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         Hall, Thomas, 1610-1665.
      
       
         
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             Funebria floræ the downfall of May-games: wherein is set forth the rudeness, prophaneness, stealing, drinking, fighting, dancing, whoring, mis-rule, mis-spence of precious time, contempt of God, and godly magistrates, ministers and people, which oppose the rascality and rout, in this their open prophanenesse, and heathenish customs. Occasioned by the generall complaint of the rudenesse of people in this kind, in this interval of settlement. Here you have twenty arguments against these prophane sports, and all the cavills made by the belialists for the time refelled and answered. Together with an addition of some verses in the cloze, for the delight of the ingenious reader. By Tho. Hall, B.D. and pastor of Kings-norton.
             Hall, Thomas, 1610-1665.
          
           
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             FVNEBRIA
             FLORAE
          
           ,
           THE
           Downfall
           of
           May-Games
           :
           WHEREIN
           Is
           set
           forth
           the
           rudeness
           ,
           prophaneness
           ,
           stealing
           ,
           drinking
           ,
           fighting
           ,
           dancing
           ,
           whoring
           ,
           mis-rule
           ,
           mis-spence
           of
           precious
           time
           ,
           contempt
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           godly
           Magistrates
           ,
           Ministers
           and
           People
           ,
           which
           oppose
           the
           Rascality
           and
           rout
           ,
           in
           this
           their
           open
           prophanenesse
           ,
           and
           Heathenish
           Customs
           .
           Occasioned
           by
           the
           generall
           complaint
           of
           the
           rudenesse
           of
           people
           in
           this
           kind
           ,
           in
           this
           Interval
           of
           settlement
           .
           Here
           you
           have
           Twenty
           Arguments
           against
           these
           prophane
           Sports
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Cavills
           made
           by
           the
           Belialists
           of
           the
           Time
           refelled
           and
           Answered
           .
           Together
           with
           an
           Addition
           of
           some
           Verses
           in
           the
           cloze
           ,
           for
           the
           delight
           of
           the
           ingenious
           Reader
           .
           By
           
             THO.
             HALL
          
           ,
           B.
           D.
           and
           Pastor
           of
           Kings-norton
           .
           The
           Third
           Edition
           Corrected
           .
        
         
           Yee
           shall
           keep
           mine
           Ordinances
           ,
           that
           yee
           commit
           not
           any
           of
           those
           
             abominable
             Customs
          
           ,
           which
           were
           committed
           before
           you
           ,
           and
           that
           yee
           defile
           not
           your selves
           therein
           ;
           I
           am
           the
           Lord
           ,
        
         
           Levit.
           18.
           30.
           
        
         
           The
           Customs
           of
           the
           people
           are
           vain
           ,
        
         
           Jer.
           10.
           3.
           
        
         
           Populi
           plaudunt
           non
           consultoribus
           utilitatum
           suarum
           ,
           sed
           largitoribus
           Voluptatum
           ,
        
         
           Aug.
           de
           Civit.
           Dei
           ,
           l.
           2.
           c.
           20.
           
        
         
           Bona
           conscientia
           prodire
           vult
           &
           conspici
           ,
           ipsas
           nequitia
           tenebras
           timet
           ,
        
         
           Seneca
           Epist
           .
           98.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Henry
             Mortlock
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Phoenix
           in
           St.
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           ,
           near
           the
           Little
           North-door
           .
           1661.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
           An
           unknown
           Friend
           ,
           to
           the
           known
           ,
           and
           knowing
           Author
           ,
           upon
           his
           judicial
           proceedings
           against
           the
           MAY-POLE
           .
        
         
           NOw
           six
           times
           two
           impannell'd
           are
           to
           pass
        
         
           [
           Alas
           poor
           
             Flora
             !
          
           ]
           upon
           one
           a
           Goddess
           .
        
         
           Flora
           complains
           ,
           '
           gainst
           her
           there
           's
           greater
           odds
           ,
        
         
           Than
           when
           one
           b
           Girl
           assaulted
           by
           two
           gods
           ,
        
         
           And
           challengeth
           your
           Jury
           ;
           the
           whole
           List
           ,
        
         
           Shee
           sayes
           ,
           was
           pack'd
           by
           a
           Misogynist
           .
        
         
           Bold
           c
           Caro
           pleads
           her
           cause
           ,
           and
           speaks
           her
           fears
           ,
        
         
           Because
           you
           do
           not
           try
           her
           by
           her
           Peers
           ,
        
         
           That
           y'
           are
           unjust
           ,
           and
           quotes
           our
           Old
           Laws
           for
           't
           ,
        
         
           The
           Curtizan
           excepts
           against
           the
           Court
           :
        
         
           No
           jurisdiction
           of
           Pres-ter-John
        
         
           Ere
           reach'd
           the
           skirts
           of
           this
           our
           Curtizan
           .
        
         
           Hold
           then
           ,
           cries
           d
           Maechus
           ,
           e
           Porneius
           is
           another
           ,
        
         
           Who
           with
           f
           Aselges
           ,
           their
           lascivious
           brother
           ,
        
         
           Pretend
           to
           guard
           their
           Deity
           ,
           and
           do
        
         
           With
           zeal
           ,
           as
           you
           the
           Schools
           and
           Pulpit
           too
           .
        
         
           Whilst
           g
           Methos
           marching
           with
           the
           May-pole
           rout
           ,
        
         
           In
           rescue
           of
           the
           Pris'ner
           ,
           does
           not
           doubt
        
         
           T'protect
           th'Protectrix
           of
           their
           fruit
           and
           flowers
           ,
        
         
           By
           watring
           weeds
           ,
           with
           most
           intemperate
           showers
           .
        
         
           Adjourn
           your
           Court
           then
           ,
           lest
           it
           prove
           your
           fate
           ,
        
         
           To
           pull
           the
           May-pole
           down
           upon
           your
           pate
           .
        
         
           A
           tree
           once
           danger'd
           h
           Horace
           by
           its
           fall
           ,
        
         
           As
           he
           scap'd
           then
           ,
           so
           now
           I
           wish
           may
           Hall.
        
         
           Nor
           for
           these
           Ranters
           is
           my
           option
           worse
           ,
        
         
           Than
           that
           they
           may
           mount
           Hamans
           wooden
           horse
           ;
        
         
           That
           who
           with
           Flora
           sin
           under
           th'
           green
           tree
           ,
        
         
           May
           suffer
           for
           her
           upon
           that
           that
           's
           dry
           .
        
         
           
             Tuus
             Antifloralis
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           ingenious
           Author
           upon
           his
           Judicial
           Proceedings
           against
           Dame
           Flora.
           
        
         
           INstead
           of
           Directory
           Satues
           ,
           when
        
         
           I
           found
           Poles
           rais'd
           so
           high
           ,
           as
           if
           they'd
           been
        
         
           To
           entertain
           the
           Cuckow
           ,
           or
           to
           vye
        
         
           The
           clouds
           that
           in
           the
           Heavens
           lowest
           flye
           ;
        
         
           I'gan
           t'
           thing
           whither
           at
           length
           I
           should
           come
           ,
        
         
           To
           reform'd
           London
           ,
           or
           to
           Popish
           Rome
           .
        
         
           Aron
           I
           found
           my self
           in
           London
           ,
           and
        
         
           Unsatisfi'd
           as
           yet
           ,
           began
           t'
           demand
        
         
           Th'
           original
           of
           May-poles
           ,
           where
           I
           found
        
         
           Their
           Author
           Flora
           was
           ,
           and
           Rome
           their
           ground
           .
        
         
           A
           Declaration
           there
           was
           entred
           by
        
         
           A
           pert
           Divine
           ,
           shewing
           th'
           Idolatry
        
         
           Of
           such
           Erections
           :
           h'
           does
           a
           Jury
           call
           ,
        
         
           That
           his
           proceedings
           might
           bee
           legal
           all
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           the
           speech
           of
           those
           who
           chose
           each
           light
        
         
           A
           fresh
           god
           ,
           whom
           to
           worship
           until
           night
           ,
        
         
           This
           thing
           this
           day
           my
           Deity
           shall
           bee
           ,
           
        
         
           To
           morrow
           ,
           
           as
           't
           was
           yesterday
           a
           tree
           .
        
         
           Wee
           shall
           invert
           the
           words
           :
           a
           tree
           to
           day
           ,
        
         
           To
           morrow
           wee
           shall
           to
           it
           worship
           pay
           .
        
         
           A
           bush
           to
           day
           ,
           to
           morrow
           will
           begin
        
         
           To
           have
           th'
           respect
           of
           him
           that
           dwelt
           therein
           .
        
         
           But
           loe
           Jerubbaal
           comes
           in
           his
           might
           ,
        
         
           (
           With
           open
           zeal
           ,
           not
           
           Gideon-like
           ,
           i
           th'
           night
           )
        
         
           Attended
           ,
           not
           with
           ten
           men
           of
           his
           own
           ,
        
         
           But
           a
           full
           Jury
           of
           the
           great'st
           renown
           ,
        
         
           And
           fells
           the
           Grove
           .
           Go
           on
           brave
           spirit
           ,
           until
        
         
           Idolatrous
           Midian
           understand
           thy
           skill
           ,
        
         
           And
           all
           the
           superstitious
           crew
           do
           feel
        
         
           The
           mortal
           fruits
           of
           thy
           enraged
           steel
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           no
           Frog-fight
           ,
           but
           the
           Eunuch's
           zeal
           ,
        
         
           Grapling
           with
           proud
           and
           painted
           Jezabel
           .
        
         
           
             Beriah
             Antistorali
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           DOVVNFALL
           OF
           MAY-GAMES
           .
        
         
           THe
           times
           wee
           live
           in
           of
           late
           have
           been
           very
           Tropical
           ,
           and
           full
           of
           turnings
           ,
           and
           too
           many
           ,
           like
           Weathercocks
           ,
           have
           turned
           with
           them
           .
           Lately
           men
           were
           exorbitant
           ,
           and
           did
           run
           out
           into
           extream
           opinions
           ;
           now
           they
           are
           exorbitant
           ,
           and
           run
           out
           into
           extream
           practices
           :
           Before
           men
           were
           fanatick
           and
           wilde
           in
           their
           Principles
           ;
           now
           men
           are
           fanatick
           and
           frantick
           in
           Practicals
           ;
           
           they
           rant
           ,
           they
           roar
           ,
           they
           sing
           ,
           they
           swear
           ,
           they
           drink
           ,
           they
           dance
           ,
           they
           whore
           ,
           they
           lye
           ,
           they
           scoff
           ;
           yea
           ,
           some
           there
           are
           (
           I
           hope
           they
           are
           not
           many
           )
           that
           put
           their
           own
           blood
           into
           their
           drink
           ,
           and
           then
           drink
           a
           health
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           confusion
           of
           Sion
           and
           its
           King
           ;
           this
           is
           reported
           to
           mee
           by
           persons
           of
           good
           repute
           ;
           
           if
           this
           bee
           true
           ,
           as
           sure
           as
           God
           is
           just
           and
           true
           ,
           hee
           will
           bee
           avenged
           on
           the
           actors
           of
           such
           horrid
           blasphemy
           .
        
         
           Lately
           wee
           were
           troubled
           with
           
             White
             Devils
          
           ,
           who
           under
           pretence
           of
           extraordinary
           sanctity
           ,
           published
           open
           Heresie
           and
           Blasphemy
           against
           God
           ,
           his
           Word
           ,
           his
           Works
           ,
           and
           Ordinances
           ;
           now
           wee
           run
           madding
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           and
           are
           like
           to
           be
           troubled
           with
           
             Black
             Devils
             ,
             viz.
          
           blasphemous
           Drunkards
           ,
           blasphemons
           Health-drinkers
           ,
           blasphemous
           Persecutors
           ,
           scorners
           of
           Piety
           ,
           Sabbath-prophaners
           ,
           observers
           of
           superstitious
           and
           heathenish
           customes
           ,
           
           &c.
           
           These
           old
           Beelzebubs
           begin
           to
           put
           out
           their
           horns
           again
           ;
           I
           
           doubt
           not
           but
           the
           Lord
           in
           his
           due
           time
           will
           raise
           up
           the
           Honourable
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           
           as
           Carpenters
           to
           saw
           off
           these
           horns
           ,
           Zach.
           2.
           19
           ,
           20
           ,
           21.
           else
           those
           that
           have
           power
           in
           their
           hands
           to
           cut
           off
           these
           horns
           of
           the
           wicked
           ,
           and
           yet
           will
           not
           ,
           they
           must
           wear
           them
           .
           
             Qui
             non
             vetat
             peccare
             cum
             potest
             ,
             jubet
             .
          
           'T
           was
           the
           sin
           of
           Israel
           that
           when
           the
           Lord
           by
           a
           signal
           hand
           of
           providence
           had
           delivered
           them
           from
           their
           Egy●tian
           bondage
           ,
           yet
           they
           returned
           in
           their
           hearts
           ,
           and
           desires
           into
           Egypt
           again
           ,
           Act.
           7.
           39.
           and
           longed
           to
           bee
           at
           their
           Garlick
           and
           Onions
           ,
           and
           Flesh-pots
           there
           ,
           Numb
           .
           11.
           4
           ,
           5.
           and
           this
           brought
           a
           very
           great
           plague
           upon
           them
           ,
           vers
           .
           33.
           
           The
           Lord
           commanded
           Moses
           to
           bid
           the
           people
           go
           forward
           ,
           Exod.
           14.
           15.
           hee
           loves
           to
           have
           his
           people
           go
           on
           in
           waies
           of
           piety
           and
           obedience
           ,
           but
           if
           they
           once
           go
           backward
           ,
           hee
           will
           destroy
           them
           ,
           Isa
           .
           1.
           4.
           
           
             They
             have
             forsaken
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             are
             gone
             away
             backward
             .
          
           See
           what
           follows
           ,
           vers
           .
           7.
           
           
             Their
             Country
             is
             desolate
             ,
             their
             Cities
             are
             burnt
             with
             fire
             ,
             and
             strangers
             devour
             their
             Land
             in
             their
             presence
             .
          
           And
           what
           can
           Englaud
           expect
           ,
           if
           it
           go
           on
           in
           Apostasie
           (
           as
           it
           hath
           done
           of
           late
           )
           both
           in
           doctrine
           and
           manners
           ,
           but
           the
           sword
           ,
           pestilence
           and
           famine
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           fearful
           judgements
           ;
           that
           as
           wee
           have
           been
           notorious
           for
           sin
           ,
           so
           now
           wee
           should
           be
           notorious
           for
           suffering
           ?
           Could
           wee
           but
           once
           keep
           the
           narrow
           way
           of
           life
           ,
           without
           turning
           to
           the
           right
           hand
           or
           the
           left
           ,
           wee
           might
           yet
           bee
           an
           happy
           people
           ,
           Josh
           .
           1.
           8.
           
           The
           way
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           is
           like
           the
           way
           over
           a
           narrow
           bridge
           ,
           under
           which
           is
           a
           great
           gulf
           ,
           into
           which
           a
           man
           may
           fall
           by
           going
           too
           much
           on
           the
           right
           hand
           ,
           or
           too
           much
           on
           the
           left
           hand
           ;
           and
           to
           say
           truth
           ,
           the
           Devil
           cares
           not
           much
           on
           which
           hand
           men
           fall
           into
           Hell
           ,
           so
           hee
           can
           but
           get
           them
           thither
           .
           Wee
           all
           condemn
           prophane
           principles
           ,
           but
           a
           man
           may
           go
           to
           Hell
           sooner
           for
           prophane
           practices
           ,
           for
           these
           generate
           prophane
           principles
           ;
           when
           men
           lead
           lewd
           lives
           ,
           then
           they
           invent
           lewd
           and
           licentious
           Tenents
           to
           defend
           their
           lewd
           and
           loose
           practices
           ;
           as
           wee
           see
           in
           Popery
           and
           Quakerism
           ,
           and
           this
           brings
           men
           at
           last
           to
           love
           and
           desire
           prophane
           Preachers
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           will
           sing
           placentia
           ,
           and
           claw
           their
           sensual
           itch
           ,
           
           and
           then
           they
           perish
           without
           remedy
           ,
           Prov.
           29.
           18.
           
           Isa
           .
           30.
           9
           ,
           10.
           
        
         
           The
           Prophet
           Jeremy
           complains
           of
           some
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           
           that
           were
           
             mad
             on
             Idols
          
           ,
           Jer.
           50.
           38.
           and
           wee
           have
           those
           in
           our
           times
           that
           are
           mad
           on
           May-poles
           ,
           Morrice-dancing
           ,
           
             Drinking
             Healths
          
           on
           their
           knees
           ,
           yea
           in
           their
           Hats
           (
           as
           in
           the
           University
           by
           Scholars
           ,
           &c.
           )
           doating
           on
           old
           ,
           superstitious
           ,
           
           prophane
           customes
           ,
           returning
           with
           the
           dogs
           of
           the
           world
           to
           lick
           up
           that
           filth
           which
           seemingly
           they
           had
           long
           since
           vomited
           up
           .
           And
           all
           this
           acted
           presumptuously
           with
           an
           high
           hand
           ,
           against
           much
           light
           and
           love
           ,
           
           against
           many
           wooings
           and
           warnings
           ,
           against
           many
           prayers
           and
           vows
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           what
           could
           the
           Lord
           do
           more
           for
           England
           than
           hee
           hath
           done
           ,
           and
           what
           could
           wee
           do
           more
           against
           him
           ,
           
           than
           wee
           have
           done
           ?
           had
           hee
           been
           our
           deadly
           enemy
           ,
           wee
           could
           not
           have
           acted
           more
           vilely
           &
           villanously
           against
           him
           ,
           both
           in
           our
           principles
           ,
           and
           in
           our
           practices
           ,
           than
           many
           of
           us
           have
           done
           ;
           and
           if
           after
           all
           Gods
           cost
           and
           care
           ,
           instead
           of
           the
           grapes
           of
           obedience
           ,
           we
           bring
           forth
           the
           wilde
           grapes
           of
           disobedience
           and
           rebellion
           ,
           we
           shall
           provoke
           the
           Lord
           to
           pull
           up
           the
           hedge
           ,
           to
           let
           in
           the
           wilde
           beasts
           ,
           and
           to
           consume
           us
           after
           hee
           hath
           done
           us
           good
           ,
           and
           to
           repent
           of
           all
           the
           mercies
           which
           hee
           hath
           bestowed
           upon
           us
           .
           Hee
           will
           take
           away
           his
           Gospel
           ,
           with
           all
           those
           blessings
           which
           accompany
           it
           ,
           and
           then
           
             woe
             unto
             us
             when
             the
             Lord
             departs
             from
             us
             ,
          
           Hos
           .
           9.
           12.
           
           When
           God
           goes
           from
           a
           people
           ,
           peace
           goes
           ,
           protection
           goes
           ,
           comfort
           goes
           ,
           health
           ,
           wealth
           ,
           and
           glory
           goes
           .
           I
           do
           verily
           beleeve
           there
           hath
           been
           a
           greater
           flood
           of
           
             open
             prophaneness
          
           in
           ten
           weeks
           past
           ,
           than
           in
           ten
           years
           before
           .
           Do
           wee
           thus
           requite
           the
           Lord
           O
           foolish
           and
           unwise
           !
           Is
           this
           the
           thanks
           wee
           give
           him
           for
           an
           hundred
           years
           preaching
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           for
           those
           signal
           mercies
           in
           bringing
           down
           blasphemers
           ,
           and
           Anarchical
           ones
           without
           blood
           shed
           ,
           or
           almost
           a
           blow
           struck
           .
           As
           King
           Achish
           said
           sometimes
           ,
           
             Have
             I
             need
             
             of
             Mad-men
             ?
          
           So
           may
           I
           say
           ,
           Shall
           we
           have
           Mad-men
           still
           ?
           shall
           we
           never
           come
           to
           our
           wits
           again
           ,
           living
           soberly
           ,
           righteously
           and
           religiously
           ?
           When
           shall
           wee
           once
           be
           sound
           in
           judgement
           ,
           sincere
           in
           affection
           ,
           and
           unspotted
           in
           our
           conversations
           ,
           answering
           our
           Gospel
           light
           with
           Gospel
           lives
           ;
           and
           our
           Gospel-principles
           ,
           with
           Gospel-practices
           ,
           that
           all
           our
           teaching
           may
           rise
           at
           the
           last
           day
           for
           our
           justification
           ,
           &
           not
           for
           our
           confusion
           .
           This
           open
           prophaneness
           is
           a
           great
           heart-breaking
           to
           the
           faithful
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           makes
           them
           cry
           in
           the
           bitterness
           of
           their
           spirits
           ,
           
             Who
             hath
             beleeved
             our
             report
             ,
             and
             to
             whom
             is
             the
             arm
             of
             the
             Lord
             revealed
             ?
             We
             have
             laboured
             in
             vain
             ,
             and
             spent
             our
             strength
             in
             vain
             .
          
           If
           Moses
           were
           angry
           when
           he
           saw
           the
           people
           dance
           about
           a
           Golden-calf
           ,
           well
           may
           we
           be
           angry
           to
           see
           people
           dancing
           the
           Morrice
           about
           a
           post
           ,
           in
           honor
           of
           a
           whore
           ,
           as
           you
           shall
           see
           anon
           .
        
         
           The
           world
           begins
           to
           loathe
           Gods
           Mannah
           ,
           they
           are
           weary
           of
           preaching
           ,
           and
           sick
           of
           Sermons
           ;
           and
           therefore
           't
           is
           just
           with
           God
           to
           ease
           them
           of
           such
           burdens
           ,
           and
           to
           lay
           upon
           them
           the
           heavy
           yoak
           of
           cruel
           and
           tyrannical
           men
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           know
           the
           difference
           between
           Gods
           service
           ,
           and
           the
           service
           of
           the
           Nations
           .
           
           Men
           begin
           to
           cry
           out
           .
           Isaiah
           is
           too
           bold
           ,
           Jeremy
           too
           harsh
           ,
           Amos
           is
           too
           plain
           ,
           hee
           must
           go
           further
           off
           .
           'T
           is
           these
           precise
           Lots
           that
           will
           not
           let
           the
           people
           go
           quietly
           to
           Hell
           ,
           that
           are
           the
           troublers
           of
           Israel
           ;
           if
           once
           they
           could
           but
           bee
           shut
           of
           them
           then
           they
           might
           sing
           ,
           and
           swear
           ,
           and
           rant
           and
           roar
           ,
           and
           be
           as
           safe
           as
           Sodom
           was
           when
           Lot
           was
           gone
           out
           of
           it
           .
           Let
           such
           prophane
           ones
           know
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Lord
           should
           in
           judgement
           once
           remove
           his
           faithful
           Ministers
           from
           an
           ungrateful
           world
           ,
           woes
           and
           sorrows
           would
           soon
           surprize
           them
           .
           The
           glory
           would
           soon
           depart
           from
           England
           ,
           if
           once
           the
           Ark
           of
           God
           were
           taken
           .
           'T
           is
           Liberty
           ,
           Liberty
           ,
           Liberty
           ,
           that
           wicked
           men
           long
           for
           .
           As
           many
           men
           were
           lately
           for
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           tolleration
           of
           all
           opinions
           ,
           so
           many
           are
           now
           for
           liberty
           ,
           for
           all
           licentious
           practices
           and
           if
           these
           be
           not
           restrained
           by
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           who
           must
           not
           bear
           the
           sword
           in
           vain
           ,
           especially
           towards
           such
           sons
           of
           Belial
           ,
           God
           will
           take
           the
           sword
           into
           his
           own
           hand
           ,
           and
           will
           proclaim
           a
           Liberty
           for
           such
           Libertines
           ,
           to
           the
           
           sword
           ,
           to
           the
           pestilence
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           famine
           ,
           and
           as
           hee
           hath
           wonderfully
           brought
           down
           those
           that
           were
           for
           all
           
             evil
             opinions
          
           ;
           so
           hee
           will
           (
           in
           his
           due
           time
           )
           bring
           down
           those
           that
           are
           for
           all
           
             evil
             practices
             ,
             —
             Deus
             dabit
             his
             quoque
             finem
             ,
             &
             funem
             .
          
        
         
           It
           hath
           cost
           mee
           some
           pains
           to
           finde
           out
           the
           Original
           of
           these
           prophane
           revels
           ,
           when
           people
           shall
           understand
           the
           sinful
           rise
           and
           tendency
           of
           them
           ;
           I
           beleeve
           there
           is
           no
           sober
           man
           but
           will
           abhor
           them
           .
           The
           Lacedaemonians
           the
           better
           to
           deter
           their
           children
           from
           drunkenness
           ,
           would
           bring
           forth
           a
           Drunkard
           ,
           and
           lay
           him
           before
           them
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           seeing
           his
           beastly
           condition
           ,
           might
           learn
           to
           loathe
           that
           sinning
           sin
           of
           Drunkenness
           ;
           I
           have
           presented
           these
           ●e●e●●icious
           practices
           naked
           to
           thy
           view
           ,
           that
           thou
           mayest
           be
           brought
           to
           an
           utter
           detestation
           of
           them
           ;
           for
           the
           very
           rehearsal
           of
           them
           is
           a
           good
           part
           of
           their
           confutation
           ,
           
             Haec
             recitasse
             est
             re●●tasse
          
           .
           It
           would
           be
           a
           work
           well
           beseeming
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           improve
           the
           power
           which
           providence
           hath
           put
           into
           their
           hands
           ,
           for
           the
           stopping
           of
           that
           general
           prophaneness
           which
           hath
           over-spread
           the
           Land
           ;
           and
           to
           encourage
           Religion
           in
           the
           power
           of
           it
           ,
           especially
           considering
           that
           noble
           and
           princely
           expression
           of
           the
           King
           (
           in
           his
           Letter
           to
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           )
           
             That
             nothing
             shall
             bee
             proposed
             by
             them
             to
             manifest
             his
             zeal
             and
             affection
             for
             the
             advancement
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             to
             which
             hee
             will
             not
             readily
             consent
             .
          
           The
           good
           Lord
           at
           last
           unite
           the
           hearts
           of
           King
           ,
           Lords
           ,
           and
           Commons
           ,
           for
           the
           promoting
           of
           this
           work
           of
           works
           ,
           without
           which
           wee
           can
           never
           expect
           to
           prosper
           .
        
         
           Had
           this
           rudeness
           been
           acted
           only
           in
           some
           ignorant
           and
           obscure
           parts
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           I
           had
           been
           silent
           ;
           but
           when
           I
           perceived
           that
           the
           complaints
           were
           general
           from
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           that
           even
           in
           
             Cheap
             side
          
           it self
           ,
           the
           rude
           rabble
           had
           set
           up
           this
           ensign
           of
           prophaneness
           ,
           and
           had
           put
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           to
           the
           trouble
           of
           seeing
           it
           pulled
           down
           ▪
           I
           could
           not
           out
           of
           my
           dearest
           respects
           ,
           and
           tender
           compassion
           to
           the
           Land
           of
           my
           Nativity
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           prevention
           of
           the
           like
           disorders
           (
           if
           possible
           )
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           but
           put
           pen
           to
           
           paper
           ,
           and
           discover
           the
           sinful
           rise
           ,
           and
           vile
           prophaneness
           that
           attends
           such
           mis-rule
           ;
           that
           so
           their
           madness
           being
           made
           known
           to
           all
           ,
           they
           might
           proceed
           no
           further
           ;
           and
           the
           eyes
           of
           Gods
           jealousie
           might
           see
           nothing
           amongst
           us
           to
           displease
           him
           ,
           but
           that
           wee
           walking
           as
           becomes
           his
           people
           ,
           hee
           may
           rejoyce
           in
           us
           ,
           and
           rejoyce-over
           us
           to
           do
           us
           good
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           My
           record
           is
           on
           high
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           no
           sinister
           end
           in
           this
           work
           ,
           but
           desire
           to
           bee
           found
           in
           the
           number
           of
           those
           that
           study
           the
           real
           peace
           and
           welfare
           of
           the
           Land
           :
           I
           have
           therefore
           exposed
           the
           work
           to
           the
           censure
           of
           the
           learnedst
           and
           severest
           Criticks
           that
           I
           could
           gain
           .
           I
           have
           added
           some
           Poetry
           ,
           and
           made
           it
           as
           inoffensively
           pleasant
           as
           might
           be
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           take
           with
           all
           ,
           and
           exasperate
           none
           .
        
         
           The
           experience
           which
           I
           have
           had
           of
           Gods
           blessing
           on
           my
           labours
           against
           
             Libertines
             in
             opinion
          
           ,
           hath
           emboldened
           mee
           to
           go
           forth
           in
           his
           name
           against
           
             Libertines
             in
             practice
          
           ;
           These
           mountains
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           those
           ,
           shall
           become
           a
           plain
           before
           Gods
           people
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           not
           trouble
           you
           with
           a
           
             crambe
             his
             cocta
          
           ,
           for
           I
           know
           not
           of
           any
           one
           that
           hath
           in
           a
           set
           Treatise
           (
           not
           scarcely
           by
           the
           by
           )
           handled
           this
           subject
           ,
           which
           somewhat
           encouraged
           mee
           to
           set
           upon
           the
           work
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           be
           concise
           and
           argumentative
           ,
           because
           I
           would
           not
           tire
           my self
           nor
           my
           Reader
           ,
           with
           any
           tedious
           discourse
           in
           this
           kinde
           .
        
         
           
             Arguments
             against
             May-Games
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             Argument
             is
             this
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             whose
             Rise
             ,
             Root
             ,
             and
             Original
             is
             evil
             ,
             that
             thing
             cannot
             be
             good
             :
          
           
             But
             the
             Rise
             ,
             Root
             ,
             and
             Original
             of
             May-Games
             is
             evil
             ,
             Ergo
             ,
             they
             cannot
             be
             good
             .
          
           
             The
             Major
             is
             clear
             ,
             and
             like
             a
             Mathematical
             Principle
             ,
             shines
             so
             bright
             with
             its
             own
             light
             ,
             that
             it
             needs
             no
             demonstration
             :
             for
             if
             the
             fountain
             be
             bitter
             ,
             the
             streams
             cannot
             be
             sweet
             ;
             if
             the
             root
             be
             naught
             ,
             so
             is
             the
             fruit
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Minor
             I
             prove
             thus
             ,
             as
             the
             Revels
             and
             disorders
             of
             Christians
             sprung
             from
             the
             Pagans
             Saturnalia
             ,
             and
             from
             them
             came
             to
             the
             Papists
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             us
             (
             as
             is
             abundantly
             proved
             by
             Mr.
             〈◊〉
             )
             so
             these
             Floralian
             May-Games
             had
             their
             Original
             from
             the
             Floralian
             Feasts
             ,
             
             and
             enterludes
             of
             the
             Pagan-Romans
             which
             were
             solemnized
             about
             the
             first
             of
             May
             ,
             then
             they
             came
             to
             
               Rome
               Antichristian
            
             ,
             as
             a
             prop
             to
             uphold
             their
             supersticious
             and
             prophane
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             us
             .
          
           
             Their
             Rise
             briefly
             was
             thus
             ,
             
             one
             Flora
             a
             notable
             Harlot
             ,
             which
             had
             got
             much
             riches
             by
             whoring
             ,
             at
             her
             death
             bequeathed
             her
             substance
             to
             the
             people
             of
             Rome
             ,
             about
             the
             year
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             
             3760
             ,
             and
             before
             Christ
             242.
             (
             saith
             Calvisius
             )
             shee
             appointed
             a
             great
             sum
             of
             mony
             to
             lye
             in
             stock
             with
             the
             usury
             of
             which
             they
             should
             yearly
             keep
             certain
             Playes
             called
             Floralia
             or
             May-Games
             ,
             
             in
             singing
             ,
             dancing
             ,
             drinking
             ,
             whoring
             ,
             and
             all
             manner
             of
             lasciviousness
             ,
             in
             remembrance
             of
             her
             .
             By
             sound
             of
             Trumpet
             all
             the
             whores
             were
             called
             to
             these
             sports
             where
             they
             danced
             naked
             about
             the
             streets
             ,
             
             with
             Trumpets
             blown
             before
             them
             .
             Hence
             that
             of
             Juvenal
             speaking
             of
             a
             lewd
             woman
             ,
             hee
             calls
             her
             a
             
               Floralian
               Curtesan
            
             .
          
           
             
               —
               Dignissima
               prorsus
               .
            
             
               Floralia
               matrona
               tuba
               .
            
          
           
             Juven
             .
             Sat.
             60.
             
          
           
             After
             some
             time
             the
             Senate
             of
             Rome
             being
             ashamed
             of
             the
             Original
             of
             these
             Floralia
             ,
             invented
             this
             fig-leaf
             for
             a
             cover
             .
             
             They
             told
             the
             people
             that
             Flora
             was
             a
             Goddess
             ,
             which
             had
             the
             tuition
             of
             Flowers
             (
             for
             Pagans
             and
             Papists
             have
             Gods
             and
             Goddesses
             almost
             for
             every
             thing
             ,
             
             as
             St.
             Loy
             for
             their
             Horses
             ,
             St.
             Anthony
             for
             their
             Piggs
             ,
             St.
             George
             for
             their
             Wars
             ,
             St.
             Roch
             for
             the
             Pestilence
             ,
             St.
             Apollonia
             for
             the
             Teeth
             ,
             St.
             John
             for
             the
             Day
             ,
             
             St.
             Stephen
             for
             the
             Night
             ,
             and
             St.
             Flora
             for
             their
             Flowers
             )
             and
             therefore
             shee
             must
             bee
             worshipped
             (
             according
             to
             the
             custome
             of
             the
             Heath●●nish
             and
             Idolatrous
             Festivals
             )
             with
             lascivious
             sports
             
             and
             pastimes
             in
             May
             ,
             
             that
             shee
             might
             the
             more
             carefully
             see
             to
             their
             flowers
             ,
             fruits
             ,
             and
             herbs
             .
          
           
             These
             
             Floralian-sports
             were
             very
             antient
             ,
             for
             I
             finde
             they
             were
             practised
             in
             Cato
             the
             Censors
             time
             ,
             who
             flourished
             about
             the
             year
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             
             3750.
             
             His
             gravity
             (
             saith
             the
             Historian
             )
             deterred
             the
             people
             from
             acting
             those
             obscenities
             in
             his
             fight
             .
          
           
             Plutarch
             in
             the
             life
             of
             Pompey
             ,
             makes
             mention
             of
             one
             Flora
             ,
             that
             was
             
             Pompey's
             Curtezan
             ,
             though
             shee
             were
             one
             
               ejusdem
               farinae
               ,
               Flora
            
             by
             name
             ,
             and
             Flora
             in
             deed
             ,
             yet
             shee
             was
             younger
             than
             the
             former
             by
             a
             hundred
             years
             ;
             for
             the
             Flora
             wee
             speak
             of
             ,
             lived
             about
             two
             hundred
             years
             before
             Christ
             ,
             when
             this
             lived
             about
             one
             hundred
             years
             before
             him
             .
          
           
             A
             second
             Argument
             is
             this
             ,
          
        
         
           
             All
             Idolatry
             is
             unlawful
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             is
             Idolatry
             .
             'T
             is
             a
             forsaking
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             Fountain
             of
             living
             waters
             ,
             to
             go
             to
             a
             broken
             Cistern
             .
             'T
             is
             a
             robbing
             God
             of
             his
             honour
             ,
             and
             giving
             it
             to
             a
             whore
             .
             They
             keep
             a
             feast
             to
             her
             ,
             set
             up
             a
             Pole
             adorned
             with
             flowry
             Garlands
             ,
             Ribbons
             ,
             and
             other
             ornaments
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             shee
             may
             preserve
             their
             fruits
             and
             flowers
             .
             Like
             the
             worshippers
             of
             Baal
             ,
             who
             danced
             round
             about
             the
             Altar
             in
             honour
             of
             that
             Idol
             ,
             and
             to
             procure
             the
             more
             speedy
             audience
             from
             it
             .
             1
             King.
             18.
             26.
             
             Neither
             will
             this
             excuse
             you
             ,
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             you
             intend
             no
             such
             thing
             ;
             for
             this
             is
             
               finis
               operis
            
             ,
             though
             not
             
               finis
               operantis
            
             .
             The
             action
             must
             be
             judged
             of
             by
             the
             end
             of
             the
             work
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             the
             end
             of
             him
             that
             worketh
             ;
             now
             the
             chief
             end
             for
             which
             this
             feast
             was
             at
             first
             ordained
             ,
             is
             Idolatrous
             .
             The
             Israelites
             had
             no
             intent
             to
             worship
             the
             Calf
             ,
             yet
             that
             was
             
               finis
               operis
            
             ,
             and
             therefore
             God
             chargeth
             them
             with
             worshipping
             of
             it
             ,
             Ps
             .
             106.
             6.
             
             How
             unseemly
             is
             it
             
             then
             for
             Christians
             ,
             when
             they
             should
             bee
             praying
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             praising
             him
             for
             the
             fruits
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             for
             his
             crowning
             the
             year
             with
             his
             goodness
             ,
             and
             making
             his
             clouds
             to
             drop
             down
             fatness
             on
             us
             ,
             to
             bee
             ranting
             ,
             and
             abusing
             his
             good
             creatures
             to
             riot
             and
             excess
             ,
             giving
             the
             glory
             which
             is
             due
             to
             him
             ,
             unto
             an
             Harlot
             ?
             This
             is
             the
             very
             way
             to
             lose
             all
             ,
             Hos
             .
             2.
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             
             Other
             sins
             stir
             up
             Gods
             anger
             ,
             but
             this
             provokes
             him
             to
             jealousie
             and
             rage
             ,
             and
             puts
             him
             into
             a
             flame
             against
             us
             ,
             when
             wee
             shall
             thus
             give
             his
             glory
             unto
             creatures
             .
             These
             mens
             actions
             do
             virtually
             and
             interpretatively
             thus
             speak
             ,
             
               O
               Goddess
            
             ,
             Flora
             ,
             
               bee
               thou
               our
               helper
               ,
               the
               earth
               is
               now
               adorned
               with
               fruits
               and
               flowers
               ,
               O
               do
               thou
               keep
               them
               from
               barrenness
               ,
               and
               blasting
               ;
               make
               them
               fruitful
               ,
               that
               wee
               may
               bee
               the
               fitter
               for
               thy
               service
               ,
               then
               will
               wee
               sing
               ,
               and
               dance
               ,
               and
               drink
               ,
               and
               set
               up
               a
               pole
               to
               thy
               praise
               ;
               hear
               us
               therefore
               ,
               O
               good
               Goddess
            
             Flora
             ,
             
               for
               our
               flowers
               and
               fruits
               ,
               for
               on
               thee
               wee
               do
               depend
               ,
               and
               thine
               honour
               do
               wee
               celebrate
               at
               this
               season
               of
               the
               year
               ;
               hear
               us
               therefore
               wee
               beseech
               thee
               ,
               and
               grant
               these
               our
               Requests
               .
            
          
           
             This
             and
             much
             more
             is
             the
             language
             of
             such
             actions
             ;
             I
             beleeve
             ,
             there
             is
             not
             one
             of
             a
             thousand
             that
             knows
             or
             considers
             this
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             their
             wisdome
             ,
             now
             their
             folly
             is
             discovered
             ,
             to
             say
             with
             repenting
             
               Ephraim
               ,
               What
               have
               I
               to
               do
               any
               more
               with
               Idols
               ?
            
             Hos
             .
             14.
             8.
             
             And
             according
             to
             Gods
             Commandement
             ,
             wee
             must
             not
             onely
             cast
             away
             the
             Idols
             themselves
             ,
             but
             also
             the
             rellicks
             and
             appurtenances
             of
             Idolatry
             ,
             saying
             to
             them
             with
             indignation
             ,
             
               Get
               you
               hence
            
             ,
             Isa
             .
             30.
             22.
             
          
           
             Arg.
             2.
             
             To
             fear
             men
             more
             than
             God
             is
             Idolatry
             (
             Timor
             tuus
             ,
             Deus
             tuus
             .
             )
          
           
             But
             here
             is
             a
             fearing
             of
             men
             more
             than
             God
             ;
             for
             divers
             years
             past
             whilst
             the
             sword
             of
             men
             was
             over
             our
             heads
             ,
             here
             was
             none
             of
             this
             open
             prophaneness
             ,
             but
             now
             that
             is
             removed
             ,
             men
             fall
             to
             their
             old
             vomit
             again
             ,
             not
             once
             considering
             that
             God
             beholds
             all
             their
             doings
             ,
             and
             will
             bring
             them
             to
             judgement
             for
             all
             these
             things
             ,
             Eccles
             .
             11.
             9.
             
          
           
           
             Arg.
             3.
             
             
               That
               which
               drives
               Gods
               fear
               out
               of
               mens
               hearts
               ,
               may
               in
               no
               wise
               he
               tolerated
               :
            
             But
             these
             sinful
             ,
             sensual
             sports
             and
             pastimes
             drive
             the
             sear
             of
             God
             out
             of
             mens
             hearts
             ;
             when
             the
             Taber
             and
             the
             Timbrel
             ,
             the
             wine
             and
             lewd
             women
             are
             in
             mens
             feasts
             ,
             they
             regard
             not
             the
             works
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             but
             they
             
               say
               unto
               God
               ,
               depart
               ,
               Job
            
             21
             ,
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15.
             
             Isa
             .
             5.
             12.
             
          
           
             Arg.
             4.
             
             
               That
               which
               debaseth
               and
               debaucheth
               youth
            
             (
             which
             is
             the
             flower
             and
             best
             of
             our
             daies
             ,
             
             and
             therefore
             ought
             in
             all
             reason
             and
             equity
             to
             bee
             given
             to
             God
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             best
             of
             beings
             )
             
               ought
               not
               to
               bee
               tolerated
            
             :
             But
             these
             sinful
             ,
             sensual
             pastimes
             debase
             and
             debauch
             youth
             .
             How
             many
             thousands
             of
             young
             persons
             have
             by
             this
             means
             got
             habits
             of
             drinking
             ,
             whoring
             ,
             prophaneness
             ,
             contempt
             of
             Gods
             waies
             ,
             &c.
             so
             that
             all
             their
             friends
             ,
             with
             all
             their
             counsel
             ,
             prayers
             and
             tears
             ,
             have
             not
             been
             able
             to
             reform
             them
             ?
             Evil
             customes
             are
             not
             easily
             broken
             ,
             Jer.
             13.
             23.
             
             Young
             Devils
             usually
             prove
             old
             Beelzebubs
             .
          
           
             Arg.
             5.
             
             All
             lying
             ,
             stealing
             ,
             and
             fighting
             must
             be
             abandoned
             :
          
           
             But
             here
             is
             lying
             ,
             stealing
             ,
             and
             fighting
             .
          
           
             The
             most
             of
             these
             May-poles
             are
             stoln
             ,
             yet
             they
             give
             out
             ,
             
             that
             the
             Poles
             are
             given
             them
             ,
             when
             upon
             thorow
             examination
             't
             will
             be
             found
             ,
             that
             the
             most
             of
             them
             are
             stoln
             .
             There
             were
             two
             May-poles
             set
             up
             in
             my
             Parish
             ,
             the
             one
             was
             stoln
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             was
             given
             by
             a
             profest
             Papist
             .
             That
             which
             was
             stoln
             ,
             was
             said
             to
             bee
             given
             ,
             when
             't
             was
             proved
             to
             their
             faces
             that
             't
             was
             stoln
             ,
             and
             they
             were
             made
             to
             acknowledge
             their
             offence
             .
             This
             Pole
             that
             was
             stoln
             was
             rated
             at
             five
             shillings
             ;
             if
             all
             the
             Poles
             one
             with
             another
             were
             so
             rated
             ,
             which
             were
             stoln
             this
             May
             ,
             what
             a
             considerable
             sum
             would
             it
             amount
             to
             ?
             Fightings
             and
             blood-shed
             is
             usual
             at
             such
             meetings
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             't
             is
             a
             common
             saying
             ,
             That
             't
             is
             
               no
               festival
               unless
               there
               bee
               some
               fightings
               .
            
          
           
           
             Arg.
             6.
             
             All
             ungrateful
             and
             dis-ingenuous
             requiting
             of
             God
             for
             his
             blessings
             must
             be
             abandoned
             :
          
           
             But
             these
             prophane
             practices
             are
             a
             most
             ingrateful
             and
             disingenuous
             requtting
             of
             God
             for
             his
             blessings
             .
          
           
             Now
             in
             the
             Spring
             ,
             when
             hee
             is
             loading
             us
             with
             his
             mercies
             ,
             for
             us
             to
             load
             him
             with
             our
             rebellions
             and
             provocations
             ;
             and
             as
             hee
             renews
             his
             blessings
             with
             the
             year
             ,
             so
             for
             us
             to
             renew
             our
             disobedience
             against
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             fight
             against
             him
             with
             his
             own
             favours
             ,
             is
             such
             gross
             ingratitude
             ,
             that
             the
             Lord
             calls
             even
             upon
             the
             inanimate
             creatures
             to
             be
             astonished
             at
             it
             ,
             Isa
             .
             1.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Arg.
             7.
             
             That
             which
             brings
             no
             profit
             or
             comfort
             to
             soul
             or
             body
             ,
             may
             not
             be
             practised
             :
          
           
             But
             these
             sensual
             ,
             prophane
             sports
             ,
             bring
             no
             profit
             to
             soul
             or
             body
             .
          
           
             When
             the
             Romans
             were
             converted
             to
             the
             Faith
             ,
             the
             Apostle
             asks
             them
             ,
             what
             fruit
             they
             had
             of
             their
             former
             loose
             ,
             licentious
             practices
             ,
             whereof
             they
             were
             now
             ashamed
             ,
             for
             the
             end
             of
             those
             things
             is
             death
             ,
             Rom.
             6.
             21.
             
             The
             Interrogation
             is
             a
             strong
             Negation
             ,
             
               q.
               d.
            
             there
             was
             no
             true
             comfort
             or
             benefit
             to
             bee
             found
             in
             them
             ;
             where
             hee
             useth
             three
             strong
             Arguments
             to
             deter
             them
             from
             such
             sinful
             practices
             .
             1.
             
             They
             are
             unfruitful
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             true
             profit
             comes
             by
             them
             .
             2.
             
             They
             are
             shameful
             .
             3.
             
             They
             are
             pernicious
             and
             deadly
             ,
             they
             bring
             not
             onely
             temporal
             ,
             but
             eternal
             death
             upon
             men
             .
             None
             are
             gainers
             by
             them
             but
             the
             Devil
             ;
             God
             is
             dishonoured
             ,
             his
             Ordinances
             prophaned
             ,
             his
             Ministers
             contemned
             ,
             the
             Land
             defiled
             ,
             the
             Modesty
             ,
             Chastity
             ,
             and
             Reputation
             of
             people
             is
             blasted
             ,
             and
             their
             souls
             debauched
             with
             idleness
             ,
             effeminacy
             ,
             incontinency
             ,
             and
             luxury
             .
          
           
             Arg.
             8.
             
             That
             prophaneness
             which
             is
             committed
             against
             great
             Light
             ,
             great
             Loves
             ,
             great
             Patience
             and
             Forbearance
             ,
             is
             abominable
             :
          
           
             But
             this
             prophaneness
             is
             such
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             times
             of
             Ignorance
             God
             winked
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             at
             such
             practices
             ,
             hee
             took
             not
             so
             much
             notice
             of
             them
             as
             hee
             
             doth
             now
             in
             these
             daies
             of
             light
             .
             
               This
               is
               the
               condemnation
            
             ,
             't
             is
             that
             damning
             sin
             with
             a
             witness
             ,
             that
             when
             light
             is
             come
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             yet
             men
             will
             love
             darkness
             ,
             and
             works
             of
             darkness
             more
             than
             light
             .
             Though
             Israel
             play
             the
             harlot
             ,
             yet
             Judah
             should
             not
             sin
             ,
             Hos
             .
             4.
             15.
             
             Though
             Pagans
             ,
             Papists
             ,
             and
             Infidels
             ,
             that
             know
             not
             God
             ,
             live
             in
             such
             kinde
             of
             lewdness
             and
             licentiousness
             ,
             yet
             England
             that
             hath
             been
             better
             taught
             ,
             should
             abhor
             such
             folly
             ;
             for
             us
             that
             have
             had
             such
             famous
             preaching
             ,
             praying
             ,
             printing
             ,
             signal
             victories
             ,
             and
             deliverances
             continued
             to
             us
             ,
             even
             to
             this
             day
             ;
             for
             us
             to
             rant
             and
             roar
             ,
             drink
             Healths
             ,
             bee
             drunk
             and
             whore
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             dog
             to
             return
             to
             our
             vomit
             ,
             which
             for
             many
             years
             wee
             had
             left
             ;
             this
             is
             such
             an
             high
             aggravation
             of
             our
             sin
             ,
             that
             God
             will
             not
             brook
             it
             at
             our
             hands
             .
             When
             men
             sin
             presumptuously
             against
             great
             light
             ,
             and
             with
             an
             high
             hand
             ,
             they
             must
             dye
             for
             it
             ,
             Exod.
             21.
             14.
             
             Numb
             .
             15.
             30
             ,
             31.
             
             We
             should
             think
             it
             too
             much
             that
             in
             the
             daies
             of
             our
             ignorance
             wee
             went
             astray
             ;
             these
             bodies
             and
             souls
             of
             ours
             which
             sometimes
             were
             servants
             to
             unrighteousness
             and
             fin
             ,
             should
             now
             become
             servants
             of
             righteousness
             and
             holiness
             ,
             being
             wholly
             devoted
             to
             the
             service
             of
             God.
             It
             should
             bee
             as
             natural
             and
             delightful
             to
             us
             now
             to
             serve
             God
             ,
             as
             ever
             it
             hath
             been
             to
             sin
             against
             him
             .
          
           
             Arg.
             9.
             
             All
             occasions
             of
             sin
             must
             bee
             avoided
             :
          
           
             But
             at
             these
             prophane
             meetings
             there
             are
             many
             occasions
             of
             sin
             ;
             ergo
             ,
             They
             must
             bee
             avoided
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             Major
             it
             is
             clear
             ,
             wee
             are
             oft
             commanded
             to
             
               shun
               the
               appearance
               of
               evil
            
             .
             1
             Thes
             .
             5.
             22.
             
               to
               hate
               the
               garment
               spotted
               with
               the
               flesh
               ,
            
             Jude
             23.
             
               and
               to
               keep
               our selves
               free
               ,
               not
               onely
               from
               the
               gross
               blots
               ,
               but
               also
               from
               the
               spots
               of
               the
               world
               ,
            
             James
             1.
             27.
             
             Wee
             must
             not
             so
             much
             as
             taste
             of
             the
             Devils
             broth
             ,
             lest
             at
             last
             hee
             bring
             us
             to
             eat
             of
             his
             beef
             ;
             Isa
             ,
             65.
             4.
             
             
               Hee
               that
               will
               no
               evil
               do
               ,
               must
               do
               nothing
               that
               belongs
               thereto
               .
            
             Hee
             that
             saith
             Yea
             to
             the
             Devil
             in
             a
             little
             ,
             shall
             not
             say
             Nay
             when
             hee
             pleaseth
             .
             'T
             is
             true
             in
             practicals
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             in
             polemicals
             ,
             that
             one
             absurdity
             being
             granted
             ,
             makes
             way
             for
             many
             more
             to
             follow
             .
             When
             
             men
             once
             begin
             to
             fall
             in
             this
             kinde
             ,
             they
             know
             not
             where
             they
             shall
             rest
             .
             Our
             corrupt
             nature
             like
             tinder
             or
             gunpowder
             ,
             is
             ready
             to
             bee
             fired
             with
             every
             sinful
             temptation
             ,
             and
             therefore
             wee
             should
             carefully
             shun
             them
             ,
             else
             wee
             contradict
             our
             prayers
             ,
             when
             wee
             pray
             that
             wee
             bee
             not
             led
             into
             temptation
             ;
             if
             wee
             run
             into
             them
             ,
             wee
             mock
             God
             ,
             and
             ruine
             our selves
             ;
             for
             hee
             will
             not
             preserve
             us
             from
             the
             sin
             ,
             if
             wee
             do
             not
             carefully
             shun
             the
             occasions
             of
             sin
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             Minor
             ,
             that
             at
             these
             prophane
             meetings
             there
             are
             many
             occasions
             of
             sin
             ,
             is
             too
             apparent
             .
             Who
             sees
             not
             what
             drunkenness
             ,
             swearing
             ,
             cursing
             ,
             fighting
             ,
             stealing
             ,
             lying
             ,
             mixt-dancing
             ,
             Morrice-dancing
             ,
             Ribaldry
             ,
             Debauchery
             ,
             scoffing
             at
             piety
             ,
             opposing
             of
             zealous
             Magistrates
             ,
             Ministers
             and
             people
             ,
             prophanation
             of
             Sabbaths
             ,
             mis-spence
             of
             precious
             time
             ,
             complying
             with
             Heathens
             and
             Idolaters
             in
             their
             sinful
             and
             superstitious
             customes
             ,
             perverting
             of
             that
             order
             which
             God
             hath
             set
             ,
             turning
             night
             into
             day
             ,
             and
             day
             into
             night
             ?
             God
             hath
             ordained
             the
             night
             for
             man
             to
             rest
             in
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             ramble
             and
             go
             stealing
             May-poles
             in
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             as
             in
             one
             Caesar
             there
             were
             many
             Marii
             ,
             so
             in
             this
             one
             sin
             there
             is
             a
             confluence
             of
             many
             sins
             .
             Physicians
             say
             ,
             that
             
               morbi
               complicati
               sunt
               periculosissimi
            
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             a
             complication
             of
             diseases
             ,
             there
             the
             cure
             is
             very
             difficult
             and
             dangerous
             .
             How
             perilous
             is
             it
             then
             to
             tolerate
             those
             prophane
             pastimes
             ,
             which
             open
             the
             flood-gates
             to
             so
             much
             sin
             and
             wickedness
             ,
             as
             the
             sad
             experience
             of
             all
             ages
             doth
             testifie
             ?
             So
             that
             if
             I
             would
             debauch
             a
             people
             ,
             and
             draw
             them
             from
             God
             and
             his
             worship
             to
             superstition
             and
             Idolatry
             ,
             I
             would
             take
             this
             course
             ;
             I
             would
             open
             this
             gap
             to
             them
             ,
             they
             should
             have
             Floralia
             and
             Saturnalia
             ,
             they
             should
             have
             feast
             upon
             feast
             (
             as
             't
             is
             in
             Popery
             )
             they
             should
             have
             Wakes
             to
             prophane
             the
             Lords
             day
             ,
             they
             should
             have
             May-Games
             ,
             and
             Christmas-revels
             ,
             with
             dancing
             ,
             drinking
             ,
             whoring
             ,
             potting
             ,
             piping
             ,
             gaming
             ,
             till
             they
             were
             made
             dissolute
             ,
             and
             fit
             to
             receive
             any
             superstition
             ,
             and
             easily
             drawn
             to
             bee
             of
             any
             ,
             or
             of
             no
             Religion
             :
             And
             this
             was
             the
             practice
             of
             the
             late
             Prelates
             ,
             when
             they
             were
             bringing
             in
             Popery
             by
             the
             head
             and
             shoulders
             (
             as
             is
             made
             apparent
             to
             the
             
             world
             out
             of
             their
             *
             own
             writings
             )
             they
             first
             caused
             the
             book
             of
             sports
             to
             bee
             read
             in
             all
             Churches
             for
             the
             prophaning
             of
             the
             Sabbath
             (
             a
             lesson
             that
             people
             can
             learn
             too
             fast
             *
             without
             a
             book
             )
             that
             so
             they
             might
             fit
             the
             people
             the
             better
             for
             the
             swallowing
             of
             those
             superstitious
             innovations
             ,
             which
             shortly
             after
             followed
             .
          
           
             When
             Balaam
             would
             draw
             Israel
             to
             Idolatry
             ,
             hee
             first
             draws
             them
             to
             whoredome
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             means
             destroyed
             them
             ,
             which
             all
             his
             cursing
             could
             not
             do
             ,
             Numb
             .
             32.
             16.
             
             So
             when
             Israel
             fell
             to
             Idolatry
             ,
             then
             they
             fell
             to
             feasting
             ,
             singing
             ,
             dancing
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             custome
             of
             Idolatrous
             festivals
             ,
             Exod.
             37.
             6.
             19.
             but
             see
             what
             follows
             such
             mad
             mirth
             ,
             vers
             .
             27.
             the
             sword
             and
             slaughter
             follows
             it
             at
             the
             heels
             .
             God
             is
             the
             same
             to
             the
             same
             sinners
             ,
             and
             if
             wee
             bee
             like
             them
             in
             sin
             ,
             wee
             shall
             bee
             like
             them
             in
             suffering
             .
          
           
             Arg.
             10.
             
             That
             which
             is
             of
             evil
             report
             amongst
             the
             godly
             ,
             may
             not
             bee
             practised
             ,
             Phil.
             4.
             8.
             
          
           
             But
             these
             prophane
             pastimes
             are
             of
             evil
             report
             amongst
             the
             godly
             .
          
           
             I
             never
             yet
             knew
             any
             godly
             man
             ,
             or
             any
             that
             had
             but
             a
             taste
             of
             godliness
             ,
             that
             ever
             approved
             ,
             either
             by
             speech
             ,
             or
             by
             his
             presence
             of
             such
             prophane
             meetings
             .
             Sure
             that
             must
             needs
             bee
             very
             bad
             ,
             which
             all
             good
             men
             do
             shun
             and
             abhor
             .
          
           
             Arg.
             11.
             
             That
             which
             incourageth
             the
             rout
             and
             raskality
             of
             a
             people
             to
             behave
             themselves
             insolently
             and
             irreverently
             toward
             the
             antient
             and
             the
             honourable
             ,
             and
             all
             superiours
             ,
             that
             may
             not
             bee
             tolerated
             
               (
               for
               't
               is
               reckoned
               as
               a
               great
               judgement
               ,
            
             Isa
             .
             3.
             5.
             )
          
           
             But
             these
             prophane
             meetings
             do
             encourage
             the
             rout
             in
             their
             insolency
             against
             the
             antient
             and
             the
             honourable
             .
          
           
             This
             makes
             the
             servant
             contemn
             his
             Master
             ,
             the
             people
             their
             Pastor
             ,
             the
             subject
             his
             Soveraign
             ,
             the
             childe
             his
             
             Father
             ,
             and
             teacheth
             young
             people
             impudency
             and
             rebe●●●on
             .
          
           
             Arg.
             12.
             
             That
             which
             is
             a
             m●nifest
             violation
             of
             our
             Baptismal
             Vow
             ,
             must
             bee
             abandoned
             .
          
           
             But
             these
             prophane
             pastimes
             are
             a
             manifest
             Violation
             of
             our
             Baptismal
             Vows
             .
          
           
             Then
             we
             promised
             to
             forsake
             the
             Devil
             and
             all
             his
             works
             ,
             the
             Pomp
             and
             Vanities
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             that
             wee
             would
             not
             be
             led
             by
             the
             lusts
             of
             the
             flesh
             .
             Now
             at
             these
             prophane
             meetings
             there
             is
             a
             sad
             Violation
             of
             this
             sacred
             Vow
             ;
             for
             if
             the
             Devil
             himself
             should
             come
             and
             live
             in
             a
             bodily
             shape
             upon
             earth
             ,
             he
             would
             drink
             ,
             and
             dance
             ,
             and
             swear
             ,
             and
             whore
             ,
             and
             fulfil
             the
             lusts
             of
             the
             flesh
             ,
             as
             these
             devils
             incarnate
             do
             .
          
           
             Arg.
             13.
             
             If
             Christ
             hath
             redeemed
             us
             from
             the
             sinful
             customes
             ,
             Paganish
             pleasures
             ,
             and
             vain
             conversation
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             then
             wee
             may
             in
             no
             wise
             follow
             them
             .
          
           
             But
             Christ
             hath
             redeemed
             us
             from
             the
             sinful
             customes
             ,
             Paganish
             pastimes
             ,
             and
             vain
             conversation
             of
             the
             wicked
             ,
             Luk.
             1.
             74
             ,
             75.
             
             Gal.
             1.
             4.
             
             Tit.
             2.
             12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14.
             1
             
             Pet.
             2.
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             16
             ,
             17
             ,
             18.
             
             &
             1.
             4.
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Arg.
             14.
             
             All
             inticements
             to
             Idolatry
             must
             be
             avoided
             :
          
           
             But
             the
             observation
             of
             these
             Heathenish
             and
             Idolatrous
             Feasts
             is
             a
             great
             enticement
             to
             Idolatry
             .
          
           
             Hence
             it
             is
             that
             Papists
             ,
             and
             Popish
             persons
             are
             so
             forward
             to
             give
             people
             May-poles
             ,
             and
             the
             Popes
             Holiness
             with
             might
             and
             main
             keeps
             up
             his
             superstitious
             Festivals
             ,
             as
             a
             prime
             prop
             of
             his
             tottering
             Kingdome
             .
             By
             these
             sensual
             sports
             ,
             and
             carnal-flesh-pleasing-waies
             of
             wine
             ,
             women
             ,
             dancing
             ,
             revelling
             ,
             &c.
             hee
             hath
             gained
             more
             souls
             ,
             than
             by
             all
             the
             tortures
             ,
             and
             cruel
             persecutions
             that
             hee
             could
             invent
             .
             Hence
             the
             Whore
             of
             Babylon
             is
             said
             to
             have
             her
             wine
             of
             abomination
             and
             fornication
             
               in
               a
               golden
               cup
            
             ,
             Rev.
             17.
             4.
             the
             better
             to
             intice
             men
             to
             her
             ,
             as
             Whores
             were
             wont
             to
             give
             inchanted
             Potions
             to
             work
             amorous
             affections
             ;
             so
             doth
             the
             Whore
             of
             Rome
             allure
             men
             to
             her self
             by
             the
             specious
             
             baits
             of
             riches
             ,
             liberty
             ,
             pastimes
             ,
             and
             carnal
             pleasures
             ;
             hence
             the
             Lord
             ,
             who
             knows
             our
             frame
             better
             than
             wee
             our selves
             ,
             hath
             so
             oft
             forbidden
             us
             following
             the
             customes
             ,
             feasts
             ,
             and
             fashions
             of
             Idol●●●rs
             and
             Heathens
             ,
             for
             fear
             lest
             they
             should
             bee
             drawn
             thereby
             to
             Idolatry
             ,
             Levit.
             18.
             30.
             
             Deut.
             12.
             29
             ,
             30.
             
             These
             do
             insensibly
             steal
             away
             the
             heart
             from
             God
             and
             his
             Truth
             ,
             they
             are
             the
             Devils
             bellows
             to
             blow
             up
             the
             fire
             of
             lust
             and
             uncleanness
             in
             the
             soul
             .
          
           
             Arg.
             15.
             
             That
             which
             is
             the
             joy
             and
             delight
             onely
             of
             superstitious
             ,
             popish
             ,
             prophane
             persons
             ,
             must
             needs
             bee
             some
             vile
             and
             prophane
             thing
             ;
             
               for
               like
               will
               delight
               in
               like
               ,
               wicked
               men
               delight
               in
               those
               things
               which
               sute
               with
               their
               wicked
               lusts
               .
            
          
           
             But
             these
             sinful
             and
             rude
             pastimes
             are
             the
             joy
             only
             of
             wicked
             men
             .
          
           
             Who
             are
             they
             that
             delight
             in
             the
             fools
             filthy
             speeches
             ,
             lascivious
             gestures
             ,
             and
             the
             mans
             wearing
             of
             the
             womans
             apparel
             ,
             contrary
             to
             Gods
             express
             command
             ,
             Deut.
             22.
             5.
             but
             the
             prophane
             of
             the
             world
             ?
             I
             never
             knew
             any
             good
             man
             that
             ever
             delighted
             in
             them
             ;
             yea
             I
             have
             known
             some
             good
             men
             ,
             that
             in
             their
             youth
             delighted
             in
             those
             sensual
             pastimes
             ,
             which
             have
             abhorred
             themselves
             for
             it
             in
             their
             old
             age
             ;
             and
             make
             the
             Observation
             when
             you
             please
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             finde
             that
             they
             are
             the
             idle
             ,
             effeminate
             ,
             graceless
             ones
             that
             are
             the
             upholders
             and
             frequenters
             of
             these
             dissolute
             meetings
             .
             So
             that
             as
             Solomon
             knew
             the
             true
             Mother
             of
             the
             childe
             ,
             by
             her
             tender
             affection
             to
             it
             ;
             so
             wee
             may
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             Popish
             and
             prophane
             sort
             are
             the
             Parents
             and
             Patrons
             of
             these
             abominations
             ,
             by
             their
             pleading
             for
             them
             ,
             
             and
             promoting
             of
             them
             .
             And
             as
             it
             was
             some
             signal
             good
             thing
             which
             Nero
             (
             that
             monster
             of
             men
             )
             hated
             ;
             so
             it
             must
             needs
             bee
             some
             notorious
             vile
             thing
             which
             such
             vile
             men
             love
             and
             plead
             for
             .
          
           
             Arg.
             16.
             
             All
             mis-spence
             of
             precious
             time
             must
             bee
             avoided
             :
             But
             in
             these
             licentious
             pastimes
             there
             is
             much
             mis-spence
             of
             precious
             time
             .
          
           
             What
             a
             sad
             account
             will
             these
             Libertines
             have
             to
             make
             ,
             
             when
             the
             Lord
             shall
             demand
             of
             them
             ,
             where
             wast
             thou
             such
             a
             night
             ?
             why
             my
             Lord
             ,
             I
             was
             with
             the
             prophane
             rabble
             stealing
             May-poles
             ;
             and
             where
             wast
             thou
             such
             a
             day
             ?
             why
             my
             Lord
             ,
             
             I
             was
             drinking
             ,
             dancing
             ,
             dallying
             ,
             ranting
             ,
             whoring
             ,
             carousing
             ,
             &c.
             
             If
             for
             every
             idle
             hour
             men
             must
             give
             an
             account
             ,
             what
             account
             will
             men
             bee
             able
             to
             give
             for
             all
             those
             sinful
             dayes
             ,
             nights
             ,
             Sabbaths
             ,
             &c.
             which
             they
             have
             mis-spent
             in
             sensuality
             and
             luxury
             .
          
           
             Arg.
             17.
             
             That
             which
             deprives
             us
             of
             Gods
             Fatherly
             care
             and
             protection
             ,
             must
             bee
             avoyded
             :
          
           
             But
             this
             frequenting
             of
             such
             prophane
             meetings
             deprives
             us
             of
             Gods
             Fatherly
             care
             and
             protection
             .
          
           
             Hee
             hath
             promised
             to
             keep
             us
             no
             longer
             than
             wee
             keep
             his
             wayes
             ,
             Psal
             ,
             91.
             11.
             which
             are
             the
             wayes
             either
             of
             our
             general
             calling
             ,
             as
             wee
             are
             Christians
             ,
             viz.
             praying
             ,
             reading
             ,
             meditation
             ,
             good
             conference
             ,
             &c.
             or
             else
             the
             wayes
             of
             our
             particular
             calling
             ,
             as
             wee
             are
             superiors
             or
             inferiors
             ,
             wee
             must
             walk
             with
             God
             in
             those
             stations
             in
             which
             hee
             hath
             set
             us
             .
             If
             wee
             go
             beyond
             Gods
             bounds
             ,
             wee
             cannot
             expect
             either
             his
             immediate
             protection
             ,
             or
             the
             protection
             of
             his
             Angels
             .
          
           
             Arg.
             18.
             
             That
             which
             breeds
             in
             mens
             hearts
             an
             hatred
             of
             the
             power
             of
             godliness
             ,
             must
             bee
             abandoned
             :
          
           
             But
             such
             prophane
             meetings
             breed
             in
             mens
             hearts
             an
             hatred
             of
             the
             power
             of
             godliness
             .
          
           
             When
             men
             do
             evil
             ,
             they
             hate
             the
             light
             of
             Piety
             in
             others
             ;
             as
             the
             Theef
             hates
             the
             light
             that
             discovers
             him
             ,
             and
             the
             Judge
             that
             condemns
             him
             ;
             so
             do
             these
             hate
             the
             godly
             ,
             because
             their
             light
             condemns
             their
             darkness
             ,
             their
             piety
             the
             wicked
             mans
             impiety
             ,
             their
             strictness
             condemns
             the
             worlds
             dissoluteness
             ,
             and
             their self
             denying
             the
             worlds
             self
             pleasing
             .
             Wicked
             men
             love
             their
             lusts
             as
             their
             lives
             ,
             and
             cannot
             indure
             such
             as
             hinder
             them
             in
             the
             pursute
             of
             them
             ;
             hence
             't
             is
             that
             the
             prophane
             rout
             raise
             so
             many
             lyes
             ,
             slanders
             ,
             and
             reproachful
             nick-names
             against
             the
             godly
             ,
             and
             all
             because
             they
             run
             not
             with
             them
             into
             the
             same
             excess
             of
             riot
             .
          
           
           
             Arg.
             19.
             
             That
             which
             hardens
             wicked
             men
             in
             their
             sins
             ,
             corrupts
             their
             minds
             and
             manners
             ,
             and
             indisposeth
             them
             for
             the
             service
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             ought
             to
             bee
             totally
             abandoned
             :
          
           
             But
             these
             prophane
             sports
             do
             so
             .
          
           
             They
             infatuate
             and
             besot
             men
             ,
             they
             darken
             the
             understanding
             ,
             and
             cloze
             up
             the
             eye
             of
             the
             soul
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             takes
             no
             notice
             of
             Gods
             judgements
             ;
             
             either
             imminent
             or
             present
             ;
             These
             sensual
             pleasures
             stupifie
             and
             cauterize
             the
             conscience
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             cannot
             repent
             .
             They
             expel
             the
             fear
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             all
             godly
             sorrow
             for
             sin
             out
             of
             the
             soul
             .
             They
             estrange
             the
             heart
             from
             God
             ,
             and
             his
             worship
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             burdensome
             and
             wearisome
             to
             them
             ,
             Mal.
             1.
             13.
             
             &
             3.
             14.
             
          
           
             Arg.
             20.
             
             Those
             prophane
             practices
             ,
             which
             are
             condemned
             by
             Scriptures
             ,
             Fathers
             ,
             Councils
             ,
             and
             other
             pious
             men
             ,
             ought
             in
             no
             wise
             to
             bee
             tolerated
             :
          
           
             But
             these
             prophane
             practices
             are
             such
             .
          
           
             The
             Major
             is
             undeniable
             ;
             the
             Minor
             I
             shall
             prove
             by
             its
             parts
             ;
             and
             because
             a
             bare
             recital
             of
             testimonies
             ,
             would
             be
             too
             flat
             and
             frigid
             ,
             I
             shall
             therefore
             (
             to
             quicken
             and
             delight
             the
             Reader
             )
             indict
             and
             arraign
             this
             Floralian
             Harlot
             ,
             and
             impannel
             a
             Jury
             against
             her
             .
             This
             way
             of
             clearing
             things
             cannot
             justly
             bee
             offensive
             to
             any
             ,
             since
             't
             is
             but
             a
             kinde
             of
             Dialogue
             ,
             and
             Dialogues
             have
             been
             ever
             accounted
             the
             most
             lively
             and
             delightful
             ,
             the
             most
             facile
             and
             fruitful●est
             way
             of
             teaching
             .
             Allusions
             and
             similies
             sink
             deep
             ,
             
             and
             make
             a
             better
             impression
             upon
             the
             spirit
             :
             A
             pleasant
             allusion
             may
             do
             that
             which
             a
             solid
             Argument
             sometimes
             cannot
             do
             .
             As
             in
             some
             cases
             Iron
             may
             do
             that
             which
             Gold
             cannot
             do
             ,
             
               
                 —
                 Ridiculum
                 acri
                 ,
              
               
                 Fort●us
                 &
                 melius
                 magnas
                 pl●rumque
                 secut
                 res
                 .
              
            
             
               Horat.
               Serm.
               l.
               1.
               
               Sat.
               20.
               
               &
               Quintil.
               Instit
               .
               l.
               6.
               c.
               34.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Indictment
             of
             Flora.
             
          
           
             Flora
             ,
             hold
             up
             thy
             hand
             ,
          
           
             Thou
             art
             here
             indicted
             by
             the
             name
             of
             Flora
             ,
             of
             the
             City
             of
             Rome
             ,
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Babylon
             ,
             for
             that
             thou
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             peace
             of
             our
             Soveraign
             Lord
             ,
             his
             Crown
             and
             Dignity
             ,
             hast
             brought
             in
             a
             pack
             of
             practical
             Fanaticks
             ,
             viz.
             Ignorants
             ,
             Atheists
             ,
             Papists
             ,
             Drunkards
             ,
             Swearers
             ,
             Swash-bucklers
             ,
             Maid-marrions
             ,
             Morrice-dancers
             ,
             Maskers
             ,
             Mummers
             ,
             May
             pole-stealers
             ,
             Health-drinkers
             ,
             together
             with
             a
             rascalian
             rout
             of
             Fidlers
             ,
             Fools
             ,
             Fighters
             ,
             Gamesters
             ,
             Whoremasters
             ,
             Lewd-men
             ,
             Light-women
             ,
             Contemners
             of
             Magistracy
             ,
             affronters
             of
             Ministery
             ,
             rebellious
             to
             Masters
             ,
             disobedient
             to
             Parents
             ,
             mis-spenders
             of
             time
             ,
             abusers
             of
             the
             creature
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               What
               sayest
               thou
               ,
               guilty
               ,
               or
               not
               guilty
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Prisoner
               .
            
             
               Not
               guilty
               ,
               My
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               By
               whom
               wilt
               thou
               bee
               tried
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Pris
               .
            
             
               By
               the
               Popes-holiness
               ,
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               Hee
               is
               thy
               Patron
               and
               Protector
               ,
               and
               so
               unfit
               to
               bee
               a
               Judge
               in
               this
               case
               .
            
          
           
             
               Pris
               .
            
             
               Then
               I
               appeal
               to
               the
               Prelates
               ,
               and
               Lord-Bishops
               ,
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               This
               is
               but
               a
               tiffany
               put
               off
               ,
               for
               though
               some
               of
               that
               rank
               did
               let
               loose
               the
               reigns
               to
               such
               prophaneness
               ,
               in
               causing
               the
               book
               of
               Sports
               ,
               for
               the
               prophaning
               of
               Gods
               Holy-day
               to
               bee
               read
               in
               Churches
               (
               for
               which
               God
               hath
               spewed
               them
               out
               )
               yet
               't
               is
               well
               known
               that
               the
               gravest
               and
               most
               pious
               of
               that
               order
               ,
               have
               abhorred
               such
               prophaneness
               and
               mis-rule
               ,
               as
               B.
               Babington
               ,
               both
               the
               Abbats
               ,
               B.
               King
               ,
               B.
               Hall
               ,
               D.
               Davenant
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Pris
               .
            
             
               Then
               I
               appeal
               to
               the
               rout
               and
               rabble
               of
               the
               world
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               These
               are
               thy
               followers
               ,
               and
               thy
               favourites
               ,
               and
               so
               unfit
               to
               bee
               Judges
               in
               their
               own
               case
               .
            
          
           
             
               Pris
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               if
               there
               bee
               no
               remedy
               ,
               I
               am
               content
               to
               bee
               tried
               by
               a
               Jury
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               Thou
               hast
               well
               said
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               have
               a
               full
               ,
               a
               fair
               ,
               and
               a
               free
               hearing
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Cryer
               ,
            
             
               Make
               an
               O
               yes
               ,
               and
               call
               the
               Jury
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cryer
               ,
            
             
               O
               yes
               ,
               All
               manner
               of
               persons
               that
               can
               give
               in
               evidence
               against
               the
               prisoner
               at
               the
               Bar
               ,
               let
               them
               come
               into
               the
               Court
               ,
               and
               they
               shall
               bee
               freely
               heard
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               
                 Cryer
                 ,
                 call
                 in
              
               Holy-Scriptures
               .
            
          
           
             
               Holy-Scriptures
               ,
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               cannot
               get
               in
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               Who
               keeps
               you
               out
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Holy-Scriptures
               ,
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               here
               is
               a
               company
               of
               ignorant
               ,
               rude
               ,
               prophane
               ,
               superstitious
               ,
               Atheistical
               persons
               ,
               that
               will
               not
               suffer
               mee
               to
               come
               in
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               Cryer
               ,
               knock
               those
               prophane
               persons
               ,
               and
               make
               room
               for
               the
               Holy-Scriptures
               to
               come
               in
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cryer
               ,
            
             
               Vouz
               avez
               ,
               Holy-Scriptures
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               What
               can
               you
               say
               against
               the
               prisoner
               at
               the
               Bar
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Holy-Scriptures
               ,
            
             
               Very
               much
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               I
               have
               often
               told
               them
               ,
               that
               the
               night
               of
               ignorance
               is
               now
               past
               ,
               and
               the
               light
               of
               the
               Gospel
               is
               come
               ,
               and
               therefore
               they
               must
               walk
               as
               children
               of
               the
               light
               ,
               denying
               all
               ungodliness
               and
               worldly
               lusts
               ,
               living
               soberly
               ,
               righteously
               ,
               and
               religiously
               in
               this
               present
               world
               .
               I
               have
               often
               told
               them
               ,
               that
               they
               must
               shun
               all
               the
               appearance
               of
               evil
               ,
               and
               have
               no
               fellowship
               with
               the
               unfruitful
               works
               of
               darkness
               ,
               nor
               conform
               themselves
               like
               to
               the
               wicked
               of
               the
               world
               :
               But
               they
               must
               think
               the
               time
               past
               of
               their
               lives
               too
               much
               to
               have
               lived
               according
               to
               the
               lusts
               of
               men
               in
               the
               dayes
               of
               their
               ignorance
               ,
               but
               now
               they
               must
               live
               according
               to
               the
               will
               of
               God
               ,
               making
               his
               glory
               the
               ultimate
               end
               of
               all
               their
               actions
               and
               recreations
               .
               I
               have
               often
               told
               them
               ,
               that
               our
               God
               is
               a
               jealous
               God
               ,
               and
               one
               that
               will
               not
               indure
               to
               have
               his
               glory
               given
               to
               Idols
               or
               Harlots
               .
            
          
           
             
               Jud.
               
            
             
               This
               is
               full
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               purpose
               indeed
               ,
               but
               is
               there
               no
               more
               evidence
               to
               come
               in
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Cryer
               ,
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               here
               is
               Pliny
               ,
               an
               antient
               Writer
               ,
               who
               lived
               about
               ninety
               years
               after
               Christ
               ,
               and
               is
               famous
               for
               his
               Natural
               history
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               What
               can
               you
               say
               against
               the
               prisoner
               at
               the
               Bar
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Pliny
               ,
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               have
               long
               since
               told
               them
               ,
               if
               they
               would
               beleeve
               mee
               ,
               
               that
               these
               were
               not
               Christian
               ,
               but
               Pagan-feasts
               ;
               they
               were
               Heathens
               ,
               and
               such
               as
               knew
               not
               
               God
               ,
               who
               first
               instituted
               these
               Floralia
               and
               May-Games
               .
               I
               have
               told
               them
               that
               they
               were
               instituted
               according
               to
               the
               advice
               of
               
               Sibylls-books
               in
               the
               516th
               .
               year
               after
               the
               foundation
               of
               the
               City
               of
               Rome
               was
               laid
               ,
               to
               prevent
               the
               blasting
               and
               barrenness
               of
               the
               trees
               ,
               and
               fruits
               of
               the
               earth
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               you
               have
               given
               us
               good
               light
               in
               this
               dark
               case
               ;
               for
               first
               wee
               see
               that
               the
               rise
               of
               these
               Feasts
               was
               from
               Pagans
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               were
               ordained
               by
               the
               advice
               of
               
               Sibylls-books
               ,
               and
               not
               of
               Gods
               book
               ;
               and
               for
               a
               superstitious
               and
               Idolatrous
               end
               ,
               viz.
               that
               hereby
               Flora
               ,
               not
               God
               might
               bee
               pleased
               ,
               and
               so
               bless
               their
               fruits
               and
               flowers
               .
               This
               is
               clear
               ,
               but
               have
               you
               no
               more
               evidence
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Cryer
               ,
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               
               my
               Lord
               ,
               here
               is
               
                 Coelius
                 Lactantius
                 Firmianus
              
               ,
               who
               lived
               about
               three
               hundred
               years
               after
               Christ
               ,
               who
               will
               plainly
               tell
               you
               the
               rise
               of
               these
               prophane
               sports
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               I
               have
               heard
               very
               well
               of
               this
               celestial
               ,
               
               sweet
               ,
               and
               firm
               defender
               of
               the
               Faith
               ,
               and
               that
               hee
               was
               a
               second
               Cicero
               for
               eloquence
               in
               his
               time
               .
               Sir
               ,
               what
               can
               you
               say
               against
               the
               prisoner
               at
               the
               Bar
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Lactan.
               
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               have
               long
               since
               declared
               my
               judgement
               against
               this
               Harlot
               Flora
               in
               my
               first
               book
               of
               false
               Religion
               :
               where
               I
               have
               told
               the
               world
               ,
               that
               this
               Flora
               was
               a
               common-whore
               and
               one
               that
               got
               much
               mony
               by
               her
               harlotry
               ;
               at
               her
               death
               shee
               made
               the
               people
               of
               Rome
               her
               heir
               ,
               and
               left
               a
               certain
               sum
               of
               mony
               for
               the
               yearly
               celebration
               of
               these
               Floralian
               sports
               .
               The
               Senate
               after
               some
               time
               ,
               the
               better
               to
               cover
               this
               foul
               business
               ,
               make
               her
               the
               Goddess
               of
               Flowers
               ,
               and
               tell
               the
               people
               that
               they
               ought
               to
               celebrate
               this
               lascivious
               Feast
               of
               this
               lascivious
               Harlot
               ,
               with
               all
               manner
               of
               lasciviousness
               ,
               that
               so
               shee
               being
               pleased
               ,
               might
               prosper
               their
               fruits
               and
               vines
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               This
               is
               plain
               and
               full
               ,
               I
               now
               see
               that
               Lactantius
               is
               Firmianus
               ,
               not
               only
               sweet
               ,
               but
               firm
               and
               constant
               against
               the
               Whore.
               But
               have
               you
               no
               more
               evidence
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Cryer
               ,
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               here
               is
               
                 Synodus
                 Francica
              
               ,
               which
               was
               called
               in
               Pope
               Zachary's
               time
               ,
               
                 Anno
                 Dom
              
               742.
               
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               What
               can
               you
               say
               against
               the
               Prisoner
               at
               the
               Bar
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               Counc
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               have
               long
               since
               decreed
               ,
               that
               the
               people
               of
               God
               shall
               have
               no
               Pagan-Feasts
               ,
               or
               Enterludes
               ,
               but
               that
               they
               reject
               and
               abominate
               all
               the
               uncleannesses
               of
               Gentilism
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               forbear
               all
               sacrilegious
               fires
               which
               they
               call
               Bonefires
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               observations
               of
               the
               Pagans
               whatsoever
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               This
               is
               clear
               against
               all
               Heathenish
               Feasts
               and
               Customes
               ,
               of
               which
               this
               is
               one
               .
               But
               have
               you
               no
               evidence
               nearer
               home
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Cryer
               ,
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               here
               is
               one
               that
               may
               go
               for
               many
               ,
               't
               is
               one
               that
               will
               conquer
               them
               all
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               Sword
               of
               justice
               will
               suddenly
               suppress
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               Who
               is
               that
               I
               pray
               you
               ?
               let
               mee
               see
               such
               a
               man.
               
            
          
           
             
               Cryer
               ,
            
             
               Why
               my
               Lord
               ,
               't
               is
               
                 Charls
                 the
                 Second
              
               ,
               King
               of
               
                 Great
                 Britain
                 ,
                 France
              
               and
               Ireland
               ,
               Defender
               of
               the
               Faith.
               
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               Truly
               hee
               deserves
               that
               Title
               ,
               if
               hee
               shall
               now
               appear
               in
               defence
               of
               the
               Truth
               ,
               against
               that
               prophane
               rout
               which
               lately
               threatned
               the
               extirpation
               both
               of
               sound
               doctrine
               ,
               and
               good
               life
               .
               I
               hear
               that
               the
               King
               is
               a
               sober
               and
               temperate
               person
               ,
               and
               one
               that
               hates
               Debauchery
               ,
               I
               pray
               you
               let
               us
               hear
               what
               hee
               saith
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cryer
               ,
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               the
               King
               came
               into
               
                 London
                 ,
                 May
              
               29.
               and
               the
               30th
               .
               of
               May
               hee
               published
               a
               Proclamation
               against
               prophaneness
               ,
               to
               the
               great
               rejoycing
               of
               all
               the
               good
               people
               of
               the
               Land.
               When
               all
               was
               running
               into
               prophaneness
               and
               confusion
               ,
               the
               Parliament
               sate
               still
               ,
               and
               wee
               poor
               Ministers
               had
               nothing
               left
               but
               our
               prayers
               and
               tears
               ;
               then
               ,
               even
               then
               it
               pleased
               the
               Most
               High
               (
               in
               whose
               hand
               is
               the
               heart
               of
               Kings
               )
               to
               put
               it
               into
               the
               heart
               of
               our
               Soveraign
               Lord
               the
               King
               ,
               eminently
               to
               appear
               in
               the
               cause
               of
               that
               God
               ,
               who
               hath
               so
               eminently
               appeared
               for
               him
               ,
               and
               hath
               brought
               him
               through
               so
               many
               dangers
               and
               difficulties
               to
               the
               Throne
               ,
               and
               made
               so
               many
               mountains
               a
               plain
               before
               him
               ,
               to
               testifie
               against
               the
               debauchery
               and
               gross
               prophaneness
               ,
               which
               like
               a
               torrent
               had
               suddenly
               over-spread
               the
               Land.
               The
               sum
               and
               substance
               of
               the
               Kings
               Proclamation
               is
               this
               ,
               That
               it
               is
               the
               duty
               of
               all
               to
               take
               notice
               of
               Gods
               transcendent
               
               goodness
               to
               us
               ,
               and
               to
               walk
               with
               such
               circumspection
               ,
               integrity
               ,
               and
               reformation
               in
               our
               lives
               ,
               that
               wee
               may
               not
               drive
               away
               the
               mercy
               which
               is
               coming
               to
               us
               ,
               by
               making
               our selves
               unworthy
               of
               it
               ;
               and
               in
               order
               hereto
               ,
               wee
               think
               it
               high
               time
               to
               shew
               our
               dislike
               of
               those
               (
               against
               whom
               wee
               have
               been
               ever
               enough
               offended
               ,
               though
               wee
               could
               not
               in
               this
               manner
               declare
               it
               )
               who
               under
               pretence
               of
               affection
               to
               us
               and
               our
               service
               ,
               assume
               to
               themselves
               the
               liberty
               of
               reviling
               ,
               threatning
               ,
               and
               reproaching
               others
               ,
               and
               as
               much
               as
               in
               them
               lyes
               ,
               endeavour
               to
               stifle
               and
               divert
               their
               good
               inclinations
               to
               our
               service
               ,
               and
               so
               to
               prevent
               that
               Reconciliation
               and
               Union
               of
               hearts
               and
               affections
               ,
               which
               can
               onely
               with
               Gods
               blessing
               make
               us
               rejoyce
               in
               each
               other
               ,
               and
               keep
               our
               enemies
               from
               rejoycing
               .
            
             
               There
               are
               likewise
               another
               sort
               of
               men
               ,
               of
               whom
               wee
               have
               heard
               much
               ,
               and
               are
               sufficiently
               ashamed
               ,
               who
               spend
               their
               time
               in
               Taverns
               ,
               Tipling-houses
               ,
               and
               Debauches
               ,
               giving
               no
               other
               evidence
               of
               affection
               to
               us
               ,
               but
               in
               drinking
               our
               Health
               ,
               and
               inveighing
               against
               all
               others
               ,
               who
               are
               not
               of
               their
               own
               dissolute
               temper
               ;
               and
               who
               in
               truth
               have
               more
               discredited
               our
               cause
               by
               the
               licence
               of
               their
               manners
               and
               lives
               ,
               than
               they
               could
               ever
               advance
               it
               by
               their
               affection
               and
               courage
               .
               Wee
               hope
               that
               this
               extraordinary
               way
               of
               delivering
               us
               all
               ,
               from
               all
               wee
               feared
               ,
               and
               almost
               bringing
               us
               to
               all
               wee
               can
               reasonably
               hope
               ,
               hath
               ,
               and
               will
               work
               upon
               the
               hearts
               even
               of
               those
               men
               to
               that
               degree
               ,
               that
               they
               will
               cordially
               renounce
               all
               that
               licentiousness
               ,
               prophaneness
               and
               impiety
               ,
               with
               which
               they
               have
               been
               corrupted
               ,
               and
               endeavoured
               to
               corrupt
               others
               ;
               and
               that
               they
               will
               hereafter
               become
               examples
               of
               sobriety
               and
               vertue
               ,
               and
               make
               it
               appear
               ,
               that
               what
               was
               past
               ,
               was
               rather
               the
               vice
               of
               the
               times
               ,
               than
               of
               the
               persons
               ,
               and
               so
               the
               fitter
               to
               bee
               forgotten
               together
               .
            
             
               And
               because
               the
               fear
               of
               punishment
               ,
               or
               apprehension
               of
               our
               displeasure
               ,
               may
               have
               influence
               upon
               many
               ,
               who
               will
               not
               bee
               restrained
               by
               the
               conscience
               of
               their
               duty
               ;
               Wee
               do
               declare
               ,
               That
               wee
               will
               not
               exercise
               just
               severity
               against
               any
               Malefactors
               sooner
               ,
               than
               against
               men
               of
               dissolute
               ,
               debauched
               ,
               and
               prophane
               lives
               ,
               with
               what
               parts
               soever
               they
               may
               bee
               otherwise
               qualified
               and
               endowed
               ,
               and
               wee
               hope
               that
               all
               persons
               of
               honour
               ,
               or
               in
               place
               and
               authority
               ,
               will
               so
               far
               assist
               us
               in
               discountenancing
               
               such
               men
               ,
               that
               their
               discretion
               and
               shame
               will
               perswade
               them
               to
               reform
               what
               their
               conscience
               would
               not
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               displeasure
               of
               good
               men
               towards
               them
               ,
               may
               supply
               what
               the
               Laws
               have
               not
               ,
               and
               it
               may
               bee
               cannot
               well
               provide
               against
               ,
               there
               being
               in
               the
               licence
               and
               corruption
               of
               the
               times
               ,
               and
               the
               depraved
               nature
               of
               men
               ,
               many
               enormities
               ,
               scandals
               ,
               and
               impieties
               in
               practice
               ,
               and
               manners
               ,
               which
               Laws
               cannot
               well
               describe
               ,
               and
               consequently
               not
               enough
               provide
               against
               ,
               which
               may
               by
               example
               and
               severity
               of
               vertuous
               men
               bee
               easily
               discountenanced
               ,
               and
               by
               degrees
               suppressed
               .
            
             
               However
               ,
               for
               the
               more
               effectual
               reforming
               these
               men
               ,
               who
               are
               a
               discredit
               to
               the
               Nation
               ,
               and
               unto
               any
               cause
               they
               pretend
               to
               favour
               and
               wish
               well
               to
               ;
               wee
               require
               all
               Mayors
               ,
               Sheriffs
               ,
               and
               Justices
               of
               the
               Peace
               ,
               to
               bee
               very
               vigilant
               and
               strict
               in
               the
               discovery
               and
               prosecution
               of
               all
               dissolute
               and
               prophane
               persons
               ,
               and
               such
               as
               blaspheme
               the
               name
               of
               God
               ,
               by
               prophane
               swearing
               and
               cursing
               ,
               or
               revile
               ,
               or
               disturb
               Ministers
               ,
               and
               despise
               the
               publick
               worship
               of
               God
               ;
               that
               being
               first
               bound
               to
               the
               good
               behaviour
               ,
               they
               may
               bee
               further
               proceeded
               against
               ,
               and
               exposed
               to
               shame
               ,
               in
               such
               a
               manner
               ,
               as
               the
               Laws
               of
               the
               Land
               ,
               and
               the
               just
               and
               necessary
               Rules
               of
               Government
               shall
               direct
               or
               permit
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               Now
               blessed
               bee
               the
               Lord
               ,
               the
               King
               of
               Kings
               ,
               who
               hath
               put
               such
               a
               thing
               as
               this
               into
               the
               heart
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               blessed
               bee
               his
               Anointed
               ,
               and
               blessed
               bee
               his
               Counsel
               ,
               the
               good
               Lord
               recompence
               it
               seven-fold
               into
               his
               bosome
               ;
               and
               let
               all
               the
               sons
               of
               Belial
               flye
               before
               him
               ,
               as
               the
               dust
               before
               the
               wind
               ,
               and
               let
               the
               Angel
               of
               the
               Lord
               scatter
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Prison
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               ,
               and
               all
               my
               retinew
               are
               very
               much
               deceived
               in
               this
               Charls
               the
               Second
               ,
               wee
               all
               conceited
               that
               hee
               was
               for
               us
               .
               My
               Drunkards
               cryed
               ,
               a
               Health
               to
               the
               King.
               The
               Swearers
               swore
               ,
               a
               Health
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               so
               long
               ,
               till
               they
               swore
               themselves
               out
               of
               Health
               .
               The
               Papist
               ,
               the
               Atheist
               ,
               the
               Roarer
               and
               the
               Ranter
               ,
               they
               all
               concluded
               that
               now
               their
               day
               was
               come
               ,
               but
               alas
               how
               are
               wee
               deceived
               !
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               I
               wish
               that
               you
               ,
               and
               all
               such
               as
               you
               are
               may
               for
               
               ever
               bee
               deceived
               in
               this
               kinde
               ,
               and
               that
               your
               eyes
               may
               rot
               in
               your
               heads
               before
               ever
               you
               see
               Idolatry
               ,
               Superstition
               and
               Prophaneness
               countenanced
               in
               the
               Land.
               Such
               trulypious-frauds
               are
               pleasing
               to
               God
               ,
               delightful
               to
               his
               people
               ,
               and
               grievous
               to
               none
               but
               such
               as
               should
               bee
               grieved
               for
               their
               villany
               and
               licentiousness
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               But
               have
               you
               no
               more
               evidence
               to
               produce
               against
               these
               prophane
               practices
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Cry.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               here
               is
               
                 an
                 Ordinance
                 of
                 Parliament
              
               ready
               mounted
               against
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Pris
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               except
               against
               this
               witness
               above
               all
               the
               rest
               ,
               for
               it
               was
               not
               made
               by
               a
               full
               and
               a
               free
               Parliament
               of
               Lords
               and
               Commons
               ,
               but
               by
               some
               Rump
               and
               relick
               of
               a
               Parliament
               ,
               and
               so
               is
               invalid
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               
                 Toto
                 erras
                 coelo
              
               ,
               you
               are
               quite
               deceived
               ,
               for
               this
               Ordinance
               was
               made
               by
               Lords
               and
               Commons
               ,
               when
               the
               house
               was
               full
               and
               free
               ;
               and
               those
               the
               best
               that
               ever
               England
               had
               ,
               for
               Piety
               towards
               God
               ,
               and
               loyalty
               to
               their
               Soveraign
               ,
               for
               they
               were
               secluded
               and
               imprisoned
               for
               their
               loyaly
               and
               fidelity
               .
               Let
               us
               hear
               what
               they
               say
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ordinan
               .
               of
               Parl.
               
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               
               I
               have
               plainly
               told
               them
               ,
               that
               since
               the
               prophanation
               of
               the
               Lords
               day
               ,
               hath
               been
               heretofore
               greatly
               occasioned
               by
               May-poles
               (
               a
               Heathenish
               vanity
               ,
               generally
               abused
               to
               superstition
               and
               wickedness
               )
               the
               Lords
               and
               Commons
               do
               therefore
               ordain
               ,
               that
               all
               and
               singular
               May-poles
               shall
               bee
               taken
               down
               and
               removed
               by
               the
               Constables
               ,
               Borsholders
               ,
               Tything-men
               ,
               Petty-Constables
               ,
               and
               Church-Wardens
               of
               the
               places
               and
               parishes
               where
               the
               same
               bee
               ;
               and
               that
               no
               May-pole
               shall
               bee
               hereafter
               set
               up
               ,
               erected
               ,
               or
               suffered
               to
               bee
               within
               this
               Kingdome
               of
               England
               ,
               or
               the
               Dominion
               of
               Wales
               ;
               and
               if
               any
               of
               the
               said
               Officers
               shall
               neglect
               to
               do
               their
               office
               in
               the
               Premises
               ,
               every
               of
               them
               ,
               for
               such
               neglect
               ,
               shall
               forfeit
               five
               shillings
               ,
               and
               so
               from
               week
               to
               week
               ,
               five
               shillings
               weekly
               ,
               till
               the
               said
               May-pole
               shall
               bee
               taken
               down
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               This
               is
               to
               the
               purpose
               ,
               and
               may
               pass
               instead
               of
               many
               Arguments
               ,
               for
               a
               Parliament
               of
               Lords
               and
               Commons
               ,
               so
               pious
               ,
               so
               prudent
               ,
               so
               loyal
               and
               faithful
               to
               God
               
               and
               the
               King
               ,
               to
               condemn
               these
               sports
               as
               
                 a
                 vanity
                 ,
                 a
                 Heathenish
                 vanity
                 ,
                 abused
                 to
                 superstition
                 and
                 wickedness
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 supprest
                 under
                 a
                 penalty
              
               ;
               This
               may
               clearly
               convince
               any
               sober
               man
               of
               the
               sinfulness
               of
               such
               practices
               ,
               and
               make
               them
               to
               abhor
               them
               ,
               for
               what
               is
               forbidden
               by
               the
               Laws
               of
               men
               (
               especially
               when
               those
               Laws
               are
               consonant
               to
               the
               Laws
               of
               God
               )
               may
               not
               be
               practised
               by
               any
               person
               ;
               but
               these
               prophane
               sports
               are
               forbidden
               by
               the
               Laws
               of
               men
               ,
               and
               are
               herein
               consonant
               to
               the
               Laws
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               condemn
               such
               sinful
               pastimes
               .
               But
               have
               you
               no
               more
               evidence
               besides
               this
               Ordinance
               to
               batter
               these
               Babylonish
               Towers
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Cry.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               here
               is
               one
               that
               may
               go
               for
               many
               ;
               'T
               is
               the
               
                 solemn
                 League
                 and
                 Covenant
              
               ,
               taken
               in
               a
               solemn
               manner
               ,
               
               by
               King
               ,
               Lords
               ,
               and
               Commons
               ,
               the
               Assembly
               of
               Divines
               ,
               the
               Renowned
               City
               of
               London
               ,
               the
               Kingdome
               of
               Scotland
               ,
               and
               by
               many
               thousands
               of
               Ministers
               and
               people
               throughout
               this
               Nation
               .
               In
               the
               second
               branch
               of
               it
               wee
               vowed
               the
               extirpation
               of
               Popery
               ,
               Prelacy
               ,
               Superstition
               ,
               Heresie
               ,
               Schism
               ,
               
                 Prophaneness
                 ,
                 and
                 whatsoever
                 shall
                 bee
                 found
                 contrary
                 to
                 sound
                 Doctrine
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 power
                 of
                 godliness
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Pris
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               these
               things
               are
               out
               of
               date
               ,
               and
               do
               not
               binde
               now
               our
               troubles
               bee
               over
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               The
               sixth
               branch
               of
               the
               Covenant
               will
               tell
               you
               ,
               That
               wee
               are
               bound
               all
               the
               daies
               of
               our
               lives
               to
               observe
               these
               things
               zealously
               ,
               and
               constantly
               against
               all
               opposition
               ;
               and
               I
               suppose
               every
               good
               man
               thinks
               himself
               bound
               to
               preserve
               the
               purity
               of
               Religion
               ,
               to
               extirpate
               Popery
               ,
               and
               Heresie
               ,
               Superstition
               and
               Prophaneness
               ,
               not
               onely
               in
               times
               of
               trouble
               ,
               but
               these
               are
               duties
               to
               bee
               practised
               in
               our
               places
               and
               callings
               all
               our
               daies
               .
               Besides
               ,
               the
               Royalists
               do
               plead
               the
               Covenant
               at
               this
               day
               ,
               
               for
               the
               preservation
               of
               the
               King
               ;
               and
               if
               it
               bee
               in
               force
               as
               to
               that
               particular
               ,
               as
               indeed
               it
               is
               ,
               then
               much
               more
               doth
               it
               binde
               us
               still
               to
               the
               observation
               of
               those
               things
               which
               do
               more
               immediately
               appertain
               to
               the
               worship
               of
               God.
               Since
               Gods
               honour
               is
               to
               bee
               preferred
               before
               the
               honour
               of
               any
               man
               whatsoever
               .
               Now
               if
               our
               May-Games
               and
               mis-rules
               do
               favour
               of
               superstition
               
               and
               prophaneness
               (
               as
               't
               is
               apparent
               they
               do
               )
               if
               they
               bee
               contrary
               to
               sound
               doctrine
               ,
               and
               the
               power
               of
               godliness
               (
               as
               to
               all
               unprejudiced
               men
               they
               are
               )
               then
               by
               this
               solemn
               League
               and
               sacred
               Covenant
               wee
               are
               bound
               to
               root
               them
               up
               .
               This
               is
               sufficient
               ,
               if
               there
               were
               no
               more
               ;
               but
               because
               men
               are
               loath
               to
               leave
               what
               they
               dearly
               love
               ,
               let
               us
               see
               whether
               you
               have
               any
               further
               evidence
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cry.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               here
               is
               an
               excellent
               Order
               from
               the
               
                 Council
                 of
                 State
              
               ,
               made
               this
               present
               May
               ,
               wherein
               they
               take
               notice
               of
               a
               spirit
               of
               prophaneness
               and
               impiety
               that
               hath
               over-spread
               the
               Land
               ,
               to
               the
               dishonour
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               grieving
               of
               his
               Ministers
               and
               people
               ;
               they
               do
               therefore
               order
               ,
               that
               the
               Justices
               of
               the
               Peace
               ,
               and
               Commissioners
               for
               the
               Militia
               ,
               do
               use
               their
               utmost
               indeavours
               to
               prevent
               all
               licentiousness
               and
               disorder
               ,
               all
               prophanation
               of
               the
               Sabbath
               ,
               all
               interrupting
               or
               discouraging
               of
               Ministers
               in
               the
               work
               of
               their
               Ministery
               ;
               that
               they
               suppress
               all
               Ale-houses
               ,
               and
               all
               ungodly
               meetings
               ;
               that
               they
               own
               and
               protect
               all
               such
               as
               have
               adhered
               to
               the
               Parliaments
               cause
               and
               interest
               ,
               and
               all
               good
               men
               in
               their
               sober
               and
               pious
               walking
               ,
               against
               all
               that
               are
               turbulent
               ,
               malignant
               or
               disaffected
               ,
               and
               upon
               just
               cause
               to
               secure
               them
               .
               The
               Council
               doth
               likewise
               command
               them
               to
               have
               a
               special
               care
               to
               prevent
               prophaneness
               ,
               and
               disorders
               of
               people
               about
               
                 May-poles
                 ,
                 and
                 meetings
                 of
                 that
                 nature
                 ,
              
               and
               their
               rude
               and
               disorderly
               carriages
               towards
               people
               ,
               in
               molesting
               them
               to
               get
               monies
               from
               them
               to
               spend
               vainly
               at
               such
               meetings
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ju.
               
            
             
               This
               is
               full
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               point
               indeed
               ,
               blessed
               be
               God
               ,
               and
               blessed
               be
               their
               counsel
               .
               But
               have
               you
               yet
               no
               more
               evidence
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Cry.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               here
               is
               Mr.
               Elton
               ,
               a
               man
               eminent
               for
               Piety
               ,
               and
               of
               known
               integrity
               in
               his
               time
               ,
               hee
               hath
               long
               since
               told
               us
               (
               in
               his
               Exposition
               of
               the
               second
               Commandement
               )
               that
               such
               filthy
               company
               ,
               where
               there
               is
               such
               filthy
               speeches
               ,
               and
               lascivious
               behaviour
               ,
               with
               mixt
               dancing
               at
               their
               merry
               meetingss
               ,
               are
               great
               provocations
               to
               lust
               ,
               and
               inducements
               to
               uncleanness
               ,
               and
               therefore
               to
               be
               abhorred
               of
               all
               sober
               Christians
               .
               
               To
               him
               assents
               that
               great
               School-Divines
               Dr.
               Ames
               ,
               who
               tells
               us
               ,
               that
               those
               who
               will
               shun
               
               incontinency
               ,
               and
               live
               chastly
               ,
               must
               shun
               such
               prophane
               meetings
               ,
               and
               take
               heed
               of
               mixt
               dancing
               ,
               stage-playes
               ,
               and
               such
               incentives
               to
               lust
               ,
               where
               wickedness
               is
               presented
               to
               the
               eye
               and
               ear
               ,
               and
               the
               man
               puts
               on
               the
               womans
               apparel
               ,
               which
               is
               an
               abomination
               to
               the
               Lord
               ,
               Deut.
               22.
               5.
               
            
          
           
             
               Pris
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               these
               were
               old
               Puritans
               and
               Precisians
               ,
               who
               were
               more
               precise
               than
               wise
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cry.
               
            
             
               I
               will
               produce
               men
               of
               another
               strain
               ,
               here
               are
               Bishops
               against
               you
               .
               
               B.
               Babington
               hath
               long
               since
               told
               us
               ,
               that
               these
               sinful
               pastimes
               are
               
                 epulum
                 Diaboli
              
               ,
               the
               Devils
               festival
               ,
               the
               inticements
               to
               whoredome
               ,
               and
               the
               occasions
               of
               much
               uncleanness
               ,
               being
               condemned
               by
               Councils
               ,
               and
               forbidden
               by
               Scripture
               ,
               which
               commands
               us
               to
               shun
               all
               appearance
               of
               evil
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               This
               is
               good
               ,
               but
               have
               you
               no
               more
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Cry.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               here
               is
               one
               more
               ,
               't
               is
               B.
               Andrews
               ,
               a
               man
               of
               great
               note
               for
               his
               learning
               (
               who
               in
               his
               Exposition
               on
               the
               seventh
               Commandement
               )
               tells
               us
               ,
               that
               wee
               must
               not
               onely
               refrain
               from
               evil
               ,
               but
               also
               from
               the
               shew
               of
               evil
               ;
               and
               must
               do
               things
               honest
               not
               onely
               before
               God
               ,
               but
               also
               before
               men
               ;
               to
               this
               end
               wee
               must
               shun
               wanton
               dancings
               ,
               stage-playes
               ,
               &c.
               because
               our
               eyes
               thereby
               behold
               much
               vanity
               and
               a
               man
               cannot
               go
               on
               these
               hot
               coals
               ,
               and
               not
               bee
               burnt
               ,
               nor
               touch
               such
               pitch
               ,
               and
               not
               bee
               defiled
               ,
               nor
               see
               such
               wanton
               actions
               ,
               and
               not
               bee
               moved
               ;
               Besides
               ,
               there
               is
               much
               loss
               ,
               and
               mis-spence
               of
               precious
               time
               ,
               at
               such
               prophane
               meetings
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               This
               is
               pious
               ,
               and
               to
               purpose
               ,
               here
               is
               evidence
               sufficient
               ,
               I
               shall
               now
               proceed
               to
               sentence
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cry.
               
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               desire
               your
               Patience
               to
               hear
               one
               witness
               more
               ,
               and
               then
               I
               have
               done
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               Who
               is
               that
               which
               comes
               so
               late
               into
               the
               Court
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Cry.
               
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               't
               is
               acute
               and
               accomplisht
               Ovid.
               
            
          
           
             
               Pris
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               hee
               is
               a
               Heathen
               Poet
               ,
               who
               lived
               about
               twenty
               years
               before
               Christ
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               His
               Testimony
               will
               bee
               the
               stronger
               against
               your
               Heathenish
               vanities
               .
               
                 Publius
                 Ovidius
                 Naso
              
               ,
               what
               can
               you
               say
               against
               Mistress
               Flora
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               Ovid.
               
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               have
               long
               since
               told
               the
               world
               ,
               that
               the
               Senatorian
               Fathers
               at
               Rome
               did
               order
               the
               celebration
               of
               these
               Floralian
               sports
               to
               bee
               yearly
               observed
               about
               the
               beginning
               of
               May
               ,
               
               in
               honour
               of
               Flora
               ,
               that
               our
               fruits
               and
               flowers
               might
               the
               better
               prosper
               .
               At
               this
               feast
               there
               was
               drinking
               ,
               dancing
               ,
               and
               all
               manner
               of
               lasciviousness
               ,
               by
               a
               harlotry
               company
               ,
               suitable
               to
               the
               memorial
               of
               such
               an
               Harlot
               ,
               who
               was
               light
               her self
               ,
               and
               therefore
               delighted
               in
               Jokes
               and
               pleasant
               Comedies
               ,
               but
               not
               in
               sad
               and
               direful
               Tragedies
               .
            
          
           
             
               Pris
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               you
               wrong
               the
               Poet
               ,
               and
               may
               ,
               for
               ought
               I
               know
               ,
               wrong
               mee
               ,
               by
               wrapping
               up
               his
               ingenious
               narrative
               in
               so
               little
               room
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               
                 Grata
                 brevitas
              
               ,
               I
               love
               those
               whose
               writings
               are
               like
               Jewels
               ,
               which
               contain
               much
               worth
               in
               a
               little
               compass
               ,
               yet
               since
               the
               learned
               and
               ingenious
               Reader
               may
               desire
               to
               hear
               the
               Author
               speaking
               in
               his
               own
               language
               (
               since
               hee
               speaks
               so
               fully
               and
               clearly
               to
               this
               purpose
               )
               you
               shall
               for
               once
               have
               your
               desire
               .
            
          
           
             Dic
             Dea
             ,
             
             responde
             ,
             ludorum
             quae
             sit
             origo
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Convenere
             patres
             ,
             &
             si
             bene
             floreat
             annus
             ,
          
           
             Numinibus
             nostris
             annua
             festa
             vovent
             .
          
           
             Mater
             ades
             florum
             ,
             ludis
             celebranda
             jocosis
             ,
          
           
             Distuleram
             partes
             mense
             priore
             tuas
             .
          
           
             Incipis
             Aprili
             ,
             transis
             in
             tempora
             Maii
             ,
          
           
             Alter
             te
             fugiens
             ,
             cum
             venit
             ,
             alter
             habet
             .
          
           
             Cum
             tua
             fint
             ,
             cedantque
             tibi
             confinia
             mensum
             ,
          
           
             Convenit
             in
             laudes
             ille
             vel
             ille
             tuas
             .
          
           
             Circus
             in
             hunc
             exit
             ,
             
             clamataque
             palma
             theatris
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Quaerere
             conabar
             ,
             quare
             
               lascivia
               major
            
          
           
             His
             foret
             in
             ludis
             ,
             
               liberiorque
               jocus
            
             .
          
           
             Sed
             mihi
             succurrit
             numen
             non
             esse
             severum
             ,
          
           
             Aptaque
             deliciis
             munera
             ferre
             Deam
             .
          
           
             Ebrius
             incinctis
             phylirâ
             conviva
             capillis
          
           
             Saltat
             ,
             &
             imprudens
             utitur
             arte
             meri
             ,
          
           
             Ebrius
             ad
             durum
             formosae
             limen
             amicae
          
           
             Cantat
             ,
             habens
             unctae
             mollia
             serta
             comae
             .
          
           
           
             Nulla
             coronatâ
             peraguntur
             seria
             fronte
             ,
          
           
             Nec
             liquidae
             
               vinctis
               flore
            
             bibuntur
             aquae
             .
             
          
           
             Scena
             lenis
             decet
             hanc
             ,
             non
             est
             mihi
             credite
             ,
             non
             est
             ,
          
           
             Illa
             Cothurnatas
             inter
             habenda
             Deas
             .
          
           
             Turba
             quidem
             cur
             hos
             celebret
             meretricia
             ludos
             ,
          
           
             Non
             ex
             difficili
             cognita
             causa
             fuit
             .
          
           
             Non
             est
             detetricis
             ,
             non
             est
             de
             magna
             professis
             ,
          
           
             Vult
             sua
             Plebeio
             sacra
             patere
             Choro
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Cry.
               
            
             
               Now
               my
               Lord
               ,
               and
               please
               you
               ,
               wee
               will
               call
               over
               the
               Jury
               ,
               that
               the
               prisoner
               may
               see
               wee
               have
               done
               her
               no
               wrong
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               Do
               so
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cry.
               
            
             
               
                 Answer
                 to
                 your
                 names
              
               .
               Holy
               Scriptures
               one
               ,
               Pliny
               two
               ,
               Lactantius
               three
               ,
               Synodus
               Francica
               four
               ,
               Charls
               the
               Second
               five
               ,
               Ordinance
               of
               Parliament
               six
               ,
               Solemn
               League
               and
               Covenant
               seven
               ,
               Order
               of
               the
               Council
               of
               State
               eight
               ,
               Elton
               nine
               ,
               B.
               Babington
               ten
               ,
               B.
               Andrews
               eleven
               ,
               Ovid.
               twelve
               .
            
             
               These
               ,
               with
               all
               the
               godly
               in
               the
               Land
               ,
               do
               call
               for
               Justice
               against
               this
               turbulent
               Malefactor
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judg.
               
            
             
               
                 Since
                 't
                 is
                 so
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 proceed
                 to
                 sentence
                 .
              
               Flora
               ,
               thou
               hast
               here
               been
               indicted
               by
               the
               name
               of
               Flora
               ,
               for
               bringing
               in
               abundance
               of
               mis-rule
               and
               disorder
               into
               Church
               and
               State
               ,
               thou
               hast
               been
               found
               guilty
               ,
               and
               art
               condemned
               both
               by
               God
               and
               man
               ,
               by
               Scriptures
               ,
               Fathers
               ,
               Councils
               ,
               by
               learned
               and
               pious
               Divines
               ,
               both
               old
               and
               new
               ,
               and
               therefore
               I
               adjudge
               thee
               to
               perpetual
               banishment
               ,
               that
               thou
               no
               more
               disturb
               this
               Church
               and
               State
               ,
               lest
               Justice
               do
               arrest
               thee
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             An
             Answer
             to
             all
             the
             Cavils
             which
             are
             of
             any
             weight
             or
             worth
             which
             are
             brought
             in
             defence
             of
             May-Games
             .
          
           
             Vice
             seldome
             goes
             bare-faced
             ,
             
             it
             usually
             ,
             like
             Harlots
             ,
             paints
             ,
             or
             puts
             on
             the
             vizzard
             of
             profit
             ,
             pleasure
             ,
             frugality
             ,
             good
             neighbour-hood
             ,
             &c.
             the
             better
             to
             deceive
             such
             careless
             sinners
             as
             devour
             the
             bait
             ,
             but
             forget
             the
             hook
             .
             The
             naked
             discovery
             of
             the
             danger
             which
             attends
             such
             licentious
             
             practices
             ,
             
             is
             half
             the
             cure
             ,
             for
             no
             man
             that
             is
             well
             in
             his
             wits
             ,
             will
             run
             on
             in
             such
             paths
             ,
             when
             hee
             plainly
             sees
             the
             mischief
             and
             misery
             that
             attends
             them
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             1.
             
             Young
             people
             must
             have
             some
             Recreations
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
             
             'T
             is
             true
             ,
             modest
             ,
             moderate
             ,
             manly
             Recreations
             are
             fit
             for
             them
             ,
             but
             sinful
             ,
             sensual
             ,
             sordid
             Recreations
             ,
             such
             as
             drinking
             ,
             fighting
             ,
             dancing
             ,
             whoring
             ,
             gaming
             and
             debauchery
             ,
             these
             emasculate
             mens
             spirits
             ,
             and
             make
             men
             deboist
             ,
             and
             unfit
             for
             the
             service
             of
             God
             or
             man
             ,
             these
             must
             bee
             abolished
             and
             abandoned
             in
             a
             Christian
             Common-wealth
             ;
             such
             Recreations
             are
             meer
             destructions
             ,
             and
             such
             mirth
             is
             madness
             ,
             Eccles
             .
             2.
             2.
             
          
           
             
               'T
               was
               a
               good
               resolution
               of
               a
               good
               man
               ,
            
             
             I
             will
             chuse
             such
             Recreations
             as
             are
             of
             best
             example
             ,
             and
             best
             use
             ,
             seeking
             those
             by
             which
             I
             may
             not
             onely
             be
             merrier
             ,
             but
             better
             .
             
               What
               Recreations
               bee
               unlawful
            
             ,
             
             
               you
               may
               see
               at
               large
               in
               others
               .
            
          
           
             Object
             .
             2.
             
             These
             are
             Customes
             of
             great
             Antiquity
             ,
             of
             above
             eighteen
             hundred
             years
             standing
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
             
             Antiquity
             without
             verity
             is
             of
             no
             validity
             .
             Christ
             is
             Truth
             ,
             not
             Custome
             .
             Old
             Customes
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             evil
             Customes
             ,
             are
             better
             broken
             than
             kept
             ,
             and
             the
             older
             they
             be
             ,
             the
             worse
             ;
             the
             more
             Editions
             ,
             the
             more
             Additions
             .
             The
             customes
             of
             the
             people
             are
             vain
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             abhorred
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             followed
             by
             us
             ,
             Levit.
             18.
             30.
             
             Jer.
             10.
             3.
             
          
           
             The
             Heathenish
             Olympick-Games
             ,
             and
             the
             Pagans
             Saturnalia
             ,
             where
             they
             invented
             sports
             for
             the
             honour
             of
             their
             gods
             ,
             and
             gave
             licence
             to
             all
             to
             be
             as
             lewd
             as
             they
             pleased
             at
             those
             seasons
             ,
             
             these
             were
             antient
             ,
             it
             doth
             not
             therefore
             follow
             that
             they
             were
             good
             .
             So
             Episcopacy
             is
             antient
             ,
             but
             Apostolical
             simplicity
             is
             more
             antient
             ,
             and
             the
             Church
             flourished
             most
             without
             it
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             3.
             
             These
             May-poles
             are
             set
             up
             to
             shew
             the
             season
             of
             the
             year
             ,
             this
             was
             the
             plea
             lately
             of
             a
             fantastick
             and
             real
             fanatick
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
             I
             should
             think
             that
             a
             green
             and
             living
             tree
             should
             minde
             us
             of
             the
             season
             of
             the
             year
             ,
             better
             than
             a
             dead
             bush
             ;
             and
             a
             living
             man
             better
             set
             forth
             the
             excellency
             of
             a
             man
             ,
             than
             a
             dead
             man.
             'T
             is
             not
             without
             
             cause
             that
             the
             Apostle
             calls
             wicked
             men
             ,
             absurd
             and
             unreasonable
             men
             ,
             
             2
             Thes
             .
             3.
             2.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
             4.
             
             Our
             Fore-fathers
             practised
             such
             things
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
             Our
             Fore-fathers
             were
             Idolaters
             ,
             it
             doth
             not
             follow
             that
             therefore
             wee
             must
             be
             so
             too
             .
             They
             lived
             in
             times
             of
             ignorance
             ,
             but
             wee
             live
             in
             daies
             of
             light
             ,
             and
             therefore
             must
             walk
             like
             children
             of
             the
             light
             ,
             renouncing
             the
             works
             of
             darkness
             .
             Wee
             must
             live
             by
             Rule
             ,
             not
             by
             Example
             ,
             and
             follow
             our
             Fore-fathers
             no
             further
             than
             they
             followed
             Christ
             ,
             hence
             the
             Lord
             so
             oft
             forbids
             us
             to
             follow
             our
             Forefathers
             ,
             Psal
             .
             78.
             8.
             
             Ezek.
             20.
             18
             ,
             19
             ,
             20.
             
             Zach.
             7.
             4.
             
          
           
             Object
             .
             5.
             
             If
             men
             bee
             not
             thus
             imployed
             on
             Festivals
             ,
             they
             will
             bee
             idle
             ,
             and
             bee
             worse
             imployed
             ,
             and
             wee
             have
             no
             ill
             intentions
             in
             what
             wee
             do
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
             There
             is
             no
             necessity
             that
             people
             should
             bee
             idle
             on
             holy-daies
             ,
             for
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             our
             Land
             ,
             if
             men
             will
             keep
             holy-daies
             ,
             they
             must
             keep
             them
             holily
             ,
             spending
             them
             only
             and
             wholly
             (
             saith
             the
             Statute
             of
             5
             ,
             and
             6.
             of
             Edw.
             6.
             chap.
             4.
             )
             in
             praising
             God
             ,
             and
             praying
             to
             him
             ,
             hearing
             his
             word
             ,
             and
             meditating
             on
             his
             works
             ,
             &c.
             
             So
             that
             the
             Statute
             ,
             by
             those
             two
             words
             ,
             Only
             and
             Wholly
             ,
             excludes
             all
             May-Games
             ,
             revels
             ,
             dancing
             ,
             drinking
             ,
             rioting
             ,
             and
             misrule
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             They
             cannot
             likely
             bee
             worse
             imployed
             ,
             than
             in
             such
             loose
             ,
             lascivious
             ,
             licentious
             practices
             ,
             amongst
             rude
             and
             deboist
             company
             ,
             where
             they
             shall
             hear
             ,
             see
             ,
             and
             learn
             all
             manner
             of
             vice
             and
             villany
             ,
             to
             the
             corrupting
             both
             of
             their
             minds
             and
             manners
             ,
             and
             the
             undoing
             of
             themselves
             ,
             both
             here
             and
             hereafter
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Whereas
             you
             say
             ,
             you
             have
             no
             ill
             intentions
             in
             so
             doing
             ,
             who
             can
             beleeve
             that
             you
             will
             joyn
             your self
             with
             such
             prophane
             company
             out
             of
             a
             good
             intention
             ?
             can
             a
             man
             touch
             pitch
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             defiled
             with
             it
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             Admit
             your
             Intentions
             were
             good
             ,
             yet
             that
             will
             not
             
             warrant
             you
             to
             do
             evil
             .
             
             That
             which
             is
             evil
             
               per
               se
            
             ,
             can
             never
             bee
             made
             good
             by
             any
             good
             intentions
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             proved
             at
             large
             else-where
             .
          
           
             Object
             .
             6.
             
             I
             can
             see
             no
             hurt
             in
             May-Games
             ,
             they
             are
             none
             but
             a
             pack
             of
             precise
             fools
             ,
             who
             are
             enemies
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             that
             cry
             them
             down
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
             Who
             so
             blinde
             as
             those
             that
             will
             not
             see
             ?
             Canst
             thou
             see
             no
             hurt
             in
             drunkenness
             ,
             fighting
             ,
             whoring
             ,
             stealing
             ,
             prophanation
             of
             the
             Sabbaths
             ,
             contempt
             of
             Religion
             ?
             &c.
             The
             Devil
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             god
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             hath
             blinded
             thine
             eyes
             ,
             and
             as
             blinde
             men
             are
             not
             fit
             to
             judge
             of
             colours
             ,
             so
             thou
             art
             unfit
             to
             judge
             in
             such
             cases
             .
             The
             Devil
             deals
             with
             thee
             ,
             as
             Elisha
             did
             with
             his
             enemies
             ,
             hee
             first
             smit
             them
             with
             blindness
             ,
             and
             then
             brings
             them
             into
             Samaria
             into
             the
             midst
             of
             their
             enemies
             ;
             but
             as
             hee
             prayed
             for
             them
             ,
             so
             shall
             I
             for
             thee
             ;
             
               Lord
               open
               their
               eyes
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               see
            
             ;
             and
             the
             Lord
             opened
             their
             eyes
             ,
             and
             behold
             they
             were
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             Samaria
             ,
             2
             King.
             6.
             18
             ,
             19
             ,
             20.
             
             So
             say
             I
             ,
             Lord
             open
             the
             eyes
             ,
             and
             awaken
             the
             consciences
             of
             these
             blinde
             ,
             secure
             sinners
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             see
             ,
             and
             if
             the
             Lord
             shall
             vouchsafe
             you
             this
             mercy
             ,
             then
             will
             you
             see
             your selves
             in
             the
             Devils
             camp
             ,
             on
             the
             brink
             of
             destruction
             ,
             and
             thou
             wilt
             abhor
             thy self
             for
             thy
             vile
             presumption
             in
             this
             kinde
             ,
             if
             thou
             doubt
             of
             the
             truth
             of
             this
             ,
             ask
             any
             gracious
             ,
             awakened
             ,
             inlightened
             soul
             ,
             that
             knows
             the
             terrours
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             the
             bitterness
             of
             sin
             ,
             and
             hee
             will
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             hee
             durst
             not
             practise
             such
             prophaneness
             to
             win
             a
             world
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             There
             may
             be
             great
             sin
             in
             that
             which
             the
             blinde
             world
             counts
             a
             small
             matter
             .
             
             To
             eat
             an
             Apple
             ,
             to
             bow
             to
             an
             Image
             ,
             to
             pick
             a
             few
             sticks
             on
             the
             Sabbath
             ,
             &c.
             
             These
             ,
             and
             many
             such
             ,
             to
             a
             carnal
             eye
             seem
             small
             things
             ,
             and
             yet
             wee
             know
             God
             hath
             sadly
             punished
             such
             as
             acted
             them
             .
             I
             have
             before
             proved
             that
             these
             practices
             are
             sinful
             ;
             now
             there
             is
             no
             sin
             simply
             considered
             in
             it self
             ,
             that
             is
             small
             ,
             as
             appears
             ,
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 In
                 that
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 small
                 God
                 that
                 wee
                 offend
                 by
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 No
                 small
                 price
                 was
                 paid
                 for
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 No
                 small
                 punishment
                 is
                 prepared
                 for
                 it
                 .
                 This
                 is
                 a
                 complicated
                 sin
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 proved
                 before
                 )
                 and
                 therefore
                 
                 is
                 not
                 to
                 bee
                 so
                 lightly
                 esteemed
                 of
                 .
              
            
          
           
             3.
             
             Whereas
             thou
             sayest
             that
             none
             but
             a
             few
             precise
             fools
             oppose
             this
             prophaneness
             ,
             thou
             art
             much
             deceived
             .
             Was
             David
             a
             foolish
             precisian
             ,
             who
             would
             have
             no
             familiarity
             with
             the
             wicked
             ,
             but
             bids
             them
             depart
             from
             him
             ?
             and
             prayed
             the
             Lord
             to
             turn
             away
             his
             eyes
             from
             beholding
             vanity
             ;
             and
             poured
             out
             rivers
             of
             tears
             ,
             because
             men
             transgressed
             Gods
             Laws
             .
             Was
             Paul
             a
             foolish
             precisian
             ,
             who
             commands
             us
             to
             walk
             precisely
             ,
             and
             circumspectly
             ,
             to
             shun
             the
             appearance
             of
             evil
             ,
             to
             have
             no
             fellowship
             with
             the
             unfruitful
             works
             of
             darkness
             ,
             but
             reprove
             them
             rather
             ;
             and
             to
             live
             soberly
             ,
             righteously
             ,
             and
             religiously
             in
             the
             world
             ?
             Were
             the
             
               Antient
               Fathers
            
             fools
             ,
             who
             do
             unanimously
             enveigh
             against
             such
             prophane
             practices
             ?
             Were
             
               Perkins
               ,
               Babington
               ,
               Dod
               ,
               Andrews
               ,
               Elton
               ,
               &c.
            
             precise
             fools
             ,
             who
             do
             condemn
             these
             prophane
             practices
             in
             their
             Expositions
             of
             the
             seventh
             Commandement
             ?
             Sure
             thou
             art
             some
             singular
             conceitedfool
             ,
             that
             thus
             censurest
             all
             the
             grave
             and
             pious
             sages
             of
             former
             and
             latter
             times
             for
             fools
             ,
             and
             all
             because
             they
             oppose
             thy
             folly
             ,
             which
             will
             bee
             bitterness
             in
             the
             end
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Whereas
             thou
             accusest
             them
             
               as
               enemies
               to
               the
               King
            
             ,
             which
             oppose
             such
             prophaneness
             ,
             let
             mee
             tell
             thee
             ,
             the
             King
             hath
             not
             better
             friends
             in
             the
             Land
             ,
             than
             such
             as
             oppose
             those
             prophane
             practices
             ;
             nor
             more
             deadly
             foes
             ,
             than
             such
             as
             do
             promote
             them
             ;
             these
             set
             open
             the
             flood-gates
             to
             all
             rudeness
             ,
             disloyalty
             ,
             debauchery
             ,
             and
             effeminacy
             ,
             whereby
             people
             are
             made
             unfit
             ,
             either
             for
             the
             service
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             the
             King.
             Those
             that
             are
             suffered
             to
             rebel
             against
             God
             ,
             will
             not
             stick
             (
             when
             a
             temptation
             comes
             )
             to
             rebel
             against
             the
             King.
             'T
             is
             the
             dark
             and
             ignorant
             places
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             which
             are
             habitations
             of
             cruelty
             and
             rebellion
             .
             Should
             a
             man
             debauch
             your
             children
             and
             servants
             ,
             and
             take
             them
             to
             such
             prophane
             meetings
             ,
             where
             they
             should
             learn
             to
             swear
             and
             swagger
             ,
             to
             rant
             and
             roar
             ;
             I
             know
             no
             wise
             Parents
             that
             would
             count
             such
             for
             their
             friends
             .
             These
             licentious
             exercises
             are
             the
             very
             nurseries
             of
             villany
             ,
             the
             bane
             of
             piety
             and
             peace
             ,
             and
             the
             overthrow
             of
             those
             Kingdomes
             that
             tolerate
             them
             .
             The
             Romans
             ,
             when
             they
             grew
             idle
             and
             luxurious
             ,
             
             became
             effeminate
             ,
             and
             lost
             all
             .
             When
             people
             grow
             exorbitant
             ,
             and
             transgress
             Gods
             Law
             ,
             and
             change
             his
             Ordinances
             ,
             then
             comes
             a
             curse
             upon
             a
             Land
             ,
             Isa
             .
             24.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             So
             that
             this
             is
             but
             an
             old
             trick
             of
             the
             Devil
             and
             his
             Agents
             ,
             when
             they
             would
             destroy
             Gods
             people
             ,
             to
             put
             ugly
             titles
             on
             them
             ,
             and
             call
             them
             troublers
             of
             Israel
             ,
             trumpets
             of
             rebellion
             ,
             enemies
             to
             Caesar
             ,
             raisers
             of
             sedition
             ,
             the
             Pests
             of
             a
             Nation
             ,
             &c.
             
             Thus
             ,
             as
             the
             Heathen
             Persecutors
             did
             put
             Bear-skins
             on
             the
             backs
             of
             the
             Christians
             ,
             and
             then
             bait
             them
             like
             Bears
             ;
             so
             the
             limbs
             of
             Satan
             ,
             when
             crost
             in
             their
             lusts
             ,
             put
             ugly
             titles
             upon
             Gods
             people
             ,
             that
             so
             they
             may
             take
             occasion
             thereby
             to
             destroy
             them
             .
             Thus
             Elijah
             was
             called
             the
             troubler
             of
             Israel
             ,
             when
             indeed
             he
             was
             the
             chariots
             and
             horse-men
             ,
             the
             stay
             and
             strength
             of
             
               Israel
               .
               Jeremiah
            
             was
             counted
             a
             common
             Barretor
             ,
             a
             man
             compounded
             of
             nothing
             but
             contention
             .
             Amos
             must
             come
             no
             more
             to
             Bethel
             ,
             't
             is
             the
             Kings
             Court
             ,
             and
             hee
             that
             comes
             there
             must
             bring
             silken
             ,
             not
             sharp
             and
             plain
             language
             .
             Holy
             Daniel
             is
             accused
             for
             a
             factious
             man
             ,
             and
             one
             that
             would
             not
             observe
             the
             Kings
             Laws
             ,
             Dan.
             6.
             12.
             
             Christ
             himself
             ,
             in
             whom
             was
             no
             sin
             ,
             yet
             underwent
             the
             revilings
             and
             contradictions
             of
             sinners
             ;
             hee
             was
             called
             a
             mad-man
             ,
             an
             enemy
             to
             Caesar
             ,
             a
             glutton
             ,
             a
             wine-bibber
             ,
             and
             one
             that
             had
             a
             Devil
             ,
             Joh.
             10.
             20.
             and
             troubled
             the
             world
             ,
             John
             19.
             12.
             
             The
             Disciple
             is
             not
             above
             his
             Master
             ,
             nor
             the
             Servant
             above
             his
             Lord
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             have
             called
             the
             Master
             of
             the
             house
             Beelzebub
             ,
             what
             may
             the
             servants
             look
             for
             ?
             
             Thus
             Paul
             was
             counted
             a
             pestilent
             fellow
             ,
             a
             troubler
             of
             the
             State
             ,
             a
             babler
             ,
             a
             mad-man
             ,
             a
             seditious
             ,
             factious
             fellow
             ,
             and
             yet
             who
             freer
             from
             these
             crimes
             than
             hee
             ?
             Hee
             commanded
             all
             men
             to
             pray
             for
             Kings
             ,
             and
             those
             in
             authority
             ,
             and
             commands
             every
             soul
             to
             bee
             subject
             to
             the
             higher
             powers
             ,
             and
             commanded
             
               Titus
               ,
               cap.
            
             3.
             v.
             1.
             to
             teach
             people
             subjection
             to
             principalities
             and
             powers
             .
          
           
             Thus
             they
             dealt
             with
             the
             
               Primitive
               Christians
            
             ,
             if
             any
             calamity
             fell
             on
             the
             Land
             ,
             they
             presently
             cried
             ,
             Away
             with
             these
             Christians
             to
             the
             Lions
             ,
             't
             is
             they
             that
             are
             the
             cause
             
             of
             all
             our
             misery
             .
             When
             Nero
             had
             set
             Rome
             on
             fire
             ,
             hee
             laid
             it
             upon
             the
             Christians
             .
             The
             Martyrs
             in
             Queen
             Maries
             time
             were
             accused
             as
             seditious
             ,
             factious
             ,
             turbulent
             persons
             ,
             that
             so
             they
             might
             bee
             made
             odious
             both
             to
             Prince
             and
             people
             .
             Thus
             Cochlaeus
             the
             Papist
             gave
             out
             ,
             that
             Luther
             was
             begotten
             by
             an
             Incubus
             ,
             and
             strangled
             by
             the
             Devil
             .
             Thus
             Bolsec
             tells
             us
             ,
             that
             Calvin
             was
             a
             branded
             Sodomite
             ,
             and
             consumed
             with
             lice
             .
             Putean
             saies
             ,
             that
             Beza
             died
             a
             Catholick
             ,
             with
             a
             thousand
             such
             like
             .
             For
             Popery
             hath
             three
             figures
             which
             uphold
             it
             ;
             the
             first
             is
             Auxesis
             ,
             the
             extolling
             and
             advancing
             of
             her
             Parafites
             .
             2.
             
             Meiosis
             ,
             a
             debasing
             of
             her
             opposites
             .
             3.
             
             Pseudologia
             ,
             lying
             lustily
             ,
             for
             lying
             and
             murder
             are
             the
             two
             props
             of
             Popery
             ,
             which
             plainly
             shews
             that
             it
             is
             a
             devilish
             Religion
             ,
             John
             8.
             44.
             
             There
             are
             some
             that
             in
             Print
             do
             charge
             Gods
             people
             as
             enemies
             to
             Peace
             and
             Truth
             .
             
             
               The
               Church
               and
               State
            
             (
             saith
             one
             )
             
               ever
               since
               the
               Reformation
               ,
               hath
               found
               the
               Old
               Puritan
               faction
               to
               bee
               inveterate
               and
               irreconcilable
               enemies
               to
               Peace
               and
               Truth
               .
            
             Whither
             will
             not
             malice
             ,
             and
             hopes
             of
             preferment
             carry
             men
             !
             The
             same
             Author
             yokes
             Presbytery
             and
             Popery
             together
             ,
             
               Popery
               and
               Presbytery
            
             (
             saith
             hee
             )
             
               both
               in
               opinion
               and
               practice
               differ
               in
               many
               things
               ,
               onely
               in
               Terms
               .
            
             This
             is
             as
             true
             as
             many
             other
             things
             which
             hee
             hath
             published
             in
             that
             Invective
             .
             Doctors
             in
             Divinity
             ,
             should
             defend
             the
             Discipline
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             his
             people
             ,
             and
             not
             raise
             slanders
             on
             them
             .
             But
             let
             such
             know
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             Piety
             ,
             but
             the
             want
             of
             it
             which
             breeds
             tumults
             and
             sedition
             in
             a
             Nation
             .
             'T
             is
             not
             the
             godly
             ,
             but
             the
             ungodly
             ;
             't
             is
             the
             swearer
             that
             makes
             the
             Land
             to
             mourn
             ,
             't
             is
             the
             Atheist
             ,
             the
             Papist
             ,
             the
             Blasphemer
             ,
             the
             Fornicator
             ,
             the
             Drunkard
             ,
             &c.
             that
             trouble
             Israel
             ,
             and
             bring
             calamities
             upon
             King
             and
             Kingdome
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             12.
             ult
             .
             A
             *
             Jesuited
             Papist
             (
             standing
             to
             his
             own
             Principles
             )
             cannot
             bee
             a
             good
             Subject
             .
             None
             can
             bee
             an
             absolute
             Papist
             ,
             but
             hee
             must
             needs
             bee
             an
             absolute
             Traitor
             ,
             saith
             a
             learned
             *
             Professor
             .
          
           
           
             As
             for
             the
             godly
             ,
             they
             are
             of
             those
             that
             are
             peaceable
             in
             Israel
             ,
             they
             are
             indued
             with
             the
             wisdome
             which
             is
             from
             above
             ,
             which
             is
             pure
             and
             peaceable
             .
             They
             are
             peaceable
             in
             themselves
             ,
             and
             labour
             to
             make
             and
             preserve
             Peace
             amongst
             others
             .
             They
             are
             the
             strength
             and
             glory
             of
             a
             Land.
             As
             Sampsons
             strength
             lay
             in
             his
             hair
             ,
             so
             the
             Governours
             of
             Judah
             shall
             one
             day
             say
             ,
             That
             
               in
               the
               inhabitants
               of
               Jerusalem
               lies
               our
               strength
               ,
            
             Zach.
             12.
             5.
             
             They
             are
             the
             blessings
             of
             a
             Nation
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             prayers
             they
             keep
             off
             many
             a
             judgement
             .
             By
             a
             Letter
             from
             
               Breda
               (
               May
            
             10.
             1660.
             )
             I
             finde
             that
             his
             Majesty
             hath
             oft
             been
             heard
             to
             say
             ,
             
               That
               the
               prayers
               of
               his
               subjects
               will
               most
               advantage
               his
               cause
               ,
               and
               that
               those
               who
               do
               indeavour
               to
               express
               their
               affection
               by
               debauchery
               ,
               may
               ruine
               themselves
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               stain
               his
               reputation
               ,
               his
               Majesty
               desiring
               no
               such
               attendants
               .
            
             An
             excellent
             saying
             ,
             and
             well
             becoming
             a
             Prince
             .
          
           
             Religion
             makes
             the
             best
             subjects
             ,
             the
             best
             servants
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             relations
             .
             Where
             Religion
             comes
             in
             the
             power
             of
             it
             ,
             there
             men
             obey
             ,
             not
             for
             fear
             (
             as
             wicked
             ones
             do
             )
             but
             for
             conscience
             sake
             .
             There
             are
             no
             better
             Subjects
             in
             the
             world
             than
             these
             ,
             none
             more
             faithfull
             to
             their
             trust
             ,
             none
             pray
             more
             for
             their
             Governours
             ,
             none
             pay
             their
             dues
             more
             freely
             to
             them
             ,
             These
             are
             they
             that
             will
             venture
             their
             lives
             and
             estates
             for
             their
             good
             ,
             when
             such
             as
             serve
             them
             for
             their
             own
             ends
             ,
             will
             leave
             them
             and
             forsake
             them
             ;
             and
             though
             for
             the
             present
             the
             righteous
             may
             bee
             condemned
             as
             Traitors
             ,
             and
             the
             wicked
             bee
             exalted
             to
             honour
             ,
             yet
             in
             Gods
             due
             time
             hee
             will
             clear
             the
             innocency
             of
             his
             servants
             ,
             as
             the
             light
             ,
             when
             the
             names
             of
             the
             wicked
             shall
             rot
             .
             Especially
             at
             that
             great
             day
             of
             Revelation
             ,
             then
             shall
             we
             clearly
             discern
             betwixt
             the
             righteous
             and
             the
             wicked
             ,
             between
             him
             that
             feareth
             the
             Lord
             ,
             &
             him
             that
             feareth
             him
             not
             .
             This
             may
             comfort
             us
             who
             are
             faln
             into
             the
             last
             daies
             ,
             which
             are
             called
             perilous
             times
             ,
             
             wherein
             hee
             that
             refrains
             from
             evil
             ,
             maketh
             himself
             a
             prey
             .
             'T
             is
             criminous
             now
             adaies
             amongst
             many
             men
             to
             bee
             sober
             and
             pious
             .
             If
             a
             man
             will
             not
             drink
             Healths
             ,
             or
             give
             mony
             to
             those
             that
             will
             ,
             if
             hee
             will
             not
             rant
             and
             roar
             ,
             and
             run
             with
             others
             into
             all
             excess
             of
             riot
             ,
             this
             is
             
             enough
             (
             with
             some
             men
             )
             to
             make
             a
             man
             an
             enemy
             to
             the
             State.
             
          
           
             I
             have
             a
             little
             experience
             in
             this
             kinde
             my self
             ;
             This
             last
             May
             opposing
             some
             Floralians
             in
             their
             prophane
             practices
             (
             whom
             I
             thought
             after
             above
             twenty
             years
             preaching
             should
             have
             learnt
             better
             things
             )
             they
             gave
             out
             that
             I
             was
             little
             better
             than
             a
             
               Quaker
               ,
               a
               Preacher
               of
               false
               Doctrine
               ,
               and
               an
               enemy
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               should
               be
               thrown
               out
               of
               my
               place
            
             ;
             and
             why
             so
             ?
             why
             because
             I
             hindered
             practical
             Fanaticks
             in
             their
             frantick
             practices
             ,
             
               Grande
               nefas
            
             !
             See
             how
             these
             people
             who
             never
             studied
             Machiavel
             ,
             yet
             are
             natural
             Machiavelists
             ,
             one
             of
             whose
             Principles
             is
             ,
             
               Calumniare
               audacter
               ,
               saltem
               aliquid
               adhaerebit
               .
               Lye
               lustily
               ,
               some
               filth
               will
               stick
               .
            
             I
             see
             sying
             is
             coming
             in
             fashion
             apace
             ,
             I
             shall
             therefore
             (
             having
             this
             opportunity
             )
             clear
             my self
             and
             my
             brethren
             in
             the
             Ministry
             (
             who
             are
             or
             may
             bee
             aspersed
             in
             this
             kinde
             .
             )
          
           
             1.
             
             For
             Quakerism
             ,
             I
             have
             preached
             ,
             prayed
             ,
             practised
             ,
             and
             printed
             against
             it
             ,
             and
             openly
             (
             as
             occasion
             required
             )
             opposed
             them
             and
             their
             blasphemous
             principles
             ,
             and
             satanical
             practices
             ;
             and
             thus
             hath
             every
             faithful
             Minister
             done
             (
             according
             to
             the
             measure
             of
             grace
             received
             )
             and
             therefore
             for
             shame
             forbear
             such
             gross
             slanders
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             For
             my
             Doctrine
             ;
             't
             is
             sufficiently
             known
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             the
             summ
             and
             substance
             of
             it
             is
             in
             great
             part
             publisht
             to
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             That
             I
             am
             
               an
               enemy
               to
               the
               King
            
             ,
             is
             as
             true
             as
             all
             the
             rest
             .
             I
             preach
             for
             him
             ,
             I
             pray
             for
             him
             ,
             I
             print
             for
             him
             ,
             I
             pay
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             command
             men
             so
             to
             do
             ,
             and
             am
             ready
             to
             sacrifize
             my
             life
             for
             him
             in
             an
             honourable
             way
             ,
             and
             when
             I
             cannot
             yeeld
             Active
             ,
             yet
             I
             shall
             readily
             yeeld
             Passive
             obedience
             ,
             and
             shall
             say
             with
             Bradford
             the
             Martyr
             ,
             If
             the
             Queen
             will
             banish
             mee
             ,
             I
             will
             thank
             her
             ;
             if
             shee
             will
             imprison
             mee
             ,
             I
             will
             thank
             her
             ;
             if
             shee
             will
             burn
             mee
             ,
             I
             will
             thank
             her
             .
          
           
             
               Or
               as
            
             Chrysostome
             
               (
               before
               him
               )
               said
               to
               the
               Empresse
            
             Eudoxia
             ,
             If
             the
             Queen
             will
             ,
             let
             her
             banish
             mee
             ,
             the
             earth
             is
             the
             Lords
             ,
             and
             the
             fulness
             thereof
             ;
             if
             shee
             will
             ,
             let
             her
             saw
             mee
             
             asunder
             ,
             Esay
             suffered
             the
             same
             .
             If
             shee
             will
             ,
             let
             her
             cast
             mee
             into
             the
             Sea
             ,
             I
             will
             remember
             Jonah
             .
             If
             shee
             will
             ,
             let
             her
             cast
             mee
             into
             a
             burning
             fiery
             furnace
             ,
             or
             amongst
             wilde
             beasts
             ,
             I
             will
             remember
             Daniel
             ,
             and
             the
             three
             children
             .
             If
             shee
             will
             ,
             let
             her
             stone
             mee
             ,
             or
             cut
             off
             my
             head
             ,
             I
             have
             St.
             Stephen
             and
             the
             Baptist
             my
             blest
             companions
             .
             If
             shee
             will
             ,
             let
             her
             take
             away
             all
             my
             goods
             ,
             Naked
             came
             I
             out
             of
             my
             Mothers
             womb
             ,
             &
             naked
             shall
             I
             return
             thither
             again
             .
             
               Thus
               heroickly
               hee
               .
               For
               my
               fidelity
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               in
               refusing
               the
               Engagement
               ,
               I
               lost
               two
               hundred
               pound
               ,
               and
               ran
               the
               hazard
               of
               my
               whole
               livelihood
               ;
               for
               I
               had
               no
               Law
               to
               recover
               a
               penny
               .
               At
               two
               publick
               Disputations
               against
               Sectaries
               ,
               I
               ran
               great
               hazards
               ,
               at
               the
               first
               1650.
               there
               was
               a
               great
               rabble
               of
               Sectaries
               met
               together
               ,
               who
               gave
               out
               untoward
               speeches
               against
               mee
               .
            
          
           
             In
             August
             1651.
             
             About
             a
             week
             before
             the
             King
             came
             into
             Worcester
             ,
             I
             was
             called
             to
             assist
             in
             a
             Disputation
             against
             some
             Sectaries
             ,
             this
             falling
             out
             at
             that
             juncture
             of
             time
             ,
             I
             was
             look'd
             upon
             as
             an
             enemy
             to
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             and
             therefore
             the
             Constable
             was
             commanded
             to
             bring
             mee
             in
             prisoner
             to
             Worcester
             ,
             to
             be
             there
             secured
             amongst
             the
             Royalists
             ;
             and
             lately
             have
             I
             been
             threatned
             (
             from
             another
             coast
             )
             with
             an
             Arrest
             ,
             for
             opposing
             the
             Millenarians
             and
             Fifth-Monarchy-men
             .
             I
             mention
             these
             things
             ,
             not
             for
             any
             sinister
             ends
             of
             fear
             or
             favour
             ,
             but
             to
             prevent
             ,
             or
             at
             lest
             to
             blunt
             the
             edge
             of
             those
             vile
             aspersions
             ,
             which
             are
             cast
             upon
             the
             Presbyterians
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             enemies
             to
             Caesar
             ;
             when
             I
             dare
             be
             bold
             to
             say
             ,
             and
             it
             were
             easie
             to
             make
             it
             good
             ,
             that
             
               God
               hath
               not
               better
               servants
               ,
               nor
               the
               King
               better
               subjects
               ,
               than
               those
               of
               this
               Judgement
               .
            
             Who
             were
             it
             that
             God
             made
             Instruments
             to
             bring
             about
             the
             great
             change
             which
             is
             now
             wrought
             in
             the
             Land
             ?
             were
             it
             not
             our
             brethren
             of
             Scotland
             ?
             Who
             were
             they
             that
             petitioned
             in
             Print
             for
             the
             life
             of
             the
             late
             King
             ?
             were
             they
             not
             the
             Presbyterian
             Ministers
             of
             London
             ,
             one
             of
             them
             losing
             his
             head
             not
             long
             after
             upon
             a
             Royal
             account
             !
             Who
             where
             they
             that
             opposed
             the
             Engagement
             with
             invincible
             Arguments
             in
             Print
             ,
             were
             they
             not
             the
             Presbyterians
             of
             Lancashire
             ?
             who
             are
             those
             that
             strenuously
             opposed
             debauchery
             and
             prophaneness
             on
             the
             one
             hand
             ,
             and
             Sects
             and
             
             Heresies
             on
             the
             other
             ,
             when
             others
             were
             dumb
             ,
             and
             did
             tolerate
             them
             ?
             were
             they
             not
             the
             men
             of
             this
             judgement
             ?
             Now
             those
             that
             help
             to
             keep
             sin
             and
             errour
             out
             of
             a
             Land
             ,
             those
             are
             the
             best
             friends
             to
             a
             Land
             ,
             and
             the
             Kings
             best
             subjects
             .
          
           
             If
             any
             shall
             ob●ect
             that
             wee
             were
             for
             King
             and
             Parliament
             ,
             I
             freely
             confess
             it
             ,
             so
             wee
             were
             ,
             and
             so
             wee
             are
             still
             ;
             and
             so
             I
             think
             is
             every
             honest
             hearted-subject
             ,
             who
             understands
             any
             thing
             of
             the
             frame
             of
             this
             Government
             .
             To
             this
             wee
             are
             bound
             by
             the
             Protestation
             ,
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             other
             Obligations
             .
             I
             look
             upon
             him
             as
             an
             enemy
             to
             the
             Land
             of
             his
             Nativity
             ,
             who
             goes
             about
             to
             separate
             the
             King
             from
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             or
             the
             Parliament
             from
             the
             King.
             As
             for
             the
             lawfulness
             of
             the
             Parliaments
             war
             against
             those
             that
             withdrew
             the
             King
             from
             the
             Parliament
             (
             for
             there
             was
             not
             the
             lea●t
             intent
             in
             them
             to
             hurt
             the
             person
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             therefore
             they
             were
             imprisoned
             by
             the
             Army
             )
             that
             case
             is
             very
             learnedly
             and
             modestly
             cleared
             by
             Dr.
             Austin
             in
             his
             Allegiance
             not
             impeached
             ,
             by
             the
             Parliaments
             taking
             up
             of
             Arms
             (
             though
             against
             the
             Kings
             personal
             commands
             )
             for
             the
             just
             defence
             of
             the
             Kings
             person
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             and
             Liberties
             of
             the
             Subject
             ;
             yea
             they
             are
             bound
             by
             the
             Oath
             of
             Allegiance
             ,
             so
             to
             do
             ,
             proved
             from
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Oath
             ,
             from
             Principles
             of
             Law
             and
             Nature
             ,
             and
             other
             Testimonies
             ;
             
             of
             this
             Judgement
             is
             Mr.
             Pryn
             ,
             Mr.
             Rutherford
             in
             his
             
               Lex
               Rex
            
             ,
             Yea
             B.
             Bilson
             (
             a
             man
             far
             enough
             from
             faction
             or
             sedition
             )
             concurs
             with
             them
             ,
             yea
             so
             doth
             Grotius
             and
             Barclay
             .
          
           
             Obj.
             7.
             
             They
             are
             many
             and
             mighty
             that
             approve
             of
             such
             prophane
             practices
             ,
             and
             't
             is
             wisdome
             to
             go
             with
             the
             tide
             of
             the
             times
             ,
             and
             the
             current
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
             Indeed
             ,
             if
             you
             mean
             to
             perish
             with
             the
             world
             ,
             you
             may
             do
             so
             ,
             but
             if
             you
             will
             bee
             the
             Lords
             people
             ,
             you
             must
             not
             fashion
             your selves
             like
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             for
             the
             world
             like
             a
             great
             beast
             ,
             lies
             tumbling
             in
             its
             own
             filth
             ,
             1
             John
             5.
             19.
             
             The
             way
             to
             Hell
             is
             a
             broad
             way
             ,
             and
             hath
             many
             passengers
             ,
             Matth.
             7.
             13.
             
             Even
             Seneca
             that
             wise
             Moralist
             could
             say
             ,
             
             that
             't
             is
             one
             of
             the
             worst
             Arguments
             that
             a
             man
             can
             use
             ,
             to
             say
             that
             the
             multitude
             doth
             so
             and
             so
             ,
             and
             
             therefore
             wee
             'l
             do
             so
             too
             .
             Wee
             are
             expresly
             forbidden
             to
             follow
             a
             multitude
             in
             evil
             ,
             Exod.
             23.
             2.
             
             The
             more
             joyn
             together
             in
             sin
             ,
             the
             nearer
             to
             judgement
             ;
             generality
             in
             sinning
             brings
             generality
             in
             suffering
             .
             
             When
             all
             the
             old
             world
             was
             corrupted
             ,
             then
             came
             the
             flood
             .
             When
             all
             Sodom
             burnt
             with
             lust
             ,
             then
             came
             fire
             from
             Heaven
             and
             consumed
             them
             .
             When
             the
             mean
             man
             boweth
             down
             to
             Idols
             ,
             and
             the
             great
             man
             humbles
             himself
             before
             them
             ,
             God
             will
             not
             pardon
             ,
             Isa
             .
             2.
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             2
             Few
             great
             men
             are
             good
             men
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             1.
             26.
             and
             therefore
             follow
             not
             any
             bee
             hee
             never
             so
             great
             or
             good
             ,
             any
             further
             than
             hee
             follows
             Christ
             ;
             yea
             should
             any
             command
             you
             to
             break
             the
             Laws
             of
             God
             ,
             yet
             you
             must
             chuse
             rather
             to
             obey
             God
             than
             man.
             'T
             is
             no
             dishonour
             to
             the
             Kings
             on
             earth
             to
             see
             the
             King
             of
             Kings
             obeyed
             before
             them
             ,
             and
             therefore
             St.
             Peter
             bids
             us
             first
             Fear
             God
             ,
             and
             then
             honour
             the
             King.
             
          
           
             Obj.
             8.
             
             If
             God
             were
             displeased
             with
             such
             prophane
             practices
             ,
             hee
             would
             never
             have
             born
             so
             long
             with
             the
             wicked
             ,
             nor
             suffer
             them
             to
             prosper
             as
             they
             do
             .
          
           
             Answ
             .
             1.
             
             You
             are
             much
             deceived
             in
             thinking
             they
             are
             not
             punished
             ,
             for
             this
             prospering
             in
             wickedness
             is
             the
             sorest
             punishment
             ,
             
               Deus
               tunc
               magis
               irascitur
               ,
               cum
               non
               irascitur
               ,
            
             God
             is
             never
             more
             angry
             ,
             than
             when
             hee
             seems
             not
             to
             bee
             angry
             ,
             but
             lets
             the
             wicked
             prosper
             in
             his
             way
             ,
             Psal
             .
             81.
             11
             ,
             12.
             
             Hos
             .
             4.
             14
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Though
             hee
             bee
             slow
             to
             wrath
             ,
             yet
             is
             hee
             great
             in
             power
             ,
             and
             will
             by
             no
             means
             acquit
             the
             wicked
             ,
             Nahum
             1.
             3.
             
             Though
             hee
             bear
             long
             ,
             
             hee
             will
             not
             alwayes
             bear
             ,
             but
             as
             men
             sin
             against
             the
             Lord
             ,
             so
             first
             or
             last
             let
             them
             bee
             sure
             their
             sin
             will
             finde
             them
             out
             ;
             for
             as
             Piety
             ▪
             hath
             the
             Promises
             ,
             and
             though
             no
             man
             should
             reward
             it
             ,
             yet
             't
             is
             a
             reward
             it self
             ;
             
             So
             Impiety
             hath
             the
             Threatnings
             annexed
             unto
             it
             ,
             and
             though
             no
             man
             should
             punish
             it
             ,
             yet
             't
             is
             its
             own
             Tormentor
             .
             Gods
             forbearance
             is
             no
             acquittance
             ,
             
             but
             the
             longer
             hee
             forbears
             ,
             the
             heavier
             will
             his
             wrath
             bee
             when
             it
             comes
             ,
             and
             hee
             will
             recompence
             his
             patience
             with
             the
             fierceness
             
             of
             his
             fury
             (
             as
             I
             have
             shewed
             at
             large
             elsewhere
             .
             )
             I
             shall
             conclude
             all
             with
             that
             sweet
             and
             seasonable
             counsel
             of
             Samuel
             ,
             
             1
             Sam.
             12
             ▪
             24
             ,
             25.
             
             
               Only
               fear
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               serve
               him
               in
               truth
               ,
               with
               all
               your
               heart
               ;
               for
               consider
               how
               great
               things
               hee
               hath
               done
               for
               you
               .
            
          
           
             But
             if
             yee
             shall
             still
             do
             wickedly
             ,
             yee
             shall
             be
             consumed
             ,
             both
             you
             ▪
             and
             your
             King.
             
          
        
         
           
             As
             a
             Mantissa
             ,
             and
             little
             over-weight
             ,
             I
             shall
             give
             you
             a
             Coppy
             of
             Verses
             ,
             which
             have
             lain
             long
             by
             mee
             ,
             they
             will
             give
             some
             light
             ▪
             and
             some
             delight
             to
             ingenious
             and
             ingenuous
             Readers
             .
          
           
             HO
             Passenger
             !
             knowest
             thou
             not
             mee
             ?
          
           
             Where
             is
             thy
             cap
             ,
             where
             is
             thy
             knee
             ?
          
           
             Thy
             betters
             do
             mee
             honour
             give
             ,
          
           
             And
             swear
             they
             'l
             do
             it
             while
             they
             live
             :
          
           
             Both
             high
             and
             low
             give
             mee
             respect
             ,
          
           
             I
             can
             command
             them
             at
             my
             beck
             :
          
           
             I
             think
             thou
             art
             some
             Puritan
             ,
          
           
             Or
             censuring
             Precisian
             ,
          
           
             That
             loves
             not
             May-poles
             ,
             Mirth
             and
             Plaies
             ,
          
           
             But
             cries
             ,
             alas
             ,
             these
             wretched
             daies
             !
          
           
             That
             stop
             their
             ears
             ;
             and
             shut
             their
             eyes
             ,
          
           
             Lest
             they
             behold
             our
             vanities
             .
          
           
             But
             Goodman-Goosecap
             ,
             let
             them
             know
             ,
          
           
             I
             do
             disdain
             their
             holy
             show
             ,
          
           
             Their
             peevish
             humours
             I
             do
             scorn
             ,
          
           
             And
             hold
             them
             wretches
             all
             forlorn
             :
          
           
             Their
             Censures
             all
             I
             do
             shake
             off
             ,
          
           
             And
             at
             their
             zeal
             I
             freely
             scoff
             ,
          
           
             I
             will
             stand
             here
             in
             spight
             of
             such
             ,
          
           
             And
             joy
             to
             hear
             that
             they
             do
             grutch
             .
          
           
             But
             prethee
             fellow
             learn
             of
             mee
             ,
          
           
             My
             Birth
             ,
             my
             Worth
             ,
             my
             Pedigree
             ▪
          
           
             My
             name
             ,
             my
             fame
             ,
             my
             power
             ,
             and
             praise
             ,
          
           
             My
             state
             my
             acts
             ,
             my
             honoured
             daies
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             Sir
             May-pole
             ,
             That
             's
             my
             name
             :
          
           
             
               Men
               ,
               May
            
             ,
             and
             Mirth
             ,
             give
             mee
             the
             same
             ,
          
           
           
             Dame
             Flora
             once
             Romes
             famous
             whore
             ,
          
           
             Did
             give
             to
             Rome
             in
             daies
             of
             yore
          
           
             By
             her
             last
             Will
             great
             Legacies
             ,
          
           
             Her
             yearly
             Feasts
             to
             solemnize
          
           
             In
             May-times
             sportful
             pleasantness
          
           
             In
             lust
             procuring
             wantonness
             ,
          
           
             In
             shews
             and
             sights
             of
             such
             delight
             ,
          
           
             As
             mens
             affections
             ravisht
             quite
             .
          
           
             In
             Bowers
             of
             
             May-sprigs
             gaily
             built
          
           
             With
             Flowers
             and
             Garlands
             all
             bedilt
             ,
          
           
             In
             tuffs
             of
             trees
             ,
             in
             shady
             groves
             ,
          
           
             In
             rounds
             of
             sounds
             ,
             and
             wanton
             loves
             ,
          
           
             And
             thus
             hath
             
               Flora
               ,
               May
            
             ,
             and
             Mirth
             ,
          
           
             Begun
             ,
             and
             cherished
             my
             birth
             ,
          
           
             Till
             time
             and
             means
             so
             favoured
             mee
             ,
          
           
             That
             of
             a
             twig
             ,
             I
             waxt
             a
             tree
             :
          
           
             Then
             all
             the
             people
             less
             and
             more
             ,
          
           
             My
             height
             and
             tallness
             did
             adore
             ;
          
           
             Romes
             Idol-gods
             made
             much
             of
             mee
             ,
          
           
             For
             favouring
             their
             Idolatry
             ;
          
           
             When
             thus
             inlarged
             was
             my
             Fame
             ,
          
           
             Then
             into
             other
             Lands
             I
             came
             ,
          
           
             And
             found
             my
             pomp
             and
             bravery
          
           
             Increased
             much
             by
             Popery
             ;
          
           
             Sith
             their
             will-worship
             I
             advanc'd
             ,
          
           
             I
             was
             most
             highly
             countenanc'd
             :
          
           
             All
             Townships
             had
             mee
             in
             request
             ,
          
           
             Where
             ere
             I
             came
             ,
             that
             place
             was
             blest
             ,
          
           
             And
             to
             say
             sooth
             ,
             I
             'me
             near
             of
             kin
          
           
             Unto
             that
             Romish
             man
             of
             Sin
             ,
          
           
             And
             why
             ?
             '
             cause
             under
             Heavens
             Cope
             ,
          
           
             There
             's
             none
             I
             say
             so
             near
             the
             Pope
             .
          
           
             Wherefore
             the
             Papists
             give
             to
             mee
             ,
          
           
             Next
             Papal
             ,
             second
             Dignity
             .
          
           
             Hath
             holy
             Father
             much
             adoc
          
           
             When
             hee
             is
             chosen
             :
             so
             have
             I
             too
             :
          
           
             Doth
             hee
             upon
             mens
             shoulders
             ride
             ?
          
           
             That
             honour
             doth
             to
             mee
             betide
             ;
          
           
             There
             's
             joy
             at
             my
             plantation
             ,
          
           
             As
             is
             at
             his
             Coronation
             .
          
           
           
             Men
             women
             ,
             children
             ,
             on
             an
             heap
             ,
          
           
             Do
             sing
             and
             dance
             ,
             and
             frisk
             and
             leap
             ;
          
           
             Yea
             drums
             and
             drunkards
             on
             a
             rout
             ,
          
           
             Before
             mee
             make
             a
             hideous
             shout
             ;
          
           
             Whose
             loud
             alarms
             ,
             and
             bellowing
             cryes
          
           
             Do
             fright
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             pierce
             the
             skies
             .
          
           
             Hath
             holy
             Pope
             his
             noble
             guard
             ?
          
           
             So
             have
             I
             too
             ,
             that
             watch
             and
             ward
             :
          
           
             For
             where
             't
             is
             nois'd
             that
             I
             am
             come
             ,
          
           
             My
             followers
             summon'd
             are
             by
             drum
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             a
             mighty
             retinue
             ,
          
           
             The
             scum
             of
             all
             the
             rascal
             crew
          
           
             Of
             Fidlers
             ,
             Pedlers
             ,
             Jayi-scap't-slaves
             ,
          
           
             Of
             Tinkers
             ,
             Turn-coats
             ,
             Tospot-knaves
             ,
          
           
             Of
             Theeves
             ,
             and
             Scape-thrifts
             many
             a
             one
             ,
          
           
             With
             bouncing
             Besse
             ,
             and
             jolly
             Jone
             ,
          
           
             With
             idle
             Boyes
             ,
             and
             Journey-men
             ,
          
           
             And
             Vagrants
             ,
             that
             their
             Country
             run
             :
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             Hobby-horse
             doth
             hither
             prance
             ,
          
           
             Maid-marrian
             ,
             and
             the
             Morrice-dance
             .
          
           
             My
             summons
             fetcheth
             far
             and
             near
          
           
             All
             that
             can
             swagger
             ,
             roar
             and
             swear
             ,
          
           
             All
             that
             can
             dance
             ,
             and
             drab
             ,
             and
             drink
             ,
          
           
             They
             run
             to
             mee
             ,
             as
             to
             a
             sink
             .
          
           
             These
             ,
             mee
             for
             their
             Commander
             take
             ,
          
           
             And
             I
             do
             them
             my
             black-guard
             make
             .
          
           
             The
             Pope
             doth
             keep
             his
             Jubilee
             ,
          
           
             A
             time
             of
             mirth
             ,
             and
             merry
             glee
             :
          
           
             On
             such
             as
             unto
             Rome
             will
             go
             ,
          
           
             Great
             benefits
             hee
             doth
             bestow
             ;
          
           
             For
             sins
             past
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             sins
             to
             come
             ,
          
           
             Hee
             saith
             hee
             can
             free
             them
             from
             doom
             :
          
           
             Hee
             brings
             men
             to
             transgression
             ,
          
           
             With
             hope
             of
             absolution
             :
          
           
             And
             if
             they
             will
             in
             him
             beleeve
             ,
          
           
             Do
             what
             they
             list
             ,
             hee
             'l
             them
             forgive
             .
          
           
             I
             dare
             avouch
             in
             doing
             this
             ,
          
           
             My
             power
             is
             as
             great
             as
             his
             .
          
           
             My
             yearly
             Jubilee
             keep
             I
             ,
          
           
             Which
             great
             concourse
             doth
             dignifie
             ,
          
           
           
             And
             to
             all
             such
             as
             it
             frequent
             ,
          
           
             I
             procure
             mirth
             and
             great
             content
             ,
          
           
             I
             do
             inlarge
             their
             conscience
             ,
          
           
             And
             qualifie
             each
             great
             offence
             :
          
           
             I
             take
             away
             all
             fear
             of
             evil
             ,
          
           
             Of
             sin
             and
             hell
             ,
             of
             death
             and
             devil
             :
          
           
             I
             tell
             them
             't
             is
             a
             time
             to
             laugh
             ,
          
           
             To
             give
             themselves
             free
             leave
             to
             quaff
             ,
          
           
             To
             drink
             their
             healths
             upon
             their
             knee
             ,
          
           
             To
             mix
             their
             talk
             with
             ribaldry
             ,
          
           
             To
             reel
             and
             spue
             ,
             to
             brawl
             and
             fight
             ,
          
           
             To
             scoff
             and
             rail
             with
             all
             their
             might
             :
          
           
             I
             bid
             men
             cast
             off
             gravity
             ,
          
           
             And
             women
             eke
             their
             modesty
             :
          
           
             Old
             crones
             that
             scarce
             have
             tooth
             or
             eye
             ,
          
           
             But
             crooked
             back
             ,
             and
             lamed
             thigh
          
           
             Must
             have
             a
             frisk
             ,
             and
             shake
             their
             heel
             ,
          
           
             As
             if
             no
             stitch
             ,
             nor
             ache
             they
             feel
             .
          
           
             I
             bid
             the
             servant
             disobey
             ,
          
           
             The
             childe
             to
             say
             his
             Parents
             nay
             .
          
           
             The
             poorer
             sort
             that
             have
             no
             coin
             ,
          
           
             I
             can
             command
             them
             to
             purloin
             :
          
           
             All
             this
             ,
             and
             more
             ,
             I
             warrant
             good
             ,
          
           
             For
             't
             is
             to
             maintain
             neighbour-hood
             .
          
           
             The
             Pope's
             a
             friend
             to
             Letchery
             ,
          
           
             Witness
             his
             Stews
             for
             Venery
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             I
             come
             not
             far
             behinde
             ,
          
           
             I
             give
             them
             leave
             to
             take
             their
             kinde
             ,
          
           
             I
             have
             allurements
             for
             the
             same
             ,
          
           
             As
             they
             do
             know
             that
             love
             the
             game
             :
          
           
             First
             ,
             mirth
             doth
             make
             their
             passions
             warm
             ,
          
           
             Then
             liquor
             strong
             their
             lust
             doth
             charm
             ,
          
           
             Then
             dancing
             gestures
             ,
             looks
             ,
             and
             words
             ,
          
           
             More
             fewel
             to
             their
             fire
             affords
             ,
          
           
             And
             '
             cause
             their
             works
             do
             hate
             the
             light
             ,
          
           
             Wee
             take
             th'
             advantage
             of
             the
             night
             ,
          
           
             Which
             covers
             with
             dark
             Canopy
             ,
          
           
             The
             means
             producing
             bastardy
             .
          
           
             The
             Pope
             doth
             challenge
             power
             divine
             ,
          
           
             I
             next
             to
             him
             may
             say
             't
             is
             mine
             .
          
           
           
             I
             can
             command
             more
             countenance
          
           
             Than
             can
             the
             Lords
             own
             Ordinance
             :
          
           
             They
             do
             to
             mee
             their
             love
             convert
             ,
          
           
             That
             from
             the
             Church
             withdraw
             their
             heart
             ;
          
           
             I
             can
             command
             from
             them
             great
             cost
             ,
          
           
             Who
             on
             the
             poor
             would
             think
             it
             lost
             :
          
           
             For
             mee
             they
             will
             adventure
             life
             ,
          
           
             They
             flye
             the
             Gospels
             threatned
             strife
             ▪
          
           
             The
             honour
             of
             the
             Sabbath
             day
             ,
          
           
             My
             dancing-greens
             have
             ta'en
             away
             .
          
           
             Let
             Preachers
             prate
             till
             they
             grow
             wood
             ,
          
           
             Where
             I
             am
             ,
             they
             can
             do
             no
             good
             .
          
           
             The
             Pope
             doth
             every
             where
             beat
             down
          
           
             The
             haters
             of
             his
             triple
             Crown
             :
          
           
             Bell
             ,
             Book
             ,
             and
             Candle
             do
             defie
          
           
             Such
             as
             will
             not
             on
             him
             relye
             ;
          
           
             And
             to
             effect
             his
             dear
             intent
             ,
          
           
             New
             Locusts
             still
             from
             Hell
             are
             sent
             ,
          
           
             That
             fill
             the
             world
             with
             villanies
             ,
          
           
             And
             act
             each
             where
             their
             Tragedies
             ;
          
           
             Sometimes
             mens
             lands
             ,
             sometimes
             their
             state
          
           
             Must
             pay
             for
             't
             ,
             '
             cause
             they
             do
             him
             hate
             .
          
           
             And
             have
             not
             I
             as
             powerful
             wrath
             ,
          
           
             To
             work
             the
             world
             as
             great
             a
             scath
             ?
          
           
             Have
             not
             I
             vassals
             like
             the
             Devil
             ,
          
           
             To
             pay
             such
             with
             all
             kinde
             of
             evil
             ,
          
           
             That
             '
             gainst
             mee
             spake
             ,
             or
             dare
             to
             frown
             ,
          
           
             Much
             more
             that
             say
             ,
             they
             'l
             pull
             mee
             down
             ?
          
           
             These
             brave
             my
             foes
             unto
             their
             face
             ,
          
           
             And
             glad
             this
             office
             to
             imbrace
             .
          
           
             In
             colour
             that
             they
             plead
             for
             mee
             ,
          
           
             They
             'l
             fight
             against
             all
             honesty
             :
          
           
             To
             make
             their
             foes
             seem
             odious
             ,
          
           
             They
             'l
             first
             proclaim
             them
             factious
             :
          
           
             They
             'l
             term
             them
             Rebels
             to
             the
             State
             ,
          
           
             And
             say
             they
             seek
             to
             innovate
             ,
          
           
             And
             breed
             disorder
             in
             each
             thing
             ,
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             that
             they
             hate
             their
             Soveraign
             King
             :
          
           
             And
             if
             they
             be
             not
             purg'd
             ,
             the
             Land
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             Church
             ,
             nor
             Commonwealth
             can
             stand
             .
          
           
           
             Then
             Libels
             foul
             are
             cast
             abroad
          
           
             When
             filthy
             slanders
             lay
             on
             load
             .
          
           
             Incarnate
             Devils
             wee
             them
             call
             ,
          
           
             Of
             men
             most
             vile
             ,
             the
             worst
             of
             all
             .
          
           
             Rogues
             ,
             Theeves
             and
             Drunkards
             ,
             saith
             our
             pen
             ,
          
           
             Compar'd
             with
             these
             ,
             are
             honest
             men
             :
          
           
             And
             as
             for
             Papists
             ,
             oh
             !
             they
             are
          
           
             Subjects
             more
             true
             than
             these
             by
             far
             :
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             Puritans
             wee
             do
             them
             prove
             ,
          
           
             All
             such
             as
             do
             not
             May-poles
             love
             ;
          
           
             And
             if
             some
             matter
             there
             bee
             found
             ,
          
           
             That
             wants
             good
             proof
             to
             make
             it
             sound
             ,
          
           
             Wee
             have
             whole
             dozens
             prest
             to
             swear
             ,
          
           
             And
             freely
             false
             witness
             to
             bear
             :
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             when
             my
             Rogues
             do
             victuals
             want
             ,
          
           
             When
             mony
             ,
             cloths
             ,
             and
             all
             grow
             scant
             ,
          
           
             Then
             forth
             a
             forraging
             they
             go
             ,
          
           
             And
             fall
             upon
             our
             common
             foe
             .
          
           
             No
             pillage
             seemeth
             half
             so
             good
             ,
          
           
             As
             what
             is
             stollen
             from
             th'
             brotherhood
             .
          
           
             Thus
             do
             wee
             joy
             our
             foes
             to
             grieve
             ,
          
           
             And
             't
             is
             our
             death
             that
             they
             do
             live
             .
          
           
             And
             lest
             you
             think
             my
             stately
             port
             ,
          
           
             Maintain'd
             alone
             by
             th'
             baser
             sort
             :
          
           
             I
             have
             some
             of
             a
             better
             note
             ,
          
           
             That
             jet
             it
             in
             a
             silken
             coat
             ;
          
           
             I
             cannot
             boast
             much
             of
             their
             grace
             ,
          
           
             But
             this
             I
             le
             say
             ,
             they
             're
             men
             of
             place
             ,
          
           
             Whose
             Country-worship
             hath
             great
             praise
          
           
             For
             May-polizing
             now
             adaies
             ;
          
           
             Though
             cold
             enough
             in
             better
             things
             ,
          
           
             In
             this
             they
             reign
             like
             Parish-Kings
             ;
          
           
             Though
             bit
             to
             th'
             bare
             by
             Usury
             ,
          
           
             Yet
             prodigal
             to
             maintain
             mee
             :
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             Gentiles
             of
             the
             Female
             kinde
             ,
          
           
             To
             mee
             devoted
             have
             their
             mind
             ,
          
           
             They
             keep
             my
             Festivals
             with
             joy
             ,
          
           
             And
             fence
             mee
             from
             my
             foes
             annoy
             .
          
           
             Themselves
             sometimes
             will
             lead
             the
             dance
             ▪
          
           
             And
             Tomboy-like
             ,
             will
             leap
             and
             prance
             :
          
           
           
             And
             though
             they
             seem
             (
             O
             fatal
             hap
             )
          
           
             As
             light
             as
             feathers
             in
             their
             Cap
             ,
          
           
             Yet
             how
             much
             bound
             to
             them
             am
             I
             ,
          
           
             To
             grace
             mee
             with
             their
             levity
             !
          
           
             And
             more
             than
             these
             ,
             some
             learned
             men
             ,
          
           
             Perhaps
             Divines
             ,
             what
             say
             you
             then
             ?
          
           
             That
             have
             disputed
             oft
             in
             Schools
             ,
          
           
             I
             hope
             these
             are
             no
             simple
             fools
             :
          
           
             These
             stifly
             do
             maintain
             my
             cause
             ,
          
           
             To
             bee
             according
             to
             Gods
             Laws
             ;
          
           
             They
             say
             ,
             I
             benefit
             the
             poor
             ,
          
           
             And
             help
             t'
             increase
             the
             Churches
             store
             ,
          
           
             They
             'l
             make
             them
             good
             ,
             were
             't
             not
             for
             mee
             ,
          
           
             All
             love
             would
             perish
             speedily
             .
          
           
             They
             Champion-like
             ,
             dare
             to
             maintain
             ,
          
           
             That
             Papists
             to
             the
             Church
             I
             gain
             ,
          
           
             Where
             neither
             fear
             of
             God
             nor
             man
             ,
          
           
             Can
             make
             them
             come
             ,
             These
             say
             ,
             I
             can
             .
          
           
             O
             leap
             for
             joy
             ,
             yee
             Papists
             all
             ,
          
           
             Sith
             these
             do
             you
             my
             Converts
             call
             ,
          
           
             And
             cleave
             no
             more
             to
             Popish
             Rites
             :
          
           
             You
             are
             Sir
             May-poles
             Proselites
             .
          
           
             Now
             Traveller
             learn
             more
             grace
             to
             show
             ;
          
           
             And
             see
             that
             thou
             thy
             betters
             know
             .
          
           
             Thou
             hear'st
             what
             I
             say
             for
             my self
             ,
          
           
             I
             am
             no
             Ape
             ,
             I
             am
             no
             Elf
             ,
          
           
             I
             am
             no
             base
             ones
             Parasite
             ,
          
           
             I
             am
             this
             great
             worlds
             Favorite
             ,
          
           
             And
             sith
             thou
             must
             now
             part
             mee
             fro
             ,
          
           
             Let
             this
             my
             blessing
             with
             thee
             go
             .
          
           
             There
             's
             not
             a
             Knave
             in
             all
             the
             Town
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             swearing
             Courtier
             ,
             nor
             base
             Clown
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             dancing
             Lob
             ,
             nor
             mincing
             Quean
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             Popist
             Clerk
             ▪
             bee
             't
             Priest
             or
             Dean
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             Knight
             debaucht
             ,
             nor
             Gentleman
             ,
          
           
             That
             follows
             Drabs
             ,
             or
             Cup
             or
             Can
             ,
          
           
             That
             will
             give
             thee
             a
             friendly
             look
             ,
          
           
             If
             thou
             a
             May-pole
             canst
             not
             brook
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A45334-e210
           
             a
             An
             old
             Roman
             Strumpet
             the
             Goddess
             of
             May-Games
             .
          
           
             b
             Una
             dolo
             Divúm
             ,
             &c.
             Aeneid
             .
             lib.
             4.
             
          
           
             c
             The
             Flesh
             .
          
           
             d
             Adultery
             .
          
           
             e
             Fornication
             .
          
           
             f
             Lasciviousness
             .
          
           
             g
             Drunkenness
             .
          
           
             h
             Carm.
             lib.
             2.
             
             Ode
             13.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45334-e790
           
             Hodie
             mihi
             
          
           
             Juppiter
             esto
             ,
             cras
             mihi
             truncus
             eris
             ,
             ficulnus
             inutile
             lignum
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45334-e1310
           
             Cantants
             fremunt
             ,
             perstrepunt
             ,
             tumultuantur
             ,
             &
             fu●entibus
             similes
             insanire
             videntur
             .
          
           
             Nicol.
             de
             Clemangis
             ,
             de
             novis
             celebritatibus
             non
             instituendis
             .
          
           
             Vetus
             fabula
             ,
             novi
             histriones
             .
          
           
             
               Quid
               tristes
               queremoniae
               ,
               si
               non
               supplicio
               culpa
               reciditur
               ,
               quid
               leges
               sine
               moribus
               vanae
               proficiunt
               ?
            
             
               Horat
               .
               Carm.
               l.
               3.
               
               Ode
               24.
               
            
          
           
             Against
             Healths
             .
             See
             my
             Comment
             ,
             on
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             3.
             
             p
             94.
             
          
           
             I
             have
             this
             from
             an
             eye-witness
             ,
             and
             cannot
             but
             mourn
             to
             think
             ,
             that
             those
             who
             should
             bee
             teachers
             of
             others
             ,
             have
             learnt
             no
             better
             themselves
             ,
             
               Surgunt
               indocti
               &
               rapiunt
               coelum
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             Yea
             in
             some
             places
             Maids
             drink
             Healths
             upon
             their
             knees
             ;
             'T
             is
             vile
             in
             men
             ,
             but
             abominable
             in
             women
             .
          
           
             There
             were
             two
             persons
             of
             quality
             ,
             that
             some
             years
             since
             drank
             this
             Kings
             Health
             upon
             their
             knees
             ,
             and
             not
             long
             after
             sought
             to
             betray
             him
             ;
             this
             I
             have
             from
             an
             eye-witness
             of
             good
             quality
             .
          
           
             Omne
             tempus
             Clod
             or
             ,
             non
             omnes
             (
             atones
             feret
             .
             Sen.
             Epist
             ,
             98.
             
          
           
             
               V.
               De
               Croy.
            
             Conformities
             chap.
             19.
             
             Conform
             .
             1.
             p.
             44.
             
          
           
             V.
             Hospinian
             de
             Orig.
             Festorum
             p.
             99.
             
             Polydor.
             
          
           
             Virgil.
             lib.
             4.
             cap.
             14.
             &
             lib.
             5.
             cap.
             2.
             
          
           
             Godwin
             Antiq.
             lib.
             1.
             sect
             .
             2.
             c.
             9.
             p.
             7
             ,
             8.
             &
             l.
             2.
             sect
             .
             3.
             cap.
             3.
             p.
             87.
             
          
           
             Floralia
             in
             honorem
             Florae
             ;
             è
             meret●ice
             Deae
             factae
             ,
             agebantur
             à
             meretricibus
             exutis
             ,
             omni
             cum
             verborum
             licentia
             ,
             motu●mque
             obscaenitate
             .
             Farnab
             .
             in
             Martial
             .
             Epig
             lib.
             1.
             p.
             2.
             
          
           
             V.
             Aug.
             de
             Civit
             .
             Dei.
             lib.
             4.
             cap.
             8
             
          
           
             The
             Heathens
             had
             thirty
             thousand
             gods
             .
             Weemse
             on
             2d
             .
             Command
             .
          
           
             chap
             5.
             p.
             97.
             
             Vol.
             2.
             
          
           
             Hi
             ludi
             celebrantur
             cum
             omni
             laseivia
             ,
             convenientes
             memoria
             meretricis
             .
             Nauclerus
             Chronogra
             .
             Volat.
             Gener.
             24.
             p.
             48.
             
             Cui
             calculum
             adjecit
             Munster
             in
             Cosmographi
             .
             &
             Rosinus
             de
             Antiquit
             ,
             Rom.
             lib.
             5.
             cap.
             15.
             
          
           
             Val.
             Maximus
             lib.
             2.
             c.
             20.
             sect
             .
             8.
             
             &
             Seneca
             Epist
             .
             98.
             
          
           
             Quid
             de
             effoeminata
             dicam
             juventute
             ,
             quae
             iuxu
             illis
             temporibus
             ac
             petualantiâ
             dissoluta
             ,
             cunctis
             flagitiorum
             generibus
             implicatur
             ?
             Clemangis
             de
             novis
             celebritat
             .
             non
             instit
             .
             p.
             144.
             
          
           
             Our
             latras
             ?
             furem
             video
             ,
             Philip
             .
             dixit
             .
          
           
             *
             V.
             The
             Canterburian
             Self-conviction
             .
          
           
             *
             Ad
             deteriora
             faciles
             sumus
             ,
             quia
             nec
             dux
             ,
             nec
             comes
             deesse
             potest
             ;
             &
             res
             ipsa
             sine
             duce
             ,
             sine
             comite
             procedit
             ,
             non
             pronum
             est
             iter
             tantum
             ad
             vitia
             ,
             sed
             praceps
             .
             Seneca
             Epist
             .
             98.
             
          
           
             
               Non
               nisi
               grande
               aliquod
               bonum
               quod
               à
               Nerone
               damnatum
            
             
               Tertul.
               advers
               .
               Gentes
               ,
               cap.
               5.
               
            
          
           
             See
             Reasons
             to
             move
             us
             to
             redeem
             time
             ,
             in
             Mr.
             Ambrose
             his
             Sermon
             on
             Eph.
             5.
             16.
             
          
           
             See
             the
             danger
             of
             carnal
             pleasures
             ,
             in
             my
             Comment
             .
             on
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             4.
             
             P.
             119
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Bis
             dicitur
             ,
             quod
             per
             similitudinem
             dicitur
             .
          
           
             Plin
             Nat.
             Hist
             .
             l.
             18
             c.
             29.
             
          
           
             Lactant.
             de
             falsa
             Relig.
             l.
             1.
             c.
             20.
             
          
           
             Fluvius
             quidam
             eloquent
             :
             â
             Tulliana
             Lactantius
             .
          
           
             V.
             Ord.
             of
             Parliament
             for
             the
             Lords
             day
             ,
             1644.
             
          
           
             The
             King
             took
             it
             at
             his
             Coronation
             in
             
               Scotland
               ,
               Jan.
            
             1.
             1651.
             as
             appears
             by
             an
             excellent
             Sermon
             preached
             by
             Mr.
             
               Robert
               Douglas
            
             ,
             p.
             28.
             
          
           
             V.
             Dr.
             Griffiths
             Serm.
             on
             Prov.
             24.
             
             ●●
             .
             p.
             12.
             preached
             at
             Mercers
             Chap.
             1660.
             
          
           
             Ames
             C●s
             .
             Cons
             .
             l.
             5.
             6.
             39.
             
          
           
             Babington
             on
             the
             7th
             Commandement
             .
          
           
             Floralia
             cum
             maxima
             lascivia
             ,
             ludis
             ,
             atque
             jocis
             obscaenis
             ,
             conviviis
             luxuriosis
             ,
             coronis
             ,
             saltationibus
             ,
             cultu
             versicolore
             &
             luminibus
             ,
             celebrati
             fuere
             ,
             Christianorum
             cujusmodi
             sunt
             hodie
             Floralia
             eodem
             mense
             Maio
             ,
             Stuckii
             Antiquit.
             
          
           
             Ovid.
             Fastorum
             lib.
             5.
             
          
           
             Ludi
             florales
             in
             circo
             sive
             theatro
             ,
             celebrati
             .
          
           
             Coronâ
             cinctis
             .
          
           
             Nemo
             malum
             odit
             ,
             nisi
             qui
             distincte
             videt
             .
             Barlow
             Exercit
             .
             Metaphys
             .
             p.
             28.
             
          
           
             Nullum
             vitium
             sine
             patrocinio
             .
          
           
             Quae
             major
             voluptas
             quam
             fastidium
             talis
             voluptatis
             ?
             Tertul
             .
             de
             spectac
             .
             c.
             29.
             ubi
             plura
             .
          
           
             B.
             Halls
             Meditations
             and
             Vows
             ,
             cent
             .
             3.
             med
             .
             47.
             
          
           
             Perkins
             
               Cas
               .
               Cons
            
             .
             l.
             3.
             s
             .
             4.
             
             Q.
             1.
             p.
             141.
             
          
           
             Boltons
             Directions
             for
             walking
             .
             p.
             154
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             V
             Mr.
             Pryn
             ,
             in
             several
             Treatises
             against
             Episcopacy
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             absurd
             fellows
             ,
             a
             compact
             of
             meer
             incongruities
             ,
             solecising
             continually
             in
             opinion
             ,
             speech
             ,
             action
             ,
             and
             whole
             life
             ,
             Dr.
             Slatyr
             .
          
           
             In
             my
             Com.
             on
             Amos
             4.
             4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             The
             great
             danger
             that
             is
             in
             little
             sins
             ,
             you
             may
             see
             in
             an
             accurate
             little
             Tract
             .
             of
             Mr.
             Peck
             ,
             on
             that
             Subject
             .
          
           
             Gravissima
             quaeque
             persecutio
             semper
             suit
             sub
             praetextu
             aliquo
             honestissimo
             ,
             queque
             major
             erat
             crudelitas
             ,
             co
             semper
             fuit
             Praetextus
             speciosior
             .
             Rolloc
             .
             in
             Johan
             .
          
           
             Dr.
             Griffith
             in
             his
             Samaritan
             revived
             ,
             p.
             65.
             and
             in
             his
             sermon
             on
             Prov.
             24.
             21.
             p.
             40
             ,
             41
             
               Quis
               tulerit
               Gracchos
               de
               seditione
               querentes
               ?
            
             Juven
             .
          
           
             *
             V.
             Dr.
             Davenant
             ,
             Determ
             .
             Quest
             .
             17.
             p.
             81
             
          
           
             *
             Dr.
             
               Prideaux
               ,
               Higgaion
               Selah
               sect
            
             7
             ,
             8.
             p.
             17
             ,
             18
             ,
             19.
             
             V.
             Mr.
             Pryn
             ,
             The
             Treachery
             and
             Disloyalty
             of
             Papists
             to
             their
             Soveraigns
             .
          
           
             Ille
             est
             publicus
             inimicus
             cui
             haec
             voluptas
             displicet
             .
             Aug.
             de
             civit
             .
             Dei
             ,
             l.
             2.
             c.
             21.
             
          
           
             Bilson
             .
             Philand
             .
             
               par
               .
               3.
               p.
            
             179.
             
             Grotius
             de
             Jure
             belli
             ,
             l.
             1.
             c.
             4.
             
          
           
             Argumentum
             pessimum
             est
             turba
             .
             Sen.
             
          
           
             See
             fifteen
             reasons
             against
             following
             the
             world
             .
             Burroughs
             on
             Mat.
             11.
             29.
             chap.
             48.
             p.
             204.
             
          
           
             Rectè
             fecisse
             praemium
             est
             .
             Sen.
             
          
           
             Maxima
             peccantium
             poena
             ,
             est
             peccasse
             .
          
           
             Nec
             ullum
             scelus
             licèt
             fortuna
             illud
             exornet
             muneribus
             suis
             ,
             licèt
             tueatur
             ac
             vindicet
             ,
             impunitum
             est
             ,
             quoniam
             sceleris
             in
             scelere
             supplicium
             est
             .
             Senec.
             Epist
             .
             98.
             
          
           
             In
             my
             Com.
             on
             Hos
             .
             13.
             12.
             p.
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
        
      
    
  

