A good and seasonable caveat for Christians. Delivered in a sermon at the funerall of the right worshipfull Sir Charles Shirley, Knight and baronet, in the parish church of Breedon, in Leicester-Shire. / By John Wilson, Master of Arts, and preacher of Gods word in the sayd parish. 7. Octob. 1646. Imprimatur, Jo. Downame.
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             A good and seasonable caveat for Christians. Delivered in a sermon at the funerall of the right worshipfull Sir Charles Shirley, Knight and baronet, in the parish church of Breedon, in Leicester-Shire. / By John Wilson, Master of Arts, and preacher of Gods word in the sayd parish. 7. Octob. 1646. Imprimatur, Jo. Downame.
             Wilson, John, of Breedon, Leicestershire.
          
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           A
           good
           and
           seasonable
           CAVEAT
           FOR
           CHRISTIANS
           .
        
         
           Delivered
           in
           a
           Sermon
           at
           the
           Funerall
           of
           the
           Right
           Worshipfull
           Sir
           
             Charles
             Shirley
             ,
          
           Knight
           and
           Baronet
           ,
           in
           the
           Parish
           Church
           of
           
             Breedon
             ,
          
           in
           Leicester-Shire
           .
        
         
           By
           
             John
             Wilson
             ,
          
           Master
           of
           Arts
           ,
           and
           Preacher
           of
           Gods
           word
           in
           the
           sayd
           Parish
           .
        
         
           O
           Lord
           keepe
           my
           soule
           .
           
             Psa.
             25.
             20.
             
          
        
         
           For
           what
           shall
           it
           profit
           a
           man
           if
           he
           win
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           and
           lose
           his
           owne
           soule
           ?
           or
           what
           recompence
           or
           exchange
           shall
           a
           man
           give
           for
           his
           soule
           ?
           
             Mat.
             16.
             26.
             
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   Imprimatur
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     Jo.
                     Downame
                     .
                  
                   
                     7.
                     Octob.
                     1646.
                     
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Richard
             Harper
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           shop
           in
           Smithfield
           .
           1646.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           The
           Right
           VVorshipfull
           Sir
           ROBERT
           SHIRLEY
           Knight
           Baronet
           ,
           And
           to
           his
           vertuous
           consort
           the
           Lady
           CATHARINE
           SHIRLEY
           ,
           the
           Authour
           wisheth
           all
           happines
           ,
           externall
           ,
           internall
           ,
           and
           eternall
           .
        
         
           
             Rt.
             Wor.
             
          
        
         
           HAd
           not
           the
           importunity
           of
           friends
           prevailed
           with
           me
           ,
           I
           had
           never
           published
           this
           Sermon
           preached
           at
           the
           solemnization
           of
           the
           funerall
           
             obsequies
             ,
          
           of
           your
           Noble
           brother
           ,
           Sir
           Charles
           )
           for
           I
           was
           never
           so
           well
           conceited
           of
           the
           product
           of
           my
           weak
           brain
           ,
           as
           to
           deem
           it
           worthy
           publique
           view
           .
        
         
           If
           Moses
           the
           authour
           of
           my
           Text
           ,
           
           
           professed
           that
           he
           was
           not
           eloquent
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           slow
           of
           speech
           ,
           and
           unapt
           for
           so
           great
           employment
           as
           he
           was
           called
           to
           :
           I
           am
           sure
           I
           have
           ten
           thousand
           thousand
           times
           more
           cause
           to
           disclaime
           eloquence
           and
           to
           acknowledge
           my
           owne
           weakenesse
           ,
           and
           unworthinesse
           ;
           yet
           this
           is
           my
           comfort
           
             Innocentia
             melior
             eloquentiâ
          
           
             b
          
           innocence
           is
           better
           then
           eloquence
           ;
           a
           good
           cause
           better
           then
           a
           good
           oratour
           .
        
         
           This
           little
           Manuall
           or
           Enchiridion
           I
           am
           sure
           will
           be
           censured
           ,
           and
           I
           feare
           more
           then
           practiced
           :
           
             c
          
           one
           perhaps
           will
           quarrell
           with
           the
           stile
           ,
           another
           with
           the
           method
           ,
           and
           others
           with
           the
           matter
           ,
           but
           let
           such
           know
           that
           I
           seeke
           not
           the
           suffrages
           of
           their
           praise
           or
           approbation
           ,
           
             d
          
           who
           like
           summer
           ●lyes
           breath
           corruption
           on
           the
           best
           provision
           :
           the
           malignity
           of
           whose
           wit
           ,
           can
           find
           fault
           with
           the
           best
           actions
           ,
           not
           onely
           of
           men
           ,
           but
           of
           God
           also
           ,
           as
           Lucians
           
             Momus
             ,
          
           who
           
           being
           called
           to
           judge
           of
           the
           excellency
           of
           those
           master
           peeces
           the
           gods
           had
           made
           ,
           
             (
             scil.
             )
          
           a
           man
           ,
           a
           house
           and
           a
           horse
           ,
           found
           fault
           withal
           three
           ,
           with
           the
           horse
           ,
           that
           it
           had
           not
           hornes
           for
           defence
           ,
           with
           the
           house
           ,
           that
           it
           had
           not
           motion
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           man
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           not
           a
           window
           to
           look
           into
           his
           breast
           :
           even
           so
           these
           malevolent
           censurers
           criticise
           with
           a
           froward
           curiosity
           upon
           the
           best
           and
           purest
           volumnes
           ,
           and
           often
           times
           fill
           and
           blot
           them
           with
           their
           own
           Astericks
           and
           errata's
           .
           And
           where
           a
           candid
           censure
           might
           of
           every
           thing
           make
           a
           good
           construction
           ,
           and
           take
           all
           in
           a
           faire
           sense
           ,
           there
           will
           they
           through
           misconstruction
           or
           some
           idle
           conjecture
           ,
           though
           to
           the
           fullest
           period
           ,
           adde
           ,
           a
           
             nonnulla
             desiderantur
             ,
          
           that
           something
           is
           wanting
           ,
           or
           that
           it
           might
           have
           beene
           better
           done
           otherwise
           .
           Insomuch
           that
           it
           is
           even
           a
           taske
           for
           divinity
           to
           please
           man
           ,
           
             g
          
           not
           that
           this
           argues
           any
           weaknesse
           in
           
           God
           who
           is
           able
           to
           do
           all
           things
           ,
           but
           a
           perversnesse
           in
           mans
           nature
           that
           will
           be
           content
           with
           nothing
           .
        
         
           If
           therefore
           such
           find
           fault
           ,
           it
           shall
           not
           trouble
           me
           ;
           if
           any
           be
           contentious
           ,
           we
           have
           no
           such
           custome
           ,
           nor
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           .
           1
           Corin.
           11.
           16.
           
        
         
           The
           more
           ingenious
           ,
           are
           more
           courteous
           ,
           
             i
          
           together
           with
           whom
           ,
           so
           your
           Wor.
           continues
           your
           approbation
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           shall
           thinke
           my selfe
           happy
           in
           my
           labours
           ;
           
             k
          
           and
           acknowledge
           your
           favour
           herein
           ,
           to
           be
           farre
           transcending
           my
           merit
           ;
           the
           best
           of
           whose
           endeavors
           cannot
           deserve
           the
           influence
           of
           so
           noble
           a
           protectour
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           good
           rule
           that
           in
           dedicating
           books
           ,
           we
           should
           be
           sure
           that
           the
           thing
           be
           worthy
           the
           person
           to
           whom
           it
           is
           dedicated
           .
           
             l
          
        
         
           I
           will
           not
           say
           this
           is
           such
           ,
           
             m
          
           because
           I
           am
           conscious
           to
           my selfe
           of
           much
           weaknesse
           and
           unworthinesse
           :
           yet
           you
           
           will
           the
           more
           magnifie
           your
           owne
           worth
           by
           receiving
           so
           small
           a
           mite
           into
           your
           so
           noble
           patrociny
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           forbeare
           much
           Apologizing
           ,
           for
           your
           protection
           of
           this
           ensuing
           Sermon
           ,
           having
           had
           assurance
           thereof
           already
           from
           you
           ,
           at
           your
           house
           in
           Staunton
           ;
           my
           humble
           suite
           is
           ,
           that
           you
           will
           pardon
           my
           demerits
           ,
           and
           at
           your
           best
           leasure
           peruse
           it
           ,
           and
           I
           trust
           that
           as
           God
           hath
           endowed
           you
           with
           a
           great
           temporall
           estate
           on
           earth
           ,
           so
           you
           may
           by
           these
           my
           weake
           endeavours
           be
           excited
           to
           labour
           for
           ,
           and
           diligently
           seek
           after
           ,
           an
           eternall
           inheritance
           in
           the
           kingdome
           of
           heaven
           .
        
         
           The
           motto
           anexed
           to
           your
           coate
           of
           armes
           is
           ,
           
             A
             Eterna
             prapon●
             caducis
             ,
          
           a●d
           indeed
           it
           is
           the
           s●mme
           of
           my
           exhortations
           ,
           in
           the
           ensuing
           Sermon
           .
        
         
           Be
           pleased
           therefore
           to
           ●emember
           what
           you
           in
           that
           motto
           professe
           .
           Prefer
           heavenly
           above
           earthly
           things
           ,
           set
           your
           
           affections
           on
           things
           above
           ,
           and
           not
           on
           things
           beneath
           ;
           take
           heed
           to
           your selves
           ,
           and
           keep
           your
           soules
           diligently
           .
           But
           the
           volumne
           is
           so
           small
           ,
           that
           I
           must
           make
           the
           preface
           suitable
           ,
           lest
           the
           City
           run
           out
           of
           the
           gates
           ,
           as
           the
           Philosophers
           jeered
           the
           men
           of
           Myndum
           .
           
        
         
           I
           shall
           therefore
           conclude
           with
           that
           of
           Saint
           Paul
           to
           the
           Thessalonians
           ,
           1
           Ep.
           3
           ch.
           12.
           
           &
           13.
           ver.
           the
           Lord
           make
           you
           encrease
           and
           abound
           in
           love
           one
           towards
           another
           ,
           and
           towards
           all
           men
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           he
           may
           establish
           your
           hearts
           unbl●mable
           ,
           in
           holinesse
           before
           God
           our
           father
           ,
           even
           at
           the
           comming
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           with
           all
           his
           Saints
           :
           which
           is
           and
           shall
           be
           the
           hearty
           and
           constant
           prayer
           of
        
         
           
             Your
             most
             humble
             servant
             ,
             IOHN
             WILSON
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           good
           caveat
           for
           Christians
           .
        
         
           
             Deut.
             chap.
             4.
             part
             of
             the
             ninth
             verse
             .
          
           
             Onely
             take
             heed
             to
             thy selfe
             ,
             and
             keepe
             thy
             soule
             diligently
             .
          
        
         
           THis
           is
           grave
           counsell
           ,
           given
           by
           Moses
           the
           lawgiver
           ;
           a
           man
           both
           religious
           and
           learned
           ,
           who
           ,
           though
           his
           humility
           was
           such
           ,
           that
           he
           pleaded
           want
           of
           eloquence
           ,
           slownesse
           of
           tongue
           ,
           and
           imperfection
           of
           speech
           ,
           Exod.
           4.
           10.
           yet
           his
           knowledge
           was
           so
           great
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           only
           in
           the
           learning
           of
           the
           Egyptians
           ,
           but
           also
           in
           spirituall
           matters
           ,
           that
           wee
           may
           most
           justly
           affirme
           of
           him
           that
           he
           was
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           weighty
           in
           his
           sentences
           :
           
           for
           proofe
           whereof
           you
           neede
           travaile
           no
           farther
           then
           my
           text
           ,
           which
           is
           both
           short
           and
           sweet
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           hope
           will
           be
           the
           more
           welcom
           to
           you
           ,
           for
           
           it
           fares
           with
           sentences
           as
           it
           doth
           with
           coynes
           .
           
           In
           coynes
           they
           that
           in
           smallest
           compasse
           conteyn
           greatest
           values
           are
           most
           esteemd
           ;
           and
           in
           sentences
           ,
           they
           that
           in
           fewest
           words
           comprize
           most
           matter
           ,
           are
           most
           praysed
           ,
           and
           indeed
           such
           is
           this
           of
           my
           text
           :
           it
           is
           both
           short
           and
           sweet
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           short
           and
           therefore
           you
           will
           bee
           without
           excuse
           ,
           if
           you
           forget
           it
           ;
           it
           is
           sweet
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           must
           needes
           bee
           a
           distempered
           man
           that
           disrellishes
           it
           :
           it
           is
           short
           and
           indeede
           so
           short
           that
           I
           may
           justly
           affirme
           with
           Basil
           that
           it
           is
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           even
           a
           volumn
           in
           a
           sentence
           ,
           
             consilium
             optimum
             in
             mole
             minima
             ,
          
           one
           of
           the
           excellentest
           exhortations
           in
           one
           of
           the
           least
           sentences
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           Homers
           Iliads
           in
           a
           nut
           shell
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           also
           sweete
           ,
           and
           so
           sweete
           ,
           that
           as
           Saint
           Paul
           said
           .
           
           Covet
           earnestly
           the
           best
           gifts
           1
           Cor
           :
           12.
           31.
           
           So
           may
           I
           say
           covet
           or
           seeke
           the
           best
           counsell
           you
           can
           ,
           and
           you
           cannot
           find
           better
           then
           this
           in
           my
           text
           :
           For
           what
           counsell
           is
           like
           it
           ?
           it
           is
           true
           you
           may
           have
           good
           counsell
           from
           your
           physician
           for
           your
           bodily-health
           ,
           and
           no
           one
           is
           so
           simple
           to
           refuse
           it
           ,
           you
           may
           have
           
           good
           counsell
           also
           from
           your
           lawyer
           concerning
           your
           estate
           ,
           &
           I
           am
           sure
           you
           much
           desire
           it
           ;
           but
           this
           counsell
           from
           the
           Minister
           concerning
           the
           good
           of
           your
           so●le
           much
           exceeds
           both
           the
           precedent
           counsels
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           excellency
           of
           the
           soule
           ,
           which
           farre
           surpasses
           both
           body
           and
           estate
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           good
           advice
           of
           Austin
           ,
           keepe
           the
           fayth
           ,
           
             res
             pretiosa
             est
             .
          
           It
           is
           a
           precious
           thing
           ,
           keepe
           innocency
           ,
           
             res
             pretiosaest
             ,
          
           that
           is
           a
           precious
           thing
           also
           .
           I
           adde
           farther
           ,
           yet
           not
           I
           ,
           but
           Moses
           
             custodi
             animam
             ,
          
           keepe
           thy
           soule
           ,
           
             res
             pretiosa
             ,
          
           nay
           
             res
             preciosissima
             est
             ,
          
           it
           is
           the
           most
           precious
           jewell
           thou
           hast
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           lost
           thou
           art
           lost
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           lost
           all
           is
           lost
           ,
           therefore
           Moses
           in
           the
           text
           advises
           us
           to
           take
           heede
           to
           our selves
           and
           keepe
           our
           souls
           diligently
           .
        
         
           
             Division
             .
          
           
             In
             which
             words
             bee
             pleased
             to
             observe
             with
             me
             two
             parts
             :
          
           
             First
             a
             preface
             ,
             Secondly
             a
             precept
             ;
             or
             (
             if
             you
             will
             )
             a
             direction
             ,
             and
             a
             duty
             .
          
           
             First
             the
             preface
             ,
             or
             direction
             in
             these
             wordes
             ,
             onely
             take
             heede
             to
             thy selfe
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             the
             precept
             or
             duty
             ,
             in
             the
             
             words
             following
             .
             Keepe
             thy
             soule
             diligently
             .
          
           
             
               He
               duae
               partes
               quasi
               duo
               luminaria
               ,
            
             these
             two
             as
             the
             two
             great
             Lights
             in
             Heaven
             Gen
             :
             1.
             16.
             may
             serve
             to
             direct
             us
             in
             all
             our
             wayes
             .
          
           
             Thus
             having
             ,
             as
             Dido
             did
             with
             her
             Oxe
             hide
             ,
             
             cut
             the
             words
             in
             peeces
             ,
             I
             have
             enclosed
             a
             pleasant
             and
             fruitfull
             ground
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             I
             shall
             collect
             these
             two
             observations
             ,
             on
             which
             (
             by
             the
             Almighties
             assistance
             )
             I
             intend
             to
             build
             my
             ensuing
             discourse
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               Obser.
            
             The
             first
             is
             this
             :
             It
             is
             the
             duty
             of
             Christians
             to
             bee
             circumspect
             and
             cautious
             in
             all
             their
             enterprizes
             :
             or
             (
             if
             you
             will
             have
             it
             more
             plainly
             )
             in
             the
             words
             of
             my
             text
             ,
             To
             take
             heede
             to
             themselves
             in
             all
             their
             attempts
             .
          
           
             
               2.
               Obser.
            
             The
             second
             this
             ,
             Every
             one
             ought
             to
             have
             a
             care
             of
             his
             Soule
             ,
             to
             keepe
             that
             diligently
             .
             Of
             these
             in
             their
             order
             briefly
             and
             plainly
             ,
             and
             first
             of
             the
             first
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             the
             duty
             of
             Christians
             to
             be
             circumspect
             and
             cautious
             in
             all
             their
             enterprizes
             .
             This
             is
             that
             which
             the
             Apostle
             exhorts
             unto
             .
             Eph.
             5.
             15.
             
             See
             then
             that
             ye
             walke
             circumspectly
             ,
             
             not
             as
             fooles
             but
             as
             wise
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             this
             is
             that
             advice
             of
             the
             Poet
             .
             
               Quicquid
               agis
               prudenter
               agas
               &
               respice
               finem
               ,
            
             what
             ever
             thou
             doest
             take
             heed
             that
             thou
             doe
             it
             wisely
             and
             praecogitate
             ,
             or
             anticipate
             to
             thy selfe
             what
             the
             end
             ,
             the
             issue
             or
             the
             event
             thereof
             may
             be
             ,
             which
             duty
             of
             circumspection
             will
             appeare
             to
             be
             most
             necessary
             ,
             if
             we
             consider
             the
             reasons
             following
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               Reason
               .
            
             First
             wee
             should
             be
             circumspect
             and
             wary
             in
             all
             our
             undertakings
             ,
             because
             rash
             and
             precipitated
             actions
             ,
             seldome
             or
             never
             produce
             good
             effects
             ,
             this
             you
             may
             see
             verified
             in
             all
             manner
             of
             actions
             ,
             whether
             naturall
             ,
             morall
             ,
             civill
             or
             spirituall
             .
          
           
             First
             in
             naturall
             actions
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             motions
             of
             nature
             ,
             which
             the
             Philosophers
             hold
             are
             flowe
             in
             the
             beginning
             ,
             swifter
             in
             the
             middle
             ,
             and
             swiftest
             of
             all
             in
             the
             latter
             end
             ,
             so
             that
             no
             violent
             action
             (
             being
             contrary
             to
             nature
             )
             can
             continue
             long
             ,
             
               nullum
               violentum
               perpetuum
               ,
            
             no
             violent
             is
             permanent
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             morall
             actions
             ,
             wherein
             consists
             the
             exercise
             of
             virtues
             ,
             seldome
             or
             never
             come
             to
             good
             perfection
             ,
             unlesse
             advice
             
             and
             deliberation
             goe
             before
             ,
             hence
             grew
             that
             Maxime
             ,
             
               Deliberandum
               est
               diu
               ,
               quod
               statuendum
               est
               semel
               ,
            
             we
             must
             deliberate
             or
             forethinke
             of
             that
             often
             ,
             which
             we
             are
             to
             doe
             but
             once
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             Civill
             actions
             ,
             whether
             concerning
             Church
             or
             Common-wealth
             ,
             seldome
             succeede
             well
             unlesse
             advice
             and
             deliberation
             praecede
             them
             ,
             and
             indeed
             there
             is
             no
             Orator
             in
             the
             Senate-house
             ,
             nor
             Lawyer
             in
             the
             Common-pleas
             ,
             nor
             Preacher
             in
             the
             Pulpit
             (
             if
             he
             have
             any
             modesty
             )
             which
             dare
             shew
             himselfe
             in
             publique
             ,
             except
             he
             be
             well
             furnished
             and
             provided
             before-hand
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             and
             lastly
             ,
             Spirituall
             actions
             ,
             which
             concerne
             the
             worshippe
             of
             God
             ,
             never
             please
             God
             ,
             unlesse
             they
             bee
             undertaken
             with
             deliberation
             ,
             due
             advice
             and
             circumspection
             ,
             unlesse
             wee
             consider
             the
             matter
             which
             we
             doe
             ,
             the
             manner
             how
             we
             doe
             it
             ,
             the
             meanes
             whereby
             we
             doe
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             end
             wherefore
             we
             doe
             it
             ,
             which
             is
             (
             or
             at
             least
             ought
             to
             be
             )
             for
             the
             glory
             of
             God
             :
             according
             to
             that
             of
             St.
             Paul
             ,
             whether
             yee
             eate
             or
             drinke
             ,
             or
             whatsoever
             else
             you
             doe
             ,
             let
             all
             be
             done
             to
             the
             praise
             and
             glory
             of
             
             God
             .
             1.
             Cor.
             10.
             31.
             
          
           
             Thus
             you
             see
             that
             no
             manner
             of
             action
             can
             come
             to
             good
             perfection
             ,
             except
             advice
             and
             deliberation
             goe
             before
             ,
             which
             (
             if
             there
             were
             no
             other
             reason
             )
             is
             enough
             to
             perswade
             every
             prudent
             man
             to
             take
             heede
             to
             himselfe
             ;
             as
             Moses
             in
             my
             text
             exhorts
             .
          
           
             
               Rea.
            
             2.
             
             But
             Secondly
             ,
             we
             had
             neede
             take
             heede
             to
             our selves
             ,
             and
             bee
             circumspect
             in
             our
             waies
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             many
             subtile
             and
             puissant
             enemies
             wherewith
             we
             are
             daily
             surrounded
             .
             The
             greater
             our
             danger
             is
             ,
             the
             greater
             should
             our
             care
             be
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             subtile
             our
             enemies
             are
             ,
             the
             more
             circumspect
             ought
             we
             to
             bee
             ,
             lest
             wee
             bee
             circumvented
             by
             their
             policie
             .
          
           
             Now
             I
             beseech
             you
             consider
             what
             great
             danger
             we
             are
             in
             ,
             
             and
             what
             resolute
             and
             cunning
             assailants
             we
             are
             besieged
             with
             .
             Our
             danger
             is
             great
             ,
             for
             in
             this
             our
             spirituall
             war-fare
             wee
             are
             not
             in
             a
             fenced
             and
             fortified
             Garrison
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             open
             Field
             ;
             nor
             is
             it
             a
             naked
             field
             ,
             but
             a
             field
             of
             warre
             ,
             I
             might
             say
             
               Acheldama
               ,
            
             a
             field
             of
             blood
             ,
             where
             you
             neede
             not
             waite
             for
             an
             enemy
             ,
             
             for
             you
             shall
             finde
             many
             ,
             and
             those
             not
             weake
             but
             strong
             ;
             able
             to
             conquer
             Adam
             in
             Paradise
             ,
             Noah
             the
             most
             righteous
             man
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             David
             the
             best
             king
             ,
             Peter
             the
             best
             Apostle
             .
          
           
             You
             must
             not
             expect
             that
             I
             should
             capitulate
             unto
             you
             all
             your
             enemies
             which
             are
             against
             you
             ,
             for
             as
             Nestor
             said
             of
             the
             mise●ies
             that
             they
             suffered
             at
             the
             Seige
             of
             Troy
             ,
             or
             as
             David
             speakes
             of
             Gods
             works
             ,
             Psalm
             .
             40.
             5.
             they
             are
             more
             then
             can
             be
             numbred
             ,
             
               Non
               mihi
               si
               centum
               linguae
               sint
               oraque
               centum
               ,
            
             If
             I
             had
             a
             hundred
             mouthes
             and
             tongues
             ,
             
               g
            
             I
             were
             not
             able
             to
             relate
             them
             all
             unto
             you
             ;
             I
             shall
             therfore
             (
             as
             men
             doe
             in
             the
             suppression
             of
             Rebellion
             )
             shew
             you
             the
             heads
             of
             the
             chiefe
             rebells
             of
             mankinde
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             on
             stakes
             ,
             and
             leave
             the
             rest
             to
             your
             mature
             consideration
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             enemy
             whose
             cunning
             I
             would
             have
             you
             take
             notice
             of
             ,
             is
             the
             Devill
             ,
             the
             grand
             Generall
             of
             all
             mischiefe
             ,
             who
             with
             his
             Host
             of
             malevolent
             Spirits
             ,
             encamps
             himselfe
             against
             us
             ,
             and
             endevors
             by
             all
             meanes
             to
             plunge
             us
             both
             soule
             and
             body
             into
             everlasting
             torments
             in
             the
             bottomlesse
             pit
             ,
             where
             is
             weeping
             and
             wayling
             ,
             
             and
             gn●shing
             of
             teeth
             for
             evermore
             .
          
           
             Much
             might
             be
             said
             concerning
             the
             terriblenesse
             of
             this
             enemy
             ,
             but
             because
             I
             would
             hasten
             to
             other
             things
             ,
             I
             shall
             refer
             you
             to
             St.
             Peter
             for
             information
             in
             his
             first
             Epistle
             ,
             fift
             Chapter
             and
             eighth
             verse
             ;
             your
             adversary
             the
             Devill
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             goes
             about
             daily
             like
             a
             roaring
             Lion
             ,
             seeking
             whom
             he
             may
             devoure
             ,
             1.
             Pet.
             5.
             8.
             
             In
             which
             description
             you
             may
             finde
             foure
             properties
             in
             Sathan
             ,
             which
             makes
             him
             a
             most
             terrible
             enemy
             .
             First
             his
             power
             ,
             Secondly
             his
             malice
             ,
             Thirdly
             his
             subtilty
             ,
             and
             Fourthly
             his
             sedulity
             or
             diligence
             to
             harme
             us
             ;
             Goliahs
             power
             made
             him
             seeme
             so
             terrible
             ,
             that
             Saul
             and
             all
             Israel
             were
             dismayed
             when
             they
             heard
             of
             him
             1.
             Sa.
             17.
             12.
             
             Doegs
             malice
             made
             him
             seeme
             terrible
             ,
             1.
             Sam.
             22.
             22.
             
             Achitophels
             pollicy
             made
             him
             seeme
             terrible
             ,
             2.
             Sam
             15.
             31.
             and
             the
             enemies
             of
             Israel
             were
             accounted
             terrible
             in
             respect
             of
             their
             swiftnesse
             to
             destroy
             .
             Esa.
             5.
             26.
             
          
           
             Now
             if
             one
             of
             these
             make
             an
             enemy
             terrible
             ,
             how
             terrible
             will
             that
             enemy
             bee
             ,
             in
             whom
             all
             these
             foure
             meete
             ?
             if
             an
             enemy
             be
             malicious
             (
             as
             a
             Writer
             observes
             )
             yet
             if
             he
             want
             power
             ,
             hee
             may
             peradventure
             
             consume
             himselfe
             with
             malice
             and
             hurt
             no
             other
             ;
             or
             if
             he
             have
             both
             power
             and
             malice
             ,
             yet
             if
             he
             want
             cunning
             and
             subtilty
             he
             may
             misse
             an
             oportunity
             to
             doe
             hurt
             ;
             or
             suppose
             he
             have
             power
             ,
             malice
             and
             subtilty
             ,
             yet
             if
             he
             be
             slowe
             and
             carelesse
             ,
             there
             is
             the
             lesse
             danger
             of
             him
             ,
             but
             where
             malice
             is
             accompanied
             with
             power
             ,
             and
             that
             guided
             with
             craft
             ,
             and
             all
             exercised
             with
             sedulitie
             and
             much
             diligence
             ;
             who
             ,
             having
             such
             an
             enemy
             will
             be
             carelesse
             and
             take
             no
             heede
             to
             himselfe
             ?
          
           
             Now
             if
             you
             please
             to
             review
             that
             1
             Pet
             :
             5.
             
             and
             the
             8
             verse
             .
             you
             shall
             find
             that
             all
             these
             ,
             doe
             in
             a
             high
             degree
             concurre
             in
             Sathan
             ;
             
             your
             adversary
             the
             devill
             (
             saith
             the
             Apostle
             )
             goes
             about
             daily
             like
             a
             roareing
             lyon
             seekeing
             whome
             he
             may
             devoure
             :
             his
             name
             devill
             and
             that
             which
             he
             seekes
             to
             devoure
             ,
             shewes
             his
             malice
             ;
             the
             lyon
             whereunto
             he
             is
             resembled
             ,
             demonstrates
             his
             power
             and
             subtilty
             ,
             the
             epithite
             roareing
             shewes
             his
             terriblenesse
             ,
             and
             lastly
             his
             walkeing
             up
             and
             downe
             shewes
             his
             diligence
             and
             sedulity
             which
             he
             uses
             to
             bring
             us
             to
             destruction
             .
          
           
             Now
             beloved
             ,
             if
             wee
             had
             no
             other
             enemie
             
             but
             this
             ,
             Yet
             the
             consideration
             of
             his
             malice
             power
             and
             cunning
             ,
             should
             cause
             as
             to
             walke
             circumspectly
             ;
             and
             (
             as
             wee
             are
             exhorted
             in
             my
             text
             )
             to
             take
             heede
             to
             our selves
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             enemie
             which
             I
             would
             have
             you
             take
             notice
             of
             is
             the
             world
             ,
             
             which
             though
             it
             inchaunt
             us
             with
             it's
             Circe's
             charmes
             ,
             and
             vayne
             promises
             of
             comfort
             to
             dote
             upon
             it
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             a
             great
             enemies
             to
             us
             ,
             so
             great
             that
             David
             (
             a
             man
             after
             Gods
             own
             heart
             )
             bewayles
             his
             abode
             in
             it
             :
             Psa
             :
             120
             :
             5.
             so
             great
             ,
             that
             Saint
             Iohn
             disswades
             from
             the
             loue
             of
             it
             1
             Ioh
             :
             2.
             15.
             so
             great
             that
             Saint
             Paul
             desires
             to
             be
             translated
             out
             of
             it
             .
             I
             desire
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             to
             be
             dissolved
             and
             to
             bee
             with
             Christ
             .
             The
             third
             enemie
             is
             the
             flesh
             and
             indeede
             this
             is
             
               inimicorum
               p●ssimus
               ,
               quia
               proximus
               ,
            
             the
             worst
             because
             the
             most
             neere
             adhering
             to
             us
             ;
             it
             is
             an
             enemie
             
               quem
               nec
               fugere
               ,
               nec
               fugàre
               possumus
               ,
               circumferre
               ●um
               necesse
               est
               ,
            
             
             which
             wee
             can
             neither
             fly
             from
             ,
             nor
             cause
             it
             to
             fly
             from
             us
             ,
             but
             must
             of
             necessity
             carrie
             it
             abou●
             us
             :
             this
             as
             the
             Trojan
             horse
             hath
             in
             it
             many
             enemies
             ,
             such
             as
             are
             noysom
             Justs
             ,
             &
             ungodly
             thoughts
             ,
             which
             warre
             ●●ainst
             us
             in
             their
             
             severall
             orders
             :
             there
             bee
             thousands
             mor●
             enemies
             ,
             which
             conspire
             against
             our
             welfare
             ,
             but
             the
             time
             will
             not
             permit
             me
             to
             pu●
             downe
             any
             more
             of
             them
             in
             this
             list
             ,
             
             therfore
             I
             forbeare
             any
             farther
             enumeration
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             hasten
             to
             the
             third
             reason
             why
             we
             should
             all
             take
             heede
             to
             our selves
             and
             walke
             circumspectly
             ,
             which
             is
             this
             :
             Because
             wee
             must
             all
             answere
             for
             all
             our
             thoughts
             ,
             
             words
             and
             deedes
             .
             It
             is
             appointed
             for
             all
             men
             to
             dye
             ,
             
             and
             after
             death
             the
             judgement
             .
             
               He.
            
             9.
             27.
             so
             
               Re.
            
             20.
             12.
             
             I
             saw
             the
             dead
             small
             and
             great
             stand
             before
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             bookes
             were
             opened
             ,
             and
             the
             dead
             were
             judged
             out
             of
             those
             things
             which
             were
             written
             in
             the
             bookes
             according
             to
             their
             works
             .
          
           
             There
             be
             two
             things
             that
             deale
             impartially
             with
             all
             men
             ,
             
             Death
             ,
             and
             the
             Judgement
             of
             the
             last
             day
             .
             That
             death
             deales
             impartially
             ,
             you
             see
             proved
             in
             that
             it
             strikes
             with
             the
             same
             foote
             as
             well
             at
             the
             pallaces
             of
             Princes
             ,
             as
             at
             the
             cottages
             of
             poore
             men
             :
             't
             is
             true
             that
             there
             is
             a
             great
             deale
             of
             difference
             betweene
             man
             and
             man
             ,
             in
             three
             respects
             .
             First
             in
             respect
             of
             naturall
             endowments
             ,
             some
             are
             wise
             ,
             others
             fooles
             ,
             
             some
             beautifull
             ,
             others
             deformed
             ,
             some
             of
             an
             affable
             and
             courteous
             disposition
             ,
             others
             are
             sordid
             and
             immorigerous
             ;
             secondly
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             spirituall
             graces
             ,
             some
             are
             spirituall
             ,
             sanctified
             with
             grace
             ,
             others
             carnall
             ,
             sold
             under
             sin
             ,
             some
             are
             patient
             in
             the
             greatest
             tribulation
             ,
             and
             others
             querulous
             and
             murmurers
             in
             the
             least
             ,
             some
             there
             are
             whom
             nothing
             can
             make
             proud
             ,
             or
             elevate
             them
             above
             their
             brethren
             ,
             and
             others
             there
             are
             ,
             whom
             things
             worth
             nothing
             ,
             transport
             in
             a
             sphere
             of
             pride
             above
             their
             betters
             ;
             thirdly
             ,
             there
             is
             difference
             in
             respect
             of
             future
             eternity
             ,
             some
             there
             are
             who
             are
             vessels
             of
             wrath
             ,
             and
             firebrands
             of
             Hell
             ,
             to
             whom
             it
             shall
             be
             said
             ,
             
               Ite
               maledicti
               ,
            
             goe
             yee
             cursed
             into
             everlasting
             fire
             prepared
             for
             the
             Devill
             and
             his
             Angels
             :
             and
             others
             there
             are
             who
             are
             Children
             of
             God
             and
             Heires
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             to
             whom
             it
             shall
             be
             said
             ,
             
               Venite
               benedicti
               ,
            
             come
             yee
             blessed
             Children
             of
             my
             Father
             receive
             the
             Kingdome
             prepared
             for
             you
             .
          
           
             Yet
             though
             it
             be
             true
             that
             there
             be
             such
             difference
             between
             man
             and
             man
             in
             these
             respects
             ,
             if
             we
             looke
             upon
             death
             and
             the
             
             judgement
             that
             they
             have
             of
             the
             righteous
             Judge
             at
             the
             last
             day
             ,
             we
             shall
             finde
             that
             they
             have
             no
             respect
             of
             persons
             ;
             as
             for
             death
             it
             doth
             equalise
             the
             Peere
             of
             the
             Realme
             ,
             
             and
             the
             Peasant
             of
             the
             Country
             the
             life
             of
             man
             is
             like
             a
             play
             or
             interlude
             .
             You
             know
             before
             the
             play
             be
             begun
             ,
             the
             Actors
             are
             fellowes
             ,
             
             in
             the
             play
             there
             appeares
             a
             great
             deale
             of
             difference
             ,
             some
             are
             Kings
             ,
             and
             others
             Subjects
             ,
             some
             Judges
             ,
             others
             Prisoners
             ,
             some
             rich
             ,
             others
             beggers
             ;
             and
             after
             the
             play
             is
             ended
             ,
             there
             is
             little
             or
             no
             difference
             between
             them
             :
             even
             so
             is
             it
             with
             men
             ,
             while
             we
             act
             our
             parts
             on
             the
             vast
             stage
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             there
             appeares
             a
             great
             deale
             of
             difference
             between
             us
             ,
             some
             live
             in
             the
             mountaines
             of
             riches
             ,
             honors
             ,
             and
             preferments
             ,
             others
             in
             the
             vallies
             of
             meane
             and
             low
             estates
             ,
             yet
             when
             we
             have
             severally
             acted
             our
             partes
             ,
             death
             will
             make
             us
             all
             equall
             :
             Him
             that
             sitteth
             on
             the
             Throne
             ,
             with
             him
             that
             lieth
             in
             the
             field
             ,
             him
             that
             holds
             the
             Scepter
             ,
             with
             him
             that
             holds
             the
             Plow
             ,
             the
             rich
             with
             the
             begger
             ,
             wise
             with
             foolish
             ,
             by
             turning
             us
             all
             into
             the
             prime
             element
             ,
             dust
             ,
             whereof
             we
             are
             composed
             ;
             And
             as
             death
             deales
             impartially
             
             with
             all
             ,
             so
             will
             the
             judgement
             of
             the
             last
             day
             .
             There
             
               Qualem
               unusquisque
               habet
               conscientiam
               talem
               &
               habebit
               Judicem
               ,
            
             whatsoever
             conscience
             a
             man
             hath
             ,
             such
             a
             Judge
             shall
             he
             have
             either
             excusing
             or
             accusing
             him
             ,
             there
             no
             bribes
             shall
             corrupt
             justice
             ,
             no
             intreaties
             protract
             it
             ,
             no
             opposition
             hinder
             the
             passage
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             there
             every
             one
             shall
             receive
             without
             partiallity
             according
             to
             what
             he
             hath
             done
             in
             the
             flesh
             .
             O
             that
             men
             would
             seriously
             revolve
             this
             in
             their
             minds
             ,
             that
             so
             they
             might
             be
             caused
             to
             walke
             circumspectly
             with
             God
             and
             man
             ,
             and
             (
             as
             Moses
             in
             my
             Text
             exhorts
             )
             to
             take
             heed
             to
             themselves
             ,
             and
             keepe
             their
             soules
             diligently
             .
          
        
         
           
             Application
             .
          
           
             It
             serves
             for
             exhortation
             ;
             First
             to
             Magistrates
             ,
             secondly
             ,
             to
             Ministers
             ,
             thirdly
             ,
             to
             the
             Common
             People
             ,
             to
             be
             circumspect
             in
             their
             waies
             ,
             and
             to
             take
             heede
             to
             themselves
             in
             all
             their
             enterprizes
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             let
             Magistrates
             and
             men
             in
             eminent
             places
             ,
             take
             heede
             to
             themselves
             in
             all
             their
             undertakings
             ,
             for
             they
             have
             as
             much
             ,
             nay
             more
             cause
             to
             be
             circumspect
             in
             their
             waies
             then
             others
             .
          
           
           
             First
             they
             are
             bound
             to
             it
             by
             the
             former
             reasons
             ,
             
               scil.
            
             their
             actions
             ,
             as
             wel
             as
             the
             actions
             of
             other
             men
             ,
             (
             if
             undertaken
             unadvisedly
             )
             produce
             miserable
             ,
             and
             prodigious
             effects
             .
             Again
             ,
             they
             have
             the
             same
             enemies
             ,
             the
             Devill
             ,
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             the
             flesh
             endeavouring
             their
             overthrow
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             overthrow
             of
             others
             ,
             and
             finally
             they
             must
             die
             as
             well
             as
             others
             ,
             Psal.
             82.
             v.
             6.
             7.
             and
             give
             an
             account
             for
             their
             thoughts
             ,
             words
             ,
             and
             deeds
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             others
             .
          
           
             But
             secondly
             ,
             they
             have
             more
             cause
             to
             take
             heede
             to
             themselves
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             circumspect
             in
             their
             waies
             then
             others
             ,
             for
             these
             reasons
             .
          
           
             First
             God
             hath
             advanced
             them
             above
             others
             in
             dignity
             ,
             and
             he
             therefore
             expects
             that
             they
             should
             walke
             more
             warily
             then
             others
             :
             if
             God
             should
             finde
             them
             guilty
             of
             such
             enormities
             as
             others
             ,
             he
             might
             justly
             cry
             out
             against
             them
             as
             Caesar
             did
             against
             Brutus
             ,
             
               &
               tu
               fili
               ?
            
             What
             and
             thou
             my
             son
             ?
             Have
             I
             honored
             thee
             so
             much
             ?
             And
             wilt
             thou
             be
             so
             carelesse
             of
             my
             honour
             ,
             and
             of
             thy
             owne
             salvation
             ?
          
           
             It
             should
             be
             with
             men
             as
             it
             is
             with
             the
             elements
             ,
             
             the
             higher
             they
             are
             ,
             the
             purer
             
             they
             are
             ,
             aire
             is
             purer
             then
             water
             ,
             and
             fire
             then
             aire
             ,
             so
             the
             higher
             men
             are
             in
             office
             and
             wealth
             ,
             the
             more
             circumspect
             ought
             they
             to
             be
             in
             their
             waies
             :
             to
             whom
             much
             is
             given
             ,
             of
             him
             much
             shall
             be
             required
             ,
             Luke
             12.
             48.
             good
             to
             this
             purpose
             is
             that
             of
             Gregory
             ,
             
               Crescentibus
               donis
               crescunt
               &
               rationes
               donorum
               ,
            
             the
             greater
             our
             guifts
             are
             ,
             the
             greater
             should
             our
             care
             be
             .
          
           
             Againe
             ,
             men
             in
             eminent
             places
             ought
             to
             be
             more
             circumspect
             then
             others
             ,
             because
             the
             people
             commonly
             follow
             their
             examples
             ,
             their
             good
             or
             evill
             life
             doth
             commonly
             cause
             much
             good
             ,
             or
             evill
             amongst
             the
             people
             .
          
           
             I
             remember
             a
             saying
             ,
             which
             experience
             in
             all
             ages
             hath
             proved
             to
             be
             true
             :
             
               Qualis
               Rex
               ,
               talis
               Grex
               ,
            
             such
             as
             the
             King
             or
             chiefe
             Rulers
             are
             ,
             such
             for
             the
             most
             part
             will
             the
             people
             be
             ;
             for
             their
             president
             is
             more
             followed
             then
             their
             precept
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             King
             be
             an
             Idolater
             ,
             it
             lodgeth
             not
             in
             his
             breast
             alone
             ,
             but
             like
             a
             gangrene
             or
             spreading
             leprosie
             it
             passeth
             over
             the
             whole
             body
             of
             the
             Common
             wealth
             :
             If
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             the
             King
             be
             a
             religious
             and
             sanctified
             person
             ,
             the
             people
             will
             at
             
             least
             in
             shew
             appeare
             so
             too
             :
             If
             Jeroboam
             the
             son
             of
             Nebat
             become
             an
             Idolater
             ,
             and
             an
             errector
             of
             strange
             Altars
             ,
             he
             shall
             not
             goe
             alone
             ,
             but
             all
             Israell
             will
             sin
             with
             him
             for
             company
             ,
             2
             Ki.
             10.
             31.
             if
             Joshus
             devote
             himselfe
             to
             serve
             the
             Lord
             ,
             all
             the
             people
             will
             be
             ready
             to
             comply
             with
             him
             ,
             1
             Josh.
             16.
             
             Ahaz
             was
             an
             Idolater
             ,
             so
             were
             the
             people
             ,
             Hezekiah
             his
             son
             worshipped
             God
             truly
             ,
             so
             did
             the
             people
             ,
             thus
             
               Regis
               ad
               exemplum
               totus
               componitur
               orbis
               :
            
             the
             examples
             of
             eminent
             persons
             are
             as
             looking
             glasses
             ,
             after
             which
             the
             Country
             dresse
             themselves
             ;
             and
             therefore
             you
             may
             find
             that
             Jehosaphat
             speaking
             to
             such
             ,
             charges
             them
             even
             in
             the
             very
             words
             of
             my
             Text
             to
             take
             heede
             to
             themselves
             ,
             2
             Cron.
             19
             c.
             6.
             7.
             v.
             and
             he
             said
             to
             the
             Judges
             take
             heed
             what
             you
             doe
             ,
             for
             you
             judge
             not
             for
             man
             but
             for
             God
             ,
             who
             is
             with
             you
             in
             your
             judgement
             ,
             v.
             6.
             againe
             v.
             7.
             wherfore
             now
             let
             the
             fear
             of
             the
             Lord
             be
             upon
             you
             take
             heede
             and
             doe
             it
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             let
             Ministers
             take
             heede
             to
             themselves
             and
             be
             circumspect
             and
             wary
             in
             all
             their
             courses
             :
             First
             let
             them
             take
             heede
             that
             they
             thrust
             not
             themselves
             into
             the
             calling
             of
             the
             ministry
             ,
             without
             due
             calling
             
             thereunto
             ,
             let
             them
             not
             intrude
             into
             Moses
             Chaire
             or
             rashly
             lay
             hold
             on
             the
             Arke
             of
             Aaron
             ,
             let
             them
             not
             presume
             to
             execute
             the
             ministeriall
             function
             ,
             in
             preaching
             the
             Word
             ,
             and
             administration
             of
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             without
             Commission
             .
          
           
             I
             beseech
             you
             doe
             not
             uncharitably
             misconstrue
             my
             meaning
             ,
             
             by
             concluding
             that
             I
             condemne
             Lay-men
             ,
             that
             are
             carefull
             in
             teaching
             their
             Families
             the
             fundamentall
             grounds
             of
             Piety
             and
             true
             Religion
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             their
             duty
             so
             to
             doe
             ,
             and
             in
             so
             doing
             they
             are
             worthy
             of
             much
             honour
             .
             Bernard
             hath
             an
             apt
             saying
             to
             this
             purpose
             ,
             as
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             it
             is
             our
             duty
             to
             teach
             you
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             your
             duty
             to
             teach
             those
             that
             are
             under
             your
             tuition
             in
             your
             houses
             :
             
             and
             Augustine
             saies
             that
             every
             man
             in
             this
             case
             is
             a
             Minister
             ,
             or
             (
             if
             you
             will
             a
             Bishop
             )
             so
             he
             keepe
             within
             his
             owne
             Diocesse
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             publique
             charge
             ,
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             let
             no
             over
             officious
             Nadab
             or
             Abihu
             approch
             into
             it
             there
             to
             offer
             up
             the
             strange
             fire
             of
             their
             owne
             preposterous
             Zeale
             ,
             lest
             fire
             come
             downe
             from
             Heaven
             and
             consume
             them
             ,
             as
             it
             did
             Nadab
             and
             Abihu
             ,
             Levit
             ,
             10.
             1.
             2.
             be
             pleased
             to
             looke
             into
             the
             Chapter
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             in
             the
             first
             
             ver.
             find
             their
             arrogance
             and
             presumption
             ,
             in
             offering
             up
             strange
             fire
             unto
             God
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             very
             next
             verse
             ,
             Gods
             just
             judgement
             on
             them
             for
             their
             most
             unjust
             presumption
             ,
             in
             sending
             downe
             a
             miraculous
             fire
             to
             destroy
             them
             .
          
           
             O
             then
             ,
             as
             we
             love
             our
             owne
             soules
             let
             us
             know
             our
             owne
             charges
             ,
             let
             every
             man
             take
             heede
             and
             keepe
             him
             to
             his
             owne
             Trade
             or
             Vocation
             ,
             
               Ne
               Sutor
               Vltra
               crepidam
               ,
            
             Let
             not
             the
             Cobler
             mistake
             the
             Pulpit
             for
             his
             stall
             ,
             and
             instead
             of
             patching
             soles
             ,
             take
             upon
             him
             the
             charge
             of
             soules
             .
             Let
             not
             the
             Taylor
             mistake
             the
             Lords
             Table
             for
             his
             cutting
             board
             ,
             let
             him
             not
             instead
             of
             a
             garment
             cut
             out
             a
             Text
             ,
             and
             with
             some
             stollen
             shreds
             of
             other
             mens
             workes
             ,
             patch
             up
             a
             Sermon
             ;
             God
             forbid
             that
             this
             should
             be
             suffered
             ,
             for
             if
             it
             should
             ,
             our
             Religion
             ,
             our
             Land
             ,
             nay
             our
             soules
             are
             like
             to
             suffer
             ruine
             .
             I
             assure
             you
             beloved
             I
             speake
             not
             this
             out
             of
             any
             pride
             of
             my selfe
             ,
             who
             am
             the
             unworthiest
             of
             all
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             neither
             doe
             I
             speake
             it
             in
             the
             contempt
             of
             the
             gifts
             of
             others
             ,
             be
             they
             never
             so
             meane
             ,
             for
             I
             could
             wish
             with
             Moses
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Lords
             people
             were
             Prophets
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Lord
             would
             
             ponre
             downe
             his
             holy
             spirit
             upon
             them
             ;
             But
             (
             as
             a
             late
             writer
             saies
             )
             we
             must
             give
             God
             leave
             to
             be
             the
             orderer
             of
             his
             owne
             Ordinances
             ,
             and
             we
             that
             are
             called
             to
             the
             ministry
             ,
             must
             take
             leave
             to
             call
             upon
             men
             to
             keepe
             them
             to
             their
             owne
             callings
             ;
             and
             I
             desire
             you
             to
             forbeare
             hearing
             such
             arrogant
             Nadabs
             ,
             and
             insolent
             Abi●ues
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             not
             
               Pastores
            
             Pastors
             ,
             
               sed
               impostores
               ,
            
             but
             impostors
             ;
             not
             
               Doctores
            
             Teachers
             ,
             
               sed
               Seductores
            
             but
             seducers
             ;
             not
             
               Vigiles
            
             but
             
               Noctambulones
               ,
            
             not
             guided
             by
             the
             spirit
             ,
             but
             scared
             with
             spirites
             ,
             like
             the
             seven
             sonnes
             of
             Sceva
             ,
             Act
             19.
             13.
             14.
             15.
             
             a
             vagabond
             Jew
             that
             without
             Commission
             ,
             would
             needes
             cast
             out
             Devills
             in
             the
             name
             of
             Jesus
             ,
             but
             marke
             what
             befell
             them
             ,
             Acts
             19.
             the
             evill
             spirit
             answered
             ,
             Jesus
             I
             know
             ,
             and
             Paul
             I
             know
             ,
             
               sed
               qui
               vos
               ?
            
             But
             who
             are
             you
             ?
             And
             the
             man
             in
             whom
             the
             evill
             spirit
             was
             ,
             leapt
             upon
             them
             and
             overcame
             them
             .
             O
             that
             all
             those
             who
             pretend
             the
             spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             against
             the
             Ordinance
             of
             God
             ,
             would
             henceforward
             take
             heede
             to
             keepe
             them
             to
             their
             owne
             vocations
             ,
             and
             not
             meddle
             with
             the
             preaching
             of
             the
             word
             ,
             more
             then
             as
             diligent
             hearers
             ,
             and
             constant
             practitioners
             ;
             
             or
             with
             the
             administration
             of
             the
             Sacrament
             more
             then
             as
             pious
             and
             well
             prepared
             Receivers
             ,
             lest
             the
             evill
             spirit
             which
             they
             would
             seeme
             to
             cast
             out
             of
             others
             ,
             enter
             into
             themselves
             ,
             prevaile
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             overcome
             them
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             when
             Ministers
             are
             lawfully
             called
             ,
             let
             them
             take
             heed
             that
             they
             minde
             not
             the
             fleece
             more
             then
             the
             flock
             ,
             their
             owne
             benefit
             more
             then
             the
             good
             of
             their
             people
             ,
             let
             them
             take
             heede
             that
             they
             desire
             not
             more
             to
             make
             a
             prey
             of
             their
             flock
             ,
             then
             to
             prey
             for
             it
             .
          
           
             Let
             them
             take
             heede
             that
             they
             be
             not
             such
             as
             in
             their
             preaching
             aime
             more
             at
             popular
             applause
             for
             themselves
             ,
             then
             to
             win
             soules
             unto
             God
             ;
             I
             meane
             such
             whose
             preaching
             is
             more
             affectedly
             obscure
             then
             Delphian
             Oracles
             ,
             or
             Egyptian
             Hieroglyphicks
             ,
             that
             have
             mouthes
             ,
             nay
             words
             ,
             yet
             speake
             not
             ,
             at
             least
             not
             to
             their
             Auditors
             understanding
             ,
             that
             deale
             with
             their
             Auditors
             ,
             as
             the
             Foxe
             did
             with
             the
             Storke
             ,
             who
             inviting
             him
             to
             dinner
             ,
             poured
             his
             liquor
             into
             so
             shallow
             a
             platter
             that
             the
             Storke
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             long
             bill
             was
             unable
             to
             lap
             any
             of
             it
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             was
             only
             spectator
             
             while
             the
             Foxlapt
             up
             the
             liquor
             .
          
           
             Such
             Ministers
             as
             these
             set
             their
             words
             in
             knots
             and
             borders
             ,
             only
             to
             delight
             the
             eares
             of
             the
             curious
             ,
             not
             to
             ravish
             the
             heart
             of
             the
             sanctified
             ;
             they
             labour
             and
             study
             much
             to
             speake
             so
             as
             they
             may
             not
             be
             understood
             ,
             who
             fill
             up
             their
             Sermons
             with
             strange
             languages
             ,
             some
             of
             whose
             English
             words
             (
             being
             exceeding
             lofty
             )
             are
             as
             difficult
             to
             be
             understood
             by
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             their
             auditors
             ,
             as
             Hebrew
             is
             ▪
             these
             would
             make
             good
             that
             curse
             upon
             their
             auditors
             ,
             to
             be
             of
             the
             number
             of
             those
             ,
             that
             hearing
             ,
             heare
             and
             understand
             not
             ,
             and
             seeing
             ,
             see
             and
             perceive
             not
             ,
             Isa.
             6.
             9.
             
             Acts
             28.
             26.
             
          
           
             But
             stay
             ,
             I
             would
             not
             have
             you
             thinke
             that
             I
             am
             Advocate
             for
             those
             that
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             as
             the
             other
             make
             their
             preaching
             as
             prophecying
             ,
             so
             these
             in
             a
             bad
             sence
             would
             make
             good
             that
             of
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             of
             some
             that
             call
             preaching
             foolishnesse
             ,
             1.
             Cor.
             1.
             21.
             23.
             as
             if
             ,
             because
             preaching
             must
             not
             bee
             garish
             ,
             it
             must
             therefore
             bee
             sordid
             .
          
           
             I
             meane
             such
             ,
             who
             rush
             unpreparedly
             into
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             perhaps
             three
             or
             foure
             
             times
             a
             weeke
             ,
             with
             any
             undigested
             stuffe
             ,
             and
             there
             rend
             the
             sacred
             Scriptures
             in
             peeces
             with
             their
             unsanctified
             lips
             ,
             even
             as
             a
             clowne
             doth
             a
             capon
             ,
             who
             knowes
             not
             how
             to
             carve
             it
             neately
             ,
             neither
             know
             these
             how
             to
             divide
             and
             dispence
             the
             word
             rightly
             ;
             these
             take
             no
             heede
             to
             prepare
             themselves
             for
             so
             weighty
             a
             worke
             ,
             but
             spend
             the
             whole
             weeke
             in
             rioting
             ,
             chambering
             and
             wantonnesse
             ,
             and
             little
             or
             no
             part
             of
             their
             time
             in
             studying
             ,
             and
             then
             mount
             the
             Pulpit
             trusting
             to
             Enthusiasmes
             and
             Revelations
             ,
             as
             if
             God
             were
             bound
             to
             appeare
             alwaies
             in
             such
             glorious
             rayes
             of
             wonders
             ,
             whereby
             it
             comes
             to
             passe
             that
             they
             vent
             such
             poore
             stuffe
             in
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             that
             no
             wise
             or
             religious
             man
             hath
             so
             much
             patience
             as
             to
             heare
             it
             ,
             much
             lesse
             so
             much
             folly
             ,
             as
             to
             follow
             it
             .
          
           
             I
             would
             such
             would
             hereafter
             take
             notice
             of
             the
             exhortation
             of
             St.
             Paul
             ,
             to
             the
             Pastors
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Ephesus
             ,
             take
             heede
             to
             your selves
             and
             to
             the
             flock
             overwhich
             the
             holy-Ghost
             hath
             made
             you
             overseers
             ,
             Acts
             ;
             and
             that
             to
             Timothy
             ,
             Take
             heede
             to
             thy selfe
             and
             to
             thy
             Doctrine
             .
             ●
             Tim.
             4.
             16.
             
          
           
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             let
             all
             men
             in
             generall
             be
             exhorted
             to
             take
             heede
             to
             themselves
             ,
             and
             be
             circumspect
             in
             all
             their
             actions
             ,
             but
             more
             especially
             in
             those
             which
             concerne
             the
             worship
             of
             God
             .
             Let
             us
             instance
             in
             some
             particulars
             .
          
           
             Art
             thou
             to
             come
             unto
             the
             Lord
             by
             Prayer
             ?
             take
             heede
             that
             thou
             doe
             it
             not
             rashly
             without
             due
             preparation
             of
             thy
             heart
             ,
             and
             praeconsideration
             of
             the
             majesty
             of
             him
             to
             whome
             thou
             art
             to
             speake
             ,
             the
             want
             whereof
             causes
             us
             to
             carry
             our selves
             so
             irreverently
             as
             wee
             doe
             towards
             God
             :
             for
             so
             immorigerous
             are
             wee
             grown
             ,
             that
             wee
             will
             scarce
             vouchsafe
             to
             fall
             downe
             and
             worship
             the
             Lord
             our
             maker
             .
             We
             thinke
             our selves
             too
             great
             or
             too
             good
             to
             fall
             downe
             and
             kneele
             before
             him
             in
             Prayer
             :
             Ezra
             :
             9
             :
             5.
             6.
             
             It
             was
             not
             so
             with
             Ezra
             ,
             for
             hee
             rent
             his
             garment
             ,
             and
             his
             mantle
             ,
             and
             fell
             upon
             his
             knees
             and
             spread
             out
             his
             hands
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ,
             Ezra
             :
             9
             :
             and
             David
             advises
             us
             to
             worship
             and
             fall
             downe
             and
             kneele
             before
             the
             Lord
             ,
             our
             maker
             ,
             Psal
             :
             95.
             6.
             yea
             and
             the
             Lord
             himselfe
             expects
             it
             .
             Is
             :
             45.
             23.
             
             I
             have
             sworne
             by
             my selfe
             that
             every
             knee
             shall
             bow
             to
             me
             :
             &
             this
             is
             most
             certain
             that
             that
             
             Prayer
             which
             is
             made
             unto
             God
             without
             reverence
             and
             due
             respect
             done
             to
             his
             glorious
             majesty
             is
             not
             acceptable
             with
             God
             .
             I
             will
             not
             say
             ,
             that
             all
             prayers
             that
             are
             made
             without
             bending
             the
             knee
             are
             unacceptable
             ,
             yet
             I
             could
             wish
             that
             men
             being
             but
             dust
             ,
             should
             kneel
             as
             low
             as
             dust
             when
             they
             are
             to
             speake
             to
             the
             high
             God
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             reported
             of
             Augustus
             that
             one
             inviting
             him
             to
             dinner
             to
             homely
             entertainement
             ,
             farre
             unfit
             for
             so
             royall
             a
             personage
             ;
             hee
             thus
             spake
             to
             him
             that
             invited
             him
             ;
             
               nesciebam
               me
               tibi
               fuisse
               tam
               familiarem
               ,
            
             I
             knew
             not
             that
             you
             and
             I
             had
             beene
             so
             familiar
             :
             may
             not
             the
             Lord
             say
             so
             to
             us
             ,
             that
             without
             any
             taking
             heede
             to
             prepare
             or
             sanctifie
             our selves
             ,
             petition
             for
             favours
             :
             take
             heede
             therefore
             to
             your selves
             ,
             and
             remember
             the
             advice
             of
             the
             wise
             man
             Eccles.
             5.
             2.
             be
             not
             rash
             with
             thy
             mouth
             ,
             neither
             let
             thy
             heart
             bee
             hasty
             to
             utter
             any
             thing
             before
             God
             ,
             for
             God
             is
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             thou
             art
             on
             Earth
             ,
             therefore
             let
             thy
             words
             be
             few
             ;
             and
             indeede
             it
             very
             much
             concernes
             us
             thus
             to
             take
             heede
             that
             we
             be
             not
             inconsiderate
             ,
             rash
             or
             multiloquacious
             in
             our
             Prayer
             ,
             for
             though
             it
             be
             true
             that
             we
             
             may
             approach
             unto
             the
             throne
             of
             Grace
             ,
             with
             confidence
             and
             boldnesse
             ,
             yet
             wee
             must
             take
             heede
             that
             we
             come
             not
             with
             saucinesse
             ,
             for
             as
             God
             is
             a
             God
             of
             mercy
             ,
             so
             also
             is
             he
             a
             consuming
             fire
             .
          
           
             Againe
             ,
             art
             thou
             to
             come
             unto
             the
             Temple
             of
             the
             Lord
             ?
             take
             heede
             that
             thou
             rush
             not
             in
             thither
             rashly
             or
             unadvisedly
             ,
             as
             if
             thou
             wert
             going
             unto
             a
             stage
             play
             ,
             but
             forethinke
             with
             thy selfe
             that
             thou
             art
             going
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             into
             the
             immediate
             presence
             of
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             who
             is
             a
             great
             and
             terrible
             God
             ,
             that
             will
             not
             be
             mocked
             by
             thee
             :
             as
             therefore
             when
             you
             are
             to
             meete
             an
             earthly
             king
             ,
             and
             to
             speake
             with
             him
             ,
             you
             prepare
             your selves
             ,
             and
             study
             a
             comportment
             and
             expression
             that
             may
             best
             please
             him
             ,
             so
             doe
             when
             you
             are
             to
             meete
             God
             :
             praecogitate
             with
             your selves
             what
             comportment
             you
             ought
             to
             use
             in
             his
             presence
             ;
             what
             zeale
             ,
             Ro.
             12.
             11.
             cheerefulnesse
             ,
             Psal.
             100.
             1.
             sinceritie
             ,
             Josh.
             24.
             14.
             and
             reverence
             ,
             Heb.
             12.
             28.
             you
             should
             use
             in
             the
             service
             which
             you
             performe
             to
             God
             .
          
           
             Art
             thou
             to
             receive
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             ?
             take
             heed
             that
             thou
             doe
             
             it
             not
             rashly
             or
             unadvisedly
             ;
             it
             is
             the
             advice
             of
             the
             Apostle
             .
             Let
             a
             man
             examine
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             so
             let
             him
             eate
             of
             that
             bread
             and
             drinke
             of
             that
             cup
             ,
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             1.
             28.
             19.
             and
             he
             gives
             a
             good
             reason
             for
             it
             in
             the
             next
             verse
             ,
             for
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             hee
             that
             eateth
             and
             drinketh
             unworthily
             ,
             eateth
             and
             drinketh
             damnation
             to
             himselfe
             ,
             not
             discerning
             the
             Lords
             body
             .
          
           
             What
             shall
             I
             say
             more
             ?
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             art
             thou
             a
             beleever
             ,
             and
             hast
             embraced
             the
             Faith
             of
             Christ
             ?
             take
             heede
             thou
             undertake
             not
             any
             thing
             without
             due
             advice
             and
             deliberation
             ,
             lest
             that
             old
             proverbe
             be
             verified
             by
             thee
             ,
             
               qui
               ante
               non
               cavet
               post
               dolebit
               ,
            
             he
             that
             doth
             not
             beware
             before
             ,
             will
             be
             sory
             after
             .
          
           
             Now
             ,
             lest
             what
             I
             have
             said
             be
             not
             enough
             to
             make
             us
             take
             heede
             to
             our selves
             in
             all
             our
             undertakings
             ,
             I
             beseech
             you
             look
             back
             into
             the
             former
             ages
             ,
             and
             consider
             what
             and
             how
             many
             miserable
             inconveniences
             and
             sad
             disasters
             have
             happened
             to
             severall
             people
             ,
             only
             for
             want
             of
             good
             take
             heede
             ;
             it
             was
             the
             want
             of
             good
             take
             heede
             that
             cast
             the
             Angels
             out
             of
             Heaven
             :
             it
             was
             the
             want
             of
             good
             take
             heede
             ,
             that
             
             exiled
             Adam
             from
             Paradise
             ,
             that
             brought
             the
             flood
             on
             the
             old
             World
             :
             it
             was
             the
             want
             of
             good
             take
             heede
             that
             brought
             sire
             and
             brimstone
             on
             Sodome
             and
             Gomorrah
             ,
             that
             rent
             ten
             tribes
             from
             Rehoboams
             kingdome
             ,
             1
             King
             12.
             it
             was
             the
             want
             of
             good
             take
             heede
             that
             shut
             the
             five
             foolish
             virgins
             out
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             Mat.
             25.
             and
             it
             is
             the
             want
             of
             this
             good
             take
             heede
             ,
             that
             shall
             bring
             a
             generall
             destruction
             on
             the
             wicked
             and
             ungodly
             ,
             1
             Thes.
             5.
             3.
             
          
           
             No
             more
             but
             this
             ,
             consider
             I
             pray
             you
             ,
             what
             is
             it
             that
             brings
             so
             many
             ,
             some
             to
             poverty
             ,
             some
             to
             disgrace
             ,
             some
             to
             sodaine
             desperate
             and
             dangerous
             deaths
             ?
             but
             only
             the
             want
             of
             good
             take
             heede
             ;
             that
             you
             may
             therefore
             escape
             all
             these
             inconveniences
             ,
             and
             thousands
             more
             which
             are
             most
             incident
             to
             the
             carelesse
             ;
             I
             beseech
             you
             remember
             the
             exhortation
             of
             Moses
             in
             my
             Text
             ,
             Take
             heede
             to
             your selves
             .
          
           
             
               Quest
               .
            
             But
             then
             as
             the
             Souldiers
             said
             to
             John
             the
             Baptist
             ,
             Master
             what
             shall
             wee
             doe
             ?
             So
             may
             you
             say
             to
             me
             ,
             you
             have
             (
             we
             confesse
             )
             proved
             that
             we
             should
             bee
             circumspect
             and
             take
             heede
             to
             our selves
             ,
             but
             we
             would
             know
             the
             manner
             how
             wee
             
             should
             doe
             it
             ,
             or
             what
             it
             is
             that
             we
             should
             take
             heede
             to
             in
             our selves
             .
          
           
             
               Ans.
            
             I
             answere
             ,
             You
             must
             first
             take
             heede
             to
             your
             eyes
             ,
             they
             are
             apt
             to
             range
             after
             iniquity
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             be
             not
             diligently
             watch't
             ,
             they
             prove
             arch-traytors
             to
             mankinde
             :
             untill
             Adam
             and
             Eve
             lusted
             with
             their
             eyes
             ,
             sin
             and
             Sathan
             entred
             not
             into
             their
             hearts
             ,
             Gen.
             3.
             had
             not
             Herod
             look't
             or
             Herodias
             dancing
             ,
             hee
             had
             not
             so
             rashly
             granted
             her
             John
             Baptists
             head
             Mar.
             6.
             had
             not
             Potiphars
             wife
             given
             her
             eyes
             liberty
             to
             behold
             Joseph
             ,
             she
             had
             not
             lusted
             to
             defile
             her
             marriage
             bed
             with
             him
             ,
             King.
             2.
             had
             not
             Sichem
             seene
             Dina
             Jacobs
             daughter
             ,
             he
             had
             never
             ravish't
             her
             ,
             Gen.
             34.
             
             These
             evils
             proceede
             from
             licentious
             gazing
             on
             such
             objects
             ,
             and
             therefore
             (
             saith
             the
             Prophet
             )
             turne
             away
             mine
             eyes
             lest
             they
             behold
             vanitie
             ;
             it
             was
             the
             want
             of
             taking
             heede
             to
             the
             eyes
             ,
             that
             made
             Tarquinius
             Sextus
             to
             ravish
             Collatinus
             wife
             that
             made
             Queene
             Cleopatra
             to
             use
             her
             brother
             Ptolomeus
             as
             her
             husband
             ;
             that
             made
             Macareus
             to
             lye
             with
             his
             sister
             Canaces
             ,
             and
             Menephron
             to
             defile
             his
             own
             Mother
             .
          
           
           
             And
             indeede
             it
             is
             God's
             great
             mercy
             that
             he
             hath
             placed
             in
             the
             eyes
             ,
             as
             well
             the
             remedy
             as
             the
             malady
             ,
             
               fletum
               &
               visum
               ,
            
             the
             faculty
             of
             seeing
             ,
             and
             the
             sluce
             of
             teares
             ,
             
               Vt
               qui
               delinquant
               videndo
               ,
               poeniteant
               plorando
               ,
            
             that
             they
             who
             have
             offended
             by
             seeing
             ,
             may
             repent
             by
             weeping
             ;
             if
             therefore
             thou
             wilt
             escape
             the
             punishment
             of
             weeping
             (
             I
             meane
             of
             eternall
             weeping
             in
             hell
             fire
             )
             take
             heed
             to
             thine
             eyes
             :
             look
             not
             after
             a
             woman
             to
             lust
             after
             her
             ,
             for
             then
             thou
             hast
             committed
             adultrie
             with
             her
             in
             thy
             heart
             ,
             Mat.
             5.
             
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             make
             a
             Covenant
             with
             thine
             eyes
             that
             they
             behold
             nor
             vanitie
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             Take
             heede
             to
             your
             eares
             which
             most
             commonly
             are
             more
             open
             to
             Syrens
             songs
             ,
             then
             to
             heavenly
             ditties
             ,
             to
             obscene
             communication
             then
             to
             the
             precepts
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             therefore
             Christ
             sets
             a
             double
             guard
             at
             this
             Port
             of
             hearing
             ,
             and
             both
             delivered
             in
             the
             termes
             of
             my
             Text
             ;
             The
             first
             is
             in
             Mark
             4.
             24.
             where
             we
             are
             bid
             to
             take
             heede
             what
             we
             heare
             :
             and
             the
             other
             in
             Luke
             8.
             18.
             where
             we
             are
             bid
             to
             take
             heede
             how
             we
             heare
             ,
             Psal.
             141.
             3.
             hee
             keepes
             both
             these
             sayings
             well
             that
             heares
             
             the
             word
             of
             God
             diligently
             ,
             and
             practises
             it
             in
             his
             life
             and
             conversation
             constantly
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             Take
             heede
             to
             your
             tongue
             ,
             for
             this
             is
             often
             times
             an
             unruly
             member
             ,
             so
             unruly
             that
             (
             as
             one
             well
             observes
             )
             the
             port-c●●llis
             of
             the
             teeth
             ,
             and
             the
             counterscarfe
             of
             the
             lips
             are
             not
             sufficient
             to
             keepe
             it
             in
             ,
             unlesse
             with
             David
             ,
             wee
             daily
             pray
             Psal.
             14.
             3.
             
             Set
             a
             watch
             O
             Lord
             before
             my
             mouth
             ,
             keepe
             thou
             the
             doore
             of
             my
             lips
             .
          
           
             Take
             heede
             to
             your
             understanding
             that
             it
             be
             not
             corrupted
             ;
             this
             is
             the
             first
             doore
             the
             Devill
             knocks
             at
             ,
             the
             first
             forge
             where
             sin
             is
             framed
             ,
             the
             first
             commander
             the
             Devill
             seekes
             to
             corrupt
             ,
             for
             though
             he
             intend
             to
             sack
             the
             whole
             citty
             of
             our
             Soules
             ,
             yet
             hee
             makes
             his
             first
             assaults
             against
             this
             Port.
             
          
           
             And
             therefore
             as
             the
             besieged
             fortifie
             most
             where
             they
             feare
             most
             batteries
             or
             assaults
             ,
             so
             take
             we
             heede
             to
             looke
             carefully
             to
             our
             understandings
             ,
             that
             they
             bee
             not
             blinded
             with
             ignorance
             ,
             nor
             insnared
             with
             the
             subtiltie
             of
             Atheisme
             ,
             Heresie
             ,
             Popery
             ,
             Schisme
             ,
             or
             any
             thing
             else
             repugnant
             to
             God
             and
             his
             truth
             .
          
           
           
             Take
             wee
             heede
             to
             our
             understandings
             that
             they
             dive
             not
             too
             farre
             into
             the
             hidden
             mysteries
             of
             the
             word
             :
             There
             is
             enough
             revealed
             both
             for
             our
             faith
             and
             our
             salvation
             ,
             
               Mitte
               arcana
               Dei
               ,
            
             meddle
             not
             with
             the
             secrets
             of
             God
             :
             
               Quod
               Deus
               texit
               ,
               quis
               revelabit
               ,
            
             what
             God
             hath
             hidden
             ,
             let
             not
             the
             understanding
             pry
             into
             .
          
           
             Consider
             wee
             ,
             that
             our
             understanding
             or
             intellectuall
             part
             ,
             is
             that
             which
             the
             Devill
             ,
             Hereticks
             ,
             Atheists
             ,
             Papists
             ,
             Schismaticks
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             pernicious
             enemies
             ,
             much
             labour
             to
             corrupt
             ,
             and
             therefore
             let
             us
             take
             great
             heede
             to
             preserve
             it
             .
          
           
             Take
             heede
             to
             your
             will
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             either
             the
             seate
             of
             sin
             ,
             or
             sanctuary
             of
             grace
             ;
             if
             it
             be
             depraved
             it
             hath
             a
             very
             malignant
             influence
             upon
             all
             our
             actions
             ,
             and
             therefore
             as
             besiegers
             of
             a
             Garrison
             labour
             most
             to
             possesse
             themselves
             of
             the
             chiefe
             Sconce
             or
             capitoll
             ,
             knowing
             ,
             that
             thence
             they
             may
             command
             the
             whole
             City
             ,
             so
             the
             Devill
             besieging
             the
             City
             of
             our
             soule
             ,
             labours
             chiefely
             to
             captivate
             our
             will
             ,
             because
             he
             knows
             that
             if
             that
             become
             subject
             to
             his
             Lawes
             ,
             and
             embrace
             his
             Scepter
             ,
             all
             the
             faculties
             of
             the
             whole
             man
             will
             be
             tributaries
             
             to
             the
             same
             service
             .
          
           
             Take
             heed
             therfore
             that
             your
             wills
             be
             not
             enslaved
             by
             Sathans
             policy
             ,
             but
             renued
             by
             grace
             ,
             and
             regulated
             by
             the
             rule
             of
             piety
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             take
             heede
             to
             your
             consciences
             ,
             there
             may
             be
             so
             much
             said
             for
             this
             ,
             that
             I
             shall
             say
             but
             little
             .
          
           
             Salomon
             saies
             that
             a
             good
             conscience
             is
             a
             continuall
             feast
             ,
             Prov.
             15.
             15.
             and
             indeed
             so
             it
             is
             ,
             if
             we
             be
             weake
             it
             is
             a
             staffe
             to
             support
             us
             ,
             if
             in
             want
             ,
             a
             comforter
             to
             relieve
             us
             ,
             if
             in
             suites
             of
             Law
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             best
             agent
             to
             pleade
             for
             us
             if
             falsely
             accused
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             best
             witnesse
             to
             cleere
             us
             ,
             if
             wrongfully
             condemned
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             most
             upright
             Judge
             to
             vindicate
             us
             :
             There
             can
             no
             estate
             or
             condition
             befall
             man
             ,
             either
             so
             prosperous
             or
             averse
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             comfort
             of
             a
             good
             conscience
             will
             appeare
             in
             it
             .
          
           
             It
             comforts
             in
             prosperity
             and
             adversity
             ,
             in
             sicknesse
             and
             in
             health
             ,
             in
             life
             and
             in
             death
             ,
             and
             (
             which
             is
             best
             of
             all
             )
             it
             yeeldes
             transcendent
             comfort
             at
             the
             day
             of
             judgement
             :
             For
             when
             among
             the
             wicked
             at
             the
             dreadfull
             day
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             there
             shall
             appeare
             nothing
             but
             horrors
             ,
             frights
             ,
             and
             
             amazements
             ,
             be
             heard
             nothing
             but
             feareful
             shri●kes
             ,
             ululations
             ,
             cries
             ,
             and
             howlings
             ,
             for
             feare
             of
             the
             sentence
             of
             malediction
             ,
             that
             shall
             there
             be
             pronounced
             against
             them
             ;
             even
             then
             there
             shall
             be
             nothing
             but
             joy
             ,
             exultation
             ,
             and
             heavenly
             consolations
             to
             them
             that
             have
             taken
             heede
             to
             preserve
             their
             consciences
             spotlesse
             ,
             being
             assured
             of
             the
             sentence
             of
             benediction
             which
             shall
             then
             be
             pronounced
             to
             them
             ,
             at
             which
             time
             their
             bodies
             being
             reunited
             to
             their
             soules
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             both
             received
             into
             everlasting
             salvation
             which
             every
             one
             ought
             diligently
             to
             seeke
             after
             ,
             which
             is
             set
             forth
             in
             the
             next
             part
             of
             my
             Text
             ,
             the
             duty
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             keepe
             thy
             soule
             diligently
             ;
             whence
             we
             conclude
             this
             observation
             .
          
           
             
               2
               Obser.
            
             That
             every
             Christian
             should
             have
             a
             speciall
             care
             of
             his
             foule
             ;
             and
             keepe
             that
             diligently
             .
             To
             this
             purpose
             we
             have
             both
             the
             Precept
             and
             President
             of
             Gods
             Children
             in
             sacred
             writ
             .
             First
             for
             Precept
             ,
             see
             St.
             Paul
             exhorting
             us
             to
             give
             all
             diligence
             to
             make
             our
             calling
             and
             election
             sure
             ,
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             10.
             and
             Phil.
             2
             12.
             he
             bid
             us
             worke
             out
             our
             salvation
             with
             feare
             and
             
             trembling
             ,
             so
             Moses
             in
             our
             Text
             ,
             bid
             us
             take
             heede
             to
             our selves
             ,
             and
             keepe
             our
             soules
             diligently
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             president
             ,
             looke
             on
             St.
             Paul
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             finde
             that
             he
             was
             so
             carefull
             of
             his
             soules
             salvation
             ,
             that
             as
             the
             Nicene
             Fathers
             would
             not
             gratifie
             Arrius
             in
             the
             least
             compliance
             with
             him
             ,
             so
             neither
             would
             he
             conforme
             in
             any
             thing
             to
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Seducers
             :
             And
             if
             you
             read
             the
             life
             and
             death
             of
             the
             Martyrs
             ,
             you
             shall
             finde
             that
             they
             were
             so
             carefull
             of
             the
             salvation
             of
             their
             soules
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             not
             in
             the
             least
             semblance
             condiscend
             to
             the
             Pagan
             Persecutors
             ,
             though
             they
             might
             thereby
             have
             come
             off
             with
             corporall
             safety
             .
          
           
             But
             not
             to
             trouble
             you
             with
             multiplicity
             of
             examples
             ,
             looke
             but
             on
             one
             president
             more
             ,
             and
             that
             shall
             be
             David
             a
             man
             after
             Gods
             owne
             heart
             .
          
           
             The
             Lord
             had
             wonderfully
             magnified
             his
             mercy
             towards
             him
             in
             many
             eminent
             favours
             ,
             first
             in
             respect
             of
             his
             estate
             ,
             when
             he
             tooke
             him
             from
             following
             his
             Fathers
             Ewes
             great
             with
             young
             ,
             to
             feede
             Iacob
             his
             people
             ,
             and
             Israel
             his
             inheritance
             ,
             Psal.
             78.
             70.
             71.
             when
             he
             translated
             him
             from
             a
             
             shepheards
             crooke
             to
             a
             scepter
             of
             gold
             ,
             Psa.
             70.
             71.
             
             Againe
             ,
             the
             Lord
             did
             well
             for
             him
             otherwise
             too
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             his
             strength
             ;
             for
             he
             had
             as
             magnanimous
             a
             heart
             ,
             as
             a
             Lion
             ,
             1.
             Sam.
             17.
             49.
             
             And
             when
             that
             proud
             Philistine
             Goliah
             came
             rayling
             and
             defying
             the
             God
             of
             Israel
             ,
             notwithstanding
             his
             menacing
             tearmes
             ,
             he
             encountred
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             slew
             him
             ,
             and
             so
             tooke
             the
             reproach
             from
             Israel
             .
             Againe
             ,
             the
             Lord
             did
             wonderfull
             well
             for
             David
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             his
             beauty
             ;
             for
             he
             was
             a
             man
             of
             a
             more
             then
             ordinary
             pulchritude
             ,
             as
             you
             may
             see
             prooved
             ,
             1.
             Sam.
             16
             12.
             the
             Text
             there
             sayes
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             ●uddy
             ,
             and
             withal
             of
             a
             beautifull
             countenance
             ,
             and
             goodly
             to
             looke
             on
             .
             Againe
             ,
             the
             Lord
             did
             wonderfull
             well
             for
             him
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             his
             issue
             ,
             for
             he
             had
             a
             marvellous
             great
             issue
             .
             And
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             David
             was
             truly
             thankfull
             to
             the
             Lord
             for
             all
             these
             ●nercies
             bestowed
             on
             him
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             his
             body
             and
             his
             estate
             .
             But
             yet
             I
             am
             resolved
             that
             hee
             minded
             more
             the
             salvation
             of
             his
             soule
             ,
             then
             he
             did
             all
             these
             things
             :
             and
             I
             gather
             this
             from
             his
             owne
             words
             in
             the
             14.
             
             Psalme
             :
             he
             declares
             that
             he
             longs
             for
             the
             salvation
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             if
             you
             looke
             on
             him
             
             in
             the
             Psalme
             ,
             25.
             v.
             20.
             you
             shall
             finde
             that
             being
             surrounded
             with
             miseries
             ,
             he
             hath
             a
             speciall
             care
             of
             his
             Soule
             ,
             and
             desires
             the
             Lord
             to
             keepe
             that
             safe
             ,
             so
             Psal.
             86.
             2.
             hee
             prayes
             the
             Lord
             to
             preserve
             his
             Soule
             ,
             and
             having
             received
             some
             speciall
             favour
             for
             his
             Soule
             you
             may
             finde
             him
             making
             a
             solemne
             invitation
             unto
             the
             righteous
             ,
             to
             come
             and
             heare
             what
             the
             Lord
             had
             done
             unto
             his
             Soule
             ,
             Psal.
             66.
             16.
             
             Come
             and
             heare
             all
             yee
             that
             feare
             God
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             declare
             unto
             you
             what
             he
             hath
             done
             for
             my
             Soule
             ;
             thus
             you
             see
             God's
             children
             have
             at
             all
             times
             been
             so
             carefull
             of
             their
             Soules
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             rather
             suffer
             death
             then
             doe
             any
             thing
             that
             might
             hinder
             the
             salvation
             of
             their
             Soules
             ;
             such
             care
             ought
             we
             also
             to
             have
             of
             our
             Soules
             ,
             Wee
             should
             keepe
             them
             diligently
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             these
             Reasons
             .
          
           
             
               1
               Reason
               .
            
             First
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             excellency
             of
             the
             Soule
             ,
             which
             consists
             first
             in
             the
             puritie
             of
             it
             ;
             Secondly
             ,
             in
             the
             unitie
             and
             singularitie
             ;
             and
             Thirdly
             in
             the
             inequality
             that
             is
             between
             it
             and
             any
             thing
             else
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             in
             the
             puritie
             of
             it
             ,
             which
             though
             it
             be
             shapelesse
             and
             immateriall
             ,
             yet
             would
             
             it
             make
             a
             man
             heavenly
             proud
             ,
             to
             contemplate
             of
             how
             divine
             a
             nature
             ,
             excellency
             and
             qualitie
             the
             Soule
             is
             .
             
               In
               puritate
               est
               Deo
               simillima
               ,
            
             
             in
             its
             puritie
             it
             is
             as
             a
             God
             ,
             and
             hereupon
             (
             saith
             a
             writer
             )
             let
             me
             worship
             the
             great
             God
             of
             the
             little
             God
             my
             Soule
             :
             and
             good
             to
             this
             purpose
             is
             that
             of
             Seneca
             .
             
               Quid
               aliud
               est
               anima
               quam
               Deus
               hospitans
               in
               corpore
               humano
               ?
            
             
             what
             other
             thing
             is
             the
             Soule
             ,
             but
             God
             lodging
             in
             the
             body
             ?
             and
             Bernard
             ,
             standing
             in
             admiration
             of
             the
             excellency
             of
             his
             Soule
             ,
             breakes
             out
             into
             these
             words
             .
             How
             beautifull
             art
             thou
             O
             my
             Soule
             !
             thou
             art
             ennobled
             by
             the
             Image
             of
             God
             stampt
             on
             thee
             ,
             
             adorned
             with
             his
             likenesse
             ,
             espoused
             to
             him
             by
             promise
             ,
             redeemed
             with
             the
             precious
             blood
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
             
               Quid
               de
               te
               dicam
               ?
            
             what
             shall
             I
             say
             of
             thee
             ?
             
               tu
               maximum
               es
               quod
               esse
               potest
               in
               parvo
               loco
               .
            
             Thou
             art
             the
             excellentest
             thing
             that
             may
             be
             contained
             in
             so
             small
             a
             place
             as
             the
             body
             .
             
               Nobilitas
               tua
               omnibus
               mundanis
               praeferenda
               ,
            
             thy
             excellency
             exceedes
             all
             earthly
             treasures
             .
             According
             to
             this
             is
             that
             of
             Augustine
             :
             as
             (
             saies
             he
             )
             the
             Creator
             excells
             all
             the
             Creatures
             ,
             even
             so
             the
             Soule
             is
             farre
             more
             excellent
             then
             any
             of
             them
             .
          
           
           
             Secondly
             ,
             consider
             the
             excellency
             of
             the
             Soule
             ,
             
             consisting
             in
             the
             unity
             and
             singularity
             of
             it
             .
             God
             hath
             given
             unto
             one
             body
             two
             eyes
             ,
             two
             hands
             ,
             and
             two
             feete
             ,
             but
             he
             hath
             given
             it
             but
             one
             Soule
             ,
             he
             hath
             given
             two
             eyes
             to
             the
             end
             that
             if
             one
             bee
             blinde
             the
             other
             may
             see
             ,
             two
             hands
             to
             the
             end
             that
             if
             one
             be
             weake
             the
             other
             may
             worke
             ,
             
             and
             two
             feeete
             to
             the
             end
             that
             if
             one
             be
             lame
             ,
             the
             other
             may
             walke
             ,
             but
             he
             hath
             given
             us
             but
             one
             Soule
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             jewel
             invaluable
             ,
             a
             jemme
             immatchable
             ,
             &
             a
             pearle
             inestimable
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             consider
             the
             excellency
             of
             the
             Soule
             consisting
             in
             the
             inequality
             that
             is
             between
             it
             and
             any
             thing
             else
             ,
             what
             recompence
             or
             what
             exchange
             shall
             a
             man
             give
             for
             his
             Soule
             ,
             Mat.
             16.
             26.
             shall
             hee
             give
             a
             thousand
             of
             Rams
             ,
             or
             ten
             thousand
             rivers
             of
             Oyle
             ,
             shall
             he
             give
             the
             fruit
             of
             his
             body
             for
             the
             sinne
             of
             his
             Soule
             ,
             surely
             all
             these
             are
             not
             sufficient
             to
             redeeme
             one
             Soule
             ,
             Mica
             .
             6.
             7.
             nay
             ten
             thousand
             worlds
             were
             not
             sufficient
             ransome
             for
             one
             Soule
             ,
             nothing
             could
             doe
             it
             but
             the
             precious
             blood
             of
             that
             immaculate
             Lamb
             Jesus
             Christ
             ;
             this
             St.
             Peter
             affirmes
             1.
             Pet.
             1.
             19.
             we
             are
             not
             
             bought
             with
             silver
             or
             with
             gold
             ,
             or
             with
             any
             corruptible
             thing
             ,
             but
             with
             the
             blood
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             as
             of
             a
             Lamb
             spotlesse
             and
             undefiled
             .
          
           
             I
             beseech
             you
             consider
             then
             the
             excellency
             of
             your
             Soule
             ;
             the
             body
             of
             man
             is
             a
             glorious
             frame
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             not
             comparable
             to
             the
             Soule
             ,
             for
             the
             body
             is
             but
             the
             tabernacle
             ,
             
             the
             Soule
             is
             the
             mercy-seate
             ,
             the
             body
             is
             but
             the
             hand
             maid
             ,
             the
             Soule
             is
             the
             mistris
             ,
             the
             body
             is
             but
             the
             pallace
             ,
             the
             Soule
             is
             the
             queene-regent
             governing
             in
             that
             Pallace
             ;
             the
             body
             is
             but
             the
             cabinet
             ,
             the
             Soule
             is
             the
             precious
             jewell
             lodging
             in
             it
             .
          
           
             What
             is
             it
             that
             advances
             the
             calling
             of
             the
             Ministery
             above
             other
             callings
             but
             only
             this
             ,
             that
             it
             tends
             to
             the
             good
             of
             man's
             Soule
             ?
             the
             study
             of
             the
             Lawyer
             tends
             to
             the
             good
             of
             man's
             estate
             ,
             the
             study
             of
             the
             Physician
             to
             the
             good
             of
             man's
             body
             ,
             but
             the
             study
             of
             the
             Minister
             tends
             to
             the
             good
             of
             man's
             Soule
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             better
             part
             .
             The
             Soule
             is
             
               optimum
               &
               primum
               ,
            
             the
             better
             part
             ,
             there
             is
             nothing
             like
             it
             ,
             there
             is
             nothing
             that
             may
             be
             compared
             unto
             it
             ,
             
               Salomon
            
             calls
             it
             a
             precious
             Soule
             ,
             Prov.
             6.
             and
             
             a
             greater
             ,
             and
             wiser
             then
             
               Salomon
            
             puts
             it
             in
             the
             ballance
             of
             the
             sanctuary
             ,
             and
             makes
             it
             weigh
             downe
             the
             whole
             world
             ;
             What
             shall
             it
             profit
             a
             man
             (
             saith
             our
             Saviour
             Jesus
             Christ
             )
             to
             win
             the
             whole
             world
             and
             lose
             his
             own
             Soule
             ?
             Mat.
             16.
             26.
             
             And
             I
             pray
             see
             if
             he
             bee
             not
             a
             great
             loser
             that
             gaines
             a
             world
             and
             loses
             his
             Soule
             ?
             for
             suppose
             a
             man
             were
             sure
             to
             live
             as
             long
             as
             Nestor
             ,
             
             who
             is
             reported
             to
             have
             lived
             three
             hundred
             yeeres
             ,
             and
             could
             have
             his
             health
             all
             that
             time
             ,
             and
             never
             be
             sick
             ;
             suppose
             he
             had
             as
             much
             riches
             as
             Cressus
             ,
             as
             much
             beauty
             as
             Absalon
             ,
             as
             much
             strength
             as
             Sampson
             .
             Supposes
             he
             had
             as
             much
             worth
             in
             him
             ,
             as
             the
             Romans
             ascribe
             to
             their
             Catoes
             ,
             Curioes
             ,
             Fabritioes
             ;
             the
             Greekes
             to
             their
             Socrates
             ,
             Solon
             ,
             Aristides
             ,
             Homer
             ,
             to
             Agamemnon
             ,
             
             affirming
             that
             he
             was
             like
             Jupiter
             in
             feature
             ,
             Mars
             in
             valour
             ,
             Pallas
             in
             wisedome
             ;
             suppose
             all
             eyes
             were
             upon
             him
             ,
             all
             tongues
             spake
             well
             of
             him
             ;
             suppose
             he
             had
             such
             a
             glorious
             fame
             ,
             that
             men
             came
             as
             farre
             to
             see
             him
             ,
             as
             the
             Queene
             of
             Sheba
             did
             to
             see
             Salomon
             ,
             
             gaze
             on
             him
             as
             the
             Aegyptians
             did
             once
             on
             honoured
             Joseph
             ,
             the
             Arabians
             on
             fayre
             Vertomanus
             ,
             
             suppose
             men
             praysed
             him
             as
             much
             as
             Tully
             did
             Caesar
             ,
             
             Plato
             did
             Socrates
             ,
             let
             his
             eares
             be
             delighted
             with
             as
             much
             variety
             of
             musick
             as
             Alexander
             had
             from
             Timolaus
             ,
             the
             Thebans
             from
             Amphion
             ,
             the
             Mariners
             from
             Orpheus
             ;
             suppose
             men
             acted
             such
             playes
             before
             him
             as
             the
             Romans
             acted
             in
             their
             Theaters
             and
             Amphitheater
             ,
             let
             men
             shew
             him
             such
             sports
             and
             pageants
             as
             the
             Greekes
             had
             in
             their
             Olympian
             ,
             Pythian
             ,
             Istmian
             ,
             Athenian
             and
             Corinthian
             games
             ;
             suppose
             he
             have
             houses
             like
             Nebuchadnezars
             Babel
             ,
             Gardens
             like
             that
             of
             Adonis
             ,
             Orchards
             like
             those
             of
             the
             Hesperides
             ;
             suppose
             he
             fared
             at
             home
             as
             deliciously
             ,
             as
             he
             in
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             Luke
             16.
             19.
             20.
             and
             when
             hee
             went
             abroad
             be
             feasted
             with
             more
             varieties
             then
             Esther
             entertained
             Ahasuerus
             ,
             Esth.
             7.
             
             Dido
             Aeneas
             ,
             or
             Cleopatra
             Mark
             Anthony
             ;
             let
             him
             be
             attended
             with
             more
             men
             then
             Salomon
             ;
             let
             him
             solace
             himselfe
             among
             his
             lascivious
             concubines
             as
             Heliogabalus
             and
             Sardanapalus
             ;
             
             let
             him
             hunt
             more
             then
             Leo
             the
             tenth
             ;
             
             hawke
             more
             then
             the
             Persian
             kings
             ;
             Card
             and
             Dice
             more
             then
             the
             Thebans
             ;
             and
             suppose
             (
             if
             it
             be
             possible
             )
             that
             he
             enjoyed
             
             all
             these
             pleasures
             all
             the
             daies
             of
             his
             life
             here
             ,
             yet
             if
             he
             lose
             his
             soule
             hereafter
             ,
             he
             is
             most
             miserable
             ,
             and
             that
             sad
             catastrophe
             brings
             more
             torments
             ,
             then
             all
             his
             former
             fruitions
             brought
             him
             pleasures
             :
             consider
             this
             I
             beseech
             you
             ,
             that
             your
             soule
             is
             more
             excellent
             then
             any
             thing
             you
             can
             have
             ,
             and
             therefore
             take
             heede
             to
             your selves
             ,
             and
             keepe
             your
             soules
             diligently
             .
          
           
             
               2
               Rea.
            
             Secondly
             ,
             we
             should
             looke
             so
             carefully
             to
             our
             soules
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             necessity
             of
             the
             salvation
             of
             the
             soule
             ;
             Certainely
             there
             are
             many
             things
             which
             we
             pursue
             and
             seeke
             after
             with
             eager
             ,
             and
             uncestant
             labour
             and
             desire
             ;
             which
             are
             not
             absolutely
             necessary
             ,
             such
             as
             are
             riches
             ,
             honours
             ,
             and
             preferments
             ;
             I
             may
             say
             of
             these
             ,
             as
             our
             Saviour
             said
             unto
             Martha
             ,
             Luke
             10.
             41.
             42.
             
             You
             are
             troubled
             about
             many
             things
             ,
             but
             there
             is
             but
             one
             thing
             necessary
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             to
             make
             your
             election
             sure
             ,
             to
             labour
             diligently
             for
             the
             salvation
             of
             your
             soules
             .
          
           
             
               3
               Rea.
            
             Thirdly
             ,
             we
             should
             looke
             carefully
             to
             our
             soules
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             difficulty
             of
             attaining
             to
             salvation
             ;
             It
             is
             not
             so
             easie
             a
             matter
             as
             some
             suppose
             it
             is
             ,
             to
             get
             
             our
             soules
             into
             Heaven
             ,
             
             it
             is
             easie
             to
             fall
             into
             sin
             and
             so
             consequently
             into
             Hell
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             a
             difficult
             matter
             for
             that
             soule
             that
             hath
             once
             beene
             entangled
             in
             the
             snares
             of
             sin
             ,
             to
             become
             retrograde
             ,
             and
             turne
             backe
             againe
             into
             the
             waies
             of
             righteousnesse
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             a
             hard
             matter
             for
             the
             covetous
             man
             whose
             heart
             hath
             beene
             long
             imprisoned
             within
             the
             walls
             of
             covetousnesse
             ,
             to
             forsake
             his
             covetousnesse
             ,
             and
             become
             bountifull
             ;
             it
             will
             be
             hard
             for
             the
             ambitious
             man
             whose
             heart
             hath
             beene
             only
             set
             upon
             honours
             ,
             who
             hath
             not
             feared
             the
             greatest
             hazard
             ,
             or
             omitted
             the
             least
             opportunity
             that
             might
             further
             him
             in
             attayning
             thereof
             ,
             to
             forsake
             his
             ambition
             and
             become
             humble
             .
             In
             a
             word
             it
             will
             be
             hard
             for
             any
             one
             that
             once
             devoted
             himselfe
             to
             sin
             ,
             to
             become
             the
             servant
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             therefore
             (
             as
             we
             are
             exhorted
             in
             my
             Text
             )
             we
             ought
             to
             take
             heede
             to
             our selves
             ,
             and
             keepe
             our
             soules
             diligently
             in
             the
             waies
             of
             salvation
             ,
             because
             that
             having
             once
             wandred
             out
             of
             the
             right
             way
             ,
             we
             cannot
             with
             facility
             returne
             into
             it
             againe
             .
          
           
             
               4
               Rea.
            
             Fourthly
             we
             have
             great
             reason
             to
             keepe
             our
             soules
             diligently
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             
             the
             miserable
             and
             wretched
             condition
             of
             the
             lost
             soule
             .
             Certainely
             had
             I
             the
             tongues
             of
             men
             and
             Angells
             ,
             I
             could
             not
             relate
             unto
             you
             the
             wofull
             condition
             of
             the
             lost
             soule
             ;
             but
             this
             is
             that
             which
             aggravates
             their
             tortures
             ,
             beyond
             compare
             ,
             that
             as
             they
             are
             ●aselesse
             ,
             so
             also
             are
             they
             endlesse
             :
             other
             losses
             may
             be
             recovered
             ,
             but
             the
             lost
             soule
             that
             is
             cast
             into
             the
             bottomlesse
             pit
             of
             perdition
             cannot
             be
             recovered
             .
          
           
             A
             man
             may
             lose
             his
             estate
             ,
             and
             may
             recover
             it
             with
             more
             then
             he
             had
             before
             ,
             he
             may
             lose
             his
             health
             and
             may
             recover
             it
             with
             more
             then
             he
             had
             ,
             he
             may
             lose
             his
             credit
             ,
             and
             may
             recover
             it
             with
             more
             estimation
             ,
             then
             he
             had
             before
             ,
             but
             if
             once
             he
             have
             lost
             his
             soule
             he
             must
             never
             looke
             to
             recover
             that
             againe
             ;
             Poets
             and
             Historians
             writ
             of
             some
             that
             have
             gon
             to
             Hell
             and
             returned
             againe
             ,
             
             as
             of
             Ulysses
             that
             went
             thither
             to
             consult
             with
             Tiresias
             ,
             Aeneas
             that
             went
             thither
             to
             talke
             with
             his
             Father
             Anchises
             :
             
             Orpheus
             that
             fetcht
             his
             Wife
             Euridice
             thence
             ,
             Pythagoras
             also
             that
             going
             thither
             reported
             at
             his
             returne
             ,
             that
             he
             saw
             Hesiod
             tied
             to
             a
             brazen
             pillar
             ,
             and
             Homer
             hanging
             on
             a
             Tree
             full
             of
             Snakes
             ,
             for
             feigning
             
             such
             things
             on
             the
             Dieties
             :
             
             
               Admiranda
               canunt
               ,
               sed
               non
               credenda
               Poetae
               ;
            
             these
             be
             strange
             things
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             not
             true
             ,
             for
             the
             Scripture
             assures
             us
             that
             there
             shall
             be
             no
             returne
             from
             Heaven
             or
             Hell
             :
             
             If
             any
             man
             be
             cast
             into
             Hell
             ,
             though
             his
             eyes
             gush
             out
             with
             rivers
             of
             water
             ,
             yet
             there
             shall
             be
             no
             one
             to
             comfort
             him
             ,
             no
             one
             to
             helpe
             him
             ,
             no
             one
             to
             doe
             so
             much
             as
             coole
             his
             tongue
             with
             a
             drop
             of
             cold
             water
             .
             O
             that
             we
             had
             hearts
             to
             consider
             this
             ,
             that
             so
             we
             might
             take
             heede
             to
             our selves
             ,
             and
             keepe
             our
             soules
             diligently
             .
          
           
             
               5
               Rea.
            
             Lastly
             we
             should
             looke
             carefully
             to
             our
             soules
             ,
             for
             if
             they
             be
             lost
             ,
             body
             and
             all
             is
             lost
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             be
             safe
             ,
             body
             and
             all
             will
             be
             safe
             ,
             for
             where
             the
             soule
             at
             death
             goes
             before
             ,
             the
             body
             at
             the
             resurrection
             will
             follow
             after
             .
             Good
             to
             this
             purpose
             is
             that
             of
             Chrysostome
             :
             if
             (
             saies
             he
             )
             we
             neglect
             the
             soule
             ,
             the
             body
             cannot
             be
             saved
             ,
             for
             the
             soule
             was
             not
             made
             for
             the
             body
             ,
             but
             the
             body
             for
             the
             soule
             ;
             he
             therefore
             which
             neglects
             the
             soule
             ,
             being
             the
             first
             and
             chiefest
             part
             ,
             and
             mindes
             the
             body
             only
             ,
             loses
             both
             ,
             but
             he
             that
             seekes
             after
             the
             salvation
             of
             the
             soule
             ,
             though
             he
             neglect
             the
             body
             ,
             yet
             by
             
             the
             soules
             salvation
             ,
             
             the
             body
             also
             shall
             be
             saved
             ,
             which
             is
             most
             elegantly
             set
             downe
             by
             Aristotle
             ,
             
               Lib.
               7.
               metaphysic
               .
               ex
               sanitate
               animae
               fit
               sanitas
               in
               corpore
               ,
            
             by
             the
             safety
             of
             the
             soule
             ,
             safety
             is
             wrought
             to
             the
             body
             .
             If
             you
             have
             but
             so
             much
             faith
             as
             a
             graine
             of
             mustardseede
             to
             lay
             hold
             on
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             
             as
             the
             Saviour
             of
             your
             soule
             ,
             your
             body
             shall
             be
             sure
             to
             be
             saved
             also
             ,
             Rom.
             8.
             32.
             he
             that
             spared
             not
             his
             owne
             Son
             but
             gave
             him
             to
             death
             for
             us
             ,
             shall
             he
             not
             with
             him
             give
             us
             all
             things
             else
             that
             are
             necessary
             ?
          
           
             I
             might
             give
             you
             more
             reasons
             why
             we
             should
             seeke
             so
             diligently
             after
             the
             salvation
             of
             our
             soules
             ;
             But
             I
             must
             not
             be
             
               totus
               in
               singulis
               :
            
             I
             therefore
             proceede
             to
             Application
             ,
             and
             the
             use
             which
             we
             shall
             make
             hereof
             is
             twofold
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             it
             serves
             for
             confutation
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             for
             exhortation
             .
          
        
         
           
             1
             Vse
             of
             consutation
             .
          
           
             Have
             we
             such
             great
             cause
             to
             seeke
             diligently
             after
             the
             salvation
             of
             our
             soules
             ?
             Sure
             then
             they
             are
             much
             to
             blame
             that
             care
             more
             for
             temporall
             things
             ,
             then
             they
             doe
             for
             the
             salvation
             of
             their
             soules
             .
             Some
             prodigalls
             what
             cost
             doe
             they
             bestow
             upon
             
             Houses
             ,
             Horses
             ,
             Hawkes
             ,
             Dogs
             ,
             and
             what
             cheap
             account
             do
             they
             make
             of
             their
             souls
             :
             the
             House
             must
             be
             magnificently
             built
             and
             furnis●t
             ,
             the
             Horse
             must
             be
             pampered
             and
             kept
             fat
             and
             faire
             ,
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             and
             all
             things
             must
             be
             brave
             and
             gorgeous
             ,
             but
             there
             is
             no
             care
             taken
             that
             there
             be
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             a
             beautifull
             soule
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             read
             of
             a
             spruce
             Roman
             ,
             that
             riding
             through
             the
             streets
             of
             Rome
             on
             a
             leane
             horse
             ,
             was
             demanded
             by
             the
             Censor
             ,
             why
             hee
             being
             so
             spruce
             a
             man
             ,
             rode
             on
             so
             poor
             a
             horse
             .
             Unto
             whom
             he
             answered
             
               ego
               curo
               incipsum
               ,
               servus
               vero
               equum
               .
            
             I
             take
             care
             for
             my selfe
             ,
             but
             my
             servant
             for
             my
             horse
             ;
             In
             like
             manner
             I
             doubt
             there
             are
             many
             that
             onely
             take
             care
             for
             their
             bodyes
             ,
             but
             neglect
             seeking
             after
             the
             salvation
             of
             their
             soules
             .
          
           
             Some
             there
             bee
             ,
             that
             esteem
             more
             of
             agility
             of
             body
             then
             fervency
             of
             spirit
             :
             others
             esteem
             more
             of
             strength
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             then
             grace
             of
             the
             soule
             :
             others
             there
             be
             ,
             that
             esteem
             more
             of
             beauty
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             then
             purity
             of
             the
             soul
             ;
             and
             if
             such
             as
             these
             have
             beauty
             ,
             how
             doe
             they
             mince
             and
             trip
             it
             up
             and
             downe
             ,
             contemning
             and
             despising
             others
             ?
             and
             yet
             God
             knows
             beauty
             is
             but
             a
             deceiving
             
             vanity
             :
             favour
             is
             deceitfull
             ,
             and
             beauty
             is
             vaine
             .
             
               Forma
               est
               mera
               deceptio
               visus
               ,
            
             beauty
             is
             a
             meere
             deceiving
             of
             our selves
             ,
             a
             meere
             flout
             ,
             a
             meere
             scoffe
             .
             For
             what
             face
             is
             there
             ,
             bee
             it
             never
             so
             beautifull
             in
             youth
             ,
             but
             if
             it
             live
             long
             it
             will
             be
             plowed
             with
             the
             furrows
             of
             old
             age
             ?
             and
             if
             it
             live
             not
             to
             old
             age
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             subject
             to
             deformity
             many
             other
             wayes
             ;
             and
             yet
             some
             are
             more
             enamoured
             with
             this
             vanity
             ,
             then
             they
             are
             with
             their
             soules
             .
          
           
             The
             covetous
             man
             cares
             not
             what
             becomes
             of
             his
             soule
             ,
             so
             he
             may
             have
             but
             plenty
             of
             riches
             :
             these
             count
             wealth
             the
             
               summum
               bonum
               ,
            
             the
             chiefe
             good
             ,
             and
             therefore
             seek
             onely
             after
             it
             ,
             and
             not
             after
             the
             salvation
             of
             their
             soules
             :
             these
             are
             the
             seed
             of
             the
             Serpent
             ,
             and
             indeed
             have
             the
             curse
             of
             the
             Serpent
             sticking
             on
             them
             ,
             to
             licke
             the
             dust
             ;
             these
             covetous
             wretches
             deface
             the
             image
             of
             God
             that
             was
             stamp't
             on
             them
             ,
             by
             continuall
             rubbing
             against
             the
             earth
             :
             these
             like
             wormes
             and
             no
             men
             crawle
             upon
             the
             ground
             ,
             or
             like
             hogs
             they
             go
             rooting
             downe-wards
             in
             the
             earth
             ;
             and
             indeed
             they
             may
             well
             be
             compared
             to
             hogs
             ,
             for
             as
             hogs
             are
             alwayes
             rooting
             downwards
             in
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             seldome
             or
             never
             look
             upwards
             ,
             till
             being
             ready
             to
             be
             killed
             they
             
             are
             layd
             flat
             on
             their
             backes
             ,
             and
             forced
             to
             it
             ;
             so
             these
             covetous
             miscreants
             goe
             groveling
             downe-wards
             ,
             and
             lye
             scraping
             in
             the
             dung-hill
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             and
             never
             looke
             upwards
             ,
             or
             thinke
             of
             heaven
             or
             salvation
             ,
             till
             wrestling
             with
             the
             pangs
             of
             death
             they
             are
             thrown
             flat
             on
             their
             backes
             ,
             and
             then
             perhaps
             the
             Minister
             is
             sent
             for
             ,
             the
             sacrament
             and
             heavenly
             things
             desired
             ;
             but
             if
             the
             Minister
             perswade
             them
             before
             this
             time
             to
             be
             weaned
             from
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             to
             seeke
             diligently
             after
             the
             salvation
             of
             their
             soules
             ,
             they
             are
             ready
             to
             say
             as
             the
             devils
             to
             our
             saviour
             ,
             art
             thou
             come
             to
             torment
             us
             before
             our
             time
             ,
             they
             are
             loath
             to
             be
             saints
             too
             soone
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             must
             needs
             be
             weaned
             from
             the
             world
             ,
             they
             would
             put
             it
             off
             till
             the
             last
             day
             and
             houre
             of
             their
             death
             ,
             when
             they
             can
             enjoy
             it
             no
             longer
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             fabulized
             that
             the
             crab
             gave
             the
             Serpent
             his
             deaths
             wound
             ,
             for
             his
             crooked
             conditions
             ,
             and
             seeing
             him
             stretch
             himselfe
             out
             straite
             ,
             said
             ,
             
               At
               oportuit
               sic
               vixisse
               ,
            
             you
             should
             have
             lived
             so
             .
             Let
             the
             covetous
             worldling
             that
             seekes
             not
             after
             the
             salvation
             of
             his
             soule
             take
             heed
             that
             when
             he
             lyes
             gasping
             as
             it
             were
             in
             the
             suburbs
             of
             death
             ,
             and
             begs
             for
             salvation
             ,
             that
             God
             answer
             him
             non
             
               at
               oportuit
               
               sic
               vixisse
               ,
            
             but
             thou
             shouldest
             so
             have
             lived
             ,
             as
             that
             thou
             mightest
             now
             have
             beene
             sit
             for
             heaven
             .
          
           
             But
             me
             thinkes
             I
             heare
             this
             earth-worme
             say
             ,
             
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             I
             shall
             go
             to
             heaven
             ,
             for
             I
             am
             not
             such
             a
             notorious
             offender
             as
             such
             and
             such
             are
             ,
             I
             am
             no
             adulterer
             ,
             no
             drunkard
             ,
             no
             swearer
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             .
             I
             onely
             affect
             this
             sin
             of
             coveteousnesse
             ,
             and
             I
             hope
             that
             for
             all
             this
             ,
             I
             may
             be
             saved
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             I
             answer
             ,
             
             yet
             not
             I
             ,
             but
             the
             Apostle
             .
             Be
             not
             deceived
             ,
             for
             neither
             idolater
             ,
             nor
             adulterer
             ,
             nor
             drunkard
             ,
             no
             nor
             the
             covetous
             person
             shall
             enter
             into
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             heaven
             .
             Ephe.
             5.
             5.
             
          
           
             Againe
             the
             ambitious
             man
             cares
             not
             for
             his
             soule
             ,
             so
             he
             may
             have
             honours
             here
             :
             how
             many
             such
             be
             there
             ,
             that
             spend
             all
             their
             time
             in
             seeking
             after
             honour
             ,
             and
             neglect
             many
             blessed
             opportunities
             offered
             to
             them
             for
             the
             salvation
             of
             their
             soules
             ?
          
           
             The
             voluptuous
             person
             devotes
             himselfe
             wholly
             to
             pleasures
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             Epicure
             thus
             sings
             to
             himselfe
             ,
             
               ede
               ,
               bibe
               ,
               lude
               ,
               charum
               praesentibus
               exple
               corpus
               deliciis
               post
               mortem
               nulla
               voluptas
               ,
            
             eate
             ,
             drinke
             and
             be
             merry
             ,
             let
             us
             fill
             our selves
             with
             new
             wine
             ,
             and
             crowne
             
             our selves
             with
             rose
             buds
             ,
             let
             us
             take
             our
             pleasure
             while
             we
             live
             here
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             no
             pleasure
             hereafter
             .
             And
             indeed
             to
             them
             there
             shall
             be
             nothing
             but
             weeping
             and
             wailing
             and
             gnashing
             of
             teeth
             .
          
           
             I
             might
             much
             enlarge
             my selfe
             in
             marking
             out
             others
             that
             come
             under
             this
             reproofe
             ,
             such
             as
             is
             the
             amorous
             wanton
             ,
             that
             spends
             that
             time
             which
             he
             should
             spend
             in
             seeking
             after
             the
             salvation
             of
             his
             soule
             ,
             in
             courting
             some
             faire
             face
             ,
             some
             beauty
             of
             the
             times
             ,
             and
             thinkes
             of
             no
             other
             heaven
             ,
             then
             the
             fruition
             of
             his
             mistris
             favour
             ,
             and
             counts
             her
             smile
             the
             onely
             vision
             beatisicall
             ,
             never
             considering
             that
             death
             is
             courting
             that
             face
             as
             well
             as
             he
             ,
             and
             oftentimes
             proves
             the
             most
             successefull
             ,
             at
             least
             the
             most
             revengefull
             corrivall
             :
             taking
             her
             from
             him
             ,
             or
             him
             from
             her
             ,
             and
             turning
             them
             into
             another
             world
             to
             embrace
             ,
             but
             what
             ?
             eternall
             flames
             .
          
           
             Such
             also
             is
             the
             profuse
             gallant
             ,
             that
             spends
             his
             time
             in
             gaming
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             seeking
             after
             salvation
             ,
             that
             sits
             downe
             to
             eate
             and
             drinke
             ,
             and
             rises
             up
             to
             play
             .
          
           
             Such
             also
             are
             your
             fantasticall
             women
             that
             spend
             their
             whole
             time
             in
             tricking
             and
             ●rimming
             ,
             tyring
             and
             dressing
             their
             bodies
             ,
             
             and
             seeke
             not
             after
             the
             salvation
             of
             their
             Soules
             .
             
             
               Dum
               moliuntur
               dum
               comuntur
               annus
               est
               ,
            
             the
             morning
             is
             gone
             before
             many
             of
             them
             know
             it
             is
             come
             ;
             at
             least
             by
             any
             serious
             holy
             duty
             which
             they
             have
             performed
             therin
             :
             these
             will
             not
             have
             so
             much
             as
             a
             pin
             out
             of
             order
             in
             atyring
             their
             bodies
             ,
             but
             care
             not
             for
             beautifying
             their
             Soules
             with
             Grace
             ;
             these
             spend
             their
             time
             in
             looking
             glasses
             to
             see
             their
             bodies
             gorgiously
             attyred
             ,
             but
             looke
             not
             into
             the
             looking
             glasse
             of
             God's
             word
             ,
             to
             be
             taught
             the
             way
             of
             saving
             their
             Soules
             .
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             these
             are
             very
             carefull
             to
             enquire
             after
             the
             newest
             (
             French
             ,
             Italian
             or
             Spanish
             ,
             )
             fashion
             ,
             but
             take
             no
             paines
             to
             enquire
             after
             the
             way
             that
             leades
             to
             salvation
             ,
             they
             are
             better
             and
             constanter
             customers
             to
             new
             fashioning
             taylers
             ,
             then
             they
             are
             auditors
             to
             the
             best
             preaching
             Ministers
             ,
             and
             will
             give
             more
             to
             him
             that
             shall
             make
             them
             a
             new
             fashioned
             suite
             ,
             then
             they
             will
             to
             him
             that
             shall
             preach
             salvation
             to
             their
             soules
             .
          
           
             I
             could
             enumerate
             many
             more
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             high
             time
             to
             close
             this
             use
             .
          
        
         
           
             2
             Vse
             .
          
           
             
               Exhort
               .
            
             Secondly
             ,
             have
             we
             such
             reasons
             
             to
             seeke
             after
             the
             salvation
             of
             our
             soules
             ▪
             Let
             us
             then
             be
             weaned
             from
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             consider
             what
             danger
             they
             are
             in
             ,
             that
             only
             hunt
             after
             the
             pleasures
             ,
             profits
             and
             honors
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             and
             neglect
             seeking
             after
             the
             salvation
             of
             their
             soules
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             storied
             of
             Lysimachus
             ,
             that
             he
             being
             much
             necessitated
             for
             want
             of
             drinke
             ,
             parted
             with
             a
             whole
             kingdome
             for
             a
             drop
             of
             cold
             water
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             repented
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             
               O
               pro
               quant
               illo
               regnum
               perdidi
               ?
            
             O
             for
             how
             little
             have
             I
             lost
             a
             kingdome
             ?
             even
             so
             will
             the
             covetous
             ,
             the
             ambitious
             ,
             and
             the
             voluptuous
             man
             ,
             the
             profuse
             gallant
             ,
             the
             amorous
             wanton
             ,
             and
             the
             fantastick
             woman
             ;
             Repent
             with
             
               O
               pro
               quantillo
               !
            
             O
             for
             how
             little
             pleasure
             ,
             how
             little
             profit
             ,
             how
             little
             honours
             ,
             how
             little
             pride
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             have
             we
             lost
             the
             kingdom
             of
             heaven
             ,
             the
             eternall
             salvation
             of
             our
             precious
             Soules
             .
          
           
             I
             beseech
             you
             therefore
             ,
             settle
             not
             your
             affections
             on
             the
             things
             of
             this
             life
             ,
             but
             on
             things
             that
             are
             aboue
             .
             Remember
             the
             excellency
             of
             your
             creation
             .
          
           
             
               Os
               homini
               sublime
               dedit
               Coelūque
               tueri
            
             
               Jussit
               ,
               &
               erectos
               ad
               fidera
               tollerevultus
               .
            
          
           
           
             God
             hath
             given
             you
             a
             lofty
             countenance
             that
             you
             might
             not
             as
             beasts
             looke
             downewards
             ,
             nor
             as
             wormes
             crawle
             on
             the
             earth
             ,
             nor
             as
             hogs
             bee
             allwayes
             feedeing
             on
             the
             acornes
             of
             this
             world
             :
             but
             that
             you
             might
             looke
             upwards
             and
             seeke
             after
             that
             Kingdom
             which
             he
             prepared
             for
             his
             servants
             .
             O
             then
             bee
             not
             slaves
             to
             the
             world
             when
             you
             may
             bee
             Kings
             in
             Heaven
             :
             think
             on
             the
             excellency
             of
             your
             soules
             .
             Remember
             the
             aduice
             of
             Moses
             in
             my
             text
             ,
             take
             heede
             to
             your selves
             and
             keepe
             your
             soules
             diligently
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             you
             may
             the
             better
             performe
             this
             ,
             consider
             these
             two
             motives
             .
          
           
             
               1
               Mot.
            
             First
             ,
             consider
             the
             vanity
             of
             the
             things
             of
             this
             life
             .
             I
             might
             prove
             that
             there
             is
             nothing
             but
             vanity
             ,
             vicissitude
             and
             uncertainty
             in
             all
             those
             earthly
             things
             which
             we
             delight
             in
             :
             but
             I
             will
             confine
             my selfe
             to
             the
             examination
             of
             that
             trinity
             which
             worldlings
             most
             adore
             (
             to
             wit
             )
             honors
             ,
             riches
             ,
             and
             pleasures
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             how
             uncertaine
             is
             honour
             ?
             It
             is
             but
             the
             breath
             of
             the
             vulgar
             ,
             which
             being
             but
             winde
             ,
             
             changes
             with
             the
             winde
             ;
             did
             not
             the
             people
             even
             now
             salute
             our
             Sav●our
             
             with
             Hosanna
             ,
             blessed
             be
             he
             that
             commeth
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             presently
             they
             cry
             out
             against
             him
             to
             have
             him
             crucified
             ,
             John
             12.
             13.
             was
             not
             Paul
             and
             Barnabas
             honoured
             by
             the
             Barbarians
             ,
             as
             though
             they
             were
             their
             Paganish
             gods
             ,
             Jupiter
             and
             Mercury
             ,
             Acts
             14.
             12.
             and
             in
             the
             same
             chapter
             ver.
             19.
             we
             reade
             that
             they
             were
             stoned
             as
             malefactors
             ,
             was
             not
             Christ
             counted
             a
             Prophet
             ?
             Mark
             6.
             15.
             and
             presently
             a
             Devill
             ,
             Jo.
             7.
             12.
             20.
             how
             soone
             was
             Pharoah
             and
             his
             pompe
             drowned
             in
             the
             red
             Sea
             ,
             Exo.
             13.
             28.
             
             Adonibezeck
             disgracefully
             mangled
             .
             Jud
             :
             1.
             6.
             
             Agag
             a
             king
             hewen
             in
             pieces
             1
             Sam.
             15.
             33.
             
             Nebuchadnezar
             turn'd
             out
             as
             a
             beast
             :
             B●jazet
             carried
             up
             &
             down
             by
             conquering
             Tamberlain
             in
             an
             iron
             Cage
             ;
             by
             all
             which
             you
             see
             that
             it
             is
             not
             wisdome
             to
             place
             our
             delights
             in
             honours
             ,
             which
             are
             exceeding
             lubrick
             and
             subject
             to
             change
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             you
             shall
             find
             the
             like
             uncertainty
             in
             pleasures
             .
             Alas
             how
             short
             lived
             are
             they
             ,
             even
             the
             best
             of
             them
             perish
             as
             vapours
             ,
             or
             as
             the
             untimely
             fruite
             of
             a
             woman
             ,
             they
             are
             dasht
             in
             a
             moment
             .
             Looke
             on
             Adoniah
             feasting
             in
             great
             jollitie
             ,
             1
             Ki.
             1.
             and
             you
             shall
             
             finde
             that
             the
             news
             of
             Salomon
             proclamed
             king
             ,
             and
             the
             noyse
             of
             trumpets
             turned
             his
             joy
             into
             sorrow
             ,
             his
             myrth
             into
             mourning
             ;
             the
             like
             you
             may
             see
             in
             Baltazar
             ,
             who
             when
             he
             was
             feasting
             with
             his
             Lords
             and
             Concubines
             ,
             there
             appeared
             an
             inscription
             on
             the
             wall
             ,
             which
             soone
             turned
             his
             jollity
             into
             sadnesse
             ,
             made
             his
             joynts
             loose
             ,
             and
             his
             knees
             smite
             one
             against
             another
             ,
             Dan.
             5.
             3.
             4.
             5.
             therefore
             it
             's
             no
             trusting
             to
             the
             pleasures
             of
             this
             life
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             you
             shall
             finde
             the
             same
             uncertainty
             in
             riches
             ;
             they
             often
             times
             take
             the
             wings
             of
             Eagles
             ,
             and
             fly
             away
             ,
             when
             we
             think
             we
             have
             them
             surest
             ;
             they
             skip
             from
             man
             to
             man
             ,
             like
             some
             fawning
             dog
             ,
             or
             insinuating
             whore
             :
             for
             proofe
             hereof
             looke
             on
             Job
             ,
             who
             in
             the
             morning
             had
             7000.
             sheepe
             ,
             3000.
             
             Camels
             ,
             500.
             yoke
             of
             Oxen
             ,
             and
             500
             shee
             Asses
             ,
             and
             at
             night
             was
             bereft
             of
             all
             .
          
           
             Quotidian
             experience
             proves
             that
             riches
             are
             uncertaine
             ,
             for
             how
             many
             bee
             there
             ,
             Noblemen
             and
             Gentlemen
             ,
             Marchants
             ,
             Mariners
             and
             Tradesmen
             ,
             Citizens
             and
             Countrymen
             ,
             who
             formerly
             were
             able
             to
             relieve
             others
             ,
             and
             now
             want
             to
             
             support
             themselves
             ,
             who
             formerly
             had
             store
             of
             gold
             &
             silver
             ,
             and
             now
             some
             of
             them
             are
             (
             as
             great
             Bellisarius
             ,
             who
             thrice
             rescued
             Rome
             was
             )
             forced
             to
             say
             ,
             
               Date
               obolum
               Bellisario
               ,
            
             one
             single
             halfepenny
             to
             Bellisarius
             ,
             so
             these
             who
             formerly
             lived
             as
             Croesus
             are
             now
             as
             Colon
             :
             Fallen
             from
             a
             mountaine
             of
             riches
             ,
             into
             a
             valley
             of
             poverty
             ,
             some
             by
             carding
             ,
             dicing
             and
             gaming
             ,
             some
             by
             false
             servants
             ,
             some
             by
             extorting
             U●●reres
             ,
             some
             by
             Haukes
             ,
             Hounds
             ,
             and
             Horses
             ,
             and
             some
             by
             whoring
             ,
             being
             eaten
             up
             of
             their
             owne
             lusts
             ,
             as
             Acteon
             by
             his
             owne
             dogges
             :
             Thus
             you
             see
             that
             these
             things
             are
             uncertaine
             in
             respect
             of
             themselves
             .
          
           
             You
             may
             also
             see
             them
             uncertaine
             in
             respect
             of
             our selves
             :
             for
             if
             wee
             were
             sure
             of
             them
             ,
             yet
             wee
             are
             not
             sure
             of
             our
             owne
             selves
             ;
             we
             are
             as
             subject
             to
             change
             ,
             as
             riches
             ,
             honours
             ,
             and
             preferments
             are
             ,
             wee
             change
             in
             a
             moment
             ,
             in
             the
             twinkling
             of
             an
             eye
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             motive
             to
             stir
             us
             up
             thus
             to
             seeke
             after
             the
             salvation
             of
             our
             soules
             ,
             is
             ,
             the
             consideration
             of
             the
             blessed
             condition
             of
             the
             soule
             that
             is
             sav●d
             ,
             instead
             of
             the
             corruptible
             
             drosse
             of
             this
             life
             ,
             they
             shall
             have
             treasures
             incorruptible
             ,
             glory
             unmatchable
             ,
             solace
             inalterable
             ,
             mirth
             immeasurable
             ,
             and
             perfect
             felicity
             unto
             all
             eternity
             .
             Eye
             hath
             not
             seene
             ,
             neither
             hath
             eare
             heard
             ,
             neither
             can
             it
             enter
             into
             the
             heart
             of
             man
             ,
             what
             things
             God
             hath
             prepared
             for
             those
             soules
             that
             shall
             be
             saved
             .
             Mar.
             13.
             35.
             
          
           
             Now
             therefore
             ,
             as
             when
             Monica
             (
             Austens
             mother
             )
             heard
             an
             excellent
             discourse
             of
             the
             joyes
             of
             heaven
             ,
             sayd
             ,
             
               Quid
               facio
               hic
               ?
            
             What
             doe
             I
             heere
             on
             earth
             ?
             so
             say
             I
             ,
             what
             doe
             we
             heere
             ,
             planting
             our
             affections
             on
             the
             things
             of
             this
             life
             ?
             let
             us
             transplant
             our
             affections
             ,
             and
             set
             them
             on
             things
             that
             are
             above
             .
             Some
             may
             object
             thus
             :
          
           
             
               Object
               .
            
             Is
             it
             not
             lawfull
             to
             seeke
             at
             all
             after
             the
             things
             of
             this
             life
             ?
          
           
             
               Ans.
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             it
             is
             :
             you
             may
             ,
             nay
             you
             are
             bound
             in
             conscience
             to
             provide
             for
             those
             that
             are
             under
             your
             tuition
             ,
             but
             you
             must
             not
             spend
             all
             your
             time
             herein
             ,
             and
             neglect
             seeking
             after
             the
             salvation
             of
             your
             soules
             ,
             you
             may
             in
             a
             moderate
             way
             seeke
             after
             the
             things
             of
             this
             life
             ,
             but
             you
             must
             not
             doe
             it
             immoderately
             ,
             you
             may
             use
             the
             world
             ,
             but
             it
             must
             be
             as
             if
             you
             used
             it
             not
             ,
             
             you
             must
             so
             live
             heere
             as
             if
             your
             conversation
             were
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             you
             may
             salute
             the
             world
             ,
             but
             you
             must
             take
             heede
             that
             you
             doe
             not
             hugge
             and
             embrace
             it
             .
          
           
             To
             conclude
             ,
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             I
             beseech
             you
             doe
             as
             our
             Saviour
             exhorts
             you
             ,
             Mat.
             6.
             33.
             seeke
             yee
             first
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             his
             righteousnesse
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             things
             shall
             be
             added
             to
             you
             :
             make
             sure
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             to
             be
             the
             Saviour
             of
             your
             soules
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             be
             sure
             that
             God
             will
             give
             you
             all
             things
             else
             that
             are
             necessary
             for
             you
             ;
             which
             that
             you
             may
             doe
             ,
             I
             desire
             every
             one
             of
             you
             ,
             to
             remember
             and
             practise
             this
             exhortation
             of
             Moses
             in
             my
             Text
             ,
             with
             which
             I
             began
             ,
             and
             now
             end
             .
             Only
             take
             heed
             to
             thy selfe
             and
             keepe
             thy
             soule
             diligently
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             done
             with
             my
             Text
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             it
             will
             be
             expected
             that
             I
             should
             adde
             some
             Laurell
             to
             this
             Hearse
             ,
             by
             ●lazoning
             the
             great
             worth
             of
             the
             noble
             party
             deceased
             ▪
             and
             I
             am
             sure
             I
             might
             without
             flattery
             speake
             much
             to
             his
             honour
             ,
             for
             those
             who
             knew
             him
             best
             ,
             knew
             him
             to
             be
             of
             an
             affable
             and
             amiable
             carriage
             ,
             courteous
             to
             the
             meanest
             ,
             exceeding
             charitable
             to
             
             the
             poorest
             ,
             and
             most
             upright
             towards
             all
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             But
             I
             know
             that
             Funerall
             Sermons
             are
             not
             made
             as
             Panegyricks
             ,
             or
             commendatory
             Orations
             to
             proclaime
             the
             worth
             of
             the
             dead
             ,
             but
             for
             instruction
             to
             the
             living
             ;
             and
             therefore
             I
             shall
             forbeare
             to
             speake
             more
             now
             ,
             but
             I
             shall
             (
             God
             willing
             )
             write
             of
             him
             by
             way
             of
             Elegy
             ;
             which
             shall
             be
             exposed
             to
             publique
             view
             .
          
           
             
               Si
               benè
               quid
               dixi
               ;
               mea
               non
               est
               gloria
               ,
               Christi
               est
            
             
               Sin
               malè
               ,
               scito
               hominem
               me
               quoque
               quisquis
               homo
               es
               .
            
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
           
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A96652e-240
           
             Exod.
             4.
             10.
             
          
           
             b
             Quintilian
             .
          
           
             c
             Scrinia
             damagnis
             ,
             me
             manus
             una
             capit
             .
             
               Mar.
               lib.
               1.
               epig.
            
             2.
             
          
           
             d
             Candor
             in
             hoc
             ae●●o
             in●ermortua
             ●enc
             ,
             
               Ovid
               ●e
               pont
               .
               lib.
               〈◊〉
               .
               elig
               .
               ●
               .
            
             〈◊〉
             non
             ego
             ●●entosae
             ●●lebis
             suf●●ragia
             ve●●or
             .
             
               Ho●●a
               .
               lib.
               1.
               ep.
               9.
               
               Lucian
               .
            
          
           
             g
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Non
             〈◊〉
             cun●
             tis
             place●
             vel
             Jupi●ter
             ipse
             Nec
             mi●●tens
             pluv●●am
             ,
             ●●retinens
             ●●pluviam
             .
          
           
             i
             Unus
             Plato
             plus
             est
             quam
             Atheniensis
             populus
             .
             〈…〉
             ,
             in
             vita
             ●lat
             .
          
           
             k
             magnum
             ●oc
             ego
             ●luco
             ,
             ●ood
             pla●●ui
             tibi
             ,
             qui
             tu●pi
             ●ecernis
             ●oncstum
             
               H●rat-Ser●●
               .
               lib.
               2.
               
               〈◊〉
               .
            
             6.
             
          
           
             l
             ●e
             exhortor
             moneoque
             libelle
             ,
             ut
             docto
             placeas
             
               Apolli●●●
               .
            
          
           
             m
             Mart.
             lib.
             4.
             epig.
             87.
             
             Da
             mihi
             ●te
             placidum
             ,
             ingenium
             vultu
             starque
             caditque
             tuo
             .
             
               Ovid
               fast.
               lib
            
             1.
             ●mmensa
             subit
             cura
             ut
             quae
             tibi
             dicantur
             te
             digna
             sint
             .
             
               ●lin
               .
               praef
               in
               Hi●●●at
               .
               〈◊〉
               Vesp
               .
               imperat
               .
            
             In
             hoc
             faci●unt
             slult
             quos
             gloria
             vexa●inanis
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             ●acrt
             .
             de
             ●it
             .
             Philos.
             ●ib
             .
             6.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A96652e-670
           
             Suav●●●●●
             &
             Brevissima
             .
          
           
             ●drewes
             princi●●●
             conci●
             .
             〈…〉
             .
          
           
             ●●edibile
             ●●alicui
             ●ntam
             ig●aviam
             esse
             insuā
             ,
             ut
             salutem
             suam
             negligat
             .
             
               De
               most
               .
               Oly
            
          
           
             〈…〉
             .
          
           
             
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               
                 Homer
                 Od.
                 γ
                 .
              
            
          
           
             g
             Aen.
             6.
             
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             Calumniator
             .
          
           
             Deceptor
             .
          
           
             Qui
             quamvis
             su●●
             vanis
             pollititationibus
             &
             promissis
             nos
             alli●iat
             ,
             &c.
             
             
               Greg.
               
            
          
           
             〈…〉
             
          
           
             Catera
             praetereo
             nec
             ●nim
             sermonibus
             istis
             ●mnia
             complecti
             ●●a●uo
             .
          
           
             Mantuan
             .
          
           
             Eclog.
             8.
             
          
           
             Pallida
             ●ors
             aequo
             pulsat
             pede
             pauperum
             tabernas
             regumque
             turres
             .
          
           
             Mors
             sceptra
             ligonibus
             aequat
             .
          
           
             Simile
             .
          
           
             Simile
             .
          
           
             Sicut
             ad
             pertinet
             qui
             vobis
             ecclesia
             ad
             vos
             p●tinet
             v●tris
             l●qui
             domibus
             
               Ber.
               
            
          
           
             Vnusquis●
             pater
             famlias
             est
             M●nister
             Chr●sti
             ,
             &
             erg●
             suos
             que
             dammod●●●piscopale
             officium
             implere
             d●●bes
             .
             
               Aug
               in
               Psa.
               5●
            
          
           
             
               Aug.
            
             li●
             de
             anim●
             
          
           
             Senec.
             〈◊〉
             8.
             
               ad
            
             〈…〉
             .
          
           
             Quam
             〈…〉
             anima
             ,
             〈◊〉
             
               Bernar●
            
             meditat●
             
          
           
             ●icut
             Deus
             ●●nem
             〈…〉
             ita
             〈…〉
             al
             as
             ex
             〈◊〉
             .
             
               Aug.
            
             〈◊〉
             de
             Ani●●
             .
          
           
             ●eus
             dedit
             〈◊〉
             corpori
             〈◊〉
             oculos
             〈◊〉
             as
             ma●us
             〈◊〉
             duos
             〈◊〉
             uni●a
             〈…〉
             
               Ber.
               
            
             〈◊〉
             Medit.
             
          
           
             Anima
             naturaliter
             dominatur
             corpori
             ,
             sicut
             Dominus
             servo
             .
             
               Aristo
               .
            
             lib.
             1.
             Politic.
             
          
           
             
               Proper
               .
            
             lib.
             2.
             
             &
             Iuven.
             Sat.
             
          
           
             Os
             occulesqueJovi
             pares
             .
          
           
             Navigat
             .
             Vertom
             .
             lib.
             3.
             
          
           
             Oration
             .
             pro
             Rege
             .
          
           
             
               Justin
               .
            
             li
             .
             1
             
               Jo.
            
             in
             e●us
             vita
             .
          
           
             Shyrlics
             
               Relation
               .
            
          
           
             Facilis
             descensus
             averni
             .
             Sed
             revocare
             gradum
             superasque
             evadere
             ad
             auras
             ,
             hic
             labor
             hoc
             opus
             est
             .
          
           
             Hom.
             Od.
             〈◊〉
             Virg.
             Aen.
             l.
             6.
             
          
           
             Ovid
             .
             M●t.
             lib.
             10.
             
          
           
             Laert.
             de
             vita
             Philo.
             l.
             8.
             in
             Pythag
             .
          
           
             Tert.
             lib.
             de
             anima
             ,
             cap.
             29.
             
          
           
             Si
             animam
             negligamus
             ,
             nec
             corpus
             salvare
             paterimus
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Chrysost.
             de
             recuperatione
             lapsi
             .
          
           
             ●●ject
             .
          
           
             ●●sw
             .
          
           
             ●●en
             .
          
           
             ●●onor
             est
             hono●●nte
             .