do
               mischief
            
             insteed
             of
             
               good
            
             with
             their
             knowledge
             .
          
           
             Seventhly
             ,
             Because
             they
             will
             not
             
               consult
            
             with
             the
             
               word
            
             about
             it
             ,
             nor
             
               advise
            
             with
             
               others
            
             that
             have
             already
             attained
             to
             it
             .
             Or
             thus
             ,
             They
             
               read
            
             and
             
               hear
            
             the
             Scriptures
             and
             mind
             not
             ,
             (
             I
             mean
             the
             
               spirituallity
               of
               the
               word
               )
            
             or
             
               mind
            
             and
             understand
             not
             ,
             or
             
               understand
            
             and
             remember
             not
             ,
             or
             
               remember
            
             and
             
               practice
            
             not
             .
             No
             ,
             this
             they
             intend
             not
             of
             all
             the
             rest
             ;
             and
             they
             that
             are
             
               unwilling
            
             to
             
               obey
               ,
               God
            
             thinks
             
               unvvorthy
            
             to
             
               know
               .
            
          
           
             When
             the
             
               Serpent
            
             taught
             knowledge
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             
               If
               ye
               eate
               the
               forbidden
               fruit
               ,
               your
               eyes
               shal
               be
               opened
               ,
               and
               you
               shal
               know
               good
               and
               evil
               :
            
             But
             
               God
            
             teacheth
             another
             lesson
             ,
             and
             saith
             ,
             If
             ye
             will
             
               not
               eate
               the
               forbidden
               fruit
               ,
            
             your
             eyes
             shall
             be
             opened
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             know
             good
             and
             evil
             ,
             
               Rom.
            
             12.
             2.
             
             See
             
               Psa.
            
             111.
             10.
             
             &
             119.
             97
             ,
             98
             ,
             99
             ,
             100.
             
             Or
             if
             you
             do
             eat
             it
             ,
             you
             shall
             be
             like
             
               images
               that
               have
               ears
               and
               cannot
               hear
               ,
            
             Rom.
             11.
             8.
             
             Isa.
             6.
             10.
             
             Matth.
             13.
             14.
             
             Psal.
             115.
             6.
             
          
           
             From
             all
             which
             Reasons
             we
             may
             collect
             ,
             That
             there
             are
             but
             a
             
               few
            
             amongst
             us
             ,
             that
             are
             
               wise
               indeed
               ,
            
             and
             to
             purpose
             ;
             For
             these
             
               Seven
               Hinderances
            
             are
             applyable
             to
             seventy
             seven
             parts
             of
             men
             in
             the
             
               Nation
               .
            
             Besides
             ,
             if
             these
             
               great
               knowers
               know
            
             so
             
               little
               ,
            
             how
             
               ignorant
            
             are
             the
             
               rude
               rabble
               ,
            
             that
             despise
             all
             knowledge
             ?
             Nor
             can
             it
             be
             denied
             but
             all
             impenitent
             persons
             ,
             all
             
               unbelievers
            
             (
             who
             prefer
             their
             
               profits
            
             and
             
               pleasures
            
             before
             
               pleasing
            
             of
             
               God
               ;
            
             as
             
               Herodias
            
             prefered
             
               John
               Baptists
               head
            
             before
             the
             one
             
               half
               of
               Herods
               kingdom
               ,
               )
            
             are
             
               arrant
               fools
               ;
            
             yea
             ,
             fools
             in
             folio
             :
             For
             if
             they
             were
             wise
             ,
             sayes
             
               Bernard
               ,
            
             they
             would
             foresee
             the
             
               torments
               of
               Hell
               ,
            
             and
             prevent
             them
             .
          
           
             And
             so
             
               wise
            
             are
             the
             
               godly
               ,
            
             for
             they
             prefer
             
               grace
               ,
            
             and
             
               glory
               ,
            
             and
             
               Gods
               favour
               ,
            
             before
             
               ten
               thousand
               worlds
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Sect.
            
             50.
             
          
           
             
               OBject
               .
            
             But
             here
             thou
             wilt
             say
             ,
             (
             or
             at
             least
             thou
             hast
             reason
             to
             say
             )
             if
             there
             be
             so
             few
             that
             are
             soul-wise
             ,
             I
             have
             all
             the
             reason
             in
             the
             
             world
             to
             mistrust
             my self
             ;
             wherefore
             
               good
               Sir
               ,
            
             tell
             me
             how
             I
             shall
             be
             able
             
               to
               get
               ihis
               spiritual
            
             and
             experimental
             knowledg
             ?
             this
             divine
             and
             supernatural
             
               wisdom
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             By
             observing
             these
             
               Five
               Rules
               :
            
          
           
             First
             ,
             Let
             such
             a
             willing
             and
             ingenuous
             soul
             ,
             resolve
             to
             
               practise
            
             what
             he
             
               does
            
             already
             
               know
               ,
            
             or
             
               shall
            
             hereafter
             be
             acquainted
             with
             from
             the
             
               word
               of
               God
            
             and
             
               Christs
               faithful
               Messengers
               :
            
             For
             
               he
               that
               will
               do
               my
               Fathers
               will
               ,
            
             sayes
             
               our
               Saviour
               ,
               shall
               know
               the
               doctrine
               ,
               whether
               it
               be
               of
               God
               orno
               ,
            
             Joh.
             7.
             17.
             
             
               A
               good
               understanding
               have
               all
               they
               that
               keep
               the
               commandments
               ,
            
             (
             sayes
             
               holy
            
             David
             )
             Psal.
             111.
             10.
             and
             proves
             it
             true
             by
             his
             own
             
               example
            
             and
             
               experience
               :
            
             I
             
               understood
            
             (
             sayes
             he
             )
             
               more
               than
               the
               Antient
               ,
               and
               became
               wiser
               than
               my
               teachers
               ,
               because
            
             I
             
               kept
               thy
               precepts
               ,
            
             Psal.
             119.
             97
             ,
             98
             ,
             99
             ,
             100.
             
             
               To
               a
               man
               that
               is
               good
               in
               his
               sight
               ,
               God
               giveth
               knowledg
               and
               wisdom
               ,
            
             Eccles.
             2.
             26.
             
             
               The
               spiritual
               man
               understandeth
               all
               things
               ,
            
             1
             Cor.
             2.
             15.
             
             
               VVicked
               men
               understand
               not
               iudgment
               ,
               but
               they
               that
               seek
               the
               Lord
               ,
               understand
               all
               things
               ,
            
             Prov.
             28.
             5.
             
             
               Admirable
               incouragements
            
             for
             men
             to
             become
             
               godly
            
             and
             
               consciencious
               ;
            
             I
             mean
             
               practical
               Christians
               .
            
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             If
             thou
             wouldest
             get
             this
             precious
             grace
             of
             saving
             knowledge
             ;
             the
             way
             is
             ,
             to
             be
             
               frequent
               in
               hearing
               the
               word
            
             preached
             ,
             and
             to
             become
             
               studious
               in
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
            
             for
             
               they
            
             and
             they
             alone
             
               make
               wise
               to
               Salvation
               ,
            
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             15.
             
             
               Ye
               err
            
             (
             saith
             
               our
               Saviour
               )
               not
               knowing
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
            
             Matth.
             22.
             29.
             
             Mark
             12.
             24.
             
             We
             must
             not
             in
             the
             search
             of
             heavenly
             matters
             ,
             either
             
               do
               as
            
             we
             see
             
               others
               do
               ;
            
             neither
             must
             we
             follow
             the
             
               blind
               guide
               carnal
               reason
               ,
            
             or
             the
             
               deceitful
               guide
            
             our
             corrupt
             
               hearts
               ;
            
             but
             the
             
               undeceivable
               ,
            
             and
             infallable
             
               guide
            
             of
             
               Gods
               word
            
             which
             is
             truth
             it self
             :
             and
             great
             need
             there
             is
             ;
             for
             as
             we
             cannot
             perceive
             the
             
               foulness
               of
               our
               faces
            
             unless
             it
             be
             told
             us
             ,
             or
             we
             take
             a
             
               glass
            
             and
             look
             our selves
             therein
             :
             so
             neither
             can
             we
             see
             the
             
               blemishes
            
             of
             our
             
               Souls
               ,
            
             which
             is
             a
             notable
             degree
             of
             spiritual
             Wisdom
             ,
             but
             either
             
               God
            
             must
             make
             it
             known
             to
             us
             by
             his
             
               spirit
               ,
            
             or
             we
             must
             collect
             the
             same
             out
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             that
             
               coelestial
               glass
               ;
            
             though
             this
             also
             must
             be
             done
             by
             the
             
               spirits
               help
               .
            
             Therefore
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             If
             thou
             wilt
             be
             
               Soul-wise
            
             and
             truly
             profit
             by
             studying
             the
             
               Scriptures
               ,
            
             be
             
               frequent
            
             and
             
               fervent
            
             in
             
               Prayer
            
             to
             
               God
            
             who
             is
             the
             only
             
               giver
            
             of
             it
             ,
             for
             the
             direction
             of
             his
             
               holy
               spirit
               :
            
             For
             first
             ,
             humble
             and
             faithful
             
               Prayer
               ,
            
             ushered
             in
             by
             
               meditation
               ,
            
             is
             the
             
               cure
               of
               al
               obscurity
               .
            
             Especially
             being
             accompanied
             with
             
               fervor
            
             and
             
               fervency
               ;
            
             as
             you
             may
             see
             ,
             
               Matth.
            
             21.
             22.
             
             
               If
               any
               lack
               wisdom
               ,
            
             saith
             St.
             
               James
               ,
               let
               him
               ask
               of
               God
               who
               giveth
               to
               al
               men
               liberally
               and
               reproacheth
               no
               man
               ,
               and
               it
               shal
               be
               given
               him
               ,
            
             Jam.
             1.
             5.
             
             Mark
             the
             words
             ,
             it
             is
             said
             
               if
               any
               ;
            
             wherefore
             let
             no
             man
             deny
             his
             soul
             this
             comfort
             .
             Again
             ,
             
               ask
               and
               have
               ;
            
             It
             cannot
             come
             upon
             easier
             terms
             .
             Yea
             ,
             
               God
            
             seems
             to
             like
             this
             sute
             so
             well
             in
             
               Solomon
               ,
            
             as
             if
             he
             were
             beholding
             to
             his
             Creature
             ,
             for
             wishing
             well
             to
             it self
             .
             And
             in
             vain
             do
             we
             expect
             that
             
               alms
               of
               grace
               ,
            
             for
             which
             we
             do
             not
             
             so
             much
             as
             
               beg
               .
            
             But
             in
             praying
             for
             Wisdom
             ,
             do
             not
             
               pray
            
             for
             it
             
               without
               putting
               difference
               ;
            
             desire
             not
             so
             much
             
               brain-knowledg
            
             as
             to
             be
             
               Soul-wise
               ,
            
             and
             then
             you
             will
             
               imploy
            
             your
             
               wisdom
            
             to
             the
             
               glory
               of
               the
               giver
               .
            
             Let
             thine
             hearts
             desire
             be
             
               to
               know
               God
               in
               Christ
               ,
               Christ
               in
               Faith
               ,
               Faith
               in
               good
               works
               ;
            
             to
             
               know
               Gods
               vvill
            
             that
             thou
             mayest
             
               do
               it
               ;
            
             and
             before
             the
             knowledg
             of
             all
             other
             things
             ,
             desire
             to
             
               knovv
               thy self
               ;
            
             &
             in
             thy self
             ,
             not
             so
             much
             thy
             
               strength
               ,
            
             as
             thy
             
               vveakness
               :
            
             Pray
             that
             thine
             heart
             may
             serve
             thee
             insteed
             of
             
               a
               commentary
               ,
            
             to
             help
             thee
             understand
             such
             
               points
            
             of
             Religion
             as
             are
             
               most
               needful
            
             and
             necessary
             ,
             and
             that
             
               thy
               Life
            
             may
             be
             
               an
               ●●●●sition
            
             of
             thy
             
               invvard
               man
               ,
            
             that
             there
             may
             be
             a
             sweet
             
               harmony
            
             betwixt
             
               Gods
               VVord
               ,
               thy
               judgment
               ,
            
             and
             
               vvhole
               conversation
               ,
            
             that
             what
             the
             
               natural
               man
            
             knoweth
             by
             
               roat
               ,
            
             thou
             mayst
             
               double
               by
               feeling
            
             the
             same
             in
             thine
             
               heart
            
             and
             
               affections
               .
            
             As
             indeed
             
               experimental
            
             and
             
               saving
               knovvledg
            
             is
             no
             less
             
               felt
            
             than
             
               knovvn
               ;
            
             and
             ,
             I
             cannot
             tell
             how
             ,
             comes
             rather
             
               out
               of
               the
               abundance
               of
               the
               heart
               ,
            
             than
             by
             extreme
             
               study
               ;
            
             or
             rather
             is
             
               sent
               by
               God
               unto
               good
               men
               ,
            
             like
             the
             
               Ram
            
             that
             was
             brought
             to
             
               Abraham
            
             when
             he
             would
             have
             
               Sacrificed
            
             his
             son
             
               Isaak
               .
            
             When
             
               Christ
               taught
               in
               the
               Temple
               ,
               they
               asked
               ,
               Hovv
               knovveth
               this
               man
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               seeing
               he
               never
               learned
               them
               ?
            
             So
             it
             is
             a
             wonder
             what
             
               learning
            
             some
             men
             have
             ,
             that
             have
             
               no
               learning
               !
            
             Like
             
               Prisilla
            
             and
             
               Aquila
               ,
            
             poor
             
               Tent-makers
               ,
            
             who
             were
             able
             to
             
               school
               Apollos
            
             that
             great
             Clerk
             ,
             a
             man
             
               renovvned
               for
            
             his
             
               learning
               :
            
             What
             can
             we
             say
             to
             it
             ?
             For
             no
             other
             reason
             can
             be
             given
             but
             as
             
               Christ
            
             said
             ,
             
               Father
               so
               it
               pleaseth
               thee
               :
            
             For
             as
             
               Jacob
            
             said
             of
             his
             
               venison
               ,
            
             when
             his
             
               Father
            
             ask'd
             how
             he
             came
             by
             it
             so
             
               suddenly
               ?
               Because
               the
               Lord
               thy
               God
               brought
               it
               suddenly
               to
               my
               hands
               .
            
             So
             holy
             and
             righteous
             men
             do
             more
             easily
             understand
             the
             words
             of
             
               God
               ,
            
             than
             do
             the
             wicked
             ,
             because
             
               God
            
             brings
             the
             meaning
             suddenly
             to
             their
             hearts
             ;
             as
             we
             read
             ,
             
               Luk.
            
             24.
             
             That
             
               Christ
               (
               standing
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               his
               Apostles
               after
               he
               vvas
               risen
               from
               the
               dead
               )
               opened
               their
               understandings
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               understand
               clearly
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               and
               vvhat
               vvas
               vvritten
               of
               him
               in
               the
               Lavv
               of
            
             Moses
             ,
             
               and
               in
               the
            
             Prophets
             ,
             
               and
               in
               the
            
             Psalms
             ,
             vers.
             44.
             45.
             
             Lo
             how
             suddenly
             their
             knowledge
             came
             unto
             them
             !
             But
             see
             what
             
               a
               general
               promise
               (
               God
            
             in
             the
             Person
             of
             
               wisdom
               )
            
             hatth
             made
             
               to
               all
               that
               serve
               him
               ,
            
             Prov.
             1.
             
             
               Turn
               you
               at
               my
               reproof
               ,
               and
               behold
               I
               will
               pour
               out
               my
               spirit
               unto
               you
               ,
               and
               make
               known
               my
               words
               unto
               you
               ,
            
             vers.
             23.
             
             And
             Psal.
             25.
             
             
               The
               secrets
               of
               the
               Lord
               are
               revealed
               to
               them
               that
               fear
               him
               ,
               and
               his
               covenant
               is
               to
               give
               them
               understanding
               ,
            
             vers
             14.
             
             These
             
               secrets
            
             are
             
               hid
            
             from
             the
             wicked
             ,
             neither
             hath
             he
             made
             any
             such
             covenant
             with
             them
             but
             the
             contrary
             :
             As
             see
             ,
             
               Dan.
            
             12.
             10.
             
             
               Unto
               you
               it
               is
               given
               to
               knovv
               the
               secrets
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               but
               to
               others
               in
               Parrables
               ,
               that
               they
               seeing
               should
               not
               see
               ,
               and
               hearing
               they
               should
               not
               understand
               ,
            
             Luke
             8.
             10
             
             :
             Mark
             :
             3
             :
             11
             :
             Matth
             :
             13
             :
             13
             :
          
           
             Again
             ,
             It
             is
             not
             enough
             to
             
               pray
               ,
            
             except
             also
             it
             be
             
               in
               Christs
               name
               ,
            
             and
             
               accrding
               to
               his
               vvill
               ,
               believing
               to
               be
               heard
               for
               his
               sake
               ,
            
             and
             that
             it
             be
             the
             
               intercession
               of
               Gods
               ovvn
               spirit
            
             in
             you
             :
             And
             (
             being
             truly
             
             sensible
             of
             your
             
               sins
            
             and
             
               wants
               )
            
             that
             you
             chiefly
             pray
             for
             the
             
               pardon
               of
               sinne
               ,
            
             the
             
               effusion
               of
               grace
               ,
            
             and
             for
             the
             
               assistance
               of
               Gods
               Spirit
               :
            
             that
             you
             may
             more
             
               firmly
               believe
               ,
            
             more
             
               soundly
               repent
               ,
            
             more
             
               zealously
               doe
               ,
            
             more
             
               patiently
               suffer
               ,
            
             and
             more
             
               constantly
               persevere
            
             in
             the
             
               practice
            
             and
             
               profession
            
             of
             every
             duty
             .
          
           
             But
             above
             all
             you
             must
             know
             ,
             that
             as
             
               Sampsons
               companions
               ,
            
             could
             never
             have
             found
             out
             his
             
               Riddle
               ,
            
             if
             they
             had
             not
             
               plowed
               with
               his
               heifer
               :
            
             so
             
               no
               man
               can
               know
               the
               secrets
               of
               God
               ,
               but
               by
               the
               revelation
               of
               his
               Spirit
               ,
            
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             12.
             8.
             
             
               Mat.
            
             16.
             17.
             
             Yea
             ,
             suppose
             a
             man
             be
             not
             inferiour
             to
             
               Portius
               ,
            
             or
             
               Pythagoras
               ,
            
             who
             
               kept
               all
            
             things
             in
             memory
             ,
             that
             ever
             they
             had
             
               read
               ,
               heard
               ,
            
             or
             
               seen
               :
            
             To
             
               Virgil
               ,
            
             of
             whom
             it
             is
             reported
             ,
             that
             if
             
               all
               Sciences
            
             were
             
               lost
               ,
            
             they
             might
             be
             
               found
            
             again
             in
             him
             :
             To
             
               Aben
               Ezra
               ,
            
             of
             whom
             it
             was
             said
             ,
             that
             
               if
               Knowledge
               had
               put
               out
               her
               candle
               ,
            
             at
             
               his
               brain
            
             she
             might
             
               light
               it
            
             again
             ;
             and
             that
             his
             
               head
            
             was
             
               a
               throne
               of
               wisdome
               :
            
             or
             
               Josephus
               Scaliger
               ,
            
             who
             was
             
               skilled
               in
               thirty
               Languages
               :
            
             Yet
             if
             he
             want
             the
             
               Spirit
               of
               God
            
             to
             be
             his
             teacher
             ,
             he
             is
             a
             dunce
             to
             the
             meanest
             ,
             and
             most
             illiterate
             
               believer
               .
            
             For
             one
             excellent
             ,
             and
             necessary
             
               prerogative
               of
               the
               spirituall
               man
            
             is
             this
             ;
             he
             hath
             
               God
               for
               his
               teacher
               ;
            
             he
             
               learns
            
             the
             
               Counsels
               of
               God
               ,
            
             of
             that
             
               spirit
            
             which
             onely
             knoweth
             
               Gods
               counsels
               ,
               Luk.
            
             21.
             15.
             which
             is
             no
             small
             priviledge
             :
             for
             the
             
               scholar
               learns
               quickly
               ,
            
             when
             the
             
               Holy
               Ghost
            
             is
             his
             
               teacher
               ;
            
             the
             
               Eye
               sees
               distinctly
               ,
            
             when
             the
             
               Holy
               Ghost
            
             doth
             
               enlighten
               it
               .
            
             With
             the
             
               Spirits
               helpe
               ,
            
             the
             
               meanes
            
             can
             never
             be
             
               too
               weake
               :
            
             without
             ,
             never
             
               strong
            
             enough
             ,
             
               Luk.
            
             24.
             44
             ,
             45.
             
             
               Pro.
            
             1.
             23.
             
          
        
         
           
             §
             51.
             
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             Thou
             must
             get
             
               an
               humble
               conceit
               of
               thine
               own
               wisdome
               .
            
             The
             
               first
               step
               to
               knowledge
               ,
            
             is
             to
             know
             our
             
               own
               ignorance
               .
            
             We
             must
             
               become
               fools
            
             in
             our
             own
             opinion
             ,
             before
             we
             can
             be
             
               truly
               wise
               ,
            
             as
             the
             
               Apostle
            
             sets
             it
             down
             ,
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             3.
             18.
             
             And
             indeed
             ,
             the
             
               opinion
               of
               our
               knowing
               enough
               ,
            
             is
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             
               causes
               of
               our
               knowing
               so
               little
               :
            
             For
             what
             we
             presume
             to
             have
             
               attained
               ,
            
             we
             
               seeke
               not
            
             after
             .
             Yea
             ,
             the
             very
             
               first
               lesson
            
             of
             a
             
               Christian
            
             is
             
               humility
               .
               He
               will
               teach
               the
               humble
               his
               way
               ,
            
             Psalm
             .
             25.
             9.
             
             Jam.
             4.
             6.
             1
             Pet.
             5.
             5.
             
             And
             he
             that
             hath
             not
             learned
             the
             
               first
               lesson
               ,
            
             is
             not
             fit
             to
             
               take
               out
               a
               new
               .
               Pride
            
             is
             a
             
               great
               let
               to
            
             true
             
               wisdome
               :
            
             For
             
               God
               resisteth
               the
               proud
               ,
               and
               giveth
               grace
               to
               the
               humble
               ,
            
             Jam.
             4.
             6.
             1
             Pet.
             5.
             5.
             
             Whence
             it
             comes
             to
             passe
             ,
             that
             few
             proud
             wits
             are
             reformed
             ,
             
               Iohn
            
             9.
             39.
             
             And
             for
             this
             cause
             also
             did
             
               our
               Saviour
            
             propound
             his
             
               woes
            
             to
             the
             
               Pharisees
               ,
            
             his
             
               doctrines
            
             to
             the
             
               People
               .
            
          
           
             A
             
               heart
            
             full
             of
             
               pride
               ,
            
             is
             like
             a
             
               vessell
            
             full
             of
             
               aire
               :
            
             This
             
               self
               opinion
            
             must
             be
             
               blown
               out
            
             of
             us
             ,
             before
             
               saving
               knowledge
            
             will
             be
             
               poured
               into
               us
               .
               Christ
            
             will
             
               know
            
             none
             but
             the
             
               humble
               ,
            
             and
             none
             but
             humble
             
               souls
            
             truly
             
               know
               Christ
               .
            
          
           
             Now
             the
             way
             to
             become
             humble
             ,
             is
             ,
             by
             taking
             a
             serious
             
               view
            
             of
             
               our
               wants
               .
            
             The
             
               Peacocks
               pride
            
             is
             much
             abated
             ,
             when
             she
             looks
             on
             the
             
               blacknesse
            
             of
             her
             
               legs
            
             and
             
               feet
               .
            
             Now
             suppose
             we
             know
             never
             so
             much
             ;
             yet
             
               that
            
             which
             
               we
               know
               ,
            
             is
             
               far
               lesse
            
             then
             that
             which
             
               we
               are
               ignorant
               of
               :
            
             and
             the
             
             
               more
               we
               know
               ,
            
             the
             
               more
               we
               know
               we
               want
               ,
               Pro.
            
             1.
             5
             ,
             7.
             
             
               Psal.
            
             73.
             22.
             
             And
             the
             lesle
             sensible
             we
             are
             of
             our
             
               blindness
               ,
               sicknesse
               ,
               deformity
               ,
            
             &c.
             the
             more
             
               blinde
               ,
               sick
               ,
            
             and
             
               deformed
            
             we
             are
             .
          
           
             Fifthly
             ,
             Thou
             must
             labour
             to
             get
             a
             true
             and
             lively
             
               faith
               :
            
             For
             as
             without
             
               faith
            
             we
             cannot
             
               please
               God
               :
            
             so
             without
             
               faith
               ,
            
             no
             man
             can
             
               know
               God
               .
            
             Faith
             most
             cleerly
             beholds
             those
             things
             which
             are
             hid
             both
             from
             the
             
               eye
               of
               sense
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               eye
               of
               reason
               ,
               John
            
             12.
             46.
             
             
               Unregenerate
               men
               ,
            
             that
             what
             faith
             ,
             are
             like
             
               blinde
               Sampson
            
             without
             his
             
               guide
               :
            
             Or
             like
             
               Poliphemus
               ,
            
             who
             never
             had
             but
             
               one
               eye
               ,
            
             and
             that
             
               Ulysses
               put
               out
               .
            
             For
             so
             does
             the
             pleasure
             and
             custome
             of
             sinne
             blinde
             the
             Sensuallist
             .
          
           
             We
             must
             have
             
               mindes
            
             lifted
             
               above
               nature
               ,
            
             to
             see
             and
             love
             
               things
               above
               nature
               :
               heavenly
               wisdome
               ,
            
             to
             see
             
               heavenly
               truth
               ;
            
             or
             else
             that
             
               truth
            
             which
             is
             saving
             ,
             will
             be
             to
             us
             
               a
               mystery
               ,
            
             Mark
             .
             4.
             11.
             
             If
             it
             seem
             not
             
               foolishnesse
               ,
            
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             2.
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             14.
             
             
               To
               them
               that
               are
               lost
               ,
               the
               Gospel
               is
               hid
               ,
            
             2
             
               Cor.
            
             4.
             3
             ,
             4.
             
             Whereas
             the
             
               Believer
               discerns
               all
               things
               ,
               even
               the
               deep
               things
               of
               God
               ,
            
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             2.
             10.
             12.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
             Yea
             ,
             God
             
               Giveth
               him
               a
               mouth
               and
               wisdome
               ,
               where
               against
               all
               his
               adversaries
               ,
               shall
               not
               be
               able
               to
               speak
               or
               resist
               ,
               Luk.
            
             21.
             15.
             
             These
             are
             the
             
               five
               steps
               ,
            
             which
             lead
             up
             to
             the
             
               palace
               of
               wisdome
               ,
            
             which
             all
             must
             ascend
             by
             ,
             that
             mean
             to
             enter
             .
             If
             you
             have
             once
             attained
             this
             precious
             grace
             of
             
               saving
               knowledge
               ,
            
             you
             will
             as
             much
             as
             in
             you
             lies
             ,
             
               employ
               the
               same
               to
               the
               glory
               of
               the
               giver
               ,
            
             And
             so
             much
             to
             prove
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             
               the
               wisest
            
             man
             ,
             whose
             knowledge
             lies
             in
             
               the
               best
            
             things
             ,
             (
             as
             the
             
               weaker
               vessel
            
             may
             hold
             the
             
               better
               liquor
               )
            
             and
             that
             if
             men
             be
             never
             so
             learned
             ,
             except
             they
             have
             learned
             the
             
               Mystery
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
            
             and
             
               what
               it
            
             is
             to
             be
             
               borne
               again
            
             by
             their
             own
             experience
             ,
             (
             which
             few
             with
             their
             great
             learning
             do
             indeed
             know
             )
             they
             are
             in
             
               Gods
               account
               ,
            
             no
             better
             then
             
               fooles
               .
            
             I
             come
             now
             to
             prove
             ,
             that
             the
             
               greatest
               Politician
            
             is
             a
             
               verier
               fool
            
             then
             the
             
               former
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             §
             52.
             
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             If
             we
             shall
             look
             upon
             the
             most
             
               cunning
               Politician
               ,
            
             with
             a
             single
             eye
             :
             
               judge
               righteous
               judgement
               ,
               and
               not
               according
               to
               appearance
               onely
               ,
            
             we
             shall
             finde
             that
             the
             
               greatest
               Polilician
            
             is
             the
             
               greatest
               fool
               .
            
             For
             he
             turns
             all
             his
             
               Religion
            
             into
             
               hypocrisie
               ,
            
             into
             
               Statisme
               ,
            
             yea
             ,
             into
             
               Atheism
               ,
            
             making
             
               Christianity
            
             a
             very
             foot-stool
             to
             
               policy
               .
            
          
           
             I
             confesse
             they
             
               are
               wiser
               in
               their
               generation
               ,
               then
               the
               children
               of
               light
               ;
            
             and
             are
             so
             acknowledged
             by
             
               Christ
            
             himself
             ,
             
               Luke
            
             16.
             8.
             
             But
             why
             ?
             not
             that
             there
             is
             a
             deficiency
             of
             
               power
            
             in
             the
             godly
             ,
             but
             will
             :
             for
             could
             not
             
               David
            
             go
             as
             far
             as
             
               Achitophel
               ?
            
             could
             not
             
               Paul
            
             shew
             as
             much
             cunning
             as
             
               Tertullus
               ?
            
             Yes
             ,
             surely
             if
             they
             would
             :
             But
             because
             their
             
               Master
               ,
               Christ
               ,
            
             hath
             commanded
             them
             to
             be
             
               innocent
               as
               doves
               ;
            
             They
             have
             resolved
             in
             an
             heroical
             disposition
             with
             
               Abraham
               ,
            
             Gen.
             14.
             22.
             
               that
               the
               King
               of
               Sodome
               shall
               not
               make
               them
               rich
               .
            
             No
             crooked
             ,
             or
             indirect
             meanes
             ,
             shall
             bring
             them
             in
             profit
             ;
             they
             will
             not
             be
             
               beholding
               to
               the
               king
               of
               Hell
               for
               a
               shoo-ty
               .
            
             And
             hereupon
             the
             
               Foxes
               wiles
               ,
            
             never
             enter
             into
             the
             
               Lions
               head
               .
            
          
           
             But
             to
             speak
             of
             them
             as
             they
             are
             :
             These
             
               cunning
               Politicians
               ,
            
             in
             stead
             of
             being
             
               wise
               as
               serpents
               ,
            
             they
             are
             
               wise
               serpents
               .
            
             They
             are
             so
             arted
             in
             subtleties
             ,
             
             through
             time
             and
             practice
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             neer
             upon
             
               as
               wise
               ,
            
             as
             that
             
               old
               serpent
               the
               Devill
               .
            
             Indeed
             he
             hath
             
               one
               trick
               beyond
               all
               theirs
               ;
            
             for
             like
             a
             
               cunning
               fencer
               ,
            
             he
             that
             
               taught
               them
               all
               their
               tricks
               ,
               kept
               this
            
             one
             to
             himselfe
             ,
             namely
             ,
             how
             
               to
               cheate
               them
               of
               their
               soules
               .
            
             But
             take
             a
             short
             
               Character
            
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             such
             
               cunning
               dissemblers
               ,
            
             that
             like
             
               Pope
               Alexander
            
             the
             sixth
             ,
             what
             they
             
               thinke
               ,
            
             they
             never
             
               speak
               .
               Why
               is
               this
               cast
               away
               ,
            
             saith
             
               Iudas
               ?
               Crafty
               cub
               ,
            
             he
             would
             have
             had
             it
             himself
             .
             They
             are
             like
             a
             
               fellow
               that
               rides
               to
               the
               pillory
               ,
            
             they
             
               goe
            
             not
             the
             
               way
            
             they
             
               look
               .
            
             They
             will
             
               cut
               a
               mans
               throat
               under
               colour
               of
               courtesie
               ,
            
             as
             
               Ulysses
            
             by
             
               gold
               ,
            
             and
             
               forged
               letters
               ,
            
             was
             the
             meanes
             of
             
               stoning
               Palamides
               ,
            
             even
             while
             he
             
               made
               shew
               of
               defending
               him
               .
            
             And
             then
             to
             wipe
             off
             all
             suspition
             from
             themselves
             ,
             their
             
               gesture
            
             and
             
               conntenance
            
             shall
             be
             like
             
               Julius
               Caesar's
            
             ;
             who
             seeing
             
               Pompey's
            
             head
             fell
             a weeping
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             been
             sorry
             for
             it
             ,
             when
             by
             his
             onely
             meanes
             it
             was
             cut
             off
             .
             So
             like
             
               Rowers
               in
               a
               boat
               ,
            
             whilest
             in
             their
             
               pretence
            
             they
             
               look
               one
               way
               ,
            
             in
             their
             
               intent
            
             they
             
               goe
               the
            
             quire
             
               contrary
               :
            
             As
             our
             
               Saviour
            
             found
             it
             to
             fare
             with
             the
             
               Pharisees
               ,
            
             and
             
               Sadducees
               ,
               Matth.
            
             16.
             1
             ,
             3.
             which
             made
             him
             to
             conclude
             ,
             with
             ,
             
               O
               hypocrites
               !
            
             Nor
             shall
             any
             man
             be
             able
             to
             determine
             ,
             either
             by
             their
             
               gesture
               ,
               words
               ,
            
             or
             
               actions
               ,
            
             what
             they
             resolve
             ,
             though
             like
             
               Hebrew
               letters
               ,
            
             you
             
               spell
               them
               backward
               .
            
             Onely
             this
             you
             may
             be
             sure
             of
             ,
             that
             they
             do
             not
             
               intend
               ,
            
             what
             they
             
               pretend
               ;
            
             Like
             as
             in
             
               jugling
               feats
               ,
            
             though
             we
             know
             not
             how
             they
             
               are
               done
               ,
            
             yet
             we
             know
             well
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             
               not
               done
            
             as
             they
             
               seem
            
             to
             be
             .
          
           
             Now
             if
             they
             can
             any
             way
             advantage
             themselves
             by
             anothers
             ruine
             ,
             and
             do
             it
             cunningly
             ;
             as
             
               Iezabel
            
             did
             ,
             when
             she
             
               killed
               Naboth
               ,
               by
               suborning
               false
               witnesse
               against
               him
               ,
               and
               proclaimed
               a
               Fast
               before
               the
               murther
               :
            
             Though
             all
             such
             
               policy
            
             be
             but
             
               misery
               ,
            
             and
             all
             such
             
               knowledge
               ,
               ignorance
               ,
            
             Yet
             ,
             ô
             how
             wise
             they
             think
             themselves
             !
             but
             they
             are
             grosly
             mistaken
             :
             for
             wherein
             does
             this
             their
             great
             wisdom
             consist
             ?
             but
             first
             ;
             in
             being
             
               wise
               to
               deceive
               others
               :
            
             as
             the
             
               Old
               serpent
               did
               our
               first
               Parents
               ;
            
             or
             secondly
             in
             the
             end
             
               to
               deceive
               themselves
               ,
            
             as
             the
             same
             
               serpent
            
             did
             ,
             which
             brought
             a
             
               curse
               upon
               himselfe
            
             for
             so
             doing
             ,
             
               Gen.
            
             3.
             
             The
             crafty
             
               Fox
            
             hugg'd
             himselfe
             to
             think
             how
             he
             had
             cozened
             the
             
               Crow
            
             of
             her
             
               break-fast
               :
            
             but
             when
             he
             had
             
               eaten
               it
               ,
            
             and
             found
             himself
             
               poysoned
               with
               it
               ,
            
             he
             wisht
             the
             
               Crow
            
             her
             own
             again
             .
             Wealth
             got
             by
             deceit
             ,
             is
             like
             a
             piece
             of
             
               butterd
               spunge
               ,
               an
               Italian
               trick
               ,
            
             it
             
               goes
               down
            
             glib
             ;
             but
             in
             the
             
               stomack
               swells
               ,
            
             and
             will
             never
             be
             
               got
               out
               again
               .
            
             The
             gains
             a
             man
             gets
             by
             deceiving
             ,
             at
             last
             he
             may
             put
             in
             his
             eye
             ,
             and
             yet
             see
             himselfe
             miserable
             .
             
               Sin
            
             is
             the
             
               greatest
               cheater
            
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             for
             it
             
               deceives
               the
               deceiver
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             §.
             53
          
           
             That
             it
             is
             so
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             all
             others
             who
             goe
             to
             Counsell
             ,
             and
             leave
             the
             
               God
               of
               wisdome
            
             behind
             them
             :
             let
             their
             case
             be
             viewed
             in
             other
             persons
             .
             What
             saith
             
               Pharaoh
               to
               his
               deep
               Counsellors
               ?
               Come
               ,
               let
               us
               do
               wisely
               ,
               when
               indeed
               he
               went
               about
               that
               which
               destroyed
               both
               him
               and
               his
               countrey
               .
            
             The
             
               Scribes
               ,
               Pharisees
               ,
            
             and
             
               Elders
               ,
               took
               counsel
               against
            
             
             
               Christ
               ;
            
             as
             though
             they
             would
             most
             wisely
             prevent
             their
             own
             salvation
             .
             
               Josephs
               brethren
               ,
            
             to
             prevent
             his
             having
             dominion
             over
             them
             ,
             (
             as
             his
             
               dreames
            
             imported
             )
             thought
             they
             had
             taken
             a
             very
             wise
             course
             ,
             in
             
               selling
               him
               to
               the
               Ishmaelitish
               Merchants
               ,
            
             which
             was
             indeed
             the
             onely
             meanes
             to
             effect
             it
             .
             
               They
               murther
               Christ
               ,
               lest
               the
               Romans
               should
               come
               :
            
             and
             by
             so
             doing
             ,
             their
             coming
             was
             hastned
             .
             The
             
               Jews
            
             say
             ,
             
               Come
               let
               us
               kill
               him
               ,
               that
               the
               inheritance
               may
               be
               ours
               :
            
             But
             in
             killing
             him
             ,
             they
             lost
             the
             inheritance
             and
             themselves
             too
             .
             And
             so
             it
             always
             fares
             with
             our
             
               Machivillians
            
             in
             the
             end
             ,
             speed
             they
             never
             so
             wel
             for
             a
             time
             .
             For
             let
             the
             
               Devil
            
             promise
             them
             never
             so
             fair
             ,
             (
             suppose
             it
             be
             
               a
               Kingdome
               )
            
             the
             
               up-shot
            
             will
             be
             but
             
               sad
            
             and
             
               doleful
               :
            
             as
             it
             fared
             with
             
               Athaliah
               ,
            
             who
             having
             
               slain
               all
               the
               Kings
               seed
               ,
            
             that
             she
             alone
             might
             raign
             ,
             
               lost
            
             both
             the
             
               government
               ,
            
             and
             
               her
               life
               too
               .
            
             Or
             as
             it
             did
             with
             
               Abimelech
               ,
            
             who
             slue
             
               seventy
            
             of
             his
             
               brethren
               ,
            
             that
             he
             might
             with
             safety
             enjoy
             the
             
               Kingdome
               lost
               both
               it
               ,
               and
               his
               life
               with
               it
               .
            
             And
             many
             the
             like
             we
             read
             of
             .
          
           
             Whence
             St.
             
               Ambrose
            
             observes
             ,
             that
             the
             
               plots
               of
               the
               wicked
               ,
            
             alwayes
             return
             upon
             
               their
               own
               heads
               .
            
             As
             
               Pope
               Hildebrands
            
             servant
             ,
             by
             
               stumbling
               ,
            
             was
             
               killed
            
             with
             that
             stone
             he
             should
             have
             thrown
             down
             on
             
               Frderick
               the
               Emperour
               ,
            
             at
             his
             Devotions
             .
             Or
             as
             
               Griphus
            
             his
             mother
             ,
             was
             made
             to
             take
             that
             draught
             ,
             where-with
             she
             intended
             to
             poyson
             him
             .
             Yea
             ,
             how
             little
             was
             
               Judas
            
             set
             by
             of
             the
             
               High
               Priests
               ,
            
             when
             once
             he
             had
             served
             their
             turn
             ?
             How
             did
             they
             shake
             him
             off
             in
             that
             pittiful
             distresse
             ,
             with
             
               look
               thou
               to
               it
               ?
            
             And
             so
             how
             
               poor
            
             are
             the
             
               witches
               ,
            
             that
             in
             confidence
             of
             these
             promises
             ,
             even
             
               sell
               their
               souls
               to
               the
               Devill
               .
            
          
           
             See
             here
             in
             these
             few
             Examples
             ,
             you
             have
             the
             
               depth
            
             and
             solidity
             
               of
               our
               greatest
            
             and
             wisest
             
               Politicians
               ,
            
             and
             yet
             lewd
             men
             ,
             most
             ridiculously
             and
             absurdly
             ,
             call
             
               wicked
               policies
               ,
               wisdome
               ,
            
             and
             their
             
               successe
               ,
               happinesse
               .
            
             But
             herein
             
               Satan
            
             makes
             them
             
               of
               all
               fools
               the
               superlative
               ,
            
             in
             mistaking
             
               villany
            
             and
             
               madnesse
            
             for
             the
             
               best
               vertues
               .
            
             And
             what
             is
             the
             
               summa
               totalis
            
             of
             all
             but
             this
             ?
             
               Faux-like
            
             ,
             they
             
               project
               other
               mens
               over-throw
               ,
               purchase
               their
               owne
               .
            
             Neither
             hath
             any
             man
             been
             
               wise
               to
               do
               evill
               ,
            
             but
             his
             wisdome
             hath
             had
             
               an
               evill
               end
               .
            
             As
             ô
             the
             multitude
             of
             
               Examples
            
             that
             are
             
               recorded
               ,
            
             to
             give
             credit
             to
             this
             Doctrine
             !
             Was
             not
             the
             
               wisdome
               of
               the
               Serpent
            
             turned
             into
             a
             curse
             ?
             the
             
               wisdome
               of
               the
               Pharisees
            
             into
             a
             woe
             ?
             the
             
               wisdome
               of
               Achitophel
            
             into
             folly
             ?
             the
             
               wisdome
               of
               Nimrod
            
             into
             confusion
             ?
             the
             
               wisdome
               of
               the
               unjust
               Steward
            
             into
             expulsion
             out
             of
             
               Heaven
               ?
            
             the
             
               wisdome
               of
               Jezabel
               ,
            
             into
             a
             shameful
             death
             ?
             
               &c.
            
             So
             that
             in
             the
             issue
             ,
             their
             case
             proves
             but
             like
             the
             
               spiders
               ,
            
             that
             was
             
               weaving
               a
               curious
               net
               to
               catch
               thè
               swallow
               :
            
             who
             when
             she
             came
             ,
             bore
             away
             both
             
               net
               ,
            
             and
             
               webb
               ,
            
             and
             
               weaver
            
             too
             .
             Wherefore
             ,
             ô
             
               God
               ,
            
             make
             me
             but
             
               soul-wise
               ,
            
             and
             I
             shall
             never
             envy
             their
             knowledge
             ,
             that
             pity
             my
             
               simplicity
               :
            
             Let
             me
             be
             
               weake
               in
               policy
               ,
            
             so
             I
             may
             be
             
               wise
               to
               salvation
               .
            
          
           
             And
             I
             cannot
             but
             wonder
             to
             see
             ,
             how
             the
             most
             are
             mistaken
             in
             them
             :
             But
             being
             thus
             discovered
             ,
             I
             hope
             it
             will
             appear
             ,
             that
             as
             
               love
            
             &
             
               lust
            
             are
             
             
               not
               all
               one
               ,
            
             so
             a
             
               cunnning
               Politician
            
             &
             a
             
               wise
               man
            
             are
             
               not
               both
               one
               .
            
             As
             we
             have
             seen
             some
             that
             could
             
               pack
               the
               cards
               ,
            
             &
             yet
             were
             
               not
               able
               to
               play
               well
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             §
             54.
             
          
           
             True
             ,
             if
             men
             shall
             
               look
               upon
               them
               side-wayes
               ,
            
             as
             
               Appelles
               painted
               Antigonus
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             upon
             their
             strength
             of
             ●rain
             and
             parts
             
               alone
               ,
            
             and
             not
             consider
             them
             
               whole
               ,
            
             and
             
               together
               ,
            
             their
             
               abilities
               ,
            
             with
             their
             
               deficiencies
               ,
            
             they
             will
             
               take
            
             them
             for
             wise
             men
             ,
             and
             so
             be
             
               mistaken
               .
            
             But
          
           
             If
             you
             would
             know
             how
             to
             call
             them
             ,
             they
             are
             properly
             
               subtle
               persens
               ?
            
             as
             the
             
               Holy
               Ghost
            
             stiles
             
               Jonadab
               ,
            
             who
             gave
             that
             wicked
             and
             crafty
             
               counsell
            
             to
             
               Amnon
               ,
            
             2
             Sam.
             13.
             3
             ,
             5.
             
             And
             
               the
               woman
               of
               Tekoah
               ,
            
             2
             Sam.
             14.
             2.
             
             And
             
               Elimas
               ,
            
             Act.
             13.
             10.
             as
             being
             rarely
             gifted
             to
             deceive
             ,
             and
             more
             crafty
             and
             wily
             then
             is
             usual
             .
             But
             not
             wise
             men
             ;
             for
             this
             is
             rather
             
               wisdome
               backwàrd
               ,
            
             and
             to
             study
             the
             dangerous
             
               art
               of
               self-sophysiry
               ,
            
             to
             the
             end
             they
             may
             play
             wily
             
               beguile
               themselves
               ,
            
             and
             to
             plot
             
               self-treason
               ,
            
             then
             which
             there
             is
             no
             greater
             ,
             when
             the
             
               betrayer
            
             and
             
               betrayed
               ,
            
             spell
             but
             
               one
               man
               .
            
          
           
             Again
             ,
             admit
             them
             the
             most
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             
               wise
               in
               good
               ,
            
             though
             they
             be
             
               wise
               to
               do
               evill
               :
            
             Or
             if
             you
             will
             ,
             
               wise
               in
               goods
               ,
            
             not
             
               wise
               in
               grace
               :
            
             For
             as
             that
             
               old
               Serpent
            
             seemed
             to
             boast
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             richer
             then
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             when
             he
             said
             ,
             
               All
               these
               are
               mine
               ,
               Matth.
            
             4.
             9.
             
             So
             the
             
               Politician
            
             may
             truly
             say
             ,
             for
             the
             most
             part
             ,
             I
             am
             
               wiser
            
             then
             my
             plain
             dealing
             neigbour
             
               by
               five
               hundred
               pounds
               .
            
             So
             that
             in
             some
             sense
             it
             may
             be
             said
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             one
             speaks
             of
             
               women
               ,
            
             though
             partially
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             
               more
               witty
               in
               wickednesse
               then
               men
               .
            
             Nor
             can
             I
             more
             fitly
             compare
             them
             ,
             then
             to
             
               Dats
               ,
               Night-crows
               ,
               Owles
               ,
            
             and
             
               Cats
               ,
            
             which
             can
             
               see
               better
               in
               the
               darke
               ,
            
             then
             in
             the
             
               light
               .
            
             Their
             wisdome
             is
             like
             that
             of
             the
             
               Polipus
               :
            
             which
             is
             a
             most
             stupid
             and
             
               foolish
               fish
               ,
            
             yet
             useth
             
               great
               skill
            
             in
             taking
             of
             other
             fishes
             .
             Never
             the
             lesse
             ,
             yield
             them
             all
             that
             hath
             been
             mentioned
             ,
             this
             is
             the
             up-shot
             .
             They
             are
             
               blinde
               ,
               and
               in
               darknesse
               ,
            
             as
             having
             their
             
               beginning
            
             from
             
               Satan
               ,
               the
               Prince
               of
               darknesse
               ,
            
             and
             
               their
               end
            
             in
             
               Hell
               ,
            
             which
             is
             
               the
               pit
               of
               darkness
               :
            
             and
             because
             they
             are
             
               wise
            
             onely
             
               to
               evill
               ,
            
             their
             
               wisdome
            
             shall
             have
             but
             
               an
               evill
               end
               .
            
          
           
             In
             the
             dialect
             of
             the
             
               wise
               man
               ,
            
             the
             
               greatest
               sinner
            
             is
             the
             
               greatest
               fool
               ,
               Prov.
            
             1.
             7.
             
             And
             
               David
            
             thinks
             ,
             there
             is
             
               no
               fool
               to
               the
               Atheist
               ,
               Psal.
            
             53.
             1.
             
             &
             49.
             13.
             
             And
             Saint
             
               Austin
            
             tells
             us
             ,
             that
             the
             
               wisest
               Politician
            
             upon
             earth
             ,
             the
             
               most
            
             ample
             ,
             and
             
               cunning
               Machivillian
            
             that
             lives
             ,
             be
             he
             
               a
               Doctor
               in
               that
               deep
               reaching
               faculty
               ,
            
             is
             
               worse
               then
               a
               foole
               :
            
             For
             if
             the
             
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
            
             saith
             he
             ,
             termes
             him
             a
             fool
             that
             onely
             
               laid
               up
               his
               own
            
             goods
             ,
             
               Luke
            
             12.
             18
             ,
             20.
             finde
             out
             a
             name
             for
             him
             ,
             that
             
               takes
               away
               other
               mens
               .
            
             And
             though
             
               worldly
               men
            
             call
             the
             
               simple
               fools
               ,
            
             yet
             
               God
            
             calls
             
               the
               crafty
               fools
               ,
               Jer.
            
             8.
             9.
             
             
               Mat.
            
             6.
             23.
             
             And
             of
             all
             
               atheisis
               ,
            
             and
             
               fools
               ,
            
             which
             
               seeme
               wise
               ,
            
             there
             be
             
               no
               such
               fools
            
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             as
             they
             that
             
               love
               money
               better
               then
               themselves
               .
            
          
           
             And
             so
             you
             have
             the
             
               wisdome
            
             of
             
               Humanists
               ,
            
             and
             
               Politicians
            
             desciphered
             ;
             together
             with
             the
             
               wisdome
               of
               Gods
               servants
               .
            
             You
             see
             the
             difference
             between
             them
             ,
             and
             therein
             as
             I
             suppose
             ,
             that
             neither
             of
             the
             former
             are
             so
             wise
             as
             the
             godly
             man
             ,
             nor
             so
             wise
             as
             the
             
               world
               reputes
            
             them
             ,
             or
             they
             
               themselves
               .
            
          
           
           
             I
             confesse
             the
             one
             speak
             
               Latine
               ,
               Greek
               ,
            
             and
             
               Hebrew
               ,
            
             the
             other
             
               Statutes
               ,
               History
               ,
            
             and
             
               Husbandry
               ,
            
             well
             enough
             to
             make
             their
             
               neighbours
               think
               them
               wise
               :
            
             but
             the
             truth
             is
             ,
             they
             
               seem
               wiser
            
             then
             they
             are
             ,
             as
             is
             said
             of
             
               the
               Spaniard
               ;
            
             whereas
             the
             godly
             ,
             like
             the
             
               French
               ,
               are
               wiser
            
             then
             they
             seem
             .
             The
             former
             are
             
               wise
               men
               in
               foolish
               things
               ,
            
             and
             
               foolish
               men
               in
               wise
               things
               .
               Sharp-eyed
               as
               Eagles
               ,
            
             in
             the
             things
             of
             the
             
               earth
               ,
            
             but
             
               blinde
               as
               Beetles
            
             in
             the
             matters
             of
             
               heaven
               .
            
             O
             that
             they
             had
             but
             the
             wit
             to
             know
             ,
             that
             when
             all
             is
             done
             ,
             
               Heaven
               is
               a
               brave
               place
               ,
               where
               are
               such
               joyes
               ,
               as
               eye
               hath
               not
               seene
               ,
               nor
               care
               heard
               ,
               neither
               hath
               it
               entered
               into
               the
               heart
               of
               man
               to
               conceive
               the
               things
               which
               God
               hath
               prepared
               there
               for
               them
               that
               love
               him
               ,
            
             1
             Cor.
             2.
             9.
             
          
        
         
           
             §.
             55.
             
          
           
             Now
             as
             I
             have
             shewn
             these
             two
             sorts
             of
             men
             their
             folly
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             some
             of
             them
             may
             be
             convinced
             ,
             and
             ashamed
             ,
             and
             consequently
             become
             soul-wise
             ,
             that
             so
             they
             may
             be
             saved
             ;
             which
             is
             the
             principal
             thing
             I
             drive
             at
             (
             for
             I
             take
             no
             pleasure
             in
             disgracing
             men
             purposely
             .
             )
             So
             it
             were
             as
             easie
             to
             prove
             ,
             that
             
               all
               sorts
               of
               sinners
               ,
            
             are
             no
             better
             then
             
               sots
               ,
            
             and
             
               shallow-brains
               ,
            
             in
             comparison
             of
             the
             conscientious
             Christian
             .
             Nor
             do
             I
             see
             ,
             but
             it
             may
             prove
             of
             great
             ,
             and
             general
             concernment
             :
             therefore
             that
             others
             also
             may
             have
             benefit
             by
             the
             same
             ,
             I
             will
             briefly
             touch
             upon
             some
             particulars
             .
             And
             the
             next
             that
             I
             will
             speak
             to
             ,
             shall
             be
             such
             as
             come
             neerest
             to
             these
             last
             mentioned
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             your
             
               Covetous
               ,
               Miserly
               Muck-worms
               ,
            
             who
             though
             they
             be
             neer
             neighbours
             to
             those
             
               Ambodexters
            
             I
             last
             spake
             of
             ,
             yet
             they
             are
             not
             the
             same
             men
             .
          
           
             Now
             although
             you
             cannot
             name
             one
             
               property
               of
               a
               natural
               fool
               ,
            
             but
             the
             
               Covetous
               man
            
             is
             in
             that
             particular
             
               a
               greater
               fool
               :
            
             Yet
             I
             will
             make
             the
             parallel
             in
             one
             onely
             :
             lest
             I
             should
             weary
             my
             
               Reader
               ,
            
             before
             I
             have
             dispatcht
             all
             my
             
               Clients
               ,
            
             or
             halfe
             
               listed
               my
               men
               .
            
          
           
             The
             
               Covetous
               miser
               ,
            
             if
             you
             mark
             it
             ,
             esteems
             not
             of
             things
             according
             to
             their
             true
             value
             ;
             
               but
               preferreth
               bables
               and
               trifles
               before
               things
               of
               greatest
               worth
               ,
            
             which
             is
             the
             
               most
               remarkable
               property
               of
               a
               naturall
               fool
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             being
             like
             the
             ignorant
             
               Indians
            
             in
             
               Florida
               ,
               Virginia
               ,
               New
               England
               ,
            
             and
             
               K●nida
               ,
            
             who
             for
             a
             
               Copper
               kettle
               ,
            
             and
             a
             few
             
               toyes
               ,
            
             as
             
               Beads
               ,
            
             and
             
               Hatchets
               ,
            
             will
             depart
             from
             the
             
               purest
               gold
               ,
            
             and
             sell
             you
             a
             whole
             
               Countrey
               ,
            
             with
             
               the
               houses
               and
               ground
               which
               they
               dwell
               upon
               .
            
          
           
             As
             
               Iudas
            
             preferred
             thirty
             pieces
             of
             silver
             ,
             before
             him
             that
             was
             Lord
             of
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             and
             ransome
             of
             man-kinde
             :
             so
             the
             
               covetous
            
             man
             prefers
             
               Earth
               ,
            
             yea
             
               hell
            
             to
             
               heaven
               ,
               time
            
             to
             
               eternity
               ,
            
             his
             
               body
            
             before
             his
             
               soul
               ;
            
             yea
             ,
             his
             outward
             
               estate
            
             before
             either
             
               soule
            
             or
             
               body
               .
            
             Whereas
             the
             
               godly
            
             care
             for
             the
             
               soul
               ,
            
             as
             the
             
               chief
               jewell
               ,
            
             and
             onely
             
               treasure
               ;
            
             and
             for
             the
             
               body
            
             for
             the
             
               soules
            
             sake
             ;
             and
             settle
             their
             
               inheritance
            
             in
             no
             
               land
            
             but
             the
             
               land
               of
               promise
               ;
            
             their
             
               end
            
             being
             to
             
               possesse
               a
               kingdome
               without
               end
               .
            
             They
             are
             not
             like
             
               Shebna
               ,
            
             who
             
               built
               his
               sepulchre
            
             in
             
               one
               Countrey
               ,
            
             and
             was
             
               buried
               in
               another
               :
            
             But
             like
             our
             
               English
               Merchants
               ,
            
             that
             
               traffique
            
             in
             
               Turkey
               ,
               get
               wealth
            
             
             in
             
               Turky
               ,
            
             yet
             
               plant
            
             not
             in
             
               Turky
               ,
            
             but
             
               transport
            
             for
             
               England
               .
            
             It
             cannot
             be
             said
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             it
             may
             of
             the
             most
             ;
             that
             they
             
               worship
               the
               golden
               Calfe
               :
            
             because
             they
             consider
             ,
             that
             
               Pecunia
               ,
               the
               worlds
               Queen
               ,
            
             (
             I
             meane
             that
             world
             ,
             whereof
             the
             
               Devill
               is
               King
               )
            
             extends
             her
             
               Regiments
               ,
            
             but
             to
             the
             
               brim
               of
               the
               grave
               ,
            
             and
             is
             not
             current
             one
             step
             farther
             .
          
           
             Worldly
             hearts
             are
             
               penny-wise
               ,
            
             and
             
               pound-foolish
               ;
            
             they
             know
             how
             to
             set
             high
             prizes
             upon
             the
             worthlesse
             
               trash
               of
               this
               world
               ;
            
             but
             for
             
               heavenly
               things
               ,
            
             or
             the
             
               God
            
             that
             owns
             them
             ,
             they
             shamefully
             under-value
             .
             Like
             
               Judas
               ,
            
             who
             valued
             
               Maries
               ointment
               ,
            
             which
             she
             bestowed
             upon
             the
             
               feet
               of
               Christ
               ,
            
             at
             
               three
               hundred
               pieces
               of
               silver
               ,
            
             and
             
               sold
               his
               Master
               ,
            
             on
             whom
             that
             odour
             was
             spent
             ,
             for
             
               thirty
               .
            
             But
             it
             is
             not
             so
             with
             the
             
               godly
               ;
            
             they
             think
             it
             the
             
               best
               purchase
            
             that
             ever
             was
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             
               to
               buy
               him
               who
               bought
               them
               ;
               in
               comparison
               of
               whom
               all
               things
               else
               are
               dross
               and
               dung
               ,
            
             as
             
               Paul
            
             speaks
             ,
             
               Phil.
            
             3.
             8.
             
             And
             indeed
             if
             we
             once
             
               have
               him
               ,
            
             we
             
               have
               all
               thing
               ,
            
             as
             the
             Apostle
             argues
             ,
             
               Rom.
            
             8.
             32.
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             3.
             21
             ,
             22
             ,
             23.
             
             So
             that
             the
             
               godly's
            
             man
             is
             onely
             
               rich
               ,
            
             the
             
               servant
               of
               Christ
               is
               Lord
               of
               all
               .
            
             Whereas
             by
             a
             just
             
               judgement
               of
               God
               upon
               the
               covetous
               Miser
               ,
            
             who
             makes
             
               Mammon
               his
               god
               :
            
             The
             
               Devill
            
             makes
             them
             his
             
               Drudges
               ,
            
             to
             
               get
            
             and
             bring
             him
             in
             
               Gold
               ,
            
             as
             the
             
               King
               of
               Spain
            
             does
             the
             poor
             
               Indians
               )
            
             that
             he
             may
             keep
             it
             in
             
               banke
               ,
            
             for
             the
             
               next
               prodigall
               to
               spend
            
             as
             ill
             ,
             as
             the
             other
             
               got
               it
               .
            
             As
             how
             often
             is
             that
             
               spent
            
             upon
             one
             
               Christmas
               revelling
            
             by
             the
             
               son
               ,
            
             which
             was
             
               forty
               years
               a
               getting
            
             by
             the
             
               Father
               ?
            
             O
             fools
             ,
             incomparable
             !
             to
             take
             a
             world
             of
             
               care
            
             and
             
               paines
               ,
               endure
            
             so
             much
             
               grief
               ,
               sting
               of
               conscience
               ,
               loss
               of
               credit
               ,
            
             to
             deprive
             themselves
             of
             
               Heaven
               ,
               damn
               their
               own
               souls
               ,
            
             to
             get
             
               wealth
               :
            
             and
             when
             they
             have
             
               got
               it
               ,
            
             not
             to
             be
             a
             jot
             the
             
               better
            
             for
             it
             .
             Yea
             ,
             they
             are
             
               less
               satisfied
               ,
            
             and
             
               contented
            
             then
             other
             men
             ,
             
               meanlier
               accommedated
               then
               mean
               men
               :
            
             Yea
             ,
             
               a
               poor
               beggar
            
             that
             hath
             
               nothing
               here
               ,
            
             is
             in
             better
             estate
             ,
             then
             
               a
               rich
               Miser
               ,
            
             that
             hath
             nothing
             in
             effect
             ,
             either
             
               here
               or
               hereafter
               .
            
             O
             that
             they
             would
             but
             use
             that
             !
             yea
             ,
             
               half
            
             that
             
               wit
               ,
               study
               ,
            
             and
             
               industry
               hereafter
               ,
            
             to
             
               save
               their
               souls
               ,
            
             that
             they
             have
             
               formerly
            
             done
             to
             
               damn
               them
               .
            
             But
             hear
             more
             .
          
           
             
               Aristippus
            
             cared
             onely
             for
             his
             
               body
               ,
            
             as
             if
             he
             had
             had
             no
             
               soule
               :
               Zeno
            
             but
             for
             his
             
               soule
               ,
            
             as
             if
             he
             had
             had
             no body
             :
             
               Achitophel
            
             for
             his
             
               Family
            
             alone
             ,
             as
             if
             neither
             soule
             nor
             body
             had
             been
             worth
             caring
             for
             :
             but
             these
             neither
             for
             
               body
               ,
               nor
               soule
               ,
               nor
               any
               thing
               ,
            
             but
             for
             a
             little
             
               muck
            
             to
             leave
             behind
             them
             .
             Yea
             ,
             he
             can
             finde
             in
             his
             heart
             to
             
               goe
               to
               hell
               for
               another
               ,
            
             that
             wishes
             him
             gone
             ,
             and
             will
             damn
             his
             own
             soul
             to
             leave
             his
             son
             rich
             .
             Yea
             ,
             what
             a
             deale
             of
             
               paines
            
             and
             
               care
            
             does
             the
             covetous
             man
             take
             for
             his
             own
             damnation
             ?
             ever
             
               tormenting
            
             himself
             to
             
               get
               that
               ;
               for
               getting
            
             whereof
             he
             shall
             be
             
               tormented
               :
            
             so
             himselfe
             is
             voluntarily
             
               miserable
               here
               ,
               and
               hereafter
               ,
            
             that
             
               others
            
             may
             be
             
               happy
               .
            
             And
             so
             much
             of
             the
             
               Miser
               .
            
             The
             next
             I
             will
             fall
             upon
             ,
             shall
             be
             such
             as
             equall
             these
             in
             their
             
               Idolatry
            
             another
             way
             ;
             as
          
        
         
           
             §
             56.
             
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             what
             think
             you
             of
             common
             
               Idolaters
               ?
            
             are
             not
             
             they
             arrant
             
               fools
               ?
            
             I
             'le
             give
             you
             but
             one
             instance
             mentioned
             ,
             
               Exod.
            
             32.
             and
             you
             will
             need
             no
             more
             .
             Turn
             to
             the
             place
             ,
             and
             there
             you
             shall
             find
             ,
             that
             those
             
               blockish
               Israelites
               made
               them
               a
               molten
               Calfe
               ,
               and
               then
               said
               ,
               This
               is
               thy
               god
               ,
               that
               brought
               thee
               out
               of
               the
               land
               of
               Egypt
               ,
            
             ver.
             34.
             
             This
             is
             such
             a
             pregnant
             example
             ,
             that
             there
             needs
             no
             more
             to
             prove
             it
             ;
             that
             
               a
               Beast
            
             should
             be
             
               their
               god
               ;
            
             yea
             ,
             and
             a
             beast
             of
             their
             own
             making
             ,
             and
             that
             this
             beast
             should
             have
             brought
             them
             out
             of
             
               Egypt
               ,
            
             which
             could
             not
             
               move
            
             it selfe
             ,
             but
             as
             it
             was
             moved
             ,
             and
             that
             before
             it
             had
             any
             being
             .
             This
             is
             such
             a
             blockish
             absurdity
             ,
             that
             as
             one
             would
             think
             ,
             should
             never
             enter
             into
             the
             heart
             of
             him
             ,
             who
             is
             endowed
             with
             
               a
               reasonable
               soule
               .
            
             But
             what
             can
             the
             
               Prince
               of
               darknesse
            
             propound
             ?
             that
             
               a
               wicked
               heart
               ,
            
             (
             blinded
             with
             the
             custome
             of
             sinne
             ,
             and
             given
             up
             by
             
               God
               ,
            
             to
             be
             further
             blinded
             by
             
               Satan
               )
            
             will
             not
             believe
             ,
             as
             appears
             by
             our
             
               Ranters
               ,
               Shakers
               ,
            
             and
             
               Quakers
            
             at
             this
             day
             .
          
           
             And
             such
             other
             fools
             are
             the
             
               Papists
               ,
            
             though
             
               great
               Clerks
               ,
            
             and
             
               wise
               men
               :
            
             who
             (
             if
             I
             could
             intend
             to
             aquaint
             you
             )
             maintain
             a
             thousand
             ridiculous
             tenents
             ,
             stif●y
             defending
             those
             things
             for
             
               truth
               ,
            
             which
             the
             
               Holy
               Ghost
               calls
            
             in
             expresse
             words
             ,
             
               The
               doctrine
               of
               devils
               ,
            
             1
             
               Tim.
            
             4.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             
             And
             most
             justly
             are
             they
             
               forsaken
               of
               their
               reason
               ,
               who
               have
               abandoned
               God
               .
            
             Yea
             ,
             most
             just
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             they
             who
             
               want
               grace
               ,
            
             should
             
               want
               wit
            
             too
             .
             If
             
               Idolaters
            
             will
             need
             set
             up
             a
             
               false
               god
            
             for
             the
             
               true
               ,
            
             is
             it
             not
             equal
             ,
             that
             the
             
               true
               God
            
             should
             give
             them
             over
             to
             the
             
               false
               ?
            
             Again
             ,
          
           
             Fifthly
             ,
             how
             does
             
               lust
               blinde
            
             and
             besot
             men
             ?
             when
             the
             
               Adulterer
            
             prefers
             a
             
               filthy
               strumpet
            
             before
             his
             own
             
               chaste
               wife
               ,
            
             though
             his
             own
             lawfull
             
               Consort
            
             is
             known
             to
             be
             more
             comely
             ,
             and
             lovely
             then
             the
             
               strange
               woman
               .
            
             Yea
             ,
             when
             they
             shall
             confesse
             the
             same
             (
             as
             it
             was
             the
             speech
             of
             one
             too
             great
             to
             name
             )
             That
             were
             she
             not
             his
             
               wife
               ,
            
             he
             could
             love
             her
             above
             all
             women
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             a
             word
             able
             to
             rot
             out
             the
             tongue
             that
             spake
             it
             .
             But
             take
             an
             instance
             of
             this
             nature
             ,
             I
             'le
             give
             you
             one
             amongst
             many
             very
             remarkable
             .
             We
             read
             ,
             
               Judges
            
             16.
             that
             
               Sampson
            
             cared
             more
             for
             his
             
               pleasure
            
             in
             this
             kinde
             ,
             then
             his
             
               li●t
               .
            
             O
             strange
             debauchednesse
             !
             his
             filthy
             
               lust
            
             of
             a
             
               Nazarite
               ,
            
             leaves
             him
             scarce
             a
             man
             !
             He
             that
             might
             not
             
               drink
               wine
               ,
            
             is
             
               drunk
               with
               the
               cup
               of
               fornication
               .
            
             How
             could
             hee
             other
             then
             thinke
             ,
             if
             lust
             had
             not
             blinded
             and
             bewitched
             him
             ?
             She
             whose
             body
             is
             mercenary
             to
             me
             ,
             will
             easily
             fell
             me
             to
             others
             ?
             she
             will
             be
             
               false
               ,
            
             if
             shee
             will
             be
             an
             
               Harlot
               .
            
             Was
             there
             ever
             such
             a
             motion
             made
             to
             a
             reasonable
             man
             ?
             
               Tell
               me
               ,
               wherewith
               thou
               mayest
               be
               bound
               to
               do
               thee
               hurt
               ?
            
             Who
             would
             not
             have
             spurned
             such
             a
             sutor
             out
             of
             doors
             ?
             And
             when
             upon
             the
             tryal
             he
             saw
             such
             apparent
             treachery
             ,
             he
             yet
             wilfully
             betrays
             his
             life
             ,
             by
             her
             to
             his
             enemies
             .
             All
             sins
             ,
             all
             passions
             have
             power
             to
             blinde
             ,
             and
             infatuate
             ;
             but
             lust
             most
             of
             all
             .
             Never
             man
             that
             had
             
               dranke
               flagons
               of
               wine
               ,
            
             had
             lesse
             reason
             left
             him
             ,
             then
             this
             
               Nazarite
               .
            
             Many
             an
             one
             
               loses
               his
               life
               ,
            
             but
             he
             
               casts
               it
               away
               ;
            
             not
             in
             
               hatred
            
             to
             himself
             ,
             but
             in
             
               love
            
             to
             a
             Strumpet
             ,
             He
             knew
             she
             aimed
             at
             nothing
             but
             his
             slavery
             ,
             and
             death
             ,
             yet
             had
             
             not
             power
             to
             deny
             her
             .
             He
             had
             wit
             enough
             to
             
               deceive
               her
            
             thrice
             ,
             not
             enough
             to
             keep
             himself
             from
             being
             
               deceived
               by
               her
               .
            
             Thrice
             had
             he
             seen
             the
             
               Philistims
            
             in
             her
             chamber
             ,
             ready
             to
             surprise
             him
             upon
             her
             bands
             ;
             and
             yet
             will
             needs
             be
             
               a
               slave
            
             to
             his
             
               Traitor
               .
            
             Yea
             ,
             in
             effect
             ,
             bids
             her
             
               binde
               him
               ,
            
             and
             call
             in
             her
             
               Executioners
            
             to
             
               cut
               his
               throat
               .
            
             O
             beware
             of
             a
             
               Harlot
               ,
            
             as
             you
             would
             of
             
               the
               Devill
               !
            
             and
             the
             rather
             ,
             for
             that
             under
             the
             habit
             of
             a
             
               woman
               ,
            
             it
             may
             be
             the
             
               Devill
            
             in
             shape
             of
             a
             woman
             ,
             as
             some
             have
             so
             been
             cheated
             .
             But
          
           
             Sixthly
             ,
             what
             can
             we
             think
             of
             an
             improvident
             
               Gamester
               ?
            
             is
             not
             he
             
               a
               Fool
               ?
            
             who
             will
             
               hazard
            
             his
             whole
             
               estate
            
             upon
             the
             
               chance
            
             of
             
               a
               treacherous
               dye
               ,
            
             that
             flatters
             him
             with
             his
             own
             hand
             ,
             to
             
               throw
               away
            
             his
             wealth
             
               to
               another
               .
            
             And
             
               a
               Thief
            
             he
             is
             too
             ,
             for
             if
             he
             
               wins
               ,
            
             he
             
               robs
               another
               ;
            
             if
             he
             
               looses
               ,
            
             he
             no
             lesse
             
               robs
               himself
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             §
             57.
             
          
           
             Seventhly
             ,
             let
             me
             refer
             it
             to
             any
             rational
             man
             ,
             whether
             the
             
               Voluptuous
               Prodigal
            
             is
             not
             a
             stark
             
               Fool
               ?
            
             who
             suffers
             himself
             to
             be
             stolne
             away
             for
             an
             
               Apple
               :
            
             For
             ,
             for
             a
             little
             tickling
             of
             the
             
               palate
               ,
            
             a
             kind
             of
             running
             
               Banquet
               ,
            
             he
             will
             hazard
             the
             losse
             of
             
               eternal
               comfort
               ,
            
             and
             expose
             himself
             to
             
               a
               devouring
               fire
               ,
               an
               everlasting
               burning
               ?
            
             Isa.
             33.
             14.
             
             And
             what
             greater
             folly
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             a
             
               dear
               purchase
               ?
            
             an
             
               ill
               penni-worth
               ?
            
             yea
             ,
             a
             desperate
             madnesse
             ,
             to
             buy
             the
             merriment
             of
             
               a
               day
               ,
            
             (
             yea
             ,
             possibly
             the
             pleasure
             of
             
               an
               hour
               ,
            
             may
             deterimine
             it
             )
             with
             
               ages
               of
            
             pangs
             ,
             with
             
               eternity
            
             of
             unsufferable
             
               torments
               ,
            
             that
             are
             capable
             of
             neither
             
               ease
            
             1.
             or
             
               end
               .
            
          
           
             Nor
             is
             this
             all
             ,
             for
             they
             run
             upon
             
               Gods
               judgements
               ,
            
             as
             
               Balaam
            
             did
             upon
             the
             
               swords
               point
            
             in
             the
             
               Angels
               hand
               ,
            
             and
             yet
             are
             so
             farre
             from
             being
             afraid
             ,
             that
             they
             applaud
             their
             own
             wisdome
             ,
             for
             giving
             such
             liberty
             to
             their
             lusts
             ;
             thinking
             no
             men
             in
             the
             world
             enjoy
             the
             like
             
               freedome
               .
            
             When
             indeed
             their
             
               bondage
            
             is
             much
             worse
             then
             the
             cruel
             and
             tyrannical
             
               bondage
               ,
            
             and
             slavery
             of
             
               Egypt
               .
            
             For
             first
             ,
             that
             
               bondage
            
             was
             of
             the
             
               body
               onely
               ,
            
             but
             the
             service
             of
             sinne
             is
             of
             the
             
               whole
               man
               ,
               body
               and
               soul
               .
            
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             in
             the
             bondage
             of
             
               Egypt
               ,
            
             they
             
               served
               men
               ;
            
             but
             in
             this
             bondage
             ,
             
               service
            
             is
             done
             
               to
               sinne
               &
               Satan
               ,
            
             most
             
               vile
               Lords
               ,
            
             which
             command
             most
             
               base
               ,
            
             and
             
               filthy
               works
               .
            
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             in
             the
             bondage
             of
             
               Egypt
               ,
            
             the
             most
             harm
             was
             
               temporall
               ,
            
             losse
             of
             
               liberty
               ,
            
             smart
             and
             
               pain
               of
               body
               ,
            
             in
             this
             service
             of
             sinne
             ,
             the
             losse
             is
             
               eternal
               ,
            
             even
             destruction
             in
             
               Hell
            
             for
             ever
             (
             without
             the
             infinite
             goodnesse
             of
             God
             .
             )
             Fourthly
             ,
             in
             this
             bondage
             under
             
               Pharaoh
               ,
            
             they
             had
             a
             sense
             of
             their
             
               thraldome
               ,
            
             and
             desired
             
               liberty
               ;
            
             in
             this
             of
             sin
             ,
             men
             do
             not
             so
             much
             as
             
               suspect
            
             themselves
             to
             be
             bound
             ,
             but
             think
             themselves
             free
             ,
             and
             
               despise
               liberty
               .
            
             Lastly
             ,
             in
             all
             outward
             bondage
             ,
             they
             which
             are
             bound
             may
             possibly
             help
             themselves
             ;
             as
             by
             running
             away
             ,
             or
             by
             intreaty
             ,
             or
             by
             ransome
             :
             In
             this
             bondage
             we
             lie
             still
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             bound
             hand
             and
             foot
             (
             till
             
               God
            
             by
             his
             mercy
             deliver
             us
             )
             not
             having
             so
             much
             as
             the
             least
             thought
             of
             relieving
             our selves
             .
             By
             all
             which
             it
             appears
             ,
             that
             such
             who
             take
             the
             
               most
               liberty
            
             to
             sin
             ,
             are
             the
             
               most
               perfect
               slaves
            
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             because
             
             most
             voluntary
             slaves
             :
             and
             that
             
               Christs
               service
            
             is
             
               the
               onely
            
             true
             
               freedome
               ;
               his
               yoke
               an
               easie
               yoke
               ;
            
             his
             burthen
             but
             as
             the
             
               burthen
               of
               wings
               to
               a
               bird
               ;
            
             which
             makes
             her
             
               flye
            
             the
             higher
             .
             Wherefore
             ,
             as
             we
             
               serve
               the
               lawes
               ,
            
             that
             we
             may
             
               be
               free
               :
            
             so
             let
             us
             
               serve
               Christ
               ,
            
             and
             we
             shall
             be
             the
             
               freest
               people
            
             alive
             .
          
           
             A
             godly
             man
             being
             demanded
             ,
             what
             he
             thought
             was
             the
             
               strangest
               ,
               and
               foolishest
               thing
               in
               the
               world
               ,
            
             answered
             ,
             
               an
               impenitent
               sinner
               ,
            
             or
             
               an
               Unbeliever
               :
            
             For
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             that
             a
             man
             should
             provoke
             
               God
               ,
            
             so
             gracious
             and
             mighty
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             believe
             
               Satan
            
             the
             father
             of
             lies
             and
             cruelty
             ,
             forget
             his
             own
             death
             so
             imminent
             and
             in-evitable
             ;
             obey
             the
             command
             of
             his
             Flesh
             ,
             a
             Drudge
             so
             ignoble
             ,
             admire
             the
             world
             so
             fickle
             and
             dangerous
             ,
             prefer
             it
             before
             
               Heaven
            
             so
             blessed
             &
             glorious
             ;
             wilfully
             cast
             himself
             into
             
               hell
               ,
            
             a
             place
             so
             woful
             and
             dolorous
             ,
             and
             all
             for
             vanity
             ,
             such
             a
             wretched
             emptinesse
             ;
             that
             he
             should
             
               feare
               the
               blasts
               of
               mens
               breath
               ,
            
             and
             not
             the
             
               fire
               of
               Gods
               wrath
               ;
            
             weep
             for
             the
             losse
             of
             
               friends
               ,
            
             &
             not
             for
             his
             
               soul
               :
            
             And
             lastly
             ,
             that
             
               Christ
            
             should
             
               stand
               at
               the
               door
               of
               his
               heart
               ,
            
             craving
             for
             entrance
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             remedy
             all
             ,
             and
             make
             him
             everlastingly
             happy
             ;
             and
             
               God
            
             call
             him
             every
             day
             ,
             either
             by
             his
             
               Word
            
             in
             the
             mouthes
             of
             his
             
               Messengers
               ,
            
             or
             by
             strange
             
               judgements
               ,
            
             or
             extraordinary
             
               mercies
            
             upon
             
               himselfe
               ,
            
             or
             
               others
               ,
            
             and
             all
             in
             vain
             Such
             an
             one
             ,
             sayes
             he
             ,
             is
             the
             
               most
               foolish
               and
               degenerate
            
             creature
             alive
             :
          
           
             Thus
             I
             might
             go
             on
             to
             
               Traytors
               ,
               Murtherers
               ,
               Back-byters
               ,
               Seducers
               ,
               Drunkards
               ,
               Blasphemers
               ,
               Persecutors
            
             of
             the
             godly
             ,
             
               proud
            
             persons
             ,
             
               Hypocrites
               ,
               Thieves
               ,
               Atheists
               ,
            
             and
             what
             other
             sinners
             you
             can
             name
             :
             and
             prove
             them
             
               all
               fools
               alike
               .
            
             But
             I
             have
             already
             (
             upon
             one
             occasion
             or
             other
             )
             done
             it
             in
             some
             other
             Tract.
             Nor
             do
             I
             love
             to
             
               tautologize
               ,
            
             except
             it
             be
             for
             a
             great
             advantage
             to
             my
             Reader
             ,
             and
             for
             others
             good
             :
             though
             in
             such
             a
             case
             ,
             I
             can
             ,
             I
             thank
             
               God
               ,
               dishonour
               my selfe
               ,
            
             that
             I
             may
             
               honour
               my
               Maker
               .
            
             The
             which
             if
             men
             did
             well
             ponder
             ,
             they
             would
             be
             more
             sparing
             of
             their
             censures
             ;
             How-ever
             I
             could
             wish
             ,
             that
             our
             
               Reverend
               Divines
            
             would
             afford
             themselves
             more
             liberty
             in
             this
             case
             then
             they
             do
             .
             There
             be
             some
             expressions
             ,
             that
             we
             borrow
             from
             our
             
               Predecessors
               ,
            
             that
             deserve
             to
             be
             mentioned
             ,
             or
             used
             (
             by
             a
             
               Minister
            
             that
             remains
             perhaps
             twenty
             ,
             or
             
               thirty
               years
               in
               a
               Parish
               )
            
             more
             then
             once
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             to
             the
             same
             Congregation
             (
             for
             that
             which
             takes
             not
             ,
             or
             is
             not
             minded
             at
             one
             time
             ,
             may
             at
             another
             :
             and
             how
             many
             have
             been
             converted
             ,
             by
             that
             onely
             argument
             ?
             that
             
               God
               seeth
               all
               things
            
             even
             in
             the
             
               darke
               ,
            
             when
             the
             
               doors
            
             are
             
               shut
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               curtains
               drawn
               .
               )
            
             Nor
             do
             I
             think
             ,
             that
             
               a
               dull
            
             and
             
               flat
               tool
               ,
            
             or
             
               instrument
            
             would
             be
             used
             ,
             when
             a
             more
             
               quick
               ,
            
             and
             
               sharp
            
             one
             may
             be
             had
             at
             as
             
               easie
               a
               rate
               ,
            
             and
             perhaps
             
               neerer
               at
               hand
               .
            
             But
             we
             are
             mostly
             (
             even
             the
             best
             of
             us
             )
             loth
             to
             deny
             our selves
             ;
             though
             it
             be
             for
             our
             Masters
             ,
             (
             &
             many
             of
             our
             Brethrens
             great
             gain
             and
             )
             advantage
             .
             But
             of
             this
             by
             the
             way
             onely
             ,
             a
             word
             or
             two
             more
             ,
             that
             may
             reach
             to
             all
             ,
             that
             are
             in
             their
             natural
             condition
             ,
             and
             I
             shall
             conclude
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             §
             58.
             
          
           
             In
             the
             last
             place
             ,
             Are
             not
             
               all
               wilfull
               sinners
               arrant
               fools
               ?
            
             who
             
               Adam-like
            
             ,
             will
             receive
             what-ever
             comes
             ,
             or
             is
             offered
             them
             ?
             be
             it
             
               bribe
               ,
            
             or
             other
             sinful
             
               bait
               ,
            
             not
             once
             thinking
             
               this
               is
               forbidden
               fruit
               ,
               and
               thou
               shalt
               die
               the
               death
               .
            
             That
             think
             the
             
               vowed
               enemy
            
             of
             their
             souls
             ,
             can
             offer
             them
             
               a
               bait
            
             without
             
               a
               hook
               ?
            
             you
             cannot
             but
             acknowledg
             them
             stark
             fools
             ,
             though
             thou
             thy self
             beest
             one
             of
             the
             number
             .
          
           
             Again
             ,
             for
             men
             to
             dishonour
             
               God
               ,
            
             and
             blaspheme
             his
             Name
             ,
             while
             he
             does
             support
             and
             relieve
             them
             ,
             to
             runne
             from
             him
             ,
             while
             he
             does
             call
             them
             ,
             and
             forget
             him
             ,
             while
             he
             does
             feed
             them
             .
             To
             imitate
             the
             
               Common
               Protestants
            
             in
             
               Queen
               Maries
            
             time
             ,
             who
             laughed
             the
             
               Martyrs
            
             to
             scorn
             ,
             and
             esteemed
             them
             superstitious
             fools
             ,
             to
             lose
             their
             lives
             and
             fortunes
             ,
             for
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ,
             accounting
             faith
             ,
             holinesse
             ,
             immortality
             of
             the
             soul
             ,
             &c.
             meer
             fopperies
             and
             illusions
             .
             To
             be
             
               quick-sighted
               in
               other
               mens
               failings
               ,
            
             and
             
               blinde
               to
               their
               own
               .
            
             Are
             not
             these
             so
             many
             infallible
             properties
             of
             a
             fool
             ?
             and
             yet
             these
             are
             the
             lively
             characters
             ,
             of
             every
             sensuallist
             .
             In
             so
             much
             ,
             that
             if
             I
             should
             give
             you
             a
             
               list
               ,
            
             or
             
               Catalogue
               of
            
             all
             the
             
               fools
            
             in
             one
             
               City
               ,
            
             or
             
               County
               :
            
             You
             would
             blesse
             your selves
             ,
             that
             there
             are
             so
             few
             
               Bedlam
               houses
               ,
            
             and
             yet
             
               so
               many
               out
               of
               their
               wits
               ,
            
             that
             can
             not
             perceive
             or
             discern
             the
             same
             .
             And
             yet
             no
             wonder
             ;
             for
             as
             I
             told
             you-ere-while
             ,
             Sensual
             men
             are
             so
             be-nighted
             ,
             and
             puzled
             with
             blindnesse
             ,
             that
             they
             
               know
               no
               other
               way
               ,
               then
               the
               flesh
               leads
               them
               .
            
             Yea
             ,
             many
             by
             
               losse
               of
               conscience
            
             become
             
               Atheists
               ;
            
             and
             by
             
               losse
               of
               reason
               ,
               Beasts
               .
            
             Yea
             ,
             to
             any
             thing
             that
             is
             spiritually
             good
             ,
             the
             natural
             man
             is
             
               blinde
               ,
            
             and
             
               deafe
               ,
            
             and
             
               dead
               ,
            
             as
             ye
             may
             see
             by
             these
             ensuing
             
               Scriptures
               ,
            
             1
             Tim.
             5.
             6.
             
             Rom.
             1.
             21
             ,
             22
             ,
             25.
             
             Ephes.
             5.
             14.
             
             Isa.
             6.
             9
             ,
             10.
             
             John
             12
             40.
             
             Psal.
             69.
             23.
             
             Matth.
             4.
             16
             
             &
             15.
             14.
             
             Ephes.
             4.
             18
             ,
             19.
             
             &
             5.
             8.
             1
             Pet.
             2
             9.
             
             Acts
             28.
             27.
             
             Rom.
             11.
             8.
             
             Matth.
             23.
             16
             ,
             17.
             19.
             24.
             26.
             
             &
             27.
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5.
             2
             Pet.
             2.
             16.
             
             Revel.
             3.
             17.
             
             Rom.
             6.
             13.
             
             &
             8.
             11.
             
             Micah
             7.
             16.
             
             Psal.
             58.
             4.
             Eph.
             2.
             1.
             
             
               If
               our
               Gospel
               be
               hid
               ,
               it
               is
               hid
               to
               them
               that
               are
               lost
               ,
               in
               whom
               the
               god
               of
               this
               world
               hath
               blinded
               ,
            
             2
             Cor.
             4.
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             But
             it
             is
             otherwise
             with
             the
             godly
             :
             as
             let
             
               Satan
               ,
            
             or
             the
             
               world
            
             offer
             
               a
               wise
               Christian
            
             the
             
               bait
            
             of
             
               pleasure
               ,
            
             or
             
               profit
               :
            
             his
             answer
             shall
             be
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             
               buy
               repentance
               so
               dear
               :
            
             I
             will
             not
             
               lose
               my
               soul
               ,
            
             to
             
               please
               my
               sense
               .
            
             If
             affliction
             comes
             ,
             he
             will
             consider
             ,
             that
             
               Gods
               punishments
               for
               sinne
               ,
            
             calls
             for
             
               conversion
               from
               sin
               :
            
             and
             in
             case
             
               God
            
             speaks
             to
             him
             by
             his
             
               Word
               ,
            
             to
             forsake
             his
             evill
             wayes
             ,
             and
             turn
             again
             to
             him
             ,
             he
             will
             amend
             his
             course
             ,
             lest
             if
             he
             
               heare
               not
               the
               word
               ,
            
             he
             should
             
               feel
               the
               sword
               .
            
             Whereas
             nothing
             will
             
               confute
               a
               fool
               ,
            
             but
             
               fire
               and
               brimstone
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Lord
               spake
               to
               Manasses
               and
               to
               his
               people
               ;
               but
               they
               would
               not
               regard
               :
               Wherefore
               the
               Lord
               brought
               upon
               them
               the
               Captains
               of
               the
               Host
               of
               the
               King
               of
               Ashur
               ,
               that
               took
               Manasses
               ,
               and
               put
               him
               in
               fetters
               ,
               and
               brought
               him
               in
               chains
               ,
               and
               carried
               him
               to
               Babel
               ,
            
             2
             Chron.
             33.
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             
               Fools
               ,
            
             saith
             holy
             
               David
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               their
               transgression
               ,
               and
               because
               of
               their
               iniquity
               ,
            
             Psal.
             107.
             17.
             
             From
             which
             words
             ,
             
               Musculus
            
             infers
             ,
             that
             all
             
             
               wilfull
               transgressors
            
             are
             
               arrant
               fools
               .
            
             And
             it
             is
             the
             saying
             of
             
               Cardan
               :
            
             That
             
               dishonesty
            
             is
             nothing
             else
             but
             
               folly
            
             and
             
               madnesse
               .
            
             Yea
             ,
             
               Solomon
            
             throughout
             all
             his
             
               Proverbs
               ,
            
             by
             a
             
               fool
               ,
            
             means
             
               the
               natural
               man
               ;
            
             and
             by
             
               a
               wise
               man
               ,
               a
               man
               sanctified
               .
            
             O
             that
             it
             were
             rightly
             learned
             ,
             and
             laid
             to
             heart
             by
             all
             ,
             that
             are
             yet
             in
             the
             state
             of
             un-regeneracy
             !
             for
             it
             is
             every
             one
             of
             their
             cases
             .
             To
             conclude
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             
               Without
               knowledge
               ,
               the
               soul
               is
               not
               good
               ,
            
             Prov.
             19.
             2.
             
             The
             
               ignorant
            
             cannot
             be
             
               innocent
               .
               I
               am
               the
               light
               of
               the
               world
            
             (
             sayes
             
               our
               Saviour
               )
            
             John
             8.
             12.
             
             &
             12.
             46.
             
             
               Where
               light
               is
               not
               ,
               Christ
               is
               not
               :
               for
               Christ
               is
               light
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             §
             59.
             
          
           
             And
             so
             according
             to
             my
             skill
             ,
             I
             have
             
               performed
            
             what
             I
             at
             first
             
               promised
               .
            
             It
             remains
             before
             we
             leave
             it
             ,
             that
             some
             use
             be
             made
             thereof
             ,
             that
             so
             both
             
               wise
            
             and
             
               weak
               ,
            
             may
             learn
             something
             from
             what
             hath
             been
             spoken
             of
             this
             subject
             .
             Wherefore
             ,
             in
             the
             first
             place
             ,
             If
             it
             be
             so
             ,
             that
             both
             the
             
               sensual
            
             and
             
               rational
               ,
            
             even
             all
             that
             are
             yet
             in
             their
             natural
             estate
             ,
             are
             uncapable
             of
             
               divine
               ,
            
             and
             
               super-natural
               knowledge
               ,
            
             that
             they
             are
             
               blinde
            
             touching
             
               spiritual
               things
               .
            
             Then
             let
             not
             any
             carnal
             wretch
             hereafter
             dare
             to
             speak
             evill
             of
             the
             
               things
               ,
               actions
               ,
            
             or
             
               persons
               ,
            
             that
             are
             out
             of
             the
             reach
             of
             his
             capacity
             ,
             but
             silently
             suspend
             his
             judgement
             ,
             untill
             he
             be
             better
             informed
             :
             For
             as
             it
             pertaineth
             not
             to
             the
             
               Rustick
               ,
            
             to
             
               jugde
               of
               letters
               :
            
             So
             it
             belongeth
             not
             to
             
               natural
               men
            
             to
             
               judg
               of
               spiritual
               things
               .
            
             Yea
             ,
             let
             those
             ignorant
             ones
             ,
             that
             have
             used
             to
             speak
             
               evill
               of
               the
               way
               of
               truth
               ,
            
             learn
             to
             
               kick
            
             no
             more
             
               against
               the
               pricks
               ,
            
             lest
             they
             bring
             upon
             themselves
             the
             same
             curse
             ,
             that
             their
             fellows
             did
             ,
             who
             
               brought
               up
               an
               evill
               report
               of
               the
               Holy
               Land
               ,
            
             Num.
             13.
             32
             ,
             33.
             
             &
             14.
             23
             ,
             24.
             
             Yea
             ,
             put
             case
             
               they
               shall
               think
               they
               do
               God
               good
               service
               in
               it
               ,
            
             as
             many
             do
             in
             persecuting
             ,
             and
             putting
             to
             death
             his
             children
             and
             
               Ambassadors
               ,
            
             John
             16.
             2.
             as
             a
             world
             of
             examples
             witnesse
             .
             Yea
             ,
             the
             
               Jews
            
             thought
             they
             did
             marvellous
             well
             ,
             in
             
               crucifying
               the
               Lord
               of
               life
               .
            
             But
             what
             says
             the
             
               holy
               Ghost
               ,
            
             Prov.
             14.
             
             
               There
               is
               a
               way
               that
               seemeth
               right
               unto
               a
               man
               :
               but
               the
               end
               thereof
               are
               the
               ways
               of
               death
               ,
            
             vers.
             12.
             
             Even
             the
             
               Powder-traytors
            
             thought
             they
             merited
             ,
             when
             they
             intended
             to
             
               blow
               up
               the
               whole
               State
               .
            
          
           
             Alass
             ,
             
               Natural
               men
            
             are
             no
             more
             fit
             to
             
               judge
               of
               spiritual
               matters
               ,
            
             then
             
               blinde
               men
               are
               fit
               to
               judge
               of
               colours
               .
            
             And
             yet
             none
             more
             forward
             then
             they
             ;
             as
             you
             may
             see
             by
             those
             
               blinde
               Sodomites
               ,
            
             that
             dealt
             so
             roughly
             and
             coursely
             with
             
               Lot
               and
               his
               two
               Angel●
               ,
            
             Gen.
             19.
             1.
             to
             12.
             
          
           
             That
             they
             are
             ignorant
             ,
             and
             so
             unfit
             ,
             is
             evident
             of
             what
             is
             recorded
             of
             
               Michol
               ,
            
             2
             Sam.
             6.
             16.
             
             Of
             
               Nichodemus
               ,
            
             John
             3.
             4.
             
             Of
             
               Festus
               ,
            
             Acts
             26.
             24.
             
             And
             lastly
             ,
             of
             
               Paul
            
             before
             his
             conversion
             .
             
               I
               was
               ,
            
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               a
               blasphemer
               ,
               a
               persecutor
               ,
               and
               an
               opposer
               of
               Christ
               and
               his
               members
               ;
               but
               I
               did
               it
               ignorantly
               through
               unbelief
               ,
            
             1
             Tim.
             1.
             13.
             
             It
             's
             worth
             your
             observing
             too
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             no
             sooner
             enlightned
             with
             the
             saving
             knowledge
             of
             
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
            
             but
             he
             was
             of
             a
             contrary
             judgement
             ,
             and
             
               preached
               that
               faith
            
             which
             
               before
               he
               condemned
               and
               persecuted
               .
            
             And
             this
             will
             be
             every
             one
             of
             their
             cases
             ,
             in
             the
             end
             ;
             if
             not
             
               in
               this
               life
               ,
            
             yet
             
               hereafter
               ,
            
             when
             
               Hell
               flames
               hath
               opened
            
             
             
               their
               eyes
               ,
            
             they
             will
             confesse
             .
             We
             fools
             thought
             his
             life
             madnesse
             ,
             and
             his
             end
             to
             be
             without
             honour
             :
             How
             is
             he
             now
             numbred
             with
             the
             children
             of
             
               God
               ,
            
             and
             his
             lot
             among
             the
             Saints
             ?
             And
             when
             they
             shall
             see
             it
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             troubled
             with
             horrible
             fear
             ,
             and
             shall
             be
             amazed
             at
             the
             strangeness
             of
             his
             salvation
             ,
             so
             far
             beyond
             all
             that
             they
             looked
             for
             :
             and
             groaning
             for
             anguish
             of
             spirit
             ,
             shall
             say
             within
             themselves
             ,
             This
             is
             he
             whom
             we
             once
             had
             in
             derision
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             proverb
             of
             reproach
             ,
             therefore
             have
             we
             erred
             from
             the
             way
             of
             truth
             ,
             we
             wearied
             our selves
             in
             the
             way
             of
             wickedness
             and
             destruction
             :
             but
             as
             for
             the
             way
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             we
             have
             not
             known
             it
             .
             The
             light
             of
             righteousness
             hath
             not
             shined
             unto
             us
             ,
             nor
             hath
             the
             Son
             of
             righteousness
             arose
             upon
             us
             .
             What
             hath
             pride
             profited
             us
             ?
             or
             what
             good
             hath
             our
             riches
             and
             our
             vaunting
             brought
             us
             ?
             with
             more
             of
             the
             like
             ,
             for
             which
             read
             ,
             
               Wisdom
            
             5.
             
             And
             what
             is
             the
             cause
             they
             acknowledg
             not
             the
             same
             now
             ,
             but
             their
             blindness
             and
             folly
             ?
             and
             because
             they
             
               put
               their
               own
               faults
               in
               that
               part
               of
               the
               wallet
            
             that
             is
             
               behind
               them
               ;
            
             but
             
               ours
               in
               the
               other
               part
               ,
               or
               end
            
             which
             is
             
               before
               them
               :
            
             For
             
               self-examination
               would
               make
            
             their
             judgements
             
               more
               charitable
               .
            
             Read
             al●o
             these
             
               Testimonies
               ,
            
             John
             15.
             21.
             
             &
             16.
             2
             ,
             3.
             Mat.
             16.
             23.
             
             &
             22.
             29.
             1
             Cor.
             2.
             8.
             
             Isa.
             5.
             20.
             
             But
             I
             will
             give
             you
             other
             instances
             .
             Was
             it
             not
             an
             a
             gu●●nt
             that
             
               Haman
            
             was
             
               blinde
               ?
            
             who
             thought
             
               Mordecaies
               not
               bowing
               the
               knee
               to
               hi●
               ,
            
             a
             more
             heinous
             offence
             ,
             then
             
               his
               own
               murthering
               of
               thousands
               ?
            
             Were
             not
             the
             
               Jews
               ,
               Scribes
            
             &
             
               Pharisees
               blind
               ,
            
             who
             could
             see
             more
             unlawfulness
             in
             
               the
               Disciples
               plucking
               a
               few
               ears
               of
               Corn
               on
               the
               sabbath-day
               ?
            
             and
             the
             
               Palsie
               man's
               carrying
               his
               bed
               ;
            
             then
             in
             their
             
               own
               devouring
               of
               Widows
               houses
               ?
            
             who
             thought
             they
             might
             better
             
               murther
               Christ
               ,
            
             then
             others
             
               believe
               in
               him
               ?
            
             and
             be
             themselves
             
               the
               greatest
               of
               sinners
               ,
            
             then
             
               our
               Saviour
               to
               be
               in
               company
               with
               sinners
               ?
            
             Was
             not
             
               Ahab
               blinde
               ?
            
             who
             thought
             
               Elijah
            
             more
             troubled
             
               Israel
               ,
            
             in
             doing
             the
             will
             of
             the
             
               Lord
               ,
            
             then
             himself
             in
             
               provoking
               the
               Lord
               above
               all
               the
               Kings
               of
               Israel
            
             that
             were
             before
             him
             .
             And
             the
             like
             in
             our
             dayes
             .
             Is
             it
             not
             the
             manner
             of
             thousands
             with
             us
             ?
             not
             only
             of
             
               Clownes
               ,
               and
               ill-bred
               people
               ,
               who
               walk
               after
               the
               flesh
               ,
               in
               the
               lusts
               of
               uncleanness
            
             (
             whom
             St.
             
               Peter
            
             cals
             
               bruit
               beasts
               ,
               led
               with
               sensuality
               ,
               and
               made
               to
               be
               taken
               and
               destroyed
               .
               )
            
             But
             of
             
               proud
               wits
               ,
            
             who
             one
             would
             think
             should
             have
             more
             brains
             ,
             and
             know
             something
             ,
             to
             
               speak
               evill
               of
               the
               things
               which
               they
               understand
               not
               ,
            
             2
             Pet.
             2.
             12.
             
             Yea
             ,
             how
             severely
             will
             they
             censure
             ,
             not
             only
             
               things
               indifferent
               ,
            
             but
             the
             most
             holy
             and
             approved
             
               good
               duties
            
             in
             the
             
               godly
               ?
            
             while
             they
             will
             patiently
             passe
             by
             the
             most
             
               heynous
               crimes
               ,
            
             as
             
               cursing
               ,
               blaspheming
               ,
            
             &c.
             
               in
               themselves
            
             and
             
               others
               ;
            
             an
             infallible
             signe
             of
             a
             man
             not
             born
             a-new
             .
             Yea
             ,
             will
             they
             not
             more
             deeply
             censure
             
               our
               serving
               of
               God
               ,
            
             then
             
               their
               own
               blaspheming
               of
               him
               ?
            
             and
             think
             it
             a
             more
             heynous
             offence
             
               in
               us
               to
               be
               holy
               ,
            
             then
             for
             
               themselves
               to
               be
               prophane
               ,
               and
               persecute
               holinesse
               .
            
          
           
             And
             
               what
               one
               does
               ,
               is
               a
               law
               to
               the
               rest
               ,
            
             being
             like
             
               a
               flock
               of
               sheep
               ;
            
             which
             if
             they
             but
             see
             
               one
               take
               a
               wrong
               way
               ,
            
             all
             
               the
               rest
               will
               follow
               .
            
             As
             you
             may
             
             see
             in
             the
             Example
             of
             
               Corah
               ,
               and
               his
               two
               hundred
               and
               fifty
               followers
               ,
            
             in
             
               Demetrius
               and
               his
               fellows
               ,
            
             in
             their
             quarrel
             against
             
               Paul
               and
               his
               companions
               .
            
             And
             lastly
             ,
             in
             
               Lots
               neighbours
               ,
            
             Gen.
             19.
             where
             you
             shall
             read
             ,
             that
             when
             
               some
            
             Godlesse
             persons
             had
             assaulted
             him
             ,
             and
             his
             
               two
               Angels
               ;
               before
               night
               ,
               all
               the
               men
               of
               the
               City
               ,
               from
               the
               young
               even
               to
               the
               old
               ,
               from
               all
               quarters
               compassed
               the
               house
               round
               ,
               seeking
               to
               break
               it
               open
               ,
               railing
               upon
               ,
            
             and
             reviling
             him
             .
             Yea
             ,
             though
             they
             were
             
               strook
               with
               blindnesse
               ,
            
             they
             would
             not
             leave
             off
             ,
             untill
             they
             had
             
               wearied
               themselves
               ,
            
             and
             
               felt
               fire
               and
               brimstone
               about
               their
               cars
               ,
            
             vers.
             4
             to
             2
             5.
             
          
           
             Natural
             men
             in
             heavenly
             things
             ,
             resemble
             
               Shel-fish
               ,
            
             that
             have
             
               no
               smell
               :
            
             Or
             the
             
               Cam●lion
            
             that
             hath
             
               no
               taste
               .
            
             Nor
             do
             they
             
               see
            
             any
             more
             ,
             then
             the
             meer
             
               barke
            
             or
             
               out-side●f
            
             spiritual
             performances
             ,
             2
             
               Sam.
            
             6.
             16.
             
             And
             the
             
               Flesh
               (
               Satans
            
             ready
             
               instrument
               )
            
             will
             be
             ever
             suggesting
             to
             them
             strange
             surmises
             ,
             touching
             what
             the
             
               Religious
            
             either
             
               say
               ,
            
             or
             
               do
               .
            
          
           
             And
             still
             ,
             
               the
               more
               sottish
               ,
               the
               more
               censorious
               :
            
             For
             where
             is
             
               least
               brain
               ,
            
             there
             is
             
               most
               tongue
               ,
            
             and
             
               loudest
               .
            
             Even
             as
             
               a
               Brewers
               Cart
               upon
               the
               stones
               ,
            
             makes
             the
             
               lowdest
               noise
               ,
            
             when
             his
             
               barrels
               are
               emptiest
               .
            
             They
             that
             
               knowleast
               ,
            
             will
             
               censure
               most
               ,
               and
               most
               deeply
               .
            
             It
             is
             from
             the
             
               weakest
               judgements
               ,
            
             that
             the
             
               heaviest
               judgement
            
             comes
             .
             And
             so
             the
             more
             
               censorious
               ,
            
             the
             more
             
               sottish
               ,
            
             seem
             they
             never
             so
             wise
             in
             the
             worlds
             account
             :
             For
             admit
             the●have
             
               a
               shew
               of
               wisdome
               ;
            
             yet
             for
             matter
             of
             
               Religion
            
             and
             
               saving
               knowledge
               ,
            
             they
             
               know
               not
               their
               right
               hand
               from
               their
               left
               ;
            
             as
             it
             fared
             with
             those
             
               sixscore
               thousand
               Ninevites
               ,
            
             Ionas
             4.
             11.
             
          
           
             So
             that
             it
             's
             
               no
               disparagement
            
             to
             us
             ,
             seem
             they
             never
             so
             learned
             :
             As
             what
             but
             their
             ignorance
             makes
             them
             so
             censure
             us
             .
             They
             
               suspect
               much
               ,
            
             because
             they
             
               know
               little
               ;
            
             as
             
               children
               in
               the
               darke
               ,
            
             suppose
             they
             
               see
            
             what
             they
             
               see
               not
               .
            
             Yea
             ,
             
               a
               Dogge
            
             will
             be
             very
             violent
             in
             
               barking
               at
               his
               own
               shadow
            
             on
             a
             
               wall
               ,
            
             or
             face
             in
             a
             
               glasse
               .
            
             The
             
               Duke
               of
               Von●osme
            
             seeing
             his
             own
             and
             others
             
               faces
               in
               a
               well
               ,
            
             call'd
             for
             
               ayd
               against
               the
               Antipodes
               .
               Paglarencis
            
             thought
             himselfe
             cozened
             ,
             when
             he
             saw
             
               his
               sow
               had
               eleven
               Pigs
               ,
            
             and
             
               his
               Mare
               but
               one
               Foale
            
             that
             would
             be
             confest
             .
             So
             that
             they
             are
             like
             
               Harpast
               ,
            
             a
             blinde
             woman
             in
             
               Seneca's
               family
               ,
            
             who
             found
             fault
             with
             the
             
               darknesse
               of
               the
               house
            
             when
             the
             fault
             was
             in
             
               her
               want
               of
               sight
               .
            
             Or
             the
             
               Owle
               ,
            
             that
             complained
             of
             the
             
               glory
               of
               the
               Sunne
               ,
            
             when
             the
             fault
             was
             in
             her
             
               own
               eyes
               .
            
             Or
             like
             
               Pentheus
               ,
            
             in
             
               Euripides
               his
               Bacchus
               ,
            
             who
             supposed
             he
             saw
             
               two
               Sunnes
               ,
               two
               Thebes
               ,
            
             every
             thing
             double
             :
             when
             
               his
               brain
            
             alone
             was
             troubled
             .
             Or
             those
             that
             are
             
               vertiginous
               ,
            
             who
             thinke
             
               all
               things
               turn
               round
               ,
            
             all
             e●re
             :
             when
             the
             errour
             is
             onely
             in
             
               their
               own
               brains
               .
            
             And
             so
             much
             for
             caution
             to
             the
             one
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             §
             60.
             
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             for
             comfort
             to
             the
             other
             ;
             If
             all
             natural
             men
             are
             (
             like
             
               Sampson
            
             without
             
               his
               guide
               ,
               )
            
             not
             able
             without
             the
             
               Holy
               Ghosts
            
             direction
             ,
             to
             finde
             out
             the
             
               Pillars
               of
               the
               house
               ,
            
             the
             principles
             of
             faith
             :
             let
             us
             not
             wonder
             ,
             that
             they
             swerve
             so
             much
             from
             the
             godly
             in
             their
             judgement
             ,
             and
             practice
             :
             As
             is
             it
             any
             strange
             thing
             to
             see
             
               a
               blinde
               man
               stumble
               and
               fall
               ?
            
             Neither
             let
             us
             be
             discouraged
             ,
             maugre
             all
             their
             slander
             &
             opposition
             .
             Nor
             think
             the
             worse
             of
             our selves
             ,
             if
             such
             shall
             reproach
             us
             never
             so
             :
             The
             
               Corinthians
            
             exceedingly
             slighted
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             he
             was
             this
             ,
             and
             he
             was
             that
             ;
             But
             what
             says
             
               Paul
               ?
               With
               me
               it
               is
               a
               very
               small
               thing
               that
               I
               should
               be
               judged
               of
               you
               ,
            
             1
             Cor.
             4.
             3
             ,
             4.
             
             VVe
             know
             
               little
               children
            
             will
             often
             
               laugh
               at
               wise
               men
               ,
            
             when
             they
             are
             about
             serious
             and
             necessary
             affairs
             :
             which
             notwithstanding
             is
             not
             an
             argument
             of
             the
             unworthiness
             of
             the
             things
             they
             laugh
             at
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             folly
             of
             them
             which
             laugh
             .
             Will
             the
             
               Merchant
            
             be
             discouraged
             because
             
               his
               wine
            
             pleaseth
             not
             a
             
               sicke
               mans
               palate
               ?
            
             Much
             lesse
             cause
             have
             we
             to
             be
             discouraged
             by
             their
             distaste
             ,
             or
             dislike
             of
             us
             and
             our
             actions
             ,
             as
             having
             more
             certainty
             to
             rely
             upon
             ;
             they
             perhaps
             have
             
               sense
               ,
               reason
               ,
            
             and
             
               experience
            
             to
             rely
             upon
             ,
             but
             we
             have
             them
             with
             the
             advantage
             of
             
               Gods
               Word
               ,
            
             and
             
               Spirit
               ,
            
             and
             
               Faith
               ,
               three
               infallible
               witnesses
               .
            
             Yea
             ,
             we
             have
             great
             cause
             to
             rejoyce
             ,
             that
             they
             revile
             ,
             and
             speak
             evil
             of
             us
             .
             For
             his
             
               is
            
             both
             
               a
               token
               of
               perdition
               to
               them
               ,
               and
               to
               us
               of
               salvation
               ,
               and
               that
               of
               God
               ,
            
             as
             the
             
               Apostle
            
             phraseth
             it
             ,
             
               Phil.
            
             1.
             28.
             
          
           
             True
             ,
             they
             may
             raise
             any
             slander
             upon
             the
             best
             of
             us
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Chief
               Priests
            
             did
             upon
             
               our
               Saviour
               ,
            
             Math.
             28.
             13
             ,
             14.
             and
             that
             slander
             may
             be
             believed
             time
             out
             of
             minde
             ,
             (
             as
             
               the
               Jewes
               to
               this
               day
               believe
               that
               his
               Disciples
               stole
               him
               cut
               of
               the
               Sepulchre
               )
               Matth.
            
             28.
             15.
             to
             the
             hardning
             of
             many
             in
             their
             
               Atheism
               ,
            
             and
             
               Unbelief
               :
            
             For
             what
             should
             hinder
             ?
             When
             
               Naboth
            
             was
             proved
             to
             be
             
               a
               blasphemer
               of
               God
               ,
            
             and
             
               Susanna
            
             a
             whore
             upon
             oath
             ;
             and
             the
             same
             recorded
             to
             posterity
             ;
             when
             
               Ieremiah
            
             was
             reported
             to
             be
             
               an
               enemy
               to
               the
               State
               ?
               Paul
               a
               polluter
               of
               the
               Temple
               ?
               Steven
               a
               destroyer
               of
               the
               Law
               ?
            
             All
             
               the
               Disciples
               deceivers
               ,
            
             and
             
               Christ
            
             himselfe
             
               a
               wine-bibber
               ,
               a
               Sabbath-breaker
               ,
               a
               seducer
               of
            
             
             
               the
               people
               ,
               a
               Belzebub
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             So
             we
             may
             perhaps
             under-goe
             the
             like
             ,
             in
             one
             kind
             or
             other
             (
             as
             the
             
               Devils
               servants
               ,
            
             want
             neither
             
               wit
            
             nor
             
               malice
            
             to
             devise
             ;
             )
             But
             what
             need
             it
             trouble
             us
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             it
             shall
             
               add
               waight
               to
               our
               Crowns
               ?
            
             For
             if
             we
             any
             way
             
               suffer
               for
               Christ
               ,
            
             be
             it
             but
             
               rebuke
            
             for
             his
             sake
             ,
             
               happy
               are
               we
               here
               ,
               and
               great
               shall
               our
               reward
               be
               in
               heaven
               ,
               Mat.
            
             5.
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             VVherefore
             let
             us
             
               never
            
             be
             
               ashamed
               of
               our
               Masters
               service
               ,
            
             nor
             of
             their
             censures
             :
             No
             matter
             what
             
               Judas
            
             saith
             touching
             
               Maries
               ointment
               ,
            
             so
             long
             as
             
               Christ
            
             approves
             of
             it
             .
             Did
             
               our
               Saviour
               Christ
            
             forbear
             to
             
               heal
               on
               the
               Sabbath
               day
               ,
            
             because
             the
             
               Scribes
               and
               Pharisees
            
             took
             it
             ●ll
             ?
             no
             ,
             but
             rather
             did
             it
             the
             more
             ,
             
               Luke
            
             6.
             7.
             to
             12.
             and
             
               Luke
            
             13.
             31
             ,
             32.
             
             VVhen
             
               Peter
            
             and
             
               John
               were
               charged
               to
               speak
               no
               more
               in
               the
               name
               of
               Jesus
               ;
            
             their
             answer
             was
             ,
             
               We
               cannot
               but
               speak
               that
               which
               we
               have
               heard
               and
               seen
               ,
            
             Acts
             4.
             20.
             
             VVhen
             
               Michol
            
             scoft
             
               David
               ,
               and
               called
               him
               fool
               for
            
             his
             
               dancing
               before
               the
               Arke
               ,
            
             His
             answer
             was
             ,
             
               I
               will
               be
               yet
               more
               vile
               ,
               and
               more
               lowly
               in
               mine
               own
               eyes
               .
            
             He
             knew
             that
             nothing
             could
             be
             more
             
               heroical
               ,
            
             then
             this
             very
             
               abasement
               .
            
             And
             it
             is
             our
             very
             case
             .
             Every
             
               scoffing
               Michol
               ,
            
             (
             for
             none
             else
             will
             do
             it
             )
             every
             
               drunken
               sot
               ,
            
             derides
             our
             holy
             profession
             :
             but
             with
             
               God
            
             and
             the
             
               gracious
               ,
            
             we
             shall
             be
             had
             in
             honour
             .
             Yea
             ,
             our
             very
             malicious
             ,
             and
             scoffing
             adversaries
             shall
             
               honour
               us
               ,
               by
               deriding
               us
               .
               Their
               dispraise
            
             is
             
               a
               mans
               honour
               ,
               their
               praise
               his
               dishonour
               .
            
             VVherefore
             let
             us
             imitate
             St.
             
               Austin
               ;
            
             who
             as
             he
             
               feared
            
             the
             praise
             of
             
               good
               men
               ,
            
             so
             he
             
               detested
            
             that
             of
             
               evill
               ,
            
             and
             ungodly
             men
             .
             And
             take
             our
             
               Saviours
            
             counsel
             ;
             seek
             to
             justifie
             our
             judgements
             ,
             to
             
               the
               children
               of
               wisdome
               ,
               of
               whom
               she
               is
               justified
               ;
            
             and
             not
             to
             fools
             ,
             by
             whom
             she
             is
             daily
             crucified
             .
             Neither
             let
             any
             think
             the
             better
             of
             such
             whom
             they
             extoll
             ;
             for
             the
             
               blinde
               eat
               many
               a
               flie
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             §
             61.
             
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             are
             the
             one
             
               regenerate
               ,
            
             the
             other
             
               carnall
               ?
            
             the
             one
             
               of
               this
               world
               ,
            
             the
             other
             
               chosen
               out
               of
               it
               ?
            
             the
             one
             
               children
               of
               light
               ,
            
             and
             of
             the
             
               day
               ,
            
             the
             other
             
               blinde
               and
               in
               darknesse
               ?
            
             the
             one
             
               Christs
               friends
               ,
            
             the
             other
             
               his
               enemies
               ?
            
             do
             the
             one
             
               live
               after
               the
               flesh
               ,
            
             the
             other
             
               after
               the
               spirit
               ,
            
             Gal.
             5.
             15.
             1
             Pet.
             4.
             2.
             
             Then
             
             look
             we
             for
             
               no
               love
            
             from
             ,
             or
             
               peace
            
             with
             them
             :
             
               Different
               dispositions
            
             can
             
               never
               agree
               .
            
             There
             can
             be
             
               no
               amity
               ,
            
             where
             there
             is
             
               no
               sympathy
               .
               Athens
            
             and
             
               Sparta
            
             could
             never
             agree
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             one
             was
             addicted
             to
             serve
             
               Minerva
               ,
            
             the
             other
             
               Mars
               .
            
             Yea
             ,
             when
             it
             was
             said
             of
             
               Phocian
            
             and
             
               Demosthenes
               ,
            
             that
             they
             could
             never
             agree
             ;
             it
             was
             answered
             ,
             No
             ,
             how
             should
             they
             ?
             when
             the
             
               one
               drinks
               water
               ,
            
             and
             
               the
               other
               wine
               .
            
             Much
             more
             may
             it
             be
             applyed
             to
             these
             ,
             when
             the
             
               holy
               Ghost
            
             sayes
             ,
             2
             
               Cor.
            
             6.
             
             
               What
               communion
               between
               light
               and
               darknesse
               ?
               what
               peace
               between
               the
               Believer
               and
               the
               Infidel
               ?
               or
               unbeliever
               ,
            
             vers.
             14
             ,
             15.
             
             And
             in
             another
             place
             ;
             
               Know
               ye
               not
               ,
               that
               the
               amity
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               is
               the
               enmity
               of
               God
               ?
               And
               that
               whosoever
               will
               be
               a
               friend
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               maketh
               himselfe
               the
               enemy
               of
               God
               ,
            
             Jam.
             4.
             4.
             
             And
             again
             ,
             
               He
               that
               is
               borne
               after
               the
               flesh
               ,
               will
               persecute
               him
               that
               is
               born
               after
               the
               Spirit
               ,
            
             Gal.
             4.
             29.
             
             Yea
             ,
             
               Solomon
            
             tels
             us
             directly
             ,
             and
             in
             plain
             terms
             ,
             That
             
               a
               wicked
               man
               is
               abomination
               to
               the
               just
               ;
               and
               that
               he
               who
               is
               upright
               in
               his
               way
               ,
               is
               abomination
               to
               the
               wicked
               ,
            
             Pro.
             29.
             27.
             
             Even
             our
             very
             ways
             which
             
               God
            
             hath
             commanded
             us
             to
             walke
             in
             ,
             are
             abomination
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             VVhence
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Naturall
               man
               can
               agree
               with
            
             all
             that
             be
             
               naturall
               ;
            
             be
             they
             
               civill
               ,
            
             or
             
               prophane
               ,
               Turkes
               ,
            
             or
             
               Jewes
               ,
               Papists
            
             or
             
               Atheists
               ,
            
             because
             all
             these
             
               agree
            
             with
             him
             
               in
               blindnesse
               ,
            
             and
             
               darknesse
               :
            
             But
             with
             
               a
               sincere
               ,
               and
               holy
               Christian
               ,
               a
               practicer
               of
               piety
               ,
               he
               can
               never
               agree
               ,
            
             because
             his
             
               light
            
             is
             contrary
             to
             the
             
               natural
               mans
               darknesse
               ;
               Grace
               in
               the
               one
               ,
            
             is
             a
             secret
             
               disgrace
               to
               the
               other
               .
            
             VVherefore
             to
             be
             without
             enemies
             ,
             or
             to
             have
             such
             our
             friends
             ,
             we
             may
             rather
             wish
             then
             hope
             ;
             yea
             ,
             once
             to
             expect
             it
             ,
             were
             an
             effect
             of
             
               frenzy
               ,
            
             not
             of
             
               hope
               .
            
             Onely
             let
             not
             us
             by
             
               our
               offending
               God
               ,
            
             or
             jarring
             amongst
             our selves
             ,
             
               put
               weapons
               into
               their
               hands
            
             to
             wound
             us
             withal
             :
             and
             then
             we
             are
             sure
             to
             have
             
               Christ
            
             (
             who
             is
             able
             enough
             to
             vindicate
             all
             our
             wrongs
             )
             to
             
               assist
               us
               ,
            
             and
             
               prevent
               our
               Enemies
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             §
             62.
             
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             If
             none
             be
             truly
             wise
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             have
             pass'd
             the
             
             
               second
               birth
               ;
            
             and
             that
             
               this
               wisdome
            
             which
             makes
             us
             differ
             ,
             
               cometh
               downe
               from
               the
               Father
               of
               lights
               ;
            
             and
             that
             we
             cannot
             have
             it
             ,
             except
             
               God
            
             vouchsafe
             to
             give
             it
             us
             :
             it
             may
             teach
             us
             to
             be
             
               humble
               ,
            
             Job
             42.
             6.
             
             And
             not
             like
             the
             
               Ape
               ,
            
             that
             is
             
               proud
               of
               his
               Masters
               jacket
               :
            
             And
             
               thankefull
               ,
            
             for
             Heavenly
             notions
             ,
             grow
             not
             in
             us
             ;
             wee
             spin
             them
             not
             out
             of
             our
             own
             breasts
             .
             Nor
             was
             there
             any
             thing
             in
             us
             ,
             that
             makes
             us
             differ
             :
             we
             
               slept
               nigh
               half
               our
               time
               in
               ignorance
               ,
            
             and
             that
             wee
             
               ever
               awakened
               ,
            
             it
             was
             onely
             
               Gods
            
             infinite
             goodnesse
             and
             
               free
               grace
               .
            
             VVhat
             cause
             have
             we
             then
             to
             blesse
             the
             giver
             ?
             And
             to
             become
             suiters
             to
             our
             
               Saviour
            
             in
             their
             behalf
             ,
             who
             are
             not
             yet
             awake
             :
             That
             he
             will
             be
             pleased
             to
             open
             their
             eyes
             ,
             and
             remove
             that
             
               vail
               which
               is
               laid
               over
               their
               hearts
               ,
               in
               their
               hearing
               the
               Gospel
               ,
            
             2
             Cor.
             3.
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             16.
             
             And
             in
             the
             mean-time
             ,
             let
             us
             condole
             their
             disastres
             ,
             and
             drop
             some
             teares
             in
             pity
             and
             compassion
             for
             their
             great
             and
             grievous
             misery
             .
          
           
             Fifthly
             ,
             and
             lastly
             ,
             If
             with
             
               God
            
             one
             spark
             of
             
               spiritual
               ,
               experimental
               ,
            
             and
             
               saving
               knowledge
               ,
            
             be
             of
             
               more
               worth
               then
               all
               humane
               wisdome
               and
               learning
               ,
            
             then
             strive
             we
             after
             that
             knowledge
             that
             will
             make
             us
             for
             ever
             blessed
             .
             Let
             us
             so
             
               be
               learned
               ,
            
             that
             we
             may
             
               be
               saved
               .
            
             Let
             us
             not
             in
             our
             
               hearing
               ,
               reading
               ,
            
             and
             
               communication
               ,
            
             do
             as
             
               little
               children
               ,
            
             that
             
               looke
            
             onely
             
               upon
               the
               babies
               in
               a
               Booke
               ,
            
             without
             regard
             to
             the
             
               matter
            
             therein
             contained
             .
             But
             like
             
               men
               in
               yeares
               ,
            
             have
             more
             respect
             to
             the
             
               pith
               ,
               and
               solidity
               of
               the
               matter
               ,
            
             then
             to
             the
             
               phrase
               ;
            
             and
             to
             the
             
               profit
               of
               our
               souls
               ,
            
             then
             the
             
               pleasing
               of
               our
               senses
               .
            
             Yea
             ,
             let
             us
             so
             minde
             what
             we
             either
             hear
             or
             read
             ;
             that
             if
             any
             
               vertue
            
             be
             
               commended
               ,
            
             we
             
               practice
               it
               ;
            
             if
             any
             
               vice
               condemned
               ,
            
             we
             
               avoid
            
             it
             ;
             if
             any
             
               consolation
            
             be
             
               insinuated
               ,
            
             we
             
               appropriate
               it
               ;
            
             if
             any
             
               good
               example
            
             be
             
               propounded
               ,
            
             wee
             
               follow
               it
               .
            
             Yea
             ,
             so
             minde
             wee
             what
             we
             hear
             ,
             or
             read
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             spoke
             onely
             to
             each
             of
             us
             in
             particular
             ;
             which
             to
             do
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             for
             ever
             happy
             .
             
               Good
               counsell
            
             for
             our
             
               young
               Gulls
               ,
            
             who
             will
             hear
             no
             other
             
               Ministers
            
             but
             such
             as
             
               flatter
               sinne
               ,
            
             and
             
               flout
               holinesse
               ;
            
             nor
             read
             other
             
               Books
               ,
            
             then
             such
             as
             
               fill
               them
               with
               Pride
               ,
            
             and
             
               Lust
               ,
            
             and
             
               the
               Devil
               .
            
          
           
             So
             I
             have
             given
             you
             a
             good
             ,
             and
             profitable
             Book
             ,
             
               one
               faultlesse
            
             
             
               fault
               being
               born
               with
               .
            
             An
             answer
             that
             may
             satisfie
             such
             as
             shall
             make
             the
             
               Objection
               I
               expect
               ,
               viz.
            
             about
             repetition
             ,
             which
             I
             take
             to
             be
             a
             fault
             deserving
             thanks
             .
          
           
             If
             any
             shall
             finde
             themselves
             gainers
             by
             reading
             of
             this
             piece
             ,
             let
             them
             also
             peruse
             the
             
               two
               fore-going
               parts
               ,
            
             viz.
             
               The
               Hearts
               Index
               ,
            
             and
             
               A
               short
               and
               sure
               way
               to
               Grace
               and
               salvation
               ,
            
             as
             treating
             upon
             the
             most
             needful
             subjects
             for
             a
             natural
             mans
             conversion
             ,
             that
             I
             could
             think
             of
             :
             The
             which
             being
             small
             things
             ,
             are
             sold
             onely
             by
             
               James
               Crump
               ,
            
             in
             
               Little
               Bartholomews
               ,
            
             wel-yard
             ;
             And
             by
             
               Henry
               Cripps
               ,
            
             in
             
               Popes-head
               Alley
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           
             Not
             to
             mention
             all
             the
             litterall
             mistakes
             ,
             and
             points
             misplaced
             ;
             there
             is
             one
             fault
             in
             the
             Title
             page
             so
             grosse
             ,
             (
             though
             it
             past
             the
             view
             ,
             both
             of
             Transcriber
             ,
             Composer
             ,
             Corrector
             ,
             and
             Authour
             ,
             without
             being
             discerned
             :
             )
             that
             it
             would
             be
             mended
             with
             a
             pen
             ,
             and
             of
          
           Floreligus
           ,
           
             made
          
           Florilegus
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
      
  

