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         Stephens, Edward, d. 1706.
      
       
         
           1691
        
      
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             An admonition concerning a publick fast the just causes we have for it, from the full growth of sin, and the near approaches of God's judgments : and the manner of performance to obtain the desired effects thereof, which ought to be other than our Common Forms, and with stricter acts of moritication than is usual amongst us : with an abstract of Mr. Chillingworth's judgement of the state of religion in this nation in his time : and of a letter from the Hague concerning two sermons preached there in the French church at which were present divers of the English nobility.
             Stephens, Edward, d. 1706.
             Chillingworth, William, 1602-1644.
          
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           AN
           ADMONITION
           CONCERNING
           
             A
             Publick
             FAST
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Just
           CAUSES
           we
           have
           for
           it
           ,
           from
           the
           full
           Growth
           of
           Sin
           ,
           and
           the
           near
           Approaches
           of
           God's
           Judgments
           ;
        
         
           AND
           The
           MANNER
           of
           Performance
           ,
           to
           obtain
           the
           desired
           Effects
           thereof
           ;
        
         
           Which
           ought
           to
           be
           other
           than
           our
           Common
           Forms
           ;
           and
           with
           stricter
           Acts
           of
           Mortification
           than
           is
           usual
           amongst
           us
           .
        
         
           With
           an
           ABSTRACT
           of
           Mr.
           
           Chillingworth's
           Judgment
           of
           the
           State
           of
           Religion
           in
           this
           Na●●on
           in
           his
           time
           .
        
         
           And
           of
           a
           Letter
           from
           the
           Hague
           concerning
           two
           Sermons
           Preached
           there
           in
           the
           Fr●nch
           Church
           ,
           at
           which
           were
           present
           divers
           of
           the
           English
           Nobility
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           M
           DC
           XCI
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Queen
           .
        
         
           
             Madam
             ,
          
        
         
           SInce
           the
           Authority
           of
           your
           Majesty
           hath
           appeared
           so
           particularly
           in
           a
           most
           Necessary
           Appointment
           of
           
             a
             Publick
             Fast
             and
             Humiliation
             to
             be
             Observed
             in
             most
             Devout
             and
             Solemn
             manner
             for
             Supplicating
             Almighty
             God
             for
             Pardon
             of
             our
             Sins
             ,
             and
             Imploring
             his
             Blessing
             ,
          
           &c.
           not
           once
           ,
           but
           
             every
             Month
             during
             the
             War.
          
           It
           may
           be
           presumed
           ,
           that
           what
           is
           sincerely
           endeavoured
           ,
           that
           so
           Necessary
           and
           Pious
           a
           Command
           may
           happily
           obtain
           its
           desired
           Effects
           ,
           cannot
           fail
           of
           a
           Favourable
           and
           Benign
           Construction
           with
           a
           person
           of
           so
           much
           Piety
           and
           Sense
           of
           Religion
           :
           though
           to
           those
           Naturals
           or
           Animals
           ,
           in
           whom
           the
           God
           of
           this
           World
           hath
           blinded
           their
           Minds
           ,
           it
           cannot
           but
           seem
           Foolishness
           and
           Canting
           ,
           as
           must
           all
           Truth
           to
           those
           ,
           who
           are
           both
           Ignorant
           and
           yet
           Conceited
           :
           and
           though
           to
           such
           as
           are
           Big
           with
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           World
           (
           which
           is
           Foolishness
           with
           God
           )
           ●ome
           things
           in
           it
           may
           seem
           Rude
           and
           Presumptuous
           :
           For
           true
           Piety
           could
           bear
           even
           the
           Railing
           of
           a
           Shimei
           in
           a
           time
           of
           Humiliation
           ;
           and
           Christian
           Wisdom
           can
           easily
           discern
           and
           distinguish
           between
           Height
           of
           Fidelity
           and
           Affection
           in
           the
           plain
           Words
           of
           Truth
           and
           Soberness
           ,
           and
           that
           Malice
           and
           Falsehood
           ,
           which
           are
           always
           ingredients
           of
           Railing
           and
           Presumption
           .
           Even
           Civil
           Prudence
           ,
           considering
           the
           irreparable
           Mischiefs
           ,
           which
           are
           daily
           wrought
           in
           the
           Courts
           and
           Councils
           of
           Princes
           by
           Treacherous
           Flattery
           ,
           will
           not
           only
           permit
           and
           allow
           ,
           but
           favour
           and
           encourage
           Serious
           Liberty
           and
           Freedom
           of
           Speech
           upon
           just
           and
           necessary
           occasion
           in
           persons
           of
           unspotted
           and
           undoubted
           Fidelity
           
           and
           Affection
           :
           But
           Christian
           Wisdom
           much
           more
           ;
           and
           especially
           in
           Times
           of
           Account
           ,
           which
           call
           for
           Humiliation
           ,
           Repentance
           ,
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           Judging
           our Selves
           ;
           and
           for
           Publick
           Humiliation
           ,
           and
           particular
           Confession
           of
           Publick
           and
           known
           Sins
           and
           Offences
           ,
           with
           their
           Circumstances
           of
           Aggravation
           ,
           and
           carefull
           Search
           to
           discover
           them
           .
           Which
           is
           the
           only
           way
           to
           lay
           a
           sure
           Foundation
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           raised
           up
           by
           the
           Mighty
           Hand
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           Wherefore
           ,
           Madam
           ,
           presuming
           that
           I
           write
           to
           a
           person
           more
           Illustrious
           by
           such
           Great
           Virtues
           ,
           than
           any
           fading
           ,
           earthly
           Honour
           or
           Majesty
           can
           make
           you
           ,
           besides
           what
           I
           have
           said
           in
           Common
           to
           all
           ,
           I
           shall
           out
           of
           Fidelity
           and
           great
           Affection
           humbly
           represent
           to
           your
           Royal
           Consideration
           some
           few
           things
           more
           particularly
           relating
           to
           your self
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           not
           here
           recount
           the
           Great
           Things
           which
           God
           hath
           done
           for
           the
           Gradual
           raising
           of
           your
           Glory
           ,
           nor
           tell
           you
           that
           the
           Eyes
           of
           all
           the
           World
           are
           upon
           you
           ,
           and
           what
           Great
           Things
           they
           Hope
           and
           Expect
           from
           you
           :
           But
           this
           I
           may
           say
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           God
           ,
           That
           his
           Eyes
           are
           upon
           you
           ;
           
             the
             Eyes
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           ,
           (
           which
           )
           
             run
             to
             and
             fro
             throughout
             the
             whole
             Earth
             ,
             to
             shew
             himself
             strong
             in
             the
             behalf
             of
             them
             ,
             whose
             Heart
             is
             perfect
             towards
             Him
             :
          
           (
           2
           Chron.
           16.
           8.
           )
           That
           to
           whom
           much
           is
           given
           of
           them
           ,
           much
           shall
           be
           required
           ;
           and
           ,
           That
           if
           you
           justly
           expect
           from
           your
           fellow
           Creatures
           ,
           
             whom
             You
             imploy
          
           ,
           Fidelity
           ,
           Zeal
           ,
           and
           Activity
           ,
           proportionable
           to
           the
           Favours
           You
           confer
           ,
           and
           the
           Trusts
           You
           repose
           in
           them
           ;
           much
           more
           are
           You
           obliged
           to
           perform
           all
           these
           to
           the
           Soveraign
           Lord
           of
           all
           in
           the
           full
           Improvement
           of
           all
           t●ose
           Greater
           Talents
           of
           Honour
           ,
           Authority
           and
           other
           Advantages
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           conferred
           upon
           You
           ,
           for
           His
           Honour
           and
           Service
           ;
           and
           with
           so
           much
           the
           more
           Vigor
           and
           Resolution
           ,
           by
           how
           much
           the
           greater
           are
           the
           Difficulties
           which
           occur
           .
           
             The
             Highest
             pitch
             of
             all
             is
             the
             least
             Sacrifice
             that
             you
             can
             offer
          
           to
           Him.
           
        
         
           And
           therefore
           I
           will
           not
           ,
           I
           may
           not
           tell
           you
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Leisure
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Calm
             of
             Peace
             ,
             will
             be
             necessary
             for
             this
             :
          
           or
           ,
           
             That
             your
             Resolving
             on
             it
             Inwardly
             before
             God
             ,
             will
             be
             accepted
             
             by
             Him
             ,
          
           though
           you
           defer
           the
           Actual
           Performance
           till
           that
           Leisure
           and
           Calm
           ,
           which
           you
           may
           never
           see
           ,
           nor
           are
           ever
           like
           to
           see
           ,
           while
           Difficult
           Duties
           are
           declined
           ,
           neglected
           or
           deferred
           .
           For
           this
           would
           be
           to
           deceive
           You
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           False
           Prophets
           of
           old
           ?
           and
           to
           expose
           You
           and
           Your
           Affairs
           to
           the
           Treacheries
           and
           Abuses
           of
           
             Dissolute
             and
             Depraved
             men
          
           ,
           who
           
             be
             always
             truer
             to
             their
             Vices
             than
             to
             their
             Masters
             .
          
           But
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           this
           I
           may
           be
           bold
           to
           affirm
           ,
           that
           when
           by
           actual
           Discountenancing
           and
           Disgracing
           of
           Vice
           ,
           and
           Encouraging
           of
           Virtue
           
             by
             distinguishing
             Marks
             of
             your
             Favour
          
           ;
           and
           by
           a
           visible
           beginning
           of
           
             Reforming
             your
             Court
             and
             your
             People
             ,
             and
             particularly
             that
             Body
             ,
             which
             of
             all
             others
             should
             need
             it
             least
             ,
             it
             is
             once
             understood
             that
             you
             are
             setled
             in
             those
             Noble
             Purposes
             ,
             this
             will
             make
             the
             Execution
             of
             them
             Easie
             to
             you
             ,
          
           and
           detect
           the
           Falsity
           of
           such
           dilatory
           Doctrines
           :
           and
           would
           have
           done
           so
           sooner
           if
           more
           Faithfull
           Advice
           had
           not
           been
           withstood
           by
           such
           as
           perverted
           the
           Right
           Ways
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           mis-led
           those
           they
           should
           have
           directed
           therein
           .
           For
           
             God
             hath
             wrought
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             us
             a
             Mighty
             Deliverance
             ;
             and
             was
             ready
             to
             perfect
             and
             stablish
             that
             which
             he
             hath
             wrought
             for
             us
             .
          
           But
           it
           is
           now
           apparent
           that
           something
           there
           is
           ,
           which
           doth
           
             stop
             that
             Course
             of
             Blessings
          
           that
           ,
           seems
           I
           cannot
           now
           say
           ,
           but
           once
           did
           seem
           ,
           
             ready
             to
             flow
             in
             upon
             us
             .
          
           And
           we
           have
           now
           another
           Count
           to
           cast
           up
           .
           We
           may
           and
           ought
           to
           recount
           the
           Mercies
           and
           Favours
           of
           God
           to
           us
           :
           But
           we
           have
           now
           ,
           also
           an
           Account
           of
           his
           Judgments
           and
           Frowns
           to
           reflect
           upon
           :
           And
           this
           should
           lead
           us
           back
           to
           enter
           into
           another
           Account
           ,
           viz.
           of
           Our
           
             Sins
             and
             Provocations
          
           .
           For
           that
           Course
           of
           Blessings
           ,
           which
           for
           some
           time
           was
           only
           stopp'd
           ,
           was
           afterwards
           turned
           to
           a
           Course
           of
           Crosses
           and
           Disappointments
           ,
           or
           of
           a
           Mixture
           of
           Mercy
           and
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           is
           now
           at
           last
           turning
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           feared
           ,
           to
           
             severe
             Judgment
          
           ,
           Confusion
           ,
           and
           Destruction
           ,
           unless
           very
           speedily
           prevented
           ,
           by
           strict
           and
           impartial
           Inquiry
           into
           the
           Causes
           ,
           by
           truly
           Noble
           and
           Heroick
           Resolutions
           thereupon
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           vigilant
           and
           vigorous
           Execution
           .
           For
           
             the
             King
          
           himself
           ,
           if
           I
           ,
           and
           many
           others
           ,
           be
           not
           mistaken
           ,
           hath
           already
           
           suffer'd
           some
           Diminution
           in
           some
           Essentials
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           Honour
           ,
           and
           most
           Prevalent
           Powers
           and
           is
           in
           Danger
           to
           fall
           lower
           ,
           from
           being
           a
           Glorious
           Instrument
           of
           God
           for
           Good
           and
           Happiness
           to
           this
           and
           many
           other
           Nations
           ,
           into
           the
           deplorable
           and
           despicable
           condition
           of
           being
           an
           occasion
           of
           Confusion
           and
           Misery
           :
           only
           there
           seems
           a
           door
           of
           Hope
           still
           open
           for
           him
           ,
           upon
           one
           Consideration
           ,
           if
           the
           Opportunity
           be
           not
           neglected
           ;
           of
           which
           more
           presently
           :
           but
           first
           I
           think
           fit
           to
           say
           something
           briefly
           concerning
           
             The
             present
             State
             of
             Things
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             what
             may
             be
             expected
             from
             it
             .
          
        
         
           In
           matters
           of
           Prudence
           ,
           none
           but
           weak
           and
           dull
           ,
           or
           depraved
           Souls
           will
           expect
           Mathematical
           Demonstrations
           and
           Sensible
           Evidences
           ,
           for
           all
           their
           Actions
           :
           God
           by
           his
           Providence
           hath
           purposely
           so
           ordered
           the
           Course
           of
           things
           ,
           that
           his
           Rational
           Creatures
           ,
           Mankind
           ,
           should
           be
           often
           necessitated
           to
           a
           Close
           Application
           of
           their
           Minds
           ,
           and
           a
           kind
           of
           
             Spiritual
             Discerning
          
           ,
           in
           the
           Management
           of
           their
           own
           Affairs
           .
           This
           Faculty
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           perceived
           by
           Experience
           ,
           if
           well
           disposed
           ,
           and
           carefully
           observed
           ,
           extends
           much
           farther
           in
           many-things
           than
           men
           are
           able
           easily
           to
           demonstrate
           to
           others
           ,
           and
           yet
           even
           in
           those
           often
           discerns
           very
           right
           .
           But
           such
           Indications
           may
           sometimes
           be
           observed
           from
           a
           concurrence
           of
           various
           Circumstances
           as
           are
           Sufficient
           Principles
           of
           a
           Moral
           Demonstration
           .
           My
           pre-apprehensions
           of
           our
           own
           Occurrences
           have
           hitherto
           proved
           true
           in
           the
           Event
           ;
           and
           I
           have
           now
           some
           Indications
           to
           help
           me
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           very
           apparent
           that
           there
           have
           been
           very
           few
           Princes
           or
           
             Great
             Men
          
           in
           the
           World
           for
           some
           years
           ,
           or
           rather
           Ages
           ,
           who
           have
           manifested
           in
           their
           Course
           of
           Life
           any
           great
           and
           just
           apprehension
           of
           the
           Business
           of
           Man
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           much
           less
           of
           the
           Proper
           Business
           of
           Princes
           ,
           and
           Persons
           under
           their
           Circumstances
           ;
           But
           have
           generally
           both
           by
           their
           Example
           and
           their
           Management
           ,
           been
           more
           subservient
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Darkness
           ,
           than
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Light
           ;
           And
           their
           Courts
           ,
           Armies
           ,
           Navies
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           great
           Meetings
           ,
           generally
           little
           other
           than
           Seminaries
           and
           Nurseries
           of
           Pride
           ,
           Ambition
           ,
           Covetousness
           ,
           Injustice
           ,
           Oppression
           ,
           Luxury
           ,
           Impiety
           ,
           
           Prophaneness
           ,
           and
           all
           manner
           of
           Vice
           and
           Wickedness
           ;
           where
           Souls
           in
           great
           numbers
           have
           been
           trained
           up
           and
           habituated
           to
           all
           the
           Diabolical
           Qualities
           of
           that
           dismal
           crew
           :
           and
           so
           deceived
           and
           abused
           have
           they
           been
           by
           False
           Prophets
           and
           other
           Instruments
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           appearing
           great
           in
           the
           World
           in
           pomp
           and
           grandure
           ,
           magnifick
           Names
           and
           Titles
           ,
           the
           superficial
           Ornaments
           of
           Literature
           and
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           (
           all
           directly
           contrary
           to
           the
           Simplicity
           of
           the
           Gospel
           )
           that
           they
           have
           believed
           it
           must
           be
           so
           ,
           and
           cannot
           be
           otherwise
           ;
           we
           must
           not
           expect
           Armies
           of
           Saints
           ;
           and
           so
           have
           plainly
           given
           over
           all
           Care
           of
           Reformation
           of
           those
           things
           ,
           as
           Impracticable
           ,
           Platonick
           or
           Phanatick-Phansies
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           likewise
           apparent
           that
           
             the
             People
          
           in
           all
           places
           ,
           even
           where
           hath
           been
           ,
           or
           still
           is
           the
           greatest
           Profession
           of
           Religion
           ,
           (
           both
           Laity
           and
           Clergy
           )
           are
           most
           grievously
           degenerated
           and
           corrupted
           ;
           a
           great
           part
           with
           the
           most
           gross
           Vices
           ,
           and
           scandalous
           Sins
           ;
           others
           of
           more
           consideration
           and
           sense
           of
           Reputation
           ,
           some
           with
           Atheism
           and
           Infidelity
           ;
           others
           with
           Formality
           or
           Superstition
           ;
           some
           with
           Hypocrisie
           and
           Faction
           ;
           and
           most
           of
           the
           very
           best
           with
           over-valuation
           of
           the
           things
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           with
           Pride
           of
           some
           Worldly
           Advantage
           ,
           of
           Birth
           ,
           of
           Estate
           ,
           Favour
           with
           Great
           Men
           ,
           Wit
           ,
           Learning
           ,
           Apparel
           ,
           Attendance
           ,
           or
           some
           such
           Hobby-horse
           or
           other
           ,
           over-looking
           divers
           necessary
           Christian
           Virtues
           ,
           and
           even
           to
           despise
           and
           be
           ashamed
           of
           Christ
           himself
           in
           his
           Members
           ,
           if
           appearing
           in
           the
           genuine
           form
           of
           their
           Master
           ;
           so
           that
           a
           Genuine
           Compleat
           Christian
           is
           rare
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           especially
           among
           those
           who
           have
           the
           greatest
           share
           of
           it
           :
           and
           the
           Sins
           both
           of
           Princes
           and
           of
           People
           seem
           to
           have
           over-grown
           all
           the
           Methods
           of
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           for
           their
           Amendment
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           is
           also
           apparent
           that
           such
           are
           
             the
             Posture
             and
             Motions
             of
             Humane
             Affairs
             at
             this
             time
             in
             Europe
             ,
          
           as
           are
           plain
           Indications
           that
           Almighty
           God
           by
           his
           Providence
           is
           producing
           some
           
             Great
             Alteration
          
           in
           this
           part
           of
           the
           World
           very
           suddenly
           .
           And
           what
           this
           is
           like
           to
           be
           is
           well
           and
           carefully
           to
           be
           considered
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           any
           presumption
           to
           do
           this
           soberly
           ;
           
           but
           so
           far
           from
           that
           ,
           that
           to
           discern
           the
           Signs
           of
           the
           Times
           is
           a
           plain
           and
           necessary
           Duty
           ;
           the
           Neglect
           or
           Non-observance
           whereof
           is
           condemned
           in
           the
           Jews
           in
           the
           like
           case
           ,
           by
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           before
           by
           the
           Prophets
           .
        
         
           The
           present
           Posture
           of
           Affairs
           is
           a
           State
           of
           War
           ,
           which
           is
           
             one
             of
             God's
             Judgments
          
           ,
           for
           the
           Punishment
           of
           Princes
           and
           Nations
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           the
           present
           Sinfull
           State
           both
           of
           Princes
           and
           People
           hath
           justly
           deserved
           ,
           and
           we
           may
           therefore
           reasonably
           conclude
           hath
           provoked
           .
           This
           War
           is
           between
           
             two
             great
             Parties
          
           ,
           the
           French
           and
           Turk
           on
           the
           one
           side
           ,
           and
           the
           Emperor
           and
           the
           Confederates
           on
           the
           other
           :
           And
           most
           Princes
           and
           States
           are
           concerned
           in
           it
           .
           And
           if
           we
           consider
           
             the
             Motions
          
           of
           this
           War
           ,
           it
           was
           begun
           by
           the
           French
           King
           in
           secret
           Confederacy
           with
           the
           Turk
           and
           the
           late
           Kings
           of
           England
           ,
           without
           any
           Colour
           of
           Justice
           ,
           merely
           to
           gratifie
           a
           Proud
           ,
           Haughty
           ,
           Insolent
           ,
           Luciserian
           ,
           Domineering
           Humour
           ,
           and
           
             carried
             on
          
           with
           barbarous
           Cruelty
           ,
           even
           upon
           his
           own
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           Devastation
           abroad
           .
           But
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           at
           last
           interposed
           ,
           and
           put
           a
           Hook
           in
           his
           Nostrils
           ,
           deprived
           him
           of
           the
           Assistance
           of
           both
           his
           Confedarates
           ,
           and
           turned
           the
           Strength
           of
           one
           of
           them
           against
           him
           ;
           and
           thereby
           gave
           an
           offer
           of
           Mercy
           ,
           and
           a
           fair
           Opportunity
           to
           the
           Confederates
           to
           have
           been
           the
           Instruments
           of
           his
           Judgments
           against
           that
           Wicked
           Insolent
           Invader
           ,
           had
           they
           wisely
           improved
           that
           Divine
           Favour
           ,
           for
           the
           Service
           of
           God
           and
           the
           Reformation
           and
           Good
           of
           the
           People
           .
        
         
           But
           they
           have
           all
           been
           insensible
           of
           ,
           and
           unhappily
           neglected
           their
           Duty
           ;
           and
           have
           likewise
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           lost
           that
           fair
           opportunity
           put
           into
           their
           hands
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           Favour
           of
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           seems
           in
           some
           sort
           to
           have
           forsaken
           them
           ,
           and
           gon
           over
           to
           their
           Enemies
           for
           the
           Punishment
           of
           this
           and
           all
           their
           former
           Sins
           and
           Miscarriages
           ,
           and
           Unprofitableness
           for
           his
           Service
           .
           And
           indeed
           whether
           we
           consider
           the
           Provocations
           of
           God's
           Judgments
           by
           this
           Neglect
           under
           such
           Circumstances
           ,
           or
           the
           present
           State
           of
           Affairs
           (
           which
           I
           cannot
           here
           particularly
           observe
           )
           both
           present
           us
           with
           too
           just
           reasons
           for
           some
           apprehensions
           ,
           That
           that
           cruel
           and
           barbarous
           Tyrant
           may
           now
           be
           made
           the
           Terrible
           Instrument
           of
           the
           
           Divine
           Vengeance
           ,
           for
           purging
           these
           Countries
           of
           that
           Wickedness
           ,
           which
           they
           would
           not
           reform
           ;
           and
           for
           casting
           out
           such
           unprofitable
           Servants
           ;
           unless
           it
           be
           prevented
           immediately
           by
           some
           extraordinary
           and
           vigorous
           Means
           of
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           as
           all
           
             the
             Judgments
             of
             God
          
           are
           for
           Punishment
           of
           Sin
           ,
           and
           Reformation
           of
           Manners
           ;
           so
           the
           Common
           
             Sinfull
             State
          
           of
           all
           Nations
           in
           these
           parts
           ,
           and
           the
           
             General
             Commotions
          
           of
           all
           ,
           are
           a
           plain
           Indication
           of
           
             some
             Great
             Judgment
             coming
             upon
             all
             ,
          
           who
           do
           not
           prevent
           it
           by
           speedy
           Repentance
           ,
           and
           some
           notable
           Reformation
           .
           And
           because
           the
           Judgments
           of
           God
           are
           frequently
           executed
           not
           onely
           upon
           Persons
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           special
           manner
           also
           upon
           such
           Things
           ,
           as
           have
           been
           much
           abused
           to
           his
           dishonor
           or
           disservice
           ,
           
             the
             Great
             Work
          
           ,
           which
           all
           these
           Commotions
           overruled
           by
           the
           Holy
           Providence
           of
           God
           tend
           to
           ,
           may
           in
           all
           probability
           be
           ,
           not
           onely
           the
           Punishment
           of
           the
           Persons
           of
           all
           degrees
           ,
           but
           the
           putting
           down
           or
           abolishing
           of
           all
           that
           Rule
           ,
           Authority
           and
           Power
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           so
           abused
           ,
           unprofitable
           and
           disserviceable
           to
           their
           Great
           and
           proper
           Master
           ,
           to
           make
           way
           for
           that
           Glorious
           Kingdom
           and
           Blessed
           Theocracy
           ,
           which
           shall
           never
           be
           destroyed
           .
           This
           was
           begun
           ,
           and
           should
           have
           been
           done
           by
           the
           Confederates
           against
           that
           Insolent
           Tyrant
           and
           common
           Oppressor
           ,
           had
           they
           well
           considered
           their
           Business
           and
           subjected
           their
           Power
           to
           Their
           Sovereign
           ,
           and
           used
           their
           Authority
           in
           subservience
           to
           this
           Great
           Work
           ,
           first
           by
           Reformation
           of
           themselves
           and
           of
           the
           People
           subjected
           to
           them
           .
           But
           they
           not
           considering
           ,
           but
           neglecting
           this
           principal
           Part
           ,
           the
           present
           Posture
           of
           things
           seems
           to
           theraten
           ,
           That
           they
           may
           be
           first
           suppressed
           and
           the
           Sins
           and
           Wickedness
           of
           themselves
           and
           their
           People
           punished
           ,
           by
           Him
           ,
           and
           Himself
           at
           last
           for
           all
           his
           Insolence
           and
           Wickedness
           by
           some
           extraordinary
           Judgment
           .
           Yet
           possibly
           there
           is
           not
           any
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           but
           if
           they
           shall
           in
           time
           open
           their
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           without
           any
           sinister
           Designs
           to
           set
           up
           themselves
           ,
           apply
           their
           Power
           sincerely
           and
           by
           direct
           and
           proper
           Means
           to
           promote
           the
           Service
           of
           GOD
           in
           this
           Great
           Work
           ,
           they
           may
           be
           received
           and
           well
           rewarded
           ,
           both
           with
           Honour
           here
           ,
           and
           Happiness
           hereafter
           .
        
         
           Of
           all
           the
           Confederates
           ,
           none
           hath
           been
           more
           highly
           favoured
           
           by
           an
           Extraordinary
           Providence
           than
           King
           William
           ;
           but
           in
           my
           apprehension
           ,
           none
           hath
           more
           failed
           than
           he
           ,
           considering
           his
           circumstances
           ,
           in
           the
           Duty
           incumbent
           upon
           him
           ;
           nor
           is
           any
           in
           greater
           danger
           both
           in
           that
           respect
           ,
           and
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           present
           State
           of
           his
           Affairs
           ,
           which
           I
           take
           to
           be
           in
           all
           respects
           the
           Consequence
           of
           that
           .
           Onely
           there
           seems
           to
           be
           yet
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           ,
           a
           door
           of
           Mercy
           and
           Favour
           open
           for
           him
           ,
           in
           as
           much
           as
           it
           is
           now
           apparent
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           wholly
           his
           Fault
           ,
           but
           partly
           his
           Unhappiness
           ,
           in
           that
           he
           had
           no
           better
           Guides
           to
           direct
           and
           admonish
           him
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           yet
           be
           carefull
           and
           resolute
           to
           doe
           what
           he
           ought
           ,
           though
           now
           more
           difficult
           ,
           and
           therefore
           to
           be
           performed
           with
           so
           much
           the
           greater
           Resolution
           ,
           possibly
           he
           may
           recover
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           his
           former
           Prosperous
           Condition
           ;
           though
           I
           doubt
           that
           He
           may
           suffer
           such
           loss
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           just
           matter
           for
           a
           longer
           Sorrow
           and
           Repentance
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           that
           hath
           troubled
           both
           Him
           and
           us
           shall
           bear
           his
           Judgment
           ,
           whoever
           he
           be
           ,
           unless
           he
           prevent
           it
           by
           some
           proper
           and
           eminent
           Works
           of
           Repentance
           .
        
         
           Many
           things
           more
           I
           had
           to
           have
           said
           :
           but
           this
           first
           Work
           is
           of
           so
           great
           Importance
           ,
           that
           unless
           it
           be
           instantly
           and
           effectually
           provided
           for
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           in
           vain
           to
           think
           of
           farther
           applications
           .
           Nay
           our
           very
           Fasting
           and
           Humiliation
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Prayers
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           will
           avail
           nothing
           ,
           unless
           the
           Troublers
           of
           Israel
           be
           brought
           forth
           ,
           and
           the
           Accursed
           thing
           be
           removed
           .
           If
           this
           were
           once
           well
           resolved
           upon
           and
           concluded
           ,
           it
           would
           not
           be
           hard
           to
           detect
           greater
           Troublers
           of
           our
           Israel
           ,
           than
           those
           who
           are
           now
           in
           danger
           of
           their
           Lives
           ;
           and
           soon
           to
           put
           things
           into
           such
           a
           posture
           of
           Security
           ,
           as
           the
           King
           need
           not
           fear
           Confusions
           in
           his
           Absence
           ,
           which
           otherwise
           may
           be
           feared
           .
        
         
           Yet
           one
           thing
           there
           is
           most
           peculiar
           to
           your self
           that
           however
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           omitted
           upon
           this
           oceasion
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           
             the
             manifest
             Judgments
             of
             God
             upon
             your
             own
             Royal
             Family
             ,
             and
          
           upon
           so
           near
           a
           Relation
           as
           a
           Father
           ;
           and
           Judgments
           both
           Spiritual
           ,
           of
           strong
           Delusions
           ;
           and
           Temporal
           ,
           of
           just
           and
           deserved
           Exclusion
           from
           the
           Government
           of
           these
           Nations
           .
           The
           due
           Consideration
           whereof
           will
           easily
           discover
           
           several
           Obligations
           upon
           you
           .
           1.
           
           The
           Consideration
           of
           such
           Unhappiness
           of
           so
           near
           a
           Relation
           (
           which
           is
           matter
           not
           onely
           of
           particular
           Humiliation
           ,
           but
           of
           continual
           Grief
           and
           Mourning
           )
           requires
           great
           Seriousness
           in
           all
           your
           behaviour
           ,
           and
           Circumspection
           lest
           Prosperity
           make
           you
           forget
           it
           ,
           and
           thereby
           offend
           God
           ,
           and
           so
           bring
           Evil
           upon
           your self
           .
           2.
           
           The
           Consideration
           of
           the
           Provoking
           Causes
           requires
           ,
           first
           ,
           your
           Humiliation
           under
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           be
           content
           and
           willing
           ,
           and
           desirous
           that
           they
           may
           be
           plainly
           and
           fully
           detected
           :
           first
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           avoid
           them
           ,
           and
           all
           participation
           in
           them
           ,
           lest
           you
           be
           overtaken
           and
           involved
           in
           the
           Judgments
           of
           God
           upon
           them
           :
           but
           ,
           secondly
           and
           principally
           ,
           for
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           manifestation
           of
           the
           Righteousness
           of
           his
           Judgments
           :
           for
           should
           you
           offer
           to
           hinder
           this
           ,
           as
           it
           would
           tend
           to
           the
           Scandal
           of
           his
           Righteous
           Judgments
           ,
           so
           it
           would
           certainly
           provoke
           him
           to
           detect
           all
           some
           other
           way
           to
           your
           greater
           Shame
           and
           Confusion
           ,
           and
           bring
           the
           same
           Judgments
           upon
           your self
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           It
           requires
           your
           utmost
           Care
           and
           Circumspection
           all
           your
           life
           long
           to
           avoid
           them
           ,
           that
           you
           abhor
           them
           ,
           come
           not
           near
           them
           ,
           lest
           they
           lay
           hold
           on
           you
           :
           for
           of
           all
           they
           are
           the
           most
           dangerous
           for
           You
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Participation
           in
           so
           great
           a
           Store
           of
           Guilt
           ,
           and
           the
           Warning
           given
           you
           by
           such
           Judgements
           ,
           and
           the
           special
           Temptations
           you
           are
           like
           to
           meet
           with
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           
             an
             Iniquity
          
           in
           that
           Family
           ,
           
             which
             might
             be
             traced
          
           a
           great
           way
           
             back
             into
             Scotland
          
           ;
           but
           King
           James
           I
           ,
           came
           into
           England
           by
           the
           Favour
           of
           Providence
           ,
           in
           a
           State
           of
           Mercy
           .
           And
           therefore
           we
           need
           look
           no
           farther
           back
           for
           this
           purpose
           .
           By
           and
           under
           the
           same
           Favour
           have
           all
           his
           Successors
           come
           to
           the
           Throne
           ,
           and
           your self
           in
           particular
           :
           but
           they
           all
           forseited
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           You
           may
           not
           ,
           is
           this
           plain
           Advice
           written
           .
           
             His
             great
             Sins
          
           ,
           which
           have
           most
           ensnared
           his
           Posterity
           were
           ,
           1.
           
           
             Great
             Injustice
          
           ,
           and
           a
           very
           wicked
           Design
           by
           a
           
             Mystery
             of
             Iniquity
          
           to
           subvert
           a
           Noble
           Constitution
           of
           Government
           ,
           which
           God
           had
           intrusted
           him
           with
           ,
           and
           he
           had
           sworn
           to
           mainian
           ;
           and
           ,
           2.
           
           
             Abuse
             and
             Prophanation
          
           of
           Religion
           to
           serve
           his
           Unrighteous
           Design
           .
           To
           give
           a
           particular
           account
           of
           each
           of
           these
           would
           be
           too
           long
           for
           this
           
           place
           .
           But
           there
           are
           two
           Effects
           thereof
           which
           have
           ever
           since
           been
           very
           pernicious
           to
           his
           Posterity
           and
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           present
           are
           the
           greatest
           occasions
           of
           Trouble
           and
           Danger
           to
           Your
           Government
           ,
           above
           all
           other
           .
           The
           one
           is
           ,
           
             False
             Notions
             concerning
             the
             Constitution
             of
             this
             Government
             ,
             Prerogative
             ,
             and
             the
             Rights
             of
             the
             People
             ,
          
           which
           cost
           your
           Grandfather
           his
           Head
           ,
           and
           your
           Father
           his
           Crown
           ,
           and
           at
           present
           mislead
           many
           worthy
           and
           honest
           Persons
           ,
           to
           be
           your
           Adversaries
           ,
           who
           would
           otherwise
           have
           been
           your
           loyal
           and
           faithfull
           Subjects
           ;
           and
           would
           be
           much
           more
           mischievous
           to
           you
           ,
           if
           you
           should
           by
           that
           Faction
           ,
           Flattery
           ,
           or
           any
           Temptation
           be
           once
           possessed
           with
           them
           .
           They
           are
           in
           their
           original
           ,
           a
           Mystery
           of
           Iniquity
           ,
           a
           wicked
           Imposture
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           the
           Vengeance
           of
           the
           Righteous
           God
           has
           pursued
           ,
           and
           still
           will
           ,
           till
           they
           be
           eradicated
           ;
           and
           it
           concerns
           you
           much
           to
           be
           very
           carefull
           to
           avoid
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Occasions
           and
           Stumbling-stones
           be
           removed
           by
           some
           deliberate
           Acts
           of
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           Convocation
           :
           for
           they
           will
           otherwise
           prove
           a
           Root
           of
           Bitterness
           to
           the
           whole
           race
           of
           the
           Authour
           .
           Your
           Government
           is
           Just
           and
           Rightfull
           ,
           let
           but
           the
           Execution
           of
           it
           be
           so
           too
           ,
           and
           God's
           Blessing
           will
           be
           upon
           it
           .
           The
           other
           is
           ,
           the
           
             Overspreading
             of
             Prophaneness
             and
             Formality
          
           ,
           which
           all
           Governours
           are
           obliged
           to
           use
           their
           utmost
           Care
           and
           Endeavours
           to
           reform
           ,
           but
           You
           doubly
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           also
           discharge
           your self
           of
           the
           Guilt
           of
           your
           Ancestors
           ;
           I
           might
           say
           trebly
           ,
           viz.
           also
           out
           of
           Gratitude
           for
           the
           special
           Mercies
           and
           Favours
           you
           have
           received
           .
           Nay
           it
           is
           your
           special
           Business
           ,
           as
           much
           to
           suppress
           that
           ,
           as
           to
           cast
           out
           Popery
           ,
           without
           which
           you
           cannot
           prosper
           .
        
         
           That
           God
           will
           bless
           your
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           may
           be
           faithfull
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Trust
           reposed
           in
           You
           ,
           and
           may
           flourish
           in
           all
           Grace
           and
           Virtue
           and
           Prosperity
           ,
           is
           the
           hearty
           Prayer
           of
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             Loyal
             and
             Faithfull
             Subject
             ,
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           AN
           ADMONITION
           Concerning
           A
           PUBLICK
           FAST
           ,
           TO
           Implore
           the
           Mercy
           and
           Favour
           of
           GOD
           for
           the
           Averting
           of
           his
           Judgments
           ,
           and
           the
           Recovering
           of
           his
           Blessing
           .
        
         
           BEcause
           I
           have
           heard
           that
           we
           are
           like
           to
           have
           a
           Proclamation
           for
           a
           Publick
           Fast
           ;
           or
           however
           ,
           because
           I
           am
           certain
           we
           have
           great
           need
           to
           have
           one
           ,
           at
           least
           for
           the
           use
           of
           those
           who
           desire
           to
           be
           found
           Mourners
           in
           secret
           for
           the
           Abominations
           that
           be
           done
           in
           the
           Land
           ;
           I
           have
           thought
           fit
           ,
           as
           an
           Act
           of
           Duty
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           Charity
           to
           my
           Country
           ,
           to
           publish
           this
           brief
           Admonition
           concerning
           the
           present
           just
           Causes
           we
           have
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           manner
           of
           Performance
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           must
           be
           observed
           if
           we
           expect
           any
           good
           effect
           thereof
           .
           I
           did
           formerly
           ,
           upon
           occasion
           of
           the
           Fast
           ,
           Jun.
           5.
           1689.
           publish
           a
           Paper
           
             Of
             Humiliation
          
           ,
           of
           which
           one
           of
           the
           Scoffers
           of
           the
           latter
           Times
           ,
           at
           a
           Coffee-House
           scoffingly
           said
           ,
           He
           supposed
           that
           would
           do
           more
           Service
           than
           20000
           Men
           in
           Ireland
           .
           But
           how
           long
           did
           we
           afterwards
           see
           more
           than
           20000
           Men
           lie
           near
           the
           Enemy
           there
           ,
           and
           do
           nothing
           at
           all
           !
           Not
           dare
           to
           attack
           them
           ,
           
           though
           one
           would
           think
           encouraged
           enough
           with
           so
           great
           and
           easie
           Success
           then
           so
           lately
           in
           England
           !
           But
           of
           the
           Invisible
           Powers
           ,
           which
           attend
           and
           interpose
           in
           the
           Affairs
           of
           Men
           ,
           such
           bruitish
           Animals
           have
           little
           Sense
           or
           Apprehension
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           is
           not
           unlikely
           that
           this
           may
           meet
           with
           the
           like
           Entertainment
           :
           But
           I
           am
           perswaded
           that
           they
           shall
           proceed
           no
           further
           ,
           and
           that
           their
           Impiety
           will
           very
           shortly
           meet
           with
           a
           due
           Correction
           ,
           if
           not
           before
           by
           the
           Hand
           of
           Governors
           ,
           by
           the
           Hand
           of
           Providence
           and
           the
           Sword
           of
           an
           Enemy
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           ,
           leaving
           them
           to
           their
           own
           severe
           Mistress
           ,
           to
           proceed
           ,
           There
           are
           two
           great
           
             Causes
             to
             provoke
             us
             to
             an
             extraordinary
             Humiliation
          
           at
           this
           time
           .
           1.
           
           
             The
             Fulness
             and
             Ripeness
             of
             Sin.
             2.
             
             The
             near
             Approaches
             of
             a
             terrible
             Judgment
             .
          
           Concerning
           
             the
             former
          
           to
           say
           nothing
           of
           other
           Evidences
           of
           its
           Maturity
           ,
           this
           one
           I
           think
           is
           sufficient
           ,
           
             When
             it
             is
             become
             past
             Remedy
             by
             Humane
             Means
             ,
             it
             must
             needs
             be
             ripe
             for
             the
             Judgments
             of
             God.
          
           And
           then
           certainly
           is
           it
           past
           all
           Humane
           Means
           ,
           when
           it
           hath
           either
           so
           infected
           the
           Governors
           and
           Ministers
           that
           they
           will
           not
           ,
           or
           is
           become
           so
           prevalent
           that
           they
           cannot
           or
           dare
           not
           correct
           it
           ,
           or
           punish
           it
           as
           it
           ought
           .
           And
           this
           is
           plainly
           our
           Case
           .
           Rarely
           hath
           any
           Prince
           been
           more
           plainly
           admonished
           of
           a
           Special
           Duty
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           dangerous
           Consequence
           of
           the
           Neglect
           of
           it
           than
           King
           William
           hath
           been
           ,
           and
           in
           due
           Time
           :
           And
           as
           rarely
           any
           more
           plainly
           admonished
           of
           his
           Fault
           when
           committed
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Mischiefs
           thereby
           incurred
           ,
           than
           he
           bath
           been
           again
           and
           again
           .
           Never
           was
           Parliament
           more
           plainly
           admonished
           of
           a
           foul
           Fault
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Work
           ,
           than
           our
           Convention
           was
           of
           that-in
           their
           Order
           for
           the
           Thanksgiving
           ,
           (
           which
           hath
           proved
           a
           Root
           of
           Bitterness
           ever
           since
           )
           but
           so
           senseless
           in
           such
           matters
           is
           this
           Generation
           grown
           ,
           that
           I
           doubt
           we
           have
           some
           Doctors
           ,
           who
           do
           not
           understand
           it
           to
           this
           Day
           .
           Nor
           ever
           were
           Parliaments
           more
           provoked
           to
           their
           Duty
           by
           plain-dealing
           than
           ours
           have
           been
           again
           and
           again
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           never
           were
           Bishops
           more
           honestly
           and
           plainly
           told
           of
           their
           Duty
           ,
           nor
           more
           justly
           and
           homely
           reproved
           for
           their
           most
           shameful
           Neglect
           ,
           than
           ours
           have
           been
           .
           But
           alas
           !
           here
           's
           the
           Root
           of
           all
           our
           Evil.
           Their
           Unfaithfulness
           to
           God
           ,
           whose
           special
           Service
           was
           their
           proper
           business
           ;
           Unfaithfulness
           to
           Kings
           ,
           whom
           they
           have
           magnified
           above
           measure
           ,
           and
           more
           slattered
           for
           their
           own
           Advantage
           ,
           than
           faithfully
           admonished
           for
           the
           Service
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           been
           more
           forward
           to
           conspire
           with
           to
           subvert
           the
           Rights
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           than
           to
           
           admonish
           them
           of
           their
           Duty
           both
           to
           God
           and
           Man
           ,
           to
           be
           Protectors
           of
           the
           Right
           of
           the
           meanest
           Subject
           .
           Their
           Neglect
           of
           their
           Episcopal
           Authority
           for
           Reproof
           and
           Correction
           of
           the
           Scandalous
           Sins
           ,
           especially
           of
           Great
           Men
           ,
           against
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           Abuse
           of
           it
           for
           punishment
           of
           Sober
           and
           Conscientious
           People
           with
           the
           utmost
           Severity
           for
           any
           breach
           of
           their
           own
           Canons
           ,
           or
           Laws
           made
           for
           their
           Advantage
           ;
           hath
           been
           the
           greatest
           Inlet
           of
           all
           our
           Mischief
           ,
           of
           the
           Bruitish
           and
           Carnal
           Sins
           of
           the
           Nation
           :
           And
           again
           ,
           their
           earnest
           and
           endless
           pursuit
           of
           Preferments
           ,
           and
           mis-imployment
           of
           what
           they
           get
           ,
           hath
           been
           the
           great
           Incentive
           to
           those
           
             Animal
             Sins
          
           of
           Covetousness
           and
           Ambition
           ,
           which
           have
           betrayed
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           been
           the
           immediate
           Means
           to
           bring
           the
           Judgments
           of
           God
           so
           near
           to
           us
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           at
           this
           time
           .
           Nor
           is
           this
           all
           :
           But
           besides
           their
           Unprositableness
           in
           that
           great
           Place
           and
           Advantage
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           to
           have
           done
           good
           in
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           they
           have
           not
           only
           heretofore
           been
           the
           Principal
           Obstructors
           of
           many
           good
           things
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           proposed
           and
           begun
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           but
           have
           of
           late
           laid
           aside
           a
           Bill
           for
           the
           necessary
           Reformation
           of
           Manners
           ,
           and
           preventing
           the
           approaching
           Judgments
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           was
           drawn
           at
           the
           Request
           of
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           without
           offering
           any
           other
           in
           the
           place
           of
           it
           .
           And
           besides
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           have
           not
           only
           in
           private
           obstructed
           the
           good
           Effect
           of
           those
           faithful
           Admonitions
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           given
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           by
           misrepresenting
           the
           Person
           to
           him
           who
           sent
           them
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           Truth
           and
           Weight
           of
           the
           Admonitions
           had
           not
           been
           the
           only
           thing
           to
           be
           regarded
           ,
           whoever
           was
           the
           Instrument
           ;
           but
           have
           at
           last
           even
           from
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           in
           the
           Face
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           encouraged
           the
           King
           to
           Security
           in
           Neglect
           of
           that
           great
           Duty
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           so
           earnestly
           pressed
           in
           those
           Admonitions
           for
           his
           own
           Good
           ;
           and
           done
           it
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           ,
           as
           never
           any
           of
           the
           false
           Prophets
           of
           old
           ,
           (
           except
           only
           their
           Pretence
           of
           special
           revelation
           or
           the
           great
           Enemy
           of
           Mankind
           could
           have
           done
           more
           subtily
           and
           plausibly
           :
           Which
           though
           of
           sad
           Consideration
           in
           other
           respects
           ,
           yet
           may
           give
           the
           more
           hope
           of
           
             the
             Kings
             Case
          
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           in
           it
           so
           much
           the
           less
           of
           Fault
           as
           there
           is
           more
           of
           Unhappiness
           ,
           in
           that
           he
           hath
           been
           so
           unfaithfully
           dealt
           with
           by
           those
           about
           him
           .
           And
           if
           with
           this
           we
           take
           .
           into
           the
           Consideration
           the
           Bishops
           Excuse
           ,
           why
           they
           did
           not
           offer
           the
           Bill
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           ,
           viz.
           Lest
           a
           thing
           of
           that
           Nature
           should
           be
           ridicaled
           and
           contemned
           ,
           and
           Religion
           with
           it
           .
           I
           suppose
           no
           serious
           Man
           but
           
           will
           acknowledge
           all
           this
           to
           be
           sufficient
           Evidence
           of
           the
           Prevalence
           and
           full
           Maturity
           of
           Sin
           and
           Wickedness
           in
           this
           Nation
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           concerning
           the
           near
           
             Approaches
             of
             God's
             Judgments
          
           upon
           the
           Nation
           .
           Every
           Affliction
           or
           Calamity
           upon
           a
           Person
           or
           Nation
           is
           not
           presently
           to
           be
           reputed
           a
           Judgment
           or
           Punishment
           of
           Sin.
           Some
           may
           be
           for
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           some
           for
           Exercise
           of
           his
           Creatures
           .
           But
           when
           we
           see
           notorious
           and
           provoking
           Sins
           followed
           with
           proportionable
           Calamities
           and
           Afflictions
           ,
           then
           we
           may
           safely
           conclude
           them
           Judgments
           ;
           especially
           when
           we
           see
           Afflictions
           after
           Afflictions
           ,
           or
           Interchanges
           of
           Afflictions
           and
           Mercies
           ,
           and
           the
           Afflictions
           more
           and
           more
           increasing
           ,
           but
           the
           Provocations
           no
           whit
           abated
           ,
           but
           either
           still
           increasing
           ,
           or
           Men
           more
           and
           more
           hardned
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           insensible
           of
           God's
           Judgments
           ,
           that
           is
           a
           dangerous
           Sign
           that
           some
           terrible
           Judgment
           is
           not
           far
           off
           .
           But
           when
           in
           such
           Case
           a
           particular
           Calamity
           is
           as
           visible
           as
           a
           Cloud
           in
           the
           Air
           ,
           and
           as
           likely
           to
           fall
           upon
           a
           Nation
           ,
           as
           such
           a
           Cloud
           to
           break
           into
           a
           Storm
           ,
           (
           as
           when
           you
           see
           Jerusalem
           encompassed
           with
           Armies
           )
           then
           the
           Approaches
           of
           that
           Judgment
           are
           very
           near
           .
           And
           whether
           this
           be
           not
           the
           Case
           of
           this
           Nation
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           deserves
           our
           very
           serious
           Consideration
           speedily
           .
           Of
           the
           Ripeness
           and
           Maturity
           of
           the
           Sins
           of
           the
           Nation
           I
           have
           given
           sufficient
           Evidence
           before
           :
           It
           remains
           thereof
           only
           to
           consider
           what
           Prospect
           there
           is
           
             of
             any
             particular
             Calamity
          
           visible
           ,
           which
           may
           probably
           or
           possibly
           be
           approaching
           this
           Nation
           .
           And
           if
           we
           look
           back
           for
           most
           part
           of
           these
           Thirty
           Years
           last
           past
           ,
           there
           has
           been
           a
           Storm
           in
           brewing
           ,
           often
           ready
           to
           break
           out
           very
           terribly
           both
           upon
           these
           and
           some
           Neighbour
           Nations
           ;
           but
           it
           hath
           pleased
           God
           that
           it
           hath
           as
           often
           blown
           over
           ,
           and
           served
           only
           for
           so
           many
           Warnings
           .
           And
           it
           was
           within
           these
           three
           years
           that
           we
           were
           in
           very
           great
           Danger
           ,
           we
           and
           our
           Neighbours
           too
           ;
           and
           it
           pleased
           God
           to
           give
           us
           as
           great
           ,
           and
           a
           very
           extraordinary
           Deliverance
           .
           But
           how
           little
           good
           Effect
           it
           hath
           had
           upon
           us
           ,
           may
           be
           understood
           by
           what
           is
           said
           already
           ;
           to
           which
           I
           will
           add
           only
           this
           ,
           that
           as
           we
           prophaned
           our
           Thanksgiving
           for
           our
           Deliverance
           with
           a
           frothy
           Complement
           to
           the
           Instrument
           ,
           so
           do
           we
           now
           make
           a
           sport
           and
           a
           Trade
           of
           the
           Approaches
           of
           God's
           Judgments
           ;
           a
           matter
           that
           hath
           more
           of
           Sin
           and
           Provocation
           in
           it
           ,
           than
           this
           Sensual
           Generation
           is
           apprehensive
           of
           and
           a
           very
           ill
           Sign
           of
           a
           dangerous
           Condition
           .
           Certainly
           God
           ,
           after
           so
           great
           a
           Manifestation
           of
           his
           Providence
           in
           our
           Deliverance
           ,
           expected
           other
           and
           more
           substantial
           
           Returns
           than
           such
           a
           Formality
           ;
           and
           when
           we
           notwithstanding
           neglected
           our
           Duty
           ,
           he
           was
           graciously
           pleased
           the
           first
           year
           to
           correct
           our
           Neglect
           only
           with
           a
           Suspension
           of
           his
           Blessing
           ;
           all
           things
           were
           at
           a
           stand
           with
           us
           ,
           nothing
           prosper'd
           or
           succeeded
           :
           But
           when
           we
           still
           continued
           our
           Neglect
           ,
           he
           proceeded
           one
           degree
           further
           ,
           to
           a
           smarter
           Chastisement
           by
           a
           shameful
           Bafflle
           of
           our
           Fleet
           at
           Sea
           ,
           through
           the
           Unfaithfulness
           or
           Fearfulness
           (
           so
           suitable
           a
           Punishment
           )
           of
           some
           employed
           in
           that
           Service
           ;
           to
           say
           nothing
           of
           other
           Misfortunes
           elsewhere
           .
           And
           now
           we
           are
           come
           to
           the
           third
           year
           without
           any
           Amendment
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           bolder
           and
           brisker
           Attempt
           of
           a
           Powerful
           and
           Active
           Adversary
           ,
           very
           early
           ,
           and
           with
           good
           Success
           ,
           in
           the
           View
           ,
           in
           a
           manner
           ,
           of
           the
           King
           himself
           ;
           and
           perhaps
           not
           without
           some
           Error
           committed
           through
           Fearfulness
           ,
           if
           not
           Unfaithfulness
           in
           some
           of
           his
           Council
           of
           War.
           And
           if
           we
           well
           consider
           how
           Powerful
           ,
           Active
           and
           Forward
           our
           Adversary
           is
           ,
           how
           distracted
           our
           Allies
           are
           abroad
           ,
           how
           divided
           we
           our selves
           are
           at
           home
           ;
           how
           unfaithfully
           ,
           or
           unwisely
           ,
           or
           unsuccessfully
           our
           Affairs
           are
           managed
           both
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           ,
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           fear
           the
           Approaches
           of
           a
           very
           terrible
           Judgment
           very
           near
           .
           And
           if
           things
           be
           well
           examined
           ,
           we
           may
           apprehend
           not
           only
           a
           Proportionable
           but
           a
           Suitable
           Judgment
           in
           all
           ,
           Unfaithfulness
           ,
           Fearfulness
           of
           God's
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           adhering
           to
           Dilatory
           wicked
           Councils
           ,
           punished
           with
           like
           Unfaithfulness
           ,
           Fearfulness
           of
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           like
           Dilatory
           Counsels
           in
           those
           we
           employ
           .
           And
           for
           the
           nearness
           of
           the
           Approaches
           of
           Judgments
           ,
           at
           the
           very
           instant
           ,
           while
           I
           am
           writing
           this
           ,
           are
           we
           alarm'd
           with
           a
           terrible
           beginning
           of
           a
           Fire
           breaking
           out
           in
           the
           Royal
           Palace
           at
           Whitehal
           .
           Certainly
           ,
           we
           have
           great
           Reason
           to
           believe
           that
           the
           Accomplishment
           of
           Bishop
           
           Usher's
           Prediction
           is
           very
           near
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           may
           soon
           be
           taught
           what
           Monsieur
           St.
           Jean's
           
             Thunder
             under
             Ground
          
           did
           import
           ,
           by
           a
           sudden
           Resurrection
           and
           Eruption
           of
           the
           Plots
           ,
           which
           the
           Unsaithfulness
           and
           Deceitfulness
           of
           some
           have
           so
           politickly
           buried
           ,
           if
           not
           prevented
           by
           a
           very
           speedy
           Alteration
           of
           our
           Ordering
           of
           things
           so
           as
           may
           be
           both
           more
           for
           the
           Honour
           and
           Service
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           recover
           his
           Favour
           and
           Blessing
           ,
           and
           better
           for
           the
           Security
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           which
           his
           Favour
           and
           Blessing
           alone
           can
           help
           and
           lead
           us
           to
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Recovery
           of
           which
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           my
           next
           business
           )
           we
           must
        
         
           1.
           
           First
           consider
           the
           
             Majesty
             of
             God
          
           ,
           with
           whom
           we
           have
           to
           do
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           which
           the
           greatest
           Majesty
           upon
           Earth
           is
           Ten
           
           Thousand
           times
           less
           than
           the
           faintest
           Shadow
           we
           can
           behold
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           Monarch
           but
           a
           Butterfly
           ;
           nay
           ,
           less
           than
           the
           meanest
           and
           most
           despicable
           Animal
           .
           He
           is
           a
           God
           of
           infinite
           Mercy
           indeed
           ,
           but
           withal
           of
           absolute
           Justice
           and
           Holiness
           ,
           and
           very
           terrible
           in
           his
           Judgments
           against
           obstinate
           and
           incorrigible
           Sinners
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           We
           must
           next
           consider
           the
           
             sinful
             State
             and
             Condition
             of
             the
             Nation
          
           ;
           the
           Universality
           of
           it
           ,
           having
           overspread
           all
           Orders
           ,
           our
           Kings
           ,
           our
           Nobles
           ,
           our
           Priests
           and
           our
           Prophets
           ,
           and
           all
           Ranks
           and
           Degrees
           of
           our
           People
           .
           The
           
             Growth
             and
             long
             Continuance
             of
             it
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Impudence
             and
             Obstinacy
          
           of
           it
           ,
           out-facing
           all
           Humane
           Authority
           ,
           and
           standing
           out
           without
           Remorse
           against
           the
           various
           repeated
           Divine
           Methods
           ,
           both
           of
           Judgments
           and
           Mercies
           ,
           to
           bring
           us
           to
           Repentance
           and
           Reformation
           :
           And
           the
           great
           Danger
           ,
           it
           is
           now
           again
           fallen
           into
           by
           reason
           of
           our
           unprofitableness
           upon
           so
           late
           and
           great
           a
           Mercy
           and
           Deliverance
           as
           our
           last
           was
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           And
           when
           with
           such
           Considerations
           we
           are
           affected
           with
           such
           a
           sense
           of
           our
           Condition
           as
           is
           meet
           ,
           and
           a
           sincere
           internal
           Contrition
           ,
           we
           must
           speedily
           apply
           our selves
           to
           give
           Glory
           to
           God
           ,
           by
           serious
           and
           solemn
           
             External
             Actions
             of
             Humiliation
          
           ;
           appointing
           of
           Days
           for
           the
           purpose
           ,
           afflicting
           our
           Souls
           in
           strict
           
             Fasting
             and
             Mortification
             ,
             confessing
          
           the
           Sins
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           of
           our
           Kings
           ,
           and
           our
           Priests
           ,
           and
           our
           Prophets
           ,
           and
           all
           sorts
           amongst
           us
           ,
           plainly
           and
           truly
           with
           great
           Seriousness
           and
           sense
           of
           the
           Evil
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           Justice
           of
           all
           the
           Judgments
           we
           either
           feel
           or
           fear
           ,
           with
           humble
           and
           earnest
           Supplications
           and
           Deprecations
           .
           But
           this
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           done
           to
           purpose
           ,
           had
           need
           be
           done
           in
           another
           manner
           than
           is
           usual
           in
           the
           Forms
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           with
           more
           strictness
           in
           the
           Acts
           of
           Mortification
           than
           is
           usual
           amongst
           u.
           
        
         
           When
           Publick
           Sins
           and
           manifest
           Judgments
           require
           Publick
           Humiliation
           ,
           then
           to
           neglect
           it
           is
           a
           great
           Aggravation
           of
           the
           Sin
           and
           Provocation
           of
           Judgment
           :
           To
           appoint
           a
           Day
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           observe
           it
           with
           the
           greatest
           Seriousness
           ,
           Solemnity
           and
           Strictness
           ,
           is
           to
           lose
           our
           Labour
           ,
           prophane
           a
           Sacred
           Duty
           ,
           and
           add
           a
           greater
           Aggravation
           and
           Provocation
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           But
           if
           all
           thus
           far
           be
           performed
           never
           so
           well
           and
           exactly
           ,
           yet
           there
           remains
           
             one
             thing
             more
          
           ,
           which
           if
           neglected
           ,
           will
           certainly
           not
           only
           frustrate
           the
           Effect
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           but
           convert
           it
           to
           the
           highest
           Aggravation
           and
           Provocation
           .
           And
           that
           is
           the
           Removal
           of
           the
           Accursed
           Thing
           ,
           whatever
           it
           be
           ,
           and
           Reformation
           of
           what
           is
           
           amiss
           ,
           instantly
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           such
           as
           may
           be
           done
           instantly
           .
           However
           ,
           to
           set
           about
           it
           ,
           and
           do
           what
           may
           be
           done
           toward
           it
           ;
           instantly
           ,
           and
           then
           pursue
           it
           with
           great
           Resolution
           and
           Constancy
           till
           it
           be
           throughly
           accomplished
           ;
           Banish
           all
           false
           Prophets
           ,
           who
           have
           deceived
           us
           into
           Neglect
           and
           Procrastination
           of
           so
           important
           and
           necessary
           a
           Duty
           ,
           and
           thereby
           brought
           us
           into
           so
           much
           Mischief
           and
           Danger
           ;
           and
           make
           Examples
           of
           Notorious
           Scandalous
           Persons
           ;
           and
           by
           doing
           all
           that
           can
           be
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           declare
           both
           to
           God
           and
           Man
           a
           firm
           Resolution
           to
           go
           thorough
           with
           it
           ,
           by
           the
           Blessing
           of
           God
           ,
           whatever
           Difficulties
           occur
           in
           the
           way
           .
           No
           Difficulties
           or
           Dangers
           must
           stop
           or
           stay
           us
           :
           It
           is
           for
           our
           Life
           And
           there
           is
           no
           greater
           Danger
           than
           in
           the
           Neglect
           or
           Delay
           of
           so
           indispensable
           a
           Duty
           .
           We
           must
           remember
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           many
           others
           ,
           that
           Warning
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           
             He
             who
             will
             lose
             his
             Life
             ,
          
           (
           or
           what
           else
           is
           most
           valuable
           )
           
             for
             my
             sake
             ,
             shall
             save
             it
             :
             But
             he
             who
             will
             save
             it
          
           (
           thinks
           to
           secure
           it
           by
           neglect
           or
           transgression
           of
           his
           Duty
           or
           Respect
           to
           me
           )
           
             shall
             lose
             it
          
           ,
           and
           certainly
           find
           himself
           mightily
           mistaken
           in
           his
           Policy
           .
           Nor
           must
           we
           rest
           in
           an
           ordinary
           Performance
           of
           this
           part
           of
           our
           Duty
           :
           For
           the
           Judgments
           which
           threaten
           both
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Nation
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           if
           I
           mistake
           not
           ,
           are
           very
           great
           ,
           and
           require
           the
           Zeal
           of
           Phinehas
           to
           avert
           them
           ,
           and
           pacifie
           the
           Wrath
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           And
           here
           I
           must
           take
           notice
           of
           a
           matter
           ,
           which
           deserves
           to
           be
           well
           consider'd
           ,
           though
           I
           doubt
           few
           ever
           think
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           of
           
             Giving
             Glory
             to
             God
             in
             respect
             of
             his
             former
             Judgments
             ,
          
           and
           doing
           what
           is
           necessary
           for
           
             cleansing
             of
             the
             Nation
             from
             the
             Guilt
             and
             Pollution
             of
             the
             former
             Sins
             ,
          
           of
           which
           it
           is
           not
           yet
           purged
           as
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           .
           We
           have
           these
           thirty
           years
           past
           rather
           politickly
           than
           religiously
           kept
           every
           year
           the
           30th
           of
           January
           ,
           as
           the
           Day
           of
           
             the
             Martyrdom
             of
             King
          
           Charles
           
             the
             First
          
           :
           But
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           consider'd
           ,
           Whether
           ever
           we
           have
           taken
           care
           to
           
             give
             God
             the
             Glory
             of
             his
             Judgments
             in
             that
             very
             thing
             .
          
           It
           was
           an
           extraordinary
           thing
           for
           a
           King
           to
           have
           his
           Head
           cut
           off
           ,
           at
           his
           own
           Door
           ,
           by
           his
           own
           Subjects
           .
           But
           however
           ,
           if
           we
           have
           had
           more
           regard
           to
           the
           Dead
           King
           than
           to
           the
           Living
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           Hand
           and
           Judgments
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           will
           prove
           such
           a
           piece
           of
           Hypocrisie
           ,
           as
           may
           concern
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           to
           look
           to
           it
           in
           time
           ,
           lest
           God
           by
           his
           Judgments
           set
           it
           out
           to
           their
           Shame
           or
           Confusion
           .
           And
           for
           the
           
             late
             K.
          
           James
           ,
           if
           we
           can
           satisfie
           our selves
           with
           our
           Acquests
           ,
           and
           take
           no
           care
           to
           manifest
           to
           the
           World
           the
           Justice
           of
           our
           own
           Proceedings
           
           in
           the
           late
           Revolution
           ,
           certainly
           we
           ought
           in
           Gratitude
           to
           God
           to
           have
           given
           him
           the
           Glory
           of
           his
           Justice
           as
           well
           as
           his
           Mercy
           in
           it
           ,
           by
           publick
           Examination
           and
           Justice
           upon
           some
           of
           the
           notorious
           Criminals
           .
           And
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           the
           Judgments
           of
           God
           will
           reach
           those
           Prophane
           Politicians
           ,
           who
           have
           studiously
           smothered
           and
           covered
           such
           Works
           of
           
             Secrecy
             and
             Darkness
          
           ,
           as
           ought
           for
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           to
           have
           been
           set
           in
           the
           Light
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           obstructed
           Justice
           upon
           more
           apparent
           Criminals
           .
           And
           besides
           ,
           this
           is
           a
           thing
           that
           does
           so
           greatly
           concern
           the
           King
           in
           respect
           of
           his
           Duty
           to
           God
           ,
           that
           as
           it
           is
           a
           shame
           to
           all
           his
           Bishops
           and
           Doctors
           and
           Chaplains
           about
           him
           ,
           if
           they
           have
           been
           all
           so
           unskilful
           in
           their
           own
           Profession
           ,
           or
           so
           unfaithful
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           that
           none
           of
           them
           hath
           admonished
           him
           ,
           and
           endeavoured
           to
           make
           him
           sensible
           of
           the
           Importance
           of
           it
           ;
           so
           I
           doubt
           it
           will
           be
           imputed
           to
           the
           filling
           up
           of
           the
           measure
           .
        
         
           But
           whatever
           be
           done
           by
           the
           Church
           and
           the
           State
           for
           the
           preventing
           of
           any
           Publick
           Judgment
           or
           Common
           Calamity
           ,
           there
           is
           that
           which
           may
           be
           done
           by
           
             Private
             and
             particular
             Persons
          
           ,
           which
           may
           both
           help
           towards
           that
           ,
           and
           may
           procure
           Safety
           and
           Exemption
           to
           themselves
           out
           of
           it
           :
           Which
           I
           shall
           comprize
           in
           the
           following
           Particulars
           .
        
         
           The
           First
           is
           ,
           to
           
             try
             and
             examin
          
           their
           own
           ways
           ,
           
             and
             turn
          
           to
           the
           Lord
           by
           Repentance
           and
           effectual
           Reformation
           of
           whatever
           is
           amiss
           ,
           and
           be
           sure
           to
           cast
           out
           every
           
             Root
             of
             Bitterness
          
           ;
           leave
           no
           matter
           for
           the
           Fire
           of
           God's
           Judgments
           to
           take
           hold
           of
           .
           If
           we
           will
           escape
           Eternal
           Judgments
           ,
           we
           must
           beware
           of
           such
           deadly
           Sins
           as
           procure
           them
           .
           And
           if
           we
           desire
           to
           escape
           Temporal
           Punishments
           ,
           we
           must
           be
           careful
           ,
           and
           vigilant
           ,
           and
           circumspect
           to
           avoid
           and
           cleanse
           our selves
           from
           every
           Sin.
           For
           every
           Sin
           shall
           receive
           a
           just
           Recompense
           of
           Reward
           ,
           and
           the
           Sinner
           shall
           suffer
           Loss
           ,
           though
           he
           himself
           may
           be
           saved
           ,
           so
           as
           by
           Fire
           .
           There
           is
           a
           Chastning
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           by
           Weakness
           ,
           and
           Sickness
           ,
           and
           Death
           ,
           even
           of
           those
           who
           shall
           not
           be
           condemned
           with
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           for
           that
           purpose
           that
           they
           may
           not
           ;
           which
           as
           we
           would
           avoid
           ,
           we
           must
           carefully
           avoid
           all
           Sin
           ;
           or
           ,
           if
           we
           fall
           into
           any
           ,
           be
           careful
           speedily
           to
           
             cleanse
             our selves
          
           from
           it
           ;
           which
           is
           not
           to
           be
           done
           without
           Trouble
           .
           We
           must
           judge
           our selves
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           not
           be
           judged
           of
           the
           Lord.
           We
           must
           afflict
           our
           Souls
           .
           For
           though
           it
           be
           the
           Blood
           of
           Christ
           and
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           only
           which
           can
           perfect
           our
           Cleansing
           ,
           yet
           is
           there
           something
           to
           be
           done
           by
           us
           in
           the
           use
           of
           Means
           ,
           and
           Cooperation
           
           with
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           :
           As
           1.
           
           Serious
           Consideration
           both
           of
           the
           Majesty
           ,
           Holiness
           and
           Justice
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Evil
           of
           Sin.
           2.
           
           Serious
           use
           of
           the
           Means
           of
           Humiliation
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           External
           Expressions
           of
           it
           for
           the
           more
           Solemn
           Acknowledgment
           of
           the
           Sin
           ,
           and
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           Men
           and
           Angels
           .
           3.
           
           Resolution
           and
           Actual
           Reformation
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           abolish
           the
           Sin
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           may
           be
           ,
           by
           Restitution
           ,
           Reparation
           ,
           Satisfaction
           ,
           and
           Practice
           of
           contrary
           Vertues
           .
           4.
           
           Application
           to
           God
           by
           Supplication
           and
           Faith
           in
           our
           great
           Propitiation
           ,
           with
           Acts
           of
           Mercy
           and
           Charity
           to
           others
           .
           Th●●●
           and
           such
           as
           these
           We
           must
           do
           through
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           for
           our
           Cleansing
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           is
           to
           take
           great
           
             care
             to
             be
             of
             the
             number
             of
             those
             whom
          
           the
           good
           Archbishop
           Usher
           hath
           told
           us
           ,
           
             God
             will
             hide
          
           in
           the
           Hollow
           of
           his
           Hand
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           Shadow
           of
           his
           Wings
           :
           And
           to
           that
           end
           often
           peruse
           and
           ruminate
           upon
           that
           excellent
           Prophesie
           ,
           and
           like
           excellent
           Description
           of
           Sanctification
           printed
           with
           it
           ;
           and
           study
           ,
           and
           strive
           ,
           and
           pray
           earnestly
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           things
           ,
           to
           have
           that
           Holy
           Work
           wrought
           ,
           and
           indelibly
           imprinted
           in
           their
           Hearts
           ;
           and
           to
           give
           it
           growth
           by
           continual
           Exercise
           and
           Labour
           of
           Love
           for
           the
           Honour
           of
           God
           and
           Good
           of
           his
           Creatures
           ,
           till
           that
           Noble
           Generous
           Christian
           Property
           ,
           of
           exerting
           our
           Faculties
           for
           the
           Common
           Good
           ,
           make
           us
           almost
           forget
           our selves
           ,
           and
           carry
           us
           beyond
           all
           Private
           Respect
           :
           Which
           yet
           is
           no
           more
           than
           we
           see
           imprinted
           in
           the
           Nature
           of
           a
           poor
           Animal
           ;
           a
           fearful
           Hen
           ,
           which
           will
           fly
           at
           a
           Kite
           and
           a
           Mastiff
           for
           the
           safety
           of
           her
           Chickens
           ,
           from
           which
           she
           would
           otherwise
           fly
           as
           fast
           to
           save
           her self
           .
           What
           Brutes
           are
           we
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           out
           of
           our selves
           for
           the
           God
           of
           our
           Lives
           ,
           and
           the
           Centre
           of
           our
           Happiness
           !
        
         
           The
           third
           is
           ,
           to
           look
           out
           into
           the
           World
           ;
           behold
           and
           
             consider
             well
             the
             deplorable
             state
             and
             condition
             of
             this
             Nation
             ;
             and
             indeed
             ,
             of
             all
             the
             Reformed
             Churches
             ,
          
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           full
           Growth
           of
           Sin
           amongst
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           Terrible
           Judgments
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           threaten
           them
           ,
           and
           seem
           so
           near
           approaching
           after
           so
           extraordinary
           a
           Mercy
           lately
           afforded
           them
           ,
           and
           a
           Day
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           which
           they
           seem
           to
           have
           neglected
           ,
           without
           any
           Sense
           of
           the
           Duties
           ,
           which
           such
           a
           Divine
           Favour
           and
           Opportunity
           required
           ;
           that
           so
           they
           may
           become
           Mourners
           in
           secret
           ,
           as
           well
           for
           the
           Indignities
           offered
           to
           God
           and
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           the
           Abuse
           of
           a
           most
           Holy
           and
           Excellent
           Religion
           ,
           as
           for
           the
           Calamities
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           great
           reason
           to
           fear
           are
           coming
           upon
           them
           ,
           for
           Just
           Punishment
           of
           all
           that
           Wickedness
           ,
           
           which
           no
           Means
           could
           prevail
           with
           them
           to
           reform
           ;
           and
           may
           be
           the
           better
           fitted
           to
           perform
           their
           Part
           in
           a
           Publick
           Humiliation
           .
        
         
           The
           Fourth
           and
           Last
           is
           to
           do
           what
           they
           can
           for
           the
           
             Reformation
             of
             others
          
           ,
           and
           thereby
           for
           the
           averting
           
             or
             mitigating
             of
             the
             Judgments
             of
             God.
          
           The
           Zeal
           of
           one
           Phinehas
           turned
           away
           the
           Wrath
           of
           God
           from
           the
           Children
           of
           Israel
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           not
           destroy
           them
           .
           And
           besides
           it
           was
           imputed
           to
           him
           for
           Righteousness
           ;
           and
           he
           obtained
           thereby
           a
           Blessing
           upon
           himself
           and
           his
           Posterity
           ,
           
           Numb
           ●●●
           11
           ,
           13.
           
           Psal.
           106.
           31.
           and
           many
           such
           ,
           tho
           private
           Persons
           ,
           〈◊〉
           even
           of
           the
           Lower
           Ranks
           of
           Men
           ,
           might
           do
           much
           Good
           to
           the
           Nation
           ;
           and
           especially
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           Families
           .
           This
           may
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           done
           by
           these
           Means
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           By
           well
           ordering
           
             their
             own
             Families
          
           ,
           if
           they
           have
           any
           ;
           and
           that
           1.
           
           By
           
             Daily
             Prayers
          
           in
           their
           Families
           ;
           for
           which
           purpose
           there
           are
           many
           good
           Books
           to
           be
           had
           ,
           to
           help
           them
           who
           need
           .
           2.
           
           By
           Religious
           Observance
           of
           the
           
             Lord's
             Day
          
           ,
           taking
           care
           that
           all
           of
           their
           Family
           frequent
           and
           reverently
           attend
           to
           the
           Publick
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           employ
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Day
           in
           Reading
           ,
           and
           other
           Religious
           Employment
           .
           3.
           
           By
           Instructing
           ,
           Admonishing
           ,
           Reproving
           ,
           and
           Correcting
           such
           as
           may
           need
           or
           give
           occasion
           for
           it
           ;
           and
           discharging
           from
           their
           Service
           and
           Employment
           such
           as
           are
           incorrigibe
           .
           Of
           which
           more
           presently
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           By
           Admonishing
           and
           Reproving
           their
           Familiar
           
             Friends
             and
             Relations
          
           ,
           and
           
             such
             at
             they
             converse
             with
          
           ,
           as
           occasion
           may
           serve
           or
           require
           ;
           
             Thou
             shalt
             in
             any
             wise
             rebuke
             thy
             Neighbour
             that
             thou
             bear
             not
             sin
             for
             him
             ,
          
           Lev.
           19.
           17.
           and
           using
           their
           best
           Endeavours
           ,
           that
           the
           obstinate
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           be
           reformed
           by
           such
           means
           ,
           may
           be
           punished
           and
           corrected
           by
           the
           Magistrates
           and
           Governors
           .
           Wherein
           if
           they
           may
           seem
           to
           lose
           their
           Labour
           through
           the
           Unrighteousness
           of
           those
           in
           Authority
           ,
           yet
           their
           Labour
           will
           not
           be
           in
           vain
           in
           the
           Lord
           :
           And
           besides
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           constant
           and
           unmoveable
           in
           the
           Work
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           they
           will
           animate
           one
           another
           ;
           and
           the
           Importunity
           of
           many
           will
           by
           degrees
           ,
           by
           God's
           Blessing
           ,
           prevail
           against
           the
           Unrighteousness
           of
           such
           Judges
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           a
           Duty
           of
           greater
           Weight
           and
           Obligation
           than
           most
           Men
           are
           sensible
           of
           :
           And
           the
           Neglect
           of
           it
           hath
           given
           great
           Occasion
           to
           the
           Growth
           of
           Sin
           and
           Wickedness
           amongst
           us
           to
           that
           Maturity
           and
           Fulness
           it
           is
           come
           to
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           present
           Unhappiness
           of
           the
           Nation
           :
           And
           therefore
           now
           under
           our
           Circumstances
           is
           it
           
           so
           much
           the
           more
           to
           be
           put
           in
           Execution
           with
           Zeal
           and
           Vigour
           against
           all
           (
           tho
           they
           be
           as
           thy
           Right
           Hand
           ,
           or
           thy
           Right
           Eye
           )
           by
           whom
           the
           Offence
           cometh
           ,
           they
           must
           not
           be
           spared
           ;
           thine
           Eye
           shall
           not
           pity
           them
           ,
           neither
           shalt
           thou
           spare
           them
           ,
           neither
           shalt
           thou
           conceal
           them
           ;
           so
           shalt
           thou
           put
           the
           Evil
           way
           from
           the
           midst
           of
           thee
           ;
           however
           from
           thy self
           ,
           and
           deliver
           thine
           own
           Soul
           ,
           if
           it
           cannot
           longer
           be
           kept
           off
           from
           the
           Nation
           .
           But
           could
           such
           a
           Spirit
           of
           Zeal
           be
           raised
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           
             Despised
             People
          
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           no
           little
           Ground
           of
           Hope
           still
           .
           And
           why
           should
           it
           not
           ?
           We
           see
           it
           in
           some
           Particulars
           upon
           occcasion
           ;
           and
           may
           see
           it
           in
           more
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           but
           rightly
           informed
           .
           There
           is
           not
           less
           reason
           for
           it
           against
           Debauchery
           than
           against
           Popery
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           less
           injurious
           to
           our
           Religion
           ,
           nor
           less
           dangerous
           to
           our
           Nation
           ;
           nay
           ,
           it
           is
           believed
           by
           many
           Men
           of
           Learning
           and
           Knowledge
           of
           Affairs
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           one
           of
           the
           Bastard
           Brats
           of
           Popery
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           pernicious
           of
           all
           ,
           produced
           by
           their
           Councils
           ,
           and
           faustred
           by
           their
           Agents
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           unman
           us
           ,
           and
           expose
           us
           to
           the
           Wrath
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Fury
           of
           our
           Enemies
           .
           All
           therefore
           who
           have
           any
           Zeal
           or
           Indignation
           against
           Popery
           ,
           ought
           to
           turn
           it
           mightily
           against
           this
           .
           First
           ,
           to
           resent
           the
           Abuse
           put
           upon
           them
           by
           the
           Midianites
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           Folly
           and
           Madness
           so
           easily
           to
           be
           led
           into
           the
           Snare
           ,
           as
           at
           the
           same
           time
           that
           they
           are
           so
           warm
           against
           the
           Papists
           ,
           to
           be
           through
           want
           of
           Consideration
           ,
           their
           very
           Instruments
           to
           promote
           their
           Designs
           for
           the
           Destruction
           of
           this
           Nation
           ;
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           that
           they
           profess
           so
           much
           Zeal
           for
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           to
           offer
           greater
           Indignities
           to
           it
           ,
           than
           any
           Adversary
           possibly
           can
           :
           And
           upon
           such
           Considerations
           bethinking
           themselves
           well
           ,
           first
           deliberately
           and
           resolutely
           with
           Indignatión
           and
           Zeal
           breaking
           through
           those
           Enchantments
           ,
           and
           mending
           their
           own
           Manners
           ;
           in
           the
           next
           place
           give
           their
           Zeal
           as
           full
           Vent
           against
           Debauchery
           as
           they
           would
           against
           Popery
           ;
           and
           against
           all
           such
           infatuated
           and
           inchanted
           Tools
           of
           theirs
           ,
           all
           debauched
           People
           ,
           wherever
           they
           meet
           with
           them
           in
           their
           Debaucheries
           ,
           as
           they
           would
           do
           against
           any
           Priests
           or
           Jesuites
           ,
           who
           could
           never
           hurt
           us
           ,
           were
           we
           not
           first
           weakned
           and
           exposed
           by
           our
           Sins
           and
           Wickedness
           .
           Consider
           how
           they
           would
           take
           it
           ,
           if
           a
           Man
           to
           their
           Face
           should
           reproach
           their
           Father
           ,
           or
           their
           Mother
           ,
           their
           near
           Relation
           or
           intimate
           Friend
           ,
           their
           great
           Benefactor
           ,
           or
           their
           Master
           ,
           Lord
           ,
           or
           Prince
           ,
           or
           declare
           himself
           ill
           affected
           to
           their
           Country
           ;
           and
           know
           ,
           that
           ,
           if
           they
           have
           any
           thing
           of
           Manhood
           or
           Generosity
           in
           them
           ,
           the
           Indignities
           
           done
           to
           God
           ,
           the
           Supreme
           Monarch
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           ,
           the
           Father
           ,
           Lord
           ,
           and
           great
           Benefactor
           to
           us
           all
           ,
           and
           to
           our
           most
           Holy
           and
           Excellent
           Religion
           ,
           the
           only
           compleat
           means
           of
           all
           Happiness
           both
           here
           and
           hereafter
           ,
           are
           Provocations
           Ten
           Thousand
           times
           greater
           and
           more
           reasonable
           to
           exert
           it
           to
           the
           utmost
           ,
           and
           to
           treat
           all
           Prophane
           and
           wicked
           People
           accordingly
           ;
           that
           so
           that
           Impudent
           Prophaneness
           and
           Leudness
           ,
           which
           at
           present
           fills
           all
           places
           ,
           should
           not
           dare
           henceforward
           to
           appear
           abroad
           ,
           or
           in
           our
           Streets
           .
           This
           might
           ,
           for
           ought
           I
           know
           ,
           were
           it
           well
           considered
           and
           encouraged
           ,
           save
           the
           Nation
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           By
           a
           general
           (
           tho
           implicit
           )
           Reproof
           of
           the
           corrupt
           Manners
           of
           the
           Age
           ,
           and
           a
           kind
           of
           bearing
           Witness
           against
           them
           ,
           declaring
           a
           Disallowance
           and
           Abhorrence
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           avoiding
           and
           
             abstaining
             from
             all
             Communication
          
           either
           with
           the
           scandalous
           Persons
           ,
           or
           with
           the
           corrupt
           manners
           thereof
           .
        
         
           That
           we
           should
           avoid
           all
           Conversation
           with
           
             Evil
             and
             Scandalous
             Persons
          
           there
           are
           divers
           considerable
           Reasons
           :
           Because
           1.
           
           It
           may
           be
           a
           Temptation
           to
           us
           to
           corrupt
           our
           Manners
           in
           divers
           respects
           .
           2.
           
           It
           may
           give
           Advantage
           to
           the
           Evil
           Powers
           ,
           which
           reside
           and
           rule
           in
           them
           ,
           to
           hurt
           us
           .
           For
           there
           is
           a
           secret
           Spiritual
           Impression
           of
           Good
           or
           Evil
           in
           Company
           ,
           such
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           which
           few
           Men
           observe
           ,
           or
           are
           sensible
           of
           ,
           3.
           
           It
           may
           be
           scandalous
           to
           us
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           intimate
           or
           familiar
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           thing
           we
           ought
           carefully
           to
           avoid
           .
           4.
           
           Our
           Holy
           Religion
           and
           Profession
           may
           be
           affronted
           by
           them
           in
           our
           Presence
           ,
           of
           which
           we
           ought
           also
           to
           avoid
           all
           occasions
           .
           5.
           
           We
           ought
           to
           express
           and
           manifest
           our
           Resentment
           and
           Indignation
           against
           their
           wicked
           and
           scandalous
           Actions
           and
           Practices
           ,
           for
           the
           Honour
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           shame
           them
           into
           Repentance
           and
           Reformation
           :
           But
           familiar
           Conversation
           with
           such
           is
           an
           implicit
           deserting
           of
           our
           Profession
           ,
           disowning
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           prostituting
           our
           Religion
           in
           an
           unworthy
           Compliance
           ,
           and
           a
           means
           to
           make
           them
           secure
           in
           their
           Evil
           Courses
           .
           For
           these
           and
           the
           like
           Reasons
           we
           ought
           at
           all
           times
           to
           avoid
           them
           ,
           unless
           when
           we
           have
           any
           hope
           or
           design
           of
           doing
           good
           to
           them
           ,
           but
           more
           especially
           under
           such
           Circumstances
           ,
           lest
           we
           be
           Partakers
           in
           their
           Sin
           ,
           or
           tainted
           by
           them
           ;
           lest
           we
           be
           Partakers
           in
           their
           Punishment
           ,
           and
           suffer
           with
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           we
           may
           assert
           and
           vindicate
           the
           Honour
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           shame
           them
           into
           Repentancc
           and
           Reformation
           .
        
         
         
           By
           this
           means
           may
           the
           meanest
           Person
           many
           times
           have
           opportunity
           to
           give
           a
           tacit
           Reproof
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           by
           the
           Blessing
           of
           God
           may
           prove
           very
           effectual
           ,
           to
           the
           greatest
           .
           And
           every
           one
           ought
           to
           do
           it
           as
           they
           have
           occasion
           ,
           without
           regard
           to
           their
           own
           worldly
           Interest
           or
           Benefit
           to
           be
           had
           by
           them
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           Worldly
           Dignity
           of
           the
           Person
           ,
           without
           respect
           of
           Persons
           .
           For
           to
           neglect
           it
           for
           Private
           Interest
           ,
           is
           to
           prostitute
           Religion
           ,
           and
           apply
           to
           the
           Devils
           Instruments
           ,
           instead
           of
           dependance
           upon
           God
           for
           Supplies
           ,
           (
           if
           we
           really
           need
           them
           )
           and
           his
           Blessing
           .
           And
           to
           do
           otherwise
           out
           of
           respect
           to
           any
           such
           Person
           ,
           be
           his
           Degree
           what
           it
           will
           ,
           is
           to
           prefer
           a
           wicked
           Creature
           before
           our
           Creator
           and
           Redeemer
           ,
           to
           prefer
           external
           Temporal
           Honour
           ,
           before
           real
           ,
           intrinsick
           ,
           and
           eternal
           ,
           and
           to
           shew
           more
           respect
           to
           the
           Enemies
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           dishonour
           him
           ,
           and
           despise
           his
           Laws
           ,
           than
           to
           God
           himself
           upon
           whom
           we
           depend
           .
           Both
           which
           ,
           whatever
           Men
           think
           of
           them
           ,
           are
           more
           wicked
           and
           prophane
           than
           I
           can
           here
           set
           out
           as
           they
           deserve
           ,
           and
           are
           ready
           means
           to
           provoke
           God
           ,
           whose
           Cause
           is
           thereby
           deserted
           ,
           to
           desert
           them
           who
           do
           so
           ,
           and
           leave
           them
           to
           have
           their
           part
           with
           such
           Company
           ,
           with
           Insidels
           and
           Unbelievers
           .
           It
           is
           so
           in
           the
           meanest
           Christian
           ,
           and
           therefore
           let
           those
           of
           higher
           degree
           look
           to
           it
           ,
           how
           they
           will
           answer
           the
           Transgression
           of
           this
           Duty
           to
           God
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           called
           to
           account
           for
           it
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           sooner
           than
           they
           expect
           .
           It
           is
           that
           which
           every
           one
           ought
           with
           great
           Care
           to
           observe
           ,
           who
           desires
           to
           be
           found
           faithful
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           preserved
           in
           the
           Common
           Calamity
           by
           his
           special
           Favour
           .
           The
           meanest
           Servants
           ought
           to
           avoid
           such
           Masters
           and
           Families
           ;
           and
           if
           by
           mistake
           they
           fall
           into
           them
           ,
           to
           manifest
           their
           Dissatisfaction
           ,
           get
           leave
           to
           be
           gone
           ;
           and
           if
           that
           cannot
           be
           had
           ,
           to
           fly
           with
           Moses
           into
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           rather
           than
           abide
           with
           such
           wicked
           Egyptians
           :
           Every
           Tradesman
           to
           despise
           their
           Custom
           ,
           and
           every
           Artist
           ,
           Mechanick
           and
           Labourer
           their
           Service
           or
           Employment
           ,
           and
           all
           to
           avoid
           so
           much
           as
           to
           Salute
           them
           ,
           or
           shew
           them
           any
           respect
           ,
           which
           would
           be
           to
           be
           Partaker
           of
           their
           Evil
           Deeds
           :
           Be
           they
           who
           they
           will
           ,
           who
           have
           so
           little
           Discretion
           ,
           or
           Command
           of
           themselves
           ,
           as
           to
           contemn
           and
           affront
           even
           the
           Laws
           ,
           Government
           and
           Religion
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           sober
           People
           of
           it
           ,
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           slighted
           and
           despised
           by
           the-very
           Footmen
           ,
           Carmen
           ,
           and
           all
           sorts
           of
           People
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           offer
           to
           draw
           their
           Sword
           ,
           or
           injure
           any
           ,
           to
           be
           trod
           in
           the
           Dirt
           ,
           as
           the
           Pests
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           Instruments
           of
           all
           our
           
           Unhappiness
           ;
           only
           Magistrates
           ,
           and
           Men
           in
           Authority
           ,
           which
           is
           God's
           Ordinance
           ,
           must
           not
           be
           affronted
           ,
           but
           left
           to
           the
           Judgments
           of
           God
           ,
           if
           those
           who
           have
           power
           over
           them
           will
           not
           regard
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           
             the
             Manners
             of
             the
             Age
          
           ,
           besides
           those
           gross
           and
           scandalous
           sins
           ,
           there
           are
           divers
           others
           ,
           which
           must
           be
           avoided
           and
           reformed
           ,
           and
           cleansed
           ,
           if
           we
           would
           endeavour
           to
           purpose
           to
           escape
           the
           Fire
           of
           God's
           Judgments
           .
           Such
           are
           1.
           
           All
           secret
           Sins
           ,
           secret
           and
           mean
           in
           their
           Commitment
           ,
           and
           concealed
           from
           the
           View
           of
           Men.
           God
           will
           certainly
           find
           these
           out
           ,
           and
           manifest
           his
           All-seeing
           Providence
           in
           the
           severe
           Punishment
           of
           them
           ,
           if
           not
           prevented
           by
           a
           timely
           and
           thorough
           Repentance
           and
           Reformation
           .
           2.
           
           Such
           as
           in
           their
           own
           Nature
           are
           not
           apparent
           and
           distinguishable
           enough
           to
           be
           corrected
           by
           Humane
           Laws
           ,
           Censure
           or
           Cognizance
           ;
           which
           are
           many
           and
           various
           :
           As
           ,
           
             Abuse
             of
             Aliments
          
           in
           indulgence
           to
           the
           Appetite
           ,
           wherein
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           People
           of
           this
           plentiful
           Nation
           are
           guilty
           of
           Excess
           to
           their
           own
           Hurt
           ,
           but
           especially
           those
           bruitish
           Epicures
           ,
           who
           glory
           in
           their
           shame
           ,
           and
           turning
           their
           Paunches
           into
           Dunghils
           by
           a
           modish
           Foolish
           Term
           ,
           of
           eating
           Well
           ,
           would
           recommend
           a
           beastly
           ravenous
           Action
           :
           Ease
           and
           
             Luxury
             ,
             Sports
          
           ,
           and
           
             Idle
             and
             Unprofitable
             Employments
             ,
             Loss
             of
             Time
             ,
          
           and
           divers
           great
           Advantages
           ,
           without
           Benefit
           to
           others
           ,
           or
           to
           themselves
           :
           Abuse
           of
           the
           Talents
           of
           
             Estates
             and
             Wealth
          
           ,
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           employed
           for
           the
           Honor
           and
           Service
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Good
           of
           Men
           ,
           to
           Vain-glory
           and
           Ostentation
           in
           Apparel
           ,
           Buildings
           ,
           Furniture
           ,
           Attendants
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           Pomps
           and
           Vanities
           ,
           which
           the
           ancient
           Christians
           solemnly
           renounced
           at
           their
           Baptism
           ,
           and
           as
           carefully
           avoided
           ever
           after
           ;
           and
           ,
           (
           which
           doubles
           the
           Sin
           )
           even
           to
           Emulations
           beyond
           proportion
           ,
           which
           draw
           many
           other
           Mischiefs
           after
           them
           ,
           to
           themselves
           ,
           their
           Families
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           ,
           by
           the
           means
           next
           to
           be
           mentioned
           :
           Covetousness
           ,
           and
           Ambition
           ,
           and
           insatiable
           Greediness
           and
           pursuit
           of
           things
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           the
           cursed
           Fruits
           thereof
           ,
           Frauds
           ,
           Cheats
           ,
           Exactions
           ,
           Extortions
           ,
           Oppressions
           ,
           Breach
           of
           Trust
           ,
           Faction
           and
           Treacheries
           against
           King
           and
           Country
           ,
           for
           Pensions
           from
           Foreign
           Princes
           ,
           and
           Preferments
           at
           home
           .
           3.
           
           Such
           as
           are
           covered
           ,
           and
           palliated
           ,
           and
           patronized
           by
           Modes
           ,
           Fashions
           ,
           Customs
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           pretence
           of
           Necessity
           for
           the
           management
           and
           promotion
           of
           Trade
           ,
           whereof
           divers
           are
           mentioned
           already
           in
           general
           ,
           and
           need
           not
           be
           repeated
           .
        
         
         
           These
           ,
           though
           spread
           over
           this
           Nation
           ,
           (
           to
           say
           nothing
           of
           other
           Protestant
           Countries
           )
           are
           most
           rife
           and
           notorious
           in
           this
           
             Great
             City
          
           ,
           which
           give
           great
           Cause
           to
           fear
           some
           special
           Judgment
           upon
           it
           .
           And
           though
           I
           have
           always
           been
           a
           Friend
           to
           it
           ,
           yet
           I
           think
           my self
           obliged
           to
           bear
           my
           Testimony
           against
           the
           Iniquity
           thereof
           in
           one
           notorious
           Part
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           
             Abuse
             of
             Apprentices
          
           after
           great
           Sums
           of
           Mony
           received
           with
           them
           .
           I
           my self
           have
           had
           no
           less
           than
           four
           Sons
           ,
           as
           soberly
           Educated
           and
           as
           well
           esteemed
           as
           most
           ,
           before
           they
           came
           to
           be
           Apprentices
           ,
           and
           who
           behaved
           themselves
           afterward
           without
           any
           great
           Extravagancies
           ,
           placed
           here
           to
           suitable
           Trades
           ,
           with
           no
           little
           Pains
           and
           Charge
           ,
           yet
           after
           all
           ruined
           and
           undone
           by
           the
           Iniquity
           and
           Wickedness
           of
           their
           Masters
           and
           their
           Partners
           .
           But
           I
           have
           seen
           the
           Judgments
           of
           God
           upon
           two
           of
           them
           already
           ;
           and
           to
           him
           I
           have
           committed
           my
           Cause
           with
           the
           other
           two
           .
           This
           I
           write
           upon
           my
           own
           sad
           Experience
           ,
           and
           could
           say
           as
           much
           of
           my
           own
           Knowledge
           in
           the
           case
           of
           some
           others
           .
           Of
           which
           I
           have
           written
           heretofore
           in
           a
           Paper
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           
             Relief
             of
             Apprentices
          
           ,
           and
           mention
           it
           now
           as
           a
           Common
           Cause
           worthy
           of
           Consideration
           ,
           amongst
           others
           ,
           of
           the
           Magistrates
           for
           averting
           the
           Judgments
           of
           God
           from
           the
           City
           .
        
         
           And
           while
           I
           write
           this
           of
           a
           Case
           wherein
           I
           my self
           have
           been
           so
           much
           concerned
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           be
           sensible
           of
           the
           case
           of
           some
           others
           which
           I
           often
           see
           and
           hear
           of
           ,
           and
           in
           Faithfulness
           to
           God
           and
           to
           the
           State
           ,
           and
           Charity
           to
           the
           poor
           People
           ,
           take
           notice
           of
           it
           upon
           this
           occasion
           :
           And
           that
           is
           the
           
             Pressing
             of
             Men
          
           ,
           and
           sending
           them
           out
           of
           the
           Realm
           ,
           to
           Sea
           ,
           or
           beyond
           Sea
           ,
           by
           Force
           and
           Violence
           against
           their
           Wills.
           I
           cannot
           find
           ,
           or
           learn
           upon
           Enquiry
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           any
           Law
           or
           Statute
           ,
           since
           those
           made
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           King
           Charles
           I.
           are
           expired
           ,
           for
           the
           Pressing
           of
           Mariners
           and
           Sailers
           ,
           much
           less
           of
           Land-Men
           ,
           And
           if
           there
           be
           not
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           it
           is
           contrary
           to
           a
           Principal
           
             Fundamental
             Right
             of
             the
             People
          
           ,
           whose
           Goods
           ,
           much
           less
           their
           Persons
           or
           Liberty
           ,
           cannot
           be
           touched
           but
           by
           Order
           of
           Law
           and
           their
           own
           Consent
           in
           Parliament
           ;
           and
           would
           frustrate
           the
           principal
           Design
           and
           Reason
           of
           the
           
             Habeas
             Corpus
          
           Act
           ,
           and
           render
           it
           ridiculous
           and
           contemptible
           in
           Cases
           of
           greatest
           Exigence
           ,
           and
           most
           needing
           its
           Relief
           .
           The
           
             Rights
             of
             the
             Poor
          
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           preserved
           inviolable
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           the
           Greatest
           :
           And
           they
           who
           can
           be
           content
           to
           see
           their
           own
           Rights
           violated
           in
           the
           meanest
           of
           their
           Countrimen
           ,
           while
           their
           own
           Persons
           and
           Estates
           are
           untouched
           ,
           do
           not
           deserve
           to
           have
           
           them
           preserved
           ;
           and
           may
           expect
           that
           they
           or
           their
           Posterity
           may
           ,
           by
           the
           just
           Judgment
           of
           God
           ,
           be
           deprived
           of
           them
           .
           Nor
           can
           I
           see
           any
           Reason
           ,
           why
           the
           Poor
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           who
           enjoy
           so
           little
           of
           it
           ,
           should
           be
           frighted
           from
           their
           Employments
           ,
           and
           forced
           from
           their
           Families
           ,
           Friends
           ,
           and
           the
           Trades
           and
           Labours
           to
           which
           they
           have
           been
           used
           ,
           to
           hazard
           their
           Limbs
           and
           their
           Lives
           against
           their
           own
           Wills
           ,
           to
           defend
           and
           maintain
           the
           Superfluities
           and
           Grandeur
           of
           the
           Rich
           ?
           Or
           how
           the
           Death
           of
           such
           in
           the
           Service
           being
           forced
           against
           their
           Will
           ,
           tho
           by
           Law
           ,
           unless
           they
           first
           forfeit
           their
           Right
           by
           their
           own
           ill
           Behaviour
           ,
           can
           be
           excused
           from
           Murder
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ?
           Nor
           Lastly
           ,
           How
           we
           can
           expect
           that
           either
           such
           should
           do
           any
           Great
           Service
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           
             Blessing
             of
             God
          
           should
           be
           with
           us
           in
           the
           use
           of
           such
           unreasonable
           Means
           .
           If
           we
           enquire
           into
           the
           
             Methods
             of
             our
             Ancestors
          
           in
           such
           Case
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           them
           more
           just
           and
           reasonable
           ,
           more
           prudent
           and
           honourable
           ,
           and
           more
           prosperous
           and
           successful
           ,
           when
           Men
           of
           Honour
           and
           Interest
           covenanted
           with
           the
           King
           to
           bring
           in
           their
           several
           Numbers
           ,
           raised
           them
           among
           their
           Tenants
           and
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           led
           them
           themselves
           ;
           so
           that
           there
           was
           a
           mutual
           Love
           and
           Confidence
           between
           the
           Leaders
           and
           Soldiers
           .
           But
           
             this
             mode
             of
             Pressing
          
           ,
           if
           I
           be
           not
           much
           mistaken
           ,
           is
           a
           novel
           Invention
           ,
           a
           base
           Project
           of
           the
           Authors
           of
           Ship-Mony
           ,
           put
           on
           now
           ,
           even
           while
           a
           Parliament
           is
           in
           being
           ,
           to
           the
           Prejudice
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           to
           furnish
           such
           Officers
           with
           prest
           involuntary
           Soldiers
           ,
           who
           have
           little
           Interest
           of
           themselves
           to
           raise
           Volunteers
           ,
           and
           whom
           few
           are
           willing
           to
           serve
           under
           .
           And
           since
           it
           is
           done
           while
           a
           Parliament
           is
           in
           being
           ,
           which
           could
           have
           given
           Authority
           for
           it
           ;
           it
           may
           justly
           be
           looked
           upon
           as
           no
           ordinary
           Abuse
           to
           the
           King
           himself
           ,
           but
           as
           one
           of
           the
           Treacherous
           Policies
           of
           some
           Evil
           Persons
           to
           prejudice
           his
           Government
           and
           Cause
           ;
           make
           his
           Government
           offensive
           and
           suspected
           by
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           his
           Cause
           seem
           absurd
           ,
           while
           his
           Authority
           is
           abused
           to
           violate
           the
           Rights
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           which
           he
           came
           to
           preserve
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           Fundamental
           Point
           ,
           and
           contrary
           to
           his
           Coronation
           Oath
           ;
           and
           thereby
           to
           justifie
           or
           excuse
           the
           Miscarriages
           of
           his
           Predecessor
           :
           For
           all
           this
           it
           plainly
           and
           directly
           tends
           to
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           Necessity
           that
           Men
           must
           be
           had
           :
           But
           Necessity
           will
           not
           excuse
           Injustice
           to
           the
           Poor
           ,
           with
           so
           great
           Violation
           of
           Common
           Right
           ,
           and
           when
           without
           either
           it
           may
           be
           supplied
           .
           Let
           not
           such
           be
           excluded
           from
           the
           Service
           ,
           who
           are
           able
           and
           willing
           to
           serve
           in
           their
           own
           Persons
           ,
           and
           have
           Interest
           and
           Reputation
           to
           bring
           in
           Seamen
           and
           Soldier
           
           Let
           the
           Salaries
           ,
           Pay
           and
           Profits
           of
           Great
           Officers
           ,
           especially
           who
           sit
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           are
           out
           of
           danger
           ,
           be
           reduced
           to
           Moderation
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           venture
           all
           ,
           have
           a
           proportionable
           Encouragement
           ,
           both
           by
           good
           Pay
           while
           in
           Service
           ,
           and
           of
           Good
           Provision
           in
           case
           they
           be
           disabled
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           want
           no
           Men
           ,
           nor
           need
           any
           Pressing
           :
           And
           let
           but
           good
           Discipline
           be
           exercised
           ,
           as
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           Manners
           of
           Officers
           as
           well
           as
           of
           Soldiers
           and
           Seamen
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           not
           want
           God's
           Blessing
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           leave
           these
           things
           to
           the
           Consideration
           of
           the
           Parliament
           and
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           of
           the
           Evil
           Manners
           before
           mentioned
           ,
           those
           which
           are
           
             Secret
             Sins
          
           ,
           only
           by
           Secrecy
           in
           the
           Commitment
           ,
           and
           as
           they
           are
           concealed
           from
           Men
           ,
           but
           otherwise
           are
           well
           enough
           known
           to
           all
           to
           be
           Sins
           ,
           though
           they
           have
           not
           so
           much
           of
           Scandal
           as
           those
           which
           are
           openly
           committed
           ;
           yet
           may
           they
           have
           other
           Aggravations
           ,
           which
           may
           equal
           that
           ,
           and
           require
           no
           less
           Severity
           of
           judging
           our selves
           ,
           if
           we
           would
           not
           be
           judged
           of
           God.
           As
           to
           the
           rest
           ,
           which
           either
           in
           their
           own
           Nature
           are
           not
           so
           palpable
           ,
           or
           easily
           discernible
           from
           what
           is
           Lawful
           ;
           or
           by
           common
           Opinion
           and
           Usage
           of
           the
           World
           are
           reputed
           Lawful
           and
           Harmless
           ,
           nay
           commendable
           ;
           and
           some
           perhaps
           excused
           and
           Patronized
           in
           opposition
           to
           Popery
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           1.
           
           That
           some
           are
           condemned
           as
           wholly
           unlawful
           ,
           not
           only
           by
           the
           Judgment
           and
           Practice
           of
           all
           the
           ancient
           Christians
           for
           many
           Ages
           ,
           and
           comprehended
           in
           that
           ancient
           Solemn
           Renunciation
           required
           of
           all
           admitted
           into
           the
           Society
           of
           Christians
           by
           Baptism
           ,
           viz.
           Of
           the
           Devil
           and
           his
           Works
           ,
           the
           World
           and
           the
           Pomps
           ,
           Glory
           and
           Vanity
           thereof
           ,
           and
           the
           Flesh
           and
           its
           Lusts
           and
           Desires
           ;
           but
           also
           by
           the
           express
           Doctrin
           of
           the
           Holy
           Scripture
           ,
           both
           under
           such
           
             General
             Comprehensive
             Names
          
           ,
           as
           
             the
             Flesh
          
           ,
           Gal.
           5.
           17.
           
           
             Lusts
             of
             the
             Flesh
          
           ,
           Gal.
           5.
           16
           
           :
           2
           Pet.
           2.
           18
           
           :
           2
           John
           2.
           16.
           
           
             The
             Old
             Man
          
           ,
           Eph.
           4.
           24.
           
           
             The
             Natural
             Man
          
           ,
           I
           Cor.
           2.
           14.
           
           
             Desires
             of
             the
             Flesh
          
           ,
           Eph.
           2.
           3.
           
           
             Works
             of
             the
             Flesh
          
           ,
           Gal.
           5.
           19.
           
           
             Provision
             for
             the
             Flesh
          
           ,
           Rom.
           13.
           14.
           
           
             Minding
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             the
             things
             of
             the
             Flesh
             ,
          
           Rom.
           8.
           5
           ,
           6
           ,
           7
           :
           Gal.
           6.
           8.
           
           
             Walking
             after
             the
             Flesh
          
           ,
           2
           Cor.
           10.
           2
           
           :
           2
           Pet.
           2.
           10.
           
           
             Minding
             earthly
             things
          
           ,
           Phil.
           3.
           19
           
           :
           Col.
           3.
           2
           ,
           5
           :
           James
           3.
           15.
           
           
             Being
             of
             the
             World
          
           ,
           John
           15.
           19
           
           :
           17.
           14
           ,
           16.
           
           
             Love
             of
             the
             World
          
           ,
           1
           John
           2.
           15
           
           :
           5.
           19.
           
           Ja.
           4.
           4.
           
           
             Lusts
             of
             the
             World
          
           ,
           Tit.
           2.
           12.
           
           
             Wisdom
             of
             the
             World
          
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           3.
           19.
           
           
             The
             Course
             of
             the
             World
          
           ,
           Eph.
           2.
           2.
           
           
             Conformity
             to
             the
             World
          
           ,
           Rom.
           12.
           2.
           
           
             Inordinate
             Affection
          
           ,
           and
           
             Evil
             Concupiscence
          
           ,
           &c.
           with
           weighty
           Admonitions
           of
           their
           provoking
           the
           Wrath
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           excluding
           
           from
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           God
           ,
           &c.
           and
           by
           
             more
             particular
             Characters
          
           ,
           Directions
           and
           Injunctions
           ,
           as
           against
           Covetousness
           ,
           which
           is
           again
           and
           again
           called
           Idolatry
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           both
           brings
           down
           the
           Wrath
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           excludes
           from
           Heaven
           (
           which
           should
           make
           People
           more
           cautious
           against
           it
           than
           usually
           they
           are
           )
           and
           divers
           Branches
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           Defrauding
           ,
           Exacting
           ,
           Oppressing
           ,
           &c.
           against
           Pride
           ,
           Vain-glory
           ,
           Boasting
           ,
           Ostentation
           ,
           Pride
           of
           Apparel
           ,
           particularly
           that
           of
           Women
           ,
           (
           in
           whom
           it
           is
           more
           pardonable
           than
           in
           Men
           )
           prohibited
           in
           very
           express
           Terms
           by
           the
           two
           chief
           Apostles
           severally
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           2.
           9.
           and
           1
           Pet.
           3.
           3.
           and
           yet
           so
           agreeably
           ,
           as
           declares
           it
           to
           be
           a
           resolved
           Point
           and
           positive
           Injunction
           ,
           which
           yet
           we
           see
           frustrated
           in
           our
           Times
           by
           some
           ,
           just
           as
           the
           Pharisees
           did
           by
           the
           Law
           in
           our
           Saviours
           time
           ;
           and
           against
           others
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           noted
           before
           ,
           but
           all
           too
           many
           to
           be
           here
           more
           particularly
           noted
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           there
           are
           others
           ,
           which
           being
           Lawful
           ,
           or
           more
           excusable
           at
           other
           times
           ,
           are
           apt
           to
           be
           the
           less
           taken
           notice
           of
           ,
           yet
           are
           not
           only
           unlawful
           and
           inexcusable
           at
           such
           a
           time
           as
           this
           ,
           but
           greatly
           offensive
           and
           abominable
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           highly
           provoking
           ,
           as
           impious
           and
           Prophane
           ,
           under
           such
           Circumstances
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           perceived
           by
           the
           great
           Indignation
           expressed
           in
           the
           Prophet
           Isa.
           22.
           12.
           against
           such
           upon
           like
           occasion
           ,
           as
           Iniquity
           ,
           which
           should
           
             not
             be
             expiated
             till
             they
             should
             die
          
           for
           it
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           a
           terrible
           thing
           to
           fall
           into
           the
           Hands
           of
           the
           Living
           God
           ;
           so
           there
           can
           hardly
           be
           a
           greater
           Provocation
           ,
           than
           such
           Behaviour
           as
           dectares
           or
           Implies
           a
           Contempt
           or
           Neglect
           ,
           Carelesness
           or
           Unconcernedness
           at
           the
           Approaches
           or
           Appearance
           of
           the
           Judgments
           of
           God
           against
           a
           Nation
           ,
           by
           any
           particular
           Person
           .
           It
           is
           very
           like
           and
           the
           ready
           way
           to
           fix
           the
           Decree
           against
           such
           a
           Person
           to
           be
           certainly
           involved
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           Now
           therefore
           to
           prevent
           ,
           and
           avert
           the
           Judgments
           of
           God
           from
           themselves
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           in
           them
           lieth
           ,
           from
           the
           Nation
           ;
           all
           who
           in
           order
           thereunto
           desire
           indeed
           to
           have
           no
           Fellowship
           with
           any
           such
           Evil
           Manners
           ,
           Customs
           or
           Fashions
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           themselves
           unspotted
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           must
           apply
           themselves
           seriously
           to
           such
           further
           Means
           as
           these
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           1.
           
           To
           abstain
           and
           withdraw
           themselves
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           their
           Circumstances
           will
           permit
           ,
           from
           all
           unnecessary
           
             Diversions
             ,
             Business
             and
             Imployment
          
           in
           and
           about
           the
           Matters
           ,
           and
           Conversation
           with
           the
           Men
           ,
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           retiring
           ,
           apply
           themselves
           to
           Prayer
           ,
           Reading
           ,
           Meditation
           and
           Watching
           ;
           and
           frequent
           the
           
             Publick
             Worship
          
           
           of
           God
           with
           all
           Reverence
           as
           often
           as
           Opportunity
           may
           be
           had
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           To
           abstain
           from
           all
           Acquest
           of
           the
           things
           of
           the
           World
           in
           any
           unfitting
           manner
           or
           unreasonable
           measure
           ,
           both
           which
           are
           very
           common
           ;
           but
           be
           content
           with
           just
           ,
           and
           honest
           ,
           and
           reasonable
           Gains
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           real
           Worth
           ,
           not
           appearance
           of
           things
           ,
           reasonable
           Rents
           as
           Times
           will
           bear
           ,
           and
           moderate
           Fees
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           real
           Merit
           of
           Labour
           ,
           Skill
           ,
           and
           Time
           ,
           without
           occasioning
           more
           Expence
           than
           needs
           ;
           and
           likewise
           ,
           to
           pay
           to
           the
           full
           value
           of
           Commodities
           ,
           and
           Desert
           of
           Labour
           ,
           Skill
           and
           Time
           :
           nay
           ,
           to
           abstain
           from
           all
           
             Pursuit
             of
             some
             ,
             of
             Preferments
             ,
          
           not
           only
           after
           the
           greedy
           and
           ambitious
           manner
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           indirect
           means
           ,
           which
           are
           usual
           ;
           but
           from
           all
           ,
           considering
           more
           the
           Account
           ,
           which
           must
           be
           given
           ,
           and
           the
           Incumbrance
           ,
           than
           the
           Profit
           and
           Honour
           ;
           unless
           out
           of
           Charity
           to
           Men
           ,
           and
           Love
           to
           our
           Country
           ,
           to
           prevent
           the
           Intrusion
           of
           Evil
           Men
           for
           their
           own
           Advantage
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Disservice
           of
           King
           and
           Country
           ;
           which
           is
           now
           so
           common
           as
           may
           justifie
           that
           which
           otherwise
           would
           be
           inexcusable
           .
           Out
           of
           which
           Case
           ,
           for
           a
           Man
           to
           be
           well
           qualified
           and
           ready
           to
           serve
           his
           Country
           when
           he
           is
           called
           to
           it
           ,
           is
           sufficient
           .
           And
           lastly
           ,
           to
           abstain
           not
           only
           from
           Pursuit
           ,
           but
           from
           Acceptance
           of
           others
           ,
           of
           insignificant
           (
           as
           our
           later
           Reigns
           have
           made
           them
           )
           and
           burdensom
           
             Titles
             of
             Honour
          
           .
           Which
           Men
           of
           true
           Vertue
           and
           Wisdom
           will
           at
           no
           time
           seek
           ;
           especially
           when
           by
           the
           Prodigality
           of
           Princes
           they
           are
           thrown
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Vices
           of
           Nobility
           trodden
           in
           the
           Dirt
           ,
           and
           made
           rather
           Badges
           of
           Flattery
           ,
           Servility
           ,
           Treachery
           ,
           Vanity
           and
           Degeneracy
           ,
           than
           Ensigns
           of
           Vertue
           ,
           and
           of
           Merit
           by
           noble
           and
           generous
           Service
           and
           Atchievements
           ,
           the
           only
           substantial
           Grounds
           of
           Honour
           :
           And
           Men
           of
           Great
           Piety
           will
           not
           easily
           accept
           at
           such
           a
           time
           as
           this
           .
           Besides
           ,
           I
           am
           perswaded
           never
           any
           Man
           was
           made
           better
           by
           them
           ,
           nor
           many
           who
           were
           not
           made
           some
           way
           worse
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           whole
           Nation
           at
           this
           time
           is
           much
           the
           worse
           ,
           almost
           undone
           ,
           and
           in
           great
           Danger
           of
           Ruin
           and
           Confusion
           by
           some
           aspiring
           ambitious
           Persons
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           not
           speedily
           taken
           down
           :
           But
           sure
           I
           am
           they
           are
           unsuitable
           for
           Times
           of
           Fasting
           and
           Humiliation
           ,
           when
           they
           who
           have
           them
           ,
           ought
           in
           a
           sort
           to
           depose
           and
           lay
           'em
           aside
           during
           such
           Circumstances
           .
           And
           since
           now
           a
           
             Publick
             Fast
             and
             Humiliation
          
           is
           appointed
           by
           the
           Queen
           to
           be
           observed
           Monthly
           ,
           
             in
             most
             Devout
             and
             Solemn
             manner
             ,
          
           it
           is
           but
           fit
           and
           necessary
           that
           the
           
             House
             
             of
             Lords
          
           be
           admonished
           of
           a
           Great
           Disrespect
           both
           to
           God
           and
           to
           the
           King
           upon
           the
           like
           occasion
           the
           last
           year
           ;
           (
           though
           touched
           before
           in
           the
           
             Reflections
             upon
             the
          
           then
           
             late
             Action
             at
             Sea
          
           ,
           where
           the
           unhappy
           state
           of
           our
           Clergy
           and
           Church
           was
           more
           fully
           discoursed
           ,
           and
           therefore
           is
           spared
           here
           :
           )
           For
           I
           believe
           it
           may
           concern
           them
           not
           only
           to
           have
           more
           regard
           to
           the
           Eyes
           of
           Men
           that
           are
           upon
           them
           ,
           for
           their
           own
           Honour
           and
           Reputation
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           all-seeing
           Eye
           of
           Him
           ,
           who
           hath
           said
           ,
           
             Them
             who
             honour
             me
             ,
             I
             will
             honour
             ;
             but
             they
             who
             despise
             me
             shall
             be
             lightly
             esteemed
             ,
          
           lest
           if
           through
           their
           Fault
           (
           amongst
           the
           rest
           )
           the
           Sun
           and
           the
           Moon
           be
           darkned
           ,
           the
           Stars
           also
           fall
           from
           Heaven
           ;
           and
           lest
           he
           again
           shake
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           as
           he
           hath
           formerly
           done
           ,
           or
           more
           severely
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           To
           abstain
           from
           the
           Use
           of
           unnecessary
           things
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           ,
           Pleasures
           ,
           Vain
           Delights
           ,
           Plays
           ,
           Pomp
           ,
           State
           ,
           Grandeur
           and
           Finery
           ,
           &c.
           which
           are
           at
           such
           a
           time
           part
           of
           that
           Iniquity
           ,
           against
           which
           we
           see
           so
           much
           Divine
           Indignation
           expressed
           in
           the
           Prophet
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           I
           must
           not
           ,
           I
           ought
           not
           to
           forbear
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           that
           
             Undecent
             Attire
             of
             our
             Women
             upon
             their
             Heads
             ,
          
           at
           any
           time
           unbefitting
           
             Women
             professing
             Godliness
          
           ,
           but
           at
           such
           a
           time
           as
           this
           ,
           when
           God
           by
           his
           Providence
           calls
           for
           Baldness
           and
           Sackcloth
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           should
           put
           their
           Mouths
           in
           the
           Dust
           ,
           to
           set
           up
           their
           Crests
           in
           that
           manner
           ,
           cannot
           but
           be
           displeasing
           and
           abominable
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           and
           the
           good
           Angels
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           many
           of
           his
           Faithful
           Servants
           upon
           Earth
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           cannot
           but
           think
           it
           great
           Pity
           ,
           that
           a
           Lady
           of
           sincere
           Piety
           and
           Vertue
           ,
           as
           I
           hope
           and
           believe
           ,
           should
           be
           betray'd
           ,
           through
           the
           Unskilfulness
           in
           Divine
           matters
           of
           those
           about
           her
           ,
           or
           their
           Unfaithfulness
           to
           her
           ,
           to
           prostitute
           Majesty
           to
           such
           a
           Compliance
           with
           a
           vain
           Generation
           ,
           who
           should
           rather
           have
           given
           the
           Law
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           maintaining
           her
           ground
           on
           the
           part
           of
           Virtue
           and
           Gravity
           ,
           which
           is
           essential
           to
           Majesty
           ,
           by
           the
           Authority
           of
           so
           great
           an
           Example
           have
           given
           a
           tacit
           Reproof
           and
           Correction
           to
           their
           Vanity
           ,
           and
           taught
           them
           more
           consideration
           and
           regard
           to
           their
           own
           Country
           ,
           than
           to
           do
           such
           Honour
           to
           a
           Foreign
           Enemy
           ,
           as
           to
           glory
           in
           a
           voluntary
           imitating
           of
           their
           Example
           ,
           even
           in
           Levity
           and
           Vanity
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           would
           lick
           up
           their
           Spittle
           ;
           an
           unlucky
           presage
           ,
           that
           we
           shall
           at
           last
           be
           delivered
           ,
           by
           the
           just
           Judgments
           of
           God
           ,
           for
           Correction
           of
           our
           Error
           ,
           to
           an
           involuntary
           Subjection
           
           to
           their
           Will
           and
           Power
           ,
           whose
           vain
           Humours
           we
           are
           so
           apt
           to
           follow
           ,
           if
           we
           speedily
           mend
           not
           our
           Manners
           .
        
         
           Nor
           may
           I
           here
           pass
           by
           in
           silence
           another
           such
           unhappy
           Miscarriage
           or
           two
           :
           As
           the
           Celebrating
           ,
           or
           rather
           Profaning
           ,
           of
           an
           Anniversary
           Solemnity
           ,
           at
           a
           time
           which
           at
           once
           called
           for
           both
           serious
           Thansgiving
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           serious
           Humiliation
           under
           his
           Mighty
           Hand
           ,
           with
           a
           light
           and
           frothy
           Play
           ;
           and
           sullying
           an
           illustrious
           Consultation
           about
           matters
           of
           great
           seriousness
           and
           importance
           ,
           when
           the
           Eyes
           of
           all
           the
           World
           were
           upon
           them
           ,
           with
           unchristian
           excessive
           Drinking
           .
           These
           we
           may
           understand
           by
           what
           hath
           been
           said
           already
           ,
           to
           be
           displeasing
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Dishonor
           ,
           which
           soon
           after
           befell
           them
           ,
           who
           had
           first
           so
           dishonored
           themselves
           ,
           viz
           that
           it
           was
           permitted
           as
           a
           just
           Judgment
           from
           him
           .
           And
           these
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           greater
           faults
           in
           Divinity
           ,
           than
           the
           generality
           of
           our
           Divines
           can
           believe
           ;
           for
           they
           contract
           a
           Communication
           with
           the
           common
           Guilt
           both
           of
           the
           Nation
           at
           present
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           preceding
           Kings
           and
           their
           Reigns
           ,
           to
           say
           nothing
           of
           other
           Circumstances
           ;
           so
           are
           they
           greater
           faults
           in
           Civil
           Prudence
           ,
           than
           our
           ordinary
           Statesmen
           and
           Polititians
           are
           sensible
           of
           ;
           for
           they
           tend
           greatly
           to
           weaken
           and
           abate
           a
           Mans
           Interest
           in
           the
           opinion
           and
           esteem
           of
           People
           ,
           making
           them
           doubtful
           both
           of
           his
           Sincerity
           in
           Religion
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           Prudence
           and
           Magnanimity
           ,
           who
           will
           be
           prevailed
           on
           to
           be
           a
           Spectator
           or
           Actor
           in
           either
           .
           It
           is
           not
           Insolence
           or
           ill
           Will
           ,
           but
           very
           Faithfulness
           and
           great
           good
           Will
           ,
           which
           hath
           induced
           me
           to
           to
           write
           this
           :
           And
           such
           a
           disposition
           of
           Soul
           toward
           the
           Majesty
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           sense
           of
           things
           ,
           as
           the
           present
           Circumstances
           require
           ,
           will
           make
           them
           be
           well
           taken
           from
           what
           ever
           hand
           they
           come
           ,
           with
           so
           much
           Integrity
           and
           Affection
           .
           And
           therefore
           now
           to
           return
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           To
           abstain
           from
           the
           use
           
             even
             of
             the
             Necessary
             things
             of
             the
             World
             ,
          
           as
           much
           as
           Nature
           and
           Decency
           will
           permit
           ,
           and
           particularly
           from
           the
           Delights
           and
           Satiety
           of
           
             Natural
             Aliments
          
           ;
           not
           only
           from
           the
           quality
           of
           Costly
           and
           Delicious
           Meats
           and
           Drinks
           ,
           but
           from
           such
           a
           quantity
           of
           those
           which
           are
           plain
           and
           simple
           ,
           as
           perhaps
           the
           Appetite
           might
           crave
           .
           This
           is
           the
           only
           way
           to
           avoid
           ,
           that
           Intemperance
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           easie
           to
           be
           discern'd
           by
           others
           ,
           but
           is
           very
           common
           ,
           and
           very
           much
           impairs
           the
           Health
           ,
           and
           shortens
           the
           Lives
           of
           many
           people
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           of
           all
           degrees
           ,
           especially
           of
           such
           as
           are
           not
           much
           imploy'd
           in
           hard
           Labour
           ;
           is
           of
           great
           benefit
           for
           Health
           ,
           and
           of
           great
           Advantage
           for
           such
           Retirements
           
           as
           I
           have
           mentioned
           ;
           and
           is
           very
           proper
           and
           suitable
           for
           such
           occasions
           .
           And
           to
           this
           I
           might
           with
           like
           reason
           add
           and
           recommend
           an
           abridgment
           of
           Sleep
           ,
           and
           use
           of
           Watching
           ,
           which
           a
           spare
           Diet
           would
           render
           very
           easie
           ,
           and
           conducing
           to
           Health
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           In
           all
           Conversation
           with
           others
           ,
           to
           be
           very
           serious
           and
           grave
           ;
           and
           by
           much
           Affability
           ,
           Sweetness
           ,
           and
           good
           Admonitions
           ,
           be
           always
           endeavouring
           to
           do
           good
           to
           all
           ;
           never
           speak
           of
           Religion
           to
           recommend
           themselves
           ,
           nor
           forbear
           through
           Shame
           ,
           or
           for
           fear
           of
           Disparagement
           by
           it
           ,
           a
           common
           ,
           base
           and
           most
           dangerous
           Fault
           ;
           and
           be
           always
           ready
           to
           relieve
           and
           defend
           the
           Needy
           and
           Oppressed
           ,
           and
           to
           right
           the
           Injured
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           Means
           ,
           Ability
           ,
           or
           Interest
           will
           extend
           ;
           only
           with
           this
           Caution
           ,
           that
           it
           be
           done
           so
           as
           may
           not
           too
           much
           interrupt
           or
           disturb
           the
           Retirement
           before
           mentioned
           ,
           and
           the
           proper
           Imployments
           thereof
           .
        
         
           As
           this
           Method
           will
           redeem
           much
           Time
           for
           Retirements
           ,
           so
           the
           retrenching
           so
           much
           Expence
           ,
           may
           both
           countervail
           the
           time
           substracted
           from
           Business
           ;
           and
           help
           to
           supply
           what
           is
           imployed
           in
           Works
           of
           Charity
           ;
           in
           all
           which
           ,
           regard
           must
           be
           had
           to
           peoples
           different
           Circumstances
           .
           And
           they
           who
           shall
           seriously
           enter
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           with
           care
           ,
           diligence
           and
           constancy
           ,
           keep
           to
           it
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           will
           find
           Light
           in
           Obscurity
           ,
           Comfort
           in
           Affliction
           ,
           Confidence
           and
           Protection
           in
           Danger
           ,
           great
           Serenity
           and
           Satisfaction
           in
           this
           Life
           ,
           and
           Eternal
           Happiness
           in
           a
           better
           .
           Which
           ,
           next
           to
           the
           Service
           of
           our
           great
           Lord
           ,
           and
           the
           Preservation
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           is
           the
           only
           Design
           of
           this
           Discourse
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           the
           same
           purpose
           ,
           I
           shall
           here
           subjoin
           the
           following
           ABSTRACTS
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           
             1.
             
             
               An
               Abstract
               of
               Mr.
            
             Chillingworth
             
               's
               Judgment
               of
               the
               State
               of
               Religion
               in
               this
               Nation
               ,
               in
               his
               time
               ,
               which
               is
               much
               more
               decayed
               since
               .
            
          
           
             LET
             us
             examine
             our
             ways
             ,
             and
             consider
             impartially
             ,
             
               What
               the
               Religion
               of
               most
               Men
               is
               ?
            
          
           
             We
             are
             Baptized
             in
             our
             Infancy
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             as
             I
             conceive
             ,
             dedicated
             and
             devoted
             to
             God's
             service
             ,
             by
             our
             Parents
             and
             the
             Church
             ,
             as
             young
             Samuel
             was
             by
             his
             Mother
             Anna
             ,
             and
             there
             we
             take
             a
             Solemn
             Vow
             ,
             
               To
               forsake
               the
               Devil
               and
               all
               his
               works
               ,
               the
               vain
               Pomp
               and
               Glory
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               with
               all
               the
               covetous
               desires
               of
               
               it
               ;
               to
               forsake
               also
               all
               the
               carnal
               desires
               of
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               follow
               nor
               be
               led
               by
               them
               .
            
             This
             Vow
             we
             take
             when
             we
             be
             Children
             ,
             and
             understand
             it
             not
             :
             and
             ,
             how
             many
             are
             there
             ,
             who
             know
             ,
             and
             consider
             ,
             and
             regard
             what
             they
             have
             Vowed
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             become
             Men
             ,
             almost
             as
             little
             as
             they
             did
             being
             Children
             .
             Consider
             the
             Lives
             ,
             and
             Publick
             Actions
             of
             most
             Men
             of
             all
             Conditions
             ,
             in
             Court
             ,
             City
             ,
             and
             Country
             ,
             and
             then
             deny
             it
             ,
             if
             you
             can
             ,
             that
             those
             three
             things
             which
             we
             have
             renounced
             in
             our
             Baptism
             ;
             the
             Profits
             ,
             Honours
             ,
             and
             Pleasures
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             are
             not
             the
             very
             Gods
             which
             divide
             the
             World
             amongst
             them
             ;
             are
             not
             served
             more
             devoutly
             ,
             confided
             in
             more
             heartily
             ,
             loved
             more
             affectionately
             ,
             than
             the
             
               Father
               ,
               Son
               ,
               and
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
            
             in
             whose
             Name
             we
             are
             Baptized
             ?
             Deny
             ,
             if
             you
             can
             ,
             the
             daily
             and
             constant
             Imployment
             of
             all
             Men
             ,
             to
             be
             either
             a
             violent
             prosecution
             of
             the
             vain
             Pomp
             and
             Glory
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             Power
             ,
             Riches
             ,
             and
             contemptible
             Profits
             of
             it
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             momentary
             or
             unsatisfying
             Pleasures
             of
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             or
             else
             of
             the
             more
             Diabolical
             humours
             of
             Pride
             ,
             Malice
             ,
             Revenge
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             .
             &c.
             
          
           
             When
             we
             are
             come
             to
             
               Years
               capable
               of
               Instruction
            
             ,
             many
             ,
             which
             is
             lamentable
             to
             consider
             ,
             are
             so
             little
             regarded
             by
             themselves
             or
             others
             ,
             that
             they
             continue
             little
             better
             than
             Pagans
             ,
             in
             a
             Common-wealth
             of
             Christians
             ,
             and
             know
             little
             more
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             of
             Christ
             ,
             than
             if
             they
             had
             been
             bred
             in
             the
             Indies
             .
             A
             
               lamentable
               Case
            
             ,
             and
             which
             will
             one
             Day
             
               lie
               heavy
            
             upon
             their
             account
             ,
             which
             might
             have
             amended
             it
             and
             did
             not
             .
             But
             many
             ,
             I
             confess
             ,
             are
             taught
             to
             act
             over
             this
             Play
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             learned
             to
             say
             ,
             
               Our
               Father
               which
               art
               in
               Heaven
            
             ;
             and
             ,
             
               I
               believe
               in
               God
               the
               Father
               Almighty
               :
            
             But
             ,
             Where
             are
             the
             Men
             that
             live
             so
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             did
             believe
             in
             earnest
             ,
             that
             God
             is
             their
             Almighty
             Father
             ?
             Where
             are
             they
             that
             fear
             him
             ,
             and
             trust
             him
             ,
             and
             depend
             upon
             him
             only
             ,
             for
             their
             whole
             Happiness
             ,
             and
             Love
             him
             ,
             and
             Obey
             him
             ,
             as
             in
             reason
             we
             ought
             to
             do
             to
             an
             Almighty
             Father
             ?
             Who
             ,
             if
             he
             be
             our
             Father
             ,
             and
             we
             be
             indeed
             his
             Children
             ,
             will
             do
             for
             us
             all
             the
             good
             he
             can
             ;
             and
             if
             he
             be
             Almighty
             ,
             can
             do
             for
             us
             all
             the
             good
             he
             will
             ;
             and
             yet
             ,
             how
             few
             are
             there
             ,
             who
             love
             him
             with
             half
             that
             affection
             as
             Children
             usually
             do
             their
             Parents
             ,
             or
             believe
             him
             with
             half
             that
             simplicity
             ,
             or
             serve
             him
             with
             half
             that
             diligence
             ?
             And
             then
             for
             the
             Lords
             Prayer
             ,
             the
             plain
             truth
             is
             ,
             we
             lie
             unto
             God
             for
             the
             most
             part
             clean
             through
             it
             ,
             and
             for
             want
             of
             desiring
             indeed
             ,
             what
             in
             word
             we
             pray
             for
             ,
             tell
             him
             to
             his
             Face
             as
             many
             false
             Tales
             as
             we
             make
             Petitions
             .
             
             For
             who
             shews
             by
             his
             endeavours
             ,
             that
             he
             desires
             heartily
             that
             
               God's
               Name
               should
               be
               hallowed
            
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             holily
             and
             religiously
             Worshipped
             and
             Adored
             by
             all
             Men
             ?
             That
             
               his
               Kingdom
               should
               be
               advanced
               and
               inlarged
               ?
               That
               his
               Blessed
               Will
               should
               be
               universally
               Obeyed
               ?
            
             Who
             shews
             by
             his
             forsaking
             sin
             that
             he
             desires
             so
             much
             as
             he
             should
             do
             the
             forgiveness
             of
             it
             ?
             Nay
             ,
             who
             doth
             not
             revenge
             ,
             upon
             all
             occasions
             ,
             the
             affronts
             ,
             contempts
             ,
             and
             injuries
             put
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             so
             upon
             the
             matter
             Curse
             himself
             ,
             as
             often
             as
             he
             says
             ,
             
               Forgive
               us
               our
               Trespasses
               as
               we
               forgive
               them
               that
               trespass
               against
               us
               ?
            
             How
             few
             depend
             upon
             God
             only
             for
             their
             
               daily
               Bread
               ,
               viz.
            
             the
             good
             things
             of
             this
             Life
             ,
             as
             upon
             the
             only
             giver
             of
             them
             ,
             so
             as
             neither
             to
             get
             nor
             keep
             any
             of
             them
             ,
             by
             any
             means
             which
             they
             know
             or
             fear
             to
             be
             offensive
             unto
             God
             ?
             How
             few
             desire
             in
             earnest
             to
             
               avoid
               Temptation
            
             ?
             Nay
             ,
             who
             almost
             is
             there
             ,
             that
             takes
             not
             the
             Devil's
             Office
             out
             of
             his
             Hand
             ,
             and
             is
             not
             himself
             a
             Tempter
             both
             to
             himself
             and
             others
             ?
             Lastly
             ,
             Who
             almost
             is
             there
             that
             desires
             heartily
             and
             above
             all
             things
             so
             much
             as
             the
             thing
             deserves
             ,
             to
             be
             delivered
             from
             the
             
               greatest
               Evil
            
             ;
             Sin
             I
             mean
             ,
             and
             the
             Anger
             of
             God
             ?
             &c.
             
          
           
             And
             this
             were
             ill
             enough
             ,
             were
             it
             in
             private
             ,
             but
             we
             abuse
             God
             Almighty
             also
             with
             our
             
               Publick
               and
               Solemn
               Formalities
            
             ,
             we
             make
             the
             Church
             a
             Stage
             whereon
             to
             act
             our
             parts
             ,
             and
             play
             our
             Pageants
             ;
             there
             we
             make
             a
             profession
             every
             Day
             of
             
               Confessing
               our
               Sins
               with
               humble
               ,
               lowly
               ,
               and
               obedient
               Hearts
               ,
            
             and
             yet
             when
             we
             have
             talked
             after
             this
             manner
             ,
             Twenty
             ,
             Thirty
             ,
             Forty
             Years
             together
             ,
             our
             Hearts
             for
             the
             most
             part
             continue
             proud
             ,
             as
             impenitent
             ,
             as
             disobedient
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             at
             the
             beginning
             .
             We
             make
             great
             Protestations
             ,
             
               When
               we
               assemble
               and
               meet
               together
               to
               render
               thanks
               to
               God
               Almighty
               ,
               for
               the
               benefits
               received
               at
               his
               Hands
            
             ;
             and
             if
             this
             were
             to
             be
             performed
             with
             words
             ,
             with
             Hosanna's
             ,
             and
             Hallelujahs
             ,
             and
             
               Gloria
               Patri's
            
             ,
             and
             Psalms
             ,
             and
             Hymns
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             outward
             matters
             ,
             peradventure
             we
             should
             do
             it
             very
             sufficiently
             :
             But
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             with
             our
             Lives
             and
             Actions
             ,
             we
             provoke
             the
             Almighty
             ,
             and
             that
             to
             his
             Face
             ,
             with
             all
             variety
             of
             grievous
             and
             bitter
             Provocations
             ;
             we
             do
             Daily
             and
             Hourly
             such
             things
             as
             we
             know
             ,
             and
             he
             hath
             assured
             us
             ,
             to
             be
             odious
             unto
             him
             ;
             and
             contrary
             to
             his
             nature
             ;
             as
             any
             thing
             in
             the
             World
             is
             to
             the
             nature
             of
             any
             Man
             in
             the
             World
             ;
             and
             all
             this
             upon
             poor
             ,
             trifling
             ,
             trivial
             ,
             no
             Temptations
             :
             &c.
             
             Our
             Tongues
             ingeminate
             ,
             and
             Cry
             aloud
             
               Hosanna
               ,
               Hosanna
            
             ,
             but
             the
             louder
             Voice
             of
             our
             Lives
             and
             Actions
             is
             ,
             
               Crucifie
               him
               ,
               Crucifie
               him
               .
               &c.
               
            
          
           
           
             If
             I
             should
             reckon
             up
             unto
             you
             ,
             how
             many
             direct
             Lies
             every
             Wicked
             Man
             tells
             to
             God
             Almighty
             ,
             as
             often
             as
             he
             says
             Amen
             ,
             
               to
               this
               Form
               of
               Godliness
            
             ,
             which
             our
             Church
             hath
             prescribed
             ;
             if
             I
             should
             present
             unto
             you
             all
             our
             acting
             of
             Piety
             ,
             and
             playing
             of
             Humiliation
             ,
             and
             personating
             of
             Devotion
             in
             the
             Psalms
             ,
             the
             Litanies
             ,
             the
             Collects
             ,
             and
             generally
             in
             the
             whole
             Service
             ,
             I
             should
             be
             infinite
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             We
             profess
             ,
             and
             indeed
             generally
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             not
             safe
             to
             do
             otherwise
             ,
             that
             we
             believe
             the
             Scripture
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             contains
             the
             plain
             and
             only
             way
             to
             infinite
             and
             eternal
             Happiness
             :
             But
             if
             we
             did
             generally
             believe
             what
             we
             do
             profess
             ,
             if
             this
             were
             the
             Language
             of
             our
             Hearts
             as
             well
             as
             our
             Tongues
             ,
             How
             comes
             it
             to
             pass
             that
             the
             Study
             of
             it
             is
             so
             generally
             neglected
             ?
             &c.
             Seeing
             therefore
             most
             of
             us
             are
             so
             strangely
             Careless
             ,
             so
             grosly
             Negligent
             of
             it
             ,
             is
             there
             not
             great
             reason
             to
             fear
             ,
             that
             though
             we
             have
             
               Professors
               and
               Protestors
            
             in
             abundance
             ;
             yet
             the
             Faithful
             ,
             the
             truly
             and
             sincerely
             Faithful
             ,
             are
             ,
             in
             a
             manner
             ,
             failed
             from
             the
             Children
             of
             Men
             ?
             What
             bút
             this
             can
             be
             the
             cause
             that
             Men
             are
             so
             commonly
             Ignorant
             of
             so
             many
             Articles
             ,
             and
             particular
             Mandates
             of
             it
             ,
             which
             yet
             are
             as
             manifest
             in
             it
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             written
             with
             the
             Beams
             of
             the
             Sun
             ?
             for
             example
             ;
          
           
             How
             few
             of
             our
             Ladies
             and
             Gentlewomen
             ,
             do
             or
             will
             understand
             ,
             that
             a
             Voluptuous
             Life
             ,
             is
             Damnable
             and
             prohibited
             to
             them
             ?
             Yet
             St.
             Paul
             faith
             so
             very
             plainly
             ,
             
               She
               that
               liveth
               in
               Pleasure
               is
               dead
               while
               she
               liveth
               .
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             How
             few
             of
             the
             Gallants
             of
             our
             time
             ,
             do
             or
             will
             understand
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             lawful
             for
             them
             to
             be
             as
             Expensive
             and
             Costly
             in
             Apparel
             ,
             as
             their
             Means
             ,
             or
             perhaps
             ,
             their
             Credit
             will
             extend
             unto
             ?
             Which
             is
             to
             Sacrifice
             unto
             Vanity
             ,
             that
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             Christ
             ,
             is
             due
             unto
             Charity
             ;
             and
             yet
             the
             same
             St.
             Paul
             forbids
             plainly
             this
             Excess
             even
             to
             Women
             ,
             —
             
               Also
               let
               Women
            
             ,
             (
             he
             would
             have
             said
             it
             much
             rather
             to
             the
             Men
             )
             
               Array
               themselves
               in
               comely
               Apparel
               ,
               with
               Shamefac'dness
               and
               Modesty
               ,
               not
               with
               Embroidered
               Hair
               ,
               or
               Gold
               ,
               or
               Pearls
               ,
               or
               Costly
               Apparel
            
             ;
             and
             to
             make
             our
             Ignorance
             the
             more
             inexcusable
             ,
             the
             very
             same
             Rule
             is
             delivered
             by
             St.
             Peter
             also
             1
             Epist.
             3.
             3.
             
          
           
             How
             few
             Rich
             Men
             are
             or
             will
             be
             persuaded
             ,
             That
             the
             Law
             of
             Christ
             permits
             them
             not
             to
             heap
             up
             Riches
             for
             ever
             ,
             nor
             perpetually
             to
             add
             House
             to
             House
             ,
             and
             Land
             to
             Land
             ,
             though
             by
             lawful
             means
             ,
             but
             requires
             of
             them
             thus
             much
             Charity
             at
             least
             ,
             that
             even
             
             while
             they
             are
             providing
             for
             their
             Wives
             and
             Children
             ,
             they
             should
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             Increase
             wherewith
             God
             blesseth
             their
             Industry
             ,
             allot
             the
             Poor
             a
             just
             and
             free
             proportion
             ?
             And
             when
             they
             have
             provided
             for
             them
             in
             a
             convenient
             manner
             ,
             (
             such
             as
             they
             themselves
             shall
             judg
             sufficient-and
             convenient
             in
             others
             )
             that
             then
             they
             should
             give
             over
             making
             Purchase
             after
             Purchase
             ,
             but
             ,
             with
             the
             surplusage
             of
             their
             Revenue
             beyond
             their
             Expence
             ,
             procure
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             lies
             in
             them
             ,
             that
             no
             Christian
             remain
             Miserably
             Poor
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Where
             almost
             are
             the
             Men
             that
             are
             or
             will
             be
             persuaded
             ,
             The
             Gospel
             of
             Christ
             requires
             of
             Men
             Humility
             ,
             like
             to
             that
             of
             
               little
               Children
            
             ,
             and
             that
             under
             the
             highest
             pain
             of
             Damnation
             ?
             &c.
             
          
           
             Would
             it
             not
             be
             strange
             News
             to
             a
             great
             many
             ,
             that
             not
             only
             Adultery
             and
             Fornication
             ,
             but
             even
             Uncleanness
             and
             Lasciviousness
             ;
             not
             only
             Idolatry
             and
             Witchcraft
             ,
             but
             
               Hatred
               ,
               Variance
               ,
               Emulations
               ,
               Wrath
               ,
            
             and
             Contentions
             ;
             not
             only
             Murthers
             ,
             but
             Envying
             ;
             not
             Drunkenness
             only
             ,
             but
             Revelling
             ,
             are
             things
             prohibited
             to
             Christians
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             if
             we
             forsake
             them
             not
             ,
             we
             cannot
             Inherit
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
             ?
             &c.
             
          
           
             If
             I
             should
             tell
             you
             ,
             That
             all
             Bitterness
             and
             
               Evil
               speaking
            
             (
             nay
             ,
             such
             is
             the
             Modesty
             and
             Gravity
             which
             Christianity
             requires
             of
             us
             )
             
               Foolish
               Talk
               and
               Jesting
            
             ,
             are
             things
             not
             allowed
             to
             Christians
             ,
             would
             not
             many
             Cry
             out
             ,
             These
             are
             hard
             and
             strange
             sayings
             ,
             who
             can
             hear
             them
             ?
             &c.
             
          
           
             To
             come
             a
             little
             nearer
             to
             the
             business
             of
             our
             Times
             ,
             —
             They
             that
             maintain
             
               the
               King
               's
               Righteous
               Cause
            
             with
             the
             hazard
             of
             their
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             ,
             but
             by
             their
             Oaths
             and
             Curses
             ,
             by
             their
             Drunkenness
             and
             Debauchery
             ,
             by
             their
             Irreligion
             and
             Prophaneness
             ,
             fight
             more
             powerfully
             against
             their
             Party
             ,
             than
             by
             all
             other
             means
             they
             do
             or
             can
             fight
             for
             it
             ;
             are
             not
             ,
             I
             fear
             ,
             very
             well
             acquainted
             with
             any
             part
             of
             the
             Bible
             :
             But
             that
             strict
             Caution
             which
             properly
             concerns
             themselves
             in
             the
             Book
             of
             Leviticus
             ,
             I
             much
             doubt
             they
             have
             scarce
             ever
             heard
             of
             it
             ,
             
               When
               thou
               goest
               to
               War
               with
               thine
               Enemies
               ,
               then
               take
               heed
               there
               be
               no
               wicked
               thing
               in
               thee
            
             ;
             not
             only
             no
             wickedness
             in
             the
             Cause
             thou
             maintainest
             ,
             nor
             no
             wickedness
             in
             the
             means
             by
             which
             thou
             maintainest
             it
             ;
             but
             no
             Personal
             Impieties
             in
             the
             Persons
             that
             maintain
             it
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             I
             cannot
             but
             
               fear
               ,
               that
               the
               Goodness
               of
               our
               Cause
               may
               sink
               under
               the
               Burden
               of
               our
               Sins
               :
            
             And
             that
             God
             in
             his
             Justice
             ,
             because
             We
             will
             not
             suffer
             his
             Judgments
             to
             atchieve
             their
             prime
             scope
             and
             
             intention
             ,
             which
             is
             our
             Amendment
             and
             Reformation
             ,
             may
             either
             deliver
             us
             up
             to
             the
             blind
             Zeal
             and
             Fury
             of
             our
             Enemies
             ;
             or
             else
             ,
             which
             I
             rather
             fear
             ,
             make
             us
             Instruments
             of
             his
             Justice
             each
             against
             other
             ,
             and
             of
             our
             own
             Just
             and
             Deserved
             Confusion
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               2.
               
               An
               Extract
               of
               a
               Letter
               from
               the
            
             Hague
             .
             
               Concerning
               two
               Sermons
               preached
               there
               in
               the
            
             French
             
               -
               Church
               ,
               2
               /
               12
            
             Mar.
             
               90
               /
               1.
            
             
          
           
             I
             Was
             yesterday
             in
             the
             French
             Church
             ,
             where
             I
             heard
             two
             very
             good
             Sermons
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             would
             have
             given
             you
             great
             satisfaction
             ;
             one
             was
             upon
             
               Jonah
               1.
               5.
               
               But
               Jonah
               was
               gon
               down
               into
               the
               sides
               of
               the
               ship
               ,
               and
               he
               lay
               ,
               and
               was
               fast
               asleep
               .
            
             The
             scope
             of
             what
             was
             said
             was
             to
             shew
             ,
             That
             the
             Church
             was
             in
             as
             great
             a
             storm
             as
             ever
             she
             had
             been
             ,
             and
             that
             greater
             security
             was
             never
             seen
             amongst
             Professors
             of
             Religion
             ,
             than
             was
             to
             be
             found
             at
             this
             day
             ,
             which
             threatned
             greater
             desolation
             than
             our
             Fathers
             had
             ever
             been
             witnesses
             to
             .
             The
             other
             was
             preached
             by
             Monsieur
             Arnold
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             chief
             Commander
             of
             the
             Waldenses
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             their
             Minister
             .
             There
             was
             a
             great
             Auditory
             ,
             and
             ,
             amongst
             others
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             of
             London
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Nottingham
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Monmouth
             and
             Mr.
             Wharton
             :
             his
             Text
             was
             ,
             
               1
               Cor.
               1.
               27.
            
             from
             thence
             he
             took
             occasion
             to
             tell
             us
             ,
             that
             we
             were
             not
             to
             expect
             fine
             language
             from
             him
             ,
             it
             being
             that
             which
             God
             seldom
             made
             use
             of
             for
             gaining
             the
             ends
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ;
             that
             he
             was
             to
             discourse
             to
             us
             of
             plain
             Truths
             ,
             not
             valuing
             what
             should
             be
             our
             Censures
             of
             him
             ,
             if
             he
             might
             approve
             himself
             to
             his
             God
             ;
             that
             we
             were
             not
             to
             think
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             afraid
             before
             such
             an
             Appearance
             of
             persons
             of
             all
             ranks
             ,
             to
             reprove
             what
             was
             amiss
             ;
             for
             if
             the
             King
             himself
             were
             present
             ,
             though
             he
             would
             give
             him
             that
             respect
             that
             was
             due
             to
             his
             Character
             ,
             yet
             he
             would
             speak
             the
             truth
             ,
             as
             became
             a
             faithfull
             Servant
             of
             Christ
             :
             he
             did
             with
             great
             modesty
             ,
             without
             mentioning
             of
             particulars
             ,
             shew
             in
             general
             how
             by
             a
             few
             hundreds
             of
             the
             Waldenses
             ,
             God
             had
             scattered
             thousands
             of
             proud
             enemies
             ;
             and
             from
             thence
             took
             occasion
             to
             exhort
             us
             ,
             above
             all
             things
             ,
             to
             make
             it
             our
             business
             to
             have
             God
             on
             our
             side
             ,
             because
             it
             was
             through
             his
             chusing
             of
             them
             ,
             that
             the
             foolish
             and
             weak
             things
             were
             able
             to
             confound
             the
             wise
             and
             strong
             ,
             and
             withall
             did
             shew
             us
             ,
             that
             we
             were
             not
             like
             persons
             chosen
             of
             God
             to
             confound
             the
             designs
             and
             strength
             of
             our
             enemies
             ,
             while
             irreligion
             ,
             vanity
             and
             debauchery
             did
             so
             much
             abound
             amongst
             us
             ,
             and
             did
             particularly
             insist
             upon
             the
             vain
             Attire
             of
             Women
             ;
             and
             then
             ,
             with
             great
             seriousness
             ,
             did
             exhort
             
             us
             to
             amend
             our
             ways
             and
             doings
             ;
             assuring
             us
             (
             without
             taking
             upon
             him
             ,
             as
             he
             said
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             Prophet
             )
             of
             victory
             over
             our
             enemies
             if
             we
             did
             sincerely
             set
             about
             a
             Reformation
             .
             These
             things
             I
             thought
             would
             give
             you
             some
             satisfaction
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             not
             a
             little
             to
             me
             ,
             which
             hath
             made
             me
             the
             more
             particular
             in
             my
             relation
             .
             I
             forgot
             to
             tell
             you
             that
             all
             heard
             him
             with
             great
             attention
             ,
             and
             particularly
             those
             of
             our
             Countrey
             ,
             I
             mean
             Britain
             ;
             and
             I
             did
             observe
             that
             〈…〉
             could
             not
             withhold
             from
             tears
             .
          
        
         
           
             3.
             
             
               An
               Abstract
               of
               Archbishop
            
             Usher
             
               's
               Prediction
               ,
               concerning
               a
               Great
               Persecution
               to
               come
               upon
               the
               Protestant
               Church
               ,
               to
               one
               who
               supposed
               it
               might
               have
               been
               over
               in
               his
               Life
               time
               .
            
          
           
             All
             you
             have
             yet
             seen
             hath
             been
             but
             the
             beginning
             of
             Sorrows
             ,
             to
             what
             is
             yet
             to
             come
             upon
             the
             Protestant
             Churches
             of
             Christ
             ;
             who
             will
             e're
             long
             fall
             under
             a
             Sharper
             Persecution
             than
             ever
             yet
             has
             been
             upon
             them
             .
             And
             therefore
             look
             ye
             be
             not
             found
             in
             the
             
               Outward
               Court
            
             ,
             but
             a
             Worshipper
             in
             the
             Temple
             before
             the
             Altar
             .
             For
             Christ
             will
             measure
             all
             those
             who
             profess
             his
             Name
             ,
             and
             call
             themselves
             his
             People
             ;
             and
             the
             
               Outward
               Worshippers
            
             he
             will
             leave
             out
             to
             be
             trodden
             down
             by
             the
             Gentiles
             .
             The
             
               Outward
               Court
            
             is
             the
             
               Formal
               Christian
            
             ,
             whose
             Religion
             lies
             in
             performing
             the
             
               Outside
               Duties
            
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             without
             having
             an
             
               Inward
               Life
            
             ,
             and
             Power
             of
             Faith
             and
             Love
             Uniting
             them
             to
             Christ.
             And
             these
             God
             will
             leave
             to
             be
             trodden
             down
             and
             swept
             away
             by
             the
             Gentiles
             .
             But
             the
             
               Worshippers
               within
               the
               Temple
            
             and
             
               before
               the
               Altar
            
             ,
             are
             those
             who
             do
             indeed
             worship
             God
             in
             Spirit
             and
             in
             Truth
             ,
             whose
             Souls
             are
             made
             his
             Temples
             ,
             and
             he
             is
             honoured
             and
             adored
             in
             the
             most
             inward
             Thoughts
             of
             their
             Hearts
             ;
             and
             they
             sacrifice
             their
             Lusts
             and
             vile
             Affections
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             their
             own
             Wills
             to
             him
             .
             And
             these
             God
             will
             hide
             in
             the
             Hollow
             of
             his
             Hand
             ,
             and
             under
             the
             Shadow
             of
             his
             Wings
             .
             And
             this
             shall
             be
             one
             great
             Difference
             between
             this
             last
             and
             all
             the
             other
             preceding
             Persecutions
             :
             For
             in
             the
             former
             ,
             the
             most
             eminent
             and
             spiritual
             Ministers
             and
             Christians
             did
             generally
             suffer
             most
             ,
             and
             were
             most
             violently
             fallen
             upon
             ;
             but
             in
             this
             last
             Persecution
             ,
             these
             shall
             be
             preserved
             by
             God
             as
             a
             Seed
             to
             partake
             of
             that
             Glory
             ,
             which
             shall
             immediately
             follow
             and
             come
             upon
             the
             Church
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             this
             Storm
             shall
             be
             over
             :
             For
             as
             it
             shall
             be
             the
             Sharpest
             ,
             so
             it
             shall
             be
             the
             Shortest
             Persecution
             of
             them
             all
             ;
             and
             shall
             only
             take
             away
             the
             gross
             Hypocrites
             and
             
               Formal
               Professors
            
             ;
             but
             the
             
               true
               Spiritual
               Believers
            
             shall
             be
             preserved
             till
             the
             Calamity
             be
             overpassed
             .
          
           
             To
             
               this
               I
               think
               very
               pertinent
               that
               other
               Excellent
               Passage
               of
               his
               concerning
            
             Sanctification
             ,
             
               in
               these
               words
            
             .
          
           
             We
             do
             not
             well
             understand
             what
             Sanctification
             and
             the
             
               New
               Creature
            
             are
             .
             It
             is
             no
             less
             than
             for
             a
             Man
             to
             be
             brought
             to
             an
             intire
             Resignation
             of
             his
             Will
             to
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             to
             live
             in
             the
             offering
             up
             of
             his
             Soul
             continually
             in
             the
             flames
             of
             Love
             ,
             as
             a
             whole
             Burnt-Offering
             to
             Christ.
             And
             how
             little
             are
             many
             of
             those
             ,
             who
             profess
             Christianity
             ,
             experimentally
             acquainted
             with
             this
             Work
             on
             their
             Souls
             !
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
  

