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         Reynolds, Edward, 1599-1676.
      
       
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             The meanes and method of healing in the Church. Set forth in a sermon. Preached before the Right Honourable the House of Peers in Westminster Abby, April 30. 1660. being a day of solemn humiliation to seek God for his blessing on the counsels of the Parliament. By Edward Reynolds, D.D. and Dean of Christ-Church.
             Reynolds, Edward, 1599-1676.
          
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           Fasts and feasts -- Church of England -- Early works to 1800.
           Church polity -- Sermons -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
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           THE
           MEANES
           and
           METHOD
           OF
           
             HEALING
             IN
             THE
             CHVRCH
             .
          
           Set
           forth
           in
           a
           Sermon
           .
        
         
           PREACHED
           Before
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           House
           of
           Peers
           in
           
             Westminster
             Abby
             ,
             April
          
           30.
           1660.
           being
           a
           Day
           of
           Solemn
           Humiliation
           to
           seek
           God
           for
           his
           Blessing
           on
           the
           Counsels
           of
           the
           
             PARLIAMENT
             .
          
        
         
           By
           
             EDWARD
             REYNOLDS
             ,
             D.
             D.
          
           and
           Dean
           of
           
             Christ-Church
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             Tho.
             Ratcliffe
             ,
          
           for
           
             George
             Thomason
          
           at
           the
           
             Rose
          
           and
           
             Crown
          
           in
           St.
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           ,
           1660.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           Nobilissimis
           ,
           Honoratissimis
           ,
           Amplissimis
           ,
           DOMINIS
           ,
           IN
           SUPERIORI
           DOMO
           PARLIAMENTORUM
           
             Ardua
             Regni
             Negotia
          
           tractantibus
           ,
           Concionem
           hanc
           coram
           ipsis
           habitam
           ,
           ipsorumque
           jussu
           PVBLICI
           JVRIS
           
             Factam
             ,
          
           IN
           Summi
           Honoris
           humillimique
           obsequii
           
             TESTIMONIVM
             ,
          
           Dat
           ,
           Dicat
           ,
           Consecrat
           .
        
         
           
             E.
             R.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           
             2
             CRON.
             7.
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             
               If
               I
               shut
               up
               Heaven
               that
               there
               be
               no
               Rain
               ,
               or
               if
               I
               command
               the
               Locusts
               to
               devour
               the
               Land
               ,
               or
               if
               I
               send
               Pestilence
               among
               my
               people
               :
            
             
               If
               my
               people
               ,
               which
               are
               called
               by
               my
               Name
               ,
               shall
               humble
               themselves
               ,
               and
               pray
               ,
               and
               seek
               my
               face
               ,
               and
               turn
               from
               their
               wicked
               wayes
               ,
               then
               will
               I
               hear
               from
               heaven
               ,
               and
               will
               forgive
               their
               sin
               ,
               and
               will
               heal
               their
               Land
               .
            
          
        
         
           THE
           words
           are
           a
           Gracious
           Promise
           made
           by
           the
           Lord
           unto
           
             Solomon
          
           after
           he
           had
           dedicated
           the
           Temple
           by
           fasting
           and
           prayer
           ;
           for
           though
           there
           be
           no
           mention
           of
           
             Fasting
             ,
          
           yet
           if
           we
           consult
           the
           time
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           
           that
           it
           was
           in
           the
           
             seventh
             moneth
             ,
             2
             Chron.
          
           5.
           3.
           and
           that
           the
           solemnity
           continued
           from
           the
           8.
           to
           the
           23.
           day
           of
           that
           moneth
           ,
           2
           
             Chron.
          
           7
           ▪
           9
           ,
           10.
           and
           the
           10.
           day
           was
           by
           a
           Statute
           for
           ever
           appointed
           to
           be
           a
           day
           wherein
           to
           
             afflict
             their
             souls
             ,
          
           Levit.
           16.
           29.
           
        
         
           The
           parts
           are
           three
           .
           1.
           
           A
           Supposition
           of
           
             Judgements
             ,
          
           vers.
           13.
           where
           ,
           by
           the
           enumeration
           of
           Three
           ,
           any
           others
           may
           
             Synechdochically
          
           be
           understood
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           A
           Direction
           unto
           
             Duties
             :
          
           wherein
           are
           
             two
             things
          
           to
           be
           taken
           notice
           of
           .
           1.
           
           The
           
             Quality
          
           of
           the
           persons
           who
           are
           to
           perform
           them
           ,
           
             My
             people
             called
             by
             my
             Name
             .
          
           2.
           
           A
           
             Specification
          
           of
           the
           Duties
           ,
           which
           are
           
             these
             four
             ,
             Humiliation
             ,
             Supplication
             ,
             Reconciliation
             ,
             Conversion
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           A
           Gracious
           
             Promise
          
           of
           Mercy
           ,
           wherein
           are
           very
           remarkable
           four
           signal
           Returns
           of
           Grace
           in
           conformity
           to
           their
           Duties
           .
           1.
           
           They
           
             Humble
          
           themselves
           under
           Gods
           Holy
           hand
           ,
           and
           he
           
             humbleth
          
           himself
           to
           look
           down
           
             from
             Heaven
             .
          
           2.
           
           They
           
             pray
             ,
          
           and
           God
           
             hears
          
           their
           prayer
           .
           3.
           
           They
           
             seek
          
           the
           favour
           and
           the
           
             face
          
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           God
           
             forgives
          
           their
           sin
           ,
           and
           is
           reconciled
           unto
           them
           .
           4.
           
           They
           
             Turn
          
           from
           their
           wicked
           wayes
           ,
           and
           God
           
             Heals
          
           those
           evils
           which
           those
           wicked
           wayes
           had
           brought
           upon
           
           the
           Land
           ;
           no
           duty
           undertaken
           in
           vain
           ,
           but
           a
           sutable
           and
           correspondent
           Mercy
           promised
           to
           encourage
           them
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           It
           may
           here
           not
           impertinently
           be
           asked
           ,
           why
           these
           three
           Judgements
           of
           
             shutting
             up
             Heaven
             ,
          
           sending
           
             Locusts
          
           and
           
             Pestilence
             ,
          
           are
           rather
           mentioned
           than
           any
           other
           ,
           since
           doubtless
           the
           Promise
           doth
           extend
           it self
           further
           ?
           I
           take
           the
           reason
           to
           be
           ,
           1.
           
           Because
           these
           are
           
             irresistable
             ,
          
           no
           Counsel
           ,
           no
           Policy
           ,
           no
           Strength
           can
           prevent
           them
           .
           2.
           
           Because
           they
           are
           inflicted
           
             by
             God
             alone
             ,
          
           no
           second
           causes
           immixed
           in
           them
           ,
           if
           I
           shut
           up
           Heaven
           ,
           if
           I
           command
           the
           Locusts
           ,
           if
           I
           send
           Pestilence
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           If
           an
           
             Enemy
          
           come
           ,
           Counsel
           may
           hinder
           ,
           strength
           may
           vanquish
           ,
           Treasure
           may
           bribe
           ,
           and
           divert
           him
           .
           Our
           own
           Polices
           and
           Provisions
           may
           seem
           to
           contribute
           towards
           our
           help
           .
           But
           against
           an
           
             Army
             of
             Locusts
             ,
          
           no
           Policy
           ,
           Wisdome
           ,
           Srength
           ,
           Embassie
           can
           prevail
           .
           No
           power
           of
           man
           can
           open
           or
           shut
           the
           
             Clouds
             ,
          
           No
           Gates
           or
           Barres
           can
           keep
           out
           a
           
             Famine
             ,
          
           or
           a
           
             Pestilence
          
           from
           a
           place
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           If
           an
           
             Enemy
          
           come
           ,
           we
           are
           apt
           to
           ascribe
           that
           to
           the
           
             malice
             of
             men
             ,
          
           to
           look
           outward
           to
           second
           causes
           ,
           and
           not
           inward
           to
           our
           own
           sins
           ,
           or
           upward
           to
           the
           Justice
           of
           God
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           certain
           ,
           that
           there
           
           is
           no
           humane
           
             Hostility
          
           without
           a
           divine
           Commission
           .
           Men
           are
           
             Gods
             Rod
             ,
          
           and
           
             Sword
             ,
          
           and
           
             Staffe
             ,
             Psal.
             17.
             13.
             
             Isa.
             10.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
             Ezek
             ▪
          
           21.
           3
           ,
           5
           ,
           11.
           
           He
           by
           his
           secret
           and
           holy
           Providence
           edgeth
           the
           spirits
           of
           men
           against
           one
           another
           ,
           (
           as
           he
           sent
           an
           evil
           spirit
           between
           the
           men
           of
           
             Shechem
          
           and
           
             Abimelech
             )
             Judg.
          
           9.
           23.
           
           And
           
             stirreth
          
           up
           Adversaries
           against
           those
           that
           provoke
           him
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           against
           
             Solomon
             ,
             1
             Reg.
          
           11.
           14
           ,
           23
           And
           when
           he
           pleaseth
           to
           return
           in
           Mercy
           ,
           
             He
             rebuketh
             the
             sword
             ,
             and
             breaketh
             the
             bow
             ,
             and
             cutteth
             the
             spear
             in
             sunder
             ,
          
           Psalm
           46.
           9.
           
           Isa.
           54.
           17.
           
           These
           things
           I
           say
           are
           certain
           .
           But
           we
           are
           too
           apt
           to
           bite
           the
           stone
           that
           hurts
           us
           ,
           and
           not
           mind
           the
           hand
           that
           threw
           it
           .
           Whereas
           when
           wrath
           is
           from
           Heaven
           only
           ,
           we
           are
           forced
           to
           see
           God
           ,
           we
           have
           no
           second
           causes
           to
           ascribe
           it
           unto
           .
        
         
           So
           the
           meaning
           is
           ;
           If
           ▪
           I
           send
           Judgments
           
             immediately
          
           from
           my self
           ,
           such
           as
           no
           humane
           
             Wisdome
          
           can
           prevent
           ,
           or
           
             Power
          
           remove
           ,
           if
           then
           the
           people
           shall
           bethink
           themselves
           ,
           and
           return
           ,
           and
           seek
           my
           face
           ,
           they
           shall
           find
           that
           when
           Wisdome
           ,
           Policy
           ,
           Treasures
           ,
           Walls
           ,
           Armour
           ,
           Munition
           are
           nothing
           worth
           ,
           Prayer
           and
           Repentance
           shall
           avail
           for
           healing
           .
        
         
           So
           here
           is
           a
           double
           
             Combate
          
           between
           God
           and
           Man
           .
           1.
           
           Man
           provokes
           God
           with
           sin
           ,
           
           and
           God
           overcomes
           sin
           with
           Judgement
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Man
           wrestleth
           with
           Prayer
           and
           Humiliation
           ,
           and
           God
           yieldeth
           in
           Mercy
           and
           Compassion
           .
        
         
           I
           begin
           with
           the
           first
           General
           ,
           the
           supposition
           of
           Judgements
           ,
           and
           from
           thencemake
           two
           observations
           .
        
         
           I.
           Judgements
           light
           not
           on
           a
           people
           casually
           ,
           or
           by
           chance
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           over-ruling
           and
           disposing
           
             Power
          
           and
           
             Justice
          
           of
           the
           Command
           and
           Commission
           of
           God
           .
           It
           hath
           not
           an
           earthly
           original
           ;
           
             It
             growes
             not
             out
             of
             the
             dust
             ,
          
           Job
           5.
           6
           ,
           7.
           but
           it
           comes
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           is
           sent
           from
           God
           to
           signifie
           something
           of
           his
           mind
           unto
           us
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Sometimes
           indeed
           by
           way
           of
           
             Dominion
          
           and
           absolute
           Power
           ,
           He
           destroyeth
           the
           perfect
           and
           the
           wicked
           ,
           he
           laugheth
           at
           the
           trial
           of
           the
           innocent
           ,
           
             Job
          
           9.
           22
           ,
           23.
           
           Sometimes
           as
           a
           
             Preparation
             unto
          
           intended
           
             Mercy
             ,
          
           as
           men
           plow
           the
           ground
           which
           they
           mean
           to
           inrich
           with
           precious
           seed
           ,
           and
           carve
           the
           stone
           which
           they
           mean
           to
           put
           in
           the
           top
           of
           the
           building
           .
           
             Josephs
          
           Iron
           chain
           made
           way
           to
           his
           golden
           chain
           ,
           and
           
             Davids
          
           troubles
           season'd
           him
           for
           his
           Crown
           .
           As
           men
           put
           forth
           longest
           into
           wind
           and
           sun
           that
           great
           Timber
           which
           must
           bear
           the
           greatest
           burden
           and
           stress
           of
           the
           building
           .
           No
           such
           School
           to
           learn
           in
           as
           the
           
           
             School
             of
             Affliction
             .
          
           But
           most
           usually
           in
           a
           way
           of
           
             Justice
             ,
             Because
             thy
             sins
             were
             increased
             ,
             I
             have
             done
             these
             things
             unto
             thee
             ,
          
           Jer.
           30.
           15.
           
           Thou
           hast
           done
           right
           ,
           we
           have
           done
           wickedly
           ,
           
             Neh.
             9.
             33.
             
             I
             have
             not
             done
             without
             cause
             all
             that
             I
             have
             done
             ,
          
           Ezek.
           14.
           23.
           
           
             Personal
          
           chastisements
           may
           be
           for
           
             tryal
          
           and
           exercise
           of
           faith
           and
           patience
           ,
           but
           
             general
          
           and
           publick
           Judgements
           are
           ever
           in
           
             wrath
          
           and
           displeasure
           .
        
         
           Such
           have
           been
           the
           dealings
           of
           God
           in
           this
           Nation
           ;
           The
           cup
           of
           Affliction
           hath
           been
           given
           to
           
             All
             orders
             of
             men
             ;
          
           we
           have
           seen
           
             Princes
          
           on
           Scaffolds
           ,
           and
           in
           banishment
           ;
           
             Parliaments
          
           broken
           in
           pieces
           by
           their
           servants
           ,
           
             Peers
          
           and
           
             Patriots
          
           devested
           of
           their
           Honours
           ,
           and
           secluded
           from
           their
           Trust
           ;
           Dishonours
           poured
           upon
           the
           
             City
             ,
          
           Poverty
           on
           the
           
             Countrey
             ,
          
           Blood
           on
           the
           
             Land
             ,
          
           Scorn
           on
           
             Ministers
             ,
          
           Threats
           on
           
             Vniversities
             ,
          
           Consternation
           on
           
             Souldiers
             ,
          
           there
           is
           not
           any
           order
           or
           degree
           of
           men
           ,
           which
           have
           not
           been
           shaken
           with
           these
           Earth-quakes
           .
           O
           how
           deep
           is
           our
           stupidity
           ,
           if
           we
           do
           not
           all
           of
           us
           analyze
           and
           resolve
           our
           sufferings
           into
           their
           proper
           principles
           ,
           ours
           
             sins
          
           and
           
             Gods
             Displeasure
             ?
          
           If
           we
           have
           only
           howled
           vnder
           them
           ,
           and
           see
           not
           Gods
           Providence
           in
           them
           ,
           ordering
           the
           sins
           of
           men
           unto
           our
           Humiliation
           ?
           If
           we
           know
           them
           only
           
             naturally
          
           
           by
           their
           smart
           to
           the
           
             flesh
             ,
          
           and
           not
           
             spiritually
          
           by
           their
           influence
           on
           the
           
             Conscience
             ?
          
           If
           we
           censure
           others
           ,
           and
           absolve
           our selves
           ;
           If
           our
           sufferings
           harden
           and
           enrage
           us
           in
           animosities
           against
           men
           ,
           but
           do
           not
           meeken
           and
           melt
           us
           under
           the
           holy
           tryals
           of
           God
           ?
        
         
           Let
           us
           therefore
           labour
           to
           find
           out
           our
           
             sins
          
           by
           our
           
             Sufferings
             ,
          
           the
           
             cloud
          
           of
           
             wrath
          
           rising
           out
           of
           the
           
             sea
             of
             lust
             .
          
           Let
           us
           search
           and
           try
           our
           wayes
           ,
           and
           since
           we
           are
           living
           men
           ,
           not
           complain
           of
           the
           punishment
           of
           our
           sins
           ,
           be
           not
           as
           
             Adamants
             ,
          
           Rocks
           ,
           Oakes
           ,
           which
           blowes
           ,
           waves
           ,
           winds
           ,
           break
           not
           ,
           move
           not
           ,
           bend
           not
           .
           Make
           use
           of
           our
           
             sufferings
          
           to
           review
           our
           sins
           ,
           and
           to
           know
           our
           
             Duty
             ,
          
           what
           we
           should
           haply
           have
           done
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           in
           the
           day
           of
           our
           prosperity
           ,
           before
           God
           laid
           us
           aside
           ,
           what
           the
           
             Controversie
          
           was
           which
           God
           had
           against
           us
           in
           our
           
             Sufferings
             ,
          
           what
           the
           
             Duties
          
           are
           which
           he
           requireth
           of
           us
           in
           our
           
             restitution
             .
          
           The
           Prophets
           
             staffe
          
           did
           no
           good
           to
           the
           dead
           child
           till
           he
           came
           himself
           .
           
             Judgements
          
           do
           nothing
           ,
           till
           God
           follow
           them
           with
           his
           Craces
           .
           
             Chastisements
          
           never
           mend
           us
           till
           they
           
             Teach
          
           us
           .
           
             Blessed
             is
             the
             man
             whom
             thou
             chastenest
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             and
             teachest
             him
             out
             of
             thy
             Law
             ,
             Psalm
             94.
             12.
             
             Till
             we
             see
             his
             name
             ,
          
           and
           
             hear
             his
             voice
             in
             them
             ,
          
           Mic.
           6.
           9.
           
           Till
           we
           take
           
           notice
           of
           his
           Justice
           
             preparing
             the
             whale
          
           that
           hath
           s
           .
           vallowed
           us
           ,
           
             Jon
          
           1.
           17.
           
           Bidding
           
             S●imei
          
           curse
           ,
           2
           
             Sam.
          
           16.
           10.
           
           Giving
           a
           
             charge
          
           to
           the
           
             Assyrian
             ,
             Isa.
          
           10.
           6.
           
           This
           will
           make
           us
           
             dumb
             ,
          
           when
           we
           consider
           that
           it
           is
           God
           that
           doth
           it
           ,
           
             Psalm
          
           39.
           9.
           
        
         
           And
           now
           that
           the
           Cup
           hath
           gone
           round
           ,
           and
           God
           hath
           by
           his
           Righteous
           providence
           prevented
           our
           revenge
           ,
           and
           done
           that
           by
           the
           strange
           vicissitudes
           of
           his
           justice
           in
           a
           wise
           and
           holy
           manner
           ,
           which
           if
           he
           had
           left
           us
           to
           do
           in
           our
           owne
           ,
           cases
           would
           possibly
           have
           been
           done
           with
           folly
           and
           fury
           :
           Let
           us
           conclude
           that
           the
           Lord
           having
           
             judged
             us
             all
             himselfe
             ,
          
           we
           should
           make
           it
           our
           work
           not
           so
           much
           to
           look
           back
           with
           revengefull
           ,
           as
           to
           look
           
             forward
             with
             Healing
          
           and
           closing
           Resolutions
           .
           We
           have
           been
           like
           wanton
           children
           which
           fall
           out
           in
           a
           family
           ,
           now
           our
           father
           hath
           whipped
           us
           round
           ,
           that
           should
           make
           us
           returne
           to
           our
           fraternal
           agreements
           againe
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Lord
           hath
           
             variety
             of
             Judgements
          
           whereby
           to
           reduce
           froward
           and
           stubborn
           sinners
           ,
           can
           punish
           them
           in
           the
           
             Heavens
          
           over
           them
           ,
           in
           the
           
             Earth
          
           under
           them
           ,
           in
           their
           
             bowels
          
           within
           them
           ,
           can
           beset
           them
           upward
           ,
           downward
           ,
           outward
           ,
           inward
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           
             Net
             ,
          
           and
           
             Chain
             ,
          
           and
           
             Hedge
          
           of
           afflictions
           to
           shut
           them
           in
           ,
           
             And
             to
             fence
             up
          
           
           
             their
             way
             that
             they
             cannot
             pass
             ,
          
           Job
           3.
           23.
           
           Job
           19.
           8.
           
           When
           he
           will
           plead
           ,
           he
           will
           take
           away
           all
           Refuge
           ,
           and
           make
           every
           Region
           ,
           towards
           which
           we
           look
           ,
           minister
           Despair
           .
           They
           shall
           look
           upward
           ,
           and
           they
           shall
           look
           unto
           the
           earth
           ,
           and
           behold
           Trouble
           ,
           and
           Darkness
           ,
           and
           Dimness
           of
           Anguish
           ,
           
             Isa.
          
           8.
           21
           ,
           22.
           
           If
           they
           look
           without
           ,
           behold
           a
           Sword
           ;
           if
           within
           ,
           behold
           Famine
           and
           Pestilence
           ,
           
             Levit.
             26
             ,
             25.
             
             Jer.
             21.
             4.
             6
             
             Ezek.
          
           7.
           15.
           
           Evil
           ,
           which
           they
           shall
           not
           be
           able
           to
           escape
           ,
           or
           go
           forth
           of
           ,
           
             Jer.
          
           11.
           11.
           
           When
           men
           multiply
           sins
           ,
           the
           Lord
           usually
           multiplyeth
           Judgements
           ,
           till
           he
           either
           
             bend
          
           by
           Repentance
           ,
           or
           
             break
          
           by
           Destruction
           .
           When
           Cleanness
           of
           teeth
           ,
           Blasting
           and
           Mildew
           ,
           Pestilence
           and
           Sword
           ,
           the
           Judgements
           of
           
             Sodome
          
           and
           
             Gomorah
             ,
          
           did
           not
           prevail
           with
           Israel
           to
           return
           ,
           then
           he
           threathneth
           final
           wrath
           ,
           
             Therefore
          
           Thus
           
             will
             I
             do
             unto
             thee
             ,
             Amos
          
           4.
           6.
           
           —
           12.
           
           Which
           
             Thus
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Prophet
           
             Amos
             ,
          
           seemeth
           to
           me
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           same
           with
           
             Lo
             Ammi
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Prophet
           
             Hosea
             ,
          
           an
           utter
           rejection
           of
           them
           from
           being
           the
           Lords
           people
           ,
           
             Hos.
          
           1.
           9.
           
           Four
           times
           after
           one
           another
           doth
           the
           Lord
           threaten
           to
           punish
           his
           people
           
             seven
             times
             more
             for
             their
             sins
             ,
          
           if
           they
           walk
           contrary
           unto
           him
           ,
           
           
             Levit.
          
           26.
           18
           ,
           21
           ,
           24
           ,
           28.
           
           Philosophers
           use
           to
           reckon
           but
           eight
           steps
           to
           the
           highest
           ,
           and
           most
           intense
           degree
           of
           a
           quality
           ,
           but
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           is
           represented
           by
           eight
           and
           twenty
           degrees
           unto
           us
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Methode
           of
           God
           in
           these
           various
           Judgements
           usually
           is
           .
           1.
           
           He
           begins
           at
           the
           
             outward
             man
             ,
          
           exercising
           a
           people
           many
           times
           with
           change
           of
           Rods
           ,
           which
           is
           ever
           a
           sign
           of
           Anger
           in
           the
           Father
           ,
           and
           of
           stubbornness
           in
           the
           Son
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           He
           proceeds
           to
           the
           
             soule
          
           by
           smiteing
           that
           ,
           revealing
           his
           wrath
           ,
           subducting
           his
           peace
           ,
           implanting
           his
           terrors
           ,
           causing
           guilt
           and
           fear
           to
           gripe
           and
           seize
           on
           the
           conscience
           ,
           called
           
             Breaking
             of
             bones
             ,
          
           Psal.
           51.
           8.
           
             drinking
             up
             of
             spirits
             ,
          
           Iob.
           6.
           4.
           
           
             A
             wounded
             spirit
             ,
          
           Prov.
           18.
           14.
           
           If
           the
           Lord
           should
           give
           a
           secure
           sinner
           ,
           who
           now
           haply
           thinks
           himself
           alive
           ,
           and
           safe
           ,
           upon
           the
           mistaken
           apprehensions
           of
           Mercy
           ,
           a
           full
           view
           of
           the
           
             filthiness
             ,
          
           and
           sense
           of
           the
           
             Heaviness
          
           of
           any
           one
           atrocious
           sin
           whereof
           he
           stands
           guilty
           ,
           it
           would
           make
           him
           a
           terrour
           to
           himself
           ,
           willing
           to
           exchange
           his
           burden
           for
           the
           weight
           of
           a
           Rock
           or
           Mountain
           .
           
             O
             my
             broken
             bones
             ,
          
           saith
           one
           ,
           
             Psalm
          
           51.
           8.
           
           
             O
             my
             withered
             heart
             ,
          
           saith
           another
           ,
           
             Psalm
             102.
             3
             ,
             4.
             
             O
             the
             distracting
             terrours
             of
             God
             ,
          
           saith
           a
           third
           ,
           
             Psalm
             88.
             15.
             
             O
             the
             intoxicating
          
           
           
             Arrows
             of
             the
             Almighty
             ,
          
           saith
           a
           fourth
           ,
           
             Job
          
           6.
           4.
           
           Thus
           the
           Lord
           can
           make
           a
           man
           a
           
             Magor
             Missabib
             ,
          
           a
           very
           fury
           and
           fiend
           unto
           himself
           ,
           by
           arming
           his
           own
           conscience
           against
           him
           .
           And
           if
           the
           
             Sergeant
          
           be
           so
           formidable
           ,
           what
           a
           fearfull
           thing
           is
           it
           to
           fall
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           
             Living
             God
             ?
          
           Against
           whose
           wrath
           all
           the
           
             Honours
          
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           all
           the
           Wealth
           and
           greatness
           ,
           which
           a
           thousand
           Kingdomes
           could
           heap
           upon
           a
           man
           ,
           could
           be
           no
           more
           a
           protection
           ,
           than
           a
           robe
           of
           beaten
           gold
           ,
           could
           be
           to
           one
           that
           is
           cast
           into
           a
           furnace
           of
           fire
           .
           
             Knowing
             therefore
             the
             terrour
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           let
           us
           be
           perswaded
           to
           be
           beware
           of
           provoking
           his
           wrath
           by
           any
           presumptuous
           sin
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Towards
           obdurate
           sinners
           ,
           the
           Lord
           many
           times
           deals
           in
           a
           more
           fearfull
           manner
           ,
           
             sealing
          
           them
           up
           under
           hardness
           of
           heart
           ,
           a
           spirit
           of
           
             slumber
             ,
          
           a
           
             Reprobate
          
           sense
           ,
           a
           
             seared
          
           conscience
           ,
           to
           be
           led
           blind-fold
           by
           Satan
           till
           destruction
           unawares
           overtake
           them
           .
           So
           it
           is
           said
           of
           the
           old
           world
           ,
           that
           notwithstanding
           the
           preaching
           of
           
             Noah
             ,
          
           who
           by
           preparing
           an
           Ark
           condemned
           the
           world
           ,
           they
           yet
           knew
           not
           till
           the
           flood
           came
           ,
           and
           took
           them
           all
           away
           ,
           
             Mat.
             24.
             39.
             
             Because
             I
             have
             purged
             thee
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
             and
             thou
             wast
             not
             purged
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             not
             be
             purged
             from
             thy
             filthiness
             any
             more
             ,
          
           Ezek.
           24.
           13.
           
           
           
             Ephraim
          
           is
           joyned
           to
           
             Idols
             ,
          
           let
           him
           alone
           ,
           
             Hos.
             4.
             17.
             
             Let
             him
             that
             is
             filthy
             be
             filthy
             still
             ,
          
           Rev.
           22.
           11.
           
        
         
           Now
           since
           the
           Lord
           hath
           such
           variety
           of
           Judgements
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           never
           out-sin
           his
           wrath
           ,
           Let
           us
           be
           deeply
           humbled
           for
           our
           pride
           ,
           who
           have
           
             Pharaoh-like
          
           put
           God
           to
           so
           many
           
             changes
             of
             Rods
             ,
          
           and
           variety
           of
           Judgements
           ,
           as
           we
           in
           this
           Nation
           have
           felt
           .
           Let
           us
           yield
           betime
           unto
           him
           ,
           
             for
             he
             will
             overcome
             when
             he
             judgeth
             .
          
           Let
           us
           take
           heed
           of
           flattering
           our selves
           when
           one
           rod
           is
           worn
           out
           ▪
           or
           laid
           a
           side
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           bitterness
           of
           death
           were
           past
           ,
           God
           can
           make
           
             every
             Creature
          
           about
           us
           ,
           every
           
             faculty
          
           within
           us
           ,
           a
           Rod
           and
           a
           Scourge
           against
           us
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           having
           received
           such
           
             deliverances
          
           as
           we
           lately
           have
           done
           ,
           let
           us
           make
           holy
           
             Ezra's
          
           conclusion
           ,
           
             Should
             we
             again
             break
             thy
             Commandments
             ?
             Ezra
          
           9.
           13
           ,
           14
           Should
           we
           not
           take
           heed
           of
           sinning
           
             any
             more
             ,
             lest
             a
             worse
             thing
             come
             unto
             us
             ?
             Joh.
          
           5.
           14.
           
           Should
           we
           not
           consider
           for
           what
           it
           is
           that
           God
           restored
           us
           to
           our
           stations
           ,
           namely
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           in
           our
           places
           study
           how
           to
           honour
           him
           ,
           to
           be
           zealous
           for
           his
           Truth
           ,
           and
           Pure
           Religion
           ,
           tender
           of
           the
           
             Liberties
             ,
             Properties
             ,
          
           and
           equal
           
             Rights
          
           of
           all
           the
           people
           in
           the
           Land
           ,
           to
           restore
           all
           
             oppressed
             Innocents
             ,
          
           to
           loose
           the
           
             bonds
             of
             violence
             ,
          
           and
           to
           
           settle
           these
           so
           long
           shaking
           and
           discomposed
           Nations
           upon
           the
           firm
           
             foundations
          
           of
           Truth
           ,
           Peace
           and
           Righteousness
           againe
           ?
           Thus
           much
           for
           the
           first
           General
           .
           The
           supposition
           of
           Judgements
           ,
           various
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           come
           immediately
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           admit
           of
           no
           possible
           prevention
           by
           humane
           wisdome
           ,
           or
           removal
           by
           humane
           power
           .
        
         
           II.
           We
           proceed
           to
           the
           Direction
           unto
           
             Duties
             ,
          
           wherein
           comes
           first
           to
           be
           considered
           the
           
             Quality
          
           of
           the
           persons
           who
           are
           to
           perform
           them
           ,
           
             My
             people
             that
             are
             called
             by
             my
             name
             .
          
           All
           men
           are
           his
           
             Creatures
             ,
          
           only
           a
           select
           and
           peculiar
           inheritance
           ,
           that
           bear
           his
           name
           ,
           enjoy
           his
           Peace
           ,
           Promises
           and
           Protection
           ,
           and
           are
           in
           Covenant
           with
           him
           ,
           are
           called
           
             His
             People
             .
             I
             entred
             into
             Covenant
             with
             thee
             ,
             and
             thou
             becamest
          
           mine
           ,
           saith
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
             Ezek.
             16.
             8.
             
             This
             people
             have
             I
             formed
             for
             my self
             ,
          
           Isa.
           43.
           21.
           
           
             The
             Lord
             hath
             set
             apart
             him
             that
             is
             godly
             for
             himselfe
             ,
          
           Psalm
           4.
           3.
           
           
             They
             are
             the
             people
             of
             his
             holiness
             ,
          
           Isa.
           63.
           18.
           
           
             A
             people
             for
             his
             name
             ,
             taken
             out
             from
             among
             others
             ,
          
           Acts
           15.
           14.
           
           To
           be
           called
           by
           his
           
             Name
             ,
          
           noteth
           to
           be
           his
           
             adopted
          
           Children
           ,
           as
           
             Josephs
          
           children
           were
           made
           the
           children
           of
           
             Jacob
             ,
             Genesis
          
           48.
           5
           ,
           16.
           
        
         
           We
           are
           Gods
           people
           two
           wayes
           .
           1.
           
           
             By
             visible
             profession
          
           or
           
             Sacramental
          
           separation
           
           from
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           the
           whole
           Nation
           of
           the
           
             Jewes
          
           are
           called
           his
           people
           .
           A
           peculiar
           Treasure
           unto
           him
           above
           all
           people
           ,
           
             Exod.
          
           19.
           5.
           
           A
           Nation
           ,
           nigh
           unto
           him
           ,
           
             Deut.
          
           4.
           7.
           
           His
           people
           even
           then
           when
           they
           rebelled
           against
           him
           ,
           
             Isa.
          
           1.
           3
           ,
           4.
           2.
           
           By
           
             Spiritual
             Sanctification
             ,
          
           and
           internal
           Dispositions
           .
           Thine
           they
           were
           ,
           and
           thou
           gavest
           them
           me
           ,
           and
           they
           have
           kept
           thy
           word
           ,
           
             John
          
           17.
           6.
           
           Jews
           inwardly
           by
           the
           Circumcision
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           
             Rom.
          
           2.
           29.
           
           The
           Israel
           of
           God
           ,
           
             Gal.
          
           6.
           16.
           
           The
           Children
           of
           the
           Promise
           ,
           
             Rom.
          
           9.
           8.
           
           The
           Remnant
           according
           to
           the
           Election
           of
           Grace
           ,
           
             Rom.
          
           11.
           5.
           
           The
           Circumcision
           which
           worship
           God
           in
           the
           spirit
           ,
           
             Phil.
          
           3.
           3.
           
        
         
           These
           are
           His
           people
           by
           a
           
             Price
          
           of
           Redemption
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           6.
           19
           ,
           20.
           
           By
           a
           peculiar
           
             Designation
          
           unto
           his
           service
           ,
           
             Tit.
          
           2.
           14.
           
           By
           an
           
             Intimate
             Relation
          
           of
           Love
           and
           Dearness
           ,
           
             Ezek.
          
           16.
           8.
           
           By
           an
           high
           
             Valuation
          
           of
           them
           as
           Treasures
           ,
           
             Jewels
             ,
             vessels
          
           of
           Honour
           ,
           
             Mal.
             3.
             17.
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             9.
             2
             Tim.
          
           2.
           20.
           
           By
           
             Destination
          
           to
           a
           more
           glorious
           end
           ,
           
             Eph.
          
           4.
           30.
           
        
         
           The
           Duty
           extends
           to
           both
           .
           The
           whole
           body
           of
           a
           visible
           Church
           are
           in
           Judgements
           to
           humble
           themselves
           ,
           and
           as
           to
           temporal
           deliverances
           the
           Lord
           doth
           respect
           the
           Humiliations
           of
           the
           worser
           Members
           of
           the
           
           Church
           ,
           as
           we
           see
           in
           the
           cases
           of
           
             Ahab
          
           and
           
             Rehoboam
             ,
             1
             Reg.
             21.
             28
             ,
             29.
             2
             Chron.
          
           12.
           6
           ,
           7.
           
           But
           to
           do
           this
           so
           effectually
           as
           to
           attain
           all
           the
           annexed
           promises
           ,
           is
           the
           work
           of
           the
           Israel
           of
           God
           by
           spiritual
           Sanctification
           .
        
         
           Now
           from
           this
           Qualification
           we
           gather
           these
           two
           useful
           Observations
           .
        
         
           I.
           The
           sins
           of
           
             Gods
             own
             people
             ,
          
           who
           are
           in
           Covenant
           with
           him
           ,
           may
           provoke
           and
           procure
           Judgements
           ;
           their
           Pride
           ,
           and
           Security
           ,
           Worldly
           Love
           ,
           Conformity
           to
           the
           Corruptions
           of
           the
           times
           ,
           Coldness
           and
           Formality
           in
           Duty
           ,
           Uneven
           and
           Unfaithfull
           walking
           ,
           acting
           by
           divided
           Interests
           from
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Lords
           people
           ,
           may
           provoke
           God
           severely
           to
           punish
           a
           land
           ,
           and
           we
           may
           justly
           fear
           hath
           done
           so
           amongst
           us
           .
           A
           good
           man
           ,
           though
           a
           Son
           may
           yet
           be
           
             silius
             sub
             ira
             ,
          
           under
           paternal
           displeasure
           .
           If
           
             Moses
          
           and
           
             Aaron
          
           do
           not
           by
           believing
           glorifie
           God
           ,
           they
           must
           both
           die
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           
             Num.
          
           20.
           12.
           
           If
           
             David
          
           grow
           proud
           of
           victories
           ,
           and
           number
           the
           people
           ,
           God
           will
           send
           a
           plague
           which
           shall
           lessen
           their
           number
           and
           his
           pride
           ,
           2
           
             Sam.
          
           24.
           15.
           
           If
           
             Solomon
          
           turn
           from
           God
           to
           Women
           ,
           and
           to
           Idols
           ,
           though
           he
           be
           a
           Son
           ,
           he
           shall
           be
           chastized
           with
           the
           rods
           of
           men
           ,
           2
           
             Sam.
          
           7.
           14.
           
           If
           
             Asa
          
           grieve
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           and
           oppress
           
           the
           people
           ,
           he
           shall
           be
           vexed
           with
           
             Warrs
          
           and
           
             Diseases
             ,
             2
             Chron.
          
           19.
           9
           ,
           12.
           
           If
           
             Jehoshaphat
          
           help
           the
           ungodly
           ,
           his
           life
           shall
           be
           endangered
           ,
           and
           his
           ships
           broken
           ,
           2
           
             Chron.
          
           19.
           20.
           
           God
           will
           have
           Judgement
           
             begin
             at
             his
             own
             house
             ,
             1
             Peter
             ,
          
           4.
           17.
           
        
         
           Their
           sins
           have
           some
           
             Aggravations
          
           in
           them
           which
           other
           mens
           have
           not
           ;
           these
           are
           committed
           
             against
             special
             light
          
           and
           more
           glorious
           convictions
           ,
           as
           those
           of
           
             Solomon
             ,
             After
             God
             had
             appeared
             unto
             him
             twice
             ,
             1
             Reg.
          
           11.
           9.
           
           Against
           
             special
             Love
             ,
          
           and
           experiences
           of
           divine
           favour
           ,
           2
           
             Samuel
          
           12.
           7.
           
           —
           9.
           
           Against
           
             special
             Relations
             ,
          
           the
           Honour
           of
           a
           Father
           ,
           a
           Lord
           ,
           an
           Husband
           ,
           
             Isa.
          
           1.
           2.
           
           Against
           special
           
             Grace
             ,
          
           and
           Assistance
           of
           the
           Holy
           Spirit
           ,
           
             Ephes
             ,
          
           4.
           30.
           
           Against
           special
           
             Covenants
          
           and
           Engagements
           ,
           after
           a
           vouching
           God
           for
           theirs
           ,
           
             Psalm
          
           78.
           34.
           
           Against
           special
           
             Deliverances
          
           from
           greatest
           dangers
           ,
           
             Ezra
          
           9.
           13
           ,
           14.
           
           Against
           special
           
             Hopes
             ,
          
           and
           more
           special
           Promises
           which
           should
           have
           !
           perswaded
           them
           unto
           Holiness
           ,
           2
           
             Cor.
             7.
             1.
             1
             
             John
             .
          
           3.
           3.
           
           Against
           special
           
             Peace
          
           and
           glorious
           Comforts
           ,
           as
           
             David
          
           sinned
           against
           the
           joy
           of
           Gods
           salvation
           ,
           
             Psalm
             51.
             12.
             
             Peter
          
           denied
           Christ
           after
           he
           had
           seen
           his
           
             Transfiguration
             .
          
        
         
         
           And
           this
           may
           teach
           the
           holiest
           of
           men
           ;
           1.
           
           To
           take
           heed
           of
           playing
           the
           Wantons
           with
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           :
           Though
           God
           be
           a
           tender
           ,
           yet
           he
           may
           be
           an
           
             Angry
             Father
             :
          
           And
           who
           knoweth
           the
           
             Power
             of
             his
             Anger
             ?
             Psalm
          
           90.
           11.
           2.
           
           To
           be
           more
           carefull
           to
           
             stand
             in
             the
             breach
          
           against
           publick
           Judgements
           ,
           having
           by
           their
           sins
           contributed
           to
           the
           bringing
           of
           them
           upon
           the
           Land
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           is
           not
           our
           doing
           of
           Duty
           ,
           but
           Gods
           being
           in
           Covenant
           with
           us
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           ground
           of
           his
           Mercy
           to
           us
           .
           
             Property
          
           doth
           stir
           up
           Compassion
           ,
           
             Though
             they
             have
             provoked
             me
             ,
             yet
             I
             will
             spare
             them
             ,
             because
             they
             are
          
           mine
           ,
           Malachy
           3.
           17.
           
           Whence
           we
           learn
           ;
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           what
           manner
           to
           go
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           plead
           with
           him
           ,
           not
           in
           confidence
           of
           our
           
             Duty
             ,
          
           but
           of
           our
           
             Relation
          
           to
           him
           as
           His
           ,
           
             Thou
             art
             our
             Father
             ,
             we
             are
             thine
             ,
             Isa.
          
           63.
           16
           ,
           —
           19.
           
           The
           Church
           in
           Affliction
           seldome
           useth
           any
           other
           Argument
           ,
           
             Why
             doth
             thy
             wrath
             wax
             hot
             against
             thy
             people
             ?
          
           Exod.
           32.
           11.
           
           
             Art
             not
             thou
             our
             God
             ?
          
           2
           Chron.
           20.
           7.
           
           
             We
             are
             called
             by
             thy
             name
             ,
             leave
             us
             not
             ,
          
           Jer.
           14.
           9.
           
           
             Spare
             thy
             people
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             give
             not
             thine
             Heritage
             to
             reproach
             ,
          
           Joel
           2.
           17.
           
           And
           the
           Lord
           when
           there
           is
           no
           motive
           else
           ,
           is
           marvellously
           wrought
           on
           by
           this
           Argument
           ,
           
             Is
          
           Ephraim
           
           
             my
             dear
             son
             ?
             Is
             he
             a
             pleasant
             child
             ?
             for
             since
             I
             spake
             against
             him
             ,
             I
             do
             earnestly
             remember
             him
             still
             ,
             therefore
             my
             bowels
             are
             troubled
             for
             him
             ,
             I
             will
             surely
             have
             mercy
             upon
             him
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
             Jer.
          
           31.
           20.
           
           In
           
             Confession
          
           we
           must
           say
           ,
           Thus
           and
           Thus
           
             have
             we
             done
             .
          
           Josh.
           7.
           20.
           
           In
           
             Petition
          
           we
           must
           say
           ,
           Thus
           and
           Thus
           
             hast
             thou
             promised
             .
          
           We
           may
           argue
           much
           better
           from
           
             Relations
          
           then
           
             Performances
             .
          
           Lord
           ,
           We
           are
           
             thy
             Children
             ;
          
           when
           we
           deserved
           wrath
           thou
           didst
           
             Adopt
             us
             ;
          
           though
           we
           deserve
           it
           still
           ,
           do
           not
           reject
           us
           .
           When
           thou
           didst
           Adopt
           us
           ,
           thou
           didst
           
             adopt
             enemies
             :
          
           If
           thou
           shouldst
           reject
           us
           ,
           thou
           shouldst
           reject
           
             Children
             .
          
           Our
           unworthiness
           could
           
             not
             prevent
          
           thy
           Mercy
           ,
           let
           it
           
             not
             remove
             it
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           In
           what
           manner
           to
           do
           Duty
           .
           None
           can
           do
           Duty
           aright
           ,
           but
           as
           
             one
             of
             His
             ,
          
           and
           in
           Covenant
           with
           him
           .
           In
           
             Christ
          
           by
           faith
           both
           our
           
             Persons
             ,
          
           and
           our
           
             Services
          
           are
           accepted
           ,
           
             Ephe.
             1.
             6.
             1
             Pet.
          
           2.
           5.
           
           The
           
             Altar
          
           sanctifieth
           the
           Gift
           ,
           and
           he
           is
           our
           
             Altar
             .
          
           
           Out
           of
           him
           we
           can
           do
           nothing
           .
           Duties
           are
           not
           done
           aright
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           vertue
           of
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           .
           
             Jehu
          
           did
           a
           work
           
             materially
          
           good
           ,
           but
           carnal
           policy
           turned
           it
           into
           sin
           ,
           
             Hos.
          
           1.
           4.
           
           To
           
             pray
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           hold
           
           fast
           cruelty
           ;
           To
           
             Fast
             ,
          
           and
           to
           take
           pleasure
           
           in
           Wickedness
           ;
           To
           bring
           
             Offerings
          
           and
           
           
           Flocks
           to
           Gods
           house
           ,
           and
           still
           delight
           in
           violence
           and
           oppression
           ;
           If
           any
           thing
           be
           to
           mock
           God
           ,
           and
           provoke
           wrath
           ,
           certainly
           this
           is
           ,
           to
           make
           Religion
           ,
           like
           
             Samuels
             Mantle
             ,
          
           a
           Cloak
           for
           the
           Devil
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           In
           what
           manner
           to
           
             escape
             Judgements
             ,
          
           and
           secure
           Mercy
           .
           Be
           
             His
             people
             ,
          
           and
           you
           are
           sure
           to
           be
           spared
           ,
           
             Mal.
             3.
             17.
             
             Ezek.
          
           9.
           4.
           
           He
           hath
           an
           
             Ark
          
           for
           
             Noah
             ,
          
           a
           
             Zoar
          
           for
           
             Lot
             ,
          
           a
           
             Basket
          
           for
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           a
           
             Gath
          
           for
           
             David
             ,
             Chambers
          
           and
           hiding
           places
           for
           his
           people
           ,
           untill
           Calamity
           be
           over-past
           ,
           
             Isa.
             26.
             20.
             
             Psalm
             57.
             2.
             Zeph.
          
           2.
           3.
           
           When
           Jesus
           was
           neer
           his
           own
           suffering
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           dangers
           himself
           ,
           he
           took
           care
           of
           his
           poor
           Disciples
           .
           
             Let
             these
             go
             ,
             Joh.
          
           18.
           8.
           
           The
           less
           protection
           they
           find
           amongst
           men
           ,
           the
           more
           they
           shall
           have
           from
           him
           .
        
         
           Since
           therefore
           the
           Lord
           is
           tender
           of
           the
           Interests
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           and
           takes
           special
           care
           of
           Hearing
           ,
           Forgiving
           ,
           and
           Healing
           them
           ,
           Let
           it
           be
           your
           care
           ,
           Right
           Honourable
           ,
           likewise
           to
           take
           them
           into
           your
           protection
           :
           they
           who
           hurt
           them
           ,
           hew
           at
           the
           bough
           whereon
           they
           stand
           ,
           dig
           under
           the
           
             Foundation
          
           which
           holds
           them
           up
           .
        
         
           This
           for
           the
           Qualifications
           of
           the
           persons
           of
           whom
           these
           duties
           are
           required
           ;
           
           The
           
             Duties
          
           themselves
           required
           for
           the
           removal
           of
           Judgements
           ,
           follow
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           If
           they
           shall
           
             humble
          
           themselves
           ,
           and
           be
           cast
           down
           under
           my
           holy
           hand
           in
           the
           sense
           of
           my
           displeasure
           .
           But
           that
           is
           not
           enough
           ,
           
             Ahab
          
           did
           so
           ,
           1
           
             Reg.
          
           21.
           27.
           who
           for
           ought
           we
           read
           ,
           did
           not
           pray
           unto
           God
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           If
           they
           shall
           
             pray
             ,
          
           and
           cry
           for
           help
           ,
           as
           
             Ninivie
          
           did
           ,
           
             Jonah
          
           3.
           8.
           
           But
           that
           is
           not
           enough
           neither
           .
           Hypocrites
           in
           distress
           will
           say
           ,
           
             Arise
             and
             save
             us
             ,
             Jer.
          
           2.
           27.
           
           
             They
             will
             spread
             forth
             their
             hands
             ,
             and
             make
             many
             prayers
             ,
          
           Isa.
           1.
           15.
           
             and
             cry
             in
             the
             ears
             of
             the
             Lord
             with
             a
             loud
             voice
             ,
          
           Ezek.
           8.
           18.
           
           
             And
             enquire
             early
             after
             him
             ,
          
           Psalm
           78.
           34.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           If
           they
           shall
           
             seek
             my
             face
             ,
          
           be
           grieved
           more
           for
           my
           
             Displeasure
          
           than
           my
           
             Rod
             ,
             Pray
          
           first
           for
           
             Mercy
             ,
          
           and
           then
           for
           
             Healing
             ,
          
           as
           
             David
             ,
          
           Psalm
           6.
           2.
           
           It
           was
           
             Christs
             Method
          
           first
           to
           forgive
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           heal
           ,
           
             Mat.
          
           9.
           2
           ,
           6.
           
           And
           it
           must
           be
           ours
           in
           praying
           for
           it
           .
           But
           neither
           is
           this
           
             enough
             ,
             Pharoah
          
           can
           be
           contented
           to
           have
           his
           sin
           forgiven
           ,
           though
           he
           will
           not
           let
           it
           goe
           ,
           
             Exodus
          
           10.
           17.
           
        
         
           4.
           
           If
           they
           shall
           
             turn
             from
             their
             evil
             wayes
             ,
          
           and
           so
           lift
           up
           
             holy
             hands
          
           unto
           God
           ,
           
             First
             wash
             their
             hands
             in
             innocency
             ,
             and
             then
             compass
             the
             Lords
             Altar
             ,
          
           Psalm
           26.
           6.
           
           
             Put
             iniquity
          
           
           
             far
             away
             from
             their
             hands
             ,
             and
             then
             stretch
             them
             forth
             towards
             God
             ,
          
           Job
           11.
           13
           ,
           14.
           
           
             Lift
             up
             pure
             hands
             ,
          
           1
           Tim.
           2.
           8.
           
           
             Put
             away
             the
             evil
             of
             their
             doings
             ,
             and
             then
             come
             and
             reason
             together
             with
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           Isaiah
           1.
           16
           ,
           17
           ,
           18.
           
        
         
           1.
           
           Then
           ,
           If
           they
           shall
           
             Humble
          
           themselves
           .
           A
           duty
           called
           for
           by
           Prophets
           and
           Apostles
           ,
           
             Mic.
          
           6.
           8.
           
           
             Jam.
          
           4.
           10.
           1
           
             Pet.
          
           5.
           6.
           specially
           respected
           by
           God
           ,
           as
           we
           find
           in
           the
           case
           of
           
             Josiah
             ,
          
           2
           
             Reg.
          
           22.
           19.
           
           And
           gracious
           Promises
           made
           thereunto
           ,
           
             Leviticus
          
           26.
           41.
           42.
           
        
         
           It
           emptieth
           the
           heart
           of
           
             Self-Confidence
             ,
          
           is
           the
           Root
           of
           that
           fundamental
           Duty
           of
           Self-Denial
           .
        
         
           It
           fits
           for
           
             approach
          
           to
           God
           ,
           because
           the
           more
           humble
           ,
           the
           more
           welcome
           :
           the
           more
           we
           tremble
           at
           his
           Threatnings
           ,
           the
           more
           we
           shall
           supplicate
           for
           his
           Grace
           ,
           
             Isa.
          
           66.
           2.
           
           
             Job
          
           9.
           15.
           
        
         
           It
           disposeth
           to
           a
           
             Confession
          
           of
           sin
           ,
           as
           we
           see
           in
           the
           poor
           
             Prodigal
          
           and
           
             Publican
             ,
          
           Luke
           15.
           17
           ,
           18
           ,
           19.
           
           Luke
           18.
           13.
           
        
         
           It
           prepares
           the
           heart
           for
           the
           entertainment
           of
           Mercy
           ,
           though
           the
           proclamation
           be
           made
           ,
           and
           the
           Court
           of
           Mercy
           be
           
             open
             to
             all
             ,
          
           Rev.
           17.
           22.
           yet
           while
           men
           
             love
             sin
             ,
          
           they
           
             forsake
             Mercy
             ,
          
           Jon.
           2.
           8.
           
           But
           when
           the
           soul
           is
           humbled
           ,
           it
           opens
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           
           his
           Grace
           .
           
             Weary
          
           souls
           are
           glad
           to
           be
           
             satiated
             ,
             Jer.
          
           31.
           25.
           
        
         
           It
           makes
           way
           to
           the
           forsaking
           of
           sin
           ;
           the
           more
           a
           soul
           is
           
             humbled
          
           for
           it
           ,
           the
           more
           it
           is
           
             fearfull
          
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           watchfull
           against
           it
           .
        
         
           Humiliation
           is
           two-fold
           .
           1.
           
           A
           
             Passive
             ,
          
           when
           God
           breaks
           the
           heart
           by
           the
           
             Hammer
          
           of
           the
           Word
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           called
           ,
           
             Jer.
          
           23.
           29.
           or
           by
           some
           sore
           Affliction
           .
           2.
           
           
             Active
             ,
          
           when
           the
           soul
           humbleth
           it self
           under
           sin
           and
           wrath
           ;
           
             When
             a
             man-afflicts
             his
             own
             soul
             ,
          
           Levit.
           16.
           29.
           
           Again
           ,
           This
           is
           two-fold
           :
           1.
           
           
             Legal
             ,
          
           proceeding
           from
           a
           spirit
           of
           
             Bondage
             ,
          
           when
           the
           heart
           roars
           on
           a
           rack
           ,
           or
           melts
           in
           a
           furnace
           ,
           is
           fill'd
           with
           Consternation
           and
           Anguish
           under
           the
           weight
           of
           sin
           and
           wrath
           :
           which
           was
           the
           case
           of
           
             Pharaoh
             ,
             Ahab
             ,
             Belshazzar
             ,
             Felix
             ,
          
           the
           Jaylor
           ,
           the
           Murtherers
           of
           Christ
           .
           2.
           
           
             Evangelical
             ,
          
           When
           the
           soul
           is
           not
           only
           broken
           and
           batter'd
           with
           the
           Horror
           and
           dread
           of
           wrath
           (
           this
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           and
           remain
           hard
           ,
           as
           every
           piece
           of
           a
           broken
           flint
           is
           hard
           still
           .
           )
           But
           when
           it
           is
           kindly
           
             melted
          
           and
           
             softned
          
           with
           apprehensions
           of
           Gods
           Goodness
           and
           free
           Grace
           .
           A
           compounded
           Duty
           made
           up
           of
           
             Love
          
           and
           
             Sorrow
             ,
          
           the
           Humiliation
           of
           
             Hezekiah
             ,
          
           Jer.
           26.
           19.
           and
           of
           
             Josiah
             ,
          
           2
           
             Chron.
          
           34.
           27.
           
        
         
         
           This
           is
           a
           
             perpetual
          
           Duty
           ;
           As
           long
           as
           sin
           remains
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           a
           sense
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           sorrow
           for
           it
           .
           But
           in
           
             some
             times
             and
             cases
          
           it
           is
           specially
           to
           be
           renewed
           ;
           As
           in
           time
           of
           extraordinary
           
             sins
          
           and
           provocations
           ,
           of
           publick
           
             Dangers
          
           and
           Distresses
           ,
           of
           great
           
             Enterprizes
          
           attempted
           ,
           or
           
             Successes
          
           and
           Blessings
           desired
           :
           which
           was
           the
           case
           of
           
             Exra
             ,
          
           8.
           21.
           
        
         
           The
           great
           sins
           ,
           the
           sad
           Divisions
           ,
           the
           dis-joynted
           affections
           ,
           the
           contrary
           Interests
           ,
           the
           dolefull
           Errors
           and
           Distempers
           in
           the
           
             Church
             ,
          
           the
           miserable
           Fluctuations
           and
           Discomposures
           which
           have
           been
           in
           the
           
             State
             ,
          
           the
           horrid
           violations
           of
           Order
           and
           Justice
           ,
           the
           wofull
           
             Staines
          
           which
           have
           been
           upon
           the
           Land
           ,
           by
           the
           irregular
           and
           
             Prodigious
             effusion
             of
             the
             blood
             of
             Princes
             ,
          
           Peers
           and
           Prophets
           ,
           the
           Affronts
           and
           Dissipations
           which
           have
           been
           put
           upon
           
             Parliaments
             ,
          
           the
           
             Contempts
          
           which
           have
           been
           poured
           outon
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           At
           tempts
           against
           their
           Maintenance
           ;
           The
           great
           difficulties
           which
           lie
           before
           the
           noble
           Houses
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           in
           their
           endeavours
           of
           Healing
           and
           setling
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           putting
           the
           
             broken
             bones
          
           and
           dislocated
           joynts
           into
           due
           order
           again
           ;
           the
           allaying
           of
           animosities
           ,
           the
           moderating
           of
           Extremities
           ,
           the
           reconciling
           of
           differences
           ,
           the
           
           satisfying
           of
           Interests
           ,
           the
           Preservation
           of
           pure
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           and
           the
           great
           concernments
           of
           Christ
           and
           his
           people
           ;
           the
           restoring
           of
           collapsed
           Honour
           to
           the
           Nations
           ,
           and
           of
           
             just
             Rights
          
           to
           all
           orders
           therein
           ;
           (
           which
           have
           been
           so
           many
           years
           obstructed
           )
           the
           reviving
           of
           Trade
           ,
           the
           easing
           of
           Pressures
           ,
           the
           reducing
           of
           these
           wofully
           tossed
           and
           naufragated
           Kingdoms
           unto
           Calmness
           and
           Serenity
           again
           ,
           do
           call
           aloud
           for
           these
           Duties
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           that
           so
           the
           Lord
           may
           be
           pleased
           to
           hear
           ,
           forgive
           ,
           and
           heal
           us
           himself
           ;
           and
           shine
           upon
           the
           Counsels
           ,
           and
           bless
           the
           whole
           undertakings
           of
           his
           servants
           that
           they
           may
           be
           Instruments
           of
           Healing
           us
           likewise
           .
        
         
           For
           your
           better
           performance
           hereof
           ,
           I
           shall
           propose
           two
           Expedients
           .
        
         
           I.
           To
           take
           a
           view
           of
           God
           in
           himself
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           Relations
           unto
           you
           ,
           and
           dealings
           with
           you
           .
        
         
           II.
           To
           take
           a
           view
           of
           your selves
           in
           the
           glass
           of
           his
           pure
           and
           holy
           Law
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             Set
             the
             Lord
             before
             you
          
           as
           
             David
          
           did
           ,
           
             Psalm
          
           16.
           8.
           
           Consider
           what
           a
           God
           he
           is
           with
           whom
           we
           have
           to
           do
           .
           Consider
           him
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           
             In
             himself
             .
          
           His
           searching
           
             Eye
             ,
          
           Humble
           your selves
           
             in
             his
             sight
             ,
          
           Jam.
           4.
           10.
           
           His
           
             mighty
             Hand
             ,
          
           Humble
           your selves
           under
           his
           
           Hand
           ,
           1
           
             Pet.
          
           5.
           6.
           
           His
           
             Eye
          
           can
           search
           us
           ,
           we
           cannot
           
             hide
          
           from
           him
           ;
           his
           
             Hand
          
           can
           reach
           us
           ,
           we
           
             cannot
             escape
          
           him
           .
           Every
           
             Attribute
          
           of
           God
           may
           serve
           to
           humble
           us
           .
        
         
           His
           Majesty
           and
           Glory
           ,
           dreadfull
           to
           the
           Angels
           ,
           
             Isa.
          
           6.
           2.
           
           
             Cujus
             participatione
             justi
             ejus
             comparatione
             nec
             justi
             .
          
           He
           is
           a
           great
           God
           ,
           and
           therefore
           greatly
           to
           be
           feared
           ,
           
             Psalm
          
           89.
           6
           ,
           7.
           
        
         
           His
           Holiness
           ,
           wherein
           he
           is
           glorious
           ,
           
             Exodus
          
           15.
           11.
           
           So
           Holy
           that
           he
           cannot
           be
           served
           ,
           
             Josh.
          
           24.
           19.
           
           
             Of
             purer
             eyes
             than
             to
             behold
             iniquity
             .
          
        
         
           His
           Jealousie
           and
           Justice
           :
           A
           God
           to
           whom
           vengeance
           belongeth
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           be
           mocked
           or
           provoked
           ,
           
             Nahum
          
           1.
           2.
           
        
         
           His
           Mercy
           and
           Goodness
           which
           should
           lead
           us
           to
           Repentance
           ,
           and
           melt
           the
           heart
           into
           a
           filial
           fear
           of
           him
           ,
           
             Hosea
          
           3.
           5.
           
           
             Rom.
          
           2.
           4.
           
        
         
           His
           Omniscience
           ,
           who
           searcheth
           and
           trieth
           the
           heart
           and
           the
           reins
           ,
           hath
           all
           things
           naked
           and
           open
           before
           him
           .
           If
           we
           know
           enough
           by
           our selves
           ,
           to
           humble
           and
           abase
           us
           ,
           how
           should
           we
           reverence
           the
           eye
           of
           God
           who
           knoweth
           all
           things
           ?
        
         
           Such
           considerations
           greatly
           humbled
           the
           holiest
           of
           men
           .
           
             Moses
          
           is
           afraid
           to
           look
           upon
           God
           ,
           
             Exod.
          
           3.
           6.
           
           
             Job
          
           abhors
           himself
           ,
           
           
             Job
          
           42.
           5.
           
           
             Elijah
          
           hides
           his
           face
           in
           a
           mantle
           ,
           1
           
             Reg.
          
           19
           ,
           13.
           
           
             Isaiah
          
           cries
           out
           ,
           
             I
             am
             undone
             ,
             Isa.
          
           6.
           5.
           
           
             Ezra
          
           cannot
           stand
           before
           God
           ,
           
             Ezra
          
           9.
           15.
           
           
             Peter
          
           bids
           Christ
           depart
           from
           him
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           a
           sinfull
           man
           ,
           
             Luke
          
           5.
           8.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           In
           his
           
             Relations
             to
             us
             :
          
           He
           our
           
             Maker
             ,
          
           we
           the
           Clay
           ;
           He
           our
           
             King
             ,
          
           we
           Vassals
           ;
           He
           our
           
             Judge
             ,
          
           we
           Malefactors
           ;
           He
           our
           
             Father
             ,
          
           we
           undutifull
           sons
           ;
           He
           our
           
             Master
             ,
          
           we
           unprofitable
           servants
           .
           All
           Arguments
           unto
           Humiliation
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           In
           his
           
             Dealing
          
           with
           us
           .
           Our
           Humiliation
           melts
           him
           all
           into
           Mercy
           ,
           when
           Israel
           confessed
           ,
           submitted
           ,
           prayed
           ,
           reformed
           ,
           the
           soul
           of
           the
           Lord
           was
           grieved
           for
           their
           misery
           ,
           
             Judg.
          
           10.
           15
           ,
           16.
           
           When
           
             Ephraim
          
           smote
           on
           his
           thigh
           ,
           the
           Lords
           bowels
           were
           troubled
           for
           him
           ,
           
             Jer.
          
           31.
           19
           ,
           20.
           
           But
           our
           stubborness
           will
           seal
           and
           shut
           up
           his
           compassions
           against
           us
           ,
           
             Levit.
          
           26.
           21.
           
           Consider
           him
           ;
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           his
           
             Iudgements
          
           and
           various
           Providences
           :
           By
           which
           we
           should
           learn
           
             Righteousness
             ,
             Isa.
          
           26.
           9.
           
           The
           Lords
           Cup
           hath
           passed
           through
           all
           
             Orders
          
           of
           men
           ,
           Princes
           ,
           Peers
           ,
           Gentry
           ,
           Ministers
           ,
           People
           ,
           Souldiers
           themselves
           ;
           We
           have
           felt
           his
           Judgements
           in
           our
           Houses
           ,
           our
           Honours
           ,
           our
           Names
           ,
           our
           Estates
           ,
           by
           Wars
           on
           Land
           ,
           by
           Dangers
           
           on
           Sea
           ,
           by
           Divisions
           in
           Church
           ,
           by
           Confusions
           in
           State
           ,
           by
           more
           Evils
           and
           Sorrows
           then
           can
           be
           well
           enumerated
           .
           And
           should
           we
           not
           
             turn
          
           unto
           the
           Lord
           that
           
             smites
             ?
             Isa.
          
           9.
           13.
           
           Should
           we
           be
           like
           
             Ahaz
             ,
          
           the
           worse
           for
           our
           sufferings
           ?
           2
           
             Chron.
          
           28.
           22.
           
           Be
           
             set
             on
             fire
             ,
             and
             not
             know
             it
             ;
          
           be
           burnt
           ,
           and
           not
           lay
           it
           to
           heart
           ?
           
             Isa.
          
           42.
           25.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           In
           his
           
             Mercies
          
           which
           have
           shined
           upon
           us
           through
           all
           our
           clouds
           .
           We
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           complain
           ,
           for
           we
           are
           
             living
             men
             .
          
           He
           hath
           remembred
           
             Mercy
          
           in
           the
           
             midst
             of
             wrath
             ,
          
           Quenched
           the
           flame
           of
           War
           ,
           frustrated
           the
           Attempts
           of
           those
           who
           would
           have
           kindled
           it
           again
           ,
           rebuked
           the
           rage
           of
           the
           sea
           ,
           
             the
             beast
             of
             the
             reeds
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Psalmist
           speaks
           ,
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           the
           Career
           of
           those
           who
           had
           in
           hope
           and
           design
           swallowed
           up
           our
           Churches
           ,
           our
           
             Vniversities
             ,
          
           our
           Ministry
           ,
           our
           
             Jordan
          
           into
           their
           
             dead
             sea
             .
          
           Continued
           his
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           the
           means
           of
           Grace
           in
           plenty
           and
           liberty
           amongst
           us
           ,
           (
           blessed
           be
           his
           name
           for
           ever
           ,
           never
           may
           this
           blessing
           be
           removed
           from
           us
           )
           restored
           our
           
             Parliaments
          
           (
           the
           great
           Bulwarks
           under
           God
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           Liberties
           ,
           Properties
           ,
           Interests
           ,
           all
           our
           Endearments
           )
           towards
           their
           
             Ancient
             Honour
          
           and
           Splendor
           again
           .
           And
           this
           Goodness
           of
           God
           calls
           for
           our
           
             Humiliation
             ,
             I
             will
             accept
             you
             ,
             and
             gather
             you
          
           
           
             out
             of
             the
             Countries
             ,
             and
             then
             you
             shall
             remember
             your
             wayes
             ,
             and
             loath
             your selves
             ,
          
           Ezek.
           20.
           —
           41
           ,
           43.
           
           With
           an
           
             Hard
             and
             a
             Soft
             ,
          
           Stone
           and
           Mortar
           ,
           we
           build
           a
           Wall
           ;
           with
           an
           
             hard
          
           and
           an
           
             soft
             ,
          
           an
           Hammer
           and
           a
           Pillow
           ,
           we
           break
           a
           flint
           ;
           with
           an
           
             hard
          
           and
           a
           
             soft
             ,
          
           the
           Seal
           and
           the
           Wax
           ,
           we
           make
           an
           impression
           .
           Hard
           Judgements
           and
           soft
           Mercies
           ,
           should
           build
           us
           up
           in
           Holiness
           ,
           break
           our
           stubborn
           hearts
           ,
           and
           make
           impressions
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           II.
           Take
           a
           view
           of
           
             your selves
             ,
          
           of
           your
           own
           Hearts
           and
           Lives
           ;
           we
           are
           apt
           
             to
             forget
          
           our selves
           ,
           
             Iam.
          
           1.
           23.
           
           To
           
             mistake
          
           our selves
           ,
           
             Prov.
          
           14.
           12.
           
           
             Rev.
          
           3.
           17.
           
           And
           therefore
           we
           are
           bid
           
             to
             search
             and
             try
          
           our selves
           ,
           2
           
             Cor.
          
           13.
           5.
           as
           a
           means
           to
           
             silence
          
           our
           
             complaints
          
           against
           God
           ,
           
             Lam.
          
           3.
           39
           ,
           40.
           
           When
           the
           
             Prodigal
          
           son
           once
           
             came
             to
             himself
             ,
          
           and
           took
           a
           surveigh
           of
           his
           own
           condition
           ,
           he
           was
           quickly
           brought
           to
           acknowledge
           his
           unworthiness
           ,
           
             Luke
          
           15.
           17
           ,
           18.
           
           This
           is
           a
           Duty
           of
           singular
           use
           and
           benefit
           .
           It
           enlargeth
           the
           heart
           in
           godly
           sorrow
           for
           sin
           past
           ,
           upon
           the
           discoveries
           which
           this
           Scrutiny
           maketh
           .
           When
           we
           remember
           our
           doings
           ,
           we
           shall
           loath
           our selves
           ,
           
             Ezek.
          
           6.
           9.
           
           It
           worketh
           caution
           and
           circumspection
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           ;
           We
           shall
           take
           heed
           of
           breaking
           the
           Commandments
           ,
           having
           provoked
           the
           
           Lord
           so
           much
           already
           ,
           
             Ezra
          
           9.
           14.
           
           It
           will
           cause
           us
           to
           magnifie
           divine
           Mercy
           ,
           as
           
             Paul
          
           did
           ,
           when
           he
           called
           to
           mind
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           been
           a
           Persecutor
           and
           Blasphemer
           ,
           1
           
             Tim.
          
           1.
           13
           ,
           15.
           
           If
           any
           one
           should
           do
           us
           the
           thousanth
           part
           of
           the
           wrong
           which
           we
           have
           done
           God
           ,
           could
           we
           humble
           our selves
           to
           feed
           ,
           to
           cloath
           ,
           to
           enrich
           ,
           to
           adopt
           such
           a
           person
           unto
           our
           own
           family
           ,
           and
           provide
           an
           ample
           inheritance
           for
           him
           ?
           It
           would
           make
           us
           relie
           only
           on
           free
           grace
           ,
           and
           not
           on
           any
           strength
           of
           our
           own
           ,
           when
           we
           consider
           how
           much
           God
           requires
           ,
           and
           how
           little
           we
           perform
           .
           
             I
             will
             go
             in
             the
             strength
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             I
             will
             make
             mention
             of
             thy
             Righteousness
             ,
             of
             thine
             only
             ,
          
           Psal.
           71.
           16.
           
           Ashur
           
             shall
             not
             save
             us
             ,
             we
             will
             not
             ride
             upon
             Horses
             ,
             nor
             say
             to
             the
             work
             of
             our
             hands
             ,
             ye
             are
             our
             Gods
             ,
             for
             in
             thee
             the
             Father
             less
             findeth
             Mercy
             ,
          
           Hos.
           14.
           3.
           Isa.
           17.
           7
           ,
           8.
           
           It
           will
           make
           us
           exceeding
           meek
           and
           patient
           in
           Afflictions
           .
           It
           is
           nothing
           but
           ignorance
           of
           our selves
           ,
           which
           makes
           us
           swell
           and
           fret
           against
           God
           .
           If
           we
           be
           living
           men
           ,
           we
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           complain
           ,
           for
           we
           suffer
           less
           than
           our
           iniquity
           deserves
           ,
           
             Lam.
          
           3.
           39
           ,
           40.
           
           
             Job
          
           11.
           6.
           
           
             Psal.
          
           103
           ,
           10.
           
           
             Ezra
          
           9.
           13.
           
        
         
           And
           that
           we
           may
           have
           the
           better
           and
           fuller
           view
           of
           our selves
           ,
           of
           our
           hearts
           and
           lives
           ,
           let
           us
           look
           upon
           the
           holy
           Law
           of
           
           God
           .
           It
           is
           exceeding
           
             broad
             ,
          
           and
           reacheth
           to
           the
           smallest
           corruption
           ,
           
             Psalm
          
           119.
           96.
           
           Exceeding
           
             spiritual
             ,
          
           and
           searcheth
           the
           inmost
           corners
           of
           the
           soul
           ,
           
             Rom.
          
           7.
           14.
           
           Exceeding
           
             pure
             ,
          
           and
           cannot
           away
           with
           the
           least
           pollution
           ,
           
             Psalm
          
           119.
           140.
           
           Exceeding
           
             perfect
             ,
          
           and
           will
           not
           dispence
           with
           any
           defect
           ,
           
             Psalm
          
           19.
           7.
           
           Exceeding
           
             right
          
           and
           
             strait
             ,
          
           and
           cannot
           endure
           any
           guil
           of
           spirit
           ,
           
             Psalm
          
           19.
           8
           9.
           
           Upon
           the
           exceeding
           great
           and
           
             precious
             promises
          
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           
             Portion
          
           and
           
             Dowry
          
           of
           the
           Church
           here
           below
           ,
           Upon
           the
           Holy
           Spirit
           of
           Love
           and
           Grace
           ,
           which
           sealeth
           Believers
           unto
           the
           day
           of
           Redemption
           .
           Upon
           the
           free
           
             Love
          
           whereby
           we
           were
           elected
           ,
           Upon
           the
           
             precious
             blood
          
           whereby
           we
           were
           redeemed
           ,
           Upon
           the
           
             glorious
             Inheritance
          
           whereunto
           we
           are
           reserved
           ,
           Upon
           the
           
             gracious
             Image
          
           after
           which
           we
           are
           renewed
           .
        
         
           This
           holy
           
             Law
          
           we
           have
           violated
           ,
           these
           precious
           
             Promises
          
           we
           have
           undervalued
           ,
           this
           blessed
           
             Spirit
          
           we
           have
           grieved
           ,
           this
           
             Grace
          
           we
           have
           abused
           ,
           this
           
             Image
          
           defiled
           ,
           this
           free
           
             Love
             ,
          
           this
           inestimable
           
             blood
             ,
          
           this
           glorious
           
             Inheritance
          
           we
           have
           deprized
           ,
           and
           miserably
           neglected
           ●ad
           disesteemed
           .
           What
           remains
           ,
           but
           that
           we
           cry
           out
           all
           with
           the
           Leaper
           in
           the
           Law
           ,
           
             Unclean
             ,
             Vnclean
             .
          
           Lastly
           ,
           Let
           us
           take
           off
           our
           sins
           ;
           if
           
           we
           be
           not
           Rocks
           and
           Adamants
           ,
           
             that
          
           will
           humble
           us
           .
           We
           were
           made
           to
           converse
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           sin
           hath
           shut
           him
           out
           of
           all
           our
           thoughts
           .
           We
           use
           to
           lament
           sad
           Alterations
           ,
           when
           a
           Garden
           of
           Eden
           is
           made
           a
           Wilderness
           ,
           Cities
           turned
           into
           ruinous
           heaps
           ,
           they
           that
           wear
           Scarlet
           ,
           embracing
           Dung-hils
           .
           How
           should
           we
           bewail
           the
           sad
           change
           which
           
             Sin
          
           hath
           wrought
           in
           our
           Nature
           and
           Lives
           ?
           That
           a
           Creature
           stamped
           with
           the
           impress
           of
           the
           divine
           Image
           ,
           made
           for
           high
           and
           honourable
           Imployments
           ,
           should
           so
           far
           degenerate
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           a
           child
           of
           Darkness
           ,
           a
           vassal
           of
           Hell
           ,
           a
           vessel
           of
           lust
           .
           That
           a
           
             Soul
          
           made
           of
           a
           kind
           of
           
             Angelical
             substance
             ,
          
           should
           sink
           it self
           into
           the
           balance
           ,
           with
           sordid
           pleasures
           ,
           with
           perishing
           profits
           ,
           with
           noisome
           lusts
           ,
           should
           barter
           ,
           and
           sell
           away
           its
           self
           ,
           and
           its
           salvation
           ,
           for
           wind
           ;
           for
           shame
           ,
           for
           vanity
           ,
           for
           rottenness
           ,
           and
           
             change
             its
             glory
          
           for
           that
           which
           doth
           not
           profit
           .
           That
           a
           tongue
           which
           was
           made
           to
           glorifie
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           our
           
             Glory
             ,
          
           made
           for
           prayers
           ,
           and
           praises
           ,
           and
           gracious
           Communication
           ,
           should
           belch
           out
           Blasphemy
           and
           Profaneness
           ,
           Oaths
           and
           Curses
           ,
           Ribaldrie
           and
           Reviling
           ,
           and
           all
           kind
           of
           
             rotten
          
           speeches
           ,
           like
           an
           open
           Sepulcher
           .
           That
           an
           
             heart
          
           which
           was
           made
           for
           heavenly
           meditations
           ,
           and
           for
           intimate
           
           communion
           and
           converse
           with
           God
           ,
           should
           now
           entertain
           none
           but
           hellish
           affections
           ,
           and
           be
           a
           sink
           and
           charnel
           house
           of
           impure
           Lusts
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           should
           here
           descend
           to
           a
           more
           particular
           disquisition
           ,
           and
           consider
           ,
           The
           uncleanness
           of
           our
           
             Original
          
           from
           fallen-Adam
           
             ,
          
           by
           whom
           we
           have
           been
           
             sold
          
           as
           Bond-men
           under
           sin
           ,
           
             Rom.
             7.
             14.
             
             For
             none
             can
             bring
             a
             clean
             thing
             out
             of
             an
             unclean
             ?
          
           Job
           14.
           4.
           
           Job
           .
           25
           4.
           
           The
           uncleanness
           of
           our
           
             Nature
          
           and
           Constitution
           ,
           by
           
             nature
             Children
             of
             wrath
             ,
             No
             good
             thing
             dwelling
             in
             us
             .
          
           As
           contrary
           to
           the
           holy
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           Darkness
           to
           light
           ;
           as
           full
           of
           Evil
           ,
           as
           the
           Sea
           of
           water
           ;
           
             Set
             on
             fire
             by
             a
             hell
             of
             corruption
             ,
          
           James
           3.6
           .
           Exactly
           contrary
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           appeareth
           by
           comparing
           the
           strict
           demands
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           
             Gen.
          
           3.
           10.
           with
           the
           thorow
           depravation
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           
             Gen.
          
           6.
           5.
           
           The
           uncleanness
           of
           our
           
             Thoughts
             ,
          
           and
           secret
           Affections
           which
           arise
           continually
           ,
           as
           sparkles
           out
           of
           a
           stirred
           furnace
           :
           Vain
           thoughts
           ,
           which
           tend
           to
           no
           good
           ,
           
             Jer.
          
           4.
           14.
           
           Wicked
           impure
           Thoughts
           ,
           very
           gall
           and
           bitterness
           ,
           
             Acts
          
           8.
           22
           ,
           23.
           
           The
           uncleanness
           of
           our
           
             words
             ,
          
           not
           only
           
             idle
          
           words
           ,
           
             Mat.
          
           12.
           36.
           but
           
             rotten
          
           and
           unsavory
           ,
           
             Eph.
          
           4.
           29.
           
           The
           uncleanness
           of
           our
           
             Actions
             ,
          
           that
           immense
           
             Colluvies
          
           of
           Impieties
           against
           
           God
           ,
           Unrighteousness
           against
           men
           ,
           Intemperance
           against
           our selves
           ,
           Hainous
           in
           Quality
           ,
           Measureless
           in
           Quantity
           ,
           Sands
           for
           number
           ,
           Mountains
           for
           weight
           ,
           attended
           with
           multitudes
           of
           dolefull
           aggravations
           ;
           The
           uncleanness
           of
           our
           
             services
             ,
          
           and
           Iniquity
           of
           our
           holy
           things
           ;
           Such
           considerations
           as
           these
           sanctified
           by
           Evangelical
           Grace
           ,
           would
           much
           conduce
           to
           our
           Humiliation
           ,
           and
           work
           in
           us
           these
           three
           fruits
           and
           evidences
           thereof
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           A
           
             Godly
             sorrow
             ,
          
           so
           called
           by
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           because
           it
           sets
           the
           
             soul
             God-ward
             .
             Cain
             ,
             Judas
             ,
             Felix
          
           sorrowed
           ,
           but
           they
           
             ran
             from
             God
             .
          
           But
           Godly
           sorrow
           carries
           the
           soul
           closer
           
             unto
             God
             .
          
           As
           a
           ship
           in
           a
           tempest
           ventures
           not
           to
           any
           shore
           ,
           but
           gets
           further
           into
           the
           Sea
           ;
           so
           the
           soul
           when
           it
           is
           humbled
           by
           God
           ,
           betakes
           not
           it self
           unto
           any
           carnal
           shore
           ,
           but
           still
           runs
           closer
           into
           him
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           A
           Justifying
           of
           God
           ,
           ascribing
           to
           him
           the
           glory
           of
           his
           Righteousness
           ,
           if
           he
           should
           condemn
           us
           ;
           and
           of
           his
           Mercy
           ,
           that
           he
           doth
           absolve
           us
           ,
           
             Psalm
             51.
             4.
             
             Daniel
             9.
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
        
         
           3.
           
           
             A
             self-judging
          
           and
           subscribing
           to
           our
           Condemnation
           ,
           saying
           
             Amen
          
           unto
           the
           
             curse
             ,
          
           
           
             Deut.
          
           27.
           15.
           
           If
           I
           judge
           my selfe
           ,
           God
           can
           reverse
           my
           Judgement
           ,
           as
           the
           Superiour
           Judicatory
           can
           the
           Act
           of
           the
           Inferiour
           :
           But
           if
           I
           stay
           till
           God
           judge
           me
           ,
           all
           the
           world
           
           cannot
           null
           or
           avoid
           his
           .
           As
           St.
           
             Austin
          
           saith
           of
           the
           poor
           Publican
           ,
           
             Ipse
             sibi
             judex
             erat
             ,
             ut
             Deus
             liberaret
             ;
             ipse
             accusabat
             ,
             ut
             ille
             defenderet
             .
          
           He
           judged
           and
           accused
           himself
           ,
           that
           God
           might
           deliver
           and
           defend
           him
           .
           
           
             Bonum
             Judicium
             ,
          
           saith
           Bernard
           ,
           
             quod
             me
             illo
             districto
             divinoque
             judicio
             subducit
             &
             abscondit
             :
             Volo
             vultui
             irae
             judicatus
             praesentari
             non
             judicandus
             .
          
           This
           is
           a
           good
           Judgement
           indeed
           which
           withdraws
           and
           hides
           me
           from
           the
           severe
           Judgement
           of
           God
           .
           I
           tremble
           to
           fall
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           living
           God
           ,
           Let
           me
           be
           presented
           before
           his
           wrath
           as
           judged
           already
           ,
           not
           as
           to
           be
           judged
           by
           him
           .
        
         
           II.
           The
           next
           Duty
           is
           
             Prayer
             ,
          
           without
           which
           Humiliation
           is
           but
           a
           
             sinking
          
           under
           God
           ,
           not
           a
           
             seeking
          
           unto
           him
           .
           The
           very
           Heathen
           betook
           themselves
           unto
           this
           Sanctuary
           in
           times
           of
           trouble
           ,
           
             ut
             pacem
             Dei
          
           
           
             exposcerent
             ▪
          
           by
           this
           mighty
           Engine
           God
           hath
           been
           moved
           to
           hold
           his
           hand
           ,
           to
           repent
           of
           purposed
           ,
           to
           revoke
           denounced
           Judgements
           ;
           
             Vincit
             invincibilem
             ,
             Ligat
             Omnipotentem
             .
          
        
         
         
           1.
           
           By
           this
           we
           
             honour
          
           God
           in
           acknowledging
           him
           the
           
             fountain
          
           of
           all
           our
           
             Good
             ,
          
           the
           
             Inflicter
          
           of
           all
           
             Evill
             ,
          
           the
           
             Avenger
             ▪
          
           of
           all
           
             sin
             ,
          
           that
           we
           have
           to
           do
           with
           him
           in
           all
           our
           sufferings
           ,
           
             Creatures
          
           but
           the
           
             Rod
             ,
          
           he
           the
           Father
           that
           holds
           it
           :
           that
           no
           other
           means
           can
           do
           us
           good
           ,
           except
           he
           sanctifie
           them
           ,
           that
           his
           displeasure
           none
           can
           remove
           :
           as
           a
           Diamond
           is
           cut
           only
           by
           a
           Diamond
           ,
           so
           God
           is
           pacified
           only
           by
           himself
           :
           The
           sting
           of
           the
           Scorpion
           cured
           by
           the
           powder
           of
           the
           Scorpion
           ;
           the
           Anger
           of
           God
           by
           the
           favour
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           By
           this
           we
           
             ease
             our selves
             ,
          
           Prayer
           
             lightneth
          
           affliction
           where
           it
           doth
           not
           remove
           it
           .
           
             Nature
          
           is
           strengthned
           to
           bear
           the
           
             pain
             ,
             Conscience
          
           is
           strengthned
           to
           withstand
           the
           
             Temptation
          
           and
           snare
           of
           it
           .
           The
           heart
           is
           
             meekned
          
           to
           accept
           the
           punishment
           of
           sin
           ,
           as
           
             Wool
          
           or
           
             Mud
          
           deads
           the
           force
           of
           a
           Bullet
           ,
           so
           the
           heart
           meekned
           by
           prayer
           ,
           doth
           obtund
           the
           edge
           of
           an
           Affliction
           ,
           that
           it
           cannot
           get
           so
           deep
           into
           the
           heart
           to
           hurt
           it
           .
        
         
           III.
           In
           Prayer
           we
           must
           
             seek
             the
             face
             of
             God
             ;
          
           His
           
             Favour
          
           to
           comfort
           us
           ,
           and
           his
           
             Counsell
          
           to
           direct
           us
           .
        
         
         
           1.
           
           In
           Judgements
           and
           Difficulties
           we
           should
           more
           
             seek
          
           Gods
           
             Favour
          
           than
           our
           own
           
             deliverance
             ;
          
           the
           Recovery
           of
           his
           
             Love
             ,
          
           than
           the
           Removal
           of
           his
           
             Rod
             .
          
           Others
           griefs
           press
           
             Nature
             ,
          
           his
           displeasure
           wounds
           the
           spirit
           .
           In
           other
           griefs
           ,
           Gods
           favour
           upholds
           the
           soul
           ,
           
             Psa.
          
           23.
           4.
           
           &
           94.
           17
           ,
           19.
           
           But
           when
           Gods
           favour
           is
           withdrawn
           ,
           the
           soul
           hath
           nothing
           else
           left
           to
           lean
           to
           ,
           nothing
           can
           comfort
           when
           God
           frownes
           .
           Armour
           can
           protect
           against
           a
           sword
           or
           a
           Bullet
           ,
           but
           not
           against
           fire
           .
           When
           God
           is
           angry
           ,
           no
           refuge
           but
           unto
           God
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           In
           
             Difficulties
          
           we
           must
           likewise
           
             seek
             Gods
             face
          
           as
           
             David
          
           did
           ,
           2
           
             Sam.
          
           21.
           1.
           not
           lean
           on
           our
           own
           understanding
           ,
           nor
           sacrifice
           to
           our
           Net
           ,
           but
           have
           our
           eyes
           upon
           him
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           
             father
             of
             lights
             ,
          
           who
           when
           he
           will
           ,
           maketh
           
             wise
             the
             simple
             ;
          
           and
           when
           he
           will
           ,
           infatuateth
           the
           Counsel
           of
           the
           wise
           ,
           and
           maketh
           it
           brutish
           .
        
         
           IV.
           After
           all
           these
           
             preparatory
          
           Duties
           ,
           that
           which
           is
           the
           
             substantial
          
           duty
           ,
           and
           the
           end
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           must
           follow
           ,
           
             Turning
             from
             our
             wicked
             wayes
             :
             not
             from
             sin
             to
             sin
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             mutatio
             in
             aliud
          
           only
           ,
           not
           
             in
             melius
             :
          
           not
           from
           sin
           to
           
             secular
             interest
             ,
          
           that
           is
           not
           
           a
           Conversion
           from
           sin
           to
           God
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           
             world
             :
          
           Not
           from
           sin
           to
           the
           
             Meer
             dictates
          
           of
           
             Nature
          
           and
           right
           
             Reason
             ;
          
           that
           is
           not
           a
           Conversion
           from
           sin
           to
           God
           ,
           but
           from
           sin
           
             to
             our selves
             ;
             A
             Philosophical
             ,
          
           not
           a
           spiritual
           Conversion
           :
           Not
           from
           sin
           only
           to
           the
           natural
           
             Conscience
             ,
          
           to
           gratifie
           and
           prevent
           the
           terrors
           of
           that
           ;
           that
           is
           a
           
             servile
             ,
          
           not
           a
           filial
           Conversion
           .
           But
           from
           sin
           to
           
             God
             ,
          
           not
           
             fainedly
          
           and
           hypocritically
           ,
           
             Jer.
          
           3.
           10.
           with
           a
           divided
           heart
           ,
           but
           
             sincerely
             in
             our
             thoughts
          
           from
           the
           love
           and
           allowance
           of
           all
           sin
           ,
           
             in
             our
             wayes
          
           from
           the
           practise
           willingly
           of
           any
           sin
           ;
           but
           especially
           from
           those
           sins
           which
           have
           most
           prevailed
           ▪
           against
           us
           and
           wherewith
           we
           have
           most
           dishonoured
           God
           ,
           as
           
             Isaiah
             ▪
             17.
             7
             ,
             8.
             30.
             22.
             
             Hoseah
             14.
             3.
             
          
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           Duties
           here
           prescribed
           in
           order
           to
           the
           answering
           of
           
             Solomons
          
           Prayer
           .
           The
           
             Answer
          
           followes
           
             exactly
             commensurate
          
           to
           these
           Duties
           in
           four
           gracious
           Promises
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           A
           Promise
           of
           
             gracious
             Condescention
          
           intimated
           in
           the
           word
           
             From
             Heaven
             ,
          
           though
           he
           dwell
           on
           high
           ,
           he
           will
           humble
           himself
           to
           revive
           the
           spirit
           of
           contrite
           and
           humble
           sinners
           ,
           
             Psa.
             113.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
             Isa.
             57.
             15.
             
             He
             will
          
           come
           down
           
             to
             work
             deliverance
             for
             them
             ,
          
           Exod.
           3.
           8.
           
        
         
         
           2.
           
           Promise
           of
           
             gracious
             audience
             ,
             I
             will
             hear
             .
          
           It
           is
           a●
           dolefull
           ▪
           Affliction
           to
           Gods
           servants●
           ,
           when
           he
           is
           angry
           with
           their
           
             Prayers
             ,
          
           and
           
             shuts
             them
             out
             ,
          
           Psalm
           80.
           4.
           Lam.
           3.
           8.
           
           And
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           this
           is
           one
           of
           the
           most
           radiant
           and
           glorious
           Comforts
           of
           Gods
           people
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           difficulties
           they
           have
           a
           
             Throne
             of
             Grace
          
           to
           betake
           them
           to
           ,
           with
           a
           promise
           ,
           
             You
             shall
             pray
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             hearken
             ,
          
           as
           a
           man
           doth
           to
           what
           he
           delighteth
           in
           :
           
             For
             the
             prayer
             of
             the
             Righteous
             is
             his
             delight
             ,
          
           Jer.
           29.
           12.
           13.
           
           Prov.
           15.
           8.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           A
           gracious
           
             promise
             of
             forgiveness
             ,
          
           to
           serene
           his
           countenance
           ,
           and
           lift
           up
           the
           light
           thereof
           upon
           them
           ▪
           for
           even
           when
           we
           do
           his
           Will
           ,
           and
           when
           we
           are
           
             His
             People
             ,
          
           we
           want
           
             pardoning
             Mercy
             .
          
           There
           is
           need
           of
           pardon
           not
           only
           for
           the
           
             ungodly
          
           unto
           their
           
             Justification
             ,
          
           but
           also
           for
           his
           own
           people
           and
           
             Children
          
           into
           a
           
             Restitution
          
           to
           paternal
           favour
           ,
           the
           sense
           and
           fruition
           whereof
           they
           may
           forfeit
           by
           their
           sins
           .
           And
           this
           is
           
             Gods
             method
          
           in
           hearing
           prayers
           ,
           
             to
             forgive
             sin
          
           before
           he
           cures
           pain
           ,
           
             Mat.
          
           9.
           2.
           
           For
           indeed
           when
           
             sin
             is
             pardoned
             ,
          
           the
           sickness
           is
           cured
           at
           the
           root
           ,
           for
           sin
           is
           the
           
             sting
          
           of
           every
           Affliction
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           death
           .
        
         
         
           4.
           
           A
           Promise
           of
           
             Healing
             ,
          
           Healing
           of
           the
           
             Land
             ,
          
           the
           Humiliations
           and
           Prayers
           of
           Gods
           peculiar
           people
           are
           beneficial
           to
           the
           whole
           Land
           ;
           
             The
             innocent
             shall
             deliver
             the
             Island
             ,
          
           Job
           22.
           30.
           
           A
           
             Joseph
          
           in
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           an
           
             Eliah
          
           in
           Israel
           is
           the
           Chariots
           and
           Horsemen
           thereof
           .
           An
           
             Humbled
             ,
          
           praying
           ,
           converting
           people
           ,
           shall
           certainly
           be
           an
           
             Healed
             people
             :
          
           And
           if
           ever
           we
           hope
           to
           be
           healed
           to
           purpose
           ,
           this
           must
           be
           our
           Method
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           Now
           touching
           these
           Promises
           there
           is
           this
           worthy
           our
           observation
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           when
           God
           
             comes
             down
          
           to
           deliver
           ,
           and
           looks
           from
           heaven
           ,
           he
           doth
           it
           by
           no
           other
           way
           ,
           then
           by
           the
           
             Incarnation
          
           of
           his
           Son
           ,
           the
           efficacy
           of
           his
           
             Spirit
             ,
          
           the
           operation
           of
           his
           
             Providence
             ,
          
           or
           the
           Ministry
           of
           
             Angels
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           When
           he
           
             hears
             Prayers
             ,
          
           It
           is
           only
           by
           the
           
             Intercession
          
           and
           mediation
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           When
           he
           
             forgives
          
           sins
           ,
           It
           is
           only
           by
           the
           Merits
           and
           
             Righteousness
          
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           But
           when
           he
           
             heals
          
           a
           land
           ,
           he
           often
           useth
           in
           that
           work
           the
           
             Ministry
             of
             men
             .
             Magistrates
          
           are
           Healers
           and
           Repairers
           ,
           
             Isa.
             3.
             7
             
             :
             Ministerrs
          
           are
           Healers
           of
           the
           sick
           ,
           
             Ezek.
          
           34.
           4.
           
        
         
         
           And
           therefore
           I
           shall
           here
           in
           all
           
             humility
          
           implore
           of
           you
           ,
           
             Right
             Honourable
             ,
          
           who
           are
           Instruments
           for
           
             Healing
          
           in
           the
           Lords
           hand
           unto
           these
           long
           and
           wofully
           sick
           Nations
           ,
           that
           you
           would
           with
           all
           your
           vigour
           call
           together
           all
           the
           graces
           of
           God
           ,
           all
           the
           abilities
           of
           nature
           in
           you
           unto
           this
           most
           necessary
           work
           .
           You
           have
           the
           Lords
           
             promise
          
           to
           be
           with
           you
           in
           i●
           ▪
           if
           you
           set
           about
           it
           in
           
             his
             way
             .
          
           And
           his
           way
           to
           heal
           a
           land
           ,
           is
           ,
           1.
           
           When
           the
           people
           thereof
           are
           
             His
             people
             ,
          
           called
           by
           his
           name
           .
           2.
           
           When
           they
           are
           an
           
             Humbled
             ,
          
           penitent
           ,
           praying
           ,
           reforming
           people
           .
        
         
           Your
           greatest
           care
           therefore
           must
           be
           ,
           1.
           
           That
           the
           people
           of
           the
           Land
           be
           
             Gods
             people
             ,
          
           that
           his
           
             Name
          
           be
           owned
           ,
           his
           Truths
           ,
           Worship
           ,
           Interests
           preserved
           pure
           and
           inviolate
           amongst
           us
           .
           It
           is
           to
           those
           that
           fear
           
             Gods
          
           name
           that
           the
           promise
           of
           
             Healing
          
           is
           made
           ,
           
             Mal.
          
           4.
           2.
           2.
           
           In
           as
           much
           as
           even
           the
           sins
           of
           such
           may
           provoke
           the
           Lord
           ,
           your
           zeal
           for
           God
           ,
           and
           love
           to
           the
           Nation
           should
           appear
           ,
           in
           awakening
           them
           and
           all
           others
           
             to
             remember
             from
             whence
             they
             are
             fallen
             ;
          
           many
           of
           them
           through
           Pride
           ,
           Wantonness
           ,
           Interests
           and
           carnal
           designs
           ,
           from
           wholesome
           Truths
           ,
           from
           holy
           Ordinances
           ;
           from
           the
           love
           of
           a
           faithfull
           Ministry
           ,
           from
           brotherly
           love
           ,
           from
           Christian
           ▪
           
           Communion
           ,
           to
           many
           errours
           and
           vain
           Janglings
           ,
           to
           contempt
           of
           Magistracy
           ,
           to
           affronting
           Authority
           ,
           to
           violating
           publick
           Order
           and
           Peace
           ,
           to
           such
           an
           excess
           of
           Licentiousness
           under
           the
           pretense
           of
           Freedome
           ,
           that
           
             Religion
          
           scarce
           ever
           was
           more
           endangered
           under
           the
           straights
           of
           Persecution
           ,
           than
           under
           the
           lasciviousness
           and
           wantonness
           of
           an
           
             abused
             liberty
             .
          
           Though
           therefore
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           all
           tenderness
           to
           preserve
           for
           Gods
           people
           the
           
             Liberty
          
           wherewith
           the
           Lord
           hath
           made
           them
           free
           ,
           God
           forbid
           any
           restraint
           or
           abridgement
           should
           be
           upon
           that
           ;
           yet
           since
           the
           same
           Lord
           hath
           commanded
           that
           we
           must
           not
           use
           our
           
             Liberty
             as
             a
             cloak
          
           of
           maliciousness
           ;
           It
           is
           necessary
           that
           great
           prudence
           be
           used
           to
           prevent
           the
           exorbitances
           of
           wanton
           minds
           ,
           who
           make
           use
           of
           Liberty
           to
           the
           dishonour
           and
           assaulting
           of
           publique
           
             Authority
             ,
          
           to
           the
           
             kindling
          
           of
           
             Flames
             ,
          
           animating
           the
           discontented
           peopleunto
           Insurrections
           ,
           enervating
           the
           Peace
           and
           concord
           of
           the
           people
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           by
           dis-joynting
           them
           in
           that
           which
           is
           the
           main
           bond
           of
           Unity
           ,
           the
           
             Truths
             of
             Religion
             :
          
           wherein
           when
           they
           are
           once
           universally
           broken
           ,
           who
           sees
           not
           how
           wide
           a
           door
           is
           opened
           for
           
             Rome
          
           or
           
             Munster
             ,
          
           not
           only
           to
           enter
           in
           ,
           butto
           be
           welcomed
           amongst
           us
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Way
           therefore
           unto
           
             Healing
             ,
          
           is
           to
           endeavour
           to
           bring
           us
           all
           home
           to
           be
           
             Gods
             people
             ,
          
           and
           as
           his
           people
           to
           be
           
             compacted
          
           within
           our selves
           ,
           to
           lay
           aside
           all
           
             dividing
             distinguishing
             ,
             invidious
             Titles
             ,
          
           &
           with
           
             fraternal
          
           affections
           to
           coalesce
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           may
           be
           in
           Judgement
           ,
           however
           throughly
           in
           
             affection
             ,
          
           and
           so
           to
           keep
           our
           
             Difforing
             Opinions
          
           to
           our selves
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           
             Consciences
          
           of
           our
           brethren
           may
           not
           be
           grieved
           ,
           nor
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           endangered
           thereby
           .
        
         
           I
           conclude
           all
           ,
           with
           beseeching
           you
           ,
           that
           since
           the
           Lord
           hath
           taken
           it
           as
           one
           of
           his
           Titles
           to
           be
           called
           
             The
             Lord
             that
             healeth
             us
             ,
             Exod.
          
           15.
           26.
           that
           
             without
             him
             ,
          
           the
           Builder
           worketh
           ,
           the
           Watchman
           keepeth
           ,
           the
           Statesman
           counselleth
           ,
           the
           Physician
           healeth
           all
           in
           vain
           ,
           you
           would
           ever
           by
           prayer
           and
           attendance
           upon
           God
           for
           Counsel
           ,
           
             so
             seek
             his
             face
             ,
          
           and
           guidance
           in
           this
           weighty
           work
           ,
           that
           when
           it
           is
           finished
           ,
           and
           the
           Head-stone
           of
           our
           settlement
           laid
           ,
           we
           may
           say
           ,
           
             It
             was
             the
             Lords
             doing
             ,
             and
             marvelous
             in
             our
             eyes
             ;
          
           and
           may
           with
           shoutings
           cry
           ,
           
             Grace
             ,
             Grace
             unto
             it
             .
          
        
         
           FINNIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A91746e-280
           
             Mat.
             23.
             19.
             
             Heb.
             13.
             10.
             
             Joh.
             15.
             4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             1.
             15.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             58.
             1.
             
          
           
             Amos.
             5.
             21.
             
          
           
             Aug.
             in
             P●●
             .
             31
             
          
           
             Ber.
             in
             Can.
             S●r
             .
             55.
             
          
           
             Bris.
             de
             .
             Fo●m
             .
             l.
             1.
             p.
             81.
             
          
        
      
      
  

