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             Sectaries vnmasked and confuted. By the treating upon divers points of doctrine in debate betwixt the Presbyterialists and sectarists, Anabaptists, Independents, and Papists. / By George Palmer wel-wisher to a warrantable uniformity in godly religious exercises.
             Palmer, George, b. 1596 or 7.
          
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               SECTARIES
               VNMASKED
               AND
               CONFVTED
               .
               BY
               The
               treating
               upon
               divers
               Points
               of
               Doctrine
               in
               debate
               betwixt
               the
               Presbyterialists
               and
               Sectarists
               ,
               Anabaptists
               ,
               Independents
               ,
               and
               Papists
               .
               By
               GEORGE
               PALMER
               wel-wisher
               to
               a
               warrantable
               Uniformity
               in
               Godly
               Religious
               exercises
               .
            
             
               Out
               of
               the
               mouth
               of
               Babes
               and
               Sucklings
               thou
               hast
               ordained
               strength
               ,
               because
               of
               thine
               enemies
               ,
            
             
               Psal.
               8.
               2.
               Matth.
               21.
               15
               ,
               16.
               
            
             
               If
               these
               should
               hold
               their
               peace
               ,
               the
               stones
               would
               immediately
               cry
               out
               ,
            
             
               Luke
               19.
               40.
               
            
             
               And
               my
               speech
               ,
               &c.
               was
               not
               with
               enticing
               words
               of
               mans
               wisdome
               ,
               but
               in
               demonstration
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               of
               power
               ,
               that
               your
               faith
               should
               not
               stand
               in
               the
               wisdome
               of
               men
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               power
               of
               God
               ,
            
             
               1
               Cor.
               2.
               4
               ,
               5.
               
            
             
               London
               ,
               
                 Printed
                 by
              
               Richard
               Cotes
               ,
               1647.
               
            
          
           
           
           
             
               TO
               THE
               CHRISTIAN
               READER
               .
            
             
               
                 Beloved
                 ,
              
            
             
               IT
               may
               seem
               strange
               to
               you
               ,
               that
               I
               am
               approached
               to
               the
               Presse
               ;
               And
               I
               confesse
               it
               is
               strange
               to
               my self
               .
               And
               therefore
               ,
               both
               you
               and
               I
               may
               revive
               the
               ancient
               proverb
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               Is
               
                 Saul
              
               among
               the
               Prophets
               ?
               But
               yet
               considering
               the
               great
               distractions
               among
               the
               children
               of
               God
               generally
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               a
               time
               after
               so
               manifest
               issues
               of
               blood
               ,
               which
               have
               been
               mortall
               to
               many
               hundred
               thousands
               ,
               and
               yet
               notwithstanding
               wee
               being
               in
               want
               of
               the
               two
               happy
               staves
               ;
               
                 viz.
              
               the
               staffe
               of
               Beauty
               ,
               and
               the
               staffe
               of
               Bands
               :
               And
               that
               they
               are
               obtained
               ,
               First
               ,
               by
               a
               warrantable
               uniformity
               in
               godly
               exercises
               of
               our
               true
               Religion
               ,
               which
               is
               compared
               ●o
               a
               staffe
               of
               bands
               ;
               and
               the
               second
               (
               which
               is
               a
               consequence
               of
               the
               first
               )
               
                 viz.
              
               unity
               of
               affection
               ,
               which
               is
               compared
               to
               a
               staffe
               of
               beauty
               ,
               these
               two
               being
               the
               supporters
               of
               a
               people
               from
               confusion
               and
               destruction
               ,
               where-ever
               they
               have
               their
               being
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               considering
               also
               ,
               that
               although
               a
               man
               ought
               to
               see
               to
               his
               owne
               house
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               adventure
               to
               meddle
               with
               his
               neighbours
               dwellings
               ,
               untill
               hee
               bee
               called
               by
               an
               outward
               voice
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               by
               an
               inward
               provocation
               ,
               and
               
               that
               notwithstanding
               upon
               an
               extraordinary
               case
               of
               danger
               ,
               hee
               may
               (
               if
               not
               absolutely
               prohibited
               )
               put
               to
               his
               helping
               hand
               when
               a
               whole
               City
               is
               on
               fire
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               then
               expected
               that
               their
               neighbours
               should
               come
               without
               an
               outward
               call
               ,
               and
               put
               to
               their
               helping
               hands
               .
               Provided
               that
               when
               hee
               appeareth
               ,
               hee
               bee
               allowed
               and
               approved
               by
               those
               in
               Authority
               there
               ,
               that
               he
               bee
               able
               to
               doe
               good
               and
               not
               hurt
               ;
               And
               also
               ,
               considering
               how
               many
               have
               adventured
               now
               in
               these
               times
               of
               danger
               ,
               that
               have
               been
               much
               defective
               in
               some
               things
               by
               them
               put
               forth
               :
               And
               further
               seeing
               some
               have
               thrust
               forth
               the
               poyson
               of
               Aspes
               to
               the
               increasing
               of
               our
               Kingdomes
               sicknesse
               :
               And
               also
               that
               many
               have
               been
               permitted
               to
               use
               their
               Pens
               ,
               who
               were
               but
               private
               men
               ,
               and
               perhaps
               ,
               they
               have
               not
               all
               of
               them
               brought
               gold
               ,
               nor
               much
               silver
               ,
               yet
               accepted
               too
               :
               These
               things
               being
               by
               mee
               thus
               considered
               ,
               and
               being
               absolutely
               perswaded
               that
               I
               have
               some
               water
               to
               quench
               the
               fire
               ;
               and
               also
               some
               gold
               ,
               if
               not
               silver
               ,
               and
               pearles
               ,
               to
               helpe
               repaire
               what
               wilde
               fire
               hath
               exhausted
               ;
               I
               therefore
               have
               adventured
               toward
               the
               ruinated
               House
               of
               this
               our
               Israel
               :
               And
               my
               chiefe
               care
               is
               to
               bring
               such
               materialls
               as
               is
               most
               wanting
               to
               it
               ,
               for
               if
               I
               come
               not
               with
               fitting
               matter
               ,
               I
               shall
               doe
               little
               good
               ,
               if
               not
               much
               hurt
               ,
               as
               some
               others
               have
               done
               before
               mee
               :
               Yea
               ,
               I
               ,
               in
               so
               doing
               ,
               may
               too
               easily
               increase
               the
               flame
               .
               For
               sometimes
               ,
               the
               lesse
               straw
               or
               combustible
               matter
               is
               best
               ,
               especially
               when
               the
               fire
               is
               too
               neare
               the
               thatch
               already
               ;
               And
               so
               many
               (
               that
               seeme
               to
               bee
               friendly
               helpers
               )
               are
               crafty
               hinderers
               in
               this
               our
               great
               necessity
               :
               And
               truly
               I
               see
               many
               at
               worke
               ,
               and
               labour
               at
               it
               too
               ,
               but
               they
               cannot
               well
               conclude
               about
               those
               things
               that
               are
               wanting
               to
               this
               House
               .
               Therefore
               I
               am
               busied
               in
               the
               viewing
               of
               the
               materialls
               ,
               which
               (
               as
               I
               thinke
               )
               bee
               those
               that
               truly
               belong
               to
               some
               speciall
               parts
               of
               this
               frame
               ;
               the
               which
               are
               sought
               for
               by
               many
               ,
               and
               yet
               scarce
               found
               ;
               (
               especially
               by
               divers
               of
               the
               Sectaries
               :
               )
               One
               saith
               ,
               this
               is
               the
               piece
               that
               ought
               to
               be
               next
               ;
               and
               another
               saith
               to
               him
               ,
               that
               that
               piece
               doth
               not
               belong
               
               to
               any
               part
               of
               the
               building
               ,
               but
               that
               it
               belongs
               to
               
                 Romes
              
               Synagogue
               ;
               and
               another
               hee
               would
               lay
               a
               foundation
               where
               there
               is
               a
               good
               one
               already
               ;
               and
               a
               fourth
               ,
               hee
               would
               take
               away
               both
               that
               good
               one
               already
               laid
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               that
               perhaps
               should
               lye
               somewhat
               neare
               it
               too
               ;
               and
               a
               fifth
               ,
               hee
               like
               a
               cunning
               fox
               ,
               would
               perswade
               them
               that
               it
               doth
               not
               belong
               to
               any
               of
               them
               all
               to
               build
               about
               that
               frame
               ,
               and
               tells
               them
               in
               plaine
               termes
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               not
               lawfully
               called
               to
               build
               there
               in
               this
               Workmanship
               ;
               his
               policy
               was
               no
               other
               ,
               but
               to
               keep
               them
               at
               strife
               from
               building
               ,
               untill
               the
               House
               were
               quite
               consumed
               by
               his
               wilde-fire
               brought
               from
               
                 Rome
                 ,
              
               to
               which
               place
               hee
               did
               belong
               ,
               (
               but
               that
               hee
               had
               cloathed
               himself
               in
               a
               sheeps
               skin
               ,
               and
               would
               be
               thought
               to
               bee
               a
               true
               sheep
               ,
               that
               hee
               might
               the
               more
               easier
               deceive
               .
               )
               But
               I
               am
               sure
               there
               are
               many
               honest
               builders
               ,
               and
               they
               are
               lawfully
               called
               too
               ,
               and
               also
               that
               they
               have
               true
               materialls
               ,
               but
               that
               notwithstanding
               this
               fox
               ,
               with
               wolves
               ,
               and
               certaine
               beasts
               of
               the
               bottomlesse
               pit
               doe
               hinder
               them
               ,
               by
               putting
               all
               the
               parts
               of
               the
               materialls
               of
               the
               House
               in
               such
               a
               mixture
               of
               confusion
               ,
               that
               many
               who
               have
               least
               policy
               ,
               cannot
               easily
               finde
               the
               true
               piece
               that
               is
               to
               bee
               laid
               next
               in
               the
               building
               :
               And
               some
               other
               of
               them
               doe
               know
               the
               right
               pieces
               ,
               but
               will
               not
               confesse
               which
               they
               are
               ,
               because
               they
               would
               hinder
               the
               other
               builders
               ,
               that
               so
               they
               may
               take
               some
               of
               the
               parts
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               build
               little
               caves
               for
               their
               owne
               private
               profit
               and
               gaine
               ;
               My
               paines
               herein
               ,
               is
               to
               describe
               the
               true
               parts
               of
               this
               frame
               ,
               and
               to
               lay
               them
               in
               order
               ready
               for
               those
               that
               are
               the
               true
               builders
               ,
               and
               to
               unmaske
               the
               counterfeit
               builders
               ,
               (
               or
               rather
               ,
               the
               pullers
               of
               it
               downe
               )
               as
               also
               to
               helpe
               the
               weake
               in
               judgement
               ,
               who
               can
               scarce
               know
               the
               right
               piece
               ,
               or
               true
               part
               of
               the
               building
               ,
               because
               the
               smoakie
               flame
               hath
               discoloured
               it
               :
               I
               doe
               perswade
               my selfe
               ,
               if
               this
               could
               well
               bee
               done
               ,
               wee
               should
               soone
               build
               peaceably
               ,
               lovingly
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               godly
               uniformity
               ,
               though
               some
               peevishnesse
               would
               bee
               still
               amongst
               many
               ,
               
               because
               they
               have
               suffered
               some
               losse
               since
               this
               flame
               began
               .
            
             
               My
               endeavour
               is
               to
               shew
               what
               the
               Church
               of
               Christ
               in
               the
               largest
               sense
               ,
               doth
               consist
               of
               ,
               and
               who
               ought
               to
               feed
               them
               ,
               and
               who
               ought
               to
               ordaine
               those
               Pastors
               ;
               and
               where
               ,
               or
               how
               they
               should
               dwell
               ,
               and
               many
               particular
               Points
               that
               are
               in
               difference
               betwixt
               the
               Presbyterialists
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               dissent
               from
               them
               in
               the
               government
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               If
               you
               thinke
               mee
               too
               tart
               in
               my
               passages
               ,
               I
               pray
               consider
               with
               me
               ,
               that
               the
               government
               of
               the
               Church
               is
               no
               light
               fly
               ;
               it
               is
               either
               a
               great
               happinesse
               if
               it
               be
               in
               a
               good
               frame
               ,
               or
               a
               great
               misery
               if
               it
               be
               in
               confusion
               ,
               we
               have
               experience
               of
               it
               too
               much
               already
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               my
               sharpnesse
               is
               not
               intended
               to
               any
               ,
               but
               to
               those
               that
               deserve
               it
               ,
               to
               others
               it
               is
               not
               meant
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               I
               beleeve
               that
               rationall
               men
               ,
               and
               single-hearted
               ,
               will
               not
               much
               dissent
               from
               me
               in
               those
               things
               which
               I
               have
               laboured
               to
               prove
               and
               maintain
               for
               truth
               .
            
             
               Fourthly
               ,
               I
               am
               ready
               to
               receive
               a
               confutation
               in
               any
               thing
               wherein
               you
               can
               with
               either
               Scripture
               or
               Reason
               confute
               mee
               ;
               provided
               ,
               that
               you
               doe
               not
               argue
               against
               Scripture
               ,
               where
               a
               Babe
               may
               not
               onely
               read
               ,
               but
               as
               easily
               conclude
               what
               is
               truth
               .
            
             
               Sixthly
               ,
               perhaps
               my
               plainnesse
               in
               phrase
               and
               method
               may
               dislike
               some
               that
               have
               more
               learning
               in
               the
               Tongues
               ,
               and
               other
               Liberall
               Arts
               to
               display
               truth
               with
               ,
               I
               intreat
               them
               to
               note
               what
               my
               end
               is
               in
               this
               my
               paines
               ,
               not
               to
               come
               with
               excellency
               of
               speech
               ,
               if
               I
               had
               it
               ,
               I
               aime
               at
               truth
               of
               matter
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               that
               which
               we
               have
               need
               of
               in
               these
               times
               .
            
             
               Seventhly
               ,
               I
               beleeve
               that
               they
               are
               the
               vulgar
               sort
               of
               people
               that
               have
               most
               need
               of
               helpe
               in
               these
               Points
               I
               treat
               of
               ;
               for
               the
               Learned
               I
               hope
               ,
               there
               are
               not
               many
               of
               them
               that
               doe
               
               much
               miscarry
               in
               these
               things
               ,
               nor
               will
               dissent
               from
               the
               substantialls
               in
               them
               .
            
             
               Eightly
               ,
               if
               I
               chance
               to
               come
               out
               a
               second
               time
               ,
               it
               may
               hap
               I
               may
               sore
               higher
               then
               some
               looke
               for
               ,
               but
               I
               would
               first
               appeare
               to
               the
               weakest
               ,
               for
               they
               are
               those
               that
               the
               wolves
               doe
               watch
               to
               make
               a
               prey
               of
               chiefly
               ;
               therefore
               I
               would
               endeavour
               to
               secure
               them
               ,
               and
               then
               I
               passe
               very
               little
               to
               meet
               with
               both
               Fox
               ,
               Wolfe
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Frogs
               of
               
                 Rome
                 :
              
               And
               so
               much
               I
               beleeve
               you
               will
               conclude
               upon
               ,
               when
               you
               see
               their
               skins
               so
               pulled
               about
               their
               eares
               ,
               as
               in
               this
               Booke
               they
               lye
               ,
               if
               a
               course
               be
               but
               timely
               taken
               with
               them
               ,
               they
               will
               rather
               be
               gone
               from
               us
               ,
               then
               stay
               to
               be
               so
               mangled
               ,
               as
               here
               they
               be
               .
            
             
               Ninthly
               ,
               I
               intreat
               you
               to
               bee
               advised
               by
               mee
               in
               this
               one
               thing
               ,
               especially
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               when
               any
               Point
               is
               treated
               upon
               in
               any
               Booke
               ,
               wherein
               the
               Text
               to
               prove
               a
               Doctrine
               by
               ,
               is
               not
               expressed
               at
               large
               by
               the
               Author
               ,
               but
               the
               place
               named
               by
               figures
               onely
               ,
               there
               take
               good
               heed
               lest
               you
               (
               too
               soone
               )
               make
               a
               conclusion
               of
               a
               (
               supposed
               )
               truth
               ,
               before
               you
               looke
               in
               the
               Text
               it selfe
               ;
               for
               many
               Writers
               doe
               not
               rehearse
               the
               sentence
               it self
               ,
               but
               name
               the
               place
               ,
               and
               so
               goe
               on
               in
               argument
               with
               it
               ;
               and
               many
               times
               the
               Reader
               makes
               a
               conclusion
               as
               the
               Author
               of
               the
               booke
               doe
               conceive
               to
               bee
               the
               truth
               ,
               although
               it
               bee
               many
               times
               false
               ;
               therefore
               it
               were
               good
               that
               all
               Writers
               would
               rehearse
               the
               sentence
               of
               the
               Scripture
               they
               quote
               to
               prove
               any
               thing
               by
               ,
               at
               least
               in
               a
               matter
               that
               is
               of
               any
               great
               weight
               ,
               as
               in
               this
               Book
               I
               doe
               .
               Another
               thing
               I
               intreat
               of
               you
               ,
               which
               is
               this
               ,
               that
               you
               will
               read
               seriously
               ,
               and
               minde
               onely
               that
               you
               read
               (
               free
               from
               distraction
               or
               trouble
               of
               minde
               )
               as
               you
               read
               ;
               and
               read
               through
               a
               Point
               from
               the
               beginning
               to
               the
               end
               ,
               when
               you
               read
               .
               And
               when
               you
               have
               a
               Booke
               ,
               whose
               matter
               is
               sure
               Divinity
               ,
               and
               short
               for
               memory
               ,
               and
               plaine
               for
               capacity
               ,
               keep
               that
               by
               you
               to
               view
               continually
               .
            
             
             
               I
               intreat
               the
               Reader
               to
               accept
               of
               this
               my
               good
               will
               to
               doe
               him
               good
               ,
               and
               by
               his
               so
               doing
               ,
               I
               shall
               bee
               well
               satisfied
               ;
               and
               bee
               ready
               in
               any
               way
               I
               may
               or
               can
               be
               able
               to
               be
            
             
               
                 Your
                 Servant
                 George
                 Palmer
                 .
              
               
                 Canterbury
                 ,
                 
                   June
                   11.
                   1647.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Sectaries
               unmasked
               and
               confuted
               .
            
             
               NO
               separation
               ought
               to
               bee
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               Christ
               ,
               nor
               divisions
               ,
               or
               forsaking
               the
               assemblies
               
                 of
                 our selves
              
               together
               in
               the
               publick
               Ordinances
               of
               godly
               and
               religious
               exercises
               ;
               
               Rom.
               16.
               17.
               
               
                 Mark
                 them
                 which
                 cause
                 divisions
                 and
                 offences
                 contrary
                 to
                 the
                 Doctrine
                 which
                 yee
                 have
                 learned
                 ,
                 and
                 avoid
                 them
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               1
               Cor.
               1.
               10.
               
               
                 Now
                 I
                 beseech
                 you
                 brethren
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 our
                 Lord
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 that
                 yee
                 all
                 speak
                 the
                 same
                 thing
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 there
                 bee
                 no
                 divisions
                 among
                 you
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 yee
                 bee
                 perfectly
                 joyned
                 together
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 minde
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 judgement
                 .
              
               And
               in
               Chap.
               3.
               3.
               
               
                 Yee
                 are
                 yet
                 carnall
                 ;
                 for
                 whereas
                 there
                 is
                 among
                 you
                 envie
                 and
                 strife
                 ,
                 and
                 divisions
                 ,
                 are
                 ye
                 not
                 carnall
                 ?
                 &c.
              
               And
               Heb.
               10.
               24
               ,
               25.
               
               
                 Let
                 us
                 consider
                 one
                 another
                 ,
                 to
                 provoke
                 unto
                 love
                 and
                 to
                 good
                 workes
                 :
                 Not
                 forsaking
                 the
                 assembling
                 of
                 our selves
                 together
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 some
                 is
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               1
               Cor.
               12.
               24
               ,
               25
               ,
               26.
               
               
                 God
                 hath
                 tempered
                 the
                 body
                 together
                 ,
                 having
                 given
                 more
                 abundant
                 honor
                 to
                 that
                 part
                 which
                 lacked
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 should
                 be
                 no
                 Schisme
                 in
                 the
                 body
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 the
                 members
                 should
                 have
                 the
                 same
                 care
                 one
                 of
                 another
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 suffer
                 one
                 with
                 another
                 .
              
               By
               all
               these
               places
               of
               Scriptures
               it
               doth
               appear
               that
               the
               Church
               should
               have
               no
               divisions
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               Christs
               body
               :
               I
               say
               it
               should
               not
               have
               divisions
               ;
               for
               although
               at
               some
               times
               it
               had
               some
               divisions
               ,
               yet
               the
               Apostles
               did
               alwayes
               endeavour
               to
               reclaime
               them
               from
               such
               divisions
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               see
               by
               these
               texts
               of
               Scriptures
               here
               now
               quoted
               .
               
               But
               it
               is
               to
               bee
               now
               considered
               ,
               what
               kind
               of
               Divisions
               those
               were
               (
               at
               least
               chiefly
               )
               that
               the
               Apostle
               doth
               disclaim
               ,
               which
               was
               amongst
               those
               members
               hee
               then
               did
               dehort
               these
               
                 Corinthians
              
               from
               :
               and
               how
               farre
               he
               then
               (
               for
               the
               present
               )
               did
               (
               condescending
               to
               their
               weaknesse
               )
               permit
               them
               liberty
               of
               conscience
               ;
               for
               ,
               as
               I
               said
               ,
               hee
               did
               endeavour
               to
               settle
               them
               in
               one
               way
               of
               religious
               exercises
               void
               of
               division
               ,
               though
               (
               for
               the
               present
               )
               hee
               permitted
               them
               some
               liberty
               of
               conscience
               in
               some
               things
               that
               were
               of
               least
               concernment
               ,
               and
               not
               destructive
               to
               the
               whole
               Body
               ,
               or
               indanger
               it
               to
               an
               absolute
               confusion
               ;
               And
               to
               this
               end
               ,
               I
               will
               first
               look
               over
               the
               Texts
               already
               quoted
               ,
               and
               produce
               what
               I
               am
               able
               from
               them
               ;
               and
               after
               that
               produce
               Reasons
               to
               
               shew
               the
               inconveniences
               that
               comes
               by
               the
               divisions
               that
               are
               amongst
               Christians
               in
               their
               religious
               exercises
               .
               
               Briefly
               ,
               and
               also
               the
               happines
               that
               we
               may
               attain
               unto
               by
               a
               godly
               unity
               in
               affection
               ;
               and
               next
               after
               I
               will
               by
               Arguments
               endeavour
               to
               shew
               ,
               that
               this
               unity
               in
               affection
               is
               much
               forwarded
               by
               a
               uniformity
               in
               religious
               exercises
               ,
               
               where
               it
               may
               be
               attained
               in
               a
               warrantable
               way
               ;
               and
               next
               ,
               whether
               we
               may
               not
               now
               in
               these
               our
               dayes
               attain
               unto
               these
               things
               ,
               
               without
               offending
               (
               at
               least
               much
               )
               any
               (
               good
               )
               conscience
               though
               weak
               .
               And
               then
               I
               will
               hang
               forth
               some
               signes
               or
               characters
               by
               which
               wee
               may
               collect
               which
               party
               is
               in
               most
               fault
               in
               their
               conversations
               between
               those
               that
               stand
               for
               the
               Presbyterialists
               government
               ,
               
               (
               or
               at
               least
               nearest
               it
               )
               and
               those
               that
               dissent
               from
               it
               ,
               and
               proceed
               to
               the
               Independent
               ways
               ,
               which
               they
               call
               Congregationall
               ,
               
               that
               so
               we
               may
               by
               that
               meanes
               see
               our
               hearts
               more
               clearly
               :
               For
               doubtlesse
               many
               of
               us
               that
               are
               assured
               that
               we
               have
               some
               goodnes
               in
               truth
               in
               us
               ,
               are
               not
               so
               forward
               and
               apt
               to
               espy
               our
               sinister
               ends
               ,
               or
               by-respects
               ;
               and
               that
               it
               is
               a
               great
               tryall
               to
               a
               man
               (
               who
               having
               once
               interessed
               himself
               to
               maintaine
               an
               opinion
               )
               to
               undergoe
               a
               disgrace
               by
               renouncing
               it
               afterwards
               ,
               
               though
               he
               be
               convinced
               in
               his
               judgement
               ;
               And
               I
               will
               briefly
               note
               some
               things
               that
               may
               move
               us
               to
               give
               God
               the
               glory
               ,
               and
               our selves
               take
               some
               shame
               ,
               seeing
               wee
               all
               deserve
               it
               .
               And
               lastly
               ,
               indeavour
               to
               perswade
               those
               that
               stand
               for
               the
               Presbyteriall
               government
               to
               imbrace
               those
               (
               that
               renounce
               the
               other
               wayes
               ,
               or
               any
               sins
               whatsoever
               )
               without
               casting
               their
               sins
               in
               their
               teeth
               ;
               for
               ,
               in
               many
               things
               wee
               sin
               all
               .
               The
               first
               Text
               quoted
               ,
               is
               ,
               Rom.
               16.
               17.
               
               
                 Now
                 I
                 beseech
                 you
                 Brethren
                 ,
              
               
               
                 marke
                 them
                 which
                 cause
                 divisions
                 and
                 offences
                 ,
                 contrary
                 to
                 the
                 doctrine
                 which
                 yee
                 have
                 learned
                 ,
                 and
                 avoid
                 them
                 ;
                 for
                 they
                 that
                 are
                 such
                 ,
                 serve
                 not
                 our
                 Lord
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 but
                 their
                 own
                 belly
                 and
                 by
                 good
                 words
                 and
                 faire
                 speeches
                 deceive
                 the
                 hearts
                 of
                 the
                 simple
                 .
              
               The
               scope
               of
               these
               Texts
               ,
               is
               ,
               to
               prevent
               divisions
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               these
               
                 Romans
              
               which
               in
               some
               was
               already
               begun
               ,
               and
               that
               division
               was
               in
               their
               not
               assembling
               themselves
               according
               to
               the
               Apostles
               institution
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               some
               pretence
               ,
               
               that
               all
               that
               
                 Paul
              
               had
               taught
               ,
               was
               not
               an
               absolute
               truth
               ,
               for
               they
               divided
               contrary
               to
               the
               doctrine
               ,
               which
               they
               had
               received
               (
               saith
               the
               Text
               )
               (
               for
               in
               some
               case
               a
               man
               may
               divide
               ,
               but
               he
               must
               have
               some
               warrantable
               cause
               )
               but
               the
               end
               of
               this
               their
               division
               was
               not
               to
               serve
               Christ
               Jesus
               ,
               but
               their
               own
               bellies
               ;
               (
               for
               so
               saith
               the
               Text
               )
               and
               this
               must
               be
               done
               in
               or
               by
               some
               faire
               colourable
               demeanor
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               good
               words
               ,
               and
               fair
               speeches
               (
               saith
               the
               Text
               )
               but
               all
               this
               was
               but
               to
               deceive
               ,
               (
               saith
               the
               Apostle
               )
               and
               because
               they
               could
               not
               delude
               the
               wise
               ,
               therefore
               they
               would
               tamper
               with
               the
               ignorant
               ,
               (
               for
               so
               saith
               the
               Text
               )
               they
               deceive
               
               the
               hearts
               of
               the
               simple
               ;
               from
               hence
               I
               note
               also
               ,
               that
               these
               were
               false
               Teachers
               ,
               that
               did
               make
               this
               division
               for
               their
               own
               private
               gain
               ;
               
                 viz.
              
               to
               suck
               from
               the
               poore
               silly
               people
               ,
               in
               way
               of
               pretence
               to
               teach
               them
               the
               truth
               (
               for
               they
               did
               it
               to
               serve
               their
               belly
               .
               )
               You
               shal
               see
               more
               of
               them
               in
               some
               of
               the
               next
               Scriptures
               following
               .
               The
               next
               Scripture
               quoted
               ,
               was
               1
               
                 Cor
                 1.
                 10.
                 
                 Now
                 I
                 beseech
                 you
                 brethren
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 our
                 Lord
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 that
                 yee
                 all
                 speake
                 the
                 same
                 thing
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 there
                 be
                 no
                 divisions
                 among
                 you
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 you
                 be
                 perfectly
                 joyned
                 together
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 mind
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 judgment
                 .
              
               In
               this
               Scripture
               the
               Apostle
               perswades
               these
               
                 Corinthians
                 ,
              
               from
               division
               amongst
               the
               common
               hearers
               there
               ,
               (
               chiefly
               at
               least
               )
               and
               shewes
               some
               cause
               of
               it
               in
               them
               ,
               and
               that
               was
               for
               want
               of
               a
               mind
               and
               judgement
               well
               informed
               ,
               and
               therefore
               they
               did
               much
               contend
               with
               each
               other
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               11
               verse
               you
               may
               see
               .
               And
               therefore
               they
               were
               partiall
               in
               respecting
               and
               affecting
               of
               their
               Teachers
               without
               just
               cause
               ;
               (
               for
               those
               Preachers
               were
               so
               knowing
               ,
               that
               they
               did
               not
               differ
               in
               their
               judgements
               in
               those
               things
               they
               taught
               )
               but
               this
               was
               their
               carnality
               in
               affecting
               the
               Preacher
               more
               for
               his
               wisdome
               in
               words
               and
               phrases
               ,
               &c.
               rather
               then
               for
               the
               truth
               of
               matter
               ,
               (
               as
               is
               very
               likely
               and
               cleare
               in
               the
               17
               verse
               )
               for
               there
               hee
               saith
               he
               did
               not
               preach
               the
               Gospel
               with
               wisdome
               of
               words
               ,
               (
               that
               is
               ,
               chiefly
               )
               lest
               the
               Crosse
               of
               Christ
               should
               be
               made
               of
               none
               effect
               .
               But
               by
               what
               hath
               been
               observed
               here
               chiefly
               for
               our
               purpose
               ,
               is
               ,
               that
               there
               ought
               to
               have
               been
               no
               divisions
               amongst
               them
               ,
               seeing
               there
               was
               no
               cause
               ;
               and
               in
               Chap.
               3.
               ver.
               3.
               he
               did
               also
               forbid
               divisions
               ,
               and
               tells
               them
               the
               reason
               of
               it
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               they
               were
               carnall
               ,
               and
               lookt
               upon
               their
               Teachers
               more
               then
               to
               Gods
               word
               and
               working
               by
               the
               Ministery
               of
               their
               Preachers
               ,
               as
               is
               to
               be
               seen
               in
               the
               fifth
               verse
               :
               and
               truly
               I
               must
               note
               one
               thing
               more
               from
               the
               words
               of
               the
               third
               verse
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               this
               ;
               The
               reason
               why
               men
               have
               not
               their
               judgement
               better
               informed
               ,
               is
               ,
               because
               they
               doe
               not
               renounce
               their
               carnall
               corruptions
               ,
               for
               the
               more
               a
               man
               desi●eth
               to
               renounce
               his
               corruptions
               ,
               the
               better
               understanding
               he
               shall
               have
               in
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ;
               
                 Yee
                 are
                 carnall
                 ,
              
               said
               hee
               .
               But
               I
               passe
               to
               the
               two
               other
               Scriptures
               named
               ,
               for
               they
               are
               those
               which
               I
               doe
               most
               intend
               for
               my
               (
               chiefe
               )
               purpose
               .
               
               The
               first
               of
               them
               is
               
                 Heb.
              
               10.
               24
               ,
               25.
               these
               are
               the
               words
               of
               the
               Text
               ,
               
                 Not
                 forsaking
                 the
                 assembling
                 of
                 our selves
                 together
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 some
                 is
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               In
               this
               verse
               the
               Apostle
               pre-admonisheth
               them
               to
               beware
               that
               they
               bee
               not
               drawne
               away
               from
               their
               publick
               Assemblies
               in
               their
               godly
               exercises
               by
               the
               examples
               or
               enticing
               of
               some
               that
               had
               already
               forsaken
               them
               .
               By
               the
               Apostles
               expression
               in
               this
               verse
               it
               seems
               those
               that
               did
               forsake
               ,
               did
               not
               shew
               forth
               any
               notorious
               evill
               ayme
               or
               end
               ,
               
               (
               for
               the
               present
               )
               wherefore
               they
               did
               forsake
               the
               assembling
               of
               themselves
               together
               with
               those
               that
               the
               Apostle
               here
               forewarneth
               ,
               therefore
               those
               might
               have
               some
               close
               colourable
               pretence
               ,
               which
               as
               yet
               did
               not
               breake
               out
               ,
               but
               some
               evill
               ayme
               they
               had
               ,
               for
               the
               Apostle
               noteth
               them
               and
               forewarneth
               the
               rest
               ,
               
                 Selah
                 .
              
               Surely
               ,
               it
               was
               an
               evill
               in
               them
               ,
               (
               for
               the
               Apostles
               Constitution
               was
               good
               in
               the
               government
               he
               had
               established
               amongst
               them
               )
               it
               seemes
               here
               also
               that
               amongst
               the
               Church
               of
               God
               divisions
               are
               naught
               ,
               for
               the
               Apostle
               endeavours
               the
               contrary
               ,
               what
               ever
               the
               intent
               be
               of
               those
               that
               forsake
               and
               divide
               without
               some
               apparent
               and
               weighty
               cause
               .
               
               The
               next
               place
               is
               1
               
                 Cor.
              
               12.
               24
               ,
               25
               ,
               26.
               
               I
               will
               name
               but
               part
               of
               the
               first
               verse
               ,
               and
               then
               all
               the
               rest
               ;
               these
               are
               the
               words
               ,
               
                 God
                 hath
                 tempered
                 the
                 body
                 together
                 ,
                 having
                 given
                 more
                 abundant
                 honour
                 to
                 that
                 part
                 which
                 lacked
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 should
                 bee
                 no
                 schisme
                 in
                 the
                 body
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 the
                 members
                 should
                 have
                 the
                 same
                 care
                 one
                 of
                 another
                 ;
              
               And
               whether
               one
               member
               suffer
               ,
               all
               the
               members
               suffer
               with
               it
               ;
               or
               one
               member
               be
               honoured
               ,
               all
               the
               members
               rejoyce
               with
               it
               ;
               the
               Apostle
               in
               these
               verses
               excellently
               alludeth
               to
               the
               body
               of
               a
               man
               ,
               to
               shew
               the
               constitution
               or
               frame
               of
               Christs
               mysticall
               body
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               his
               Church
               on
               earth
               ,
               that
               ,
               as
               the
               body
               of
               man
               consists
               of
               divers
               members
               ,
               so
               doth
               the
               Church
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               have
               their
               severall
               offices
               of
               care
               and
               good
               performances
               one
               unto
               the
               other
               ,
               and
               if
               any
               member
               suffer
               ,
               the
               residue
               are
               sensible
               of
               its
               wants
               of
               prosperity
               ;
               and
               if
               it
               bee
               well
               and
               healthfull
               ,
               the
               residue
               of
               the
               members
               of
               the
               body
               rejoyce
               with
               it
               ,
               because
               the
               honouring
               of
               one
               member
               is
               the
               honouring
               of
               the
               whole
               ,
               (
               as
               a
               gold-ring
               on
               the
               finger
               ,
               is
               esteemed
               an
               ornament
               to
               the
               whole
               body
               )
               &c.
               
               Thus
               it
               is
               with
               the
               mysticall
               body
               of
               Christ
               ,
               (
               saith
               the
               Apostle
               in
               ver.
               27
               ,
               28.
               )
               they
               are
               to
               take
               care
               one
               of
               another
               ,
               as
               the
               corporall
               body
               of
               man
               ,
               the
               which
               it
               cannot
               doe
               if
               it
               bee
               divided
               member
               from
               member
               ;
               therefore
               (
               saith
               the
               Apostle
               in
               ver.
               24.
               )
               
                 God
                 hath
                 tempered
                 the
                 body
                 together
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               and
               in
               ver.
               25.
               he
               tells
               us
               ,
               that
               the
               end
               of
               Gods
               joyning
               the
               members
               together
               thus
               ,
               is
               ,
               that
               there
               should
               be
               no
               Schism
               in
               the
               body
               ,
               but
               that
               the
               members
               should
               have
               the
               same
               care
               one
               of
               another
               ;
               thus
               it
               is
               with
               the
               mysticall
               body
               of
               Christ
               ,
               if
               the
               members
               be
               divided
               ,
               then
               is
               the
               body
               (
               spirituall
               )
               weakned
               ,
               and
               in
               great
               imperfection
               and
               danger
               ,
               especially
               if
               many
               members
               be
               either
               lame
               ,
               or
               quite
               divided
               from
               it
               .
               
               Thus
               you
               see
               by
               all
               these
               Texts
               of
               holy
               Scriptures
               ,
               that
               Schismes
               ,
               Divisions
               ,
               and
               forsakings
               the
               Assemblies
               (
               of
               Gods
               people
               )
               in
               the
               onely
               way
               of
               Religious
               exercises
               is
               utterly
               forbid
               ,
               and
               the
               Reasons
               (
               in
               some
               particulars
               )
               also
               rendred
               by
               the
               Apostle
               in
               the
               words
               of
               this
               12
               Chap.
               of
               1
               
                 Cor.
              
               24
               ,
               25
               ,
               &
               26
               verses
               :
               Now
               next
               I
               am
               
               to
               perform
               three
               things
               which
               I
               have
               promised
               you
               ,
               before
               I
               come
               to
               the
               
                 Goliah
              
               and
               his
               younger
               brethren
               ,
               and
               of
               these
               three
               things
               I
               will
               be
               briefe
               ,
               
               (
               for
               I
               long
               untill
               I
               come
               to
               the
               main
               ones
               .
               )
               The
               first
               is
               ,
               to
               shew
               by
               Reasons
               ,
               That
               divisions
               in
               godly
               exercises
               of
               our
               Religion
               ,
               do
               occasion
               great
               inconveniences
               to
               the
               Church
               or
               children
               of
               God
               ;
               First
               ,
               it
               estrangeth
               and
               weakeneth
               their
               affections
               one
               towards
               the
               other
               :
               this
               we
               have
               experience
               of
               enough
               already
               on
               both
               sides
               ,
               amongst
               us
               in
               these
               dayes
               :
               I
               shall
               not
               need
               to
               use
               many
               words
               to
               cause
               you
               to
               conclude
               with
               me
               this
               truth
               ,
               for
               by
               our
               divisions
               in
               some
               points
               of
               doctrine
               ,
               and
               much
               more
               in
               the
               government
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               the
               severall
               ways
               that
               severall
               persons
               and
               Congregations
               steer
               ;
               the
               Church
               is
               divided
               or
               weakned
               in
               their
               affections
               .
               
               Secondly
               ,
               by
               these
               divisions
               there
               is
               produced
               an
               evill
               opinion
               one
               of
               another
               ,
               whereupon
               one
               is
               jealous
               of
               the
               other
               ,
               lest
               the
               one
               do
               circumvent
               the
               other
               in
               his
               way
               ,
               which
               hee
               hath
               resolved
               to
               walke
               and
               rest
               in
               ,
               (
               for
               all
               men
               in
               every
               way
               in
               Religion
               ,
               accounts
               his
               one
               way
               best
               ,
               and
               therefore
               thinks
               him
               not
               so
               good
               as
               himselfe
               that
               differs
               from
               his
               wayes
               )
               whereupon
               (
               upon
               smal
               occasions
               )
               they
               wil
               be
               ready
               to
               flout
               and
               scoffe
               at
               each
               other
               ,
               and
               to
               fall
               at
               length
               to
               blows
               perhaps
               too
               .
               
               Thirdly
               ,
               when
               our
               affections
               are
               so
               weake
               towards
               each
               other
               ,
               then
               Civill
               wars
               are
               apt
               to
               bee
               amongst
               us
               ,
               for
               every
               one
               will
               bee
               jealous
               lest
               the
               other
               would
               rob
               him
               of
               ,
               or
               divert
               him
               from
               that
               which
               hee
               accounts
               so
               precious
               in
               his
               own
               way
               of
               Religion
               .
               
               Fourthly
               ,
               when
               wee
               be
               so
               much
               divided
               ,
               then
               wee
               are
               liable
               to
               be
               a
               prey
               to
               a
               common
               Enemy
               .
               Fifthly
               ,
               by
               divisions
               (
               in
               these
               kinds
               )
               we
               are
               liable
               to
               have
               Teachers
               of
               divers
               errors
               ,
               to
               a
               farther
               confusion
               in
               Religion
               ;
               
               for
               the
               severall
               preachers
               of
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               that
               are
               Preachers
               to
               so
               many
               severall
               sorts
               of
               Sects
               ,
               will
               bee
               as
               strange
               to
               each
               other
               themselves
               ,
               so
               that
               they
               will
               not
               meet
               to
               conferre
               together
               about
               Religion
               (
               or
               at
               least
               but
               few
               together
               )
               because
               there
               are
               but
               few
               of
               many
               Sects
               ,
               that
               are
               of
               good
               ability
               in
               knowledge
               (
               as
               Preachers
               )
               and
               so
               they
               will
               bee
               the
               more
               unable
               to
               know
               and
               preach
               the
               truth
               to
               the
               people
               .
               
               Sixthly
               ,
               there
               will
               bee
               little
               power
               in
               any
               to
               punish
               or
               restrain
               those
               that
               are
               to
               be
               restrained
               or
               punished
               ,
               because
               the
               State
               will
               bee
               so
               divided
               both
               in
               opinions
               and
               severall
               Companies
               :
               in
               sum
               ,
               we
               shall
               be
               an
               absolute
               
                 Babel
                 .
              
               The
               next
               in
               order
               (
               which
               I
               promised
               you
               )
               is
               the
               benefit
               or
               happinesse
               which
               we
               may
               attaine
               unto
               by
               a
               godly
               unity
               in
               affection
               ;
               I
               hope
               much
               need
               not
               to
               bee
               said
               of
               this
               ,
               for
               all
               people
               have
               experience
               of
               it
               (
               unlesse
               fooles
               and
               little
               Infants
               ,
               &c.
               )
               but
               yet
               something
               of
               it
               I
               will
               note
               in
               
               particular
               .
               
               First
               ,
               I
               will
               (
               in
               summe
               )
               conclude
               in
               this
               truth
               ,
               that
               the
               deprivation
               of
               inconveniences
               is
               an
               injoying
               of
               happinesse
               ;
               for
               if
               that
               which
               is
               evill
               bee
               taken
               away
               ,
               there
               remaineth
               that
               which
               is
               good
               ,
               and
               so
               saith
               
                 Solomon
              
               in
               these
               words
               ,
               
                 Take
                 away
                 the
                 drosse
                 from
                 the
                 silver
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 remaineth
                 a
                 vessell
                 for
                 the
                 refiner
                 .
              
               Wee
               shall
               then
               bee
               joyned
               in
               our
               affections
               to
               love
               each
               other
               ,
               the
               which
               will
               have
               joyned
               to
               it
               a
               good
               opinion
               of
               each
               other
               ,
               and
               this
               is
               in
               holy
               Scripture
               called
               the
               staffe
               of
               Beauty
               ;
               Neither
               shall
               we
               be
               so
               jealous
               of
               each
               other
               with
               an
               evill
               suspition
               ,
               nor
               fall
               to
               blowes
               ,
               nor
               jars
               ,
               nor
               Civill
               wars
               .
               For
               then
               we
               shall
               be
               joyned
               together
               in
               one
               ,
               and
               be
               a
               staffe
               of
               Bands
               ;
               and
               being
               so
               ,
               wee
               shall
               the
               lesse
               feare
               a
               Common
               enemy
               ;
               then
               shall
               our
               Preachers
               meet
               ,
               advise
               ,
               and
               conferre
               together
               ,
               for
               to
               be
               the
               better
               able
               to
               teach
               us
               the
               truth
               ,
               yea
               ,
               they
               and
               we
               shall
               bee
               so
               amiable
               to
               each
               other
               ,
               as
               that
               they
               will
               bee
               incouraged
               to
               watch
               over
               us
               with
               joy
               ,
               and
               not
               with
               grief
               ,
               the
               which
               will
               be
               (
               not
               unprofitable
               ,
               but
               )
               profitable
               unto
               us
               ;
               then
               we
               may
               retain
               a
               power
               to
               restrain
               errors
               ,
               Heresies
               ,
               and
               stubbornnesse
               in
               evill
               ;
               (
               In
               sum
               )
               I
               say
               ,
               we
               shall
               not
               be
               a
               
                 Babel
              
               of
               confusion
               ,
               but
               as
               a
               flock
               of
               doves
               or
               sheep
               ,
               by
               this
               blessed
               unity
               in
               godlinesse
               ,
               here
               in
               this
               world
               ,
               and
               attain
               everlasting
               blisse
               after
               this
               life
               ended
               ,
               in
               heaven
               with
               God
               and
               his
               holy
               Angels
               .
               One
               point
               more
               I
               have
               to
               wade
               in
               ,
               before
               I
               come
               to
               the
               
                 Hydra
              
               and
               his
               young
               ones
               ;
               And
               that
               is
               this
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               
               That
               a
               godly
               unity
               in
               affection
               is
               much
               forwarded
               by
               a
               lawfull
               uniformity
               in
               divine
               Ordinances
               .
               I
               hope
               I
               shall
               not
               need
               to
               trouble
               my self
               nor
               the
               Readers
               hereof
               with
               many
               arguments
               to
               make
               this
               good
               ,
               seeing
               we
               now
               are
               taught
               it
               by
               wofull
               experience
               ,
               (
               by
               the
               want
               of
               it
               )
               but
               yet
               I
               will
               begin
               with
               an
               authentick
               Scripture
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               in
               matter
               of
               Religion
               ,
               for
               that
               is
               it
               which
               most
               occasions
               either
               unity
               ,
               (
               if
               we
               well
               comply
               together
               )
               or
               divisions
               ,
               if
               we
               dissent
               from
               others
               in
               it
               ,
               (
               for
               we
               esteem
               that
               best
               ,
               which
               wee
               think
               will
               most
               advantage
               us
               )
               for
               men
               do
               not
               usually
               strive
               much
               for
               chaffe
               or
               drosse
               ,
               but
               for
               wheat
               ,
               gold
               ,
               silver
               ,
               or
               pearles
               ,
               or
               such
               like
               things
               .
               This
               Scripture
               is
               
                 Heb.
              
               10.
               24
               ,
               25.
               these
               are
               the
               words
               ,
               
                 Let
                 us
                 consider
                 one
                 another
                 to
                 provoke
                 unto
                 love
                 and
                 good
                 works
                 ,
                 not
                 forsaking
                 the
                 assembling
                 of
                 our selves
                 together
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 some
                 is
                 ;
                 but
                 exhorting
                 one
                 another
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               Let
               us
               ,
               said
               hee
               ,
               (
               we
               who
               are
               not
               disunited
               in
               our
               way
               of
               our
               godly
               exercises
               of
               Religion
               )
               provoke
               one
               another
               to
               love
               and
               good
               works
               ;
               as
               if
               hee
               should
               say
               ,
               Wee
               who
               are
               not
               divided
               from
               each
               other
               in
               our
               ways
               of
               godly
               exercises
               ,
               are
               not
               divided
               in
               our
               assemblies
               ,
               whereby
               we
               may
               be
               helpfull
               one
               to
               each
               other
               ,
               in
               provoking
               each
               other
               to
               love
               ,
               (
               that
               is
               ,
               unity
               in
               affection
               )
               and
               good
               works
               .
               And
               that
               this
               is
               the
               true
               genuall
               sense
               of
               the
               verse
               ,
               
               it
               will
               appeare
               in
               the
               next
               verse
               ,
               where
               he
               dehorteth
               them
               from
               forsaking
               the
               assembling
               of
               themselves
               together
               ,
               as
               the
               manner
               of
               some
               then
               was
               .
               In
               which
               words
               you
               may
               see
               that
               some
               (
               having
               forsaken
               the
               uniformity
               in
               those
               godly
               exercises
               ,
               which
               these
               that
               are
               here
               exhorted
               did
               perform
               )
               had
               forsaken
               their
               assemblies
               also
               ,
               and
               therefore
               had
               lost
               this
               good
               opportunity
               which
               these
               in
               ver.
               24.
               had
               (
               that
               is
               to
               say
               )
               to
               provoke
               unto
               love
               and
               to
               good
               works
               ;
               you
               may
               know
               by
               experience
               ,
               that
               what
               one
               man
               disliketh
               in
               another
               ,
               doth
               cause
               so
               much
               the
               less
               love
               or
               liking
               in
               him
               towards
               that
               man
               in
               whom
               he
               imagineth
               something
               worthy
               of
               his
               dislike
               ;
               for
               the
               true
               proverb
               is
               ,
               Like
               loveth
               its
               like
               ,
               and
               the
               more
               they
               faile
               in
               their
               likenesse
               ,
               the
               lesse
               they
               love
               :
               and
               this
               holdeth
               in
               every
               thing
               that
               is
               esteemed
               good
               ,
               and
               the
               more
               good
               the
               matter
               or
               thing
               is
               accounted
               by
               one
               party
               ,
               and
               disliked
               by
               the
               other
               ,
               the
               more
               will
               their
               affections
               of
               love
               bee
               abated
               ,
               especially
               in
               mankinde
               ,
               and
               much
               more
               in
               divine
               things
               and
               heavenly
               ordinances
               .
               Now
               I
               come
               to
               the
               chiefe
               Master-piece
               ,
               or
               
                 Goliah
              
               with
               his
               armour-bearer
               :
               
               And
               that
               is
               ,
               Whether
               wee
               in
               these
               our
               times
               may
               not
               attaine
               to
               this
               uniformity
               in
               a
               warrantable
               way
               ,
               without
               much
               offending
               any
               good
               conscience
               ,
               (
               though
               weake
               )
               that
               so
               we
               may
               attaine
               to
               this
               unity
               of
               affection
               in
               godlinesse
               ,
               and
               thereby
               attaine
               to
               the
               happinesse
               I
               spake
               of
               ,
               both
               in
               this
               life
               and
               the
               world
               to
               come
               sempiternally
               .
               And
               I
               will
               name
               some
               points
               of
               Doctrine
               which
               those
               that
               stand
               for
               the
               Presbyteriall
               government
               (
               or
               nearest
               it
               )
               doe
               hold
               and
               maintaine
               ,
               the
               which
               those
               that
               doe
               dissent
               from
               us
               doe
               oppose
               ,
               some
               of
               them
               in
               one
               point
               ,
               and
               some
               of
               them
               in
               another
               point
               ,
               &c.
               the
               which
               points
               are
               not
               (
               amongst
               most
               of
               us
               )
               held
               to
               bee
               fundamentalls
               of
               our
               Religion
               ,
               as
               in
               truth
               they
               are
               not
               ;
               that
               is
               to
               say
               ,
               both
               parties
               (
               if
               honest
               and
               true
               hearted
               in
               the
               fundamentalls
               )
               may
               bee
               saved
               without
               them
               :
               (
               if
               they
               could
               hold
               and
               continue
               so
               to
               the
               end
               of
               their
               dayes
               ,
               and
               their
               seed
               also
               successively
               )
               But
               those
               things
               we
               differ
               in
               are
               such
               as
               are
               to
               maintain
               and
               preserve
               us
               in
               those
               fundamentalls
               chiefly
               ,
               and
               without
               which
               we
               cannot
               long
               stand
               upon
               them
               ,
               but
               shall
               fall
               off
               :
               And
               these
               points
               doe
               chiefly
               concern
               the
               government
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               divers
               particulars
               in
               the
               demeanors
               or
               manners
               in
               the
               same
               ;
               
               as
               also
               ,
               who
               ought
               to
               bee
               accounted
               worthy
               to
               bee
               esteemed
               a
               member
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               accordingly
               received
               to
               be
               of
               the
               company
               and
               partakers
               of
               the
               ordinances
               belonging
               to
               the
               Church
               .
               Therefore
               I
               will
               name
               so
               many
               points
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               heard
               differenced
               between
               those
               that
               are
               for
               the
               Presbyteriall
               government
               (
               or
               nearest
               it
               )
               and
               their
               opposites
               ,
               (
               and
               perhaps
               I
               will
               insert
               a
               few
               more
               points
               too
               )
               and
               produce
               what
               Scriptures
               
               I
               can
               remember
               to
               cleare
               the
               truth
               of
               the
               points
               ,
               and
               bring
               divers
               Reasons
               for
               some
               points
               too
               ,
               by
               which
               meanes
               many
               may
               not
               pretend
               liberty
               of
               conscience
               without
               just
               cause
               ,
               and
               bring
               ruine
               to
               the
               whole
               body
               spirituall
               :
               To
               name
               these
               points
               in
               order
               (
               strictly
               )
               I
               will
               not
               promise
               content
               to
               every
               one
               :
               
               And
               first
               for
               the
               Church
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               Who
               are
               it
               :
               To
               this
               I
               answer
               ,
               in
               strict
               knowledge
               of
               it
               ,
               none
               but
               God
               can
               tell
               ;
               but
               so
               farre
               as
               the
               Scriptures
               give
               us
               light
               to
               see
               ,
               so
               farre
               we
               are
               to
               conclude
               in
               a
               charitable
               esteem
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               thus
               ,
               Those
               that
               professe
               to
               be
               saved
               by
               faith
               in
               Christ
               Jesus
               (
               according
               to
               the
               fundamentalls
               contained
               in
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               )
               and
               are
               partakers
               of
               his
               ordinances
               ,
               and
               frame
               their
               lives
               according
               to
               his
               commandements
               .
               Now
               herein
               we
               differ
               much
               about
               this
               latter
               part
               ,
               the
               Independents
               and
               we
               Presbyterialls
               .
               The
               Presbyterialls
               say
               ,
               that
               there
               be
               divers
               degrees
               of
               sanctification
               ,
               which
               in
               some
               is
               more
               ,
               and
               in
               some
               is
               lesse
               ,
               yea
               ,
               so
               little
               in
               some
               ,
               as
               that
               they
               doe
               but
               eschew
               the
               habituall
               acting
               of
               capitall
               sins
               in
               their
               outward
               demeanors
               to
               mans
               view
               ,
               (
               so
               to
               speak
               comparing
               one
               sin
               to
               another
               )
               as
               those
               the
               Apostle
               hath
               laid
               down
               as
               a
               rule
               for
               us
               to
               be
               guided
               by
               in
               this
               particular
               point
               now
               in
               hand
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               to
               judge
               and
               account
               of
               a
               fit
               member
               (
               in
               some
               degree
               )
               of
               a
               Church
               ,
               as
               we
               may
               see
               in
               
                 Ephes.
              
               5.
               5.
               
               
               
                 No
                 whoremonger
                 ,
                 nor
                 unclean
                 person
                 ,
                 nor
                 covetous
                 man
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 an
                 idolater
                 ,
                 hath
                 any
                 inheritance
                 in
                 the
                 kingdome
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 God
                 .
              
               1
               Cor.
               6.
               9
               ,
               10.
               
               
                 Neither
                 fornicators
                 ,
                 nor
                 idolaters
                 ,
                 nor
                 adulterers
                 ,
                 nor
                 effeminate
                 ,
                 nor
                 abusers
                 of
                 themselves
                 with
                 mankinde
                 ,
                 nor
                 theeves
                 ,
                 nor
                 covetous
                 ,
                 nor
                 drunkards
                 ,
                 nor
                 revilers
                 ,
                 nor
                 extortioners
                 ,
                 nor
                 such
                 like
                 ,
                 shall
                 inherit
                 the
                 kingdome
                 of
                 God
                 .
              
               But
               the
               Independents
               ,
               or
               (
               as
               they
               will
               rather
               be
               called
               )
               the
               Congregationall
               party
               ,
               they
               hold
               ,
               that
               except
               there
               be
               a
               more
               greater
               and
               more
               larger
               or
               stricter
               walking
               in
               the
               wayes
               of
               God
               ,
               there
               can
               be
               no
               conclusion
               made
               that
               those
               persons
               have
               any
               saving
               grace
               in
               them
               at
               that
               time
               ,
               and
               therefore
               not
               to
               bee
               received
               as
               members
               of
               a
               Church
               ,
               but
               that
               if
               they
               will
               be
               esteemed
               members
               of
               the
               true
               Church
               ,
               they
               must
               have
               such
               godly
               exercises
               in
               their
               families
               in
               a
               more
               demonstrative
               degree
               and
               manner
               ,
               then
               doe
               appeare
               to
               bee
               in
               them
               that
               are
               for
               the
               Presbyteriall
               government
               ,
               (
               for
               the
               more
               part
               )
               and
               more
               zealous
               and
               frequent
               in
               the
               exercises
               of
               divine
               ordinances
               ,
               or
               else
               they
               are
               not
               to
               be
               received
               as
               members
               of
               Christs
               mysticall
               body
               .
               Now
               to
               decide
               this
               question
               ,
               I
               will
               bring
               divers
               Scriptures
               to
               prove
               ,
               that
               there
               were
               divers
               sins
               ,
               and
               divers
               sorts
               of
               sins
               both
               of
               omission
               and
               commission
               amongst
               the
               true
               beleevers
               ,
               not
               onely
               in
               the
               time
               of
               the
               old
               Testament
               ,
               as
               the
               sins
               of
               
                 David
              
               a
               man
               after
               Gods
               own
               heart
               ,
               (
               as
               the
               Scripture
               termeth
               him
               ,
               and
               divers
               others
               also
               of
               good
               report
               :
               )
               
               but
               in
               the
               Primitive
               Churches
               ,
               
               in
               the
               Apostles
               time
               .
               And
               first
               I
               will
               begin
               in
               1
               
                 Cor.
              
               3.
               1.
               to
               5.
               these
               are
               said
               to
               be
               
                 carnall
                 and
                 addicted
                 to
                 strifes
                 &c.
              
               and
               yet
               they
               are
               called
               
                 babes
                 in
                 Christ
                 ;
                 Heb.
              
               5.
               12
               ,
               13.
               these
               are
               such
               as
               are
               said
               to
               
                 have
                 need
                 to
                 be
                 taught
                 again
                 the
                 first
                 principles
                 of
                 the
                 oracles
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               they
               were
               not
               capable
               of
               strong
               meat
               ,
               but
               had
               still
               need
               of
               milk
               ,
               
                 (
                 viz.
              
               babes
               diet
               )
               for
               they
               were
               still
               babes
               ,
               these
               were
               relapsed
               in
               part
               ,
               yet
               Christian
               babes
               ;
               
                 Col.
              
               3.
               the
               former
               verses
               ,
               
                 These
                 had
                 their
                 affections
                 too
                 much
                 set
                 upon
                 the
                 things
                 of
                 this
                 life
                 ;
              
               2
               Pet.
               1.
               5
               ,
               6.
               
                 these
                 must
                 then
                 adde
                 to
                 their
                 faith
                 ,
                 vertue
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 vertue
                 ,
                 knowledge
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               1
               Thess.
               4.
               1.
               to
               the
               end
               of
               ver.
               6.
               and
               also
               ver.
               10
               ,
               11.
               
                 these
                 are
                 wanting
                 in
                 knowledge
                 and
                 holinesse
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 addicted
                 to
                 carnall
                 lusts
                 ,
                 to
                 uncleannesse
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 fraud
                 and
                 deceit
                 ,
              
               (
               as
               too
               many
               professors
               are
               now
               adayes
               .
               )
               2
               Cor.
               7.
               1.
               these
               were
               exhorted
               to
               
                 cleanse
                 themselves
                 both
                 of
                 flesh
                 and
                 spirit
                 too
                 ;
              
               1
               Thes.
               3.
               12
               ,
               13.
               these
               were
               
                 to
                 increase
                 in
                 love
                 one
                 toward
                 another
                 ,
                 and
                 toward
                 all
                 men
                 ,
                 that
                 God
                 might
                 establish
                 their
                 hearts
                 unblamable
                 in
                 holinesse
                 ;
              
               Chap.
               5.
               23.
               here
               the
               Apostle
               prayeth
               for
               these
               ,
               
                 that
                 God
                 would
                 sanctifie
                 them
                 wholly
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               Heb.
               13.
               5.
               these
               were
               dehorted
               from
               covetousnesse
               ;
               Col.
               1.
               9.
               the
               Apostle
               prayeth
               for
               these
               ,
               
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 bee
                 filled
                 with
                 the
                 knowledge
                 of
                 Gods
                 will
                 ,
                 in
                 all
                 wisdome
                 and
                 spirituall
                 understanding
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 be
                 fruitfull
                 in
                 every
                 good
                 worke
                 ;
              
               Joh.
               17.
               17.
               in
               this
               place
               Christ
               prayed
               for
               his
               Apostles
               ,
               
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 be
                 (
                 yet
                 more
                 )
                 sanctified
                 ;
              
               And
               the
               
                 Corinthians
              
               were
               too
               much
               hankerers
               after
               fornication
               and
               adultery
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               see
               in
               1
               
                 Cor.
              
               6.
               23.
               to
               the
               end
               of
               the
               Chapter
               ,
               and
               some
               of
               the
               former
               verses
               also
               ;
               and
               in
               the
               eight
               first
               verses
               you
               may
               see
               a
               great
               fault
               in
               them
               ,
               reproved
               by
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               so
               great
               a
               defect
               of
               love
               and
               good
               will
               each
               to
               other
               ,
               that
               they
               went
               to
               law
               one
               against
               another
               ,
               and
               that
               before
               the
               (
               unjust
               )
               unbeleevers
               ,
               yea
               ,
               they
               themselves
               did
               use
               fraud
               to
               each
               other
               ,
               as
               in
               v.
               8.
               appeareth
               ,
               and
               yet
               these
               to
               whom
               this
               reproof
               was
               given
               ,
               were
               beleevers
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               see
               in
               ver.
               6.
               
               By
               all
               these
               Scriptures
               it
               doth
               appeare
               ,
               that
               many
               (
               in
               the
               present
               state
               of
               grace
               )
               have
               been
               charged
               and
               reproved
               for
               many
               sins
               and
               corruptions
               at
               that
               time
               when
               they
               were
               in
               the
               faith
               ,
               and
               present
               state
               of
               salvation
               (
               yet
               the
               Apostle
               did
               not
               make
               a
               separation
               ,
               nor
               divisions
               ,
               nor
               schismes
               .
               )
               I
               doe
               not
               note
               these
               faults
               and
               defects
               of
               sanctification
               (
               which
               betoken
               weaknesse
               in
               the
               faith
               )
               to
               strengthen
               any
               in
               sin
               ,
               far
               be
               it
               from
               me
               to
               incourage
               or
               comfort
               any
               in
               their
               persisting
               in
               vice
               ;
               but
               I
               would
               not
               have
               any
               judge
               of
               men
               too
               rashly
               and
               uncharitably
               ,
               contrary
               to
               the
               rule
               of
               Gods
               Word
               ,
               lest
               wee
               condemne
               some
               to
               be
               in
               the
               way
               of
               damnation
               ,
               when
               they
               are
               in
               the
               present
               state
               of
               salvation
               .
               And
               from
               this
               mistake
               ariseth
               a
               spirit
               of
               
               uncharitable
               and
               unwarrantable
               ,
               
               and
               dangerous
               separation
               from
               all
               the
               ordinances
               and
               meanes
               of
               salvation
               (
               or
               at
               the
               least
               the
               most
               part
               of
               them
               )
               by
               this
               their
               blind
               judging
               without
               the
               true
               rule
               .
               How
               shall
               such
               weake
               Christians
               (
               beset
               with
               corruptions
               )
               be
               helped
               and
               strengthened
               against
               their
               sinnes
               and
               ignorances
               ,
               if
               the
               stronger
               Christians
               separate
               from
               them
               .
               We
               that
               are
               strong
               (
               saith
               the
               Apostle
               )
               ought
               to
               bear
               the
               infirmity
               of
               the
               weake
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               instruct
               them
               ,
               exhort
               them
               ,
               reprove
               them
               ,
               and
               allure
               them
               by
               the
               Word
               of
               truth
               ,
               by
               the
               danger
               of
               damnation
               in
               hell
               ,
               and
               salvation
               in
               heaven
               .
               Now
               consider
               these
               things
               ,
               you
               that
               are
               so
               forward
               to
               censure
               men
               so
               much
               uncharitably
               ,
               as
               to
               separate
               your selves
               from
               men
               that
               are
               not
               worse
               in
               their
               conversation
               then
               these
               men
               aforesaid
               were
               ;
               nay
               ,
               you
               separate
               from
               some
               that
               are
               not
               so
               scandalous
               as
               many
               of
               these
               now
               quoted
               were
               ,
               and
               you
               do
               debar
               these
               and
               such
               like
               men
               from
               receiving
               the
               holy
               Sacrament
               of
               the
               Lords
               Supper
               which
               is
               due
               to
               all
               Christians
               ,
               and
               such
               as
               you
               are
               to
               account
               so
               ,
               
               (
               they
               being
               not
               worse
               then
               these
               aforesaid
               ,
               in
               their
               outward
               demeanor
               )
               nay
               ,
               we
               are
               to
               hope
               better
               of
               some
               that
               are
               worse
               then
               these
               before
               quoted
               .
               See
               for
               this
               also
               in
               2
               
                 Thess.
              
               3.
               14.
               these
               are
               the
               words
               ,
               
                 If
                 any
                 man
                 obey
                 not
                 our
                 Epistle
                 ,
                 note
                 that
                 man
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 no
                 company
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 may
                 be
                 ashamed
                 ;
                 yet
                 count
                 him
                 not
                 as
                 an
                 enemy
                 ,
                 but
                 admonish
                 him
                 as
                 a
                 brother
                 ,
              
               as
               in
               v.
               25
               ,
               &
               in
               the
               6.
               such
               a
               person
               is
               named
               to
               them
               also
               ;
               and
               in
               1
               
                 Thess.
              
               5.
               14.
               are
               these
               words
               ,
               
                 Warne
                 the
                 unruly
                 :
              
               By
               all
               these
               places
               it
               doth
               appeare
               ,
               that
               these
               were
               not
               to
               bee
               separated
               from
               the
               Church
               ,
               for
               still
               they
               were
               to
               admonish
               them
               as
               Brethren
               ,
               which
               they
               were
               not
               to
               doe
               ,
               if
               they
               were
               utterly
               cast
               out
               or
               rejected
               ,
               onely
               they
               were
               to
               estrange
               themselves
               from
               them
               ,
               that
               is
               to
               say
               ,
               not
               to
               have
               so
               much
               familiarity
               as
               before
               ,
               or
               as
               with
               those
               that
               were
               not
               so
               disorderly
               or
               unruly
               ,
               but
               yet
               admonish
               him
               as
               a
               Brother
               still
               ,
               and
               thus
               much
               shall
               suffice
               for
               this
               Point
               ,
               now
               thus
               stretched
               and
               tagged
               .
            
             
               Now
               having
               found
               a
               Rule
               out
               of
               Gods
               Word
               ,
               
               by
               which
               we
               are
               to
               esteem
               and
               receive
               a
               member
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               the
               body
               of
               Christ
               ,
               (
               lest
               we
               cast
               out
               or
               reject
               more
               lambs
               of
               Christ
               then
               wee
               shall
               retaine
               sheep
               :
               )
               In
               the
               next
               place
               it
               is
               requisite
               to
               know
               who
               ought
               to
               feed
               them
               ,
               or
               bee
               their
               most
               publike
               Teachers
               ,
               (
               for
               although
               the
               members
               of
               Christ
               are
               all
               to
               bee
               helpfull
               each
               to
               other
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               as
               the
               Apostle
               commandeth
               ,
               edifie
               one
               another
               )
               yet
               the
               same
               Apostle
               did
               ordaine
               publike
               Preachers
               over
               the
               flocks
               ,
               as
               we
               may
               see
               easily
               in
               
                 Timothy
              
               and
               
                 Titus
                 ,
              
               and
               divers
               other
               places
               ,
               and
               that
               successively
               too
               ,
               as
               I
               shall
               afterward
               shew
               in
               the
               point
               for
               the
               ordination
               of
               the
               Ministers
               of
               the
               Gospel
               :
               Now
               for
               this
               ,
               I
               will
               be
               brief
               ,
               thus
               ,
               they
               ought
               to
               be
               the
               Teachers
               ,
               
               
               that
               are
               best
               able
               ,
               and
               true
               Christians
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               former
               rule
               in
               the
               former
               point
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               those
               that
               are
               most
               knowing
               ,
               and
               obedient
               to
               the
               will
               of
               God
               so
               known
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               rule
               which
               God
               hath
               given
               us
               to
               judge
               by
               ,
               and
               of
               those
               two
               properties
               neither
               ought
               to
               bee
               wanting
               ,
               but
               if
               a
               man
               have
               in
               some
               good
               measure
               the
               latter
               ,
               and
               have
               not
               the
               former
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               knowledge
               ,
               he
               then
               cannot
               give
               strong
               meat
               to
               any
               ;
               
               and
               if
               such
               a
               one
               be
               a
               Teacher
               ,
               we
               shall
               have
               but
               babes
               at
               the
               best
               ,
               yet
               (
               which
               is
               worst
               )
               he
               will
               for
               the
               more
               part
               bee
               medling
               with
               the
               matters
               too
               high
               above
               his
               reach
               ,
               and
               so
               lead
               those
               whom
               he
               teacheth
               to
               errours
               and
               heresies
               (
               as
               we
               have
               too
               much
               experience
               of
               at
               this
               time
               .
               )
               But
               some
               may
               demand
               ,
               How
               if
               the
               Preachers
               have
               knowledge
               (
               in
               a
               competent
               degree
               )
               and
               too
               little
               honesty
               ,
               he
               will
               doe
               much
               hurt
               that
               way
               by
               his
               ill-example
               ,
               for
               men
               live
               more
               by
               example
               then
               by
               precept
               ,
               
               (
               for
               the
               more
               part
               ,
               (
               if
               they
               bee
               very
               ignorant
               especially
               .
               )
               To
               this
               I
               answer
               thus
               ,
               briefly
               ,
               were
               it
               not
               for
               the
               love
               of
               God
               to
               us
               ,
               we
               should
               have
               neither
               knowledge
               nor
               honesty
               ,
               neither
               the
               Preachers
               nor
               hearers
               ;
               therefore
               we
               are
               to
               look
               to
               God
               in
               this
               point
               ,
               more
               especially
               ,
               for
               if
               those
               that
               are
               the
               people
               to
               be
               taught
               ,
               do
               frame
               their
               lives
               according
               to
               that
               little
               measure
               of
               knowledge
               that
               God
               doth
               give
               them
               in
               faith
               and
               obedience
               in
               Christ
               ;
               
               he
               then
               wil
               provide
               such
               as
               shall
               be
               both
               able
               and
               honest
               too
               ,
               to
               be
               their
               guides
               and
               examples
               also
               ;
               however
               we
               may
               not
               choose
               a
               novice
               ,
               2
               
                 Tim.
              
               3.
               6.
               for
               wee
               must
               take
               it
               as
               a
               curse
               of
               our
               God
               to
               us
               ,
               
               when
               we
               want
               such
               as
               should
               be
               able
               and
               honest
               too
               ,
               the
               Scriptures
               of
               God
               do
               testifie
               thus
               much
               ,
               &
               thus
               I
               prove
               it
               ,
               When
               the
               people
               of
               Israel
               did
               perversly
               sinne
               against
               their
               God
               ,
               (
               after
               long
               instruction
               and
               meanes
               of
               their
               edification
               in
               the
               will
               and
               word
               of
               God
               )
               then
               he
               did
               threaten
               them
               ,
               and
               said
               thus
               ,
               
                 By
                 men
                 of
                 other
                 tongues
                 ,
                 and
                 stammering
                 lips
                 ,
                 will
                 I
                 speak
                 to
                 this
                 people
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               as
               in
               
                 Esa.
              
               28.
               11.
               and
               in
               
                 Ezek.
              
               3.
               26.
               it
               is
               said
               thus
               ,
               
                 I
              
               (
               said
               God
               )
               
                 will
                 make
                 thy
                 tongue
                 cleave
                 to
                 the
                 roof
                 of
                 thy
                 mouth
                 ,
                 that
                 thou
                 shalt
                 bee
                 dumbe
                 ,
                 and
                 shalt
                 not
                 bee
                 to
                 them
                 a
                 reprover
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 are
                 a
                 rebellious
                 house
                 .
              
               These
               places
               are
               clear
               for
               this
               purpose
               ,
               that
               God
               will
               send
               unable
               Teachers
               to
               a
               people
               as
               a
               curse
               to
               them
               for
               their
               sins
               against
               him
               in
               time
               of
               plentiful
               knowledge
               :
               and
               for
               their
               sins
               he
               did
               at
               another
               time
               tell
               them
               that
               he
               would
               let
               them
               have
               as
               bad
               Prophets
               in
               their
               lives
               and
               conversations
               ,
               to
               be
               evil
               examples
               for
               them
               ,
               see
               this
               in
               
                 Mich.
              
               2.
               11.
               these
               are
               the
               words
               ,
               
                 If
                 a
                 man
                 walking
                 in
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 falshood
                 doe
                 lye
                 ,
                 saying
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 prophecy
                 of
                 wine
                 and
                 strong
                 drinke
                 ,
                 even
                 he
                 shall
                 be
                 the
                 Prophet
                 of
                 this
                 people
                 ;
              
               and
               in
               another
               place
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               
                 There
                 shall
                 be
                 like
                 people
                 ,
                 like
                 Priest
                 .
              
               And
               so
               much
               for
               to
               prove
               that
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               peoples
               disobedience
               when
               they
               have
               the
               
               Word
               of
               God
               taught
               them
               truly
               ;
               they
               shall
               have
               evill
               Teachers
               as
               a
               curse
               to
               them
               ,
               in
               the
               stead
               of
               good
               and
               fit
               guides
               :
               And
               now
               that
               God
               will
               give
               better
               Teachers
               of
               his
               people
               ,
               when
               they
               walke
               obediently
               to
               him
               ,
               according
               to
               his
               will
               revealed
               in
               his
               Word
               ,
               is
               also
               as
               true
               ;
               for
               in
               a
               certaine
               place
               God
               promised
               to
               send
               them
               Pastors
               that
               should
               teach
               them
               with
               knowledge
               and
               understanding
               .
               And
               when
               the
               people
               under
               King
               
                 Sauls
              
               government
               were
               well
               humbled
               ,
               and
               brought
               down
               by
               his
               oppressing
               them
               ;
               then
               God
               heard
               their
               cry
               ,
               and
               pityed
               them
               in
               their
               misery
               ,
               and
               provided
               them
               a
               blessed
               guide
               and
               feeder
               of
               them
               with
               knowledge
               and
               understanding
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               the
               kingly
               Prophet
               
                 David
                 ;
              
               thus
               you
               may
               see
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               the
               love
               of
               God
               to
               us
               ,
               in
               giving
               us
               able
               Teachers
               ,
               the
               which
               wee
               shall
               have
               when
               wee
               live
               obediently
               to
               him
               with
               all
               our
               hearts
               ,
               according
               to
               his
               will
               revealed
               in
               his
               Word
               :
               and
               thus
               much
               shall
               serve
               for
               this
               Point
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               Who
               ought
               to
               bee
               the
               publick
               Teachers
               ,
               and
               also
               some
               Objections
               answered
               .
               And
               I
               have
               concluded
               ,
               that
               those
               that
               are
               best
               able
               ought
               to
               bee
               the
               publick
               Preachers
               of
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               to
               the
               people
               .
            
             
               But
               now
               followeth
               in
               good
               order
               another
               Point
               ,
               
               and
               this
               is
               a
               speciall
               one
               too
               ,
               and
               this
               point
               the
               Independent
               party
               ,
               (
               for
               some
               Congregations
               at
               least
               )
               and
               almost
               all
               Sectaries
               are
               against
               me
               in
               ;
               onely
               the
               Presbyterialls
               are
               on
               my
               side
               ;
               and
               this
               Point
               is
               concerning
               the
               proving
               ,
               allowing
               ,
               and
               ordaining
               these
               Preachers
               for
               the
               work
               of
               this
               great
               Ministration
               :
               I
               shall
               for
               this
               ,
               pitch
               upon
               Scriptures
               in
               the
               first
               place
               ,
               and
               after
               that
               confirm
               the
               Point
               by
               Reasons
               ,
               and
               my
               Reasons
               will
               be
               strong
               I
               am
               sure
               ;
               this
               question
               is
               ,
               Who
               ought
               to
               ordain
               the
               Preachers
               of
               the
               Gospel
               .
               
               I
               answer
               ,
               that
               chiefly
               and
               ordinarily
               (
               at
               the
               least
               )
               the
               Preachers
               of
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ought
               to
               doe
               it
               :
               and
               the
               first
               Scripture
               is
               
                 Act.
                 14.
                 23.
                 
                 And
                 when
                 they
                 had
                 ordained
                 them
                 Elders
                 in
                 every
                 Church
                 ,
                 and
                 prayed
                 with
                 fasting
                 ,
                 they
                 commended
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 on
                 whom
                 they
                 beleeved
                 :
              
               for
               the
               places
               where
               they
               did
               ordaine
               them
               ,
               you
               may
               see
               in
               the
               end
               of
               ver.
               21.
               
               If
               you
               doubt
               whether
               these
               were
               preaching
               Elders
               that
               the
               Apostles
               did
               there
               ordain
               ,
               I
               must
               say
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               very
               likely
               they
               were
               :
               but
               if
               not
               ,
               yet
               it
               makes
               for
               my
               point
               in
               hand
               ,
               for
               if
               it
               belonged
               unto
               the
               Apostles
               to
               ordain
               inferiour
               Elders
               ,
               then
               I
               am
               sure
               you
               will
               grant
               me
               the
               other
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               that
               they
               did
               ordain
               the
               preaching
               Elders
               ,
               I
               can
               prove
               it
               out
               of
               other
               Scriptures
               plainly
               ,
               but
               I
               know
               you
               will
               not
               oppose
               me
               in
               this
               .
               But
               here
               is
               another
               objection
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               this
               ,
               although
               the
               Apostles
               did
               it
               ,
               yet
               we
               are
               not
               to
               follow
               that
               Rule
               still
               ,
               unlesse
               we
               had
               a
               command
               left
               unto
               us
               ,
               so
               to
               doe
               for
               evermore
               successively
               .
               To
               this
               I
               answer
               ,
               that
               what
               the
               Apostles
               did
               then
               ,
               
               was
               for
               our
               imitation
               in
               that
               particular
               ,
               for
               they
               did
               not
               give
               or
               leave
               any
               other
               order
               or
               rule
               to
               us
               in
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               therefore
               wee
               must
               say
               as
               
                 Paul
              
               said
               ,
               
                 Whatseever
                 was
                 written
                 ,
                 was
                 written
                 for
                 our
                 instruction
                 .
              
               
               But
               I
               will
               proceed
               to
               other
               texts
               ,
               
                 Titus
              
               1.
               5.
               to
               the
               end
               of
               ver.
               9.
               these
               are
               the
               words
               ,
               
                 For
                 this
                 cause
                 left
                 I
                 thee
                 in
                 Cre●e
                 ,
                 that
                 thou
                 shouldest
                 set
                 in
                 order
                 the
                 things
                 that
                 are
                 wanting
                 ,
                 and
                 ordain
                 Elders
                 in
                 every
                 City
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 appointed
                 thee
                 .
              
               That
               these
               were
               preaching
               Elders
               which
               
                 Titus
              
               was
               to
               ordain
               (
               or
               at
               least
               some
               of
               them
               )
               is
               apparent
               in
               vers
               .
               7.
               for
               those
               that
               in
               ver.
               5.
               
               
                 Paul
              
               had
               called
               Elders
               ,
               he
               in
               this
               verse
               called
               Bishops
               ;
               now
               in
               that
               
                 Titus
              
               was
               left
               to
               ordain
               those
               Bishops
               ,
               you
               may
               see
               a
               succession
               of
               the
               ordination
               of
               Preachers
               of
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               by
               the
               Preachers
               of
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ;
               
               and
               2
               
                 Tim.
              
               2.
               2.
               you
               may
               see
               what
               
                 Paul
              
               commanded
               
                 Timothy
                 ;
              
               these
               are
               the
               words
               ,
               
                 The
                 things
                 that
                 thou
                 hast
                 heard
                 of
                 mee
                 among
                 many
                 witnesses
                 ,
                 the
                 same
                 commit
                 thou
                 to
                 faithfull
                 men
                 ,
                 who
                 shall
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 teach
                 others
                 also
                 .
              
               1
               Tim.
               5.
               22.
               
               
                 Lay
                 hands
                 suddenly
                 on
                 no
                 man
                 ;
                 neither
                 be
                 partaker
                 of
                 other
                 mens
                 sins
                 ,
                 keep
                 thy self
                 pure
                 ;
              
               here
               you
               may
               see
               a
               second
               succession
               of
               the
               ordination
               of
               the
               Ministers
               of
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               by
               the
               Ministers
               of
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               for
               now
               
                 Timothy
              
               must
               commit
               the
               doctrine
               or
               the
               word
               of
               God
               to
               others
               that
               he
               could
               find
               able
               and
               fit
               to
               teach
               others
               also
               :
               the
               word
               
                 commit
              
               carries
               weight
               with
               it
               ,
               and
               signifieth
               the
               leaving
               in
               trust
               (
               as
               it
               were
               )
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               to
               their
               dispensation
               to
               whom
               it
               was
               to
               be
               so
               committed
               ;
               
               here
               you
               may
               see
               that
               the
               common
               hearers
               were
               not
               to
               ordain
               the
               Preachers
               of
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               true
               reason
               thereof
               is
               rendred
               in
               2
               
                 Tim.
              
               3.
               10.
               in
               these
               words
               ,
               
                 Thou
                 hast
                 fully
                 known
                 my
                 Doctrine
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               it
               seemeth
               
                 Paul
              
               knew
               well
               ,
               that
               those
               that
               were
               best
               able
               in
               knowledge
               ,
               were
               the
               fittest
               to
               ordain
               the
               Preachers
               ,
               and
               they
               were
               most
               knowing
               men
               ,
               that
               were
               then
               the
               Preachers
               of
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ;
               and
               farther
               
                 Paul
              
               gave
               him
               a
               Rule
               whereby
               hee
               might
               know
               who
               were
               those
               fit
               men
               to
               bee
               the
               Preachers
               of
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               see
               in
               1
               
                 Tim.
              
               3.
               to
               the
               end
               of
               ver.
               13.
               whom
               in
               ver.
               1.
               he
               called
               
                 Bishops
                 ,
              
               yea
               ,
               he
               had
               characters
               given
               him
               ,
               
               whereby
               he
               might
               know
               how
               to
               choose
               fit
               and
               able
               Deacons
               also
               ,
               as
               in
               ver.
               8
               ,
               9
               ,
               10.
               are
               to
               be
               seen
               ,
               and
               they
               did
               use
               to
               lay
               hands
               on
               them
               that
               they
               ordained
               for
               the
               Ministery
               of
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               at
               that
               time
               ,
               
               as
               in
               1
               
                 Tim.
              
               4.
               14.
               
               &
               in
               
                 Chap.
              
               5.
               22.
               
               &
               2
               
                 Tim.
              
               1.
               6.
               at
               which
               time
               
                 Timothy
              
               had
               a
               speciall
               gift
               given
               him
               when
               
                 Paul
              
               (
               or
               others
               with
               
                 Paul
                 )
              
               did
               ordain
               him
               to
               be
               a
               Preacher
               of
               the
               gospel
               ,
               and
               also
               in
               
                 Heb.
              
               6.
               2.
               
               Alas
               ,
               if
               every
               one
               may
               be
               permitted
               to
               preach
               that
               would
               doe
               it
               ,
               we
               ●hen
               must
               needs
               have
               a
               
                 Babel
                 ,
              
               therefore
               they
               ought
               to
               be
               proved
               by
               the
               Preachers
               of
               the
               gospel
               before
               they
               do
               preach
               .
               And
               now
               I
               demand
               
               of
               those
               that
               would
               have
               every
               Congregation
               ordaine
               their
               own
               Pastor
               or
               Preacher
               ,
               why
               those
               that
               are
               in
               the
               Synod
               (
               or
               Ministers
               like
               them
               )
               should
               not
               be
               the
               ordainers
               of
               men
               for
               to
               bee
               the
               Preachers
               of
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               rather
               then
               those
               that
               are
               more
               ignorant
               by
               thousands
               of
               particulars
               in
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               so
               many
               honest
               men
               there
               too
               :
               What
               ,
               are
               they
               not
               so
               ?
               I
               say
               they
               are
               ,
               and
               ablest
               ,
               and
               honest
               too
               ;
               but
               put
               case
               ,
               some
               should
               be
               thought
               otherwise
               ,
               you
               know
               that
               no
               company
               of
               any
               sort
               is
               usually
               so
               intirely
               good
               ,
               but
               that
               some
               may
               be
               defective
               ;
               what
               think
               you
               of
               your selves
               ,
               may
               there
               not
               bee
               some
               worse
               then
               others
               ?
               Nay
               ,
               may
               there
               not
               be
               hypocrites
               and
               varlets
               too
               ,
               if
               so
               ,
               then
               you
               every
               way
               are
               worse
               then
               the
               learned
               ,
               and
               therefore
               every
               way
               more
               unfit
               for
               to
               ordain
               men
               to
               be
               Preachers
               of
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               .
               Now
               a
               touch
               of
               one
               thing
               more
               ,
               and
               then
               I
               will
               passe
               to
               another
               point
               ,
               and
               this
               is
               somewhat
               differing
               from
               the
               former
               ,
               but
               I
               will
               joyn
               them
               together
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               this
               ;
               The
               Preachers
               of
               the
               word
               of
               God
               were
               superintendents
               of
               other
               Preachers
               in
               the
               Apostles
               time
               ,
               and
               this
               I
               prove
               as
               followeth
               ,
               
               1
               
                 Tim.
              
               1.
               3
               ,
               4.
               where
               you
               may
               see
               that
               
                 Timothy
              
               was
               to
               charge
               some
               (
               that
               were
               already
               the
               Preachers
               of
               the
               gospel
               )
               that
               they
               should
               teach
               no
               other
               doctrine
               ,
               then
               that
               which
               they
               had
               received
               ,
               &c.
               from
               the
               which
               some
               had
               already
               then
               swarved
               and
               turned
               aside
               to
               vaine
               janglings
               ,
               as
               many
               doe
               now
               amongst
               us
               in
               these
               dayes
               ;
               and
               in
               2
               
                 Tim.
              
               2.
               14.
               you
               may
               read
               the
               like
               ,
               these
               are
               those
               words
               ,
               
                 Charge
                 them
                 before
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 strive
                 not
                 about
                 words
                 to
                 no
                 profit
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 the
                 subverting
                 of
                 the
                 hearers
                 ;
              
               these
               men
               ,
               to
               whom
               this
               charge
               was
               to
               be
               given
               by
               
                 Timothy
                 ,
              
               are
               those
               men
               that
               are
               deciphered
               in
               ver
               .
               2.
               of
               this
               Chapter
               ,
               that
               is
               to
               say
               ,
               to
               those
               that
               were
               already
               in
               the
               ministry
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               this
               authority
               the
               Apostle
               sent
               to
               
                 Timothy
              
               to
               exercise
               towards
               those
               Preachers
               ,
               and
               did
               not
               send
               it
               unto
               those
               Preachers
               directly
               ,
               this
               power
               to
               give
               the
               charge
               was
               seated
               in
               
                 Timothy
              
               by
               the
               authority
               of
               the
               Apostle
               :
               and
               truly
               if
               it
               may
               not
               bee
               somewhat
               like
               it
               now
               at
               the
               least
               ,
               in
               some
               degree
               ,
               we
               shall
               be
               in
               great
               danger
               to
               bee
               distorted
               upon
               all
               occasions
               ,
               though
               I
               can
               well
               wish
               that
               some
               choise
               men
               from
               among
               the
               people
               may
               bee
               joyned
               with
               them
               too
               ,
               in
               this
               superintendency
               ;
               for
               it
               will
               give
               the
               people
               great
               satisfaction
               from
               their
               feares
               of
               an
               unjust
               compulsion
               .
               This
               one
               thing
               more
               I
               will
               note
               as
               the
               great
               cause
               of
               our
               distractions
               ,
               
               yea
               ,
               the
               greatest
               of
               all
               ,
               (
               next
               the
               peoples
               sins
               in
               generall
               )
               and
               that
               is
               the
               allowing
               of
               men
               ,
               and
               ordaining
               them
               to
               be
               Ministers
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               before
               they
               were
               fitted
               for
               that
               great
               employment
               .
               Alas
               ,
               I
               have
               seen
               some
               in
               the
               Pulpit
               that
               have
               thought
               a
               sentence
               in
               Latin
               would
               have
               given
               such
               a
               box
               on
               
               the
               eare
               ,
               that
               it
               would
               make
               an
               opposer
               of
               truth
               to
               have
               the
               staggers
               ,
               and
               if
               he
               brought
               in
               a
               phrase
               of
               Greek
               ,
               it
               must
               needs
               beat
               him
               to
               the
               earth
               ;
               but
               if
               hee
               produced
               some
               scraps
               of
               Hebrew
               ,
               that
               would
               beat
               him
               into
               the
               earth
               ,
               so
               deep
               ,
               as
               that
               he
               could
               never
               rise
               more
               untill
               the
               generall
               day
               of
               resurrection
               ;
               although
               the
               matter
               bee
               poore
               and
               un●ound
               Divinity
               ,
               and
               his
               method
               as
               bad
               ;
               I
               am
               not
               against
               the
               knowledge
               in
               the
               tongues
               ,
               and
               other
               Liberall
               Arts
               ,
               but
               honor
               the
               learning
               of
               the
               same
               ;
               but
               if
               they
               are
               not
               better
               grounded
               (
               or
               at
               least
               as
               well
               )
               in
               Divinity
               ,
               what
               should
               then
               the
               Pulpit
               doe
               with
               them
               ?
               Poore
               silly
               ignorant
               people
               come
               to
               learn
               matter
               wherby
               they
               may
               be
               saved
               ,
               and
               if
               the
               Teacher
               be
               not
               well
               grounded
               in
               Divinity
               ,
               how
               can
               hee
               defend
               the
               ignorant
               from
               sophisticall
               and
               knavish
               Foxes
               ,
               and
               devouring
               Wolves
               ?
               
               The
               next
               point
               which
               the
               Separatists
               pretend
               to
               be
               unwarrantable
               in
               our
               Ministers
               for
               to
               ordaine
               Preachers
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               is
               ,
               That
               they
               are
               of
               the
               Popes
               order
               ,
               and
               receive
               their
               owne
               ordinations
               from
               him
               ;
               it
               being
               first
               and
               primarily
               received
               of
               him
               ,
               and
               therefore
               (
               he
               being
               the
               maintainer
               of
               Idolatry
               (
               from
               whom
               they
               had
               their
               ordination
               )
               they
               cannot
               be
               the
               lawfull
               Preachers
               of
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               therefore
               ought
               not
               to
               bee
               the
               ordainers
               of
               the
               Preachers
               of
               the
               Gospel
               .
               This
               objection
               is
               like
               a
               
                 Remora
              
               who
               turns
               his
               belly
               upward
               ,
               (
               as
               is
               said
               )
               opens
               his
               legs
               ,
               or
               some
               such
               parts
               of
               his
               body
               ,
               &
               claspeth
               about
               this
               goodly
               Ship
               of
               ours
               ,
               
                 viz
              
               the
               Church
               ,
               to
               the
               hindering
               of
               us
               from
               arriving
               pleasingly
               and
               safely
               to
               our
               heavenly
               Haven
               .
               But
               I
               will
               knock
               him
               off
               thus
               ,
               first
               ,
               you
               cannot
               prove
               that
               (
               if
               in
               case
               they
               have
               their
               ordination
               from
               the
               Pope
               )
               the
               Pope
               at
               first
               was
               absolutely
               an
               Idolater
               ,
               but
               that
               he
               then
               held
               the
               fundamentalls
               of
               the
               true
               Gospel
               ,
               though
               he
               then
               was
               received
               as
               the
               universall
               head
               of
               those
               that
               subjected
               themselves
               unto
               him
               :
               That
               this
               may
               appear
               a
               truth
               to
               you
               ,
               I
               pray
               you
               take
               a
               view
               of
               a
               Book
               called
               the
               Apology
               of
               the
               Protestants
               ,
               written
               about
               the
               time
               of
               the
               massacre
               in
               
                 France
                 ,
              
               dedicated
               to
               the
               King
               of
               
                 Navarre
                 ,
              
               in
               which
               you
               may
               see
               the
               Canons
               of
               the
               Pope
               and
               Popes
               at
               first
               ,
               and
               also
               those
               that
               had
               been
               made
               by
               succeeding
               Popes
               since
               untill
               that
               time
               ,
               and
               there
               you
               may
               observe
               that
               those
               Canons
               that
               were
               made
               by
               the
               former
               Popes
               ,
               are
               so
               much
               different
               from
               those
               that
               have
               been
               made
               since
               ,
               as
               that
               if
               he
               would
               hold
               himself
               to
               those
               first
               Canons
               of
               those
               first
               Popes
               ,
               hee
               must
               then
               renounce
               his
               Antichristianity
               and
               Idolatry
               ,
               and
               so
               joyn
               with
               us
               ,
               and
               walk
               together
               to
               heaven
               ,
               although
               it
               was
               a
               sin
               in
               him
               to
               assume
               that
               universall
               stile
               and
               power
               .
               But
               secondly
               ,
               put
               case
               it
               had
               been
               so
               ,
               yet
               this
               makes
               little
               for
               you
               ,
               for
               if
               they
               see
               the
               evill
               that
               he
               persisted
               in
               ,
               and
               
               yet
               themselves
               hold
               the
               fundamentall
               truths
               of
               the
               Gospel
               of
               Christ
               ,
               (
               though
               perhaps
               tainted
               in
               some
               particulars
               )
               and
               so
               part
               from
               him
               to
               hold
               to
               
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               what
               is
               or
               may
               be
               objected
               against
               them
               for
               their
               so
               doing
               ?
               shal
               we
               condemn
               them
               for
               their
               forsaking
               the
               badnes
               of
               the
               Pope
               ,
               and
               adhering
               to
               the
               goodnes
               of
               the
               truth
               of
               Christ
               ?
               God
               forbid
               ;
               Nay
               ,
               I
               will
               say
               more
               in
               their
               behalf
               ,
               they
               have
               converted
               (
               instrumentally
               )
               many
               thousands
               to
               the
               true
               faith
               by
               their
               Ministery
               ,
               and
               built
               them
               up
               in
               it
               also
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               sign
               that
               they
               were
               true
               Ministers
               of
               the
               Gospel
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               thus
               much
               the
               Apostle
               avoucheth
               in
               these
               words
               in
               one
               of
               his
               Epistles
               ,
               1
               
                 Cor.
                 9.
                 2.
                 
                 If
                 I
                 am
                 not
                 an
                 Apostle
                 to
                 others
                 ,
                 yet
                 doubtlesse
                 I
                 am
                 unto
                 you
                 ,
              
               
               
                 for
                 the
                 seale
                 of
                 our
                 Apostleship
                 are
                 yee
                 in
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               It
               seems
               there
               were
               some
               such
               Jesuiticall
               tricks
               in
               some
               of
               his
               adversaries
               ,
               at
               that
               time
               ,
               who
               were
               subtle
               prevaricators
               ,
               or
               dangerous
               Sectaries
               ;
               from
               such
               cunning
               foxes
               ,
               and
               barking
               dogs
               ,
               good
               Lord
               deliver
               us
               ;
               I
               condemn
               not
               all
               ,
               there
               may
               be
               honest
               men
               ,
               but
               yet
               deluders
               must
               needs
               bee
               there
               ;
               And
               so
               much
               for
               this
               Point
               ,
               with
               this
               conclusion
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Where
                 we
                 had
                 one
                 was
                 bad
                 before
                 ,
              
               
                 If
                 this
                 remain
                 ,
                 you
                 'l
                 have
                 a
                 score
                 .
              
            
             
               Now
               seeing
               I
               have
               found
               out
               a
               Church
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Rule
               the
               Apostle
               hath
               left
               us
               to
               esteeme
               and
               judge
               the
               Church
               by
               ,
               (
               for
               secret
               things
               belong
               unto
               the
               Lord
               :
               )
               And
               also
               who
               are
               fittest
               to
               feed
               ,
               or
               to
               be
               the
               Preachers
               of
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               to
               it
               :
               and
               who
               are
               to
               ordaine
               those
               that
               ought
               to
               be
               their
               Preachers
               (
               at
               least
               chiefly
               and
               ordinarily
               )
               with
               other
               Points
               (
               as
               younger
               sisters
               to
               those
               chief
               Points
               :
               )
               Now
               it
               follows
               in
               the
               next
               place
               for
               me
               ,
               
               to
               view
               out
               a
               habitation
               for
               them
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               where
               it
               is
               fittest
               they
               should
               dwell
               ,
               or
               in
               what
               order
               ,
               manner
               ,
               or
               fit
               accommodation
               they
               should
               be
               in
               .
               I
               shall
               be
               very
               briefe
               in
               this
               ,
               especially
               if
               I
               doe
               not
               meet
               with
               some
               ravening
               wolves
               in
               the
               way
               ,
               who
               perhaps
               will
               think
               that
               I
               am
               labouring
               to
               prevent
               them
               of
               their
               prey
               .
               In
               brief
               thus
               ,
               they
               ought
               to
               live
               neare
               together
               ,
               both
               shepheard
               and
               sheep
               ,
               for
               conveniency
               ,
               that
               so
               in
               the
               first
               place
               they
               may
               have
               more
               familiar
               acquaintance
               one
               with
               the
               other
               ,
               thereby
               performing
               neighbourly
               duties
               each
               to
               other
               ,
               knowing
               thereby
               so
               much
               the
               better
               each
               others
               wants
               ,
               and
               accordingly
               accommodating
               themselves
               the
               better
               together
               in
               the
               more
               frequent
               exercise
               of
               edifying
               themselves
               in
               the
               truth
               ,
               by
               the
               admonishing
               of
               themselves
               in
               the
               principles
               of
               Religion
               ,
               (
               though
               not
               in
               things
               too
               high
               for
               their
               intellectuall
               faculties
               ,
               (
               for
               that
               more
               chiefly
               is
               the
               publick
               Pastors
               duty
               ,
               )
               And
               also
               in
               the
               accommodating
               themselves
               in
               these
               outward
               comforts
               of
               the
               things
               of
               this
               life
               .
               And
               it
               is
               fit
               that
               their
               Preachers
               of
               Pastors
               should
               live
               amongst
               them
               also
               ,
               that
               so
               they
               may
               the
               better
               view
               and
               know
               the
               state
               
               of
               their
               severall
               flo●ks
               ,
               
               that
               they
               may
               give
               them
               their
               meat
               in
               due
               season
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               able
               to
               digest
               it
               ,
               (
               for
               some
               must
               have
               milk
               being
               babes
               )
               and
               some
               (
               at
               some
               times
               )
               may
               be
               able
               to
               concoct
               and
               digest
               stronger
               meat
               ;
               and
               also
               that
               he
               may
               keep
               out
               wolves
               the
               better
               ,
               that
               would
               devour
               the
               flock
               ;
               and
               theeves
               that
               would
               rob
               them
               of
               their
               fleeces
               ,
               and
               especially
               in
               cold
               weather
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               when
               they
               cannot
               well
               spare
               it
               ;
               and
               that
               they
               may
               the
               better
               maintain
               their
               own
               Pastors
               or
               Teachers
               ,
               that
               so
               they
               may
               have
               a
               maintenance
               for
               themselves
               and
               their
               families
               ,
               and
               provide
               some
               portions
               for
               their
               children
               ,
               yea
               ,
               leave
               their
               wives
               some
               better
               maintenance
               after
               their
               death
               ,
               (
               if
               they
               chance
               to
               survive
               them
               )
               and
               not
               leave
               them
               in
               want
               to
               their
               grief
               and
               disgrace
               ;
               yea
               ,
               their
               Pastors
               or
               Teachers
               should
               have
               to
               give
               to
               those
               that
               want
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               to
               the
               Poore
               especially
               ,
               that
               so
               he
               may
               bee
               a
               good
               example
               to
               his
               flock
               ,
               and
               so
               be
               well
               incouraged
               to
               take
               care
               of
               his
               flock
               with
               joy
               ,
               and
               not
               with
               grief
               ;
               because
               that
               will
               be
               unprofitable
               for
               themselves
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               the
               flock
               .
               Not
               like
               some
               that
               would
               have
               them
               live
               anywhere
               scattered
               abroad
               as
               sheep
               without
               a
               shepherd
               among
               them
               ,
               somewhat
               like
               some
               in
               some
               times
               ,
               whose
               Pastors
               would
               have
               them
               come
               from
               every
               quarter
               ;
               yea
               ,
               and
               to
               allure
               them
               to
               them
               from
               other
               their
               faithful
               watchers
               and
               feeders
               that
               are
               abler
               then
               themselves
               ,
               yea
               ,
               draw
               as
               many
               as
               they
               can
               get
               from
               all
               parts
               ,
               under
               pretence
               that
               their
               Pastors
               are
               not
               able
               to
               teach
               them
               truth
               ,
               nor
               that
               they
               are
               lawfully
               called
               to
               be
               Preachers
               of
               the
               gospel
               unto
               them
               ,
               and
               so
               discourage
               them
               in
               the
               Ministery
               of
               the
               gospel
               ,
               &
               deprive
               them
               of
               a
               maintenance
               for
               their
               livelihood
               ,
               
               and
               their
               wives
               and
               children
               ;
               they
               thus
               occasioning
               such
               people
               with
               fair
               words
               and
               insinuations
               to
               approach
               too
               often
               (
               as
               is
               said
               )
               to
               their
               boles
               or
               basins
               or
               such
               like
               thing
               ,
               or
               some
               other
               thing
               in
               stead
               thereof
               ;
               which
               if
               this
               be
               ,
               and
               be
               permitted
               long
               time
               together
               ,
               they
               will
               (
               as
               perhaps
               some
               of
               them
               hope
               )
               ere
               long
               have
               as
               great
               sums
               of
               mony
               ,
               as
               some
               whom
               they
               have
               condemned
               for
               having
               too
               much
               .
               And
               further
               ,
               what
               (
               think
               you
               )
               will
               become
               of
               the
               residue
               of
               the
               poor
               sheep
               ,
               
               left
               in
               all
               those
               parishes
               ,
               from
               whom
               these
               were
               thus
               allured
               ?
               they
               must
               starve
               ,
               for
               their
               Pastors
               or
               Teachers
               have
               not
               wherewith
               to
               live
               ,
               therefore
               if
               they
               stay
               there
               still
               ,
               many
               of
               them
               may
               starve
               ,
               and
               hunger
               you
               know
               is
               a
               sharp
               sauce
               ,
               surely
               they
               must
               leave
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               flock
               ,
               and
               then
               that
               remnant
               of
               the
               flock
               must
               starve
               for
               want
               of
               spirituall
               food
               ;
               and
               this
               wil
               occasion
               them
               to
               be
               more
               wicked
               ,
               to
               the
               dishonour
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               their
               own
               damnation
               ,
               and
               the
               perverting
               of
               the
               whole
               kingdome
               .
               Judge
               now
               if
               this
               way
               of
               the
               Separatists
               be
               not
               a
               dangerous
               way
               ,
               thus
               dividing
               without
               just
               cause
               ,
               doubtlesse
               this
               is
               a
               sin
               that
               will
               be
               closely
               laid
               
               to
               their
               charge
               that
               are
               the
               workers
               of
               it
               ;
               therefore
               if
               you
               will
               doe
               it
               still
               ,
               cause
               them
               then
               to
               allow
               to
               their
               own
               Pastors
               that
               are
               able
               and
               honest
               (
               in
               some
               competent
               degree
               )
               their
               own
               maintenance
               ,
               and
               this
               you
               may
               easily
               do
               ,
               by
               not
               suffering
               them
               to
               follow
               you
               ,
               or
               be
               of
               your
               company
               ,
               unlesse
               they
               will
               doe
               this
               their
               duties
               to
               their
               own
               Pastors
               or
               Teachers
               ,
               that
               so
               you
               may
               not
               be
               thought
               to
               have
               silver
               coloured
               fingers
               ,
               
               and
               golden
               coloured
               hearts
               .
               But
               me thinks
               I
               spy
               a
               monster
               now
               appearing
               ,
               arising
               out
               of
               the
               bottomlesse
               pit
               ,
               with
               a
               foxes
               head
               ,
               and
               a
               crocodiles
               heart
               ;
               its
               heart
               had
               a
               dark
               superscription
               on
               it
               ,
               hard
               to
               be
               read
               (
               but
               that
               God
               gives
               some
               some
               ability
               in
               times
               of
               great
               danger
               to
               discern
               it
               )
               but
               looking
               wishfully
               upon
               it
               ,
               I
               discerned
               it
               to
               bee
               anagrammatticall
               ,
               and
               then
               I
               knew
               how
               to
               read
               it
               ,
               &
               the
               word
               was
               (
               as
               I
               had
               put
               the
               letters
               in
               their
               due
               place
               )
               Covetousnesse
               ;
               As
               for
               his
               head
               ,
               I
               did
               read
               presently
               what
               that
               did
               portend
               or
               foreshew
               ,
               I
               knew
               there
               must
               be
               subtlety
               ,
               I
               bethought
               my selfe
               of
               this
               mysterie
               ,
               and
               thus
               interpreted
               it
               (
               summarily
               .
               )
               This
               Monsters
               heart
               whose
               name
               is
               Covetousnesse
               (
               in
               the
               mystery
               )
               doth
               imploy
               his
               foxes
               head
               to
               prevent
               this
               fair
               accommodation
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               which
               I
               am
               now
               working
               with
               my
               pen
               ,
               and
               me
               thought
               he
               presented
               to
               me
               an
               objection
               ,
               to
               prevent
               my
               diverting
               of
               him
               of
               his
               ungodly
               (
               and
               kingdom-destroying
               )
               gain
               ;
               
               and
               that
               was
               this
               as
               followeth
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               you
               cannot
               prove
               that
               there
               is
               any
               promise
               that
               a
               Nationall
               Church
               is
               to
               be
               anywhere
               ,
               at
               least
               not
               now
               under
               the
               gospel
               ;
               Upon
               this
               me
               thought
               I
               soon
               understood
               his
               head
               ,
               and
               the
               Anagram
               of
               his
               heart
               also
               ,
               and
               then
               I
               compared
               them
               together
               ,
               and
               easily
               and
               truly
               knew
               him
               to
               be
               one
               of
               
                 Baalzebubs
              
               crew
               ;
               and
               from
               that
               conclusion
               I
               quickly
               drew
               another
               ,
               and
               that
               was
               this
               ,
               he
               (
               that
               is
               )
               this
               Monster
               ,
               under
               pretence
               of
               a
               more
               purified
               Church
               ,
               (
               which
               I
               wish
               also
               (
               but
               with
               a
               true
               heart
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               God
               )
               would
               in
               pleading
               against
               a
               nationall
               Church
               ,
               overthrow
               parochiall
               Churches
               ,
               otherwise
               he
               could
               never
               have
               hopes
               to
               obtaine
               his
               desire
               .
               Then
               I
               bethought
               of
               what
               I
               had
               before
               concluded
               concerning
               the
               Church
               of
               Christ
               ,
               what
               it
               doth
               consist
               of
               in
               the
               largest
               sense
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               this
               ,
               Those
               that
               make
               an
               open
               profession
               of
               faith
               to
               bee
               saved
               by
               the
               merits
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               and
               declare
               it
               in
               the
               partaking
               of
               his
               ordinances
               ,
               and
               frame
               their
               lives
               accordingly
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               do
               not
               habitually
               act
               capital
               sins
               ,
               though
               it
               may
               sometimes
               fall
               out
               (
               through
               more
               then
               ordinary
               temptation
               )
               they
               be
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               overtaken
               now
               and
               then
               ,
               as
               
                 David
              
               was
               sometime
               one
               way
               ,
               and
               others
               some
               another
               way
               ;
               These
               we
               are
               to
               esteeme
               the
               Church
               of
               God
               ,
               although
               perhaps
               they
               may
               not
               have
               grace
               in
               their
               hearts
               ,
               nor
               yet
               be
               saved
               ;
               But
               this
               is
               the
               rule
               that
               we
               ought
               to
               be
               guided
               
               by
               ,
               to
               esteem
               of
               a
               supposed
               member
               of
               Christs
               mysticall
               Body
               ,
               untill
               hee
               declareth
               the
               contrary
               by
               wicked
               words
               ,
               or
               more
               sinfull
               deeds
               ;
               for
               secret
               things
               doe
               belong
               to
               God
               onely
               ,
               and
               the
               strict
               knowledge
               of
               the
               heart
               is
               one
               of
               those
               secrets
               .
               Thus
               when
               I
               had
               noted
               againe
               this
               point
               ,
               I
               then
               thought
               ,
               and
               was
               fully
               satisfied
               ,
               That
               Christ
               hath
               more
               members
               amongst
               us
               ,
               in
               most
               Parishes
               ,
               then
               this
               Monster
               did
               pretend
               ,
               although
               by
               reason
               he
               hath
               much
               hindered
               the
               setling
               of
               the
               government
               of
               the
               Church
               with
               us
               in
               the
               Presbyteriall
               way
               (
               or
               at
               least
               very
               neare
               that
               way
               .
               )
               Many
               for
               want
               of
               a
               good
               discipline
               and
               laws
               to
               restrain
               vice
               ,
               be
               lame
               in
               their
               practise
               of
               godlines
               ,
               &c.
               
               I
               then
               adventured
               as
               a
               Lion
               (
               me thought
               )
               to
               encounter
               this
               Monster
               ,
               and
               I
               took
               the
               way
               which
               my
               Saviour
               did
               in
               the
               wildernesse
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               it
               is
               written
               
                 Psal.
                 33.
                 12.
                 
                 Blessed
                 is
                 the
                 Nation
                 whose
                 God
                 is
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               this
               was
               spoken
               of
               the
               Jewes
               then
               the
               people
               of
               God
               :
               
                 Gen.
                 22.
                 18.
                 
                 In
                 thy
                 seed
                 shall
                 all
                 the
                 Nations
                 of
                 the
                 earth
                 bee
                 blessed
                 :
              
               Gen.
               18.
               18.
               
               
                 All
                 the
                 Nations
                 of
                 the
                 earth
                 shall
                 be
                 blessed
                 in
                 Abraham
                 .
              
               I
               know
               some
               will
               not
               be
               satisfied
               fully
               with
               these
               Texts
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               and
               I
               know
               their
               objections
               ,
               therefore
               I
               will
               produce
               some
               other
               ,
               although
               I
               know
               these
               are
               for
               the
               same
               purpose
               .
               Another
               Scripture
               saith
               ,
               
                 That
                 Nations
                 shall
                 flow
                 to
                 thee
                 ,
              
               viz.
               to
               Christ
               .
               But
               let
               us
               see
               what
               the
               Lord
               saith
               by
               the
               mouth
               of
               his
               Prophet
               
                 Esay
                 ,
              
               chap.
               55.
               ver.
               5.
               these
               are
               the
               words
               ,
               
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 call
                 a
                 Nation
                 whom
                 thou
                 knowest
                 not
                 ,
                 and
                 Nations
                 that
                 knew
                 not
                 thee
                 ,
                 shall
                 run
                 unto
                 thee
                 ,
              
               
               
                 viz.
              
               to
               Christ
               ;
               he
               did
               not
               mean
               that
               whole
               Nations
               should
               ,
               or
               would
               run
               to
               Christ
               singularly
               generall
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               not
               every
               particular
               man
               or
               woman
               should
               bee
               converted
               to
               Christ
               ;
               but
               that
               the
               Nation
               should
               in
               the
               more
               generall
               profession
               embrace
               the
               doctrine
               of
               Christ
               ;
               and
               many
               of
               them
               in
               truth
               of
               heart
               ,
               as
               the
               Jews
               did
               at
               that
               time
               ,
               when
               
                 David
              
               the
               kingly
               Prophet
               spake
               those
               words
               now
               quoted
               out
               of
               the
               
                 33
                 Psalm
              
               aforesaid
               ,
               though
               there
               be
               many
               rebellious
               
                 Corahs
                 ,
              
               and
               other
               sinfull
               murmuring
               people
               and
               wicked
               transgressors
               amongst
               these
               ,
               as
               there
               was
               amongst
               those
               Jews
               ,
               as
               they
               were
               in
               the
               way
               to
               
                 Canaan
              
               land
               (
               the
               type
               of
               heaven
               .
               )
               And
               now
               me thinks
               this
               Monster
               is
               stopped
               in
               his
               aime
               and
               hopes
               ;
               I
               therefore
               now
               will
               proceed
               to
               another
               Point
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               proved
               it
               by
               Reason
               and
               Scripture
               ,
               that
               divisions
               in
               the
               divine
               exercises
               of
               our
               Religion
               ,
               is
               naught
               and
               dangerous
               to
               the
               state
               of
               Christians
               :
               And
               also
               that
               it
               is
               a
               great
               happinesse
               to
               bee
               united
               together
               in
               a
               warrantable
               uniformity
               in
               the
               Divine
               ordinances
               of
               our
               Religion
               ;
               Now
               I
               come
               to
               prove
               more
               particularly
               what
               speciall
               decrees
               and
               ordinances
               the
               Apostles
               did
               ordain
               and
               appoint
               for
               the
               Churches
               of
               God
               in
               the
               Primitive
               time
               ,
               the
               better
               to
               accommodate
               them
               in
               a
               
               warrantable
               uniformity
               ,
               
               and
               thus
               I
               prove
               it
               ,
               
                 Acts
              
               15.
               23.
               to
               31
               ,
               &
               4●
               .
               compared
               with
               chap.
               16.
               v.
               4.
               
               In
               ver.
               23.
               wee
               may
               see
               the
               Apostles
               and
               Elders
               ,
               and
               Brethren
               sent
               greeting
               to
               the
               Brethren
               in
               
                 Antioch
                 ,
              
               in
               
                 Syria
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Cilicia
                 ,
              
               (
               these
               were
               divers
               Churches
               ;
               )
               And
               in
               ver.
               29.
               you
               may
               see
               what
               the
               decrees
               were
               that
               they
               had
               decreed
               for
               them
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               what
               some
               of
               the
               decrees
               were
               ,
               the
               which
               were
               for
               (
               all
               )
               those
               Churches
               .
               And
               in
               chap.
               16.
               
               
                 Paul
              
               and
               
                 Silas
              
               going
               through
               the
               Cities
               ,
               delivered
               them
               the
               decrees
               for
               to
               keep
               that
               were
               ordained
               of
               the
               Apostles
               and
               Elders
               which
               were
               at
               
                 Jerusalem
                 .
              
               Here
               wee
               may
               see
               ,
               that
               all
               those
               Cities
               had
               but
               one
               sort
               of
               decrees
               ,
               as
               is
               more
               then
               likely
               ,
               for
               the
               Apostles
               did
               ordain
               for
               
                 Antioch
                 ,
                 Syria
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Cilicia
                 ,
              
               but
               one
               sort
               of
               necessary
               things
               as
               in
               ver.
               28
               ,
               29.
               of
               chap.
               15.
               doth
               appeare
               plainly
               ;
               the
               which
               
                 Paul
              
               and
               the
               rest
               delivered
               to
               those
               in
               
                 Antioch
                 ,
              
               as
               in
               ver.
               30.
               appeareth
               ,
               and
               afterward
               they
               came
               to
               
                 Syria
              
               and
               
                 Cilicia
                 ,
              
               as
               in
               ver.
               41.
               you
               may
               see
               ,
               and
               those
               ordinances
               did
               much
               confirme
               the
               Churches
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               see
               in
               the
               last
               words
               of
               this
               41.
               ver.
               aforesaid
               ;
               and
               in
               ver.
               5.
               of
               chap.
               6.
               also
               ;
               surely
               uniformity
               in
               the
               truth
               is
               a
               meanes
               of
               confirmation
               and
               unity
               of
               affection
               ;
               and
               in
               1
               
                 Cor.
                 7.
                 17.
                 
                 Thus
                 ordain
                 I
                 in
                 all
                 Churches
                 ;
              
               in
               this
               place
               the
               Apostle
               resolves
               some
               questions
               to
               the
               
                 Corinthians
                 ,
              
               and
               putteth
               them
               and
               other
               Churches
               into
               one
               uniformity
               ,
               as
               is
               cleare
               by
               the
               words
               of
               the
               text
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 Thus
                 ordain
                 I
                 in
                 (
                 all
                 )
                 Churches
                 ,
              
               and
               so
               in
               1
               
                 Cor.
                 16.
                 1
                 ,
                 2.
                 
                 As
                 I
                 have
                 given
                 order
                 to
                 the
                 Churches
                 of
                 Galatia
                 ,
                 even
                 so
                 doe
                 yee
                 ;
              
               there
               was
               a
               uniformity
               in
               providing
               for
               the
               poor
               .
               Thus
               we
               may
               see
               the
               blessed
               Apostle
               did
               endeavour
               uniformity
               in
               all
               the
               Churches
               of
               God
               ,
               I
               wish
               the
               like
               practice
               were
               amongst
               us
               in
               these
               dayes
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               uniformity
               in
               godly
               wayes
               .
               But
               some
               may
               demand
               a
               question
               ,
               if
               the
               Apostle
               did
               not
               sometime
               in
               some
               cases
               give
               leave
               to
               Christians
               in
               case
               of
               Conscience
               for
               want
               of
               true
               knowledge
               in
               some
               particulars
               ,
               
               to
               doe
               ,
               or
               not
               doe
               .
               It
               's
               true
               ,
               he
               did
               so
               ,
               but
               not
               in
               those
               things
               that
               were
               of
               any
               danger
               to
               the
               state
               of
               the
               Church
               or
               Churches
               ,
               for
               those
               that
               were
               weak
               in
               knowledge
               for
               the
               present
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               not
               sin
               against
               their
               conscience
               in
               eating
               of
               herbs
               ,
               by
               him
               that
               did
               think
               he
               might
               not
               eat
               flesh
               ;
               &
               likewise
               to
               celebrate
               service
               to
               God
               upon
               some
               speciall
               day
               or
               dayes
               rather
               then
               in
               some
               other
               days
               ,
               (
               provided
               that
               they
               did
               not
               doe
               it
               as
               having
               respect
               to
               the
               old
               types
               or
               shadows
               )
               that
               did
               foreshew
               the
               comming
               of
               Christ
               ,
               the
               substance
               ,
               lest
               they
               either
               be
               intangled
               with
               justification
               by
               works
               ,
               or
               else
               in
               stead
               of
               relying
               on
               the
               true
               Christ
               already
               come
               ,
               should
               (
               as
               the
               Jews
               do
               now
               )
               look
               for
               a
               Jesus
               to
               come
               ,
               as
               hee
               is
               already
               come
               :
               But
               this
               liberty
               the
               Apostle
               did
               not
               confirm
               to
               be
               as
               a
               law
               alwayes
               for
               them
               to
               rest
               on
               ,
               as
               
               not
               to
               seek
               for
               better
               assurance
               of
               knowledge
               therein
               ,
               for
               hee
               at
               that
               time
               did
               shew
               the
               very
               legs
               of
               that
               statue
               ,
               in
               these
               words
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 He
                 that
                 eateth
                 herbes
                 is
                 weake
                 ,
              
               and
               so
               said
               he
               of
               him
               that
               should
               bee
               opinionated
               about
               the
               observation
               of
               a
               day
               ;
               Not
               that
               which
               before
               was
               to
               be
               observed
               as
               a
               type
               ,
               
                 Gal.
              
               4.
               10.
               but
               that
               we
               may
               set
               apart
               some
               days
               more
               especially
               then
               others
               for
               divine
               exercises
               ,
               for
               the
               Apostle
               had
               done
               so
               himself
               very
               likely
               ,
               setting
               apart
               the
               first
               day
               of
               the
               week
               ,
               as
               in
               1
               
                 Cor.
              
               16.
               2.
               and
               as
               you
               may
               perceive
               by
               their
               usuall
               meeting
               upon
               the
               Lords
               day
               ,
               and
               other
               dayes
               so
               often
               spoken
               of
               in
               the
               Scriptures
               .
               But
               what
               is
               all
               this
               to
               those
               things
               that
               are
               now
               in
               these
               our
               dayes
               so
               much
               pleaded
               for
               ?
               Alas
               ,
               those
               things
               were
               but
               flea-bitings
               ,
               to
               them
               that
               some
               would
               have
               now
               adayes
               ;
               shall
               we
               give
               way
               to
               such
               things
               as
               are
               so
               materiall
               ,
               
               as
               will
               ruinate
               the
               state
               of
               Christians
               ?
               God
               forbid
               ,
               the
               government
               of
               the
               Church
               is
               of
               a
               higher
               nature
               ,
               the
               Apostles
               did
               not
               give
               toleration
               in
               such
               great
               matters
               ;
               this
               is
               the
               staffe
               of
               Bands
               ,
               the
               which
               if
               it
               be
               broke
               ,
               I
               am
               sure
               the
               other
               staffe
               called
               Beauty
               ,
               wil
               soon
               be
               all
               to
               shivers
               .
               If
               all
               that
               plead
               tendernesse
               of
               conscience
               may
               have
               liberty
               as
               they
               desire
               ,
               every
               one
               that
               is
               without
               grace
               will
               take
               up
               that
               plea
               ;
               Do
               you
               not
               think
               that
               a
               very
               varlet
               ,
               or
               peevish
               ,
               or
               perverse
               man
               ,
               out
               of
               a
               malignant
               disposition
               will
               plead
               liberty
               of
               conscience
               to
               act
               meer
               knavery
               ?
               
               surely
               yes
               .
               I
               condemne
               not
               all
               ,
               but
               if
               men
               may
               bee
               allowed
               to
               plead
               ,
               and
               in
               pleading
               obtain
               liberty
               as
               they
               list
               ,
               you
               will
               hold
               them
               in
               no
               good
               duty
               :
               To
               speak
               plain
               ,
               and
               short
               ,
               hee
               that
               hath
               been
               a
               professor
               of
               Christianity
               any
               competent
               time
               ,
               and
               yet
               is
               pleading
               for
               liberty
               of
               conscience
               against
               those
               things
               that
               common
               capacity
               can
               fathome
               ,
               is
               either
               a
               vain
               professor
               ,
               or
               else
               his
               Teacher
               or
               guider
               is
               to
               be
               much
               suspected
               ;
               and
               I
               fear
               such
               Leaders
               teach
               not
               sincerely
               ,
               to
               shew
               what
               is
               the
               truth
               in
               those
               things
               ,
               
               but
               hold
               men
               blind
               for
               their
               own
               advantage
               ,
               especially
               if
               it
               bee
               any
               long
               time
               together
               .
               But
               take
               this
               for
               a
               rule
               ,
               that
               if
               we
               find
               a
               man
               that
               is
               apprehensive
               in
               matters
               of
               Divinity
               in
               the
               generall
               ,
               among
               many
               things
               ,
               and
               yet
               is
               defective
               in
               his
               confession
               of
               some
               truths
               that
               are
               as
               easie
               ,
               and
               of
               as
               low
               a
               nature
               ,
               as
               those
               he
               confesseth
               to
               be
               truth
               ,
               and
               sensible
               too
               ,
               and
               thus
               remaineth
               a
               long
               time
               together
               ,
               such
               a
               one
               is
               (
               ungodly
               )
               wilfull
               in
               his
               way
               ,
               against
               his
               own
               conscience
               ,
               and
               ought
               to
               be
               dealt
               withall
               by
               force
               ,
               for
               he
               hath
               an
               obstinate
               or
               malignant
               spirit
               ;
               and
               you
               may
               know
               ,
               that
               after
               a
               man
               have
               persisted
               in
               sinne
               wilfully
               against
               his
               conscience
               ,
               God
               doth
               then
               usually
               blind
               the
               eyes
               of
               such
               a
               one
               ;
               yea
               ,
               sometime
               the
               very
               children
               of
               God
               have
               some
               lower
               degrees
               of
               this
               blinding
               (
               for
               a
               time
               )
               but
               the
               froward
               much
               more
               .
               These
               things
               considered
               ,
               wee
               have
               cause
               to
               dislike
               
               like
               confusion
               ,
               and
               love
               a
               godly
               uniformity
               ,
               imitating
               the
               Apostles
               in
               the
               same
               .
               But
               I
               suppose
               many
               that
               plead
               so
               much
               for
               diversity
               of
               government
               ,
               (
               which
               is
               confusion
               )
               doe
               not
               beleeve
               that
               it
               is
               the
               best
               way
               for
               Christians
               so
               to
               be
               ;
               but
               that
               indeed
               there
               is
               some
               greater
               matter
               lyeth
               couchant
               in
               this
               heap
               of
               confusion
               .
               And
               in
               plaine
               English
               ,
               I
               think
               it
               is
               a
               blind
               uncharitablenesse
               in
               many
               ,
               
               mixt
               with
               malignity
               in
               their
               intellectuall
               faculty
               and
               heart
               together
               ;
               I
               would
               not
               have
               caused
               my
               Pen
               to
               have
               drawne
               this
               curtaine
               ,
               at
               this
               time
               ,
               but
               that
               mee
               thought
               I
               heard
               one
               at
               my
               elbow
               ,
               longing
               to
               heare
               something
               of
               the
               cause
               (
               in
               some
               measure
               )
               of
               our
               kingdoms
               confusion
               ;
               for
               some
               things
               may
               be
               accounted
               and
               esteemed
               less
               worthy
               of
               so
               much
               striving
               for
               to
               maintain
               this
               confusion
               on
               the
               Sectaries
               part
               ,
               then
               some
               wil
               allow
               of
               ,
               although
               we
               have
               no
               expresse
               command
               for
               it
               ;
               if
               you
               think
               otherwise
               ,
               why
               then
               did
               the
               Apostle
               St.
               
                 Paul
              
               deliver
               some
               things
               in
               such
               generall
               termes
               ,
               
               as
               he
               did
               in
               1
               
                 Cor.
              
               14.
               41.
               in
               these
               words
               ,
               
                 Let
                 every
                 thing
                 be
                 done
                 decently
                 and
                 in
                 order
                 ?
              
               It
               seemeth
               
                 Paul
              
               knew
               well
               ,
               that
               those
               who
               had
               any
               measure
               of
               true
               knowledge
               ,
               and
               true
               sincerity
               together
               ,
               (
               far
               from
               hypocrisie
               )
               might
               be
               able
               to
               judge
               what
               was
               fit
               in
               some
               things
               of
               a
               low
               nature
               ,
               without
               any
               strict
               precept
               for
               every
               particular
               wagging
               ones
               finger
               ;
               1
               
                 Cor.
                 14
                 43.
                 
                 God
                 is
                 not
                 the
                 author
                 of
                 confusion
                 but
                 of
                 peace
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 (
                 all
                 )
                 Churches
                 of
                 the
                 Saints
                 ,
              
               and
               chap.
               11.
               44.
               yea
               ,
               from
               the
               6.
               to
               the
               end
               of
               the
               15.
               these
               are
               some
               of
               the
               words
               ,
               
                 Judge
                 in
                 your selves
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               And
               
                 Phil.
              
               4.
               8.
               are
               these
               words
               ,
               
                 viz
                 Whatsoever
                 things
                 are
                 comely
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               And
               so
               
                 Rom.
              
               14.
               17.
               these
               are
               those
               words
               ,
               
                 The
                 kingdome
                 of
                 God
                 is
                 not
                 meat
                 and
                 drinke
                 ,
                 but
                 righteousnesse
                 ,
                 peace
                 ,
                 and
                 joy
                 in
                 the
                 holy
                 Ghost
                 ;
                 for
                 hee
                 that
                 in
                 these
                 things
                 serveth
                 Christ
                 ,
                 is
                 acceptable
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 approved
                 of
                 all
                 (
                 good
                 )
                 men
                 .
              
               It
               seemeth
               that
               this
               Apostle
               had
               no
               such
               intent
               ,
               as
               to
               have
               them
               hazard
               their
               peace
               ,
               or
               endanger
               themselves
               to
               a
               Civill
               war
               ,
               nor
               give
               an
               occasion
               to
               a
               forain
               enemy
               to
               break
               in
               upon
               us
               ,
               nor
               yet
               to
               hinder
               those
               that
               are
               without
               ,
               to
               stand
               off
               the
               further
               from
               being
               of
               our
               true
               Religion
               ,
               to
               their
               everlasting
               damnation
               .
               
               Neither
               is
               it
               necessary
               to
               let
               men
               alone
               in
               their
               separations
               and
               divisions
               ,
               for
               such
               matters
               as
               the
               government
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               (
               for
               that
               's
               of
               a
               high
               nature
               )
               lest
               their
               leaders
               
                 (
                 viz.
              
               some
               of
               them
               )
               do
               make
               the
               divisions
               so
               great
               (
               in
               time
               )
               that
               there
               will
               be
               no
               power
               to
               reclaim
               them
               :
               therefore
               those
               things
               that
               you
               know
               not
               ,
               and
               therefore
               have
               scruple
               in
               your
               conscience
               concerning
               them
               ;
               You
               should
               (
               to
               satisfie
               your selves
               therein
               )
               ask
               of
               your
               Teachers
               :
               But
               because
               it
               hath
               been
               so
               long
               time
               your
               weaknesse
               ,
               and
               yet
               is
               so
               still
               ,
               it
               doth
               cause
               some
               to
               think
               ,
               you
               are
               either
               wilfully
               obstinate
               ,
               (
               not
               all
               so
               )
               or
               else
               your
               Pastors
               (
               many
               of
               them
               )
               doe
               forbear
               in
               policy
               from
               
               revealing
               them
               unto
               you
               ,
               
               lest
               you
               should
               forsake
               them
               and
               joyn
               with
               those
               that
               are
               on
               the
               Presbyteriall
               way
               ,
               which
               (
               for
               the
               more
               part
               )
               are
               the
               most
               knowing
               men
               :
               And
               truly
               it
               is
               a
               great
               sign
               that
               the
               Sectaries
               are
               the
               weakest
               in
               knowledg
               in
               Divinity
               ,
               because
               (
               as
               it
               is
               reported
               )
               most
               of
               the
               women-kind
               bendeth
               that
               way
               .
               If
               these
               things
               bee
               not
               so
               ,
               then
               I
               will
               tell
               you
               what
               the
               next
               apprehension
               is
               ,
               (
               as
               many
               say
               and
               absolutely
               conclude
               )
               and
               that
               is
               this
               ,
               There
               are
               some
               Preachers
               that
               lead
               the
               silly
               weake
               people
               in
               this
               way
               into
               by-corners
               ,
               because
               they
               want
               ability
               to
               give
               them
               strong
               meat
               ,
               or
               little
               better
               then
               such
               as
               is
               fit
               for
               Babes
               ,
               
               and
               so
               occasion
               the
               building
               our
               
                 Babel
              
               of
               confusion
               with
               the
               content
               they
               have
               in
               their
               boles
               and
               basins
               ,
               &c.
               (
               as
               some
               think
               and
               say
               )
               to
               the
               undoing
               of
               the
               Parishioners
               lawfull
               Pastors
               ,
               and
               occasioning
               and
               hindering
               those
               Ministers
               that
               are
               able
               for
               the
               work
               of
               the
               Ministery
               of
               the
               Gospel
               from
               undertaking
               the
               cure
               of
               soules
               ,
               and
               perhaps
               to
               the
               undoing
               of
               those
               so
               blindly
               led
               by
               them
               ,
               and
               the
               starving
               of
               the
               soules
               of
               those
               inhabitants
               that
               remain
               behind
               in
               those
               Parishes
               too
               .
               
               I
               know
               what
               objection
               some
               subtle
               head
               will
               make
               to
               this
               my
               latter
               assertion
               ,
               but
               I
               will
               prevent
               him
               ,
               because
               I
               would
               not
               have
               him
               shew
               forth
               openly
               his
               weaknesse
               or
               subtlety
               to
               his
               shame
               ,
               or
               else
               his
               wickednesse
               to
               his
               open
               condemnation
               ;
               his
               answer
               is
               this
               ,
               those
               people
               that
               have
               a
               mind
               to
               come
               out
               and
               heare
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               may
               ,
               if
               they
               will
               come
               and
               follow
               us
               ,
               and
               heare
               us
               preach
               in
               our
               owne
               houses
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               in
               some
               other
               places
               also
               ,
               and
               all
               of
               them
               may
               pay
               us
               as
               others
               doe
               for
               their
               comming
               to
               us
               ,
               and
               hearing
               of
               us
               ;
               and
               we
               will
               have
               one
               free
               way
               for
               it
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               a
               common
               offering
               .
               But
               I
               answer
               ,
               by
               this
               meanes
               of
               their
               alluring
               them
               ,
               to
               their
               private
               houses
               ,
               &c.
               they
               keep
               themselves
               from
               shewing
               what
               their
               inabilities
               are
               from
               them
               that
               are
               more
               judicious
               in
               many
               points
               which
               they
               teach
               in
               private
               ;
               yea
               ,
               and
               by
               those
               points
               ,
               so
               in
               private
               taught
               ,
               they
               hold
               these
               silly
               Lambs
               to
               them
               as
               they
               list
               for
               their
               owne
               sinister
               ends
               ;
               making
               them
               believe
               ,
               that
               those
               points
               are
               of
               such
               concernment
               ,
               that
               if
               they
               desert
               from
               them
               ,
               as
               they
               themselves
               with
               mouth
               (
               though
               perhaps
               not
               with
               heart
               )
               do
               teach
               ,
               they
               then
               are
               in
               exceeding
               great
               danger
               ,
               and
               then
               the
               poore
               Lambes
               in
               stead
               of
               safe
               refuge
               ,
               are
               held
               in
               the
               wolves
               clawes
               ;
               I
               hope
               better
               of
               some
               .
               And
               thus
               much
               shall
               serve
               for
               this
               point
               ,
               and
               I
               hope
               all
               honest
               men
               will
               joyn
               with
               me
               :
            
             
               
                 Some
                 doe
                 invent
                 malignity
                 ,
                 with
                 breezes
                 in
                 their
                 eares
                 ;
              
               
                 The
                 truth
                 his
                 mouth
                 doth
                 so
                 untie
                 ,
                 of
                 God
                 he
                 has
                 no
                 feares
                 .
              
            
             
               Now
               in
               the
               next
               place
               I
               will
               treat
               upon
               another
               point
               in
               difference
               between
               the
               Presbyterialls
               and
               some
               of
               the
               Sectaries
               ,
               
               and
               they
               are
               called
               
               led
               
                 Antinomians
                 :
              
               I
               shall
               pitch
               upon
               Scripture
               to
               confute
               these
               ,
               who
               hold
               this
               cursed
               Tenet
               ;
               I
               told
               you
               that
               the
               last
               Monster
               (
               as
               I
               thought
               )
               did
               arise
               out
               of
               the
               bottomlesse
               pit
               from
               
                 Baalzebub
                 ,
              
               but
               I
               think
               this
               is
               that
               old
               Dragon
               himself
               ;
               neverthelesse
               I
               beleeve
               ,
               some
               honest
               people
               might
               be
               intangled
               in
               this
               error
               also
               ,
               because
               this
               hath
               been
               a
               time
               of
               difference
               ,
               in
               many
               things
               among
               the
               learned
               ;
               The
               first
               Scripture
               is
               ,
               
                 Acts
              
               21.
               20.
               compared
               with
               ver.
               24.
               
               In
               ver.
               20.
               you
               may
               see
               ,
               that
               the
               Jewes
               that
               were
               beleevers
               were
               zealous
               of
               the
               Law
               ;
               and
               in
               ver.
               21.
               you
               may
               easily
               collect
               ,
               that
               they
               still
               observed
               the
               old
               Ceremonial
               rites
               and
               customes
               from
               which
               
                 Paul
              
               did
               disswade
               them
               in
               teaching
               ;
               but
               in
               ver.
               24.
               you
               may
               see
               it
               clearly
               ,
               that
               
                 Paul
              
               observed
               the
               old
               morall
               Law
               still
               ,
               for
               there
               you
               may
               perceive
               that
               some
               had
               given
               a
               false
               information
               of
               
                 Pauls
              
               not
               observing
               the
               Law
               ,
               (
               as
               is
               very
               likely
               )
               the
               which
               is
               by
               those
               Jewes
               mentioned
               in
               this
               verse
               ,
               and
               confessed
               to
               be
               an
               untruth
               ,
               being
               now
               better
               informed
               ,
               for
               these
               are
               the
               words
               of
               the
               Text
               ,
               at
               the
               latter
               end
               of
               it
               ,
               
                 All
                 may
                 know
                 that
                 these
                 things
                 whereof
                 they
                 were
                 informed
                 concerning
                 thee
                 ,
                 are
                 nothing
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 then
                 thy self
                 also
                 walkest
                 orderly
                 ,
                 and
                 keepest
                 the
                 Law
                 .
              
               Now
               
                 Paul
              
               had
               alwayes
               preached
               down
               the
               Ceremoniall
               Law
               :
               that
               were
               but
               types
               and
               figures
               of
               Christ
               ,
               &c.
               therefore
               it
               was
               the
               Morall
               Law
               :
               and
               truly
               ,
               why
               not
               to
               be
               observed
               by
               us
               under
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               by
               the
               beleevers
               before
               Christs
               comming
               in
               the
               flesh
               ?
               provided
               we
               observe
               it
               but
               as
               those
               beleevers
               did
               ,
               for
               they
               used
               it
               but
               as
               a
               guide
               to
               live
               honestly
               by
               ,
               for
               
                 Abraham
                 ,
                 Isaac
                 ,
              
               and
               all
               the
               servants
               of
               God
               recorded
               in
               the
               Scriptures
               of
               truth
               are
               said
               to
               be
               justified
               by
               faith
               ,
               and
               therefore
               God
               commanded
               the
               Jewes
               that
               were
               beleevers
               in
               the
               promise
               of
               everlasting
               life
               ,
               by
               faith
               in
               Christ
               ,
               in
               the
               time
               of
               the
               Prophet
               
                 Malachi
                 ,
              
               to
               remember
               the
               Law
               of
               
                 Moses
                 ,
              
               which
               he
               had
               commanded
               in
               
                 Horeb
                 ;
              
               these
               are
               the
               words
               of
               that
               text
               ,
               
                 Remember
                 yee
                 the
                 law
                 of
                 Moses
                 which
                 I
                 commanded
                 him
                 in
                 Horeb
                 for
                 all
                 Israel
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               &
               Rom.
               7.
               14.
               
               
                 We
                 know
                 the
                 Law
                 is
                 spirituall
                 ,
              
               saith
               the
               Apostle
               there
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               it
               is
               suitable
               to
               the
               pure
               Spirit
               of
               God
               ,
               by
               the
               which
               our
               Spirits
               should
               be
               qualified
               and
               guided
               to
               thoughts
               ,
               words
               ,
               and
               deeds
               ,
               and
               therefore
               in
               
                 Matth.
              
               5.
               17
               ,
               18.
               our
               Saviour
               Christ
               forbiddeth
               us
               to
               have
               so
               much
               as
               a
               thought
               ,
               that
               the
               Law
               or
               the
               Prophets
               should
               be
               destroyed
               ,
               but
               shall
               continue
               till
               all
               things
               be
               fulfilled
               ,
               (
               and
               that
               will
               not
               be
               till
               heaven
               and
               earth
               be
               passed
               away
               ,
               &c.
               )
               Now
               that
               he
               meant
               the
               written
               Law
               in
               this
               Text
               is
               plaine
               ,
               for
               the
               words
               are
               ,
               
                 Vntill
                 heaven
                 and
                 earth
                 passe
                 ,
              
               the
               Law
               shall
               not
               passe
               ;
               But
               if
               hee
               had
               meant
               the
               Law
               onely
               written
               in
               the
               hearts
               of
               the
               godly
               ,
               darkly
               ,
               (
               for
               so
               it
               is
               but
               darkly
               in
               the
               best
               )
               then
               he
               would
               not
               have
               said
               ,
               till
               heaven
               
               and
               earth
               passe
               ;
               for
               the
               Law
               spirituall
               in
               the
               hearts
               of
               those
               that
               are
               to
               be
               saved
               shall
               be
               more
               perfect
               in
               them
               for
               evermore
               .
               And
               beside
               ,
               to
               put
               you
               out
               of
               all
               doubt
               ,
               see
               1
               
                 Cor.
              
               9.
               21.
               where
               
                 Paul
              
               confesseth
               ingenuously
               ,
               That
               
                 hee
                 was
                 then
                 under
                 the
                 Law
                 to
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               even
               then
               when
               hee
               was
               a
               beleever
               in
               Christ
               for
               salvation
               ;
               yea
               ,
               as
               in
               
                 Rom.
              
               7.
               22.
               hee
               confessed
               hee
               
                 did
                 delight
                 in
                 the
                 law
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 after
                 the
                 inner
                 man
                 ,
              
               but
               even
               then
               there
               were
               some
               that
               did
               slander
               him
               in
               this
               very
               point
               ,
               (
               as
               is
               more
               then
               likely
               )
               as
               you
               may
               easily
               perceive
               in
               
                 Rom.
              
               3.
               31.
               by
               his
               speech
               there
               as
               by
               way
               of
               vindication
               ;
               the
               words
               are
               these
               ,
               
                 Doe
                 we
                 then
                 make
                 void
                 the
                 Law
                 through
                 faith
                 ▪
                 God
                 forbid
                 ,
                 yea
                 ,
                 we
                 establish
                 the
                 Law
                 ;
              
               thus
               you
               may
               see
               that
               he
               did
               not
               null
               the
               Moral
               Law
               ,
               by
               his
               preaching
               of
               faith
               ,
               nor
               yet
               by
               his
               beleeving
               it
               ,
               therefore
               O
               yee
               
                 Antinomians
              
               detest
               your
               cursed
               Tenet
               ,
               for
               the
               best
               of
               us
               doe
               see
               our
               sins
               but
               dimly
               in
               our selves
               ;
               and
               although
               the
               more
               a
               man
               is
               sanctified
               the
               more
               hee
               can
               discerne
               the
               remnants
               of
               his
               sins
               in
               him
               ,
               yet
               he
               cannot
               see
               them
               all
               :
               And
               you
               know
               the
               lesse
               a
               man
               is
               sanctified
               ,
               the
               darker
               he
               is
               in
               his
               judgement
               in
               the
               knowledge
               of
               sin
               ;
               to
               speak
               plainly
               thus
               ,
               we
               have
               all
               (
               even
               the
               best
               of
               us
               )
               need
               of
               a
               guide
               ,
               for
               God
               hath
               ordained
               outward
               meanes
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               inward
               ,
               for
               the
               edifying
               of
               his
               Saints
               ;
               And
               if
               we
               retain
               the
               Law
               for
               a
               looking-glasse
               to
               shew
               us
               our
               deformities
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               be
               justified
               by
               it
               ,
               what
               hurt
               then
               is
               there
               in
               the
               retaining
               it
               ?
               It
               is
               to
               us
               not
               a
               curse
               but
               a
               blessing
               ;
               but
               if
               we
               reject
               it
               ,
               and
               cast
               it
               off
               from
               using
               it
               ,
               I
               am
               sure
               we
               shall
               thereby
               procure
               not
               a
               blessing
               but
               a
               curse
               ,
               therefore
               beware
               lest
               you
               have
               unawares
               admitted
               of
               some
               Jesuiticall
               spirits
               .
               I
               will
               note
               one
               thing
               more
               out
               of
               that
               in
               
                 Mat.
                 5.
                 17.
                 viz.
              
               that
               our
               Saviour
               joynes
               the
               Law
               and
               the
               Prophets
               together
               ,
               and
               saith
               ,
               
                 That
                 he
                 was
                 not
                 come
                 to
                 destroy
                 the
                 Law
                 or
                 the
                 Prophets
                 ;
              
               why
               will
               you
               understand
               one
               of
               them
               in
               the
               spirituall
               sense
               onely
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               in
               the
               literall
               onely
               ?
               for
               I
               hope
               you
               will
               all
               conclude
               ,
               that
               he
               spake
               of
               the
               Prophets
               in
               the
               literall
               sense
               ,
               that
               their
               prophesies
               that
               are
               written
               shall
               last
               no
               longer
               then
               the
               end
               of
               the
               world
               ;
               therefore
               it
               is
               the
               Law
               also
               that
               is
               written
               that
               our
               Saviour
               meant
               ,
               and
               not
               the
               Law
               written
               in
               the
               hearts
               of
               his
               children
               ;
               and
               I
               hope
               that
               in
               1
               
                 Cor.
              
               9.
               21.
               and
               also
               that
               in
               
                 Rom.
                 7.
                 
                 &
              
               22.
               will
               fully
               satisfie
               any
               honest
               man
               ,
               that
               is
               capable
               of
               Babes
               meat
               ;
               but
               I
               feare
               they
               hold
               another
               dangerous
               Tenet
               ,
               which
               this
               latter
               cursed
               Tenet
               doth
               produce
               ,
               
               
                 viz.
              
               God
               is
               not
               angry
               with
               his
               children
               ,
               though
               they
               act
               or
               commit
               such
               actions
               or
               deeds
               which
               God
               by
               his
               Morall
               Law
               hath
               forbid
               ,
               as
               adultery
               ,
               or
               fornication
               ,
               or
               theft
               ,
               or
               idolatry
               ,
               and
               the
               rest
               ;
               and
               consequently
               ,
               that
               a
               man
               needs
               not
               repent
               after
               any
               such
               vile
               actions
               .
               To
               this
               I
               answer
               ,
               that
               God
               is
               angry
               with
               them
               when
               
               they
               so
               transgresse
               against
               him
               ,
               and
               also
               did
               usually
               afflict
               them
               sore
               ;
               see
               for
               this
               ,
               
                 Deut.
                 9.
                 20.
                 the
                 Lord
                 was
                 angry
                 with
                 Aaron
                 ,
                 even
                 to
                 destroy
                 him
                 ,
                 in
                 making
                 the
                 golden
                 Calf
                 ,
              
               although
               he
               were
               occasioned
               therunto
               ,
               through
               fear
               of
               the
               peoples
               doing
               him
               some
               hurt
               ;
               this
               evill
               deed
               of
               
                 Aaron
              
               you
               may
               see
               in
               
                 Exod.
              
               32.
               21
               ,
               22
               ,
               &
               23.
               24
               ,
               25.
               
               
                 Deut.
                 4.
                 21
                 ,
                 22.
                 
                 Moses
              
               said
               ,
               
                 That
                 the
                 Lord
                 was
                 angry
                 with
                 him
                 for
                 their
                 sakes
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 occasioned
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 rash
                 and
                 unadvised
                 in
                 his
                 words
                 ;
              
               as
               in
               
                 Psal.
                 106.
                 32
                 ,
                 33.
                 
                 And
                 hee
                 smote
                 the
                 Rock
                 in
                 a
                 rash
                 anger
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 God
                 was
                 angry
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 Deut.
              
               3.
               26.
               
               &
               2
               
                 Chron.
                 19.
                 1.
                 
                 Therefore
                 is
                 wrath
                 upon
                 thee
                 from
                 before
                 the
                 Lord
                 ;
              
               for
               my
               part
               ,
               I
               doe
               conclude
               with
               Saint
               
                 Paul
                 ,
              
               and
               say
               ,
               
                 I
                 am
                 under
                 the
                 Law
                 to
                 Christ
                 ,
                 1
                 Cor.
              
               9.
               21.
               for
               he
               ,
               in
               (
               almost
               all
               )
               his
               Epistles
               brings
               some
               of
               the
               Morall
               Law
               against
               them
               ,
               dehorting
               them
               from
               sins
               contained
               in
               it
               ▪
            
             
               
                 As
                 for
                 this
                 Morall
                 Law
                 ,
                 it
                 brings
                 to
                 us
                 no
                 curse
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 Rule
                 may
                 still
                 us
                 awe
                 ,
                 and
                 we
                 be
                 ne'r
                 the
                 worse
                 .
              
            
             
               Now
               in
               the
               next
               place
               (
               having
               found
               a
               Law
               by
               the
               which
               we
               ought
               to
               walk
               by
               as
               a
               guide
               to
               us
               )
               we
               are
               to
               encounter
               with
               another
               enemy
               ,
               and
               this
               is
               one
               that
               would
               run
               where
               he
               pleaseth
               ,
               and
               doe
               what
               he
               list
               without
               controule
               ,
               and
               this
               I
               thought
               came
               so
               fierce
               as
               though
               hee
               came
               from
               
                 Bedlam
                 ,
              
               for
               he
               seemed
               to
               be
               a
               stark
               mad
               Atheist
               ,
               for
               he
               ran
               against
               his
               captain
               ,
               
               Reason
               ,
               and
               his
               lievtenant
               both
               together
               ;
               the
               points
               of
               Divine
               threats
               hee
               laboured
               to
               blunt
               ,
               and
               nothing
               must
               restrain
               him
               ,
               neither
               must
               he
               be
               punished
               for
               any
               of
               his
               mad
               and
               unruly
               deeds
               ;
               he
               will
               obey
               no
               Law
               ,
               but
               what
               he
               out
               of
               his
               inherent
               devillish
               inclination
               thinketh
               fittest
               ,
               and
               yet
               he
               (
               being
               blind
               )
               will
               not
               bee
               restrained
               from
               dashing
               himself
               in
               pieces
               :
               I
               knew
               not
               how
               ,
               or
               which
               way
               to
               meddle
               with
               him
               at
               the
               first
               ,
               untill
               I
               heard
               of
               a
               pair
               of
               stocks
               ,
               a
               cage
               ,
               a
               gaole
               ,
               and
               a
               jibbet
               ,
               and
               then
               I
               began
               to
               walke
               a
               little
               nearer
               him
               ,
               remembring
               what
               (
               as
               it
               is
               said
               )
               a
               champion
               once
               did
               with
               a
               spear
               (
               though
               on
               hors-back
               )
               his
               name
               was
               called
               
                 George
              
               for
               
                 England
                 ,
              
               and
               when
               I
               came
               neare
               him
               ,
               I
               intending
               to
               joyn
               battail
               with
               him
               ,
               (
               as
               hee
               thought
               )
               he
               began
               to
               pause
               ,
               being
               almost
               weary
               and
               out
               of
               breath
               ;
               so
               then
               I
               began
               to
               endeavour
               to
               perswade
               him
               to
               a
               fair
               and
               right
               understanding
               to
               the
               yeelding
               to
               be
               ruled
               by
               some
               wholsome
               restraint
               of
               correction
               ,
               alledging
               the
               authority
               of
               Heaven
               against
               him
               ;
               my
               first
               allegation
               was
               
                 Deut.
                 25.
                 1
                 ,
                 2.
                 
                 If
                 there
                 bee
                 a
                 controversie
                 between
                 men
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 come
                 into
                 judgement
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Judges
                 may
                 judge
                 them
                 ;
                 then
                 they
                 shall
                 justifie
                 the
                 righteous
                 ,
                 and
                 condemn
                 the
                 wicked
                 .
                 And
                 it
                 shall
                 be
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 the
                 wicked
                 man
                 be
                 worthy
                 to
                 be
                 beaten
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Judge
                 shall
                 cause
                 him
                 to
                 lie
                 down
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 beaten
                 before
                 his
                 face
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 his
                 fault
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 certain
                 number
                 of
                 stripes
                 ;
              
               and
               in
               
                 Deut.
              
               21.
               18.
               it
               is
               thus
               written
               ,
               
                 If
                 a
                 man
                 have
                 a
                 stubborn
                 and
                 rebellious
                 
                 son
                 which
                 will
                 not
                 obey
                 the
                 voice
                 of
                 his
                 Father
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 voice
                 of
                 his
                 mother
                 ;
                 and
                 then
                 when
                 they
                 have
                 chastened
                 him
                 ,
                 will
                 not
                 hearken
                 unto
                 them
                 ,
                 then
                 shall
                 his
                 father
                 and
                 his
                 mother
                 lay
                 hold
                 on
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 bring
                 him
                 out
                 to
                 the
                 Elders
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 ,
                 and
                 unto
                 the
                 gate
                 of
                 his
                 place
                 ;
                 and
                 they
                 shall
                 say
                 unto
                 the
                 Elder●
                 of
                 his
                 City
                 ,
                 This
                 our
                 son
                 is
                 stubborn
                 and
                 rebellious
                 ,
                 he
                 will
                 not
                 obey
                 our
                 voice
                 ,
                 he
                 is
                 a
                 glutton
                 and
                 a
                 drunkard
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 the
                 men
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 shall
                 stone
                 him
                 with
                 stones
                 that
                 he
                 die
                 ;
                 so
                 shalt
                 thou
                 put
                 evill
                 away
                 from
                 among
                 you
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 Israel
                 shall
                 heare
                 and
                 feare
                 ;
              
               and
               in
               
                 Exod.
              
               32.
               26
               ,
               27
               ,
               28.
               you
               may
               see
               that
               
                 Moses
              
               called
               a
               host
               of
               men
               to
               put
               Idolaters
               to
               death
               ,
               (
               for
               those
               Idolaters
               were
               many
               at
               that
               time
               )
               they
               had
               a
               Calfe-god
               made
               of
               gold
               ;
               and
               2
               
                 Chron.
              
               15.
               15.
               whosoever
               would
               not
               seek
               the
               Lord
               God
               of
               Israel
               ,
               was
               to
               be
               put
               to
               death
               ,
               (
               by
               a
               covenant
               which
               they
               then
               made
               )
               therefore
               they
               had
               the
               use
               of
               the
               Magistrate
               at
               that
               time
               also
               :
               And
               surely
               a
               compulsive
               law
               to
               make
               people
               come
               to
               the
               ordinances
               of
               God
               (
               in
               a
               kingdom
               where
               there
               is
               a
               power
               seated
               in
               the
               Magistrate
               ,
               hereditary
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               (
               among
               a
               people
               ,
               especially
               that
               do
               profess
               the
               Religion
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               these
               in
               2
               
                 Chron.
              
               did
               )
               ought
               so
               much
               the
               more
               to
               be
               used
               &
               put
               in
               execution
               ,
               as
               those
               laws
               were
               in
               the
               time
               of
               
                 Asa
                 ,
              
               as
               in
               the
               place
               before
               quoted
               ;
               &
               so
               much
               you
               may
               easily
               conclude
               from
               that
               of
               our
               Saviour
               ,
               
                 Luk.
              
               14.
               beginning
               at
               v.
               16.
               and
               so
               forward
               to
               the
               end
               of
               v.
               24.
               for
               the
               Jewes
               being
               invited
               to
               the
               great
               Supper
               ,
               made
               light
               of
               it
               ;
               for
               which
               cause
               they
               were
               rejected
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               
                 viz
              
               God
               the
               Father
               ;
               upon
               which
               rejection
               we
               Gentiles
               were
               ,
               and
               are
               invited
               ,
               and
               in
               case
               we
               be
               unwilling
               to
               come
               to
               the
               Supper
               ,
               the
               servants
               have
               power
               put
               into
               their
               hands
               to
               compell
               men
               to
               come
               into
               this
               Feast
               ,
               (
               that
               is
               to
               say
               )
               the
               fatted
               Calfe
               ;
               
               for
               these
               are
               the
               words
               of
               the
               text
               ,
               
                 Go
                 out
                 into
                 the
                 high
                 wayes
                 and
                 hedges
                 ,
                 and
                 compell
                 them
                 to
                 come
                 in
                 ,
                 that
                 my
                 house
                 may
                 bee
                 filled
                 ,
                 viz.
              
               that
               they
               may
               partake
               of
               the
               ordinances
               of
               salvation
               ,
               and
               yet
               all
               these
               had
               not
               on
               the
               wedding
               garment
               ,
               as
               another
               of
               the
               Evangelists
               informeth
               us
               ,
               there
               was
               no
               strict
               choyce
               to
               bee
               made
               of
               all
               that
               mixt
               company
               that
               were
               in
               the
               high-ways
               and
               hedges
               (
               at
               first
               )
               before
               they
               were
               partakers
               of
               the
               ordinances
               of
               God
               ,
               (
               so
               to
               speak
               in
               the
               spiritual
               sense
               .
               )
               If
               any
               object
               ,
               that
               St.
               
                 Paul
              
               in
               
                 Acts
              
               19
               made
               a
               separation
               ,
               and
               therfore
               we
               may
               also
               separate
               from
               them
               ,
               and
               not
               punish
               .
               I
               answer
               ,
               that
               
                 Paul
              
               had
               no
               power
               to
               compel
               the
               unbeleevers
               to
               submit
               themselves
               to
               him
               ,
               neither
               had
               he
               power
               to
               punish
               them
               for
               any
               fault
               ,
               for
               hee
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               were
               then
               converted
               had
               not
               the
               lawfull
               power
               of
               superiority
               ;
               but
               if
               the
               principal
               powers
               of
               that
               People
               had
               been
               beleevers
               ,
               then
               they
               might
               have
               punished
               the
               people
               for
               not
               obeying
               their
               commands
               in
               matters
               of
               the
               gospel
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               they
               then
               would
               have
               done
               it
               for
               any
               other
               misdemenor
               ,
               neither
               would
               the
               Apostle
               have
               forbad
               them
               ;
               
               But
               when
               a
               man
               comes
               into
               a
               strange
               place
               ,
               he
               may
               not
               exercise
               any
               authority
               of
               superiority
               ,
               it
               belongs
               to
               the
               Magistrate
               ,
               and
               if
               the
               Magistrate
               or
               Magistrates
               ,
               (
               in
               whom
               the
               power
               is
               seated
               ,
               together
               with
               the
               chief
               part
               of
               the
               people
               )
               will
               not
               comply
               with
               the
               gospel
               of
               God
               ,
               nor
               be
               favourable
               to
               the
               beleevers
               in
               Christ
               ,
               but
               oppose
               ,
               and
               be
               injurious
               to
               the
               Professors
               of
               salvation
               by
               faith
               in
               Christ
               ,
               then
               may
               the
               Saints
               separate
               from
               the
               unbeleevers
               ;
               and
               we
               may
               see
               in
               the
               booke
               of
               
                 Nehemiah
                 ,
              
               ch.
               13.
               v.
               25.
               that
               
                 Nehemiah
              
               did
               not
               onely
               curse
               the
               Jewes
               with
               the
               curse
               of
               God
               ,
               (
               that
               is
               ,
               wished
               them
               some
               punishment
               )
               but
               he
               also
               smote
               them
               ,
               and
               plucked
               off
               their
               haire
               ,
               &c.
               
               If
               we
               were
               but
               so
               wise
               ,
               as
               to
               note
               the
               end
               wherefore
               punishment
               was
               ordained
               and
               appointed
               by
               God
               ,
               to
               be
               exercised
               upon
               the
               bodies
               of
               men
               ,
               (
               for
               the
               more
               part
               )
               we
               might
               soon
               see
               more
               clearly
               then
               blinde
               men
               doe
               ;
               for
               these
               are
               the
               words
               at
               the
               ends
               of
               many
               Texts
               of
               the
               holy
               Scriptures
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 All
                 Israel
                 shall
                 heare
                 and
                 feare
                 ,
                 and
                 doe
                 no
                 more
                 so
                 :
              
               And
               again
               ,
               
                 So
                 shall
                 you
                 put
                 away
                 evill
                 from
                 among
                 you
                 .
              
               But
               I
               wish
               with
               my
               heart
               and
               soule
               ,
               that
               our
               punishing
               or
               afflicting
               were
               such
               as
               God
               appointed
               by
               
                 Moses
                 ,
              
               at
               least
               ,
               in
               most
               particulars
               ;
               Corporall
               punishment
               was
               then
               the
               command
               of
               God
               (
               most
               ordinarily
               )
               and
               that
               without
               respect
               of
               persons
               ,
               or
               very
               little
               favour
               to
               those
               that
               were
               higher
               then
               others
               ,
               (
               amongst
               those
               that
               were
               under
               the
               King
               :
               )
               surely
               men
               would
               more
               feare
               and
               be
               ashamed
               of
               bodily
               punishment
               ,
               then
               of
               Purse-punishment
               ,
               for
               he
               that
               hath
               this
               worlds
               goods
               ,
               maketh
               very
               light
               of
               paying
               a
               competent
               sum
               of
               Mony
               for
               his
               offence
               ;
               but
               if
               (
               as
               God
               commanded
               )
               they
               might
               bee
               otherwise
               afflicted
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               on
               their
               bodies
               ,
               without
               much
               partiality
               ,
               they
               would
               forsake
               their
               sins
               sooner
               ;
               But
               this
               would
               then
               hinder
               the
               filling
               of
               many
               Purses
               ,
               &
               therefore
               me thinks
               I
               hear
               their
               owners
               crying
               out
               against
               me
               :
               but
               if
               this
               were
               amended
               ,
               I
               hope
               many
               that
               would
               have
               now
               no
               Civill
               Magistrates
               ,
               would
               then
               easily
               conclude
               with
               the
               Apostle
               St.
               
                 Paul
                 ,
              
               and
               yeeld
               obedience
               to
               Principality
               and
               Powers
               ,
               as
               in
               
                 Tit.
              
               3.
               1.
               
               &
               
                 Rom.
              
               13.
               1
               ,
               2.
               and
               if
               they
               will
               not
               bee
               a
               terror
               to
               good
               works
               ,
               but
               to
               the
               evill
               workers
               ,
               and
               will
               bee
               protectors
               of
               those
               that
               doe
               well
               ,
               then
               I
               hope
               many
               will
               obey
               for
               conscience
               sake
               ,
               as
               in
               ver.
               3
               ,
               4
               ,
               5.
               
               O
               that
               all
               had
               hearts
               to
               say
               with
               me
               this
               truth
               .
               
                 Amen
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               next
               Point
               that
               hinders
               us
               and
               the
               Independents
               ,
               
               and
               divers
               Sectaries
               from
               joyning
               in
               a
               uniformity
               in
               the
               government
               of
               the
               
                 Church
                 ,
              
               is
               the
               Images
               ,
               Pictures
               ,
               yea
               ,
               and
               the
               monuments
               of
               Idolatry
               ,
               because
               they
               are
               not
               more
               fully
               taken
               away
               ,
               the
               which
               causeth
               them
               to
               doubt
               ,
               that
               Idolatry
               will
               increase
               in
               this
               our
               Kingdome
               again
               ,
               ere
               long
               time
               be
               .
               But
               for
               this
               ,
               I
               will
               answer
               them
               thus
               ,
               the
               Parliament
               hath
               made
               
               a
               good
               progresse
               already
               against
               them
               ,
               and
               therefore
               I
               hope
               well
               for
               time
               to
               come
               ,
               that
               there
               will
               be
               some
               farther
               progresse
               in
               this
               particular
               ;
               and
               for
               my
               part
               I
               will
               willingly
               joyne
               with
               you
               in
               this
               point
               ,
               and
               I
               hope
               to
               produce
               clear
               Scriptures
               for
               it
               too
               ,
               for
               unlesse
               we
               have
               a
               speciall
               care
               to
               keep
               Idolatry
               out
               ,
               I
               know
               the
               wrath
               of
               God
               will
               fall
               upon
               us
               ,
               for
               that
               is
               the
               sin
               which
               our
               Saviour
               Christ
               himselfe
               did
               say
               would
               bring
               desolation
               :
               My
               first
               Scripture
               ,
               is
               
                 Deut.
                 7.
                 25.
                 
                 Burn
                 the
                 Images
                 ,
                 covet
                 not
                 the
                 silver
                 nor
                 gold
                 that
                 is
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               And
               Chap.
               9.
               21.
               
               
                 Moses
                 burnt
                 the
                 golden
                 Calfe
                 with
                 fire
                 ,
                 and
                 stamped
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 ground
                 him
                 small
                 even
                 to
                 dust
                 ,
                 and
                 cast
                 the
                 dust
                 thereof
                 into
                 the
                 River
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 the
                 people
                 drinke
                 it
                 ,
              
               (
               in
               a
               holy
               indignation
               against
               them
               ,
               and
               the
               golden
               Calfe
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               see
               in
               
                 Exod.
                 32.
                 20.
                 )
              
               And
               in
               2
               
                 King.
              
               18.
               4.
               was
               the
               like
               zeale
               of
               
                 Hezekiah
                 ,
              
               in
               breaking
               in
               pieces
               the
               brazen
               Serpent
               ,
               the
               which
               was
               set
               up
               for
               a
               good
               use
               and
               end
               at
               the
               first
               ,
               (
               but
               that
               the
               people
               had
               afterwards
               Idolatrized
               to
               it
               ,
               and
               therefore
               it
               was
               broken
               ,
               to
               take
               away
               ,
               or
               cut
               off
               the
               occasion
               of
               Idolatry
               in
               future
               time
               :
               )
               And
               he
               called
               it
               
                 Nehushtan
                 ,
                 viz.
              
               a
               piece
               of
               brasse
               ,
               in
               way
               of
               detestation
               ,
               &c.
               so
               that
               we
               shall
               wel
               enough
               agree
               herein
               ,
               and
               I
               hope
               all
               honest
               men
               wil
               say
               
                 Amen
              
               to
               this
               ;
               for
               see
               
                 Ezek.
              
               43.
               7
               ,
               8
               ,
               9.
               and
               there
               also
               you
               may
               learne
               ,
               that
               God
               would
               not
               be
               appeased
               towards
               those
               Jews
               ,
               unlesse
               the
               carkasses
               of
               those
               Kings
               that
               had
               been
               Idolaters
               were
               taken
               away
               ,
               which
               then
               lay
               there
               as
               Monuments
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Another
               Point
               which
               those
               that
               divided
               from
               us
               are
               afraid
               of
               very
               much
               ,
               
               is
               this
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               lest
               Idolatry
               be
               occasioned
               to
               be
               in
               this
               Kingdom
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               permitting
               of
               Idolaters
               to
               live
               amongst
               us
               ;
               and
               some
               peoples
               marrying
               with
               those
               that
               are
               Idolaters
               ;
               
               and
               truly
               that
               is
               some
               cause
               to
               be
               feared
               :
               yet
               wee
               have
               good
               grounds
               of
               hope
               to
               the
               contrary
               too
               ,
               for
               much
               is
               amended
               in
               this
               kinde
               already
               ,
               we
               may
               expect
               a
               farther
               care
               will
               be
               taken
               herein
               ,
               by
               the
               chiefe
               eyes
               of
               this
               our
               
                 Israel
                 ,
              
               for
               it
               is
               a
               dangerous
               sin
               ,
               as
               we
               may
               prove
               by
               Scripture
               and
               experience
               too
               :
               We
               will
               produce
               them
               as
               followeth
               ,
               the
               first
               is
               
                 Exod.
              
               34.
               12
               ,
               13
               ,
               14
               ,
               15
               ,
               16.
               in
               this
               place
               you
               may
               see
               that
               the
               Parents
               of
               those
               people
               there
               mentioned
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               the
               Jewes
               ,
               might
               not
               take
               the
               daughters
               of
               the
               Idolaters
               ,
               (
               that
               were
               Idolaters
               )
               to
               be
               their
               sons
               wives
               ,
               nor
               give
               their
               daughters
               to
               be
               wives
               to
               their
               sons
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               see
               in
               
                 Deut.
                 7.
                 3
                 ,
                 4.
                 
              
               And
               therefore
               those
               were
               to
               be
               drove
               out
               of
               the
               Land
               from
               the
               people
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               see
               in
               
                 Exod.
              
               23.
               31
               ,
               32
               ,
               33.
               
               But
               the
               people
               would
               not
               doe
               as
               God
               had
               commanded
               them
               ,
               but
               mixed
               themselves
               amongst
               them
               ,
               and
               (
               too
               soon
               )
               learned
               their
               works
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               see
               in
               
                 Numb.
              
               25.
               2
               ,
               3
               ,
               4.
               
               And
               the
               Lord
               was
               so
               fiercely
               angry
               with
               them
               for
               
               this
               their
               so
               doing
               ,
               that
               hee
               spake
               to
               
                 Moses
              
               to
               take
               the
               heads
               of
               those
               people
               ,
               and
               hang
               them
               up
               against
               the
               Sun
               ,
               that
               the
               fierce
               anger
               of
               the
               Lord
               might
               be
               turned
               away
               from
               
                 Israel
                 ;
              
               I
               pray
               you
               see
               the
               place
               .
               And
               by
               this
               their
               mixing
               with
               them
               they
               learned
               their
               works
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               see
               in
               
                 Psal.
              
               106.
               34
               ,
               35
               ,
               36.
               
               And
               
                 Ahab
              
               was
               forwarded
               in
               idolatry
               ,
               by
               marrying
               of
               a
               daughter
               of
               a
               
                 Zidonian
              
               king
               ,
               for
               which
               cause
               the
               Lord
               sent
               a
               sore
               famine
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               see
               in
               1
               
                 Kings
              
               16.
               30
               ,
               31.
               
               It
               is
               such
               a
               bewitching
               sin
               ,
               that
               even
               wise
               
                 Solomon
              
               himself
               was
               led
               and
               occasioned
               to
               it
               by
               such
               marriage
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               see
               in
               1
               
                 Kings
              
               1.
               2
               ,
               3
               ,
               4.
               and
               therefore
               he
               lost
               ten
               Tribes
               of
               his
               kingdom
               from
               his
               son
               afterwards
               for
               it
               .
               Thus
               we
               see
               how
               prevalent
               a
               thing
               it
               is
               to
               be
               mixed
               with
               idolaters
               ,
               but
               more
               especially
               to
               have
               a
               wife
               lie
               in
               his
               bosome
               that
               is
               an
               Idolater
               ;
               and
               see
               what
               severity
               
                 Nehemiah
              
               used
               to
               the
               Jews
               in
               his
               time
               for
               this
               sin
               ,
               even
               for
               such
               marriages
               ;
               he
               did
               separate
               them
               again
               ,
               and
               pulled
               them
               by
               the
               haire
               ,
               and
               smote
               them
               for
               it
               also
               ,
               even
               for
               this
               their
               sinne
               ,
               as
               in
               
                 Nehem.
              
               13.
               23.
               to
               the
               end
               of
               that
               chapter
               .
               Doubtlesse
               his
               heart
               cannot
               be
               right
               with
               God
               ,
               that
               liketh
               Idolaters
               no
               worse
               ,
               then
               to
               take
               of
               them
               to
               be
               his
               bosome
               friend
               ,
               and
               especially
               in
               marriage
               ;
               And
               Popish
               Idolaters
               are
               worse
               then
               those
               ;
               If
               any
               will
               say
               that
               the
               Papists
               are
               not
               Idolaters
               :
               
               To
               this
               I
               answer
               ,
               they
               are
               worse
               then
               many
               other
               Idolaters
               ;
               and
               thus
               I
               close
               against
               them
               :
               First
               ,
               their
               Images
               are
               Idols
               ,
               which
               they
               bow
               unto
               ,
               and
               therefore
               their
               Worship
               is
               idolatry
               ,
               see
               2
               
                 Chron.
              
               33.
               7.
               
               If
               they
               say
               they
               doe
               not
               worship
               the
               Image
               ,
               but
               that
               they
               worship
               God
               by
               that
               Image
               ;
               I
               say
               they
               lie
               :
               1
               They
               cannot
               make
               a
               resemblance
               of
               God
               .
               And
               2
               they
               cannot
               prove
               that
               ever
               God
               commanded
               any
               such
               manner
               of
               Worship
               .
               3
               God
               hath
               forbid
               the
               making
               of
               such
               Images
               throughout
               the
               holy
               Scriptures
               ,
               but
               hath
               commanded
               his
               servants
               to
               break
               them
               down
               ;
               and
               if
               you
               look
               in
               
                 Zeph.
              
               1.
               5.
               you
               may
               see
               the
               Jews
               had
               intended
               some
               such
               hodge-podge
               ,
               for
               they
               worship
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               yet
               they
               would
               sweare
               by
               their
               
                 Malchom
              
               too
               ;
               and
               you
               may
               read
               ,
               2
               
                 Kings
              
               17.
               41.
               that
               the
               Israelites
               at
               that
               time
               are
               said
               to
               feare
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               yet
               they
               then
               served
               their
               Images
               too
               ,
               where
               you
               may
               see
               clearly
               ,
               that
               those
               Jews
               pretended
               to
               worship
               God
               by
               way
               of
               those
               Images
               ;
               and
               this
               is
               just
               so
               as
               our
               Papists
               do
               plead
               for
               their
               Idolatrous
               Worship
               ,
               or
               Worship
               by
               Images
               ;
               and
               so
               in
               many
               places
               in
               that
               chapter
               aforesaid
               are
               the
               like
               passages
               :
               Where
               you
               may
               see
               also
               ,
               that
               the
               Lord
               threatens
               them
               for
               it
               ;
               yea
               ,
               those
               in
               
                 Zephany
              
               1.
               aforesaid
               ,
               are
               threatened
               to
               be
               cut
               off
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               former
               part
               of
               that
               first
               chapter
               you
               may
               see
               ,
               in
               
                 Deut.
              
               4.
               
               God
               forbad
               the
               making
               of
               any
               resemblance
               of
               him
               ,
               and
               tells
               them
               by
               
                 Moses
                 ,
              
               that
               they
               saw
               no
               manner
               of
               similitude
               ,
               in
               the
               
               day
               the
               Lord
               spake
               with
               them
               in
               
                 Horeb
                 ,
              
               &c.
               lest
               they
               should
               corrupt
               ●hemselves
               ,
               and
               make
               a
               graven
               Image
               ,
               the
               similitude
               of
               any
               figure
               ,
               the
               ●ikenesse
               of
               male
               or
               female
               ,
               or
               the
               likenesse
               of
               beast
               ,
               fowle
               ,
               fish
               ,
               or
               ●reeping
               thing
               ,
               or
               sun
               ,
               moon
               ,
               or
               stars
               ,
               or
               host
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               so
               they
               ●hould
               be
               driven
               to
               worship
               them
               ,
               and
               serve
               them
               ;
               I
               pray
               observe
               the
               word
               ,
               
                 driven
                 ,
                 viz.
              
               God
               will
               deliver
               such
               a
               one
               up
               to
               the
               power
               of
               Sa●an
               ,
               and
               so
               become
               a
               worshipper
               of
               the
               Image
               it self
               :
               and
               truly
               it
               is
               the
               onely
               way
               to
               become
               an
               Idolater
               :
               First
               ,
               to
               invent
               a
               similitude
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               make
               it
               accordingly
               ;
               and
               then
               worship
               God
               by
               it
               ;
               and
               after
               that
               to
               worship
               and
               adore
               the
               thing
               it selfe
               ;
               
               and
               History
               doth
               declare
               thus
               much
               to
               us
               ,
               as
               we
               may
               read
               in
               the
               book
               of
               
                 Wisdome
                 ,
              
               chap.
               14.
               ver.
               12
               ,
               13
               ,
               14.
               to
               the
               end
               of
               ver.
               20.
               
               Now
               if
               we
               have
               cause
               to
               beware
               of
               Idolaters
               ,
               then
               much
               more
               of
               Popish
               Idolaters
               ,
               for
               they
               are
               more
               dangerous
               then
               those
               former
               Idolaters
               were
               ,
               for
               these
               do
               more
               persecute
               the
               true
               Servants
               of
               God
               ,
               then
               those
               Idolaters
               did
               ;
               these
               professe
               they
               do
               God
               good
               service
               in
               slaying
               of
               us
               the
               true
               Servants
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               our
               Saviour
               foretold
               ,
               and
               we
               always
               have
               found
               it
               to
               be
               true
               ,
               by
               all
               their
               treacherous
               and
               murtherous
               plots
               ;
               yea
               ,
               they
               are
               so
               much
               the
               more
               dangerous
               ,
               because
               (
               that
               although
               they
               call
               themselves
               Christians
               in
               way
               of
               dissimulation
               )
               they
               call
               us
               Hereticks
               ,
               
               and
               our
               Religion
               Heresie
               too
               ;
               and
               therefore
               wee
               ought
               to
               bee
               more
               wary
               of
               them
               ,
               then
               of
               other
               Idolaters
               ,
               for
               all
               the
               Devils
               in
               hell
               cannot
               devise
               a
               more
               dangerous
               People
               and
               Religion
               then
               they
               ,
               and
               theirs
               is
               ,
               therefore
               it
               is
               good
               to
               lay
               out
               some
               of
               their
               Tenets
               ,
               by
               the
               which
               we
               may
               see
               them
               the
               more
               clearly
               to
               bee
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Devills
               ,
               leading
               to
               damnation
               .
            
             
               And
               thus
               I
               do
               begin
               briefly
               ,
               
               They
               hold
               that
               there
               is
               a
               Purgatory
               ,
               or
               a
               place
               to
               purge
               us
               of
               our
               sins
               ,
               after
               this
               life
               ,
               so
               that
               if
               wee
               bee
               not
               the
               true
               servants
               &
               children
               of
               God
               in
               this
               life
               ,
               yet
               notwithstanding
               we
               may
               be
               there
               made
               capable
               of
               everlasting
               salvation
               in
               heaven
               :
               the
               which
               will
               nourish
               all
               men
               in
               sin
               that
               so
               beleeveth
               ;
               for
               if
               men
               be
               perswaded
               that
               there
               is
               another
               place
               after
               their
               death
               to
               prepare
               them
               for
               heaven
               ,
               then
               they
               will
               live
               here
               as
               they
               list
               ,
               and
               so
               be
               damned
               :
               But
               to
               what
               end
               is
               the
               doctrine
               of
               faith
               and
               sanctification
               so
               much
               preached
               in
               this
               life
               ,
               both
               by
               the
               Prophets
               ,
               our
               Saviour
               ,
               his
               Apostles
               ,
               and
               succeeding
               Ministers
               ;
               And
               why
               is
               
                 Dives
              
               complaining
               in
               hell
               ,
               (
               so
               to
               speak
               )
               if
               this
               be
               a
               truth
               ;
               Those
               that
               are
               not
               converted
               in
               this
               life
               ,
               shall
               not
               be
               acknowledged
               by
               Christ
               after
               this
               life
               ended
               ,
               he
               will
               then
               say
               to
               them
               ,
               
                 Goe
                 yee
                 cursed
                 into
                 everlasting
                 fire
                 ,
                 prepared
                 for
                 the
                 Devil
                 and
                 his
                 Angels
                 .
              
               Secondly
               ,
               that
               Images
               of
               God
               and
               Saints
               are
               to
               bee
               
               worshipped
               .
               Thirdly
               ,
               that
               prayers
               to
               Saints
               departed
               are
               to
               be
               made
               ,
               and
               their
               intercession
               to
               be
               required
               .
               Fourthly
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               a
               propitiatory
               Sacrifice
               to
               be
               offered
               daily
               in
               the
               Masse
               for
               the
               sinnes
               of
               the
               quick
               and
               dead
               .
               Fifthly
               ,
               that
               a
               man
               may
               merit
               heaven
               by
               his
               good
               works
               .
               Sixthly
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               a
               mortall
               sin
               to
               read
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               (
               but
               by
               the
               Popes
               dispensation
               .
               )
               Seventhly
               ,
               that
               their
               Clergy
               ought
               to
               preach
               in
               an
               unknown
               tongue
               .
               Eightly
               ,
               that
               if
               the
               Pope
               do
               pronounce
               a
               man
               to
               be
               a
               Saint
               ,
               he
               then
               is
               one
               ,
               and
               must
               be
               so
               .
               Ninthly
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               a
               vertue
               in
               their
               water
               with
               which
               they
               baptize
               their
               infants
               ,
               that
               doth
               conjure
               the
               evill
               spirits
               out
               of
               them
               ,
               putting
               oyle
               upon
               them
               ,
               and
               salt
               and
               spittle
               in
               their
               mouths
               .
               Tenthly
               ,
               that
               the
               Pope
               cannot
               erre
               in
               his
               judgement
               or
               decrees
               .
               11
               That
               the
               Laity
               are
               not
               to
               drink
               the
               blood
               of
               Christ
               in
               the
               Sacrament
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               the
               Wine
               .
               12
               That
               those
               are
               Hereticks
               that
               have
               recourse
               to
               the
               Hebrew
               and
               Greek
               Tongues
               .
               13
               They
               represent
               God
               the
               Father
               in
               the
               similitude
               of
               an
               old
               man
               .
               14
               They
               represent
               God
               the
               Son
               sometimes
               like
               a
               Lambe
               ,
               &c.
               they
               may
               as
               well
               make
               a
               Rock
               ,
               a
               brasen
               Serpent
               ,
               a
               Pillar
               in
               a
               Cloud
               ,
               &c.
               
               15
               They
               resemble
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               like
               a
               Dove
               ,
               and
               why
               not
               as
               Cloven
               tongues
               ,
               as
               Fire
               ?
               but
               as
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               saith
               by
               the
               Prophet
               
                 Esay
                 ,
                 46.
                 5.
                 
                 To
                 whom
                 will
                 ye
                 liken
                 me
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 be
                 like
                 him
                 ?
              
               16
               They
               pray
               to
               the
               Crosse
               blasphemously
               ,
               in
               these
               words
               ,
               Haile
               Crosse
               our
               only
               hope
               ,
               give
               to
               the
               godly
               righteousnesse
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               guilty
               pardon
               :
               yea
               ,
               all
               that
               passe
               by
               it
               must
               worship
               it
               ,
               otherwise
               they
               are
               liable
               to
               be
               punished
               .
               17
               They
               offer
               Cakes
               to
               the
               Picture
               of
               the
               Virgin
               
                 Mary
                 ,
              
               and
               worship
               it
               .
               18
               
                 Bonaventure
              
               hath
               transformed
               the
               Psalter
               of
               
                 David
                 ,
              
               to
               the
               honor
               of
               the
               Virgin
               
                 Mary
                 ,
              
               changing
               God
               into
               Goddesse
               ,
               and
               Lord
               into
               Lady
               ,
               and
               where
               it
               is
               said
               by
               
                 David
                 ,
              
               Praise
               the
               Lord
               ,
               by
               him
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               Praise
               the
               Lady
               ;
               and
               for
               ,
               trust
               in
               the
               Lord
               ,
               trust
               in
               the
               Lady
               ;
               and
               in
               his
               35
               
                 Psalm
              
               are
               these
               words
               ,
               Incline
               the
               countenance
               of
               God
               upon
               us
               ,
               and
               compell
               him
               to
               have
               mercy
               upon
               us
               .
               19
               
                 Bellarmine
              
               affirmed
               ,
               that
               if
               the
               Pope
               did
               erre
               ,
               commanding
               vice
               ,
               forbidding
               vertue
               ,
               the
               Church
               should
               bee
               bound
               to
               believe
               vice
               to
               be
               good
               ,
               and
               vertue
               to
               bee
               evill
               ,
               except
               shee
               would
               sin
               against
               conscience
               .
               20
               They
               offer
               incense
               to
               the
               Saints
               in
               generall
               ,
               and
               pray
               unto
               them
               ,
               and
               sweare
               by
               them
               .
               21
               The
               
                 Roman
              
               Church
               maintaineth
               that
               the
               merits
               ,
               intercession
               ,
               and
               blood
               of
               the
               Saints
               and
               Martyrs
               ,
               are
               mixed
               as
               satisfactory
               with
               the
               blood
               ,
               merits
               ,
               and
               intercession
               of
               Christ
               :
               O
               horrid
               blasphemy
               !
               22
               They
               baptize
               Bels
               and
               Ships
               .
               23
               They
               blesse
               Holy
               water
               ,
               (
               as
               they
               call
               it
               ,
               and
               sprinkle
               it
               upon
               Men
               and
               Beasts
               upon
               St.
               
               
                 Anthonies
              
               day
               ,
               (
               as
               they
               call
               it
               )
               and
               on
               all
               the
               horses
               and
               beasts
               in
               the
               Countrey
               ,
               (
               as
               some
               that
               are
               converted
               
               from
               their
               Religion
               affirm
               )
               whereby
               the
               Monks
               get
               abundance
               of
               mony
               to
               maintain
               them
               in
               their
               base
               knavery
               and
               idlenesse
               a
               long
               time
               afterward
               .
               24
               They
               allow
               incestuous
               marriages
               ,
               contrary
               to
               the
               fourth
               Commandement
               .
               25
               They
               deny
               concupiscence
               to
               be
               formally
               sin
               after
               Baptisme
               ,
               as
               if
               in
               any
               article
               of
               time
               it
               might
               bee
               said
               of
               man
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               without
               sin
               .
               26
               (
               Notwithstanding
               all
               these
               blaspemies
               and
               abominations
               )
               hee
               yet
               affirmeth
               himself
               to
               bee
               the
               Vicar
               of
               Christ
               ,
               yea
               ,
               the
               head
               or
               supreme
               over
               the
               Catholick
               Church
               of
               Christ
               .
            
             
               And
               now
               I
               will
               note
               the
               Popes
               Pride
               :
               
               1
               
                 Frederick
                 Barbarossa
              
               was
               forced
               to
               lay
               down
               his
               neck
               upon
               the
               stairs
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               St.
               
               
                 Mark
              
               (
               as
               it
               is
               called
               )
               in
               
                 Venice
                 ,
              
               to
               bee
               trod
               upon
               by
               that
               proud
               man
               of
               Sin
               ;
               and
               his
               son
               (
               after
               the
               Pope
               had
               crowned
               him
               )
               was
               uncrowned
               again
               ,
               by
               the
               Popes
               kicking
               off
               his
               Crown
               with
               his
               foot
               ,
               &c.
               
               2
               Kings
               and
               Emperors
               must
               act
               the
               parts
               of
               Foot-grooms
               ,
               to
               lead
               his
               horse
               by
               the
               bridle
               ,
               and
               supporting
               him
               by
               holding
               his
               stirrup
               ,
               and
               mounting
               him
               upon
               his
               horse
               .
               3
               They
               must
               be
               as
               Pioners
               or
               Porters
               to
               beare
               him
               upon
               their
               shoulders
               .
               4
               They
               must
               be
               as
               Pages
               ,
               to
               hold
               water
               to
               his
               hands
               .
               5
               He
               commands
               the
               Angels
               to
               transport
               soules
               out
               of
               Purgatory
               ,
               (
               I
               hope
               you
               will
               say
               he
               is
               climed
               very
               high
               now
               .
               )
               6
               He
               (
               even
               the
               Pope
               )
               wears
               a
               Triple
               Crown
               ,
               signifying
               that
               he
               is
               the
               three-one-God
               ;
               and
               so
               much
               the
               Apostle
               saith
               of
               him
               in
               2
               
                 Thess.
              
               2.
               in
               some
               of
               the
               former
               verses
               ,
               That
               
                 he
                 should
                 sit
                 in
                 the
                 Temple
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 shewing
                 himself
                 that
                 he
                 is
                 God
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               now
               (
               according
               as
               I
               have
               collected
               out
               of
               History
               )
               I
               wil
               note
               the
               horoscope
               of
               his
               Nativity
               ;
               
               and
               thus
               I
               begin
               it
               :
               This
               Popery
               was
               conceived
               in
               the
               Apostles
               time
               ,
               as
               in
               2
               
                 Thess.
              
               2.
               is
               shewed
               .
               2
               It
               was
               quickned
               in
               the
               time
               of
               
                 Victor
                 .
              
               3
               It
               did
               stir
               more
               powerfully
               under
               
                 Stephanus
              
               and
               
                 Cornelius
                 ,
              
               Bishops
               of
               
                 Rome
                 .
              
               4
               More
               under
               
                 Damasus
              
               and
               others
               following
               .
               5
               It
               moved
               more
               strongly
               in
               the
               time
               neare
               its
               birth
               ,
               under
               
                 Leo
              
               the
               first
               .
               6
               It
               was
               born
               and
               brought
               to
               the
               view
               of
               the
               world
               by
               
                 Boniface
              
               the
               third
               ,
               upon
               whom
               the
               title
               of
               Universall
               Bishop
               was
               conferred
               by
               
                 Phocas
              
               the
               Emperor
               .
               7
               It
               came
               to
               its
               height
               and
               ripenesse
               in
               the
               time
               of
               
                 Hildebrand
                 ,
              
               in
               whom
               Antichrist
               was
               visible
               ,
               
                 France
              
               and
               
                 Germany
              
               espyed
               it
               then
               ,
               and
               
                 Greece
                 ,
                 Syria
                 ,
                 Africa
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Aethiopia
              
               hath
               disclaimed
               his
               power
               ,
               as
               Antichristian
               ;
               I
               will
               adde
               one
               people
               more
               in
               particular
               ,
               that
               have
               and
               doe
               now
               see
               him
               to
               bee
               Antichrist
               ,
               and
               child
               of
               the
               Devill
               ,
               and
               those
               are
               we
               in
               
                 England
                 ;
              
               now
               those
               that
               have
               seen
               him
               in
               these
               colours
               ,
               may
               well
               (
               if
               they
               have
               any
               saving
               grace
               in
               them
               )
               know
               and
               beleeve
               ,
               that
               both
               the
               Independents
               ,
               (
               so
               many
               as
               are
               sincere
               hearted
               )
               and
               wee
               the
               Presbyterialists
               ,
               have
               
               great
               cause
               to
               be
               jealous
               of
               his
               wiles
               ▪
               and
               fear
               lest
               he
               get
               footing
               again
               with
               us
               in
               
                 England
                 ,
              
               I
               hope
               in
               this
               we
               shall
               all
               be
               joyned
               in
               uniformity
               .
               But
               now
               in
               order
               I
               come
               to
               note
               another
               great
               hinderance
               of
               many
               of
               the
               Sectaries
               joyning
               in
               a
               uniformity
               in
               this
               Presbyteriall
               government
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               this
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 
              
            
             
               They
               have
               a
               feare
               lest
               we
               should
               have
               some
               want
               of
               Laws
               to
               punish
               those
               that
               shall
               hap
               to
               be
               Idolaters
               amongst
               us
               :
               
               for
               if
               so
               ,
               then
               the
               sheep
               that
               as
               yet
               have
               not
               the
               scab
               will
               soon
               bee
               Itchy
               ,
               and
               be
               spoyled
               too
               ,
               for
               (
               say
               they
               )
               the
               true
               Proverbe
               is
               ,
               That
               one
               scabbed
               sheep
               will
               spoile
               the
               whole
               flock
               :
               it
               's
               true
               so
               ,
               I
               am
               not
               against
               you
               in
               this
               neither
               ,
               because
               you
               have
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               for
               your
               direction
               to
               this
               conclusion
               ,
               both
               commands
               ,
               and
               the
               reasons
               for
               it
               too
               ,
               and
               examples
               of
               the
               inconveniences
               that
               have
               followed
               the
               neglecting
               of
               the
               putting
               in
               execution
               those
               good
               laws
               that
               God
               hath
               commanded
               us
               to
               use
               against
               Idolaters
               ,
               to
               prevent
               this
               so
               great
               a
               mischief
               ,
               yet
               now
               I
               hope
               we
               shall
               have
               care
               taken
               by
               the
               Parliament
               for
               this
               matter
               too
               ,
               and
               we
               have
               some
               experience
               of
               it
               already
               .
            
             
               Let
               us
               now
               see
               what
               it
               is
               that
               God
               hath
               commanded
               in
               this
               case
               ,
               and
               then
               we
               willl
               endevour
               to
               make
               a
               true
               conclusion
               from
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               (
               for
               he
               is
               no
               honest
               man
               that
               will
               refuse
               to
               be
               ruled
               and
               guided
               by
               that
               )
               I
               will
               produce
               some
               Scripture
               for
               this
               point
               also
               ,
               and
               the
               first
               place
               is
               in
               
                 Deut.
              
               13.
               6
               ,
               7
               ,
               8
               ,
               9
               ,
               10.
               where
               we
               may
               see
               ,
               that
               those
               that
               were
               occasioners
               of
               Idolatry
               in
               
                 Israel
              
               were
               to
               bee
               put
               to
               death
               ,
               yea
               ,
               though
               it
               were
               a
               mans
               own
               child
               ,
               yet
               he
               must
               die
               for
               it
               ,
               and
               his
               parent
               must
               not
               conceal
               him
               ,
               but
               bring
               him
               out
               that
               he
               may
               die
               for
               it
               :
               And
               the
               Parents
               hands
               must
               be
               first
               upon
               him
               to
               put
               him
               to
               death
               ;
               and
               a
               speciall
               Reason
               is
               rendred
               for
               it
               too
               in
               ver.
               11.
               
                 viz.
                 All
                 Israel
                 shall
                 hear
                 and
                 fear
                 ,
                 and
                 doe
                 no
                 more
                 such
                 wickednesse
                 ;
              
               pray
               see
               these
               Texts
               ,
               for
               I
               conclude
               it
               is
               a
               most
               hellish
               sin
               in
               any
               man
               to
               make
               a
               separation
               between
               God
               and
               his
               people
               ,
               thereby
               robbing
               God
               of
               his
               glory
               ,
               and
               his
               people
               of
               their
               salvation
               ;
               and
               in
               2
               
                 Kings
              
               23.
               you
               may
               read
               that
               
                 Josiah
              
               did
               put
               to
               death
               the
               idolatrous
               Priests
               ,
               and
               
                 Eliah
              
               did
               the
               like
               to
               the
               Priests
               of
               
                 Baal
                 ,
              
               as
               it
               is
               to
               be
               seen
               in
               1
               
                 King.
              
               18.
               40.
               and
               in
               
                 Exod.
              
               22
               20.
               you
               may
               see
               Gods
               command
               is
               so
               there
               ,
               these
               are
               the
               words
               ,
               
                 He
                 that
                 sacrificeth
                 ●o
                 any
                 God
                 ,
                 save
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 only
                 ,
                 shall
                 be
                 slain
              
               &
               
                 L●v
                 .
              
               26.
               30.
               yea
               ,
               the
               bones
               of
               Idolaters
               that
               were
               dead
               and
               lay
               in
               the
               m●numents
               were
               burnt
               ,
               2
               
                 Kin.
              
               23.
               16.
               and
               the
               bodies
               of
               the
               idolatrous
               Kings
               ,
               must
               not
               lye
               near
               the
               place
               of
               Gods
               worship
               and
               service
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               see
               in
               
                 Ezek.
              
               43.
               7.
               let
               us
               leave
               this
               a
               while
               to
               the
               Parliament
               to
               consider
               of
               :
               thus
               you
               see
               that
               I
               am
               willing
               to
               yeeld
               to
               you
               in
               any
               thing
               that
               is
               certainly
               to
               be
               concluded
               
               on
               .
               And
               thus
               much
               for
               this
               Point
               .
            
             
               
                 If
                 nought
                 but
                 truth
                 you
                 will
                 maintaine
                 ,
                 I
                 strive
                 to
                 have
                 the
                 same
                 ,
              
               
                 If
                 you
                 the
                 golden
                 Truth
                 would
                 claime
                 ,
                 then
                 I
                 am
                 for
                 that
                 name
                 .
              
            
             
               Now
               appeareth
               another
               point
               unto
               me
               ready
               for
               its
               taggs
               ,
               
               sent
               to
               me
               as
               from
               a
               messenger
               of
               heaven
               ,
               bemoaning
               and
               lamenting
               in
               the
               behalf
               of
               the
               Lords
               Prayer
               ,
               sanctified
               with
               his
               own
               lips
               .
               And
               truly
               this
               almost
               affrighted
               me
               .
               And
               I
               wondered
               what
               Beast
               (
               amongst
               those
               in
               the
               Apocalyps
               mentioned
               )
               this
               was
               ,
               that
               sent
               forth
               such
               a
               smoaking
               sulphurous
               favour
               .
               At
               length
               ,
               I
               thought
               I
               had
               espyed
               two
               kinds
               of
               creatures
               ;
               and
               the
               one
               me
               thought
               was
               a
               subtle
               Jesuite
               in
               an
               honest
               mans
               habit
               ,
               who
               seeing
               an
               honest
               man
               willing
               and
               forward
               to
               run
               away
               from
               
                 Rome
                 ,
              
               and
               that
               they
               had
               but
               a
               weak
               judgment
               ,
               (
               and
               therefore
               might
               run
               too
               farre
               )
               hee
               therefore
               fluttering
               with
               the
               invented
               wings
               of
               either
               
                 Dedalus
                 ,
              
               or
               the
               wings
               of
               his
               son
               
                 I●arus
                 )
              
               beat
               the
               wind
               so
               close
               to
               their
               backs
               as
               they
               ran
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               too
               far
               gone
               of
               a
               sodain
               ,
               and
               were
               almost
               in
               the
               Red
               Sea
               before
               they
               were
               aware
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               were
               like
               to
               have
               been
               drowned
               in
               their
               own
               bloud
               .
               And
               then
               I
               was
               well
               perswaded
               in
               my
               minde
               concerning
               this
               Beast
               ,
               and
               knew
               hee
               was
               one
               of
               
                 Romes
              
               croaking
               Frogs
               :
               But
               as
               for
               the
               other
               ,
               me
               thought
               he
               had
               some
               goodnesse
               in
               him
               indeed
               ,
               but
               yet
               hee
               had
               some
               malignity
               and
               peevishnesse
               in
               him
               against
               those
               that
               had
               abused
               the
               Formes
               of
               prayer
               before
               ,
               (
               for
               there
               is
               some
               malignity
               in
               some
               of
               those
               that
               are
               in
               the
               most
               right
               way
               )
               and
               so
               he
               helped
               forward
               this
               distemper
               .
               I
               seeing
               thus
               where
               the
               distemper
               lay
               ,
               did
               resolve
               to
               walke
               in
               the
               middle
               way
               of
               truth
               ,
               that
               so
               I
               might
               guide
               the
               simple
               ,
               and
               settle
               him
               in
               the
               truth
               ,
               and
               send
               the
               croaking
               Frog
               to
               his
               home
               at
               
                 Rome
                 ;
              
               and
               thus
               I
               began
               to
               argue
               ;
               First
               ,
               that
               a
               Form
               of
               prayer
               of
               it selfe
               ,
               being
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               must
               needs
               be
               good
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               that
               a
               man
               may
               pray
               to
               God
               in
               the
               words
               of
               that
               Form
               ;
               for
               though
               some
               doe
               but
               babble
               in
               a
               Form
               ,
               yet
               you
               may
               not
               conclude
               that
               all
               are
               babblers
               that
               use
               a
               Form
               ,
               for
               then
               you
               will
               condemn
               our
               Saviour
               ,
               for
               hee
               used
               a
               Form
               two
               or
               three
               times
               together
               a
               little
               before
               his
               death
               ;
               and
               the
               Psalms
               of
               
                 David
              
               were
               penned
               for
               praises
               to
               God
               for
               some
               mercies
               before
               received
               ,
               and
               were
               to
               be
               sung
               afterwards
               to
               Gods
               glory
               ;
               this
               you
               cannot
               deny
               I
               am
               sure
               .
               And
               if
               you
               say
               ,
               men
               do
               now
               but
               speak
               the
               words
               of
               it
               ;
               and
               therefore
               if
               they
               were
               debarred
               of
               them
               ,
               then
               they
               would
               pray
               in
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               (
               if
               they
               have
               any
               saving
               grace
               in
               them
               .
               )
               To
               this
               I
               answer
               in
               the
               first
               place
               ,
               
               with
               the
               words
               of
               St.
               
                 Paul
                 ,
                 To
                 the
                 pure
                 ,
                 all
                 things
                 are
                 pure
                 ,
                 but
              
               to
               the
               contrary
               party
               
                 nothing
                 is
                 pure
                 ,
                 for
                 their
                 mindes
                 and
                 consciences
                 are
                 defiled
                 ;
              
               the
               meaning
               is
               this
               ,
               That
               those
               
               that
               have
               honest
               hearts
               ,
               will
               honestly
               make
               use
               of
               honest
               things
               .
               Again
               ,
               if
               you
               would
               utterly
               deprive
               all
               sorts
               of
               a
               Form
               of
               prayer
               ,
               how
               then
               shall
               ignorant
               youths
               ,
               and
               little
               young
               maids
               pray
               ?
               nay
               ,
               many
               times
               old
               men
               are
               but
               new
               converts
               ,
               and
               what
               will
               you
               have
               them
               do
               ?
               If
               they
               use
               many
               words
               in
               a
               prayer
               ,
               they
               will
               too
               soon
               ask
               they
               know
               not
               what
               ,
               like
               the
               mother
               of
               
                 Zebedees
              
               children
               ;
               yea
               ,
               they
               (
               being
               ignorant
               )
               will
               presently
               in
               their
               pride
               of
               Spirit
               think
               themselves
               fit
               to
               fit
               at
               the
               elbows
               of
               Christ
               in
               heaven
               ,
               (
               for
               they
               will
               think
               they
               are
               fitter
               for
               the
               place
               then
               
                 Moses
              
               or
               
                 Aaron
                 ;
                 )
              
               surely
               it
               were
               safer
               for
               such
               to
               use
               that
               Form
               which
               God
               taught
               the
               people
               in
               the
               time
               of
               
                 Moses
                 ,
                 Deut.
                 28.
              
               it
               was
               to
               them
               a
               Form
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 Amen
                 .
              
               But
               if
               you
               can
               pray
               knowingly
               ,
               then
               poure
               out
               your
               hearts
               to
               God
               according
               to
               true
               knowledge
               :
               But
               I
               have
               heard
               some
               pray
               ,
               or
               say
               many
               words
               ,
               and
               but
               little
               matter
               ,
               but
               chiefly
               it
               was
               tautologie
               ,
               and
               often
               repeating
               the
               same
               words
               ,
               and
               could
               not
               proceed
               farther
               ,
               and
               thought
               themselves
               highly
               gifted
               too
               ;
               therefore
               take
               heed
               of
               spirituall
               pride
               ,
               judge
               of
               your
               abilities
               with
               a
               single
               eye
               .
               I
               know
               some
               that
               have
               applauded
               a
               Minister
               for
               making
               such
               an
               admirable
               prayer
               ,
               as
               none
               near
               him
               was
               to
               be
               compared
               unto
               him
               ,
               but
               it
               was
               the
               sillyest
               tautologie
               ,
               that
               I
               was
               ashamed
               to
               heare
               it
               .
               Doe
               you
               think
               in
               your
               conscience
               ,
               that
               if
               you
               were
               taught
               in
               a
               Form
               to
               ask
               for
               a
               hundred
               pounds
               of
               some
               that
               are
               both
               able
               and
               willing
               to
               give
               it
               ;
               and
               also
               you
               wanted
               bread
               to
               put
               in
               your
               belly
               ,
               (
               being
               hungry
               and
               empty
               )
               that
               then
               you
               could
               not
               ask
               in
               that
               Forme
               ?
               yes
               ,
               I
               warrant
               you
               ;
               therefore
               beware
               of
               spirituall
               pride
               .
               But
               now
               having
               thus
               a
               little
               prepared
               you
               (
               as
               I
               hope
               )
               for
               some
               sure
               instruction
               ,
               I
               now
               come
               more
               home
               to
               you
               ,
               
                 Luke
              
               11.
               1.
               you
               may
               see
               that
               our
               Saviour
               taught
               his
               Disciples
               a
               Form
               of
               prayer
               ,
               (
               they
               not
               knowing
               how
               to
               pray
               ,
               as
               it
               seems
               (
               unlesse
               some
               short
               prayer
               ,
               as
               at
               some
               other
               times
               they
               did
               ,
               as
               in
               these
               words
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 increase
                 our
                 Faith
                 ,
                 &c.
                 )
              
               in
               these
               words
               ,
               
                 When
                 ye
                 pray
                 say
                 ,
                 Our
                 Father
                 which
                 art
                 in
                 heaven
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               here
               you
               may
               see
               that
               they
               were
               to
               use
               the
               words
               that
               he
               taught
               them
               .
               And
               although
               
                 Luke
              
               hath
               it
               in
               this
               manner
               ,
               
                 Pray
                 you
                 ,
              
               that
               's
               nothing
               to
               overthrow
               this
               Evangelist
               ,
               for
               both
               wayes
               are
               lawfull
               ;
               nay
               ,
               God
               sometime
               did
               bid
               the
               Jews
               that
               they
               should
               take
               unto
               them
               words
               ,
               and
               come
               to
               him
               in
               prayer
               ,
               and
               taught
               them
               a
               Form
               of
               words
               too
               by
               the
               Prophet
               
                 H●sea
                 ,
              
               14.
               2
               ,
               3.
               these
               are
               the
               words
               ,
               
                 Take
                 unto
                 you
                 words
                 ,
                 and
                 turn
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 ;
                 say
                 unto
                 him
                 ,
                 Take
                 away
                 all
                 iniquitie
                 ,
                 and
                 receive
                 us
                 graciously
                 ,
                 so
                 will
                 wee
                 render
                 the
                 calves
                 of
                 our
                 lips
                 ;
                 Ashur
                 shall
                 not
                 save
                 us
                 ,
                 we
                 will
                 not
                 rid
                 :
                 upon
                 horses
                 ;
                 neither
                 will
                 we
                 say
                 any
                 more
                 to
                 the
                 work
                 of
                 our
                 hands
                 ,
                 Ye
                 are
                 our
                 Gods
                 ,
                 for
                 in
                 thee
                 the
                 fatherlesse
                 findeth
                 mercy
                 .
              
               All
               this
               Form
               of
               Prayer
               the
               Lord
               taught
               the
               
               people
               by
               the
               Prophet
               
                 Hosea
                 :
              
               And
               
                 Col.
                 3.
                 16.
                 
                 Let
                 the
                 word
                 of
                 Christ
                 dwell
                 in
                 you
                 richly
                 in
                 all
                 wisdome
                 ,
                 teaching
                 and
                 admonishing
                 one
                 another
                 in
                 Psalms
                 ,
                 hymnes
                 ,
                 and
                 spirituall
                 songs
                 ,
                 singing
                 with
                 grace
                 in
                 your
                 hearts
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               He
               did
               not
               here
               mean
               (
               in
               this
               place
               )
               any
               new
               Psalmes
               or
               hymnes
               ,
               for
               he
               bad
               them
               admonish
               each
               other
               in
               those
               Psalmes
               and
               hymnes
               ;
               therefore
               those
               Psalmes
               and
               hymnes
               were
               then
               Canonicall
               :
               although
               I
               could
               wish
               that
               upon
               some
               occasion
               ,
               (
               were
               it
               not
               for
               startling
               the
               weak
               in
               knowledge
               )
               that
               some
               Preacher
               that
               were
               a
               solid
               man
               ,
               would
               frame
               a
               Psalm
               for
               that
               speciall
               occasion
               ,
               (
               for
               he
               that
               can
               make
               a
               prayer
               according
               to
               the
               Word
               ,
               is
               able
               also
               to
               make
               a
               Psalm
               )
               but
               this
               I
               think
               would
               be
               inconvenient
               ;
               but
               this
               is
               fit
               to
               bee
               done
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               the
               Preacher
               himself
               should
               fit
               a
               Psalme
               out
               of
               the
               Book
               of
               Psalmes
               for
               the
               severall
               occasions
               ,
               and
               suitable
               to
               his
               Sermon
               .
               And
               thus
               much
               for
               this
               point
               also
               ,
               with
               this
               conclusion
               :
            
             
               
                 Now
                 since
                 we
                 had
                 no
                 Prayer-booke
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 Sabbath
                 afternoons
                 ;
              
               
                 The
                 sleep
                 so
                 much
                 ,
                 some
                 heads
                 have
                 tooke
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 dead
                 they
                 are
                 in
                 swoons
                 .
              
               
                 Some
                 Scriptures
                 we
                 in
                 stead
                 thereof
                 ,
              
               
                 Might
                 safely
                 entertaine
                 ;
              
               
                 Lest
                 wee
                 so
                 much
                 from
                 it
                 be
                 off
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 there
                 wee
                 sit
                 in
                 vaine
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               now
               me
               thinketh
               I
               see
               another
               stand
               by
               ,
               
               with
               a
               question
               in
               his
               mouth
               ;
               (
               for
               these
               times
               are
               fraught
               with
               them
               now
               )
               And
               this
               is
               it
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               How
               if
               Pipes
               and
               Organs
               should
               chance
               to
               be
               put
               upon
               us
               againe
               ,
               as
               they
               were
               before
               the
               Parliament
               begun
               ,
               will
               not
               that
               bee
               Idolatry
               thinke
               you
               ?
               and
               if
               so
               ,
               then
               I
               hope
               you
               will
               graunt
               us
               a
               warrant
               to
               run
               out
               of
               the
               Church
               ?
               To
               this
               I
               answer
               ,
               First
               ,
               what
               is
               lawfull
               in
               it selfe
               is
               one
               thing
               ,
               and
               what
               is
               an
               inconvenience
               ,
               is
               another
               thing
               ;
               therefore
               ye
               ought
               to
               be
               informed
               well
               in
               your
               judgement
               before
               you
               bee
               too
               forward
               to
               make
               a
               conclusion
               .
               First
               ,
               if
               in
               it selfe
               it
               be
               Idolatry
               now
               ,
               what
               was
               it
               all
               that
               time
               ,
               when
               God
               himself
               in
               
                 Davids
              
               time
               allowed
               it
               ,
               in
               the
               praises
               of
               his
               people
               ?
               If
               you
               say
               that
               the
               Pope
               useth
               it
               to
               his
               Idols
               ,
               and
               therefore
               it
               is
               Idolatry
               .
               I
               answer
               ,
               so
               did
               the
               heathen
               very
               likely
               ;
               And
               besides
               ,
               if
               that
               be
               it
               by
               the
               which
               you
               would
               gather
               a
               conclusion
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               that
               because
               the
               Papists
               use
               it
               ,
               therefore
               we
               may
               not
               use
               it
               ,
               then
               may
               not
               we
               sing
               unto
               the
               true
               God
               because
               the
               Papists
               sing
               unto
               their
               Idols
               ,
               (
               for
               singing
               is
               melody
               )
               therefore
               this
               your
               argument
               is
               of
               no
               validity
               .
               But
               here
               is
               another
               question
               put
               to
               mee
               ,
               and
               this
               is
               the
               maine
               one
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               In
               the
               time
               of
               the
               old
               Law
               it
               was
               lawfull
               ,
               
               but
               is
               not
               now
               ,
               it
               being
               not
               now
               commanded
               ,
               therefore
               it
               is
               unlawfull
               .
               To
               this
               I
               answer
               ,
               briefly
               :
               if
               you
               consider
               the
               end
               wherefore
               it
               was
               at
               the
               first
               allowed
               ,
               you
               may
               easily
               make
               conclusion
               .
               The
               end
               why
               it
               was
               first
               allowed
               was
               this
               ,
               to
               occasion
               joyfulnesse
               or
               chearfulnesse
               in
               the
               users
               and
               hearers
               of
               it
               ,
               that
               so
               they
               might
               praise
               God
               with
               the
               more
               lively
               affections
               ,
               (
               for
               all
               know
               it
               is
               an
               outward
               occasion
               of
               naturall
               joy
               ;
               )
               and
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               being
               then
               used
               with
               it
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               in
               Psalmes
               or
               hymnes
               ,
               doe
               turn
               the
               use
               of
               it
               (
               by
               the
               operation
               of
               Gods
               Spirit
               )
               to
               the
               more
               hearty
               praising
               of
               God
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               to
               your
               question
               more
               fully
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               not
               commanded
               by
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               therefore
               it
               is
               not
               now
               lawfull
               for
               us
               to
               use
               it
               in
               the
               praises
               of
               God
               .
               Why
               ,
               the
               Apostles
               would
               have
               us
               to
               use
               all
               meanes
               possible
               to
               inable
               us
               to
               praise
               God
               the
               more
               chearfully
               :
               But
               (
               saith
               some
               )
               some
               doe
               regard
               the
               melody
               more
               then
               the
               matter
               they
               sing
               ,
               or
               God
               to
               whom
               they
               sing
               .
               To
               this
               I
               answer
               ,
               so
               without
               all
               question
               doe
               some
               that
               sing
               without
               Musicke
               ,
               and
               have
               no
               devotion
               to
               God
               .
               Therefore
               the
               Apostles
               conclusion
               must
               bee
               ours
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               to
               the
               pure
               ,
               all
               good
               things
               are
               pure
               ,
               but
               to
               them
               that
               are
               otherwise
               is
               no
               good
               thing
               pure
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               But
               the
               Parliament
               hath
               forbid
               it
               now
               ,
               and
               therefore
               it
               is
               unlawfull
               .
               I
               doe
               answer
               ,
               that
               many
               things
               at
               this
               time
               are
               forborn
               for
               divers
               reasons
               .
               First
               ,
               it
               is
               (
               and
               especially
               hath
               lately
               been
               )
               a
               time
               of
               mourning
               ,
               yea
               ,
               to
               mourne
               with
               sorrowfull
               hearts
               ,
               rather
               then
               joyous
               hearts
               ,
               although
               wee
               bee
               godly
               disposed
               at
               that
               time
               ,
               (
               for
               you
               know
               in
               the
               time
               of
               
                 David
              
               musick
               was
               not
               used
               ,
               when
               they
               fasted
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               were
               humbled
               for
               some
               punishment
               that
               then
               was
               upon
               them
               .
               )
               Secondly
               ,
               it
               might
               be
               forbid
               by
               the
               Parliament
               to
               satisfie
               the
               People
               who
               are
               weake
               in
               their
               judgement
               and
               thought
               every
               thing
               was
               Popery
               or
               Idolatry
               ,
               because
               some
               did
               begin
               to
               leave
               that
               way
               ,
               and
               then
               it
               ought
               to
               be
               taken
               away
               for
               the
               present
               .
               Thirdly
               ,
               because
               the
               People
               were
               addicted
               to
               Idolatry
               ,
               (
               many
               of
               them
               )
               therefore
               it
               ought
               to
               bee
               taken
               away
               .
               For
               the
               Brasen
               Serpent
               that
               was
               set
               up
               (
               at
               first
               )
               for
               good
               use
               ,
               was
               taken
               downe
               ,
               yea
               ,
               and
               broken
               in
               pieces
               ,
               in
               way
               of
               detestation
               and
               called
               a
               piece
               of
               Brasse
               ,
               when
               the
               people
               had
               idolatrized
               to
               it
               ;
               But
               this
               shall
               be
               my
               conclusion
               ,
               it
               is
               no
               great
               matter
               whether
               it
               be
               or
               bee
               not
               ,
               and
               so
               I
               end
               this
               Point
               ,
               with
               a
               generall
               reason
               why
               I
               have
               treated
               thus
               much
               in
               it
               ,
               which
               is
               this
               ,
               I
               would
               gladly
               learn
               the
               Reader
               hereof
               ,
               to
               make
               some
               distinctions
               ;
               for
               ,
               for
               want
               of
               this
               ,
               many
               mischiefs
               are
               amongst
               us
               ;
               and
               the
               Leaders
               of
               the
               Sectaries
               ,
               either
               cannot
               or
               will
               not
               doe
               it
               :
               what
               the
               Reasons
               are
               I
               leave
               to
               you
               ,
               to
               be
               guided
               by
               some
               of
               those
               I
               mentioned
               in
               my
               former
               
               points
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               policy
               .
               But
               now
               I
               will
               set
               to
               your
               view
               some
               Scriptures
               to
               you
               to
               pitch
               your
               judgement
               on
               more
               clearely
               ,
               both
               out
               of
               the
               Old
               and
               New
               Testament
               :
               first
               in
               
                 Exod.
                 15.
                 20.
                 
                 Miriam
              
               the
               Prophetesse
               did
               praise
               the
               Lord
               with
               instruments
               of
               musick
               .
               
                 Judg.
              
               11.
               34
               ,
               35.
               
               There
               you
               may
               see
               
                 Jephthah's
              
               daughter
               did
               it
               too
               .
               
                 Chap.
              
               21.
               19
               ,
               20
               ,
               21.
               
               There
               was
               a
               feast
               at
               
                 Shiloh
              
               yearly
               ,
               
                 a
                 feast
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
              
               (
               saith
               the
               Text
               )
               and
               the
               daughters
               of
               
                 Shiloh
              
               did
               use
               to
               dance
               there
               at
               that
               feast
               .
               
                 Psal.
                 149.
                 3.
                 
                 L●t
                 them
                 praise
                 the
                 Lord
                 in
                 the
                 dance
                 ,
                 let
                 them
                 sing
                 praises
                 to
                 him
                 with
                 the
                 tymbrell
                 and
                 harpe
                 :
              
               and
               
                 Psal.
              
               150.
               
               &
               
                 Psal.
                 33.
                 2
                 ,
                 3
                 ,
                 4.
                 Psal.
              
               108.
               1
               ,
               2.
               
               And
               I
               will
               end
               with
               that
               in
               the
               
                 Revelation
              
               of
               
                 John
                 ,
              
               chap.
               14.
               v.
               2
               ,
               3.
               and
               I
               pray
               consider
               of
               it
               ;
               these
               are
               the
               words
               ,
               
                 I
                 heard
                 the
                 voice
                 of
                 harpers
                 ,
                 harping
                 with
                 their
                 harps
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 sung
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 ,
                 a
                 new
                 song
                 before
                 the
                 Throne
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               And
               Chap.
               15.
               2.
               3.
               
               
                 These
                 are
                 the
                 words
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 had
                 gotten
                 the
                 victory
                 over
                 the
                 Beast
                 ,
                 They
                 had
                 harps
                 of
                 God
                 ,
              
               (
               saith
               the
               Text
               )
               
                 and
                 they
                 sang
                 the
                 song
                 of
                 Moses
                 the
                 servant
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 song
                 of
                 the
                 Lamb
                 ,
                 saying
                 ,
                 Great
                 and
                 marvailous
                 are
                 thy
                 workes
                 Lord
                 God
                 Almighty
                 ,
                 just
                 and
                 true
                 are
                 thy
                 wayes
                 ,
                 thou
                 King
                 of
                 Saints
                 .
              
               And
               thus
               much
               for
               this
               point
               .
            
             
               
                 Some
                 have
                 such
                 tender
                 sculls
                 ,
                 they
                 'l
                 dye
                 with
                 little
                 haile
                 ;
              
               
                 As
                 goslings
                 tender
                 be
                 ,
                 alas
                 what
                 doe
                 they
                 aile
                 ?
              
            
             
               And
               now
               I
               desire
               to
               know
               wherein
               the
               difference
               lyeth
               betwixt
               those
               that
               stand
               for
               the
               Presbyteriall
               government
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               separate
               from
               them
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               those
               things
               contained
               in
               those
               Points
               thus
               lately
               treated
               of
               ;
               and
               consequently
               why
               we
               may
               not
               joyn
               together
               in
               the
               Presbyteriall
               government
               .
            
             
               And
               now
               I
               come
               to
               the
               first
               of
               the
               last
               three
               things
               I
               promised
               to
               touch
               ,
               
               and
               that
               is
               to
               answer
               some
               of
               the
               Sectaries
               to
               some
               things
               which
               they
               affirm
               of
               themselves
               ,
               concerning
               their
               conversation
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               the
               most
               godly
               people
               in
               their
               lives
               and
               conversations
               ,
               and
               therefore
               they
               have
               the
               better
               judgements
               .
               To
               this
               I
               answer
               ,
               wee
               may
               not
               take
               your
               bare
               word
               for
               it
               neither
               ;
               for
               if
               men
               plead
               for
               a
               confusion
               ,
               it
               is
               rather
               a
               sign
               of
               the
               contrary
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               it
               is
               is
               an
               ill
               signe
               in
               you
               ,
               to
               be
               so
               uncharitable
               in
               your
               censures
               of
               us
               the
               Presbyterials
               ,
               you
               account
               most
               of
               us
               to
               be
               uncapable
               of
               the
               Sacraments
               ,
               although
               you
               cannot
               prove
               us
               to
               live
               in
               such
               sins
               ,
               (
               and
               especially
               in
               that
               degree
               in
               those
               sins
               )
               which
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               doth
               exclude
               a
               man
               for
               ;
               and
               is
               this
               a
               good
               sign
               think
               you
               ?
               Thirdly
               if
               you
               say
               that
               you
               are
               more
               zealous
               in
               your
               following
               the
               Preachers
               ,
               and
               the
               exercises
               of
               Religion
               ;
               &
               therefore
               you
               are
               better
               ,
               and
               more
               godly
               then
               the
               Presbyterials
               .
               I
               answer
               ,
               so
               might
               the
               Pharisees
               have
               said
               ,
               for
               which
               cause
               they
               had
               their
               name
               
                 zelotes
              
               (
               many
               of
               them
               ;
               )
               yea
               ,
               this
               was
               the
               cause
               that
               they
               did
               
               separate
               from
               the
               residue
               of
               the
               people
               ,
               and
               would
               be
               called
               Pharisees
               ,
               the
               which
               word
               commeth
               of
               the
               Hebrew
               word
               
                 Phares
                 ,
              
               which
               signifieth
               to
               make
               a
               breach
               by
               separating
               from
               others
               ;
               and
               is
               this
               a
               commendation
               alwayes
               think
               you
               ?
               you
               know
               the
               Pharisees
               were
               worse
               then
               the
               common
               people
               were
               from
               whom
               they
               separated
               ,
               for
               inwardly
               they
               were
               full
               of
               rottennesse
               ;
               yea
               ,
               our
               Saviour
               said
               of
               them
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               ravening
               wolves
               ,
               although
               they
               were
               so
               zealous
               to
               pay
               tithe
               of
               mint
               ,
               anise
               ,
               and
               cummin
               .
               By
               all
               this
               you
               see
               now
               ,
               that
               your
               argument
               therein
               is
               stark
               naught
               ;
               besides
               ,
               I
               have
               found
               that
               the
               Presbyterialls
               are
               more
               forward
               to
               neighbourly
               goodwill
               ,
               and
               to
               accommodate
               a
               man
               with
               what
               they
               can
               ,
               then
               you
               are
               :
               this
               I
               have
               proved
               to
               be
               true
               (
               although
               I
               have
               not
               any
               thing
               of
               any
               man
               ,
               but
               what
               I
               pay
               for
               .
               )
               But
               the
               Independents
               are
               full
               of
               shifts
               and
               excuses
               ,
               (
               so
               many
               as
               I
               have
               been
               acquainted
               with
               )
               I
               wish
               they
               would
               not
               equivocate
               so
               much
               as
               they
               doe
               ;
               I
               hope
               they
               will
               ●eale
               truly
               in
               their
               shops
               .
               Fourthly
               ,
               they
               say
               they
               have
               more
               knowledge
               in
               the
               Word
               and
               will
               of
               God
               then
               the
               Presbyterialls
               have
               .
               I
               answer
               ,
               (
               if
               this
               were
               true
               )
               you
               are
               so
               much
               the
               worse
               ,
               if
               your
               hearts
               are
               not
               thereby
               made
               better
               ;
               for
               you
               come
               much
               short
               of
               the
               Pharisees
               in
               our
               Saviours
               time
               ,
               in
               the
               literall
               knowledge
               of
               Divine
               things
               ,
               yet
               they
               were
               the
               worst
               of
               people
               .
               Besides
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               true
               neither
               which
               you
               affirm
               of
               your selves
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               that
               you
               are
               the
               most
               knowing
               ,
               for
               you
               are
               exceeding
               weak
               in
               your
               judgements
               ,
               (
               for
               the
               more
               part
               )
               And
               many
               of
               the
               Presbyterialls
               ,
               which
               have
               not
               the
               tenth
               part
               of
               literall
               knowledge
               ,
               have
               notwithstanding
               a
               better
               understanding
               in
               many
               things
               in
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               sincere
               hearted
               too
               .
               Fifthly
               ,
               I
               wish
               I
               might
               not
               say
               that
               there
               is
               with
               you
               too
               many
               mountaines
               of
               spirituall
               pride
               ;
               for
               there
               was
               another
               sect
               among
               the
               Jews
               ,
               that
               called
               themselves
               Sadduces
               ,
               and
               would
               be
               thought
               to
               be
               more
               just
               in
               their
               dealings
               then
               other
               men
               ,
               and
               yet
               were
               not
               such
               as
               had
               saving
               grace
               in
               their
               hearts
               ,
               they
               called
               themselves
               Sadduces
               from
               the
               hebrew
               word
               
                 tsedek
                 ,
              
               (
               as
               some
               Expositors
               affirm
               )
               and
               yet
               they
               denyed
               the
               resurrection
               from
               the
               dead
               ,
               therefore
               this
               is
               no
               true
               infallible
               signe
               neither
               .
               Sixthly
               ,
               are
               you
               not
               as
               forward
               to
               corporall
               pride
               ,
               as
               the
               Presbyterialls
               too
               ?
               (
               although
               I
               think
               you
               are
               not
               so
               sick
               of
               the
               fashions
               ,
               as
               some
               of
               the
               Presbyterialls
               are
               .
               )
               Seventhly
               ,
               are
               you
               not
               more
               obstinate
               in
               your
               way
               of
               separation
               after
               conviction
               ,
               then
               the
               Presbyterialls
               are
               ?
               I
               wish
               I
               could
               not
               justly
               complaine
               of
               this
               ;
               for
               I
               have
               knowne
               many
               ,
               when
               they
               have
               yeelded
               in
               many
               chief
               things
               in
               their
               way
               of
               separation
               ,
               and
               yet
               would
               go
               on
               still
               in
               their
               way
               of
               divisions
               ;
               so
               that
               with
               you
               is
               wilfull
               obstinacy
               also
               .
               I
               doe
               not
               speak
               this
               to
               excuse
               the
               
               Presbyterialls
               from
               many
               sins
               ,
               no
               ,
               I
               blame
               our selves
               exceedingly
               too
               :
               But
               this
               is
               the
               maine
               thing
               which
               I
               aime
               at
               ,
               to
               beat
               downe
               men
               from
               esteeming
               of
               themselves
               above
               that
               which
               they
               are
               .
               And
               thus
               much
               for
               this
               point
               also
               .
            
             
               
                 Some
                 have
                 such
                 shallow-heads
                 and
                 gnats
                 about
                 their
                 eares
                 ;
              
               
                 I
                 think
                 their
                 hearts
                 be
                 dead
                 ;
                 where
                 is
                 their
                 hopes
                 ,
                 their
                 feares
                 ?
              
            
             
               Now
               farther
               (
               you
               say
               )
               that
               many
               of
               our
               side
               are
               ignorant
               in
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               live
               loosly
               in
               their
               conversations
               ;
               It
               is
               true
               ,
               they
               doe
               so
               ;
               and
               you
               say
               they
               be
               proud
               and
               scornfull
               in
               their
               carriage
               to
               their
               inferiours
               ,
               and
               think
               to
               have
               others
               to
               stoop
               to
               them
               because
               of
               their
               gay-cloaths
               and
               big
               looks
               ,
               they
               having
               (
               many
               of
               them
               )
               much
               of
               this
               worlds
               good
               ;
               but
               yet
               they
               have
               little
               or
               no
               vertue
               in
               them
               ;
               the
               which
               is
               that
               which
               is
               worthy
               of
               the
               true
               respect
               ,
               and
               not
               a
               bare
               title
               .
               In
               this
               I
               will
               not
               dissent
               from
               you
               ,
               but
               will
               conclude
               ,
               that
               a
               wise
               man
               will
               not
               much
               respect
               any
               thing
               that
               is
               but
               an
               adjunct
               of
               a
               man
               ,
               and
               is
               no
               part
               of
               the
               man
               ,
               for
               
                 Dives
              
               was
               gay
               ,
               and
               had
               this
               worlds
               goods
               ,
               but
               yet
               he
               was
               not
               any
               whit
               the
               better
               esteemed
               of
               God
               ,
               but
               hell
               must
               be
               the
               place
               of
               such
               a
               one
               :
               
               but
               yet
               these
               with
               us
               may
               have
               some
               saving
               grace
               in
               them
               ;
               for
               you
               must
               endevour
               to
               distinguish
               degrees
               of
               good
               and
               evill
               ,
               otherwise
               you
               will
               never
               bee
               able
               to
               make
               a
               true
               conclusion
               .
               And
               truly
               this
               is
               a
               great
               reason
               for
               me
               to
               conclude
               that
               your
               Leaders
               are
               either
               ignorant
               of
               these
               things
               ,
               or
               else
               they
               keep
               you
               blinde
               on
               purpose
               ,
               that
               so
               you
               may
               remaine
               Separatists
               still
               .
               You
               may
               know
               that
               those
               that
               have
               this
               worlds
               goods
               are
               lyable
               to
               many
               temptations
               ,
               which
               other
               inferiour
               people
               are
               more
               free
               from
               ;
               and
               though
               they
               themselves
               fail
               as
               much
               another
               way
               perhaps
               too
               .
               Have
               you
               never
               seen
               a
               man
               that
               being
               holden
               in
               from
               occasions
               of
               temptations
               ,
               by
               being
               in
               a
               mean
               estate
               ,
               and
               thereby
               afflicted
               ;
               who
               ,
               afterwards
               ,
               having
               been
               raised
               to
               a
               greater
               estate
               ,
               was
               more
               vaine
               then
               those
               whom
               hee
               before
               counted
               wicked
               ;
               
               see
               how
               good
               
                 David
              
               failed
               in
               godlinesse
               ,
               when
               great
               temptations
               encountred
               him
               ,
               as
               being
               at
               rest
               in
               his
               kingdom
               of
               wealth
               ,
               walking
               and
               solacing
               himself
               upon
               his
               house
               top
               ,
               and
               having
               such
               an
               object
               of
               carnall
               delight
               ;
               and
               that
               sin
               did
               occasion
               another
               as
               great
               ,
               O
               that
               was
               a
               great
               one
               indeed
               !
               for
               having
               faln
               into
               the
               sinne
               of
               adultery
               ,
               and
               thereby
               being
               lyable
               to
               disgrace
               ,
               he
               thought
               to
               cover
               it
               ,
               by
               using
               policy
               ,
               and
               yet
               that
               policy
               must
               neverthelesse
               goe
               somewhat
               neare
               him
               too
               ;
               but
               yet
               he
               thought
               ,
               having
               such
               an
               occasion
               to
               hazard
               
                 Vriah
              
               in
               battail
               ,
               it
               would
               be
               the
               more
               tolerable
               ,
               and
               therefore
               hee
               adventured
               upon
               the
               cutting
               off
               of
               
                 Vriah
                 ,
              
               that
               so
               he
               might
               take
               her
               to
               be
               his
               wife
               ,
               to
               cover
               the
               sin
               from
               being
               known
               :
               To
               be
               short
               ,
               they
               are
               
               more
               lyable
               to
               carnality
               and
               vanity
               then
               many
               other
               men
               are
               ,
               although
               they
               have
               saving
               grace
               in
               them
               .
               But
               what
               is
               all
               this
               for
               the
               Point
               we
               stand
               for
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               the
               government
               of
               the
               Church
               ?
               I
               still
               stand
               for
               truth
               ,
               although
               abuses
               be
               ;
               for
               I
               know
               ,
               no
               outward
               accommodations
               will
               bestead
               us
               at
               the
               great
               and
               dreadfull
               day
               of
               judgment
               .
            
             
               
                 No
                 strouts
                 ,
                 nor
                 clouts
                 ,
                 nor
                 words
                 that
                 swell
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 will
                 bestead
                 us
                 then
                 ;
              
               
                 For
                 I
                 know
                 well
                 ,
                 and
                 doe
                 you
                 tell
              
               
                 'T
                 is
                 vertue
                 maketh
                 men
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               now
               in
               the
               next
               place
               I
               must
               note
               another
               thing
               which
               is
               prevalent
               in
               keeping
               men
               from
               renouncing
               an
               opinion
               once
               maintained
               by
               them
               ,
               
               though
               now
               convinced
               ;
               and
               that
               is
               the
               undergoing
               of
               some
               disgrace
               ,
               lest
               others
               doe
               deride
               them
               ;
               and
               truly
               my
               heart
               almost
               bleedeth
               to
               think
               of
               it
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               a
               great
               tryall
               indeed
               ,
               and
               especially
               if
               men
               have
               not
               a
               great
               measure
               of
               grace
               ;
               but
               yet
               I
               hope
               we
               do
               consider
               that
               God
               is
               to
               have
               his
               glory
               ,
               what
               ever
               we
               undergoe
               ;
               
                 Let
                 God
                 be
                 true
                 ,
                 and
                 every
                 man
                 a
                 lyer
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               I
               hope
               ,
               
               ●f
               the
               Presbyterialls
               be
               well
               admonished
               ,
               they
               will
               forbeare
               scoffing
               at
               those
               that
               shall
               come
               and
               joyn
               with
               us
               .
               For
               ,
               (
               as
               one
               once
               said
               ,
               so
               say
               I
               )
               Are
               there
               not
               sins
               with
               us
               also
               ?
               yes
               surely
               ,
               in
               many
               things
               we
               sin
               all
               :
               O
               that
               we
               could
               joyn
               together
               ,
               then
               might
               wee
               easily
               prevail
               of
               the
               Parliament
               ,
               wholsome
               Laws
               ,
               yea
               ,
               and
               Officers
               too
               ,
               to
               keep
               us
               in
               a
               more
               stricter
               way
               in
               godlinesse
               .
            
             
               Now
               let
               us
               take
               some
               notice
               of
               such
               things
               as
               may
               whet
               our
               affections
               more
               specially
               to
               perform
               our
               duties
               severally
               :
               
               First
               ,
               God
               is
               worthy
               of
               all
               honour
               ,
               and
               to
               have
               all
               glory
               ascribed
               to
               him
               ,
               yea
               ,
               all
               good
               is
               (
               and
               ought
               )
               to
               be
               ascribed
               to
               him
               ,
               for
               he
               is
               the
               totality
               of
               all
               things
               ;
               in
               him
               we
               live
               ,
               move
               ,
               and
               have
               our
               being
               ;
               and
               in
               him
               all
               things
               consist
               ,
               whose
               goodnesse
               doth
               appeare
               in
               his
               creating
               of
               us
               after
               his
               own
               Image
               ,
               in
               holinesse
               and
               righteousnesse
               ,
               and
               knowledge
               ,
               and
               other
               qualities
               ;
               in
               a
               fit
               degree
               for
               creatures
               to
               have
               resemblance
               of
               their
               Creator
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               blessed
               for
               evermore
               ;
               whose
               purity
               may
               be
               seen
               in
               his
               Law
               which
               he
               hath
               set
               to
               our
               view
               ,
               to
               behold
               his
               excellency
               in
               ;
               the
               which
               
                 Moses
              
               the
               man
               of
               God
               admired
               with
               these
               words
               to
               the
               children
               of
               
                 Israel
                 ,
                 What
                 Nation
                 is
                 there
                 under
                 heaven
                 that
                 have
                 Lawes
                 so
                 righteous
                 as
                 ye
                 have
                 ?
              
               And
               
                 David
              
               saith
               thus
               of
               them
               to
               God
               ,
               
                 Thy
                 Law
                 is
                 very
                 pure
                 ,
                 therefore
                 thy
                 servant
                 loveth
                 it
                 .
              
               And
               consider
               also
               how
               wee
               (
               in
               the
               loines
               of
               our
               first
               Parents
               )
               are
               falne
               from
               that
               happy
               estate
               of
               that
               blessed
               Creation
               ;
               and
               also
               what
               is
               due
               to
               us
               now
               by
               falling
               from
               God
               by
               our
               disobedience
               ,
               even
               everlasting
               damnation
               and
               torture
               ,
               and
               
               torment
               in
               hell
               for
               evermore
               .
               Consider
               also
               the
               goodnesse
               of
               God
               in
               providing
               for
               us
               a
               remedy
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               not
               be
               subjects
               of
               torments
               in
               hell
               ,
               but
               be
               vessels
               of
               glory
               in
               heaven
               ,
               onely
               upon
               good
               and
               honest
               conditions
               ,
               faith
               in
               the
               merits
               of
               his
               Son
               our
               Saviour
               ,
               and
               requi●eth
               nothing
               of
               us
               but
               to
               walk
               honestly
               ,
               righteously
               ,
               and
               godly
               in
               this
               world
               ,
               according
               to
               those
               graces
               of
               his
               holy
               Spirit
               knocking
               at
               the
               doores
               of
               our
               hearts
               ,
               and
               bidding
               us
               open
               ,
               yea
               ,
               that
               giveth
               us
               power
               and
               ability
               to
               open
               ,
               onely
               that
               we
               be
               not
               wanting
               in
               the
               not
               using
               those
               abilities
               which
               he
               doth
               give
               us
               ;
               but
               if
               we
               slight
               and
               neglect
               this
               second
               great
               mercy
               of
               his
               ,
               then
               must
               we
               be
               subjects
               of
               the
               greater
               torments
               in
               hel
               for
               evermore
               with
               dreadful
               Devils
               ,
               and
               cursed
               Fiends
               ,
               and
               damned
               Angels
               ,
               and
               with
               Men
               in
               a
               woful
               condition
               ,
               being
               tortured
               and
               tormented
               ,
               easless
               ,
               and
               endless
               ,
               gnashing
               their
               teeth
               in
               anguish
               and
               pain
               .
               Consider
               this
               ,
               and
               beware
               ,
               and
               take
               heed
               in
               time
               ,
               before
               time
               be
               no
               more
               .
               Now
               let
               us
               consider
               what
               allurements
               the
               Lord
               our
               God
               hath
               set
               forth
               in
               his
               Scriptures
               of
               truth
               for
               our
               encouragement
               ,
               the
               Prophet
               
                 Daniel
              
               in
               his
               12
               chapter
               ,
               saith
               ,
               
                 Those
                 that
                 be
                 wise
                 shall
                 shine
                 as
                 the
                 Sun
                 ;
                 and
                 those
                 that
                 turn
                 many
                 unto
                 righteousnesse
                 ,
                 shall
                 shine
                 as
                 the
                 stars
                 for
                 ever
                 ,
                 and
                 ever
                 .
              
               And
               in
               the
               Book
               called
               the
               
                 Ap●calyps
              
               or
               
                 Revelation
                 ,
              
               are
               many
               allurements
               for
               us
               to
               be
               whetted
               on
               in
               godlinesse
               ;
               
                 To
                 him
                 that
                 overcommeth
                 will
                 I
                 give
              
               (
               said
               God
               )
               
                 to
                 eate
                 of
                 the
                 Manna
                 that
                 is
                 hid
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 walk
                 in
                 white
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 drink
                 of
                 the
                 water
                 of
                 the
                 pure
                 river
                 of
                 God
                 that
                 is
                 in
                 that
                 celestiall
                 Paradise
                 ;
                 yea
                 ,
                 to
                 weare
                 a
                 Crown
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 eat
                 of
                 the
                 tree
                 of
                 Life
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 the
                 paradise
                 of
                 God
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 have
                 power
                 over
                 the
                 Nations
                 ,
              
               (
               which
               betokeneth
               the
               glory
               of
               an
               Emperor
               ;
               )
               
                 and
                 to
                 have
                 a
                 morning
                 Star
                 ;
                 yea
                 ,
                 he
                 shall
                 be
                 a
                 pillar
                 glittering
                 in
                 the
                 Temple
                 of
                 God
                 ;
                 yea
                 ,
                 Christ
                 will
                 write
                 upon
                 him
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 God
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 his
                 God
                 ,
                 new
                 Jerusalem
                 ,
                 &c.
                 yea
                 ,
                 Christ
                 will
                 write
                 upon
                 him
                 his
                 own
                 name
                 also
                 .
              
               Rev.
               3.
               12.
               
               
                 And
                 be
                 will
                 s●p
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 yea
                 ,
                 ●e
                 shall
                 sit
                 in
                 the
                 throne
                 of
                 Christ
                 with
                 him
                 ,
              
               ver.
               21.
               
            
             
               Thus
               we
               see
               the
               goodness
               of
               God
               in
               giving
               us
               such
               allurements
               to
               become
               his
               sons
               and
               heires
               of
               the
               celestial
               kingdom
               .
               And
               these
               are
               held
               forth
               to
               us
               ,
               to
               the
               end
               we
               might
               not
               be
               weary
               in
               wel-doing
               ,
               though
               we
               meet
               with
               many
               discouragements
               ;
               for
               God
               hath
               ordained
               ,
               That
               
                 wee
                 must
                 through
                 many
                 afflictions
                 enter
                 into
                 the
                 kingdom
                 of
                 heaven
                 ;
              
               These
               things
               made
               
                 Moses
                 ,
                 Joseph
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Patriarchs
               (
               or
               the
               most
               of
               them
               )
               to
               undergo
               many
               tryals
               ;
               and
               the
               Prophets
               to
               bee
               content
               to
               be
               sawne
               asunder
               ,
               beheaded
               as
               
                 Iohn
                 Baptist
              
               was
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               slain
               as
               
                 Iames
              
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               and
               divers
               of
               the
               rest
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               to
               bee
               cast
               into
               dungeons
               ,
               as
               
                 Ieremiah
                 ▪
              
               &c.
               to
               be
               bound
               and
               imprisoned
               ,
               and
               slaine
               or
               beheaded
               ,
               as
               
                 Paul
              
               was
               ;
               yea
               ,
               to
               be
               so
               tortured
               as
               those
               you
               may
               see
               in
               
                 Heb.
              
               11.
               
               And
               
               cruly
               I
               wish
               some
               in
               these
               our
               dayes
               would
               beware
               lest
               they
               use
               some
               little
               better
               then
               those
               that
               stripped
               honest
               
                 Joseph
              
               of
               his
               goodly
               coat
               ,
               because
               it
               seemed
               in
               their
               eyes
               to
               be
               too
               good
               for
               him
               ;
               I
               am
               sure
               at
               length
               they
               confessed
               that
               their
               trouble
               and
               afflictions
               were
               repayed
               into
               their
               own
               bosomes
               ,
               because
               they
               were
               guilty
               concerning
               their
               brother
               ;
               
                 And
                 therefore
                 behold
                 ,
              
               (
               said
               Reuben
               )
               
                 his
                 blood
                 is
                 required
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 will
                 conclude
                 with
                 that
                 holy
                 and
                 heroicall-spirited
              
               Habakkuk
               
                 in
                 3
                 chap.
                 &
                 17
                 ,
                 18
                 ,
                 19
                 verses
                 ;
                 these
                 are
                 his
                 words
                 ,
              
               Although
               the
               fig
               should
               not
               blossome
               ,
               neither
               fruit
               be
               in
               the
               Vines
               ;
               though
               the
               labour
               of
               the
               Olive
               should
               faile
               ,
               the
               field
               should
               y●eld
               no
               meat
               ;
               though
               the
               flock
               should
               be
               cut
               off
               from
               the
               fold
               ,
               and
               there
               bee
               no
               herd
               in
               the
               stalls
               ,
               yet
               I
               will
               rejoyce
               in
               the
               Lord
               ,
               I
               will
               joy
               in
               the
               God
               of
               my
               salvation
               ;
               the
               Lord
               God
               is
               my
               strength
               ,
               and
               ●e
               will
               make
               my
               feet
               like
               hindes
               feet
               ,
               and
               he
               will
               make
               me
               to
               walk
               upon
               mine
               high-places
               ;
               To
               the
               chief
               singer
               on
               my
               stringed
               Instrument
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               HEre
               followeth
               a
               few
               other
               Points
               ,
               
               that
               some
               fearfully
               doe
               miscarry
               in
               ,
               and
               the
               first
               I
               stand
               amazed
               at
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               That
               any
               should
               either
               beleeve
               or
               say
               ,
               That
               our
               Saviour
               took
               not
               flesh
               of
               the
               
                 Virgin
                 Mary
                 ;
              
               I
               will
               onely
               quote
               Scriptures
               to
               satisfie
               some
               ,
               lest
               weak
               honest
               soules
               do
               chance
               to
               stumble
               and
               fall
               by
               such
               Hereticks
               ;
               the
               first
               is
               
                 Rom.
                 9.
                 5.
                 
                 Whose
                 are
                 the
                 Fathers
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 whom
                 as
                 concerning
                 the
                 flesh
                 Christ
                 came
                 ;
              
               here
               you
               see
               that
               Christ
               came
               of
               the
               Fathers
               ,
               yea
               ,
               that
               of
               them
               he
               received
               his
               flesh
               .
               
                 Rom.
                 1.
                 3.
                 
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 was
                 made
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 of
                 David
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 flesh
                 ;
              
               here
               the
               Apostle
               saith
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               made
               of
               the
               seed
               of
               
                 David
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 Act.
                 22.
                 30.
                 
                 Of
                 the
                 fruit
                 of
                 Davids
                 loines
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 flesh
                 ,
                 God
                 would
                 raise
                 up
                 Christ
                 to
                 sit
                 on
                 his
                 Throne
                 .
                 Acts
                 13
                 23.
                 
                 Christ
                 was
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 of
                 David
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 flesh
                 .
              
               And
               so
               much
               for
               this
               Point
               .
            
             
               Another
               sort
               there
               is
               ,
               
               (
               I
               know
               not
               what
               to
               call
               them
               )
               That
               hold
               that
               the
               soule
               of
               man
               is
               begot
               or
               derived
               from
               its
               Parents
               ,
               or
               one
               of
               them
               ;
               but
               this
               is
               such
               a
               fancy
               ,
               that
               I
               detest
               to
               think
               of
               it
               :
               First
               ,
               a
               word
               or
               two
               by
               Reason
               ,
               against
               it
               ,
               Why
               should
               not
               every
               childe
               have
               two
               souls
               and
               so
               be
               a
               Monster
               ,
               if
               that
               your
               conclusion
               were
               a
               truth
               ,
               by
               receiving
               it
               from
               its
               parents
               ?
               for
               although
               the
               matter
               of
               the
               body
               is
               to
               be
               derived
               by
               reason
               of
               its
               nourishment
               which
               it
               receiveth
               from
               the
               4
               Elements
               ,
               yet
               the
               soul
               is
               not
               to
               bee
               derived
               so
               from
               the
               Parents
               ,
               for
               that
               is
               a
               spirituall
               inspiration
               ,
               and
               is
               not
               nourished
               by
               any
               of
               the
               four
               Elements
               ,
               but
               hath
               its
               existence
               and
               subsistence
               from
               God
               onely
               .
               And
               now
               I
               come
               to
               Scriptures
               ,
               the
               first
               is
               
                 Mal.
                 2.
                 15.
                 
                 When
                 God
                 made
                 one
                 ,
                 yet
                 ●e
                 had
                 the
                 residue
                 of
                 the
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               Therefore
               man
               had
               no
               more
               Spirit
               ,
               neither
               hath
               any
               man
               ,
               any
               more
               Spirit
               or
               soul
               but
               what
               he
               hath
               received
               
               from
               God
               immediatly
               ,
               for
               saith
               the
               Text
               ,
               
                 God
                 had
                 the
                 residue
                 of
                 the
                 Spirit
                 .
                 Eccles.
                 12.
                 7.
                 
                 The
                 Spirit
                 shall
                 return
                 to
                 God
                 who
                 gave
                 it
                 ;
              
               and
               hence
               it
               is
               (
               very
               likely
               and
               chiefly
               )
               that
               God
               is
               said
               to
               be
               the
               God
               of
               the
               Spirits
               of
               all
               flesh
               ,
               rather
               then
               of
               the
               flesh
               it self
               ;
               for
               although
               God
               be
               the
               God
               of
               the
               flesh
               too
               ,
               yet
               that
               being
               made
               of
               the
               four
               Elements
               ,
               is
               not
               so
               specially
               regarded
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               the
               spirit
               or
               soul
               is
               ;
               and
               hence
               it
               is
               very
               likely
               that
               
                 Moses
              
               calleth
               God
               ,
               the
               God
               of
               the
               Spirits
               of
               all
               flesh
               ,
               as
               in
               
                 Numb.
                 16.
                 22.
                 
                 Let
                 the
                 Lord
                 the
                 God
                 of
                 the
                 Spirits
                 of
                 all
                 flesh
                 ,
                 set
                 a
                 man
                 over
                 the
                 congregation
                 :
              
               so
               much
               shall
               serve
               for
               that
               point
               .
            
             
               Gods
               dearest
               children
               sometimes
               falling
               into
               some
               capitall
               sinne
               or
               sins
               ,
               
               may
               thereby
               occasion
               the
               Lord
               to
               scourge
               them
               temporally
               for
               it
               ,
               especially
               if
               it
               be
               openly
               committed
               or
               publickly
               known
               ,
               though
               they
               repent
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               more
               especially
               if
               it
               be
               not
               more
               speedily
               repented
               of
               ,
               as
               we
               may
               see
               in
               
                 David
              
               for
               his
               numbring
               his
               people
               in
               his
               pride
               ,
               and
               2
               
                 Sam.
              
               12.
               10.
               there
               you
               may
               see
               ,
               that
               a
               man
               may
               have
               a
               scourge
               for
               som
               sin
               as
               long
               as
               he
               liveth
               ;
               for
               because
               of
               
                 Davids
              
               sin
               with
               
                 Bathshebah
                 ,
              
               and
               his
               slaying
               of
               
                 Vriah
              
               in
               a
               kind
               of
               politick
               way
               to
               save
               his
               credit
               ,
               and
               cover
               his
               sin
               ,
               the
               sword
               did
               never
               depart
               from
               his
               house
               :
               Let
               us
               beware
               of
               sin
               in
               that
               regard
               also
               .
            
             
               Now
               a
               word
               for
               the
               comfort
               of
               all
               that
               are
               in
               Christ
               by
               faith
               ,
               to
               prevent
               some
               mens
               discouraging
               of
               good
               Christians
               ,
               telling
               them
               that
               they
               cannot
               be
               sure
               of
               everlasting
               life
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               they
               are
               here
               on
               earth
               .
            
             
               Here
               followeth
               some
               Scriptures
               to
               prove
               that
               a
               man
               may
               be
               assured
               of
               his
               salvation
               here
               in
               this
               world
               ;
               
               the
               first
               is
               in
               
                 Joh.
                 6.
                 47.
                 
                 Verily
                 ,
                 verily
                 I
                 say
                 unto
                 you
                 ,
                 He
                 that
                 beleeveth
                 on
                 me
                 hath
                 everlasting
                 life
                 ;
              
               here
               the
               Evangelist
               doth
               not
               barely
               say
               ,
               that
               a
               beleever
               hath
               life
               ,
               but
               that
               he
               hath
               everlasting
               life
               ;
               &
               in
               ver.
               54
               also
               ,
               &
               
                 Joh.
                 5.
                 24.
                 
                 He
                 that
                 beleeveth
                 on
                 him
                 that
                 sent
                 me
                 ,
                 hath
                 everlasting
                 life
                 ,
                 and
                 shall
                 not
                 come
                 into
                 condemnation
                 ;
                 but
                 is
                 passed
                 from
                 death
                 to
                 life
                 ;
              
               &
               2
               Pet.
               1.
               10
               ,
               11.
               
               
                 Make
                 your
                 calling
                 and
                 election
                 sure
                 ;
                 for
                 if
                 you
                 doe
                 these
                 things
                 you
                 shall
                 never
                 fall
                 ,
                 for
                 so
                 an
                 entrance
                 shall
                 be
                 ministred
                 unto
                 you
                 abundantly
                 into
                 the
                 everlasting
                 kingdom
                 of
                 our
                 Lord
                 and
                 Saviour
                 Iesus
                 Christ
                 ;
              
               now
               if
               you
               would
               know
               what
               things
               those
               bee
               that
               you
               must
               have
               ,
               that
               so
               you
               never
               fall
               ,
               but
               be
               assured
               to
               be
               entred
               into
               heaven
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               before-hand
               ,
               then
               look
               in
               ver.
               5
               ,
               6
               ,
               7.
               going
               before
               ,
               and
               there
               you
               may
               see
               them
               ;
               the
               which
               if
               you
               get
               ,
               you
               are
               sure
               never
               to
               fal
            
             
               I
               doe
               not
               affirm
               that
               all
               beleevers
               have
               that
               faith
               of
               assurance
               ,
               spoken
               of
               in
               this
               last
               Text
               ,
               but
               that
               it
               is
               and
               may
               be
               obtained
               .
            
             
               The
               reason
               why
               men
               doe
               not
               see
               the
               salvation
               of
               God
               in
               Christ
               is
               (
               among
               many
               )
               especially
               because
               they
               doe
               not
               yeeld
               obedience
               in
               their
               hearts
               to
               so
               much
               of
               the
               morall
               Law
               ,
               as
               they
               know
               ,
               either
               in
               the
               letter
               of
               it
               ,
               informing
               their
               hearts
               or
               consciences
               ;
               or
               without
               the
               letter
               ,
               viz.
               written
               in
               their
               conscience
               .
            
             
             
               If
               any
               man
               will
               doe
               his
               wil
               ,
               
               he
               shall
               know
               of
               the
               Doctrine
               whether
               it
               be
               of
               God
               ,
               or
               whether
               I
               speak
               of
               my self
               ,
               
                 Jo●.
                 7.
                 17.
                 
                 Psal.
                 50.
                 23.
                 
                 To
                 him
                 that
                 ordereth
                 his
                 conversation
                 aright
                 ,
                 will
                 I
                 sh●w
                 the
                 salvation
                 of
                 God
                 ▪
              
               Ezek.
               43.
               10
               ,
               11.
               
               
                 If
                 they
                 be
                 ashamed
                 of
                 all
                 that
                 they
                 have
                 done
                 ,
                 shew
                 them
                 the
                 form
                 of
                 the
                 house
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               I
               know
               there
               must
               bee
               some
               generall
               hopes
               in
               a
               man
               that
               hath
               the
               knowledge
               of
               his
               sins
               which
               hee
               seeth
               in
               him
               ;
               although
               that
               knowledg
               be
               not
               with
               saving
               faith
               in
               the
               merits
               of
               
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               but
               some
               generall
               notions
               that
               will
               not
               bestead
               him
               that
               resteth
               in
               them
               .
               2
               Cor
               3.
               16.
               
               
                 When
                 the
                 heart
                 shall
                 be
                 turned
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 the
                 vail
                 shall
                 be
                 taken
                 away
                 .
              
               Until
               a
               man
               repenteth
               himself
               of
               those
               sins
               which
               God
               hath
               convinced
               him
               of
               in
               his
               conscience
               ,
               he
               shall
               remain
               blinde
               in
               the
               matter
               of
               salvation
               by
               Christ
               ,
               for
               there
               must
               goe
               a
               legall
               repentance
               before
               an
               Evangelicall
               repentance
               ;
               therefore
               Christ
               saith
               ,
               
                 Mat.
                 21.
                 23
                 
                 ▪
                 You
                 when
                 you
                 heard
                 ,
                 repented
                 not
                 that
                 you
                 might
                 beleeve
                 him
                 ;
              
               God
               giveth
               many
               gifts
               ,
               but
               man
               neglecteth
               him
               .
            
             
               Here
               are
               places
               to
               shew
               ,
               
               that
               there
               is
               a
               difference
               between
               a
               man
               that
               is
               in
               the
               true
               justifying
               faith
               concerning
               inherent
               holinesse
               ,
               and
               a
               man
               that
               is
               out
               of
               Christ
               ,
               contrary
               to
               some
               mens
               conclusion
               ,
               that
               all
               men
               are
               alike
               in
               their
               inward
               hearts
               or
               quali●ications
               ;
               the
               first
               place
               is
               
                 Psal
                 ▪
              
               18.
               19
               ,
               20
               ,
               21.
               to
               the
               26.
               
               &
               
                 Psal.
                 26.
                 
                 Psal.
                 28.
                 
                 Psal.
              
               131.
               1
               ,
               2.
               &
               in
               2
               
                 Sam.
              
               22.
               very
               largely
               .
               See
               all
               these
               places
               ,
               and
               there
               you
               may
               have
               assurance
               that
               a
               man
               may
               speak
               in
               his
               owne
               defence
               concerning
               his
               owne
               integrity
               of
               heart
               ,
               if
               in
               case
               others
               would
               blast
               his
               due
               reputation
               ;
               provided
               that
               it
               bee
               so
               in
               deed
               and
               in
               truth
               .
               I
               speak
               this
               to
               stop
               the
               mouths
               of
               some
               wicked
               people
               ,
               that
               are
               ready
               to
               say
               that
               there
               is
               no
               difference
               among
               men
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               that
               all
               are
               alike
               now
               in
               the
               state
               of
               grace
               ,
               excepting
               onely
               the
               imputative
               righteousnesse
               of
               Christ
               ;
               yea
               ,
               I
               have
               heard
               with
               my
               own
               eares
               to
               my
               great
               grief
               ,
               some
               man
               say
               ,
               that
               those
               that
               are
               justified
               have
               no
               inherent
               holinesse
               nor
               righteousnesse
               .
               But
               if
               this
               be
               a
               truth
               ,
               why
               then
               did
               our
               Saviour
               pronounce
               a
               blessednesse
               to
               those
               that
               are
               pure
               in
               heart
               ?
               And
               why
               did
               all
               the
               Apostles
               preach
               sanctification
               to
               be
               inherently
               in
               the
               justified
               ones
               ?
               yea
               ,
               if
               any
               man
               be
               in
               Christ
               he
               is
               a
               new
               Creature
               ,
               yea
               ,
               
                 Paul
              
               himselfe
               (
               in
               the
               behalf
               of
               himself
               ,
               and
               the
               residue
               of
               the
               Apostles
               and
               Brethren
               )
               said
               thus
               ,
               
                 God
                 hath
                 revealed
                 the
                 hid
                 mysteries
                 to
                 us
                 his
                 holy
                 Apostles
                 and
                 Prophets
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               And
               all
               the
               Apostles
               calleth
               upon
               men
               to
               be
               (
               not
               onely
               beleevers
               in
               Christ
               ,
               but
               )
               sanctified
               throughout
               both
               in
               body
               and
               soule
               ,
               &c.
               
               But
               yet
               notwithstanding
               it
               is
               imperfect
               in
               regard
               of
               degrees
               ;
               and
               therefore
               it
               is
               that
               the
               Prophet
               concluded
               that
               all
               our
               righteousnesse
               were
               as
               filthy
               rags
               ;
               and
               the
               Apostle
               
                 James
              
               affirmed
               ,
               that
               in
               many
               things
               we
               offend
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
             
               This
               point
               is
               to
               shew
               how
               many
               subjects
               have
               neglected
               ,
               refused
               and
               opposed
               their
               Kings
               commands
               ,
               when
               those
               commands
               were
               unjust
               by
               Gods
               expresse
               Word
               ;
               yea
               ,
               they
               did
               hinder
               their
               King
               from
               acting
               sin
               himself
               ,
               and
               that
               by
               force
               too
               .
            
             
               My
               first
               Scripture
               is
               2
               
                 Chron.
                 26.
                 16
                 ,
                 17
                 ,
                 18
                 ,
                 19
                 ,
                 20.
                 
                 Azariah
                 ,
              
               and
               fourscore
               valiant
               men
               withstood
               
                 Vzziah
              
               their
               King
               ,
               to
               hinder
               him
               from
               sinning
               against
               God
               ,
               in
               doing
               that
               which
               belonged
               to
               his
               subjects
               to
               be
               done
               ,
               he
               being
               forbid
               by
               Gods
               speciall
               command
               ;
               and
               if
               they
               had
               not
               hindred
               him
               ,
               then
               they
               should
               have
               smarted
               for
               it
               as
               well
               as
               their
               King.
               1
               
                 Sam.
              
               14.
               45.
               sheweth
               ,
               that
               the
               people
               of
               
                 Israel
              
               did
               hinder
               their
               King
               
                 Saul
              
               from
               committing
               a
               sin
               against
               one
               of
               his
               subjects
               ,
               which
               he
               had
               sworn
               to
               doe
               ,
               but
               they
               did
               resist
               him
               ,
               and
               swore
               that
               
                 Jonathan
              
               should
               not
               die
               ,
               
               (
               seeing
               he
               did
               not
               deserve
               death
               :
               )
               
                 Jonathan
              
               knew
               not
               of
               his
               Fathers
               oath
               concerning
               that
               thing
               ;
               if
               the
               oath
               it self
               had
               been
               lawfull
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               read
               in
               ver.
               27.
               and
               such
               a
               one
               was
               to
               be
               pardoned
               by
               Gods
               command
               ,
               as
               in
               
                 Ezek.
                 45.
                 19.
                 
                 Numb.
              
               15.
               27
               ,
               28.
               
               &
               
                 Levit.
              
               4
               ,
               27.
               
               And
               this
               is
               noted
               also
               as
               a
               good
               deed
               of
               the
               people
               ,
               in
               opposing
               their
               Kings
               in
               these
               things
               .
               And
               in
               1
               
                 Sam.
              
               20.
               30
               ,
               31
               ,
               32
               ,
               33.
               and
               so
               forth
               ,
               
                 Jonathan
              
               would
               rescue
               good
               
                 David
              
               from
               
                 Sauls
              
               ma●●cious
               and
               murderous
               intent
               ,
               though
               he
               had
               
                 Sauls
              
               displeasure
               so
               farre
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               hazarding
               of
               his
               own
               life
               ,
               for
               this
               his
               so
               doing
               .
               This
               did
               good
               
                 Jonathan
              
               contrary
               to
               the
               command
               of
               his
               Father
               ,
               though
               the
               King
               ;
               and
               this
               also
               is
               recorded
               for
               his
               commendation
               .
               But
               contrariwise
               when
               the
               people
               did
               not
               hinder
               their
               Kings
               ,
               but
               joyned
               with
               them
               in
               that
               which
               was
               evill
               ;
               then
               they
               and
               their
               Kings
               must
               smart
               for
               it
               too
               ;
               as
               you
               may
               see
               by
               the
               peoples
               joyning
               with
               their
               King
               
                 Ahaziah
                 ,
              
               against
               
                 Elijah
              
               the
               Prophet
               ,
               as
               in
               2
               
                 King.
              
               1.
               
               And
               so
               alwayes
               throughout
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               you
               may
               observe
               the
               like
               punishment
               upon
               the
               people
               for
               seconding
               their
               Governors
               in
               evill
               .
               Yea
               ,
               this
               was
               the
               very
               cause
               of
               the
               casting
               off
               of
               the
               Jewes
               chiefly
               ;
               for
               they
               joyned
               with
               their
               High-priest
               ,
               chiefe
               Priests
               and
               Pharisees
               ,
               and
               the
               Rulers
               of
               the
               Jewes
               in
               crucifying
               of
               Christ
               ;
               and
               therefore
               his
               blood
               is
               upon
               them
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               upon
               their
               governours
               unto
               this
               day
               :
               Do
               you
               not
               think
               it
               had
               been
               happy
               for
               the
               people
               of
               the
               Jewes
               ,
               if
               they
               had
               opposed
               their
               Elders
               and
               Governors
               ,
               and
               kept
               them
               from
               slaying
               our
               Saviour
               Christ
               ?
               Yes
               truly
               ,
               it
               had
               been
               well
               for
               that
               people
               .
               And
               the
               subjects
               of
               
                 Ahab
              
               were
               accessory
               to
               
                 Ahabs
              
               sparing
               of
               
                 Benhad●d
                 ,
              
               and
               see
               what
               they
               were
               to
               receive
               of
               God
               for
               that
               sin
               ,
               as
               in
               1
               
                 King.
              
               20.
               42.
               they
               must
               die
               for
               it
               .
            
             
               Here
               followeth
               certain
               Scriptures
               shewing
               what
               was
               to
               be
               done
               to
               the
               places
               where
               the
               Idolaters
               worshipped
               their
               false
               Gods
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               the
               
               places
               that
               were
               built
               for
               that
               purpose
               ,
               and
               so
               used
               publickly
               ;
               and
               the
               reason
               rendred
               by
               God
               himself
               ,
               
                 viz.
              
               to
               take
               away
               ,
               or
               destroy
               the
               name
               of
               Idolatry
               ,
               (
               and
               Idolaters
               )
               out
               of
               that
               place
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Neverthelesse
               their
               Cities
               ,
               
               Vineyards
               ,
               and
               dwelling
               Houses
               were
               to
               stand
               still
               for
               their
               habitations
               ,
               (
               except
               those
               places
               where
               they
               publickly
               or
               usually
               wove
               hangings
               for
               their
               Groves
               ,
               &c.
               
               2
               
                 Kin.
              
               23.
               7.
               
               )
               as
               you
               may
               see
               in
               
                 Deut.
              
               6.
               10.
               and
               Chap.
               19.
               1.
               
            
             
               Idolatry
               (
               it
               seemes
               )
               is
               too
               easily
               entertained
               into
               the
               hearts
               of
               men
               by
               small
               occasions
               ;
               and
               we
               have
               had
               wofull
               experience
               of
               it
               with
               us
               ,
               in
               not
               watching
               to
               prevent
               it
               ,
               before
               it
               was
               entertained
               into
               many
               hearts
               ,
               so
               prevalent
               is
               this
               sin
               with
               the
               sons
               of
               men
               .
               How
               soon
               were
               the
               
                 Asian
              
               Churches
               be-pestered
               with
               corruption
               in
               this
               sin
               ,
               as
               others
               also
               ,
               but
               that
               God
               out
               of
               his
               infinite
               mercy
               forewarned
               them
               before
               they
               were
               utterly
               faln
               away
               ;
               and
               so
               have
               we
               now
               been
               warned
               from
               God
               by
               many
               instruments
               which
               hee
               hath
               stirred
               up
               in
               his
               Cause
               ,
               to
               set
               us
               in
               a
               right
               way
               again
               ,
               contrary
               to
               the
               expectation
               of
               the
               
                 Roman
              
               frogs
               ,
               which
               have
               troubled
               us
               with
               
                 Baalzebubs
              
               sulphur
               .
            
             
               
                 When
                 some
                 did
                 wink
                 ,
                 and
                 closely
                 think
              
               
                 To
                 leave
                 us
                 in
                 their
                 lurches
                 ;
              
               
                 God
                 did
                 provide
                 with
                 Pen
                 and
                 Ink
                 ,
              
               
                 His
                 
                   Johns
                
                 to
                 save
                 his
                 Churches
                 .
              
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
           
             
               THE
               VOICE
               of
               INFANTS
               BY
               
                 INFANTS
                 DEFENDER
                 .
              
            
             
               LUKE
               9.
               50.
               
            
             
               Forbid
               him
               not
               ;
               for
               he
               that
               is
               not
               against
               us
               ,
               is
               for
               us
               ,
            
             
               Is
               there
               not
               a
               cause
               ,
            
             
               1
               Sam.
               17.
               29.
               
            
             
               Behold
               the
               Babe
               wept
               ,
            
             
               Exod.
               2.
               6.
               
            
             
               And
               I
               Brethren
               ,
               when
               I
               came
               to
               you
               ,
               came
               not
               with
               excellency
               of
               speech
               ,
               or
               of
               wisdome
               ,
               declaring
               to
               you
               the
               testimony
               of
               God
               ,
            
             
               1
               Cor.
               2.
               1.
               
            
             
               But
               truly
               I
               am
               full
               of
               power
               by
               the
               Spirit
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               of
               judgement
               ,
               and
               of
               might
               to
               declare
               unto
               
                 Jacob
              
               his
               transgressions
               ,
               and
               to
               
                 Israel
              
               his
               sins
               ,
            
             
               Micah
               3.
               8.
               
            
             
               I
               thank
               thee
               O
               Father
               ,
               Lord
               of
               heaven
               and
               earth
               ,
               because
               thou
               hast
               hid
               these
               things
               from
               the
               wise
               and
               prudent
               ,
               and
               hast
               revealed
               them
               to
               Babes
               :
               even
               so
               Father
               ,
               for
               so
               it
               seemed
               good
               in
               thy
               sight
               ,
            
             
               Matth.
               11.
               25.
               
            
             
               Now
               I
               beseech
               you
               Brethren
               ,
               mark
               them
               which
               cause
               divisions
               and
               offences
               ,
               contrary
               to
               the
               doctrine
               which
               yee
               have
               learned
               ,
               and
               avoid
               them
               ;
               for
               they
               that
               are
               such
               ,
               serve
               not
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               but
               their
               own
               belly
               ;
               and
               by
               good
               words
               and
               fair
               speeches
               deceive
               the
               hearts
               of
               the
               simple
               ,
            
             
               Rom.
               16.
               17
               ,
               18.
               
            
             
               London
               ,
               
                 Printed
                 by
              
               R.
               Cotes
               ,
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               Advertisement
               to
               the
               Reader
               ,
               for
               the
               better
               understanding
               of
               the
               Subject
               in
               the
               ensuing
               Discourse
               ,
               as
               a
               preparative
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               I
               Pray
               you
               note
               the
               occasion
               of
               this
               Discourse
               ,
               it
               was
               upon
               a
               challenge
               to
               dispute
               the
               case
               of
               Baptisme
               ,
               at
               which
               time
               I
               found
               the
               party
               so
               weak
               ,
               that
               I
               was
               both
               ashamed
               to
               observe
               his
               imbecillity
               ,
               and
               grieved
               to
               observe
               people
               so
               misled
               ;
               therefore
               out
               of
               pity
               I
               have
               thought
               good
               to
               shew
               the
               chief
               heads
               of
               the
               discourse
               ,
               though
               it
               bee
               not
               so
               exquisite
               as
               perhaps
               you
               all
               could
               wish
               it
               ;
               but
               I
               did
               not
               intend
               any
               more
               should
               see
               it
               then
               himself
               ,
               and
               some
               few
               of
               his
               followers
               ;
               but
               perceiving
               the
               importunity
               of
               some
               of
               my
               acquaintance
               ,
               I
               supposed
               they
               would
               cause
               it
               to
               bee
               somewhat
               more
               publike
               :
               But
               had
               my
               thoughts
               stretched
               so
               farre
               at
               first
               ,
               I
               would
               have
               inlarged
               the
               matter
               ,
               and
               drawn
               the
               Discourse
               into
               more
               particulars
               ,
               and
               more
               orderly
               ,
               whereas
               now
               you
               have
               but
               the
               substantialls
               summarily
               ,
               and
               somewhat
               confusedly
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Observe
               ,
               I
               have
               shewed
               the
               institution
               of
               Circumcision
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               was
               an
               outward
               sign
               or
               token
               of
               inward
               Circumcision
               in
               the
               party
               to
               whom
               it
               was
               first
               given
               ,
               he
               being
               a
               man
               ,
               namely
               ,
               
                 Abraham
                 .
              
            
             
               3.
               
               That
               his
               seed
               were
               to
               receive
               the
               same
               signe
               in
               their
               Infancy
               ,
               whether
               they
               had
               inherent
               holinesse
               ,
               yea
               ,
               or
               nay
               ,
               as
               having
               a
               right
               to
               the
               ordinance
               ,
               they
               being
               children
               of
               the
               faithfull
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               children
               of
               the
               Professors
               of
               the
               faith
               of
               
                 Abraham
                 .
              
            
             
               4.
               
               That
               this
               sign
               of
               Circumcision
               was
               belonging
               to
               those
               that
               were
               not
               of
               
                 Abrahams
              
               naturall
               seed
               also
               ,
               if
               they
               would
               joyn
               to
               
                 Abraham
              
               and
               his
               seed
               in
               the
               profession
               of
               the
               same
               faith
               ;
               and
               that
               then
               the
               children
               of
               those
               strangers
               were
               to
               receive
               the
               same
               signe
               of
               Circumcision
               also
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               same
               end
               that
               
                 Abraham
              
               and
               his
               seed
               were
               ,
               untill
               the
               comming
               of
               Christ
               ,
               at
               which
               time
               the
               sign
               of
               faith
               was
               changed
               from
               Circumcision
               to
               Baptism
               to
               the
               beleeving
               Jewes
               ,
               or
               those
               of
               
                 Abrahams
              
               naturall
               seed
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               to
               the
               Gentiles
               which
               then
               did
               beleeve
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               That
               the
               signe
               being
               changed
               from
               Circumcision
               to
               Baptisme
               ,
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               them
               ,
               for
               with
               their
               mouth
               they
               shew
               much
               love
               ,
               but
               their
               heart
               goeth
               after
               their
               covetousnesse
               .
               And
               loe
               ,
               thou
               art
               unto
               them
               as
               a
               very
               lovely
               song
               ,
               of
               one
               that
               hath
               a
               pleasant
               voyce
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Ezek.
               33.
               31
               ,
               32.
               
            
             
               And
               ●ee
               that
               departeth
               from
               evill
               maketh
               himselfe
               a
               pray
               ,
               and
               the
               Lord
               saw
               it
               ,
               and
               it
               displeased
               him
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Esay
               57.
               16.
               
            
             
               I
               will
               make
               thy
               tongue
               cleave
               to
               the
               roofe
               of
               thy
               mouth
               ,
               that
               thou
               shalt
               be
               dumb
               ,
               and
               shalt
               not
               bee
               to
               them
               a
               reprover
               ,
               for
               they
               are
               a
               rebellious
               house
               ,
            
             
               Ezek.
               3.
               26.
               
            
             
               By
               men
               of
               other
               tongues
               and
               stammering
               lips
               will
               I
               speake
               to
               this
               people
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Isay
               28.
               11.
               
            
             
               If
               a
               man
               walking
               in
               the
               spirit
               of
               falsehood
               doe
               lie
               ,
               saying
               ,
               I
               will
               prophesie
               of
               wine
               and
               strong
               drinke
               ,
               even
               hee
               shall
               bee
               the
               prophet
               of
               this
               people
               ,
            
             
               Micah
               .
               2.
               11.
               
            
             
               Oh
               Ephraim
               what
               shall
               I
               doe
               unto
               thee
               ?
               Oh
               Judah
               what
               shall
               I
               doe
               unto
               thee
               ?
               for
               your
               goodnesse
               is
               as
               a
               morning
               cloude
               ,
               and
               as
               the
               early
               dew
               it
               goeth
               away
               ,
            
             
               Hosea
               6.
               4.
               
            
             
               Repent
               and
               turne
               your selves
               from
               all
               your
               transgressions
               ,
               so
               iniquitie
               shall
               not
               bee
               your
               ruine
               ,
            
             
               Ezek.
               18.
               30.
               
            
             
               Come
               and
               let
               us
               returne
               unto
               the
               Lord
               ,
               for
               hee
               hath
               torne
               ,
               and
               hee
               will
               heale
               us
               ;
               hee
               hath
               smitten
               ,
               and
               hee
               will
               bind
               us
               up
               ,
            
             
               Hosea
               6.
               1.
               
            
             
               Turne
               yee
               ,
               Oh
               turne
               yee
               ,
               for
               why
               will
               yee
               die
               O
               yee
               people
               of
               England
               ?
            
             
               Ezek.
               33.
               11.
               
            
             
               Let
               us
               search
               and
               try
               our
               wayes
               ,
               and
               turne
               againe
               to
               the
               Lord
               ,
               let
               us
               lift
               up
               our
               hearts
               with
               our
               hands
               unto
               God
               in
               the
               heavens
               ,
            
             
               Lam.
               3.
               40
               ,
               41.
               
            
             
               To
               the
               Law
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               testimony
               ,
               if
               they
               speake
               not
               according
               to
               this
               rule
               ,
               it
               is
               because
               there
               is
               no
               light
               in
               them
               ,
            
             
               Esay
               8.
               20.
               
            
             
               If
               any
               man
               will
               doe
               his
               will
               hee
               shall
               know
               the
               doctrine
               whether
               it
               bee
               of
               God
               ,
               or
               whether
               I
               speake
               of
               my selfe
               ,
            
             
               John
               7.
               17.
               
            
             
               When
               the
               heart
               shall
               bee
               turned
               to
               the
               Lord
               ,
               the
               vaile
               shall
               bee
               taken
               away
               ,
            
             
               2
               Cor.
               3.
               16.
               
            
             
               To
               him
               that
               ordereth
               his
               conversation
               aright
               ,
               will
               I
               shew
               the
               salvation
               of
               God
               ,
            
             
               Psal.
               50
               ▪
               2●
               .
            
             
               If
               yee
               bee
               willing
               and
               obedient
               ,
               yee
               shall
               ●ate
               the
               good
               of
               the
               land
               ,
               but
               if
               yee
               bee
               wicked
               ,
               and
               rebell
               ,
               yee
               shall
               bee
               consumed
               with
               the
               sword
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Esay
               1.
               19
               ,
               20.
               
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
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           Notes for div A90720e-7980
           
             The
             Texts
             a●
             named
             .
          
           
             Question
             ,
             wh●●
             divisions
             thos●
             were
             ,
             to
             bee
             examined
             .
          
           
             The
             inconveniencies
             of
             divisions
             promised
             to
             be
             observed
             .
          
           
             The
             excellen●ie
             of
             godly
             u●ity
             .
          
           
             This
             unity
             is
             much
             forward●d
             by
             a
             uniformity
             .
          
           
             And
             whether
             we
             may
             not
             ar●●in
             it
             now
             .
          
           
             The
             hinderers
             of
             this
             uniformity
             to
             be
             ex●mined
             .
          
           
             ●t's
             a
             great
             tryal
             ●o
             them
             that
             ●ave
             once
             inte●essed
             themselves
             in
             an
             op●osing
             way
             ,
             to
             ●eforme
             from
             〈◊〉
             ,
             though
             con●inced
             ,
             because
             ●f
             disgrace
             .
          
           
             Motives
             to
             the
             ●ontrary
             :
             ●erswading
             ●hose
             that
             stand
             ●●r
             the
             Presby●erians
             to
             im●●ace
             them
             &c.
             
          
           
             The
             text
             ex●mined
             and
             ●bserved
             .
          
           
             The
             text
             proper
             to
             the
             point
             intended
             ,
             viz.
             not
             to
             forsake
             the
             assembling
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             The
             chief
             text
             or
             illustration
             
          
           
             the
             Doctrine
             ●ncluded
             on
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             Reason
             to
             prove
             that
             such
             divisions
             are
             naught
             ;
             it
             estrangeth
             their
             affections
             
          
           
             2
             Reason
             ,
             it
             causeth
             an
             evil
             opinion
             of
             each
             other
             .
          
           
             3
             Reason
             ,
             it
             occasious
             Civil
             wars
             .
          
           
             4
             We
             are
             lyable
             to
             a
             common
             enemy
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             5
             Errors
             will
             hereby
             be
             increased
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             6
             Wee
             shall
             have
             little
             restraint
             of
             evill
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             the
             benefit
             ●●at
             comes
             by
             a
             ●●dly
             unitie
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             godly
             unitie
             〈◊〉
             affection
             is
             ●uch
             forwar●ed
             by
             a
             law●●ll
             uniformi●●e
             in
             divine
             ●rdinances
             .
          
           
             Whether
             wee
             may
             not
             attain●
             to
             this
             uniformity
             in
             a
             warrantable
             way
             .
          
           
             The
             chiefe
             points
             named
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             chiefe
             Point
             aimed
             at
             viz.
             who
             are
             the
             Church
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             These
             are
             without
             the
             pale
             of
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
             What
             corruptions
             were
             in
             those
             that
             were
             beleevers
             in
             the
             Apostles
             time
             .
          
           
             ●●om
             those
             ●remises
             ari●eth
             their
             sepa●ation
             .
          
           
             These
             were
             ●●ruly
             ,
             and
             yet
             ●aul
             gave
             no
             order
             for
             sepa●ation
             ,
             but
             to
             ●dmonish
             them
             ●till
             .
          
           
             The
             chiefe
             Point
             now
             followeth
             in
             order
             ,
             concerning
             the
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Word
             .
             &c.
             
          
           
             Those
             that
             are
             best
             able
             ,
             ough●
             to
             be
             the
             Teachers
             .
          
           
             If
             a
             Minister
             have
             honesty
             ,
             &
             want
             knowledge
             ,
             then
             he●
             is
             dangerous
             ,
             hee
             will
             lead
             men
             into
             Errors
             .
          
           
             If
             hee
             want
             honesty
             ,
             and
             have
             knowledge
             ,
             how
             then
             ,
             what
             's
             to
             be
             done
             then
             ?
          
           
             Yet
             wee
             mus●
             not
             choose
             a
             novice
             ,
             as
             in
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             6.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             punishment
             of
             God
             to
             us
             ,
             when
             wee
             want
             fitting
             Preachers
             .
          
           
             Who
             ought
             to
             ●rdaine
             the
             ●reachers
             of
             ●●e
             Gospel
             .
          
           
             the
             preachers
             ●well
             qualifi●d
             )
             ought
             to
             ●rdain
             the
             mi●isters
             of
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
           
             Titus
             was
             to
             ordaine
             elders
             for
             the
             ministry
             of
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
           
             The
             ministry
             of
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             was
             to
             be
             committed
             to
             those
             that
             Timothy
             could
             find
             fit
             to
             be
             the
             Teachers
             of
             the
             people
             .
          
           
             The
             reason
             why
             Timothy
             shall
             ordaine
             &c.
             
          
           
             Timothy
             did
             choose
             Deacons
             also
             .
          
           
             They
             used
             to
             lay
             ha●ds
             on
             them
             that
             were
             ordained
             .
          
           
             Some
             ministers
             were
             superintendents
             of
             o●hers
             too
             .
          
           
             Some
             being
             ordained
             to
             be
             ministers
             of
             the
             Gospel
             before
             they
             are
             able
             ,
             do
             much
             hurt
             .
          
           
             The
             Separatist's
             objection
             against
             our
             ministers
             ,
             viz.
             they
             are
             of
             the
             Popes
             order
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             The
             true
             signe
             of
             a
             minister
             of
             God
             .
          
           
             Where
             it
             is
             fittest
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             should
             dwel
             ,
             or
             how
             neer
             to
             each
             other
             ,
             viz.
             together
             .
          
           
             The
             Preacher
             ought
             to
             live
             among
             ,
             or
             very
             neare
             those
             he
             is
             to
             bee
             the
             Preacher
             unto
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             The
             peoples
             Preachers
             are
             undone
             by
             others
             that
             draw
             their
             flocks
             from
             them
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             residue
             of
             the
             poore
             sheep
             must
             starve
             .
          
           
             The
             Monster
             .
          
           
             The
             objection
             against
             a
             Nationall
             Church
             .
          
           
             The
             Nation
             should
             in
             the
             more
             generall
             profession
             embrace
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             The
             special
             de●e●s
             that
             the
             Apostles
             did
             ●eave
             with
             the
             Churches
             for
             ●heir
             rule
             or
             ●uide
             .
          
           
             Some
             cases
             of
             Conscience
             .
          
           
             The
             government
             of
             the
             Church
             is
             of
             greater
             weight
             then
             〈◊〉
             &c.
             
          
           
             If
             men
             may
             have
             what
             they
             list
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             tender
             Conscience
             ,
             then
             knaves
             may
             plead
             for
             knavery
             .
          
           
             A
             rule
             to
             judge
             by
             in
             some
             measur●
             ▪
             
          
           
             ●t
             is
             wilfulness
             ●ather
             then
             ●enderness
             of
             Conscience
             .
          
           
             Divers
             general
             precepts
             are
             so
             ●eft
             to
             the
             Church
             for
             small
             matters
             .
          
           
             It
             's
             fit
             wee
             should
             have
             some
             way
             to
             restrain
             those
             that
             make
             such
             confusion
             .
          
           
             Whether
             their
             leaders
             do
             no●
             hold
             them
             in
             these
             errors
             o●
             purpose
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Boles
             and
             Basins
             &c.
             
          
           
             The
             Sectaries
             answer
             ,
             to
             maintaine
             his
             drawing
             of
             inhabitants
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             leaving
             the
             rest
             toget●●
             what
             they
             can
             ,
             and
             where
             .
          
           
             The
             Antinomians
             .
          
           
             Some
             hold
             that
             God
             is
             not
             angry
             ▪
             
          
           
             the
             use
             of
             the
             ●ivill
             Magi●●ate
             .
          
           
             Compelling
             men
             to
             heare
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             .
          
           
             ●●ages
             ,
             Pi●●ures
             ,
             and
             Mo●●ments
             an
             of●●nce
             to
             the
             ●●ctaries
             and
             ●●esbyterialls
             ●●c
             .
          
           
             Idolatrous
             Marriages
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             The
             permitting
             Idolaters
             to
             live
             with
             us
             ,
             doth
             offend
             Sectaries
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             no
             fault
             in
             them
             .
          
           
             Papists
             are
             Idolaters
             .
          
           
             How
             Idolatry
             came
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             as
             history
             reports
             .
          
           
             The
             Papists
             call
             us
             Hereticks
             .
          
           
             The
             Popes
             tenets
             ,
             or
             some
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             Popes
             pride
             .
          
           
             The
             Assenden●
             of
             the
             Popes
             nativity
             .
          
           
             ●●e
             Indepen●●nts
             (
             many
             of
             ●●em
             )
             doe
             fear
             ●●at
             we
             shall
             ●●ve
             no
             Lawes
             〈◊〉
             punish
             Ido●●ters
             as
             God
             ●●●h
             comman●ed
             .
          
           
             The
             Lords
             prayer
             .
          
           
             Tit.
             1.
             15.
             
          
           
             Of
             Musicke
             .
          
           
             Signes
             to
             shew
             whether
             party
             is
             the
             best
             in
             their
             conversations
             .
          
           
             Coruptions
             in
             Gods
             people
             ,
             and
             especially
             in
             those
             that
             live
             in
             wealth
             ,
             and
             at
             ease
             .
          
           
             Davids
             failings
             .
          
           
             The
             hinderances
             that
             keep
             men
             from
             the
             ●●nouncing
             an
             opinion
             ,
             ●hough
             convinced
             of
             it
             in
             their
             conscience
             .
          
           
             Motives
             to
             the
             Presbyterialls
             to
             be
             kinde
             to
             those
             that
             renounce
             the
             other
             wayes
             .
          
           
             Motives
             to
             ●oth
             parties
             to
             perform
             our
             duties
             ,
             whatsoever
             hap
             to
             us
             ,
             (
             so
             to
             speak
             )
             viz.
             look
             to
             the
             great
             allurements
             mentioned
             in
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             punishment
             if
             we
             neglect
             our
             duty
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             ●ereticks
             deny
             ●●at
             Christ
             ●●ok
             flesh
             of
             ●●e
             Virgin
             ●ary
             .
          
           
             ●ome
             hold
             ●●at
             the
             childe
             ●eriveth
             or
             re●eiveth
             its
             soul
             ●●om
             its
             Pa●●nts
             .
          
           
             If
             Gods
             people
             sin
             some
             capitall
             sin
             ,
             (
             especially
             openly
             )
             they
             may
             smart
             temporally
             for
             it
             as
             long
             as
             they
             live
             here
             ,
             though
             repented
             of
             .
          
           
             A
             man
             may
             be
             assured
             of
             his
             salvation
             .
          
           
             Men
             (
             not
             repenting
             of
             known
             sinnes
             )
             are
             still
             left
             blind
             in
             matter
             of
             salvation
             .
          
           
             A
             man
             may
             speake
             in
             the
             defence
             of
             his
             own
             integrity
             ,
             ●f
             the
             same
             be
             ●n
             him
             indeed
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Accidentall
             ignorance
             pardoned
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             Zan●hi●s
             resolution
             also
             ,
             who
             was
             a
             good
             Reformer
             .
          
        
      
      
  

