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           THE
           Character
           of
           the
           last
           Daies
           .
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           THE
           KING
           .
        
         
           By
           
             JOHN
             FELL
             ,
             D.
             D.
          
           Dean
           of
           Christ-Church
           ,
           and
           Chaplain
           to
           his
           MAJESTY
           .
        
         
           Printed
           by
           Command
           .
        
         
           At
           the
           THEATER
           in
           
             Oxford
             .
             Anno
             Dom.
          
           1675.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             2
             Pet.
             3.
             3.
             
          
           
             There
             shall
             come
             in
             the
             last
             daies
             scoffers
             ,
             walking
             after
             their
             own
             lusts
             ,
             and
             saying
             ,
             where
             is
             the
             promise
             of
             his
             coming
             ?
             For
             since
             the
             Fathers
             fell
             asleep
             ,
             all
             things
             continue
             as
             they
             were
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             Creation
             .
          
        
         
           THE
           great
           business
           of
           Religion
           ,
           is
           to
           oblige
           its
           Votaries
           to
           present
           duty
           by
           the
           awe
           and
           expectation
           of
           future
           retribution
           :
           and
           the
           particular
           design
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           is
           to
           oblige
           to
           this
           ,
           by
           the
           assurance
           and
           belief
           that
           he
           who
           came
           unto
           us
           heretofore
           to
           teach
           his
           Law
           ,
           will
           come
           again
           to
           execute
           the
           sanctions
           of
           it
           .
           Behold
           saies
           St.
           John
           ,
           Rev.
           1.
           7.
           
           
             He
             cometh
             with
             clouds
             ,
             and
             every
             eie
             shall
             see
             him
             ,
             and
             they
             also
             which
             pierced
             him
             .
          
           And
           he
           saies
           of
           himself
           ,
           
             Behold
             I
             come
             quickly
             ,
             and
             my
             reward
             is
             with
             me
             ,
             to
             give
             every
             man
             according
             as
             his
             work
             shall
             be
             .
          
           Rev.
           22.
           12.
           
        
         
         
           
             Which
             weighty
             truth
             ,
             tho
             abundantly
             establisht
             ,
             by
             all
             the
             miracles
             the
             types
             and
             prophecies
             that
             attend
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             is
             most
             particularly
             enforc'd
             by
             the
             two
             inimitable
             expresses
             of
             Divinity
             ,
             our
             Saviors
             Resurrection
             from
             the
             dead
             ,
             and
             his
             Ascension
             into
             Heaven
             .
             Concerning
             the
             former
             of
             which
             St.
          
           Paul
           
             remonstrates
             ,
             Acts
          
           17.
           30.
           
           The
           times
           of
           ignorance
           God
           winked
           at
           ,
           but
           now
           commandeth
           all
           men
           every
           where
           to
           repent
           :
           because
           he
           hath
           appointed
           a
           day
           in
           which
           he
           will
           judg
           the
           world
           in
           righteousness
           ,
           by
           that
           man
           whom
           he
           hath
           ordain'd
           :
           whereof
           he
           hath
           given
           assurance
           unto
           all
           men
           ,
           in
           that
           he
           hath
           rais'd
           him
           from
           the
           dead
           .
           
             The
             other
             is
             exprest
             by
             St.
          
           Peter
           ,
           Act.
           2.
           19.
           
           Repent
           and
           be
           converted
           that
           your
           sins
           may
           be
           blotted
           out
           ,
           when
           the
           times
           of
           refreshing
           shall
           come
           from
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           Lord.
           And
           he
           shall
           send
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           which
           before
           was
           preached
           unto
           you
           ,
           whom
           the
           Heaven
           must
           receive
           until
           the
           times
           of
           restitution
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           which
           God
           hath
           spoken
           by
           the
           mouth
           of
           all
           his
           holy
           Prophets
           ,
           since
           the
           world
           began
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           this
           second
           advent
           is
           the
           foundation
           ,
           the
           support
           and
           end
           of
           our
           Religion
           .
           
             If
             in
             this
             life
             only
             we
             had
             hope
             ,
             we
             were
             of
             all
             men
             most
             miserable
             ,
          
           1
           Cor.
           15.
           19.
           
           If
           to
           the
           other
           Articles
           of
           our
           Creed
           which
           concern
           our
           Savior
           ,
           there
           had
           not
           succeded
           the
           belief
           ,
           that
           he
           shall
           come
           again
           to
           judg
           both
           the
           quick
           and
           the
           dead
           ,
           we
           were
           as
           ridiculous
           as
           these
           mockers
           of
           the
           Text
           pretend
           us
           ,
           hated
           and
           scorn'd
           by
           men
           ,
           and
           deserted
           by
           Almighty
           God.
           
        
         
         
           It
           will
           therefore
           import
           us
           highly
           to
           examine
           whether
           the
           Christian
           be
           so
           absurd
           a
           person
           as
           these
           drols
           and
           merry
           men
           would
           make
           him
           ,
           a
           creature
           only
           useful
           ,
           because
           he
           finds
           them
           sport
           and
           entertainment
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           a
           just
           survey
           hereof
           ,
           t
           will
           be
           material
           to
           consider
           ,
        
         
           First
           the
           personal
           qualifications
           of
           the
           Disputers
           here
           describ'd
           ,
           and
        
         
           Secondly
           the
           force
           of
           their
           arguments
           and
           discoursings
           :
           according
           to
           those
           two
           prevailing
           Topics
           in
           use
           among
           us
           ,
           from
           the
           head
           of
           Autority
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           Reason
           .
           And
           this
           being
           well
           deduc'd
           ,
           t
           will
           not
           be
           hard
           to
           bring
           the
           whole
           debate
           to
           a
           short
           and
           certain
           issue
           ,
           both
           in
           regard
           of
           speculation
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           more
           important
           in
           reference
           to
           practice
           .
        
         
           I
           begin
           to
           consider
           what
           I
           first
           propos'd
           ,
           the
           personal
           qualifications
           of
           the
           Disputers
           here
           describ'd
           .
           They
           are
           said
           to
           be
           scoffers
           walking
           after
           their
           own
           lusts
           .
        
         
           To
           be
           a
           Scoffer
           is
           sure
           no
           very
           laudable
           Character
           ,
           being
           the
           joint
           result
           of
           Pride
           and
           Malice
           ,
           the
           doing
           mischief
           ,
           and
           the
           doing
           it
           in
           sport
           .
           So
           that
           whereas
           t
           is
           said
           that
           the
           Flatterer
           is
           the
           worst
           of
           tame
           beasts
           ,
           and
           the
           Detractor
           of
           wild
           ,
           the
           Scoffer
           has
           the
           ferity
           of
           both
           .
           Amidst
           the
           pretences
           to
           Urbanity
           ,
           and
           being
           plesant
           company
           ,
           he
           is
           the
           bane
           of
           all
           society
           ,
           
             the
             poison
             of
             Asps
             is
             under
             his
             lips
             ,
             his
             teeth
             are
             spears
             and
             arrowes
             ,
             and
             his
             tongue
             a
             sharp
             sword
             ,
          
           Psal
           .
           5.
           7.
           
           Any
           injury
           is
           supportable
           ,
           that
           has
           not
           contemt
           and
           scorn
           superadded
           
           to
           it
           ;
           we
           can
           better
           bear
           the
           wounds
           ,
           then
           the
           insultings
           of
           an
           enemy
           ;
           or
           if
           we
           must
           submit
           to
           that
           ,
           we
           would
           not
           have
           our
           understandings
           trampled
           on
           ;
           be
           run
           down
           like
           fools
           and
           Idiots
           ,
           or
           fall
           the
           victims
           of
           petulant
           ill
           nature
           ,
           edg'd
           with
           envenom'd
           wit.
           
        
         
           But
           as
           this
           temper
           is
           most
           injurious
           and
           unsociable
           ;
           t
           is
           also
           ignorant
           and
           indocile
           .
           The
           sure
           effect
           of
           knowledg
           ,
           is
           an
           humble
           sense
           of
           the
           want
           of
           it
           :
           the
           deeper
           we
           immerse
           our selves
           in
           any
           Art
           or
           Science
           ,
           the
           greater
           and
           more
           insuperable
           difficulties
           are
           started
           by
           us
           :
           and
           the
           same
           event
           happens
           to
           all
           industrious
           enquirers
           ,
           which
           befel
           Socrates
           ;
           to
           arrive
           at
           last
           to
           this
           one
           great
           discovery
           ,
           that
           they
           know
           nothing
           .
           T
           is
           the
           peculiar
           priviledg
           of
           the
           ignorant
           and
           half-wited
           ,
           by
           thinking
           well
           of
           their
           own
           skill
           and
           acquisitions
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           impossible
           for
           them
           to
           have
           any
           .
           
             Seest
             thou
             a
             man
             wise
             in
             his
             own
             eies
             ,
          
           saies
           
             Solomon
             ,
             there
             is
             more
             hope
             of
             a
             fool
             then
             of
             him
             ,
          
           Prov.
           26.
           12.
           and
           at
           the
           9.
           
           Chap.
           ver
           .
           7
           ,
           8.
           
           
             He
             that
             reproveth
             a
             scorner
             getteth
             himself
             a
             shame
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             rebuketh
             a
             wicked
             man
             getteth
             himself
             a
             blot
             :
             rebuke
             not
             a
             scorner
             least
             he
             hate
             thee
             :
             rebuke
             a
             wise
             man
             and
             he
             will
             love
             thee
             .
          
           and
           Chap.
           14.
           ver
           .
           6.
           
           
             A
             scorner
             seeketh
             wisdom
             ,
             and
             findeth
             it
             not
             .
          
        
         
           But
           farther
           ,
           over
           and
           above
           the
           before-mention'd
           ingredients
           ,
           of
           pride
           ,
           ill
           nature
           ,
           and
           incorrigible
           folly
           ;
           the
           mockers
           of
           the
           Text
           are
           branded
           with
           immorality
           and
           vice
           :
           to
           
             walk
             after
             their
             own
             lusts
          
           .
           And
           sure
           there
           cannot
           be
           a
           more
           prodigious
           
           impudence
           ,
           then
           that
           the
           guilty
           and
           obnoxious
           ,
           persons
           liable
           to
           the
           severest
           punishments
           as
           well
           as
           censures
           ,
           should
           dare
           to
           awaken
           observation
           ,
           by
           being
           sharp
           on
           others
           .
           But
           so
           it
           is
           ,
           the
           man
           that
           walks
           in
           the
           
             counsel
             of
             the
             ungodly
             ,
             and
             has
             stood
             in
             the
             way
             of
             sinners
             ,
          
           will
           not
           fail
           to
           recreate
           himself
           by
           sitting
           down
           in
           the
           seat
           of
           the
           scornful
           .
           a
           Aristotle
           truly
           resolv'd
           that
           the
           sensual
           or
           passionate
           were
           incapable
           of
           receiving
           moral
           knowledg
           ,
           and
           t
           is
           hard
           that
           they
           who
           are
           not
           in
           a
           possibility
           to
           be
           learners
           ,
           should
           take
           upon
           them
           to
           be
           judges
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           the
           present
           case
           t
           is
           their
           great
           concern
           and
           interest
           not
           to
           be
           instructed
           .
           To
           convince
           the
           sensual
           man
           that
           there
           is
           a
           future
           doom
           ,
           is
           to
           sour
           all
           his
           joies
           ,
           and
           torment
           him
           before
           the
           time
           .
           So
           that
           to
           pass
           all
           other
           grounds
           of
           prejudice
           ,
           whatever
           is
           suggested
           by
           these
           mockers
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           their
           testimony
           at
           least
           is
           not
           to
           be
           consider'd
           ,
           they
           being
           brib'd
           and
           led
           aside
           by
           interest
           to
           all
           that
           they
           assert
           .
        
         
           And
           let
           this
           suffice
           to
           have
           bin
           said
           of
           the
           personal
           qualifications
           of
           the
           disputers
           against
           a
           future
           judgment
           .
           I
           come
           now
           to
           examin
           the
           force
           of
           their
           discoursings
           .
        
         
           Where
           first
           ,
           t
           is
           obvious
           to
           advert
           ,
           that
           the
           Enquiry
           ,
           
             Where
             is
             the
             promise
             of
             his
             coming
             ,
          
           is
           very
           extravagantly
           made
           .
        
         
           As
           the
           Apostle
           saies
           ,
           that
           
             hope
             which
             is
             seen
             is
             not
             hope
             ,
          
           Rom.
           8.
           24.
           so
           a
           promise
           perform'd
           is
           not
           a
           promise
           ,
           all
           its
           obligation
           is
           ceast
           .
           But
           tho
           our
           
           pacts
           and
           undertakings
           fall
           not
           under
           the
           notice
           of
           our
           senses
           ,
           it
           do's
           not
           therefore
           follow
           they
           are
           nothing
           .
           Upon
           this
           transient
           blast
           of
           emty
           air
           ,
           hangs
           all
           the
           entercourse
           and
           traffic
           of
           the
           world
           .
           If
           we
           will
           trust
           altogether
           to
           our
           eies
           ,
           and
           nothing
           to
           promises
           and
           words
           ,
           we
           must
           expect
           the
           self
           same
           diffidence
           from
           others
           ;
           and
           so
           be
           enemies
           and
           out-lawes
           to
           mankind
           .
        
         
           Nor
           is
           the
           delaying
           of
           performance
           a
           prejudice
           against
           it
           .
           T
           is
           true
           the
           morrow
           is
           to
           us
           a
           distant
           thing
           ,
           however
           suddenly
           expected
           :
           and
           therefore
           a
           Martial
           did
           not
           amiss
           to
           enquire
           of
           one
           who
           still
           undertook
           for
           the
           next
           day
           ,
           where
           his
           to
           morrow
           dwelt
           ,
           whether
           in
           Parthia
           or
           Armenia
           ?
           But
           with
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           every
           thing
           however
           distant
           it
           may
           seem
           ,
           is
           actually
           present
           :
           and
           as
           whatever
           really
           is
           ,
           however
           contingently
           it
           happen'd
           ,
           certainly
           and
           necessarily
           is
           ;
           so
           whatever
           he
           has
           promis'd
           ,
           must
           certainly
           and
           necessarily
           be
           :
           nay
           should
           be
           reckon'd
           on
           as
           already
           don
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           discoursings
           of
           the
           mockers
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           if
           they
           amount
           to
           any
           thing
           will
           run
           thus
           .
           All
           things
           continue
           as
           they
           were
           since
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Creation
           ,
           therefore
           our
           Saviors
           promise
           of
           coming
           to
           judge
           the
           world
           is
           vain
           and
           frustaneous
           .
           The
           weakness
           of
           which
           reasoning
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           effectually
           laies
           open
           ,
           by
           destroying
           every
           part
           of
           it
           .
           First
           he
           denies
           the
           proposition
           ,
           or
           supposal
           that
           all
           things
           continue
           as
           they
           were
           since
           the
           Creation
           :
           and
           Secondly
           he
           denies
           the
           consequence
           
           drawn
           from
           thence
           ,
           Tho
           all
           things
           did
           continue
           ,
           it
           no
           way
           follows
           they
           shall
           for
           ever
           do
           so
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           promise
           of
           a
           future
           change
           will
           not
           hereafter
           be
           accomplisht
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           Proposition
           ,
           it
           is
           observable
           ,
           that
           the
           Creation
           of
           the
           world
           is
           frankly
           here
           acknowledg'd
           ,
           tho
           it
           be
           to
           the
           evident
           disadvantage
           of
           the
           design'd
           Hypothesis
           .
           If
           the
           world
           were
           once
           Created
           ,
           in
           that
           Act
           however
           transient
           ,
           it
           has
           shew'd
           its
           self
           liable
           to
           the
           greatest
           change
           ,
           since
           there
           are
           the
           same
           steps
           from
           not
           being
           unto
           being
           ,
           as
           there
           are
           back
           again
           the
           contrary
           way
           :
           with
           this
           variety
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           easier
           to
           pass
           from
           a
           habit
           to
           its
           privation
           ,
           then
           it
           was
           from
           the
           privation
           to
           advance
           into
           the
           habit
           :
           and
           therefore
           as
           the
           Universe
           did
           not
           exist
           heretofore
           ,
           so
           it
           may
           likewise
           not
           exist
           hereafter
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           the
           Origen
           of
           the
           World
           is
           a
           matter
           so
           notorious
           ,
           that
           even
           Epicurus
           and
           his
           followers
           could
           not
           over-look
           it
           ;
           and
           thought
           it
           a
           less
           absurdity
           to
           make
           a
           casual
           concurse
           of
           Atomes
           ,
           produce
           all
           the
           powers
           ,
           the
           motion
           ,
           the
           beauty
           ,
           and
           order
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           then
           to
           imagin
           it
           to
           have
           no
           beginning
           .
           And
           to
           this
           they
           were
           induced
           not
           only
           by
           attending
           the
           chain
           of
           causes
           ,
           which
           in
           a
           succession
           of
           finite
           beings
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           infinite
           :
           but
           more
           particularly
           ,
           from
           the
           observation
           of
           those
           evident
           marks
           of
           newness
           ,
           which
           appear
           every
           where
           thro-out
           the
           world
           ;
           and
           which
           are
           substantially
           urg'd
           by
           the
           Epicurean
           Apostle
           Lucretius
           in
           his
           5
           Book
           .
           I
           mean
           ,
           the
           growth
           of
           
           Arts
           and
           Sciences
           ,
           the
           plantation
           of
           Countries
           ,
           the
           date
           of
           Histories
           ,
           the
           Analogy
           of
           Languages
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           pass
           forward
           .
           Whereas
           t
           is
           urg'd
           by
           our
           Disputers
           ,
           that
           since
           the
           Fathers
           fell
           asleep
           ,
           all
           things
           continue
           as
           they
           did
           since
           the
           Creation
           ,
           t
           is
           obvious
           to
           reply
           ,
           that
           all
           things
           do
           not
           continue
           as
           they
           were
           ,
           because
           the
           Fathers
           are
           fallen
           asleep
           :
           the
           destruction
           of
           all
           preceding
           generations
           ,
           being
           a
           very
           remarkable
           mutation
           in
           the
           Universe
           .
           For
           however
           by
           constant
           successions
           the
           world
           has
           bin
           supplied
           ,
           yet
           since
           t
           is
           evident
           that
           all
           the
           parts
           are
           in
           perpetual
           flux
           and
           motion
           ,
           the
           whole
           which
           is
           nothing
           but
           an
           aggregate
           of
           those
           parts
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           of
           the
           same
           complexion
           .
           So
           that
           upon
           the
           matter
           the
           argument
           comes
           to
           this
           .
           All
           things
           continue
           as
           they
           were
           since
           the
           Creation
           ,
           because
           nothing
           continues
           as
           it
           was
           since
           the
           Creation
           .
        
         
           T
           is
           true
           the
           World
           has
           lasted
           a
           long
           time
           ,
           but
           so
           have
           divers
           other
           things
           ,
           which
           many
           ages
           since
           have
           perisht
           ,
           as
           also
           others
           which
           we
           see
           are
           perishing
           .
           Let
           us
           consider
           artificial
           compositions
           ,
           for
           instance
           Buildings
           ;
           whereof
           the
           parts
           constantly
           decay
           and
           moulder
           :
           and
           tho
           by
           diligent
           repairs
           ,
           the
           fabric
           is
           maintain'd
           so
           as
           to
           be
           habitable
           for
           several
           Ages
           ,
           yet
           at
           last
           in
           spight
           of
           all
           supplies
           ,
           it
           sinks
           into
           a
           ruine
           .
           And
           thus
           it
           fares
           in
           that
           other
           fabric
           of
           our
           Bodies
           ,
           which
           we
           know
           are
           liable
           to
           a
           thousand
           accidents
           ,
           every
           one
           of
           which
           is
           able
           to
           destroy
           us
           :
           and
           tho
           by
           the
           supply
           of
           food
           ,
           and
           careful
           tendance
           we
           are
           not
           only
           maintain'd
           
           in
           life
           ,
           but
           seem
           to
           grow
           and
           to
           be
           nurisht
           ;
           yet
           after
           a
           set
           period
           of
           years
           the
           whole
           drops
           down
           ,
           and
           by
           no
           art
           or
           care
           can
           be
           preserv'd
           .
           So
           likewise
           in
           Societies
           ,
           that
           Aggregate
           of
           separate
           members
           allied
           together
           by
           civil
           bonds
           of
           union
           ,
           which
           we
           call
           the
           body
           Politic
           ;
           these
           we
           see
           preserve
           the
           same
           establishment
           ,
           and
           setled
           form
           of
           government
           for
           several
           Centuries
           of
           years
           ,
           and
           notwithstanding
           many
           shocks
           and
           great
           mutations
           ,
           recover
           their
           pristin
           constitution
           :
           yet
           t
           is
           observ'd
           that
           there
           awaits
           even
           them
           a
           fatal
           period
           ,
           and
           that
           after
           a
           6
           or
           700
           ,
           or
           at
           most
           1000
           years
           they
           are
           totally
           dissolv'd
           and
           overthrown
           .
        
         
           From
           the
           which
           instances
           t
           is
           easy
           to
           collect
           ,
           that
           in
           Systems
           of
           all
           kinds
           ,
           whether
           artificial
           ,
           natural
           ,
           or
           political
           ,
           every
           thing
           is
           transient
           and
           engag'd
           to
           dissolution
           .
           And
           tho
           the
           Universe
           in
           proportion
           to
           its
           vaster
           bulk
           ,
           have
           a
           much
           larger
           term
           assign'd
           to
           its
           duration
           ,
           then
           is
           prefixt
           to
           trivial
           little
           beings
           ,
           all
           equally
           must
           share
           in
           the
           same
           common
           law
           of
           fate
           ,
           and
           at
           length
           perish
           by
           inevitable
           ruine
           .
        
         
           The
           age
           of
           Man
           is
           by
           David
           Ps
           .
           90.
           declar'd
           to
           be
           threescore
           years
           and
           10
           ,
           that
           of
           Nations
           and
           Governments
           is
           esteem'd
           as
           100
           unto
           10
           ,
           so
           that
           6
           or
           700
           years
           makes
           up
           their
           ordinary
           period
           .
           Now
           whether
           the
           Universe
           go
           on
           by
           like
           progression
           ,
           and
           in
           accordance
           to
           the
           celebrated
           tradition
           ,
           its
           rate
           be
           as
           1000
           is
           to
           10
           ,
           and
           after
           a
           Millenary
           week
           (
           and
           we
           know
           that
           the
           Apostle
           saies
           1000
           years
           is
           with
           God
           
           Almighty
           but
           as
           one
           day
           ,
           )
           the
           everlasting
           Sabbath
           shall
           commence
           ,
           and
           a
           2000
           years
           having
           past
           before
           the
           Law
           ,
           2000
           under
           it
           ,
           and
           2000
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           the
           seventh
           thousand
           shall
           bring
           on
           the
           period
           of
           all
           accounts
           ,
           when
           time
           shall
           be
           no
           more
           ;
           I
           will
           not
           go
           about
           to
           calculate
           .
           As
           God
           has
           conceled
           from
           us
           the
           day
           of
           our
           death
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           the
           destruction
           of
           Empires
           ,
           so
           has
           he
           of
           the
           Universe
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           t
           is
           sure
           more
           reasonable
           from
           the
           premises
           laid
           down
           ,
           to
           inferr
           the
           future
           destruction
           of
           the
           world
           and
           future
           doom
           ,
           then
           the
           denial
           of
           it
           ;
           especially
           since
           in
           consequence
           to
           what
           has
           bin
           surmis'd
           ,
           the
           times
           wherein
           the
           Gospel
           was
           first
           preacht
           ,
           are
           distinctively
           said
           to
           be
           the
           
             last
             times
          
           ,
           Act.
           2.
           17.
           and
           they
           who
           then
           liv'd
           ,
           to
           be
           those
           upon
           whom
           ,
           
             the
             ends
             of
             the
             world
             are
             come
             .
          
           To
           which
           we
           may
           subjoin
           ,
           that
           our
           Savior
           has
           interpos'd
           his
           promise
           ,
           that
           the
           regular
           date
           shall
           not
           be
           permitted
           to
           run
           out
           ,
           and
           
             for
             the
             Elects
             sake
             those
             daies
             shall
             be
             shortned
             .
          
           Luk.
           24.
           22.
           
        
         
           But
           for
           a
           farther
           confutation
           of
           these
           Disputers
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           by
           a
           memorable
           instance
           ,
           that
           of
           the
           Flood
           ,
           an
           event
           confest
           by
           the
           whole
           heathen
           world
           ,
           the
           notice
           of
           it
           being
           transmitted
           down
           by
           general
           b
           tradition
           ,
           by
           Histories
           of
           all
           Nations
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Rites
           and
           Ceremonies
           of
           their
           Religions
           ,
           makes
           it
           manifest
           that
           all
           things
           have
           not
           ,
           as
           they
           suggest
           ,
           continued
           as
           they
           were
           from
           the
           beginning
           
           of
           the
           Creation
           .
           This
           ,
           saies
           the
           Apostle
           ver
           .
           5.
           
             they
             willingly
             are
             ignorant
             of
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             word
             of
             God
             the
             Heavens
             were
             of
             Old
             ,
             and
             the
             Earth
             standing
             out
             of
             the
             water
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             water
             ,
             whereby
             the
             world
             that
             then
             was
             ,
             being
             overflowed
             with
             water
             perisht
             .
             But
             the
             Heavens
             and
             the
             Earth
             which
             are
             now
             ,
             by
             the
             same
             word
             are
             kept
             in
             store
             ,
             reserv'd
             unto
             fire
             ,
             against
             the
             day
             of
             Judgment
             and
             perdition
             of
             ungodly
             men
             .
          
           That
           is
           ,
           men
           (
           unless
           wilfully
           blind
           )
           must
           acknowledg
           the
           Creation
           to
           be
           an
           unaccountable
           riddle
           of
           Omnipotence
           :
           the
           habitable
           Earth
           being
           so
           placed
           ,
           that
           it
           indeed
           stands
           out
           of
           the
           waters
           ,
           but
           yet
           so
           as
           to
           be
           really
           within
           the
           waters
           ,
           the
           surface
           of
           the
           liquid
           Element
           being
           convexe
           ,
           and
           in
           its
           workings
           demonstrably
           above
           the
           level
           of
           the
           shores
           that
           bound
           it
           :
           and
           nothing
           but
           the
           word
           of
           God
           that
           said
           unto
           the
           waves
           ,
           
             Thus
             far
             shall
             you
             go
             and
             no
             farther
             ,
          
           during
           the
           first
           Ages
           of
           the
           world
           with-held
           that
           general
           inundation
           ,
           which
           afterward
           succeeded
           ;
           when
           ,
           as
           the
           Scripture
           expresses
           it
           ,
           
             the
             fountains
             of
             the
             great
             deep
             were
             broken
             up
             ,
             and
             the
             windowes
             of
             Heaven
             ,
          
           till
           then
           shut
           up
           ,
           
             were
             open'd
          
           ,
           Gen.
           7.
           11.
           whereupon
           immediatly
           the
           
             waters
             prevail'd
             upon
             the
             Earth
          
           .
           And
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           the
           force
           of
           the
           Promise
           of
           the
           s●me
           God
           of
           truth
           ,
           set
           down
           at
           the
           21
           verse
           of
           the
           8
           Chapter
           ,
           is
           the
           only
           dam
           and
           fence
           which
           ever
           since
           secures
           from
           a
           repeted
           ruine
           .
           Therefore
           the
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           subsist
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           reserv'd
           against
           the
           general
           conflagration
           .
           Which
           (
           by
           the
           way
           )
           was
           the
           common
           expectation
           of
           the
           Heathen
           
           World
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           known
           perswasion
           of
           a
           
             Platonics
             ,
             Stoics
          
           ,
           and
           Epicureans
           also
           ;
           and
           celebrated
           frequently
           by
           the
           Doctors
           of
           Heathen
           Theology
           the
           Poets
           .
           In
           the
           same
           manner
           we
           see
           Prisons
           made
           strong
           ,
           and
           safely
           guarded
           ,
           that
           the
           Malefactors
           may
           be
           forth
           coming
           at
           the
           Assize
           and
           goal
           delivery
           .
           And
           therefore
           upon
           a
           true
           account
           ,
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           is
           so
           far
           from
           being
           an
           argument
           against
           a
           future
           Judgment
           ,
           that
           in
           reference
           to
           it
           ,
           its
           fabric
           is
           kept
           up
           ,
           and
           hitherto
           continued
           .
        
         
           In
           like
           manner
           also
           ,
           whereas
           ill
           men
           please
           themselves
           much
           in
           their
           impunity
           ;
           and
           because
           they
           have
           liv'd
           long
           without
           controul
           ,
           think
           they
           shall
           for
           ever
           do
           so
           ;
           they
           have
           all
           reason
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           this
           success
           is
           of
           ominous
           abode
           unto
           them
           :
           their
           condition
           is
           the
           same
           with
           that
           of
           the
           guilty
           prisoner
           ,
           who
           is
           therefore
           fed
           upon
           the
           public
           charge
           and
           carefully
           secur'd
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           reserv'd
           to
           be
           brought
           forth
           to
           Execution
           :
           when
           in
           the
           interim
           the
           honest
           man
           is
           left
           at
           large
           ,
           without
           that
           care
           ,
           or
           any
           notice
           taken
           of
           him
           .
        
         
           T
           is
           true
           indeed
           God
           has
           besides
           another
           more
           kind
           intendment
           ,
           when
           he
           indulges
           this
           impunity
           ,
           if
           wicked
           men
           would
           be
           receptive
           of
           it
           :
           they
           therefore
           are
           repriev'd
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           have
           an
           opportunity
           to
           sue
           their
           pardon
           out
           ,
           and
           reconcile
           themselves
           to
           their
           offended
           Judg
           :
           for
           so
           it
           followes
           in
           the
           context
           ,
           ver
           .
           9.
           
           
             The
             Lord
             is
             not
             slack
             concerning
             
             his
             promise
             (
             as
             some
             men
             account
             slackness
             )
             but
             is
             long-suffering
             to
             us-ward
             ,
             not
             willing
             that
             any
             should
             perish
             ,
             but
             that
             all
             should
             come
             to
             repentance
             .
          
        
         
           And
           this
           consideration
           is
           of
           an
           astonishing
           importance
           ,
           that
           the
           best
           argument
           men
           can
           frame
           against
           the
           existence
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           future
           Judgment
           ,
           is
           that
           he
           is
           infinitly
           good
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           passes
           over
           those
           indignities
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           opinion
           of
           the
           guilty
           Authors
           are
           beyond
           all
           sufferance
           .
           They
           would
           not
           have
           him
           be
           a
           revenger
           of
           their
           foul
           demerits
           ;
           no
           more
           would
           he
           himself
           :
           he
           would
           be
           a
           God
           to
           bless
           ,
           to
           save
           and
           pardon
           ,
           but
           not
           to
           punish
           and
           destroy
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           wretched
           as
           they
           are
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           have
           him
           be
           at
           all
           :
           and
           madly
           throw
           away
           their
           hopes
           ,
           when
           they
           would
           rid
           themselves
           of
           fear
           .
           To
           such
           a
           miserable
           issue
           do's
           brutish
           guilt
           engage
           ;
           makes
           it
           the
           interest
           of
           men
           that
           there
           should
           be
           no
           Omnipotence
           to
           support
           the
           world
           ,
           or
           Providence
           to
           guide
           it
           ;
           no
           power
           in
           Heaven
           to
           bless
           and
           to
           protect
           ;
           and
           what
           is
           yet
           more
           desperate
           ,
           no
           mercy
           there
           to
           pardon
           and
           forgive
           .
        
         
           But
           farther
           ,
           suppose
           no
           promise
           had
           bin
           made
           of
           a
           future
           coming
           to
           Judgment
           ,
           it
           will
           by
           no
           means
           follow
           that
           there
           will
           be
           none
           ;
           or
           that
           such
           a
           dreadful
           ,
           tho
           but
           contingent
           possibility
           ,
           should
           reasonably
           be
           laught
           at
           and
           contemn'd
           .
           Many
           things
           are
           daily
           don
           by
           us
           which
           we
           never
           engag'd
           before
           hand
           that
           we
           would
           do
           ;
           and
           sure
           t
           is
           equal
           ,
           that
           the
           most
           free
           agent
           should
           be
           allowed
           the
           self
           same
           liberty
           .
        
         
         
           But
           lastly
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           most
           advantagious
           supposal
           for
           these
           Disputers
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           that
           God
           had
           said
           ,
           nay
           sworn
           that
           he
           would
           not
           come
           to
           Judgment
           ;
           with
           what
           face
           can
           they
           ,
           who
           frequently
           do
           what
           they
           have
           bound
           themselves
           by
           horrid
           execrations
           never
           to
           attemt
           ,
           expect
           a
           greater
           veracity
           from
           others
           then
           they
           exercise
           themselves
           ?
           Moreover
           since
           in
           all
           things
           else
           they
           disbelieve
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           why
           should
           they
           credit
           him
           in
           this
           ?
           or
           if
           they
           will
           let
           him
           be
           veracious
           in
           this
           one
           instance
           ,
           how
           are
           they
           sure
           he
           meant
           in
           earnest
           what
           he
           spoke
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           rally
           ,
           as
           they
           love
           to
           do
           ?
           T
           is
           certain
           the
           time
           will
           come
           ,
           when
           he
           will
           transcribe
           their
           practice
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           fatal
           exigence
           ,
           
             laugh
             at
             their
             calamity
             ,
             and
             mock
             when
             their
             fear
             comes
             :
          
           nor
           can
           they
           easily
           be
           sure
           ,
           that
           he
           has
           not
           begun
           to
           treat
           them
           in
           their
           own
           way
           already
           .
        
         
           Now
           all
           this
           being
           put
           together
           ,
           can
           any
           thing
           be
           more
           unaccountable
           ,
           then
           that
           men
           should
           by
           such
           ropes
           of
           sand
           let
           themselves
           down
           to
           Hell
           ;
           by
           such
           pitiful
           inconsequences
           ,
           which
           yet
           are
           the
           best
           proofs
           the
           matter
           can
           afford
           ,
           think
           they
           have
           baffled
           all
           the
           expectations
           and
           fears
           ,
           nay
           all
           the
           possibilities
           ;
           for
           nothing
           else
           can
           give
           security
           of
           future
           Judgment
           ?
        
         
           Yet
           so
           it
           is
           ,
           these
           stupid
           Arguers
           have
           voted
           themselves
           to
           be
           the
           Masters
           of
           Reason
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           are
           resolv'd
           to
           be
           .
           A
           dull
           inconsequence
           ,
           pointed
           with
           a
           blasphemous
           scoffe
           ,
           in
           despight
           of
           Logic
           and
           common
           sense
           ,
           is
           Wit
           and
           demonstration
           to
           boot
           :
           and
           all
           they
           that
           own
           an
           awe
           of
           God
           ,
           a
           love
           of
           
           Vertue
           ,
           and
           fear
           of
           Hell
           ,
           are
           fools
           and
           mad
           men
           ,
           and
           t
           is
           lost
           labor
           to
           dispute
           against
           it
           .
           These
           Doctors
           of
           the
           scorners
           Chair
           ,
           are
           (
           if
           it
           may
           be
           )
           more
           infallible
           then
           that
           of
           Rome
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           not
           therefore
           any
           farther
           attemt
           to
           undeceive
           them
           :
           but
           having
           thus
           unravel'd
           the
           disputings
           of
           the
           Text
           in
           point
           of
           consequence
           and
           argument
           ,
           I
           shall
           now
           take
           leave
           to
           look
           upon
           them
           in
           another
           light
           ;
           as
           they
           are
           a
           recital
           of
           a
           Prophecy
           ,
           and
           thereby
           offer
           to
           us
           a
           farther
           proof
           of
           all
           that
           they
           propose
           :
           To
           wit
        
         
           The
           appearance
           of
           these
           scoffers
           in
           the
           World
           who
           laugh
           at
           all
           Religion
           ,
           and
           despise
           a
           future
           Judgment
           ,
           when
           so
           ere
           it
           happens
           ,
           is
           its
           self
           a
           very
           signal
           mark
           of
           its
           approch
           .
        
         
           I
           stir
           up
           ,
           
             saies
             St.
          
           Peter
           ,
           
             at
             the
             beginning
             of
             this
             Chapter
             ,
             and
             the
             words
             immediately
             preceding
             the
             Text
             ,
          
           your
           pure
           minds
           by
           way
           of
           remembrance
           :
           that
           ye
           may
           be
           mindful
           of
           the
           words
           which
           were
           spoken
           before
           by
           the
           holy
           Prophets
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           commandment
           of
           us
           the
           Apostles
           of
           the
           Lord
           and
           Savior
           :
           knowing
           this
           first
           ,
           that
           there
           shall
           come
           in
           the
           last
           daies
           scoffers
           ,
           
             &c.
             
             To
             which
             St.
          
           Jude
           
             exactly
             accords
             at
             the
          
           17
           
             and
             18
             verses
             of
             his
             Epistle
             ,
          
           Beloved
           remember
           ye
           the
           words
           which
           were
           spoken
           before
           of
           the
           Apostles
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           how
           that
           they
           told
           you
           there
           should
           be
           mockers
           in
           the
           last
           time
           ,
           who
           should
           walk
           after
           their
           own
           ungodly
           lusts
           .
           
             And
             St.
          
           Paul
           1
           Thes
           .
           5.
           1.
           
           Of
           the
           times
           and
           seasons
           ,
           brethren
           ,
           ye
           have
           no
           need
           that
           I
           write
           unto
           you
           ,
           for
           you
           your selves
           know
           perfectly
           ,
           that
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Lord
           so
           cometh
           as
           a
           thief
           in
           the
           
           night
           :
           for
           when
           they
           shall
           say
           peace
           and
           safety
           ,
           then
           sudden
           destruction
           cometh
           ,
           
             &c.
             
             All
             which
             is
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             declar'd
             by
             our
             Savior
             himself
             ,
             Mat.
          
           24.
           37.
           
             who
             saies
             that
             his
             coming
             will
             resemble
             that
             of
             the
             Flood
             ,
             which
             fell
             upon
             a
             generation
             of
             men
             as
          
           they
           were
           eating
           and
           drinking
           ,
           marrying
           and
           giving
           in
           marriage
           ,
           
             and
             despis'd
             the
             warning
             and
             predictions
             of
          
           Noah
           the
           Preacher
           of
           righteousness
           ,
           
             as
             St
          
           Peter
           
             calls
             him
             in
             the
             fore-going
             Chapter
             to
             the
             Text.
             
          
        
         
           Nor
           may
           it
           be
           suggested
           ,
           that
           the
           scoffing
           at
           Religion
           and
           a
           future
           Judgment
           ,
           is
           no
           such
           new
           thing
           in
           the
           world
           as
           to
           be
           any
           way
           remarkable
           ,
           and
           made
           the
           Character
           of
           the
           greatest
           revolution
           that
           ever
           was
           .
           For
           tho
           there
           have
           bin
           alwaies
           debaucht
           and
           profligate
           persons
           more
           then
           a
           good
           many
           ;
           yet
           to
           have
           them
           openly
           scoffe
           at
           Religion
           ,
           do
           it
           with
           assurance
           and
           impunity
           ,
           is
           a
           thing
           so
           unusual
           ,
           as
           may
           justly
           ground
           the
           observation
           laid
           upon
           it
           .
           Indeed
           for
           a
           
             fool
             to
             say
             in
             his
             heart
             there
             is
             no
             God
             ,
          
           is
           not
           without
           example
           :
           but
           for
           a
           Sect
           of
           men
           to
           say
           it
           with
           their
           mouth
           ,
           dictate
           it
           as
           Philosophy
           ,
           and
           for
           that
           be
           esteem'd
           Wits
           and
           Masters
           of
           Reason
           ,
           is
           utterly
           without
           the
           precedents
           of
           ancient
           times
           ,
           and
           an
           atchievment
           to
           commence
           with
           the
           last
           dotage
           of
           the
           world
           :
           a
           prodigy
           great
           enough
           to
           go
           hand
           in
           hand
           with
           
             the
             Suns
             being
             darkned
             ,
             and
             the
             Moons
             not
             giving
             her
             light
             ,
             the
             Stars
             falling
             from
             their
             orbs
             ,
             and
             the
             powers
             of
             Heaven
             being
             shaken
             ,
          
           mention'd
           by
           our
           Savior
           as
           the
           prologues
           of
           his
           second
           coming
           at
           the
           24
           of
           St.
           Mathew
           ,
           the
           place
           before
           recited
           .
        
         
         
           As
           no
           Nation
           in
           the
           world
           however
           barbarous
           has
           bin
           found
           to
           be
           without
           Religion
           ;
           so
           none
           has
           bin
           without
           a
           concern
           for
           it
           .
           By
           Gods
           law
           among
           the
           Jews
           ,
           the
           Blasphemer
           was
           to
           be
           put
           to
           death
           ;
           and
           Levit.
           24.
           we
           see
           that
           sanction
           by
           Gods
           particular
           command
           put
           in
           Execution
           .
           Which
           severity
           afterward
           obtain'd
           ,
           even
           then
           when
           the
           worship
           of
           the
           nation
           diverted
           to
           Idolatry
           :
           for
           when
           Gideon
           had
           cut
           down
           the
           consecrated
           Grove
           of
           Baal
           ,
           and
           destroied
           his
           Altar
           ,
           Judg.
           6.
           his
           life
           was
           required
           as
           an
           expiation
           of
           the
           fact
           .
           Nebuchadnezzar
           ,
           tho
           a
           Heathen
           Prince
           ,
           thought
           himself
           oblig'd
           to
           vindicate
           the
           honor
           not
           only
           of
           his
           Bel
           ,
           but
           also
           of
           the
           God
           of
           Israel
           ;
           and
           as
           we
           read
           Dan.
           3.
           29.
           decreed
           that
           if
           any
           one
           should
           
             speak
             amiss
             against
             him
             ,
             he
             should
             be
             cut
             in
             pieces
             ,
             and
             his
             house
             be
             made
             a
             dunghill
             .
          
           At
           Ephesus
           ,
           upon
           the
           suggestion
           that
           the
           honor
           of
           Diana
           had
           bin
           toucht
           ,
           
             the
             whole
             city
             was
             put
             into
             a
             confusion
             ,
          
           Act.
           19.
           and
           at
           the
           17
           we
           find
           St.
           Paul
           question'd
           at
           Athens
           for
           being
           
             a
             setter
             forth
             of
             strange
             Gods
             ,
          
           and
           probably
           would
           not
           have
           escaped
           ,
           had
           the
           accusation
           run
           ,
           that
           he
           deni'd
           the
           old
           .
           For
           in
           that
           place
           a
           
             Diagoras
             ,
             Theodorus
             ,
             Anaxagoras
             ,
             Stilpo
             ,
             Protagoras
          
           and
           others
           were
           on
           this
           account
           punisht
           by
           banishments
           ,
           pecuniary
           mulcts
           and
           confiscations
           ,
           and
           by
           death
           it self
           .
           Nay
           what
           is
           most
           remarkable
           ,
           and
           particular
           to
           our
           present
           purpose
           ,
           when
           Alcibiades
           had
           here
           in
           the
           jollity
           of
           a
           feast
           indulged
           unto
           his
           Wit
           ,
           and
           made
           sport
           upon
           the
           Rites
           of
           
           Ceres
           ,
           in
           mockery
           personating
           the
           Priest
           ,
           tho
           he
           was
           their
           General
           in
           a
           most
           important
           war
           ,
           they
           recall'd
           him
           home
           ,
           who
           not
           returning
           ,
           they
           proscrib'd
           his
           Person
           ,
           seiz'd
           his
           Estate
           ,
           and
           publicly
           devoted
           him
           by
           solemn
           execrations
           .
        
         
           It
           would
           be
           endless
           to
           deduce
           this
           subject
           thro
           ancient
           History
           :
           all
           the
           persecutions
           with
           so
           much
           blood
           and
           fury
           rais'd
           against
           Christians
           ,
           are
           so
           many
           instances
           of
           this
           very
           matter
           ;
           they
           all
           arising
           from
           no
           other
           ground
           then
           the
           zeal
           they
           had
           for
           their
           false
           Gods
           ,
           and
           an
           opinion
           that
           Christians
           were
           Atheists
           and
           Blasphemers
           ,
           that
           mockt
           at
           their
           Devotions
           ,
           and
           despis'd
           their
           Deities
           .
        
         
           Now
           whether
           it
           be
           reasonable
           for
           us
           ,
           to
           have
           less
           veneration
           and
           esteem
           for
           the
           true
           God
           ,
           then
           they
           had
           for
           the
           false
           ,
           and
           verify
           whatever
           was
           suggested
           by
           the
           Heathen
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           be
           difficult
           to
           determin
           .
           But
           if
           after
           the
           preaching
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           wherein
           are
           made
           discoveries
           of
           the
           Majesty
           of
           God
           and
           of
           his
           mercy
           ,
           beyond
           any
           vouchsaf'd
           to
           former
           ages
           ,
           men
           shall
           have
           less
           regard
           of
           Him
           and
           of
           his
           Honor
           ,
           and
           after
           that
           his
           Son
           has
           for
           our
           sakes
           expos'd
           himself
           to
           shame
           and
           mockery
           ,
           and
           become
           of
           no
           reputation
           ,
           we
           shall
           therefore
           add
           to
           his
           inanition
           ,
           and
           let
           him
           be
           of
           none
           with
           us
           ;
           converting
           all
           the
           obliging
           circumstances
           of
           his
           life
           and
           death
           to
           his
           continued
           reproch
           ;
           crucify
           him
           afresh
           ,
           and
           put
           him
           to
           an
           open
           shame
           :
           and
           farther
           ,
           if
           these
           multiplied
           ,
           these
           unaccountable
           indignities
           ,
           which
           in
           former
           times
           had
           certainly
           bin
           Capital
           ,
           shall
           now
           become
           a
           Specimen
           
           of
           parts
           and
           education
           ;
           be
           committed
           by
           the
           Actors
           with
           bold
           insolence
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Hearers
           entertain'd
           with
           plesure
           and
           applause
           ;
           these
           practices
           thus
           put
           together
           and
           enhanc'd
           ,
           upon
           a
           sober
           estimate
           must
           prove
           ,
           such
           as
           do
           carry
           with
           them
           as
           the
           blackest
           guilt
           ,
           so
           the
           most
           direful
           ominous
           abode
           .
        
         
           That
           this
           Age
           of
           ours
           has
           somwhat
           of
           mockery
           for
           its
           particular
           Genius
           ,
           so
           that
           scarce
           any
           thing
           is
           so
           entertaining
           ,
           as
           to
           sport
           with
           the
           misadventures
           or
           failances
           of
           others
           ;
           nor
           no
           faculty
           more
           recommending
           then
           the
           being
           dextrous
           in
           turning
           serious
           things
           to
           Ridicule
           ,
           I
           think
           is
           a
           truth
           so
           notorious
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           say
           it
           without
           offence
           to
           any
           :
           they
           that
           are
           passive
           in
           these
           skirmishes
           ,
           being
           sufficiently
           sensible
           of
           what
           they
           suffer
           ;
           and
           they
           that
           are
           active
           ,
           not
           desiring
           to
           concele
           or
           disown
           their
           Talent
           :
           nay
           both
           sorts
           at
           one
           time
           or
           other
           being
           active
           ,
           those
           that
           have
           wit
           to
           shew
           it
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           have
           none
           to
           pretend
           to
           it
           .
           Tho
           alas
           ,
           what
           great
           proof
           is
           it
           of
           wit
           ,
           to
           make
           others
           laugh
           ?
           which
           an
           Idiot
           can
           do
           as
           effectually
           by
           having
           none
           :
           and
           as
           to
           what
           is
           the
           height
           of
           that
           celebrated
           faculty
           ,
           and
           is
           thought
           true
           bearing
           wit
           ,
           the
           saying
           sharp
           unexpected
           rambling
           things
           ,
           t
           is
           most
           happily
           acquir'd
           by
           an
           approch
           to
           drunkenness
           or
           frenzy
           ;
           and
           t
           will
           be
           no
           very
           advantagious
           barter
           ,
           to
           loose
           our
           understandings
           to
           advance
           our
           wit.
           
        
         
           The
           a
           Masters
           of
           Greek
           and
           Roman
           Rhetoric
           in
           their
           Institutions
           ,
           discourse
           indeed
           of
           
             causing
             laughter
          
           as
           a
           piece
           of
           the
           Art
           which
           they
           pretend
           
           to
           teach
           :
           but
           they
           tell
           us
           t
           is
           only
           to
           be
           allowed
           in
           those
           causes
           which
           admit
           no
           other
           defence
           .
           The
           Buffoon
           in
           a
           desperate
           exigence
           is
           to
           relieve
           the
           Orator
           ,
           impudence
           to
           supply
           the
           place
           of
           argument
           ,
           and
           wit
           fill
           up
           the
           room
           of
           sense
           :
           as
           we
           see
           men
           who
           have
           no
           better
           weapon
           ,
           think
           it
           no
           shame
           to
           rake
           the
           canal
           ,
           and
           secure
           themselves
           by
           throwing
           dirt
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           shall
           we
           say
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           have
           introduc'd
           this
           way
           of
           fight
           into
           the
           Christian
           Warfare
           ?
           those
           Schole
           divinity
           Drolls
           of
           this
           our
           Age
           ,
           who
           defend
           the
           Faith
           ,
           by
           destroying
           Charity
           ,
           attaque
           their
           fellow-men
           by
           those
           opprobrions
           methods
           of
           disputing
           ,
           by
           scoffs
           and
           
             railing
             accusations
          
           ,
           with
           which
           t
           were
           not
           allowable
           to
           oppose
           the
           Devil
           himself
           ,
           Jud.
           9.
           
           T
           is
           certainly
           great
           pity
           a
           good
           cause
           should
           be
           asserted
           by
           such
           arguments
           as
           libel
           and
           reproch
           it
           ;
           such
           as
           cannot
           be
           urg'd
           but
           by
           the
           worst
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           which
           even
           they
           will
           not
           produce
           ,
           till
           that
           all
           others
           fail
           them
           .
           And
           were
           those
           flowers
           of
           Rhetoric
           weeded
           out
           of
           our
           late
           controversial
           books
           ,
           we
           should
           find
           large
           Volumes
           shrink
           into
           Manuals
           ,
           and
           be
           as
           little
           in
           their
           bulk
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           in
           their
           conviction
           .
           Where
           ere
           this
           procedure
           takes
           place
           ,
           t
           is
           not
           at
           all
           material
           on
           what
           side
           the
           truth
           lies
           ;
           a
           Jest
           will
           as
           effectually
           provide
           an
           answer
           to
           a
           demonstration
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           most
           manifest
           inconsequence
           .
           The
           brightest
           evidence
           and
           vertue
           disguis'd
           and
           render'd
           monstrous
           by
           burlesque
           ,
           like
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           in
           the
           skins
           of
           wild
           beasts
           ,
           will
           easily
           be
           worried
           
           and
           destroied
           .
           Nay
           so
           it
           fares
           ,
           that
           the
           most
           venerable
           persons
           ,
           things
           ,
           and
           actions
           ,
           are
           most
           liable
           to
           be
           thus
           expos'd
           and
           made
           ridiculous
           :
           for
           whatever
           this
           beloved
           acquisition
           proves
           ,
           be
           it
           the
           gift
           of
           Nature
           ,
           meant
           certainly
           for
           better
           purposes
           ,
           or
           the
           product
           of
           drunkenness
           or
           frenzy
           ,
           or
           what
           is
           yet
           a
           shorter
           method
           ,
           of
           spight
           or
           malice
           ,
           it
           has
           a
           peculiar
           faculty
           to
           pervert
           the
           best
           and
           most
           useful
           things
           ,
           traducing
           sobriety
           for
           dulness
           ,
           gravity
           for
           foppishness
           ,
           order
           for
           formality
           ,
           learning
           for
           pedantry
           ,
           and
           is
           most
           immediatly
           prepar'd
           to
           cut
           the
           nerves
           of
           Government
           ,
           by
           
             despising
             Dominion
             ,
             and
             speaking
             evil
             of
             Dignities
             ,
          
           Jude
           8.
           
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           men
           ,
           who
           ,
           as
           the
           roial
           Psalmist
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             make
             Songs
             of
             him
          
           ,
           who
           pretend
           therein
           not
           only
           to
           impunity
           ,
           but
           authoritative
           right
           ;
           and
           say
           ,
           they
           are
           
             those
             who
             ought
             to
             speake
          
           .
           When
           these
           are
           once
           on
           the
           Tribunal
           ,
           nothing
           can
           scape
           their
           sentence
           ,
           the
           modesty
           of
           Virgins
           ,
           learning
           of
           Scholars
           ,
           wisdom
           of
           Counsellors
           ,
           integrity
           of
           Magistrates
           ,
           honor
           of
           Nobles
           ,
           the
           dearest
           interests
           of
           all
           conditions
           and
           estates
           are
           laught
           away
           ,
           as
           things
           not
           worth
           the
           keeping
           .
           Nay
           Majesty
           its
           self
           is
           here
           obnoxious
           ,
           treated
           as
           our
           Savior
           was
           in
           order
           to
           his
           Crucifixion
           ;
           arai'd
           in
           a
           ridiculous
           robe
           ,
           arm'd
           with
           a
           reed
           instead
           of
           a
           roial
           Scepter
           ,
           then
           mockt
           and
           bowed
           to
           in
           reproch
           ,
           and
           then
           t
           is
           thought
           high
           time
           to
           hang
           it
           on
           a
           tree
           .
           This
           leud
           familiarity
           ends
           in
           the
           worst
           contemt
           ,
           and
           nothing
           can
           be
           so
           unhappy
           as
           Autority
           when
           baffled
           .
           The
           Coffee-house
           Rebell
           is
           more
           mischievous
           ,
           then
           he
           that
           
           takes
           the
           field
           ;
           and
           a
           Prince
           is
           sooner
           murder'd
           with
           a
           libell
           ,
           then
           a
           sword
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           will
           concern
           those
           who
           are
           in
           Autority
           to
           consider
           of
           what
           effect
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           so
           many
           mockers
           of
           this
           form
           and
           level
           ,
           in
           these
           last
           times
           of
           ours
           .
        
         
           My
           present
           enquiry
           is
           after
           those
           of
           a
           higher
           dispensation
           ,
           who
           
             set
             their
             mouth
             against
             Heaven
          
           ,
           and
           defy
           God
           and
           Providence
           ;
           which
           yet
           is
           but
           a
           natural
           emprovement
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           no
           less
           powerfully
           ,
           if
           not
           much
           more
           destructive
           of
           Government
           and
           Lawes
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           will
           also
           be
           the
           Magistrates
           great
           interest
           ,
           as
           t
           is
           their
           highest
           duty
           ,
           to
           be
           concern'd
           herein
           .
        
         
           To
           these
           ungodly
           mockers
           ,
           walking
           after
           their
           own
           lusts
           ,
           proud
           as
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           confident
           that
           the
           day
           of
           Judgment
           will
           either
           never
           be
           ,
           or
           is
           far
           off
           ;
           I
           shall
           not
           add
           more
           words
           upon
           that
           Head
           to
           their
           disturbance
           ;
           but
           mind
           them
           of
           another
           day
           ,
           which
           they
           cannot
           deny
           to
           be
           approching
           ,
           I
           mean
           the
           day
           of
           Death
           ,
           that
           
             sentence
             of
             the
             Lord
             over
             all
             flesh
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Wise
           man
           calls
           it
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           day
           of
           Judgment
           to
           each
           particular
           person
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           Doom
           is
           to
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           And
           will
           these
           mockers
           ask
           in
           scorn
           where
           is
           this
           promise
           of
           his
           coming
           ?
           tho
           the
           Fathers
           are
           faln
           asleep
           ,
           do
           they
           hope
           by
           a
           peculiar
           privilege
           to
           continue
           still
           ,
           and
           reverse
           the
           general
           law
           of
           the
           Creation
           ?
           If
           the
           long
           day
           of
           the
           Fathers
           had
           a
           night
           who
           after
           7
           ,
           8
           ,
           or
           900
           years
           went
           down
           to
           sleep
           in
           dust
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           did
           so
           there
           was
           no
           inquisition
           in
           the
           grave
           ,
           whether
           the
           date
           had
           
           bin
           so
           many
           hours
           ,
           but
           all
           their
           labors
           vanisht
           as
           they
           did
           ,
           in
           dull
           forgetfulness
           and
           silence
           ;
           shall
           our
           winter
           Solstice
           day
           ,
           whose
           Sun
           scarcely
           looks
           over
           the
           Horizon
           ,
           but
           instantly
           starts
           back
           again
           to
           dwell
           upon
           the
           other
           World
           ,
           so
           lye
           upon
           our
           hands
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           Sun
           were
           to
           stand
           still
           as
           it
           did
           in
           Joshuas
           time
           ,
           or
           to
           go
           back
           as
           it
           did
           in
           Hezechias
           ,
           that
           we
           might
           frolic
           it
           without
           disturbance
           ,
           in
           everlasting
           riot
           and
           excess
           ?
        
         
           The
           sensual
           Epicure
           describ'd
           at
           the
           12
           of
           St.
           Luke
           ,
           who
           said
           unto
           his
           soul
           ,
           
             Soul
             ,
             thou
             hast
             much
             goods
             laid
             up
             for
             many
             years
             ;
             take
             thine
             ease
             ,
             eat
             ,
             drink
             ,
             and
             be
             merry
             :
          
           tho
           he
           only
           overlookt
           ,
           and
           not
           deni'd
           a
           Providence
           ,
           was
           stopt
           in
           his
           carriere
           by
           hasty
           vengeance
           ,
           which
           pronounc'd
           this
           irreversible
           decree
           ,
           
             Thou
             fool
             ,
             this
             night
             thy
             soul
             shall
             be
             required
             of
             thee
             :
             and
             then
             whose
             shall
             those
             things
             be
             which
             thou
             hast
             provided
             ?
          
        
         
           And
           let
           our
           jolly
           men
           of
           dissolute
           ungodly
           life
           ,
           who
           notwithstanding
           the
           concerns
           of
           their
           immortal
           soul
           ,
           are
           at
           leisure
           to
           make
           sport
           with
           every
           thing
           however
           Sacred
           ,
           who
           with
           scorn
           and
           greediness
           pursue
           unlawful
           plesures
           ,
           and
           bid
           defiance
           to
           Almighty
           Justice
           ,
           lay
           their
           hands
           upon
           their
           breast
           ,
           and
           ask
           themselves
           at
           what
           ensurance
           office
           they
           have
           secur'd
           a
           longer
           date
           of
           life
           :
           how
           they
           come
           to
           know
           their
           soul
           shall
           not
           be
           requir'd
           :
           or
           if
           it
           be
           ,
           how
           well
           they
           are
           prepar'd
           to
           give
           an
           answer
           to
           the
           question
           but
           now
           askt
           .
           This
           very
           sentence
           at
           this
           moment
           is
           really
           pronounc'd
           against
           many
           thousands
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           who
           ere
           to
           morrows
           night
           
           will
           breath
           their
           last
           ;
           of
           which
           number
           not
           one
           single
           person
           that
           now
           hears
           me
           ,
           is
           sure
           that
           he
           is
           not
           .
        
         
           Have
           they
           debated
           calmly
           with
           themselves
           what
           death
           is
           ,
           how
           many
           unwelcome
           circumstances
           are
           hudled
           up
           in
           that
           short
           word
           ?
           Can
           they
           willingly
           forego
           their
           houses
           and
           estates
           ,
           their
           tables
           and
           their
           beds
           ,
           and
           bid
           a
           long
           farwell
           to
           their
           dear
           company
           ,
           their
           paramours
           and
           flatterers
           ,
           lying
           gastly
           ,
           and
           cold
           ,
           and
           senseless
           ,
           imprison'd
           in
           a
           Coffin
           ,
           and
           immur'd
           in
           Earth
           ?
           To
           speak
           in
           the
           language
           of
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           will
           
             the
             tender
             and
             delicate
             women
             ,
             who
             would
             scarce
             adventure
             to
             put
             their
             feet
             unto
             the
             ground
             thro
             delicacy
             ,
          
           Deut.
           28.
           be
           content
           to
           be
           despoil'd
           of
           their
           
             rings
             and
             jewels
             ,
             the
             changeable
             suits
             of
             apparell
             ,
             the
             mantles
             ,
             the
             wimples
             ,
             and
             the
             crisping
             pins
             ,
             the
             glasses
             and
             fine
             linen
             ,
             the
             hoods
             and
             veiles
             ,
          
           Isa
           .
           3.
           and
           ,
           as
           he
           adds
           ,
           take
           in
           exchange
           ,
           
             insted
             of
             a
             sweet
             smell
             a
             stink
             ,
             insted
             of
             a
             girdle
             a
             rent
             ,
             iusted
             of
             well-set
             hair
             baldness
             ,
             and
             burning
             insted
             of
             beauty
             ?
          
        
         
           But
           this
           is
           not
           all
           ,
           will
           they
           be
           willing
           to
           come
           to
           the
           Tribunal
           of
           their
           Maker
           ,
           and
           render
           an
           account
           of
           all
           the
           words
           ,
           the
           thoughts
           ,
           the
           actions
           and
           omissions
           of
           an
           ill
           led
           life
           ?
           answer
           for
           their
           noon-day
           insolence
           ,
           and
           mid-night
           revels
           ;
           answer
           for
           their
           own
           and
           others
           guilts
           :
           the
           sin
           of
           their
           rebellion
           ,
           and
           greater
           sin
           of
           their
           impenitence
           :
           the
           accusations
           of
           offended
           justice
           ,
           and
           deeper
           charge
           of
           slighted
           Mercy
           ?
        
         
           Or
           lastly
           can
           they
           after
           the
           confusion
           and
           horror
           ,
           
           of
           having
           all
           their
           guilts
           set
           in
           aray
           before
           them
           ,
           enhanc'd
           by
           the
           no
           less
           numerous
           overtures
           of
           grace
           and
           mercy
           ,
           out-brave
           that
           dreadful
           sentence
           of
           
             Depart
             ye
             cursed
             into
             everlasting
             fire
             ,
             prepar'd
             for
             the
             Devil
             and
             his
             Angels
             ,
          
           Mat.
           25.
           
           Will
           they
           maintain
           the
           jolly
           humor
           there
           ,
           and
           like
           the
           three
           Children
           in
           the
           Babylonian
           furnace
           ,
           sing
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           flames
           ,
           and
           resemble
           them
           in
           being
           untoucht
           by
           pain
           ,
           as
           they
           shall
           in
           not
           being
           wasted
           and
           devour'd
           ?
           Will
           they
           find
           arguments
           of
           mockery
           and
           laughter
           ,
           in
           the
           
             place
             of
             weeping
             ,
             and
             wailing
             ,
             and
             gnashing
             of
             teeth
             ?
          
        
         
           If
           they
           can
           do
           this
           ,
           on
           Gods
           name
           let
           them
           mock
           on
           ,
           deny
           a
           future
           Judgment
           ,
           or
           what
           is
           more
           generous
           and
           brave
           ,
           let
           them
           provoke
           and
           dare
           it
           .
           But
           if
           they
           cannot
           dwell
           
             with
             the
             devouring
             fire
             ,
             nor
             abide
             with
             everlasting
             burnings
             ,
          
           Isa
           .
           33.
           
           If
           they
           cannot
           wrestle
           with
           Omnipotence
           ,
           nor
           
             have
             an
             arm
             like
             God
          
           ;
           t
           will
           be
           advisable
           ,
           to
           take
           a
           timely
           warning
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           the
           counsel
           given
           to
           Job
           ,
           Chap.
           41.
           8.
           to
           
             think
             upon
             the
             battell
             ,
             and
             do
             no
             more
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             shall
             close
             all
             with
             the
             inference
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             words
             of
             St.
          
           Peter
           
             pursuant
             to
             my
             Text.
          
           The
           day
           of
           the
           Lord
           will
           come
           as
           a
           thief
           in
           the
           night
           :
           in
           the
           which
           the
           Heavens
           shall
           pass
           away
           with
           a
           great
           noise
           ,
           and
           the
           Elements
           shall
           melt
           with
           fervent
           heat
           ,
           the
           Earth
           also
           and
           the
           works
           that
           are
           therein
           shall
           be
           burnt
           up
           .
           Seeing
           then
           that
           all
           these
           things
           shall
           be
           dissolv'd
           ,
           what
           manner
           of
           persons
           ought
           ye
           to
           be
           in
           all
           holy
           conversation
           and
           godliness
           ?
           looking
           for
           and
           
           hasting
           unto
           the
           coming
           of
           the
           day
           of
           God
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Heavens
           being
           on
           fire
           shall
           be
           dissolv'd
           ,
           and
           the
           Elements
           shall
           melt
           with
           fervent
           heat
           ?
           Nevertheless
           we
           according
           to
           his
           promise
           look
           for
           new
           Heavens
           ,
           and
           a
           new
           Earth
           ,
           wherein
           dwelleth
           righteousness
           .
           Wherefore
           beloved
           seeing
           that
           ye
           look
           for
           such
           things
           ,
           be
           diligent
           that
           ye
           may
           be
           found
           of
           him
           in
           peace
           ,
           without
           spot
           ,
           and
           blameless
           :
           and
           account
           that
           the
           long-suffering
           of
           the
           Lord
           is
           Salvation
           .
           Ye
           therefore
           ,
           seeing
           you
           know
           these
           things
           before
           ,
           beware
           least
           ye
           also
           being
           led
           away
           with
           the
           error
           of
           the
           wicked
           ,
           fall
           from
           your
           own
           stedfastness
           .
           But
           grow
           in
           grace
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           knowledge
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           :
           to
           him
           be
           glory
           both
           now
           and
           for
           ever
           .
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A41030-e90
           
             a
             ad
             Nicom
             .
             Eth.
             lib.
             1.
             
          
           
             a
             Epig.
             lib.
             5.
             
          
           
             a
             Ptolem.
             Campanel
             .
          
           
             a
             Thalmud
             .
             Abod
             .
             Zara.
             c.
             1.
             fol
             9.
             
             R.
             Ketina
             .
             in
             Ps
             .
             92.
             
             Hilar.
             in
             17
             Mat.
             Just
             .
             Mart.
             in
             Dial.
             cum
             Tryph.
             &
             quaest
             .
             ad
             Orthod
             .
             71.
             
             Iren.
             l.
             5.
             c.
             28.
             30.
             
             Cypr.
             l.
             de
             exhort
             .
             Mart.
             Lactant.
             l.
             7.
             c.
             14.
             
          
           
             b
             Abyden
             .
             Beros
             .
             Nic.
             Damasc
             .
             Plat.
             in
             Tim.
             Suidas
             in
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ex
             Apollin
             .
          
           
             a
             Plat.
             in
             Tim.
             Senec.
             Nat.
             quaest
             .
             3.
             13.
             
             Ep.
             ad
             Polyb.
             Minut.
             Fel.
             Ovid.
             Metam
             .
             l.
             1.
             f.
             7.
             
             Lucan
             .
             l.
             1.
             
             Hystasp
             .
             in
             Euseb
             .
             Praep.
             Justin
             in
             Apol.
             
          
           
             a
             Suid.
             in
             Diag
             .
             Diog.
             Laert.
             Corn.
             Nep.
             in
             Alcib
             .
          
           
             a
             Arist
             .
             Rhet.
             l.
             3.
             
             Quintil.
             Instit
             .
             l.
             6.