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             A triple paradox affixed to a counter-mure raised against the furious batteries of restraint, slander and poverty, the three grand engines of the world, the flesh, and the devil / by major George Wither ...
             Wither, George, 1588-1667.
          
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             1661.
          
           
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           Imprisonment -- Great Britain -- Poetry.
           Libel and slander -- Poetry.
           Poverty -- Poetry.
        
      
    
     
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           A
           Triple
           Paradox
           :
           Affixed
           to
           a
           COUNTER-MURE
           Raised
           against
           the
           Furious
           Batteries
           of
           
             Restraint
             ,
             Slander
             and
             Poverty
          
           ,
           The
           three
           Grand
           Engines
           OF
           The
           World
           ,
           the
           Flesh
           and
           the
           Devil
           .
        
         
           By
           Major
           
             GEORGE
             WITHER
          
           ,
           Who
           ,
           now
           beleagured
           by
           their
           Forces
           ,
           throws
           out
           unto
           them
           this
           DEFIANCE
           .
        
         
           The
           said
           PARADOX
           maintains
           these
           Particulars
           .
           
             
               That
               Confinement
               is
               more
               safe
               than
               Liberty
               ,
            
             
               Slander
               more
               advantageous
               than
               Praise
               ,
            
             
               Poverty
               more
               profitable
               than
               Riches
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Nusquam
               ,
               non
               potest
               esse
               virtuti
               locus
               .
            
          
           
             Seneca
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           the
           Author
           .
           1661.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           The
           Author
           ,
           to
           all
           those
           who
           have
           relieved
           him
           in
           his
           Beleagurement
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           a
           more
           Blessed
           thing
           to
           Give
           ,
           than
           to
           Receive
           ;
           Therefore
           ,
           having
           hitherto
           been
           a
           Receiver
           only
           ,
           I
           am
           now
           desirous
           to
           be
           a
           Giver
           also
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           but
           of
           a
           Mite
           ,
           or
           of
           a
           
             Cup
             of
             cold
             water
          
           ;
           For
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           to
           expect
           Benedictions
           or
           Acceprations
           ,
           strictly
           answerable
           to
           the
           quantity
           or
           quality
           of
           our
           Gifts
           considered
           in
           themselves
           ,
           but
           according
           to
           our
           Purposes
           and
           Abilities
           ;
           which
           incourages
           me
           to
           send
           you
           a
           handful
           of
           such
           Fruit
           as
           grows
           upon
           my
           WITHERD-Tree
           ,
           now
           almost
           past
           bearing
           ,
           that
           if
           you
           find
           it
           as
           pleasant
           and
           as
           wholsome
           ,
           as
           I
           conceived
           it
           to
           be
           ,
           you
           having
           therewith
           refreshed
           your selves
           ,
           may
           if
           you
           please
           ,
           pick
           out
           some
           of
           the
           Kernels
           ,
           and
           by
           sowing
           and
           replanting
           them
           in
           your
           Orchards
           ,
           preserve
           the
           kinde
           for
           future
           use
           ,
           when
           my
           Tree
           is
           rotten
           .
        
         
           I
           make
           not
           tender
           of
           this
           
             Diminutive
             Present
          
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           R●tribution
           ;
           For
           ,
           GOD
           is
           your
           reward
           :
           but
           to
           be
           a
           testimonial
           of
           my
           Gratitude
           ,
           and
           of
           my
           willingness
           ,
           to
           have
           done
           more
           ,
           if
           I
           had
           been
           able
           ;
           or
           rather
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           a
           memorial
           of
           
             GODS
             Mercy
          
           to
           me
           vouchsafed
           by
           your
           hands
           when
           I
           was
           deserted
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           which
           ought
           never
           to
           be
           by
           me
           forgotten
           :
           For
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           I
           have
           thereby
           lived
           to
           produce
           this
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           I
           shall
           do
           hereafter
           in
           discharge
           of
           my
           duty
           ,
           and
           had
           else
           ,
           ere
           this
           day
           perished
           from
           the
           Earth
           ,
           for
           ought
           I
           know
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           though
           in
           my
           greatest
           wants
           and
           uncertainty
           of
           Supplies
           I
           was
           always
           as
           far
           from
           a
           despairing
           Distrust
           ,
           as
           if
           I
           had
           then
           possessed
           a
           Vault
           filled
           with
           hidden
           Treasures
           ,
           which
           no
           man
           could
           take
           from
           me
           :
           And
           (
           though
           I
           am
           yet
           in
           no
           more
           certainty
           in
           respect
           of
           
             External
             Supplies
          
           )
           GOD
           preserves
           in
           me
           the
           same
           confidence
           ,
           and
           I
           believe
           he
           will
           always
           preserve
           it
           in
           me
           .
        
         
           This
           ,
           is
           so
           great
           ,
           and
           so
           extraordinary
           a
           Mercy
           ,
           considering
           the
           many
           terrors
           ,
           distrusts
           &
           necessities
           ,
           wherewith
           many
           thousands
           of
           better
           men
           are
           daily
           exercised
           &
           proved
           ,
           that
           I
           conceive
           my self
           obliged
           in
           conscience
           ,
           openly
           to
           acknowledge
           it
           both
           to
           glorifie
           him
           who
           vouchsafes
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           confirm
           in
           my self
           and
           other
           men
           ,
           our
           Christian
           hopes
           ,
           by
           delaring
           what
           GOD
           hath
           
           done
           for
           my
           soul
           ,
           who
           have
           nothing
           in
           my self
           to
           deserve
           it
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           of
           his
           gift
           ,
           and
           who
           have
           much
           more
           of
           my
           own
           ,
           which
           rather
           deserves
           the
           contrary
           .
           I
           am
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           shall
           ever
           be
           so
           far
           from
           being
           ashamed
           of
           my
           preservation
           by
           meer
           Charity
           ,
           that
           I
           do
           esteem
           it
           a
           greater
           honour
           &
           happiness
           ,
           than
           to
           have
           the
           most
           plentiful
           subsistance
           which
           the
           world
           can
           confer
           upon
           me
           by
           a
           constant
           Revenue
           ,
           with
           an
           eminent
           dignitary
           annexed
           :
           For
           I
           have
           seen
           the
           best
           Provisions
           of
           that
           kind
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           fall
           but
           to
           bring
           their
           Possessors
           also
           to
           be
           worse
           than
           nothing
           .
        
         
           I
           had
           superscribed
           your
           Names
           (
           or
           hereto
           added
           a
           Catalogue
           of
           them
           :
           )
           but
           many
           of
           you
           are
           personally
           unknown
           ,
           and
           ,
           the
           rest
           having
           discovered
           themselves
           unto
           me
           ,
           for
           our
           mutual
           comfort
           and
           conversation
           only
           (
           without
           any
           desire
           that
           notice
           might
           be
           taken
           by
           other
           men
           of
           what
           hath
           been
           communicated
           ,
           and
           passed
           between
           them
           and
           me
           )
           I
           do
           forbear
           making
           your
           Names
           publick
           ,
           for
           that
           and
           other
           considerable
           respects
           .
           You
           are
           my
           friends
           by
           the
           surest
           side
           :
           For
           you
           were
           not
           made
           mine
           by
           my
           industry
           ,
           merit
           ,
           solicitation
           ,
           or
           in
           respect
           of
           any
           carnal
           Relations
           ,
           but
           meerly
           by
           GODS
           Mediation
           who
           inclined
           your
           hearts
           to
           that
           voluntary
           compassion
           ,
           whereof
           I
           had
           fruit
           in
           due
           season
           ,
           sufficient
           to
           preserve
           me
           ,
           without
           sordid
           want
           or
           dejection
           ,
           in
           that
           condition
           wherein
           I
           am
           likely
           to
           be
           continued
           to
           fit
           me
           for
           that
           service
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           yet
           to
           do
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           confident
           that
           he
           who
           made
           you
           my
           Friends
           ,
           will
           so
           keep
           you
           ;
           and
           make
           me
           thankful
           to
           him
           and
           you
           ,
           whilst
           we
           live
           in
           this
           world
           .
           Your
           Acceptation
           I
           doubt
           not
           of
           ,
           nor
           of
           assistance
           by
           your
           prayers
           to
           the
           end
           of
           my
           Pilgrim●ge
           :
           For
           ,
           though
           some
           of
           us
           may
           circumstantially
           differ
           in
           our
           Iudgements
           ,
           we
           are
           one
           in
           him
           and
           with
           him
           ,
           in
           his
           
             Essential
             Truth
          
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           love
           which
           knits
           all
           the
           Saints
           into
           one
           blessed
           and
           everlasting
           Communion
           .
           I
           am
        
         
           
             Your
             humble
             Beadsman
             ,
             GEORGE
             WITHER
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         A
         Triple
         Paradox
         ;
         
           Wherein
           are
           asserted
           ,
           these
           particulars
           ,
           that
           (
           TY
           ;
           IMPRISONMENT
           ,
           is
           more
           safe
           than
           LIBERSLANDER
           ,
           more
           advantageous
           than
           PRAISE
           ;
           POVERTY
           ,
           more
           profitable
           than
           RICHES
           .
        
      
       
         
           For
           an
           INTRODUCTION
           ,
           the
           AUTHOR
           flings
           this
           Express
           to
           the
           WORLD
           .
        
         
           
             A
             Parlie
             ,
             unto
             thee
             disdainful
             WORLD
             ,
          
           
             I
             sound
             ;
             and
             have
             to
             thee
             this
             Paper
             hurl'd
             .
          
           
             Yet
             ,
             neither
             for
             a
             Treaty
             or
             Compliance
             ,
          
           
             But
             ,
             rather
             ,
             still
             ,
             to
             bid
             to
             thee
             Defiance
             ;
          
           
             For
             ,
             what
             thou
             wer't
             ,
             thou
             art
             ;
             and
             I
             yet
             am
          
           
             And
             will
             be
             ,
             whilst
             I
             live
             ,
             to
             thee
             the
             same
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thou
             art
             become
             the
             
               Mistress
               of
               the
               Field
            
             ;
          
           
             Hast
             me
             beleaguer'd
             ,
             summond
             me
             to
             yield
          
           
             My
             Fortress
             ,
             and
             thou
             so
             proceedest
             on
             ,
          
           
             As
             if
             thou
             wert
             assur'd
             ,
             it
             should
             be
             wonn
             :
          
           
             But
             ,
             thereon
             thou
             perhaps
             ,
             mayst
             yet
             attend
          
           
             As
             long
             as
             did
             th'
             Infanta
             for
             Ostend
             ;
          
           
             And
             as
             she
             nothing
             had
             at
             last
             but
             Stones
             ,
          
           
             Get
             nothing
             but
             dead
             flesh
             ,
             and
             rotten
             bones
             .
          
           
             I
             see
             thine
             insolence
             ,
             and
             every
             day
          
           
             Hear
             what
             thy
             favourites
             are
             pleas'd
             to
             say
             ,
          
           
             How
             they
             extol
             thy
             Power
             ,
             how
             they
             debase
          
           
             My
             succours
             ,
             and
             my
             helpers
             would
             disgrace
             .
          
           
           
             I
             well
             observe
             ,
             thou
             round
             begirt
             me
             hast
             ;
          
           
             That
             ,
             having
             all
             my
             Outworks
             quite
             laid
             waste
             ,
          
           
             Thou
             ,
             to
             compleat
             a
             Conquest
             ,
             dost
             begin
          
           
             A
             fierce
             assault
             to
             ruine
             all
             within
             .
          
           
             That
             ,
             to
             prevent
             the
             sending
             of
             supplies
             ,
          
           
             Thou
             fright'st
             my
             friends
             with
             slanders
             and
             with
             lies
             .
          
           
             My
             Accusatrix
             too
             ,
             become
             thou
             art
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             justly
             (
             I
             acknowledge
             )
             in
             some
             part
             ,
          
           
             But
             ,
             not
             in
             all
             :
             for
             ,
             chiefly
             ,
             thy
             temptations
          
           
             Inducements
             were
             to
             those
             prevarications
          
           
             Whereby
             ,
             my
             Talents
             were
             sometime
             abus'd
             :
          
           
             Though
             therefore
             ,
             I
             seem
             worthily
             reduc'd
          
           
             To
             what
             I
             am
             ;
             thou
             undeservedly
          
           
             Hast
             me
             pursued
             with
             malignity
             ;
          
           
             Because
             the
             love
             which
             I
             once
             bore
             to
             thee
          
           
             Was
             more
             ,
             than
             thou
             deservedest
             it
             should
             be
             ;
          
           
             Thou
             most
             injuriously
             requited
             hast
          
           
             That
             love
             ,
             which
             in
             my
             youth
             on
             thee
             I
             plac't
             ;
          
           
             For
             ,
             though
             I
             never
             totally
             was
             thine
             ,
          
           
             Thou
             had'st
             (
             when
             least
             )
             more
             of
             me
             then
             was
             mine
             :
          
           
             And
             ,
             him
             ,
             of
             his
             right
             ,
             to
             whom
             all
             was
             due
          
           
             I
             robbed
             then
             ,
             thy
             service
             to
             pursue
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             he
             ,
             now
             gives
             me
             grace
             ,
             thy
             wiles
             to
             hate
             ,
          
           
             And
             to
             observe
             them
             ere
             it
             is
             too
             late
             ,
          
           
             That
             what
             thou
             by
             thy
             falshoods
             dost
             intend
             ,
          
           
             Shall
             cross
             thine
             own
             Designments
             in
             the
             end
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thou
             ,
             having
             into
             many
             errors
             run
             me
             ,
          
           
             Thought'st
             by
             undoing
             me
             ,
             to
             have
             undone
             me
             ,
          
           
             But
             art
             deceiv'd
             :
             for
             ,
             that
             which
             thou
             hast
             done
          
           
             Hath
             brought
             me
             to
             the
             knowledge
             of
             that
             Stone
             ,
          
           
             Which
             turneth
             dross
             to
             gold
             ;
             and
             from
             offences
          
           
             Instructs
             me
             to
             extract
             those
             Quintessences
             ,
          
           
             Which
             will
             preserve
             my
             Freedome
             in
             all
             places
             ,
          
           
             Supply
             all
             Wants
             ;
             Convert
             all
             my
             Disgraces
          
           
           
             To
             honours
             ;
             and
             in
             every
             estate
             ,
          
           
             With
             all
             things
             needful
             ,
             me
             accommodate
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Devil
             by
             thine
             aid
             ,
             hath
             long
             time
             sought
          
           
             How
             ,
             he
             his
             ends
             upon
             me
             might
             have
             wrought
             ;
          
           
             But
             ,
             neither
             Thou
             nor
             He
             ,
             nor
             both
             conjoyn'd
             ,
          
           
             Had
             power
             to
             bring
             to
             pass
             what
             was
             design'd
             ,
          
           
             Untill
             the
             FLESH
             ,
             my
             Dalilah
             ,
             you
             got
          
           
             To
             be
             a
             third
             Associate
             in
             the
             Plot
             ;
          
           
             And
             then
             ,
             both
             to
             her
             damage
             ,
             and
             to
             mine
          
           
             You
             ,
             such
             progression
             made
             in
             your
             design
             ,
          
           
             That
             by
             deluding
             her
             ,
             you
             soon
             prevail'd
             ,
          
           
             In
             that
             ,
             whereof
             you
             otherwise
             had
             fail'd
             ;
          
           
             So
             ,
             by
             her
             Frailty
             ,
             more
             than
             by
             your
             Power
             ,
          
           
             (
             I
             ,
             being
             in
             your
             clutches
             at
             this
             hour
             )
          
           
             Am
             openly
             exposed
             (
             in
             some
             sort
             )
          
           
             Like
             Sampson
             for
             a
             while
             ,
             to
             make
             you
             sport
             ;
          
           
             But
             ,
             stretched
             your
             malignity
             so
             far
          
           
             That
             your
             own
             Actings
             ,
             your
             own
             works
             will
             mar
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             though
             my
             Dalilah
             your
             Vassal
             be
             ,
          
           
             And
             you
             by
             her
             means
             have
             surprized
             me
             ,
          
           
             Your
             Cords
             and
             Chains
             will
             off
             again
             be
             flung
             ,
          
           
             So
             that
             ,
             we
             shall
             redeemed
             be
             ere
             long
          
           
             From
             our
             Captivities
             ,
             and
             in
             conclusion
          
           
             Your
             own
             contrivements
             will
             be
             your
             confusion
             .
          
        
         
           
             When
             thou
             pretendedst
             kindnesses
             to
             me
          
           
             (
             And
             by
             them
             ,
             didst
             intend
             to
             ruine
             me
             )
          
           
             Thou
             gav'st
             me
             then
             ,
             one
             of
             
             Pandora's
             Boxes
             ,
          
           
             Which
             ,
             I
             return
             thee
             full
             of
             Paradoxes
          
           
             That
             shall
             uncharm
             thy
             Witchcrafts
             ,
             and
             destroy
          
           
             Those
             Gins
             which
             thou
             against
             me
             dost
             employ
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             if
             thou
             open
             it
             ,
             (
             as
             it
             is
             sed
          
           
             Prometheus
             opened
             what
             shee
             's
             fabuled
          
           
             To
             have
             bestow'd
             on
             him
             )
             from
             thence
             will
             flow
          
           
             Those
             Truths
             ,
             which
             will
             thy
             falshoods
             overthrow
             ,
          
           
           
             And
             make
             some
             who
             admire
             them
             ,
             to
             contemn
          
           
             Those
             Iuglings
             wherewithall
             thou
             foolest
             them
             :
          
           
             As
             likewise
             all
             those
             Bugbear-Tyrannies
             ,
          
           
             Which
             thy
             oppressing-Instruments
             devise
          
           
             To
             fright
             us
             from
             our
             duties
             ,
             and
             adhere
          
           
             To
             thy
             allurements
             ,
             out
             of
             love
             or
             fear
             .
          
        
         
           
             To
             batter
             down
             my
             petty
             single
             Sconce
             ,
          
           
             Thy
             three
             great'st
             Engines
             thou
             hast
             rais'd
             at
             once
             ,
          
           
             And
             so
             surrounded
             me
             within
             my
             Fort
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             I
             have
             scarce
             one
             little
             Sally-port
          
           
             Whereby
             I
             may
             have
             egress
             to
             offend
          
           
             My
             Foes
             ,
             or
             to
             give
             ingress
             to
             a
             friend
             .
          
           
             Thy
             
               Ragged
               Regiment
            
             of
             POVERTY
             ,
          
           
             (
             And
             they
             which
             by
             RESTRAINT
             of
             
               LIBERTY
               ,
            
             )
          
           
             Commanded
             are
             )
             enclose
             me
             so
             about
          
           
             With
             
               double
               Trenches
            
             ,
             that
             ,
             here
             can
             to
             nought
          
           
             For
             my
             Relief
             ,
             admittance
             now
             be
             given
             ,
          
           
             Except
             it
             comes
             immediately
             from
             Heaven
             :
          
           
             Moreover
             ,
             at
             the
             
               four
               Winds
            
             ,
             raised
             high
             ,
          
           
             Are
             four
             Mounts
             ,
             whereupon
             thy
             Batteries
             lie
          
           
             So
             diligently
             man'd
             by
             Major
             SLANDER
          
           
             (
             An
             old
             and
             well
             experienced
             Commander
          
           
             In
             such
             like
             services
             )
             that
             ,
             several
             wayes
          
           
             His
             great
             Artillery
             upon
             me
             playes
             .
          
           
             At
             me
             perpetually
             his
             tongue-shot
             flies
             ,
          
           
             And
             his
             whole
             Culverings
             charg'd
             full
             with
             Lies
             ,
          
           
             Send
             poysoned
             Bullets
             ,
             which
             I
             often
             hear
             ,
          
           
             Making
             loud
             cracks
             ,
             or
             whizzing
             by
             mine
             ear
             .
          
        
         
           
             But
             ,
             I
             ,
             at
             last
             ,
             shall
             rout
             all
             this
             Brigade
             ,
          
           
             Quite
             frustrate
             those
             attempts
             which
             thou
             hast
             made
          
           
             And
             raise
             again
             thy
             seige
             ,
             or
             do
             as
             well
          
           
             By
             dying
             nobly
             in
             my
             Citadel
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             that
             it
             will
             to
             thee
             (
             when
             batter'd
             down
             )
          
           
             Prove
             like
             the
             House
             by
             Sampson
             overthrown
             .
          
           
           
             Then
             ,
             those
             things
             ,
             plainly
             will
             to
             thee
             appear
             ,
          
           
             Which
             thou
             at
             present
             ,
             wilt
             not
             see
             nor
             hear
             ;
          
           
             And
             I
             shall
             be
             the
             same
             to
             thee
             and
             thine
             ,
          
           
             Which
             thou
             hast
             lately
             been
             to
             me
             and
             mine
             ;
          
           
             For
             ,
             then
             ,
             my
             Ghost
             ,
             arrayed
             in
             white
             sheets
          
           
             Shall
             haunt
             thy
             houses
             ,
             walk
             about
             thy
             streets
             ,
          
           
             And
             fright
             thee
             day
             and
             night
             with
             repetition
          
           
             Of
             what
             is
             hasting
             on
             ,
             for
             thy
             perdition
             ,
          
           
             And
             will
             descend
             upon
             thee
             at
             those
             times
          
           
             Wherein
             thou
             fill'st
             the
             measure
             of
             thy
             Crimes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mean
             while
             ,
             to
             comfort
             others
             ,
             and
             prevent
          
           
             The
             tediousness
             of
             my
             Beleagurement
             ,
          
           
             I
             le
             draw
             a
             Map
             ,
             wherein
             I
             le
             so
             express
          
           
             The
             vanity
             of
             thy
             maliciousness
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             they
             who
             list
             shall
             know
             how
             much
             I
             slight
          
           
             Thy
             Triple-Forces
             ,
             and
             contemn
             thy
             spight
             ;
          
           
             And
             I
             to
             thee
             ,
             their
             weaknesses
             apart
          
           
             Will
             so
             declare
             ,
             that
             ,
             unless
             blind
             thou
             art
          
           
             Thou
             shalt
             perceive
             ,
             I
             cannot
             be
             destroy'd
             ,
          
           
             By
             those
             whom
             thou
             against
             me
             hast
             employ'd
          
           
             Although
             in
             one
             united
             :
             for
             ,
             these
             three
          
           
             SLANDER
             ,
             IMPRISONMENT
             and
             POVERTY
             ,
          
           
             To
             fall
             upon
             me
             ,
             all
             at
             once
             began
          
           
             Before
             ,
             thou
             didst
             repute
             me
             for
             a
             Man
             ;
          
           
             And
             though
             they
             charge
             me
             all
             at
             once
             agen
             ,
          
           
             Grown
             weaker
             by
             
               old
               age
            
             ,
             than
             I
             was
             then
             ,
          
           
             My
             Helper
             is
             the
             same
             ;
             and
             suffring
             long
          
           
             Hath
             by
             his
             Grace
             ,
             now
             made
             my
             power
             more
             strong
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             know
             thy
             pride
             this
             Confidence
             contemns
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             faith
             and
             hope
             ,
             are
             now
             thought
             but
             the
             dreams
          
           
             Of
             those
             men
             ,
             whom
             thou
             dost
             Phanaticks
             call
             :
          
           
             But
             ,
             whatsoev'r
             thou
             thinkst
             ,
             proceed
             I
             shall
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             if
             thou
             heedst
             what
             follows
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             hear
          
           
             How
             little
             ,
             either
             thee
             ,
             or
             thine
             I
             fear
             .
          
           
           
             With
             that
             part
             of
             thy
             Forces
             I
             le
             begin
          
           
             Which
             ,
             with
             the
             first
             Trench
             hath
             now
             shut
             me
             in
             .
          
           
             Thou
             knowst
             ,
             what
             outwardly
             ,
             thou
             hast
             bereft
             ;
          
           
             Now
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             know
             ,
             what
             is
             within
             me
             left
          
           
             But
             ,
             never
             shalt
             attain
             to
             apprehend
          
           
             How
             far
             my
             hidden
             store-house
             doth
             extend
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Confinement
           
             is
             more
             advantageous
             than
          
           Liberty
           .
        
         
           
             RESTRAINT
             ,
             which
             is
             an
             Engine
             ,
             right
             or
             wrong
             ,
          
           
             Made
             use
             of
             ,
             (
             first
             ,
             or
             last
             ,
             short
             time
             or
             long
             )
          
           
             By
             most
             Oppressors
             ,
             hath
             been
             oft
             my
             lot
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             at
             this
             present
             ,
             I
             escape
             it
             not
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             (
             though
             not
             in
             the
             ordinary
             way
          
           
             It
             seemeth
             now
             inflicted
             )
             I
             might
             say
             ,
          
           
             I
             am
             imprisoned
             ,
             and
             so
             confin'd
          
           
             That
             ,
             I
             am
             no
             way
             free
             ,
             except
             in
             mind
             .
          
           
             Of
             most
             enjoyments
             I
             am
             quite
             depriv'd
          
           
             Which
             from
             external
             things
             may
             be
             deriv'd
             ,
          
           
             Yet
             thereby
             not
             undone
             ;
             for
             I
             possess
          
           
             My
             whole
             essential
             Freedome
             neretheless
             .
          
           
             My
             toyes
             are
             lost
             ,
             but
             by
             their
             deprivations
          
           
             I
             furnish'd
             am
             with
             real
             consolations
             ,
          
           
             Which
             ,
             though
             they
             to
             the
             world-ward
             make
             no
             shows
          
           
             Yield
             sweeter
             comforts
             than
             the
             things
             I
             lose
             ,
          
           
             And
             make
             my
             hidden
             Freedoms
             to
             be
             more
          
           
             Than
             those
             the
             world
             vouchsafed
             heretofore
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             to
             her
             Freedoms
             ,
             when
             respect
             I
             gave
          
           
             I
             was
             then
             only
             free
             to
             be
             a
             slave
             ,
          
           
             Whereas
             ,
             this
             ,
             doth
             from
             nothing
             me
             restrain
             ,
          
           
             Which
             ,
             to
             true
             Liberty
             ,
             doth
             appertain
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             That
             ,
             which
             gives
             most
             content
             to
             flesh
             and
             blood
          
           
             I
             finde
             to
             be
             the
             basest
             servitude
             ;
          
           
             And
             that
             we
             nothing
             have
             whereof
             to
             boast
          
           
             Till
             what
             the
             world
             calls
             Liberty
             is
             lost
             .
          
           
             What
             Freedom
             want
             I
             ,
             save
             what
             being
             had
          
           
             makes
             many
             Free-men
             slaves
             ,
             and
             wise
             men
             mad
             ?
          
           
             None
             ,
             have
             upon
             themselves
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             brought
          
           
             More
             plagues
             than
             they
             have
             done
             ,
             who
             would
             be
             thought
          
           
             The
             freest
             men
             :
             for
             Freedoms
             mis-imploy'd
          
           
             Have
             lately
             all
             our
             Liberties
             destroy'd
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             most
             ,
             whom
             we
             much
             reverence
             as
             our
             betters
          
           
             Are
             but
             our
             fellow-slaves
             in
             golden
             fetters
             .
          
           
             What
             Liberty
             had
             I
             ,
             whereof
             to
             vaunt
          
           
             By
             those
             Infranchisements
             I
             seem
             to
             want
             ?
          
           
             I
             was
             at
             Liberty
             to
             rowle
             in
             dust
             ,
          
           
             To
             prosecute
             my
             fancies
             and
             my
             lust
             ;
          
           
             And
             therein
             joy'd
             ,
             when
             I
             could
             walk
             abroad
             ;
          
           
             But
             ,
             now
             ,
             I
             finde
             the
             Services
             of
             GOD
          
           
             Are
             
               Perfectst
               Freedom
            
             .
             That
             ,
             I
             am
             debarr'd
          
           
             Of
             nothing
             ,
             which
             deserveth
             my
             regard
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             that
             the
             Liberty
             I
             did
             possess
             ,
          
           
             Was
             not
             true
             Freedom
             ,
             but
             Licentiousness
             ;
          
           
             At
             which
             experiment
             I
             am
             arriv'd
             ,
          
           
             By
             losing
             that
             whereof
             I
             am
             depriv'd
             .
          
        
         
           
             This
             (
             though
             fore-seen
             it
             was
             )
             to
             me
             befell
          
           
             Before
             I
             for
             it
             was
             prepared
             well
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             I
             confess
             ,
             at
             first
             it
             made
             a
             change
          
           
             
               Within
               me
            
             ,
             and
             without
             ,
             that
             seemed
             strange
             :
          
           
             But
             ,
             not
             long
             after
             ,
             at
             the
             second
             sight
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             which
             appear'd
             the
             wrong-side
             ,
             prov'd
             the
             right
             ;
          
           
             And
             I
             am
             well
             contented
             therewithall
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             I
             could
             see
             GODS
             Mercies
             through
             the
             wall
             ;
          
           
             Discern'd
             ,
             when
             inwardly
             ,
             I
             turn'd
             mine
             eyes
             ,
          
           
             Much
             more
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             than
             when
             I
             saw
             the
             skies
             .
          
           
           
             And
             ,
             that
             ,
             from
             very
             little
             I
             was
             barr'd
             ,
          
           
             Which
             I
             have
             reason
             greatly
             to
             regard
             .
          
        
         
           
             What
             can
             I
             see
             abroad
             ,
             which
             hath
             not
             been
          
           
             By
             me
             before
             ,
             almost
             to
             loathing
             seen
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             heard
             not
             so
             describ'd
             ,
             that
             being
             shown
          
           
             It
             will
             not
             seem
             a
             thing
             already
             known
             ?
          
           
             Both
             Changes
             and
             Rechanges
             I
             have
             view'd
             ;
          
           
             Seen
             
               new
               things
            
             old
             become
             ,
             old
             things
             renew'd
             ;
          
           
             Princes
             petitioning
             disdainful
             Grooms
          
           
             Great
             Kings
             dethron'd
             ,
             &
             Peasants
             in
             their
             rooms
             ;
          
           
             Laws
             out-law'd
             ,
             Out-Laws
             raised
             to
             be
             Judges
          
           
             Of
             Laws
             ,
             Lives
             ,
             Goods
             ,
             and
             of
             our
             Priviledges
             ,
          
           
             By
             Law
             and
             Conscience
             ;
             Loyaltie
             made
             Treason
             ,
          
           
             And
             Treason
             Loyaltie
             ;
             Non-sense
             for
             Reason
          
           
             Allow'd
             ,
             and
             Reason
             thought
             irrational
             :
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             Meteors
             I
             have
             seen
             rise
             ,
             and
             Stars
             fall
             ;
          
           
             Foundations
             that
             immoveable
             appear'd
          
           
             Thrown
             down
             ,
             and
             Castles
             in
             the
             Air
             uprear'd
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             seen
             Heads
             and
             Feet
             exchange
             their
             places
             ,
          
           
             Wealth
             make
             men
             poor
             ,
             and
             honour
             bring
             disgraces
             ;
          
           
             Beauties
             ,
             which
             ravished
             beholders
             eyes
          
           
             Wax
             more
             deformed
             than
             Anatomies
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             no
             more
             lovely
             to
             be
             lookt
             upon
             ,
          
           
             Than
             Rawridge
             ,
             Mumble-crust
             ,
             or
             Bloody-bone
             ,
          
           
             But
             ,
             truth
             to
             say
             ,
             they
             who
             most
             lovely
             be
             ,
          
           
             Now
             ,
             no
             more
             pleasureful
             appear
             to
             me
          
           
             Than
             Pictures
             ,
             nor
             so
             much
             as
             ugly
             faces
          
           
             Whose
             hearts
             are
             beautifi'd
             with
             inward
             graces
             ,
          
           
             Although
             to
             Beauty
             very
             few
             were
             more
          
           
             A
             Servant
             ,
             than
             I
             have
             been
             heretofore
             ,
          
           
             And
             if
             that
             please
             not
             ,
             which
             I
             once
             lik'd
             best
             ,
          
           
             What
             pleasure
             is
             there
             to
             behold
             the
             rest
             ?
          
           
             That
             ,
             at
             this
             present
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             sights
          
           
             Afford
             so
             little
             which
             my
             heart
             delights
             ,
          
           
           
             That
             ,
             all
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             one
             poor
             little
             room
          
           
             Are
             so
             equivalent
             to
             me
             become
             ,
          
           
             That
             I
             know
             nothing
             any
             other
             where
          
           
             More
             to
             be
             priz'd
             than
             my
             enjoyments
             here
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             that
             which
             makes
             me
             so
             indifferent
          
           
             Nor
             melancholy
             is
             ,
             nor
             discontent
             .
          
        
         
           
             Confinement
             ,
             in
             a
             house
             of
             strength
             doth
             dwell
             ,
          
           
             A
             homely
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             a
             nasty
             Cell
             ,
          
           
             In
             furnitures
             ,
             and
             in
             attendance
             poor
             ,
          
           
             A
             Cerberus
             lies
             alwayes
             at
             the
             door
          
           
             Fawning
             a
             little
             ,
             when
             we
             entring
             are
          
           
             But
             ever
             snarls
             while
             we
             continue
             there
             :
          
           
             Yet
             ,
             I
             so
             quickly
             had
             found
             out
             his
             diet
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             I
             knew
             either
             how
             to
             keep
             him
             quiet
             ,
          
           
             Or
             order
             so
             my self
             ,
             that
             when
             I
             please
             ,
          
           
             I
             can
             lye
             down
             and
             sleep
             in
             LITTLE-EASE
             ;
          
           
             Enlarge
             within
             ,
             that
             which
             without
             hath
             bound
             ,
          
           
             Contrive
             conveniences
             ,
             where
             none
             I
             found
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             every
             whit
             as
             much
             content
             receive
          
           
             In
             what
             I
             have
             not
             ,
             as
             in
             what
             I
             have
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             view
             not
             here
             the
             pleasures
             of
             the
             fields
          
           
             Or
             what
             a
             Garden
             ,
             Grove
             ,
             or
             Meddow
             yields
          
           
             Which
             were
             of
             late
             my
             daily
             recreation
             ,
          
           
             But
             ,
             I
             have
             Visions
             by
             my
             contemplation
             ,
          
           
             Which
             hither
             ,
             during
             my
             Confinement
             brings
          
           
             Not
             only
             sights
             of
             more
             essential
             things
          
           
             But
             an
             assurance
             of
             enjoyments
             too
             ,
          
           
             Whereof
             I
             doubted
             more
             a
             while
             ago
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             could
             not
             be
             at
             that
             Solemnization
          
           
             Which
             honoured
             my
             Soveraigns
             Coronation
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             saw
             his
             Royal
             Train
             in
             their
             late
             Marches
          
           
             Through
             LONDON
             ,
             under
             their
             
               Triumphant
               Arches
            
             ;
          
           
             Yet
             in
             my
             solitariness
             ,
             alone
             ,
          
           
             What
             they
             were
             doing
             ,
             I
             did
             think
             upon
             ,
          
           
           
             With
             what
             should
             else
             be
             done
             ,
             that
             's
             not
             done
             yet
          
           
             And
             ,
             which
             I
             wish
             we
             may
             not
             quite
             forget
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             so
             long
             ,
             that
             there
             ,
             may
             at
             length
             be
             lost
          
           
             Much
             real
             honour
             ,
             and
             no
             little
             cost
             ;
          
           
             And
             which
             ,
             perhaps
             ,
             to
             bring
             now
             into
             mind
          
           
             By
             this
             expression
             ,
             I
             am
             thus
             confin'd
             ;
          
           
             For
             Providence
             ,
             did
             neither
             me
             restrain
          
           
             At
             this
             time
             ,
             nor
             infuse
             these
             thoughts
             in
             vain
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Ionick
               ,
               Dorick
            
             ,
             and
             Corinthians
             works
             ,
          
           
             In
             which
             ,
             an
             Architectors
             cunning
             lurks
          
           
             Apart
             ,
             or
             inter-wove
             (
             with
             that
             apply'd
          
           
             Whereby
             it
             may
             be
             richly
             beautifi'd
             )
          
           
             I
             can
             conceive
             ,
             as
             if
             I
             saw
             it
             made
             ,
          
           
             And
             all
             which
             paintings
             thereunto
             can
             add
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             they
             who
             did
             behold
          
           
             That
             costly
             Show
             ,
             what
             Silver
             ,
             Silk
             and
             Gold
             ,
          
           
             Pearls
             ,
             Diamonds
             ,
             and
             precious
             Rubies
             ,
             can
          
           
             Contribute
             to
             adorn
             a
             horse
             or
             man.
          
           
             I
             have
             seen
             all
             materials
             which
             were
             thither
             ,
          
           
             To
             make
             up
             that
             great
             triumph
             ,
             brought
             together
             .
          
           
             Princes
             and
             Dukes
             ,
             and
             Marquesses
             and
             Earls
             ,
          
           
             Plebeians
             ,
             Men
             and
             Women
             ,
             Boyes
             and
             Girls
             ,
          
           
             As
             many
             thousands
             as
             then
             present
             were
          
           
             I
             did
             as
             well
             imagine
             to
             be
             there
          
           
             As
             if
             I
             them
             had
             seen
             ;
             and
             can
             suppose
          
           
             Not
             only
             what
             is
             acted
             at
             such
             Shows
             ,
          
           
             But
             also
             ,
             more
             than
             was
             at
             any
             one
          
           
             Since
             first
             the
             Roman
             Triumphs
             were
             begun
             ,
          
           
             And
             fancy
             by
             my self
             such
             glorious
             things
          
           
             As
             would
             quite
             beggar
             Emperors
             and
             Kings
          
           
             To
             represent
             them
             .
             So
             ,
             by
             being
             there
          
           
             I
             had
             but
             seen
             a
             meaner
             Show
             than
             here
          
           
             My
             fancy
             could
             have
             made
             ;
             and
             what
             had
             I
          
           
             Been
             then
             ,
             I
             pray
             ,
             advantaged
             thereby
             ?
          
           
           
             What
             had
             I
             gained
             then
             ,
             by
             sitting
             long
          
           
             And
             paying
             ,
             to
             be
             crowded
             in
             a
             throng
             ?
          
           
             What
             great
             contentment
             could
             I
             have
             deriv'd
          
           
             From
             what
             Mechanick
             Artists
             had
             contriv'd
             ,
          
           
             Compar'd
             to
             that
             which
             my
             imagination
          
           
             Contriv'd
             in
             honour
             of
             that
             Coronation
             ?
          
           
             At
             which
             the
             Trophies
             cost
             ,
             at
             most
             ,
             no
             more
          
           
             Than
             would
             have
             made
             some
             needy
             persons
             poor
             ?
          
           
             I
             seldom
             took
             ,
             at
             any
             time
             much
             pleasure
          
           
             In
             Shows
             ,
             which
             ev'ry
             vulgar
             eye
             can
             measure
             ;
          
           
             And
             time
             and
             cost
             require
             to
             make
             them
             gay
             ,
          
           
             Yet
             in
             a
             moment
             vanish
             quite
             away
             ,
          
           
             Behinde
             them
             leaving
             nothing
             that
             conduces
          
           
             To
             Pious
             ,
             Moral
             ,
             or
             to
             Civil
             uses
             .
          
        
         
           
             What
             though
             I
             did
             not
             see
             the
             King
             that
             day
             ?
          
           
             I
             did
             in
             my
             Confinement
             ,
             for
             him
             pray
          
           
             As
             heartily
             as
             any
             person
             there
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             GOD
             ,
             perhaps
             ,
             assoon
             the
             same
             will
             hear
             ,
          
           
             Although
             my
             Tongue
             was
             not
             then
             heard
             among
          
           
             Those
             Acclamations
             of
             the
             vulgar
             throng
             ,
          
           
             Which
             did
             salute
             his
             ear
             ;
             my
             silent
             Voice
          
           
             Wing'd
             with
             Devotion
             (
             though
             it
             made
             no
             noise
             )
          
           
             Ascended
             Heav'n
             ,
             and
             may
             bring
             blessings
             down
             ,
          
           
             Which
             will
             conduce
             to
             setling
             of
             his
             Crown
             ,
          
           
             If
             he
             unfix
             it
             not
             by
             mis-endeavour
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             valuing
             of
             the
             Gift
             more
             than
             the
             Giver
             .
          
           
             I
             do
             presume
             his
             duties
             on
             that
             day
          
           
             He
             did
             discharge
             ;
             and
             (
             wishing
             others
             may
          
           
             Perform
             their
             dues
             to
             him
             )
             do
             not
             envy
          
           
             The
             glory
             of
             that
             day's
             Solemnity
          
           
             To
             him
             ,
             for
             whom
             't
             was
             purpos'd
             ,
             nor
             the
             sight
             ,
          
           
             Thereof
             ,
             to
             those
             who
             took
             therein
             delight
             ;
          
           
             But
             wish'd
             ,
             both
             might
             be
             perfectly
             contented
          
           
             In
             what
             was
             at
             that
             present
             represented
             ;
          
           
           
             And
             hope
             ,
             nought
             was
             to
             him
             ascribed
             then
             ,
          
           
             Which
             rather
             appertains
             to
             GOD
             than
             Men
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             when
             to
             Hereds
             eloquent
             Orations
          
           
             The
             people
             gave
             blasphemous
             Acclamations
             ,
          
           
             And
             he
             that
             honour
             to
             himself
             apply'd
             ,
          
           
             Whereby
             ,
             GOD
             ought
             to
             have
             been
             glorifi'd
             ,
          
           
             The
             Doom
             ,
             which
             that
             offence
             did
             on
             him
             bring
             ,
          
           
             Made
             him
             a
             lifeless
             ,
             and
             a
             louzie
             King.
             
          
        
         
           
             Of
             these
             things
             my
             confinement
             did
             produce
          
           
             Some
             thoughts
             ,
             which
             are
             perhaps
             of
             some
             good
             use
             .
          
           
             I
             ,
             likewise
             exercis'd
             my
             Meditation
             ,
          
           
             That
             day
             ,
             on
             other
             things
             which
             have
             relation
          
           
             To
             what
             was
             then
             in
             act
             ;
             and
             mus'd
             upon
          
           
             That
             ,
             which
             occasion
             gave
             of
             things
             then
             done
             ,
          
           
             On
             some
             now
             past
             ,
             and
             upon
             other
             some
          
           
             Which
             probably
             will
             be
             in
             time
             to
             come
             .
          
           
             I
             mus'd
             upon
             the
             Changes
             ,
             and
             the
             Chances
             ,
          
           
             The
             Publick
             Troubles
             ,
             and
             Deliverances
          
           
             Which
             I
             have
             seen
             .
             I
             seriously
             did
             ponder
          
           
             GODS
             ,
             and
             Mens
             actions
             joyntly
             and
             asunder
             ;
          
           
             Our
             foolish
             Projects
             ,
             his
             wise
             Providences
             ,
          
           
             Both
             in
             their
             Progress
             ,
             and
             their
             Consequences
             .
          
           
             I
             thought
             both
             on
             the
             People
             and
             the
             King
             ,
          
           
             What
             good
             or
             evil
             possibly
             might
             spring
          
           
             From
             their
             deportments
             towards
             one
             another
          
           
             Now
             by
             GODS
             mercy
             they
             are
             brought
             together
             .
          
           
             On
             those
             too
             ,
             in
             particular
             ,
             I
             thought
          
           
             Whom
             ,
             GOD
             into
             his
             power
             hath
             lately
             brought
             :
          
           
             How
             great
             ,
             erewhile
             ,
             his
             wants
             and
             sufferings
             were
             ,
          
           
             What
             ,
             his
             enjoyments
             at
             this
             present
             are
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             on
             some
             other
             matters
             ,
             not
             a
             few
             ,
          
           
             Which
             these
             ,
             to
             my
             consideration
             drew
             ,
          
           
             And
             which
             perhaps
             ,
             that
             day
             had
             been
             by
             none
          
           
             Mus'd
             on
             ,
             so
             much
             ,
             had
             I
             not
             been
             alone
             .
          
           
           
             Moreover
             it
             occasion'd
             thoughts
             of
             that
          
           
             Which
             to
             a
             Nobler
             Object
             doth
             relate
             ;
          
           
             Even
             to
             that
             Kingdom
             ,
             King
             ,
             and
             Coronation
             ,
          
           
             That
             should
             be
             thought
             on
             with
             more
             veneration
          
           
             Than
             all
             the
             Monarchs
             in
             their
             greatest
             glory
             ,
          
           
             Who
             now
             live
             ,
             or
             are
             memoriz'd
             in
             story
             .
          
           
             My
             Contemplation
             ,
             with
             as
             much
             content
             ,
          
           
             As
             others
             had
             ,
             to
             me
             did
             represent
          
           
             That
             DAY
             wherein
             CHRIST
             through
             Ierusalem
          
           
             Rode
             meekly
             on
             an
             Ass
             ,
             whilst
             after
             him
          
           
             The
             people
             throng'd
             or
             laqued
             by
             his
             side
             ,
          
           
             And
             voluntarily
             HOSANNA
             cry'd
             ,
          
           
             Yet
             afterward
             pursuing
             him
             with
             scorns
          
           
             Cry'd
             Crucifie
             ,
             and
             crowned
             him
             with
             Thorns
             ;
          
           
             And
             this
             ,
             me
             thought
             ,
             was
             so
             considerable
             ,
          
           
             That
             it
             made
             all
             our
             Pomp
             seem
             despicable
             .
          
           
             For
             ,
             then
             my
             Muses
             drew
             me
             by
             degrees
             ,
          
           
             To
             meditate
             on
             what
             my
             soul
             fore-sees
          
           
             Concerning
             them
             ,
             who
             ,
             whilst
             they
             do
             pretend
          
           
             CHRIST's
             Kingdom
             ,
             do
             pursue
             another
             end
             ;
          
           
             And
             that
             ,
             which
             for
             his
             glory
             was
             bestown
             ,
          
           
             Make
             use
             of
             ,
             for
             advancement
             of
             their
             own
             .
          
           
             Not
             seldom
             ,
             likewise
             ,
             I
             then
             thought
             upon
          
           
             Those
             many
             thousand
             families
             undone
             ,
          
           
             Who
             sit
             and
             weep
             through
             want
             of
             what
             that
             day
          
           
             Was
             wastfully
             and
             vainly
             ,
             thrown
             away
             ,
          
           
             At
             such
             a
             time
             ,
             wherein
             both
             Man
             and
             GOD
             ,
          
           
             Proceedings
             lookt
             for
             in
             another
             mode
             ,
          
           
             And
             when
             ,
             our
             publick
             hazards
             and
             distress
             ,
          
           
             Requir'd
             another
             way
             of
             thankfulness
             .
          
        
         
           
             Upon
             that
             solemn
             day
             ,
             (
             not
             without
             wonder
             )
          
           
             I
             saw
             and
             heard
             ,
             the
             Lightning
             ,
             rain
             ,
             and
             thunder
          
           
             Wherewith
             GOD
             seem'd
             to
             answer
             and
             out-vy
          
           
             Our
             Guns
             and
             fire-Works
             ,
             (
             though
             I
             was
             not
             nigh
             )
          
           
           
             And
             such-resemblance
             had
             the
             works
             of
             Art
             ,
          
           
             To
             Nature's
             ,
             that
             they
             could
             not
             be
             apart
          
           
             Distinguish'd
             ;
             but
             that
             ,
             to
             prevent
             our
             error
             ,
          
           
             The
             last
             was
             loudest
             ,
             and
             infus'd
             more
             terrour
             .
          
           
             This
             ,
             I
             observed
             well
             ;
             and
             furthermore
          
           
             Took
             special
             heed
             ,
             that
             nigh
             two
             Moneths
             before
             ,
          
           
             And
             likewise
             ever
             since
             ,
             from
             Rainy
             weather
          
           
             We
             were
             not
             oft
             free
             ,
             one
             whole
             day
             together
             ,
          
           
             Until
             that
             Royal
             Triumph
             was
             begun
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             till
             that
             moment
             wherein
             it
             was
             done
             :
          
           
             Yet
             ,
             durst
             I
             not
             be
             so
             prophane
             ,
             to
             say
          
           
             (
             As
             one
             hath
             writ
             )
             
               it
               dar'd
               not
               rain
               that
               day
               .
            
          
           
             Nor
             at
             that
             time
             ,
             
               Flaminian
               like
            
             ,
             durst
             I
          
           
             Conjecture
             by
             a
             
               Heathenish
               Augurie
            
          
           
             What
             GOD
             thereby
             intended
             :
             but
             ,
             with
             awe
          
           
             Consider'd
             upon
             what
             I
             heard
             and
             saw
             :
          
           
             And
             I
             confess
             ,
             the
             
               Lightning
               ,
               Rain
            
             ,
             and
             Thunder
          
           
             At
             this
             our
             Seed-time
             ,
             caused
             me
             to
             ponder
          
           
             On
             that
             ,
             which
             Sumuel
             prayed
             GOD
             to
             send
          
           
             In
             Harvest-time
             ,
             and
             what
             that
             did
             portend
             ;
          
           
             Which
             I
             conceive
             to
             be
             a
             Meditation
          
           
             Not
             then
             improper
             ,
             for
             my
             Contemplation
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             though
             some
             peradventure
             may
             suspect
          
           
             That
             these
             expressions
             ,
             may
             some
             way
             reflect
          
           
             On
             what
             concerns
             them
             ,
             it
             concerns
             him
             more
          
           
             Whose
             cause
             and
             honour
             I
             prefer
             before
          
           
             All
             earthly
             things
             ;
             and
             can
             be
             not
             afraid
             ,
          
           
             Who
             ere
             shall
             be
             displeas'd
             with
             what
             I
             've
             said
             ;
          
           
             For
             ,
             I
             was
             barr'd
             from
             seeing
             what
             is
             done
          
           
             By
             men
             ;
             that
             ,
             GODS
             works
             might
             be
             mused
             on
             .
          
        
         
           
             Such
             things
             ,
             although
             we
             then
             much
             mind
             them
             not
             ,
          
           
             Should
             not
             amidst
             our
             Triumphs
             be
             forgot
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             that
             ,
             (
             which
             then
             by
             me
             was
             thought
             upon
             )
          
           
             Much
             more
             effectually
             ,
             perhaps
             ,
             was
             done
          
           
           
             In
             this
             condition
             which
             I
             now
             am
             in
             ,
          
           
             Than
             could
             in
             that
             state
             ,
             wherein
             I
             have
             been
             :
          
           
             Forgot
             therefore
             ,
             by
             others
             ,
             if
             it
             be
          
           
             It
             will
             seem
             no
             great
             wonderment
             to
             me
             ;
          
           
             For
             ,
             who
             remember
             Iosephs
             in
             their
             sports
             ,
          
           
             Or
             in
             the
             jollities
             at
             Princes
             Courts
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Confinement
             (
             which
             I
             once
             a
             damage
             thought
             )
          
           
             To
             me
             ,
             hath
             other
             priviledges
             brought
             .
          
           
             It
             manifests
             apparently
             to
             me
          
           
             Who
             are
             my
             Kinsmen
             ,
             who
             my
             Neighbours
             be
             ;
          
           
             And
             whether
             he
             who
             passeth
             by
             me
             than
             ,
          
           
             Be
             
               Levite
               ,
               Priest
            
             ,
             or
             a
             Samaritan
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             Neighbourhood
             and
             Kindred
             ,
             he
             best
             tryes
          
           
             That
             's
             robbed
             ,
             wounded
             ,
             or
             imprison'd
             lyes
             .
          
        
         
           
             In
             Liberty
             ,
             I
             sometimes
             doubted
             whether
          
           
             They
             ,
             who
             then
             came
             to
             visit
             me
             ,
             were
             either
          
           
             My
             Friends
             or
             Foes
             ,
             for
             ,
             I
             found
             other
             while
          
           
             They
             whom
             I
             trusted
             most
             ,
             did
             most
             beguile
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             few
             or
             none
             my
             Visitants
             now
             are
          
           
             Save
             they
             ,
             whose
             Visitations
             are
             sincere
             ;
          
           
             The
             Friends
             I
             got
             ,
             when
             I
             did
             walk
             abroad
          
           
             I
             gain'd
             my self
             :
             These
             ,
             are
             made
             mine
             by
             GOD.
          
           
             These
             were
             acquired
             without
             pains
             or
             cost
             ;
          
           
             Not
             won
             by
             merit
             ,
             nor
             by
             small
             faults
             lost
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             ,
             were
             for
             prosperity
             decreed
             ,
          
           
             The
             latter
             ,
             for
             my
             help
             ,
             in
             time
             of
             need
             ,
          
           
             And
             sought
             my
             Body
             out
             ,
             unknown
             before
          
           
             Because
             ,
             they
             heard
             it
             was
             distrest
             ,
             and
             poor
             ;
          
           
             Which
             hath
             to
             me
             ,
             Confinement
             sweeter
             made
             ,
          
           
             Than
             all
             the
             Freedoms
             which
             I
             lately
             had
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             me
             ,
             with
             that
             Communion
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
          
           
             Experimentally
             ,
             it
             now
             acquaints
             ,
          
           
             Which
             ,
             in
             this
             life
             enjoyed
             is
             ,
             by
             all
             ,
          
           
             Who
             ,
             in
             the
             life
             to
             come
             ,
             enjoy
             it
             shall
             ,
          
           
           
             A
             Prison
             ,
             cannot
             dreadful
             seem
             to
             me
             ,
          
           
             For
             ,
             there
             I
             first
             was
             taught
             my
             
               A
               ,
               B
               ,
               C
            
             ,
          
           
             In
             Sufferings
             :
             There
             ,
             when
             I
             had
             scarcely
             past
          
           
             Mine
             Nonage
             ,
             to
             be
             schooled
             I
             was
             place't
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             the
             Providence
             of
             GOD
             ,
          
           
             Was
             pleas'd
             ,
             that
             ,
             to
             instruct
             me
             with
             that
             Rod
             ,
          
           
             I
             should
             continue
             my
             abiding
             there
             ,
          
           
             Princes
             ,
             my
             Tutors
             ,
             and
             Correctors
             were
             .
          
        
         
           
             A
             Prison
             ,
             is
             that
             
               House
               of
               Discipline
            
             ,
          
           
             Wherein
             the
             MARTYRS
             usually
             begin
          
           
             To
             be
             Probationers
             ;
             it
             is
             the
             Colledge
          
           
             Of
             SAINTS
             ,
             wherein
             experimental
             knowledge
          
           
             Is
             first
             acquired
             by
             a
             carnal
             sense
          
           
             Of
             that
             ,
             which
             tries
             their
             Christian
             patience
             .
          
           
             Prisons
             ,
             to
             them
             ,
             are
             sanctified
             Temples
             ,
          
           
             Wherein
             ,
             they
             by
             their
             meekness
             and
             examples
          
           
             Preach
             to
             the
             world
             by
             Deeds
             (
             a
             powerful
             way
             )
          
           
             What
             ,
             many
             other
             do
             but
             meerly
             say
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             as
             our
             Prelates
             ,
             in
             each
             Cathedral
          
           
             Have
             several
             places
             ,
             which
             they
             please
             to
             call
          
           
             More
             or
             less
             holy
             :
             so
             ,
             there
             likewise
             be
          
           
             Imprisonments
             of
             differing
             degree
             :
          
           
             The
             Outer-ward
             ,
             an
             entertainment
             gives
          
           
             Most
             commonly
             to
             Murtherers
             and
             Thieves
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             such
             like
             malefactors
             ,
             who
             displease
          
           
             The
             world
             sometimes
             ,
             and
             interrupt
             her
             ease
             ,
          
           
             For
             which
             they
             are
             confin'd
             ,
             till
             their
             just
             guerdon
          
           
             They
             shall
             receive
             ,
             or
             bribe
             her
             for
             a
             pardon
             ;
          
           
             And
             whereto
             she
             gives
             all
             advantages
          
           
             That
             may
             in
             Prisons
             granted
             be
             to
             these
             .
          
        
         
           
             But
             ,
             all
             her
             Prisoners
             are
             not
             confin'd
          
           
             To
             Wards
             ,
             and
             Receptacles
             of
             one
             kind
             .
          
           
             The
             Inner-wards
             ,
             which
             do
             to
             me
             appear
          
           
             The
             same
             that
             Chancels
             unto
             Churches
             are
             ,
          
           
           
             Are
             not
             made
             use
             of
             (
             except
             now
             and
             then
             )
          
           
             But
             for
             most
             holy
             and
             
               Religious
               men
            
             .
          
           
             The
             deepest
             Dungeons
             be
             reserv'd
             for
             those
          
           
             Who
             dare
             our
             Vices
             ,
             or
             her
             Lusts
             oppose
             ;
          
           
             Or
             ,
             things
             repugnant
             to
             our
             ends
             profess
             ,
          
           
             (
             When
             mov'd
             thereto
             by
             conscientiousness
             )
          
           
             And
             ,
             whosoere
             presumes
             to
             plead
             their
             cases
             ,
          
           
             As
             Innocents
             ,
             doth
             hazard
             in
             like
             places
          
           
             His
             own
             Restraint
             ;
             or
             else
             unto
             suspects
             ,
          
           
             Which
             peradventure
             may
             have
             worse
             effects
             .
          
           
             Yet
             ,
             Freedom
             yields
             to
             none
             so
             much
             content
             ,
          
           
             As
             these
             enjoy
             ,
             by
             such
             Imprisonment
             .
          
           
             For
             ,
             they
             with
             inward
             comforts
             are
             delighted
             ,
          
           
             Whilst
             they
             with
             outward
             darkness
             are
             benighted
             :
          
           
             And
             sweet
             Refreshments
             ,
             in
             amongst
             them
             come
          
           
             When
             they
             are
             throng'd
             up
             in
             a
             nasty
             Room
             .
          
           
             When
             ,
             they
             of
             their
             familiars
             are
             depriv'd
             ,
          
           
             They
             are
             by
             those
             ,
             who
             knew
             them
             not
             ,
             reliev'd
             ;
          
           
             When
             they
             from
             
               earthly
               men
            
             ,
             fast
             lockt
             have
             been
             ,
          
           
             
               Celestial
               Angels
            
             have
             sometime
             broke
             in
             ;
          
           
             Knockt
             off
             their
             chains
             ;
             the
             gates
             and
             doors
             unbar'd
          
           
             The
             Prison
             shook
             ;
             the
             sturdy
             Iaylor
             scarr'd
          
           
             And
             made
             him
             (
             falling
             down
             before
             them
             too
             )
          
           
             Cry
             ,
             
               Men
               and
               Brethren
               ,
               say
               ,
               what
               shall
               we
               do
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             A
             Prison
             is
             the
             best
             
               retiring
               Room
            
          
           
             That
             can
             be
             got
             ;
             the
             best
             Museolum
          
           
             For
             him
             ,
             wherein
             to
             contemplate
             ,
             that
             would
          
           
             Those
             Objects
             without
             fallacy
             behold
             ,
          
           
             Which
             most
             concern
             him
             ;
             or
             would
             notions
             have
          
           
             Of
             what
             he
             ought
             to
             
               do
               ,
               hope
            
             or
             believe
             ;
          
           
             For
             ,
             most
             of
             those
             things
             ,
             which
             abroad
             he
             spies
             ,
          
           
             Either
             delude
             his
             ears
             ,
             or
             blind
             his
             eyes
             ,
          
           
             Pervert
             his
             Iudgement
             ,
             or
             withdraw
             his
             mind
          
           
             From
             that
             ,
             wherein
             his
             welfare
             he
             might
             find
             .
          
           
           
             A
             Prison
             is
             a
             place
             ;
             which
             he
             that
             can
          
           
             Make
             use
             of
             ,
             as
             becomes
             a
             prudent
             man
             ,
          
           
             Findes
             there
             ,
             more
             lasting
             ,
             and
             more
             perfect
             solace
          
           
             Than
             in
             the
             greatest
             earthly
             Princes
             Pallace
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             when
             he
             knows
             what
             Priviledges
             are
          
           
             In
             this
             condition
             ,
             will
             scorn
             all
             that
             's
             there
             .
          
        
         
           
             In
             Prison
             ,
             quickly
             ,
             understand
             he
             shall
          
           
             The
             worst
             that
             can
             to
             him
             ,
             at
             last
             ,
             befall
             .
          
           
             There
             ,
             he
             may
             notice
             take
             ,
             how
             most
             men
             pother
          
           
             Themselves
             ;
             what
             plagues
             they
             are
             unto
             each
             other
             .
          
           
             How
             ,
             causelesly
             men
             terrified
             are
          
           
             By
             those
             ,
             to
             whom
             they
             dreadful
             would
             appear
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             peradventure
             ,
             if
             they
             patient
             be
          
           
             That
             ,
             they
             pursued
             by
             their
             Foes
             will
             see
             ,
          
           
             By
             which
             their
             self-destruction
             shall
             be
             wrought
             ,
          
           
             And
             those
             freed
             ,
             whom
             ,
             they
             into
             bondage
             brought
             .
          
           
             There
             ,
             they
             may
             learn
             ,
             that
             to
             make
             black
             or
             white
             ,
          
           
             One
             hair
             ,
             or
             add
             one
             straws-breadth
             to
             their
             height
          
           
             Care
             nought
             avails
             ;
             and
             in
             that
             poor
             estate
          
           
             To
             laugh
             at
             all
             the
             worlds
             despight
             and
             hate
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             over
             them
             ,
             no
             power
             then
             left
             she
             hath
             ,
          
           
             Except
             of
             prosecuting
             them
             to
             death
             ,
          
           
             Which
             them
             ten
             thousand
             fold
             will
             happier
             make
          
           
             Than
             all
             ,
             that
             she
             can
             either
             give
             or
             take
             .
          
           
             These
             are
             such
             benefits
             as
             I
             enjoy
             ,
          
           
             By
             what
             ,
             now
             seems
             my
             Freedom
             to
             destroy
             .
          
        
         
           
             In
             Prison
             ,
             too
             ,
             this
             Priviledge
             I
             have
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             living
             ,
             I
             descend
             into
             my
             Grave
             ,
          
           
             And
             by
             my
             Contemplation
             can
             fore-see
          
           
             What
             my
             condition
             in
             that
             place
             will
             be
             .
          
           
             I
             search
             it
             to
             the
             bottom
             ,
             by
             that
             spark
          
           
             Of
             Light
             ,
             which
             shineth
             brightest
             in
             the
             dark
             .
          
           
             The
             terrours
             of
             that
             Dungeon
             I
             fore-stall
             ,
          
           
             I
             ,
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             pre-act
             my
             Funeral
             ,
          
           
           
             And
             in
             a
             manner
             also
             ,
             see
             and
             hear
          
           
             What
             will
             be
             said
             and
             done
             ,
             when
             I
             am
             there
             ;
          
           
             Which
             are
             advantages
             not
             to
             be
             known
             ,
          
           
             Whilst
             in
             the
             world
             I
             flutter
             up
             and
             down
             .
          
           
             In
             Prison
             also
             ,
             when
             least
             room
             I
             have
             ,
          
           
             And
             close
             am
             kept
             ,
             I
             ,
             far
             beyond
             the
             Grave
          
           
             Do
             Prospects
             view
             ;
             and
             can
             see
             pretty
             well
          
           
             What
             may
             concern
             men
             ,
             both
             in
             Heaven
             and
             Hell
             ;
          
           
             Whereof
             ,
             if
             here
             I
             should
             my
             knowledge
             speak
          
           
             Them
             ,
             for
             Phanatick
             dreams
             ,
             the
             world
             would
             take
             ;
          
           
             And
             not
             believe
             the
             things
             I
             could
             declare
             ,
          
           
             Because
             ,
             she
             knows
             that
             I
             was
             never
             there
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             therefore
             ,
             I
             le
             proceed
             again
             to
             show
          
           
             What
             ,
             my
             Experiments
             are
             here
             below
             .
          
        
         
           
             Restraint
             ,
             from
             me
             ,
             hath
             totally
             shut
             out
          
           
             That
             frivelous
             ,
             and
             that
             offensive
             Rout
             ,
          
           
             Which
             interrupts
             my
             Musings
             with
             discourse
          
           
             That
             's
             either
             wholly
             vain
             ,
             or
             somewhat
             worse
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             to
             nought
             else
             ,
             it
             for
             the
             most
             part
             tends
          
           
             But
             fruitless
             complements
             ,
             or
             graceless
             ends
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             what
             among
             us
             ,
             is
             at
             meetings
             blown
             ,
          
           
             Wrongs
             other
             mens
             affairs
             ,
             or
             else
             our
             own
             ,
          
           
             Whereas
             ,
             our
             words
             whilst
             here
             we
             are
             together
             ,
          
           
             Tend
             to
             the
             edifying
             of
             each
             other
             ,
          
           
             In
             Faith
             or
             Manners
             ;
             or
             else
             ,
             to
             improve
          
           
             That
             Hope
             ,
             that
             
               Meekness
               ,
               Constancy
            
             and
             Love
          
           
             Which
             may
             enable
             ,
             patiently
             to
             bear
          
           
             Those
             Burthens
             ,
             wherewith
             we
             oppressed
             are
             :
          
           
             And
             ,
             when
             our
             Bodies
             are
             asunder
             gone
             ,
          
           
             We
             never
             leave
             each
             other
             quite
             alone
             ;
          
           
             For
             ,
             we
             (
             ev'n
             when
             corporeally
             apart
             )
          
           
             Are
             present
             ,
             both
             in
             Spirit
             and
             in
             Heart
             .
          
        
         
           
             Though
             this
             Fraternity
             did
             often
             minde
             me
             ,
          
           
             Till
             my
             Imprisonment
             they
             could
             not
             finde
             me
             ,
          
           
           
             Nor
             did
             I
             know
             their
             persons
             .
             Thou
             ,
             therefore
          
           
             Oh
             
               foolish
               world
            
             ,
             to
             my
             content
             add'st
             more
          
           
             By
             my
             Restraint
             ,
             than
             if
             to
             me
             were
             given
          
           
             All
             carnal
             Freedoms
             on
             this
             side
             of
             Heaven
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             if
             this
             be
             the
             great'st
             harms
             thou
             canst
             do
             ,
          
           
             Prethee
             ,
             let
             every
             spight
             thou
             dost
             be
             two
             .
          
        
         
           
             But
             ,
             all
             the
             comforts
             which
             best
             friends
             afford
             ,
          
           
             (
             As
             they
             are
             men
             )
             may
             prove
             like
             
             Ionah's
             Gourd
             ,
          
           
             For
             ,
             as
             next
             morning
             ,
             that
             ,
             did
             wither
             quite
          
           
             Which
             GOD
             did
             cause
             to
             spring
             up
             in
             one
             night
             ,
          
           
             So
             ,
             when
             the
             Sun
             burns
             ,
             or
             a
             
               sharp
               wind
            
             blows
             ,
          
           
             This
             may
             as
             quickly
             fade
             ,
             as
             it
             arose
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             Death
             or
             Injuries
             ,
             do
             every
             day
          
           
             Take
             those
             mens
             lives
             ,
             or
             ,
             their
             estates
             away
          
           
             Who
             are
             most
             charitable
             ,
             and
             ,
             of
             bread
          
           
             They
             may
             have
             need
             ,
             by
             whom
             I
             have
             been
             fed
             ,
          
           
             For
             ,
             unto
             all
             men
             underneath
             the
             Sun
          
           
             That
             may
             betide
             which
             doth
             befall
             to
             one
             .
          
           
             Not
             therefore
             ,
             upon
             those
             things
             which
             GOD
             sends
             ,
          
           
             But
             ,
             on
             himself
             alone
             ,
             my
             soul
             depends
             :
          
           
             Here
             ,
             all
             my
             confidence
             ,
             
               vain
               world
            
             ,
             is
             place't
             ,
          
           
             Or
             else
             I
             might
             be
             ruined
             at
             last
             ;
          
           
             And
             all
             my
             present
             hopes
             ,
             as
             vain
             would
             be
             ,
          
           
             As
             if
             I
             had
             repos'd
             my
             trust
             in
             thee
             .
          
        
         
           
             By
             this
             Restriction
             ,
             not
             a
             few
             temptations
          
           
             Will
             be
             repelled
             ;
             many
             deviations
          
           
             Of
             mine
             prevented
             ;
             duties
             better
             done
             ;
          
           
             Things
             which
             have
             been
             forgot
             ,
             more
             thought
             upon
             ;
          
           
             It
             peradventure
             may
             prepare
             me
             too
             ,
          
           
             For
             what
             I
             'm
             yet
             to
             suffer
             and
             to
             do
             ,
          
           
             Much
             better
             than
             that
             Freedom
             did
             ,
             or
             could
             ,
          
           
             Which
             ,
             by
             the
             
               Common
               Tenure
            
             I
             did
             hold
             :
          
           
             And
             who
             knows
             ,
             but
             some
             corporal
             mis-hap
          
           
             I
             may
             or
             did
             by
             this
             Restraint
             escape
             ,
          
           
           
             Which
             might
             have
             else
             befell
             me
             when
             together
          
           
             The
             people
             throng'd
             and
             trod
             upon
             each
             other
             .
          
           
             Which
             ,
             though
             no
             more
             but
             shunning
             so
             much
             harm
             ,
          
           
             As
             breaking
             of
             a
             neck
             ,
             a
             legg
             ,
             or
             arm
             ,
          
           
             Were
             considerable
             ,
             and
             ten
             to
             one
          
           
             Such
             mis-adventures
             daily
             fall
             upon
          
           
             Some
             persons
             unconfin'd
             ,
             when
             they
             least
             dread
             them
             ,
          
           
             Because
             ,
             where
             dangers
             are
             ,
             they
             little
             heed
             them
             .
          
           
             Scap'd
             I
             no
             more
             here
             ,
             than
             that
             slavish
             load
          
           
             Of
             Complementings
             ,
             wherewithall
             abroad
          
           
             Men
             tire
             themselves
             ,
             and
             others
             ;
             that
             ,
             alone
          
           
             Sufficient
             were
             ,
             if
             well
             consider'd
             on
             ,
          
           
             To
             make
             amends
             for
             all
             the
             sufferings
          
           
             Which
             my
             confinement
             now
             upon
             me
             brings
             .
          
        
         
           
             For
             ,
             as
             to
             pay
             this
             life
             ,
             I
             am
             a
             debter
          
           
             To
             Nature
             ,
             and
             then
             hope
             to
             have
             a
             better
             ,
          
           
             My
             
               Wants
               ,
               Restraints
            
             ,
             and
             Poverty
             do
             less
          
           
             Afflict
             my
             Body
             ,
             by
             all
             that
             distress
          
           
             Now
             laid
             upon
             it
             ,
             than
             my
             soul
             hath
             been
          
           
             To
             hear
             and
             see
             ,
             what
             I
             have
             heard
             and
             seen
             ,
          
           
             Whilest
             I
             had
             liberty
             abroad
             to
             go
             ,
          
           
             And
             hear
             and
             see
             ,
             what
             many
             say
             and
             do
             :
          
           
             With
             what
             dissembling
             
               Complements
               ,
               Caresses
            
             ,
          
           
             Affected
             
               Speeches
               ,
               flattering
               Addresses
            
             ,
          
           
             And
             false
             Pretendings
             ,
             men
             of
             ev'ry
             sort
          
           
             Do
             cheat
             ,
             fool
             ,
             claw
             ,
             and
             one
             another
             court
             ,
          
           
             As
             if
             they
             did
             Realities
             intend
          
           
             When
             ,
             in
             meer
             Nullities
             ,
             at
             last
             they
             end
             .
          
           
             How
             ,
             
               Letters
               ,
               Promises
               ,
               Vows
               ,
               Declarations
               ,
            
          
           
             
               Orders
               ,
               Oaths
               ,
               Covenants
            
             ,
             and
             Protestations
          
           
             Annihilated
             are
             ,
             and
             turn
             to
             smoak
          
           
             Or
             stinks
             ,
             which
             rather
             poison
             us
             ,
             and
             choak
          
           
             Than
             truly
             nourish
             ;
             and
             how
             they
             go
             on
          
           
             In
             acting
             still
             ,
             such
             things
             as
             they
             have
             done
          
           
           
             Who
             are
             destroyed
             ;
             and
             yet
             ,
             nere
             the
             less
             ,
          
           
             Dream
             they
             pursue
             the
             waies
             of
             Happiness
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             ,
             as
             well
             pleas'd
             ,
             with
             my
             sad
             condition
             ,
          
           
             As
             others
             ,
             with
             what
             they
             have
             in
             fruition
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             if
             desire
             a
             longer
             life
             I
             could
             ,
          
           
             For
             nothing
             else
             the
             same
             desire
             I
             should
             ,
          
           
             Except
             it
             were
             that
             I
             might
             live
             to
             see
          
           
             What
             GOD
             will
             do
             ,
             and
             what
             their
             end
             will
             be
             .
          
           
             Frequent
             I
             cannot
             ,
             with
             conveniency
          
           
             (
             As
             lately
             ,
             when
             I
             had
             my
             Liberty
             ,
          
           
             I
             might
             have
             done
             )
             the
             
               Publick
               Congregation
            
             ;
          
           
             But
             ,
             I
             ,
             upon
             GOD's
             Word
             ,
             by
             meditation
             ,
          
           
             (
             To
             exercise
             my self
             )
             may
             set
             apart
          
           
             The
             time
             they
             dedicate
             ;
             and
             both
             my
             heart
          
           
             And
             my
             best
             Faculties
             ,
             employ
             that
             day
             ,
          
           
             In
             preaching
             somewhat
             to
             the
             world
             
               my
               way
            
          
           
             Which
             will
             advance
             GOD's
             glory
             ,
             and
             improve
          
           
             My
             Brethren
             in
             good
             life
             ,
             hope
             ,
             faith
             ,
             and
             love
             :
          
           
             Or
             ,
             that
             prepare
             ,
             which
             thereunto
             may
             tend
             ,
          
           
             When
             Daies
             and
             Times
             ,
             with
             me
             will
             have
             an
             end
             :
          
           
             And
             ,
             GOD
             (
             I
             know
             )
             confines
             not
             
               Saving
               Graces
            
          
           
             To
             ordinary
             
               Means
               ,
               Forms
               ,
               Times
            
             ,
             or
             Places
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             is
             displeased
             when
             his
             services
          
           
             Endeavour'd
             are
             ,
             without
             contentiousness
             ,
          
           
             As
             we
             are
             able
             ,
             and
             with
             upright
             heart
             ,
          
           
             Though
             of
             our
             duties
             we
             may
             fail
             in
             part
             .
          
        
         
           
             Some
             other
             Notions
             ,
             which
             in
             this
             estate
          
           
             Are
             apprehended
             ,
             I
             might
             now
             relate
             ,
          
           
             Which
             further
             may
             illustrate
             those
             mis-haps
          
           
             That
             man
             by
             an
             Imprisonment
             escapes
          
           
             But
             ,
             they
             are
             Trifles
             to
             what
             I
             possess
             ,
          
           
             In
             my
             constrained
             Solitariness
             .
          
           
             For
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             not
             what
             I
             might
             have
             chose
          
           
             (
             Had
             I
             been
             left
             unto
             mine
             own
             dispose
             )
          
           
           
             It
             proves
             much
             better
             :
             and
             for
             that
             respect
          
           
             What
             I
             most
             naturally
             do
             affect
          
           
             I
             dare
             not
             absolutely
             to
             request
             ,
          
           
             (
             Much
             less
             make
             choice
             of
             )
             but
             to
             him
             that
             best
          
           
             Knows
             what
             's
             best
             for
             me
             ,
             wholly
             have
             resign'd
          
           
             Both
             mine
             own
             self
             ,
             and
             things
             of
             ev'ry
             kind
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             he
             ,
             who
             hath
             assign'd
             this
             lot
             ,
             and
             all
          
           
             What
             ere
             it
             be
             ,
             which
             thereby
             doth
             befall
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             this
             Restraint
             ,
             not
             only
             makes
             him
             dearer
          
           
             To
             me
             ,
             but
             also
             ,
             to
             him
             ,
             draws
             me
             nearer
             ,
          
           
             So
             that
             the
             more
             my
             troubles
             do
             increase
             ,
          
           
             The
             nearer
             unto
             him
             is
             my
             access
             .
          
           
             He
             ,
             fortifies
             my
             confidence
             in
             him
             ,
          
           
             And
             heartens
             me
             ,
             the
             World
             thus
             to
             contemn
             ,
          
           
             As
             boldly
             as
             if
             doubtless
             cause
             there
             were
          
           
             For
             her
             to
             fear
             me
             ,
             more
             than
             I
             fear
             her
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             my
             fears
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             nothing
             else
          
           
             Save
             what
             Perdues
             and
             Scouts
             ,
             and
             Centinels
          
           
             Are
             to
             an
             Army
             :
             they
             do
             not
             dis-heart
          
           
             A
             valiant
             Souldier
             ;
             though
             they
             make
             him
             start
          
           
             At
             first
             Alarm
             ;
             but
             cause
             him
             to
             prepare
          
           
             For
             those
             assaults
             ,
             which
             nigh
             approaching
             are
             .
          
           
             When
             I
             am
             judged
             ,
             in
             an
             undone-case
             ,
          
           
             Because
             ,
             confin'd
             ,
             in
             wants
             ,
             and
             in
             distress
             ;
          
           
             When
             all
             my
             outward
             Comforters
             are
             gone
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             I
             lie
             musing
             on
             my
             bed
             alone
          
           
             Of
             what
             I
             knew
             before
             ,
             or
             heard
             that
             day
             ;
          
           
             Of
             what
             my
             Friends
             fear
             ,
             and
             my
             Foes
             do
             say
             ;
          
           
             What
             men
             they
             are
             ,
             who
             seem
             with
             me
             offended
             ,
          
           
             What
             is
             already
             done
             ,
             and
             what
             intended
             ;
          
           
             Sometimes
             a
             little
             shuddring
             doth
             begin
             ,
          
           
             As
             if
             a
             panick-fear
             were
             breaking
             in
             ,
          
           
             Which
             he
             marks
             ,
             ere
             to
             me
             it
             doth
             appear
          
           
             Forthwith
             ,
             steps
             down
             betwixt
             me
             and
             that
             fear
          
           
           
             Supplies
             defects
             ,
             expelleth
             doubts
             and
             sadness
             ,
          
           
             Replenisheth
             my
             heart
             with
             sober
             gladness
             ,
          
           
             About
             me
             sets
             his
             Angels
             ,
             watch
             to
             keep
             ,
          
           
             And
             (
             as
             to
             his
             beloved
             )
             gives
             me
             sleep
             .
          
        
         
           
             These
             things
             considered
             ,
             Prisons
             and
             Restraints
          
           
             (
             Which
             have
             been
             long
             ,
             the
             portion
             of
             the
             Saints
             )
          
           
             Are
             not
             alone
             things
             little
             to
             be
             fear'd
             ,
          
           
             But
             also
             many
             times
             to
             be
             preferr'd
          
           
             Before
             those
             Liberties
             ,
             and
             all
             those
             things
          
           
             That
             can
             be
             found
             in
             Palaces
             of
             Kings
             ;
          
           
             What
             ere
             their
             flatterers
             are
             pleas'd
             to
             say
             ,
          
           
             By
             fruitless
             hopes
             ,
             to
             drive
             their
             fears
             away
             .
          
           
             For
             ,
             more
             are
             there
             endanger'd
             ,
             more
             destroy'd
             :
          
           
             There
             ,
             many
             times
             ,
             is
             less
             content
             enjoy'd
             ,
          
           
             Less
             outward
             safety
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             deal
             less
          
           
             Of
             what
             conduceth
             to
             true
             happiness
             ,
          
           
             Than
             in
             a
             Prison
             :
             And
             who
             ere
             well
             heeds
          
           
             What
             ,
             there
             is
             done
             ,
             and
             what
             thereon
             succeeds
          
           
             Will
             finde
             cause
             ,
             their
             condition
             to
             bewail
          
           
             Sometimes
             ,
             much
             more
             ,
             than
             his
             that
             's
             in
             a
             Gaol
             .
          
           
             For
             ,
             errors
             flowing
             from
             Prosperity
          
           
             Indanger
             more
             ,
             because
             unseen
             they
             lie
             .
          
           
             Men
             may
             by
             their
             Afflictions
             be
             prepar'd
          
           
             For
             whatsoere
             can
             follow
             afterward
             ,
          
           
             And
             are
             oft
             fitted
             by
             a
             lingring
             grief
             ,
          
           
             For
             future
             happiness
             in
             death
             or
             life
             :
          
           
             But
             ,
             while
             corrupted
             by
             excessive
             Treasures
             ,
          
           
             Befool'd
             with
             honours
             ,
             and
             bewitch'd
             with
             pleasures
             ,
          
           
             The
             cause
             of
             self-destruction
             still
             they
             nourish
             ;
          
           
             They
             grow
             as
             brutish
             as
             the
             beasts
             that
             perish
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             daily
             so
             besotted
             ,
             by
             degrees
          
           
             That
             ,
             sense
             of
             their
             humanity
             they
             leese
             ;
          
           
             So
             long
             dream
             ,
             they
             are
             GOD's
             (
             or
             somewhat
             greater
             ,
          
           
             Till
             they
             are
             Devils
             ,
             or
             but
             little
             better
             ;
          
           
           
             And
             suddenly
             ,
             when
             they
             think
             all
             goes
             well
             ,
          
           
             Sink
             from
             supposed
             Happiness
             to
             HELL
             .
          
        
         
           
             Most
             men
             ,
             (
             yea
             very
             many
             of
             the
             best
             )
          
           
             Their
             Talents
             ,
             till
             they
             Palm-like
             down
             are
             prest
             ,
          
           
             Improve
             not
             ;
             nor
             their
             Duties
             truly
             do
             ,
          
           
             Till
             by
             Afflictions
             they
             are
             whipt
             thereto
             .
          
           
             A
             Prison
             ,
             was
             long
             time
             the
             School
             ,
             wherein
          
           
             Chast
             Ioseph
             those
             progressions
             did
             begin
             ,
          
           
             Which
             ,
             him
             forth
             from
             obscurity
             did
             bring
          
           
             To
             be
             the
             second
             person
             to
             a
             King.
          
           
             Ionas
             was
             not
             obedient
             to
             GOD'S
             Call
          
           
             Till
             he
             ,
             both
             by
             a
             Storm
             ,
             and
             by
             a
             Whale
             ,
          
           
             Was
             disciplin'd
             :
             And
             ,
             if
             I
             had
             a
             thought
          
           
             My
             duties
             were
             performed
             as
             they
             ought
          
           
             In
             any
             thing
             ,
             affirmed
             it
             should
             be
          
           
             That
             ,
             thereto
             my
             Afflictions
             fitted
             me
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             such
             like
             Simples
             ,
             as
             I
             am
             ,
             require
          
           
             To
             make
             them
             yield
             forth
             Oyl
             ,
             the
             Press
             ,
             or
             Fire
             ,
          
           
             My
             Flinty-nature
             gives
             not
             out
             one
             spark
          
           
             To
             light
             my self
             ,
             or
             others
             in
             the
             dark
             ,
          
           
             Till
             knockt
             with
             Steel
             .
             This
             knowledge
             I
             have
             gain'd
          
           
             Of
             mine
             own
             temper
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             unfain'd
             .
          
           
             To
             be
             
               imprison'd
               ,
               slander'd
            
             ,
             or
             made
             poor
             ,
          
           
             Shall
             therefore
             ,
             henceforth
             ,
             frighten
             me
             no
             more
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             make
             me
             ,
             whilst
             I
             live
             asham'd
             of
             either
          
           
             Of
             those
             three
             Lots
             ,
             nor
             of
             them
             altogether
             .
          
           
             
               Priests
               ,
               Prophets
               ,
               Kings
            
             and
             Saints
             ,
             yea
             (
             whilst
             abode
          
           
             He
             made
             on
             earth
             )
             the
             glorious
             Son
             of
             GOD
          
           
             Was
             pleased
             to
             submit
             to
             all
             of
             them
          
           
             (
             But
             to
             the
             latter
             two
             in
             an
             extream
             )
          
           
             And
             ,
             with
             such
             Company
             ,
             I
             le
             undergo
          
           
             My
             share
             ,
             and
             think
             ,
             I
             'm
             thereby
             honour'd
             too
             .
          
        
         
           
             To
             this
             effect
             ,
             much
             more
             might
             here
             be
             said
             ,
          
           
             But
             ,
             this
             will
             be
             sufficient
             ,
             if
             well
             weigh'd
             ,
          
           
           
             Which
             ,
             I
             suspect
             ;
             for
             ,
             very
             few
             men
             heed
             ,
          
           
             Or
             mind
             ,
             long
             ,
             what
             they
             hear
             ,
             or
             what
             they
             read
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           SLANDER
           is
           more
           Beneficiall
           than
           PRAISE
           .
        
         
           
             WHo
             ,
             can
             express
             the
             pain
             of
             being
             stung
          
           
             With
             such
             a
             
               fiery
               Serpent
            
             as
             the
             TONGUE
             ?
          
           
             Or
             ,
             what
             can
             cure
             it
             ,
             but
             his
             being
             ey'd
             ,
          
           
             Whom
             ,
             once
             ,
             the
             
               Brazen
               Serpent
            
             typifi'd
             ?
          
           
             'T
             is
             far
             more
             sharp
             than
             Arrows
             ,
             Darts
             or
             Spears
             ;
          
           
             Down
             to
             the
             heart
             ,
             it
             pierces
             through
             the
             ears
             ;
          
           
             Not
             only
             wounds
             ,
             but
             frighteth
             also
             more
          
           
             Than
             murthring
             Canons
             ,
             when
             they
             loudest
             roar
             ;
          
           
             Afflicteth
             us
             ,
             whilst
             here
             we
             draw
             our
             breath
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             Gangreeve-like
             ,
             so
             spreadeth
             after
             death
          
           
             (
             Ev'n
             to
             posterity
             upon
             our
             Names
             )
          
           
             That
             it
             destroys
             the
             life
             of
             
               honest
               Fames
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             This
             sury
             SLANDER
             ,
             hath
             been
             quarter'd
             long
             ,
          
           
             In
             Rotten-Row
             ,
             and
             Hart-street
             ,
             at
             the
             Tongue
             ;
          
           
             Her
             Magazeens
             and
             Forges
             are
             all
             there
             ,
          
           
             The
             Shop
             at
             which
             she
             vents
             them
             ,
             is
             the
             Ear
             ,
          
           
             In
             ev'ry
             Town
             and
             City
             ;
             and
             no
             places
          
           
             Or
             persons
             ,
             her
             aspersions
             and
             disgraces
          
           
             Can
             long
             avoid
             :
             For
             ,
             ev'ry
             where
             she
             scatters
          
           
             That
             shot
             wherewith
             the
             Forts
             of
             Fame
             she
             batters
             .
          
           
             So
             venemous
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             every
             touch
          
           
             Proves
             mortal
             ,
             or
             indangers
             very
             much
             ,
          
           
             And
             nothing
             shooteth
             more
             impoysoned
             pellets
             ,
          
           
             Except
             it
             be
             the
             flatteries
             of
             Prelates
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             must
             confess
             ,
             that
             many
             years
             ago
          
           
             I
             therewith
             have
             been
             often
             wounded
             so
          
           
           
             That
             ,
             very
             well
             ,
             content
             I
             could
             have
             been
          
           
             To
             lye
             down
             ,
             where
             I
             might
             no
             more
             be
             seen
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             my
             stupidity
             is
             not
             ,
             yet
             ,
             such
          
           
             As
             not
             to
             feel
             indignities
             as
             much
          
           
             As
             any
             man
             :
             But
             ,
             I
             have
             learned
             how
          
           
             To
             change
             my
             Sicknesses
             to
             Physick
             ,
             now
             :
          
           
             And
             when
             the
             world
             intendeth
             me
             a
             shame
          
           
             By
             retroversion
             to
             convert
             the
             same
          
           
             To
             that
             ,
             which
             from
             be
             spattrings
             purifies
             ,
          
           
             And
             makes
             me
             both
             her
             Blame
             and
             Praise
             despise
             ,
          
           
             No
             more
             displeas'd
             ,
             or
             pleased
             therewithall
          
           
             Than
             if
             a
             
               whibling
               Cur
            
             ,
             should
             fawn
             or
             bawl
             .
          
           
             For
             ,
             unto
             those
             Oppressions
             ,
             heretofore
          
           
             And
             now
             lay'd
             on
             me
             ,
             whatsoever
             more
          
           
             The
             world
             shall
             add
             ;
             though
             they
             a
             while
             oppress
             ,
          
           
             Will
             ,
             shortly
             ,
             make
             them
             ,
             not
             alone
             much
             less
          
           
             But
             ,
             also
             none
             at
             all
             ;
             and
             wheel
             about
          
           
             Upon
             her self
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             my
             Turn's
             out
             .
          
        
         
           
             Praise
             ,
             is
             a
             pleasing
             thing
             ,
             to
             flesh
             and
             blood
             ,
          
           
             Yet
             ,
             often
             doth
             it
             much
             more
             harm
             than
             good
             ;
          
           
             Puffs
             up
             with
             Pride
             ,
             ore-weening
             and
             vain
             glory
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             with
             affection
             to
             things
             transitory
          
           
             Beyond
             a
             safe
             Mean
             ;
             and
             makes
             men
             suppose
          
           
             Themselves
             to
             be
             ,
             what
             ev'ry
             neighbour
             knows
          
           
             They
             are
             not
             ;
             yea
             ,
             what
             they
             themselves
             do
             see
          
           
             They
             neither
             are
             ,
             nor
             possibly
             can
             be
             .
          
           
             Whereas
             ,
             to
             be
             without
             a
             cause
             despis'd
             ,
          
           
             Disprais'd
             ,
             reproach'd
             ,
             scoft
             ,
             jeer'd
             and
             scandaliz'd
             ,
          
           
             An
             undue
             self-opinion
             doth
             remove
          
           
             True
             Meekness
             and
             Humility
             improve
             ;
          
           
             Brings
             Constancy
             and
             Patience
             to
             their
             tryal
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             at
             the
             last
             ,
             to
             such
             a
             Self-denial
             ,
          
           
             As
             in
             the
             close
             will
             more
             contentment
             give
             us
          
           
             Than
             all
             ,
             whereof
             a
             Slander
             can
             deprive
             us
             .
          
           
           
             The
             flatteries
             of
             his
             Lords
             ,
             made
             Joash
             stumble
             ,
          
           
             
               Reviling
               speeches
            
             ,
             made
             King
             David
             humble
             ,
          
           
             
               Good
               men
            
             ,
             by
             praises
             ,
             oft
             ,
             are
             evil
             made
             ,
          
           
             But
             ,
             by
             Reproaches
             harm
             they
             never
             had
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             World
             ,
             which
             best
             is
             pleas'd
             with
             her
             own
             baubles
          
           
             For
             that
             false
             titulary
             honor
             scrabbles
             ,
          
           
             Which
             is
             compos'd
             of
             aiery
             Attributes
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             which
             opinion
             only
             constitutes
             :
          
           
             And
             ,
             all
             her
             happiness
             ,
             dependant
             seems
          
           
             On
             vulgar
             approbations
             and
             esteems
             ,
          
           
             Which
             are
             ,
             indeed
             ,
             her
             Portion
             :
             but
             ,
             to
             those
             ,
          
           
             Who
             can
             look
             both
             beyond
             ,
             and
             through
             the
             Shows
             ,
          
           
             That
             such
             Toies
             make
             ,
             nought
             therein
             doth
             appear
          
           
             To
             merit
             their
             desire
             ,
             love
             ,
             hate
             or
             fear
             :
          
           
             And
             ,
             therefore
             ,
             they
             respect
             them
             ,
             (
             come
             ,
             or
             go
             )
          
           
             As
             Reason
             them
             obliges
             thereunto
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             as
             things
             ,
             which
             (
             if
             grace
             divine
             be
             granted
             )
             them
             ,
          
           
             Indifferently
             ,
             may
             be
             possest
             or
             wanted
             ;
          
           
             Make
             such
             use
             as
             they
             serve
             to
             ,
             whilst
             they
             have
          
           
             And
             yield
             them
             ,
             when
             resum'd
             ,
             to
             those
             who
             gave
             them
             .
          
           
             For
             ,
             had
             
               external
               honours
            
             in
             this
             place
             ,
          
           
             Been
             truly
             more
             essential
             than
             disgrace
             ,
          
           
             To
             
               happiness
               eternal
            
             ;
             CHRIST
             had
             waved
          
           
             The
             scandals
             of
             the
             Cross
             ;
             we
             had
             been
             saved
          
           
             And
             sanctifi'd
             should
             be
             without
             those
             troubles
             ,
          
           
             Scorns
             and
             reproaches
             ,
             which
             the
             world
             now
             doubles
          
           
             And
             may
             redouble
             :
             yea
             ,
             in
             vain
             had
             he
          
           
             A
             promise
             made
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             blessed
             be
          
           
             Who
             in
             his
             sufferings
             do
             with
             him
             partake
             ,
          
           
             And
             are
             reproach'd
             and
             slander'd
             for
             his
             sake
             .
          
        
         
           
             These
             things
             consider'd
             ,
             I
             am
             at
             full
             rest
             ;
          
           
             Slanders
             infringe
             not
             my
             chief
             interest
             .
          
           
             Good
             or
             
               Ill
               Words
            
             will
             me
             no
             more
             concern
          
           
             When
             I
             am
             dead
             ,
             than
             when
             I
             was
             unborn
             .
          
           
           
             And
             ,
             whilst
             I
             live
             ,
             (
             as
             is
             inferr'd
             before
             )
          
           
             They
             harm
             a
             little
             ,
             and
             they
             profit
             more
             .
          
           
             If
             Scandals
             neither
             mend
             nor
             mar
             my
             health
             ,
          
           
             Increase
             not
             troubles
             ,
             nor
             decrease
             my
             wealth
             ,
          
           
             Save
             in
             opinion
             onely
             ;
             all
             those
             lostes
          
           
             Are
             cur'd
             ,
             if
             my
             vote
             ,
             that
             opinion
             crosses
             .
          
           
             And
             (
             prare
             who
             list
             )
             I
             will
             as
             merry
             bee
          
           
             As
             is
             a
             Pye
             upon
             a
             Cherry-tree
             .
          
           
             Praise
             ,
             or
             dispraises
             ,
             if
             so
             be
             my
             heart
          
           
             Assures
             ,
             that
             neither
             of
             them
             by
             desert
          
           
             To
             mee
             belongs
             ,
             my
             own
             
               Phanatick
               brain
            
          
           
             Is
             cause
             of
             all
             ,
             where
             of
             I
             do
             complain
             ,
          
           
             Or
             take
             delight
             in
             :
             
               praise
               ,
               blame
               ,
               bless
            
             ,
             or
             curse
             ,
          
           
             I
             am
             no
             whit
             the
             better
             ,
             or
             the
             worse
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             all
             men
             are
             as
             much
             concern'd
             as
             I
          
           
             In
             what
             's
             then
             spoken
             be
             it
             Truth
             ,
             or
             Lye.
             
          
        
         
           
             If
             of
             a
             hundred
             
               Crimes
               I
            
             guilty
             were
             ,
          
           
             All
             which
             ,
             as
             evidently
             did
             appear
             ,
          
           
             As
             in
             a
             cloudless
             day
             ,
             the
             Sun
             at
             noon
             ;
          
           
             The
             world
             ,
             but
             as
             the
             spots
             within
             the
             Moon
             ,
          
           
             Would
             look
             upon
             them
             ,
             if
             ,
             for
             my
             defence
          
           
             I
             have
             a
             face
             well
             braz'd
             with
             impudence
             ;
          
           
             An
             Oily
             Tongue
             ,
             a
             Crocodiles
             moist
             eye
             ,
          
           
             Can
             finde
             great
             Friends
             ,
             bribe
             ,
             flatter
             ,
             fawn
             and
             lye
             ,
          
           
             Ore-awe
             my
             neighbours
             ,
             or
             ,
             my self
             express
          
           
             A
             friend
             to
             them
             ,
             in
             their
             licentiousnesse
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             were
             I
             ,
             both
             in
             words
             and
             deeds
             ,
             as
             free
          
           
             From
             just
             reproof
             ,
             as
             mortal
             man
             may
             be
             ,
          
           
             Had
             I
             ,
             but
             one
             great
             neighbour
             ,
             who
             envies
          
           
             All
             men
             suppos'd
             more
             honest
             ,
             or
             more
             wise
             ,
          
           
             Than
             hee
             is
             thought
             ;
             therewith
             a
             neighbourhood
             ,
          
           
             Which
             takes
             delight
             in
             nothing
             that
             is
             good
             ;
          
           
             Abhorring
             all
             ,
             as
             their
             injurious
             foes
             ,
          
           
             Who
             ,
             them
             ,
             in
             their
             unrighteous
             waies
             oppose
             ;
          
           
             Or
             ,
             if
             I
             be
             constrained
             to
             have
             dealing
             ,
          
           
             With
             such
             ,
             by
             some
             relation
             ,
             or
             nigh
             dwelling
             ,
          
           
           
             Who
             think
             ,
             there
             's
             nothing
             rational
             or
             just
             ,
          
           
             But
             ,
             what
             tends
             to
             their
             profit
             ,
             or
             their
             lust
             ;
          
           
             It
             is
             impossible
             to
             scape
             the
             wrongs
          
           
             Of
             wicked
             hands
             ,
             or
             of
             malicious
             tongues
             :
          
           
             And
             ,
             therefore
             ,
             he
             ,
             with
             whom
             it
             thus
             doth
             fare
          
           
             Must
             study
             patience
             ,
             how
             his
             lot
             to
             bear
             ;
          
           
             And
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             can
             look
             for
             no
             defence
          
           
             But
             from
             GODS
             Justice
             ,
             and
             his
             Innocence
             ,
          
           
             Which
             is
             sufficient
             unto
             them
             that
             know
          
           
             What
             consolations
             from
             those
             fountains
             flow
             .
          
        
         
           
             What
             ,
             is
             there
             to
             be
             fear'd
             in
             
               Slandrous
               Tales
            
             ,
          
           
             Whether
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             either
             true
             or
             false
             ?
          
           
             A
             
               false
               Report
            
             more
             mischieves
             those
             who
             spread
             it
             ,
          
           
             Than
             harmeth
             me
             .
             If
             it
             impairs
             my
             credit
             ,
          
           
             I
             may
             recover
             it
             again
             ere
             long
             ,
          
           
             And
             also
             peradventure
             ,
             by
             that
             wrong
          
           
             Improve
             some
             Vertue
             ,
             or
             abate
             some
             Pride
             ,
          
           
             Within
             my self
             till
             that
             time
             ,
             unespy'd
             .
          
           
             Although
             hard
             words
             ,
             give
             harder
             knocks
             than
             stones
             ,
          
           
             And
             crack
             our
             Credits
             ,
             yet
             ,
             they
             break
             no
             Bones
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             if
             unjustly
             thrown
             ,
             by
             spightful
             fingers
             ,
          
           
             They
             prove
             most
             mischievous
             unto
             their
             flingers
             .
          
           
             One
             fault
             which
             Conscience
             findes
             ,
             afflicts
             me
             more
          
           
             Than
             twenty
             slanders
             ,
             yea
             than
             twenty
             score
             :
          
           
             So
             long
             as
             that
             lyes
             quietly
             in
             me
             ,
          
           
             I
             shall
             not
             care
             who
             my
             Accusers
             be
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             when
             that
             shall
             accuse
             me
             (
             as
             sometime
          
           
             It
             doth
             )
             I
             sue
             out
             an
             Appeal
             to
             him
          
           
             Who
             straight
             acquits
             me
             ;
             else
             I
             must
             confess
          
           
             I
             should
             as
             much
             fear
             mine
             own
             Righteousness
          
           
             As
             all
             my
             Sins
             ;
             for
             ,
             I
             esteem
             them
             both
          
           
             Alike
             impure
             ,
             and
             as
             a
             menstruous
             cloath
             .
          
        
         
           
             If
             I
             am
             justly
             blam'd
             for
             things
             misdone
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             for
             faults
             wherein
             I
             am
             going
             on
             ,
          
           
             It
             doth
             by
             bringing
             on
             me
             shame
             of
             face
             ,
          
           
             Repentance
             bring
             ,
             and
             to
             that
             ,
             state
             of
             Grace
          
           
           
             From
             which
             I
             falling
             was
             ;
             and
             stay
             the
             course
          
           
             Which
             might
             have
             drawn
             me
             on
             from
             bad
             to
             worse
             ,
          
           
             Until
             ,
             that
             by
             habituated
             sin
             ,
          
           
             
               Endless
               Impenitency
            
             had
             broke
             in
             :
          
           
             Much
             more
             ,
             therefore
             ,
             to
             these
             I
             am
             a
             debter
          
           
             Who
             speak
             ill
             ,
             than
             to
             those
             men
             who
             speak
             better
          
           
             Than
             I
             deserve
             :
             And
             ,
             though
             that
             in
             their
             ends
          
           
             They
             differ
             ,
             they
             may
             be
             as
             useful
             friends
          
           
             Who
             speak
             of
             me
             opprobriously
             ,
             sometimes
             ,
          
           
             As
             they
             ,
             who
             praise
             me
             ,
             or
             excuse
             my
             crimes
             .
          
        
         
           
             For
             ,
             I
             have
             long
             observ'd
             that
             all
             Relations
             ,
          
           
             Nigh
             or
             far
             off
             (
             what
             ever
             Obligations
          
           
             Have
             nearly
             joyned
             them
             ,
             or
             whatsoere
          
           
             Their
             
               Quarrels
               ,
               Bonds
            
             ,
             or
             Disobligements
             are
             )
          
           
             Be
             (
             for
             the
             most
             part
             )
             either
             friends
             or
             foes
             ,
          
           
             But
             ,
             as
             a
             prosp'rous
             ,
             or
             a
             cross
             wind
             blows
             ;
          
           
             Or
             ,
             as
             their
             inter'st
             or
             Expectancy
          
           
             May
             be
             secur'd
             ,
             or
             doth
             at
             hazzard
             lye
             .
          
           
             The
             Love
             or
             Hatred
             ,
             which
             I
             finde
             in
             them
             ,
          
           
             Differs
             but
             in
             the
             Measure
             ,
             or
             the
             Time
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             in
             th'
             Occasions
             ,
             which
             have
             them
             inclin'd
             ,
          
           
             To
             friendliness
             ,
             or
             else
             to
             be
             unkinde
             .
          
           
             They
             frown
             or
             smile
             they
             praise
             ,
             or
             they
             disgrace
             ,
          
           
             Destroy
             and
             save
             ,
             and
             stab
             ,
             or
             else
             imbrace
             ,
          
           
             Even
             as
             the
             fit
             which
             comes
             upon
             them
             ,
             takes
             them
             ,
          
           
             And
             either
             pleased
             ,
             or
             displeased
             makes
             them
             .
          
           
             Such
             will
             their
             words
             and
             deeds
             be
             then
             to
             thee
             ,
          
           
             What
             ere
             thou
             art
             to
             them
             ,
             or
             they
             to
             thee
             .
          
           
             As
             bitter
             Language
             ,
             I
             have
             heard
             'twixt
             those
          
           
             That
             were
             dear
             Lovers
             ,
             as
             'twixt
             greatest
             Foes
             ,
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             and
             more
             bitter
             too
             ,
             in
             some
             respects
          
           
             Considering
             their
             Causes
             and
             Effects
             .
          
        
         
           
             A
             Foes
             Revilings
             very
             sharp
             appear
             ,
          
           
             But
             ,
             when
             our
             Friends
             exasperated
             are
          
           
             With
             ,
             or
             
               without
               Cause
               given
               of
               offence
            
             ,
          
           
             There
             is
             between
             them
             greater
             difference
          
           
           
             (
             Or
             at
             the
             least
             ,
             but
             very
             little
             less
             )
          
           
             Than
             tasted
             is
             between
             the
             bitterness
          
           
             Of
             unpeel'd
             Wallnut-kernels
             ,
             and
             
               strong
               Gall
            
             ,
          
           
             VVhen
             with
             our
             tongues
             distinguish
             them
             we
             shall
             .
          
        
         
           
             Moreover
             ,
             I
             have
             sometimes
             also
             seen
          
           
             That
             ,
             they
             ,
             who
             have
             unto
             each
             other
             been
          
           
             Most
             mischievous
             ,
             so
             reconcil'd
             together
          
           
             (
             Though
             little
             vertue
             hath
             appear'd
             in
             either
             )
          
           
             So
             kind
             in
             words
             and
             deeds
             ,
             for
             outward
             ends
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             so
             ingaged
             mutually
             as
             friends
          
           
             In
             their
             Concernments
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             never
          
           
             At
             variance
             been
             ;
             but
             ,
             hearty
             friends
             for
             ever
             .
          
           
             VVhich
             ,
             when
             I
             mind
             ,
             I
             neither
             pleasure
             have
          
           
             In
             Praises
             ,
             nor
             do
             slanders
             me
             bereave
          
           
             Of
             much
             content
             ,
             from
             whom
             soe're
             they
             come
             ,
          
           
             So
             long
             as
             I
             finde
             Innocence
             at
             home
             ;
          
           
             Nor
             ,
             in
             my
             own
             respect
             at
             any
             time
             ,
          
           
             So
             griev'd
             am
             I
             ,
             as
             otherwhile
             for
             them
          
           
             VVho
             have
             mis-censur'd
             me
             ;
             because
             I
             know
          
           
             From
             what
             distempers
             usually
             they
             flow
             ;
          
           
             And
             that
             the
             sob'rest
             and
             the
             wisest
             men
          
           
             Have
             some
             Deliriums
             on
             them
             now
             and
             then
             .
          
           
             Exception
             is
             not
             alwayes
             to
             be
             took
          
           
             By
             what
             shall
             by
             a
             Friend
             or
             Foe
             be
             spoke
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             men
             in
             passion
             ,
             whether
             they
             appear
             .
          
           
             Pleas'd
             or
             displeas'd
             ,
             speak
             few
             things
             as
             they
             are
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             alwayes
             as
             they
             think
             ,
             but
             ,
             rather
             say
          
           
             That
             ,
             which
             the
             passion
             bearing
             then
             chief
             sway
          
           
             Transports
             them
             to
             ;
             although
             a
             wound
             it
             give
          
           
             To
             their
             own
             souls
             ,
             which
             pains
             them
             whilst
             they
             live
             .
          
        
         
           
             But
             ,
             Friends
             and
             Foes
             ,
             both
             
               good
               and
               ill
               report
            
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             all
             terrestrial
             things
             of
             every
             sort
             ,
          
           
             VVill
             shortly
             have
             an
             end
             (
             with
             me
             at
             least
             .
             )
          
           
             The
             worst
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             that
             whereof
             the
             best
          
           
             Esteem
             I
             had
             ,
             will
             into
             nothing
             fly
             :
          
           
             My
             Slanders
             ,
             and
             my
             Slanderers
             will
             dye
             .
          
           
           
             At
             present
             ,
             therefore
             them
             no
             more
             I
             dread
          
           
             Than
             if
             I
             saw
             they
             were
             already
             dead
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             that
             which
             dead
             or
             living
             ,
             shall
             to
             me
          
           
             Befall
             ,
             will
             equally
             forgotten
             be
             .
          
           
             By
             living
             ,
             I
             ,
             their
             scandals
             may
             out-live
             ,
          
           
             And
             good
             proofs
             of
             my
             innocency
             give
             .
          
           
             VVhen
             I
             am
             dead
             ,
             what
             ever
             men
             shall
             please
          
           
             To
             speak
             or
             do
             ,
             it
             cannot
             me
             disease
             :
          
           
             And
             ,
             they
             who
             after
             death
             do
             men
             defame
             ,
          
           
             Or
             shall
             expose
             their
             bodies
             unto
             shame
             ,
          
           
             Bring
             that
             dishonour
             which
             they
             did
             intend
          
           
             To
             others
             ,
             on
             themselves
             ,
             at
             latter
             end
             :
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             make
             some
             question
             ,
             and
             suspect
             their
             merits
             ;
          
           
             Repute
             them
             persons
             of
             ignoble
             spirits
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             what
             they
             hoped
             should
             confirm
             their
             peace
             ,
          
           
             Their
             terrours
             and
             their
             dangers
             will
             increase
             .
          
           
             Slanders
             (
             though
             poyson
             in
             themselves
             )
             have
             been
          
           
             To
             me
             a
             precious
             Antidote
             for
             sin
             ,
          
           
             Preventing
             ,
             not
             a
             few
             times
             more
             than
             one
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             wherein
             else
             perhaps
             I
             had
             mis-done
             ,
          
           
             (
             And
             I
             ,
             thereby
             ,
             effects
             like
             his
             have
             found
          
           
             Who
             had
             a
             Sickness
             cured
             by
             a
             wound
             )
          
           
             Whereas
             ,
             contrariwise
             ,
             a
             vain
             Applause
          
           
             Of
             sins
             or
             follies
             ,
             are
             a
             frequent
             cause
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             well
             remember
             ,
             that
             ,
             when
             I
             was
             young
          
           
             (
             And
             in
             both
             kinds
             an
             Object
             of
             the
             Tongue
             ,
          
           
             As
             now
             I
             am
             )
             I
             reaped
             ,
             many
             wayes
             ,
          
           
             By
             Slanders
             ,
             much
             more
             profit
             than
             by
             Praise
             .
          
           
             For
             ,
             Praises
             made
             me
             sometimes
             over-ween
             ,
          
           
             And
             (
             as
             if
             no
             defects
             in
             me
             had
             been
             )
          
           
             Neglect
             the
             means
             ,
             that
             ,
             supplements
             might
             add
          
           
             To
             what
             ,
             I
             more
             in
             Show
             ,
             than
             Substance
             had
             .
          
           
             It
             ,
             likewise
             ,
             me
             to
             envy
             did
             expose
             ,
          
           
             From
             which
             great
             disadvantages
             arose
             ,
          
           
             And
             scandals
             ,
             without
             cause
             :
             But
             
               Grace
               divine
            
          
           
             Cross'd
             thereby
             ,
             what
             the
             Devil
             did
             design
             :
          
           
           
             For
             ,
             Defamation
             ,
             so
             soon
             was
             begun
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             what
             it
             charg'd
             me
             with
             ,
             was
             never
             done
             .
          
           
             That
             ,
             sin
             prevented
             was
             ,
             and
             many
             more
          
           
             By
             sending
             of
             the
             Scandal
             forth
             before
          
           
             The
             Crime
             was
             acted
             ;
             So
             ,
             into
             a
             Blessing
          
           
             A
             Curse
             was
             turn'd
             ,
             which
             merits
             this
             confessing
             ;
          
           
             And
             also
             ,
             me
             obliges
             ,
             all
             my
             dayes
             ,
          
           
             On
             all
             occasions
             ,
             to
             give
             GOD
             the
             praise
             ;
          
           
             For
             ,
             if
             ,
             perhaps
             it
             had
             over-flowed
             then
             ,
          
           
             The
             stream
             had
             never
             kept
             his
             bounds
             again
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             scoffs
             and
             jeers
             ,
             cast
             on
             me
             by
             the
             Rimes
          
           
             Of
             some
             reputed
             Poets
             in
             these
             times
          
           
             Have
             been
             my
             great
             advantage
             :
             for
             ,
             th'
             esteem
          
           
             Which
             in
             my
             youthful
             dayes
             I
             had
             of
             them
          
           
             Had
             else
             perhaps
             ,
             from
             my
             simplicity
          
           
             Drawn
             me
             ,
             by
             their
             familiarity
          
           
             To
             those
             affected
             Vanities
             with
             which
          
           
             They
             have
             infected
             fools
             ,
             and
             claw'd
             their
             itch
             .
          
           
             Were
             I
             but
             as
             ambitious
             of
             that
             name
          
           
             A
             POET
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             ,
             and
             think
             I
             am
             ,
          
           
             It
             might
             a
             little
             vex
             me
             ,
             when
             I
             hear
          
           
             How
             often
             ,
             in
             their
             Pamphlets
             me
             they
             jear
             ,
          
           
             Because
             ,
             Truth
             seasonably
             I
             convey
          
           
             To
             such
             as
             need
             it
             ,
             in
             a
             homely
             way
             ,
          
           
             Best
             pleasing
             unto
             those
             who
             do
             not
             care
          
           
             To
             crack
             hard
             shells
             in
             which
             no
             kernels
             are
             ;
          
           
             Or
             for
             
               strong
               Lines
            
             ,
             in
             which
             is
             little
             found
             ,
          
           
             Save
             an
             affected
             phrase
             ,
             and
             empty
             sound
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             I
             do
             read
             them
             with
             a
             smiling
             pitty
          
           
             To
             finde
             them
             to
             be
             wicked
             ,
             who
             are
             witty
             .
          
           
             At
             their
             Detractions
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             repine
             ;
          
           
             Their
             Poems
             I
             esteem
             as
             they
             do
             mine
             :
          
           
             Their
             Censures
             ,
             I
             with
             sleighting
             overpass
             ,
          
           
             Who
             ,
             like
             words
             without
             
               sense
               ,
               wit
            
             without
             grace
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             better
             am
             contented
             ,
             without
             cause
          
           
             To
             hear
             their
             mis-reports
             ,
             than
             their
             Applause
             .
          
           
           
             As
             also
             ,
             that
             ,
             they
             should
             by
             Pantaloons
          
           
             Admired
             be
             ,
             and
             honour'd
             by
             Buffoons
             .
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             as
             Iob
             said
             ,
             should
             they
             a
             Book
             compile
          
           
             Against
             me
             (
             as
             they
             may
             ,
             and
             did
             erewhile
             )
          
           
             I
             would
             receive
             it
             ,
             on
             my
             shoulders
             bear
             it
             ,
          
           
             And
             as
             a
             Crown
             ,
             upon
             my
             head
             would
             wear
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             My
             fearleness
             of
             SLANDERS
             doth
             not
             flow
          
           
             From
             Ignorance
             ,
             which
             hinders
             me
             to
             know
          
           
             How
             ,
             I
             am
             scandaliz'd
             :
             for
             it
             appears
          
           
             In
             Print
             and
             I
             have
             heard
             it
             through
             both
             ears
             .
          
           
             I
             daily
             hear
             what
             ignominious
             lyes
          
           
             Detraction
             ,
             to
             defame
             me
             doth
             devise
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             ,
             whence
             they
             proceed
             ;
             whereto
             they
             tend
             ,
          
           
             In
             what
             likewise
             they
             possibly
             may
             end
             :
          
           
             And
             it
             would
             stagger
             and
             affright
             me
             too
             ,
          
           
             Unless
             I
             knew
             the
             worst
             ,
             all
             this
             could
             do
          
           
             For
             ,
             they
             ,
             who
             Idolize
             the
             Prelacy
          
           
             Impute
             to
             me
             no
             less
             than
             Blasphemy
             ,
          
           
             And
             Sacriledge
             :
             And
             ,
             I
             may
             well
             expect
          
           
             That
             ,
             when
             their
             hopes
             have
             taken
             full
             effect
             ,
          
           
             Though
             they
             with
             me
             at
             present
             ,
             do
             but
             dandle
             ,
          
           
             They
             then
             will
             curse
             me
             with
             
               Bell
               ,
               Book
            
             and
             Candle
             .
          
           
             How
             ever
             ,
             for
             their
             persons
             I
             will
             pray
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             malice
             hath
             not
             mov'd
             me
             to
             gain-say
          
           
             Their
             Prelacy
             ;
             nor
             hope
             to
             get
             again
          
           
             What
             they
             usurp
             ,
             and
             doth
             to
             me
             pertain
             :
          
           
             But
             ,
             meerly
             conscientiousness
             of
             that
          
           
             Which
             in
             my
             place
             I
             vow'd
             to
             vindicate
             .
          
        
         
           
             Some
             ,
             call
             me
             Traytor
             too
             ;
             but
             well
             I
             wot
             ,
          
           
             They
             do
             not
             so
             beleeve
             ,
             or
             know
             me
             not
             .
          
           
             I
             never
             did
             betray
             my
             trust
             to
             any
             ,
          
           
             Though
             I
             my self
             have
             been
             betray'd
             by
             many
             .
          
           
             With
             Traytors
             I
             have
             numbred
             beenf
             or
             one
             ,
          
           
             And
             serv'd
             their
             ends
             ,
             yet
             I
             my self
             was
             none
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             if
             like
             Absolone
             they
             did
             pretend
          
           
             To
             Sacrifice
             ,
             and
             had
             another
             end
             ,
          
           
           
             I
             went
             on
             in
             simplicity
             of
             heart
             ,
          
           
             And
             did
             not
             from
             my
             Principles
             depart
             .
          
           
             If
             they
             intended
             ,
             or
             committed
             Treason
             ,
          
           
             I
             wronged
             not
             my
             Conscience
             ,
             or
             my
             Reason
             .
          
           
             By
             ought
             mis-done
             ,
             except
             it
             were
             ,
             perchance
             ,
          
           
             Through
             over-sight
             ,
             or
             else
             through
             Ignorance
             ;
          
           
             For
             which
             ,
             the
             
               Plagues
               now
               Epidemical
            
             ,
          
           
             To
             me
             ,
             as
             unto
             other
             men
             befall
             .
          
           
             I
             never
             was
             in
             any
             factious
             Plot
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             likely
             seems
             it
             ,
             by
             what
             I
             have
             got
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             with
             them
             in
             their
             Actings
             ,
             I
             was
             one
          
           
             VVho
             ,
             thriv'd
             by
             those
             designs
             they
             carried
             on
             ,
          
           
             Though
             being
             subject
             to
             the
             present
             Law
             ,
          
           
             I
             now
             do
             suffer
             ,
             like
             
               Jack
               Fletchers
            
             Daw.
          
           
             But
             ,
             howsoere
             ,
             I
             seem
             to
             merit
             blame
          
           
             None
             ,
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             are
             truer
             than
             I
             am
             .
          
        
         
           
             Yet
             ,
             if
             in
             Fame
             ,
             we
             credit
             may
             repose
             ,
          
           
             I
             am
             designed
             to
             be
             one
             of
             those
             ,
          
           
             VVho
             shall
             not
             be
             vouchsaf'd
             that
             
               Common
               grace
            
             ,
          
           
             VVhich
             at
             his
             Coronation
             granted
             was
             .
          
           
             GOD's
             will
             be
             done
             :
             Perhaps
             ,
             the
             King
             well
             knows
          
           
             I
             need
             not
             ,
             what
             on
             others
             he
             bestows
             ;
          
           
             Or
             ,
             to
             me
             ,
             singly
             ,
             will
             his
             favour
             show
             ,
          
           
             That
             I
             his
             Magnanimity
             may
             know
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             more
             gracious
             be
             to
             those
          
           
             VVho
             ,
             him
             did
             not
             maliciously
             oppose
             ,
          
           
             Than
             they
             ,
             whom
             I
             did
             serve
             ,
             were
             to
             their
             friends
             ,
          
           
             Because
             they
             did
             not
             serve
             them
             ,
             to
             their
             ends
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             if
             Report
             hath
             not
             divulg'd
             a
             Lye
             ,
          
           
             VVhat
             ,
             can
             I
             lose
             ,
             or
             others
             get
             thereby
             ?
          
           
             My
             whole
             estate
             ,
             already
             is
             bereft
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             what
             will
             there
             be
             found
             ,
             where's
             nothing
             left
             ?
          
           
             My
             life
             ,
             you
             'l
             say
             ;
             Alas
             !
             that
             's
             little
             worth
             ,
          
           
             It
             hath
             been
             wasting
             ,
             ever
             since
             my
             birth
             ;
          
           
             And
             (
             when
             it
             was
             at
             best
             )
             too
             poor
             a
             thing
             ,
          
           
             To
             satisfie
             the
             Vengeance
             of
             a
             King.
          
           
           
             It
             will
             to
             most
             men
             seem
             ridiculous
             ,
          
           
             To
             hear
             a
             
               Lion
               Rampant
            
             ,
             kill'd
             a
             Mouse
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             see
             an
             Eagle
             stoop
             down
             from
             on
             high
             ,
          
           
             To
             trusse
             a
             Titmouse
             ,
             or
             a
             Butterfly
             .
          
           
             The
             dread
             of
             such
             a
             loss
             will
             not
             come
             neer
             me
             ,
          
           
             For
             ,
             Age
             will
             shortly
             kill
             me
             ,
             though
             he
             spare
             me
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             when
             there
             's
             no
             conveniency
             of
             living
             ,
          
           
             Life
             ,
             neither
             is
             worth
             asking
             or
             the
             giving
             .
          
        
         
           
             But
             GOD's
             intentions
             ,
             and
             the
             hearts
             of
             Kings
             ,
          
           
             Are
             such
             inscrutable
             and
             hidden
             things
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             none
             can
             search
             their
             bottomes
             ;
             then
             much
             less
          
           
             Can
             they
             be
             fathom'd
             by
             maliciousness
             .
          
           
             Their
             wayes
             of
             working
             their
             own
             pleasures
             out
             ,
          
           
             Are
             ,
             many
             times
             ,
             by
             wheeling
             round
             about
             ,
          
           
             By
             cross
             and
             counter-actings
             ,
             and
             by
             those
          
           
             Which
             seem'd
             their
             own
             Designments
             to
             oppose
             .
          
           
             The
             faithfull'st
             men
             ,
             they
             do
             expose
             oft-times
          
           
             To
             hazzards
             ;
             or
             wirh
             such
             as
             are
             for
             crimes
          
           
             Condemn'd
             ,
             they
             number
             them
             ;
             or
             ,
             prove
             them
             by
          
           
             Desertions
             ,
             dis-respects
             ,
             and
             Poverty
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             frequently
             ,
             do
             fit
             them
             for
             those
             places
          
           
             Wherein
             they
             best
             may
             serve
             them
             ,
             by
             disgraces
             ;
          
           
             But
             principally
             ,
             at
             those
             times
             ,
             wherein
             ,
          
           
             Hypocrisie
             ,
             becomes
             the
             Reigning-sin
             .
          
        
         
           
             More
             things
             I
             might
             insert
             ,
             which
             have
             relations
          
           
             In
             this
             kinde
             ,
             to
             my
             own
             prevarications
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             to
             th'
             Improvements
             ,
             which
             have
             oft
             ensu'd
          
           
             By
             Scandals
             ,
             which
             I
             then
             would
             have
             eschew'd
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             my
             Experiments
             will
             work
             on
             none
             ,
          
           
             VVho
             cannot
             by
             their
             own
             ,
             be
             wrought
             upon
             .
          
           
             Consider
             therefore
             all
             ye
             unto
             whom
          
           
             
               This
               Writing
            
             ,
             by
             GOD's
             providence
             doth
             come
             ,
          
           
             VVhat
             ,
             in
             your selves
             and
             others
             ,
             you
             have
             heeded
             ,
          
           
             VVhich
             hath
             from
             Slanders
             ,
             and
             from
             Praise
             proceeded
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             you
             shall
             finde
             more
             by
             the
             last
             undone
          
           
             Than
             by
             the
             former
             ,
             at
             least
             ,
             ten
             to
             one
             .
          
           
           
             According
             to
             our
             Proverb
             ,
             the
             Bell
             clinketh
          
           
             Just
             so
             ,
             as
             in
             his
             fancy
             ,
             the
             fool
             thinketh
          
           
             And
             ,
             they
             who
             flattring
             praises
             love
             to
             hear
             ,
          
           
             Immediately
             ,
             such
             to
             themselves
             appear
             ,
          
           
             As
             represented
             by
             their
             Parasite
             ,
          
           
             Though
             no
             more
             like
             than
             Black-swans
             are
             to
             white
             .
          
        
         
           
             Such
             Panegyricks
             I
             have
             sometime
             seen
          
           
             That
             ,
             hard
             to
             be
             resolved
             ,
             it
             had
             been
             ,
          
           
             By
             him
             ,
             whose
             judgement
             you
             therein
             should
             crave
             ,
          
           
             Whether
             ,
             the
             Panegyrist
             were
             more
             knave
          
           
             Than
             he
             was
             Fool
             ,
             for
             whom
             ,
             the
             same
             was
             made
             :
          
           
             But
             ,
             of
             their
             equal
             Impudence
             I
             had
          
           
             No
             doubt
             at
             all
             ,
             when
             wistly
             I
             had
             heeded
          
           
             What
             one
             gave
             ,
             tother
             took
             ,
             and
             what
             succeeded
             .
          
           
             For
             ,
             I
             have
             oftentimes
             observ'd
             ,
             thereby
             ,
          
           
             
               Good
               Men
            
             deprav'd
             ;
             
               Great
               Men
            
             ,
             to
             Tyranny
          
           
             Incouraged
             ;
             That
             ,
             which
             is
             due
             to
             men
          
           
             By
             Natures
             Law
             ,
             at
             first
             ,
             they
             seize
             and
             then
          
           
             Those
             Attributes
             ,
             at
             last
             ,
             intrude
             upon
          
           
             That
             ought
             to
             be
             ascrib'd
             to
             GOD
             alone
             .
          
           
             Which
             evidences
             ,
             that
             ,
             
               Immodest
               Praise
            
          
           
             Is
             worse
             than
             Slander
             ,
             and
             a
             ground-work
             layes
             ,
          
           
             Whereon
             a
             superstructure
             may
             be
             built
             ,
          
           
             To
             sink
             the
             Builders
             ,
             down
             to
             shame
             and
             guilt
             .
          
        
         
           
             SLANDERS
             ,
             and
             Persecutions
             of
             the
             Tongue
          
           
             A
             portion
             likewise
             is
             ,
             which
             doth
             belong
          
           
             Unto
             the
             Saints
             ;
             and
             sanctifi'd
             they
             are
          
           
             By
             him
             ,
             with
             whom
             ,
             an
             individual
             share
          
           
             Each
             must
             expect
             ;
             we
             ,
             do
             but
             only
             sup
          
           
             At
             brim
             ,
             he
             drunk
             the
             bottome
             of
             the
             Cup
             :
          
           
             We
             altogether
             merited
             the
             blame
             ,
          
           
             He
             underwent
             the
             sorrow
             and
             the
             shame
             .
          
           
             False
             witnesses
             against
             him
             were
             suborn'd
             ;
          
           
             His
             Glory
             was
             to
             his
             dishonour
             turn'd
             ;
          
           
             His
             nearest
             friends
             forsook
             him
             ,
             and
             forswore
             him
             ,
          
           
             His
             foes
             preferr'd
             a
             Murtherer
             before
             him
             ;
          
           
           
             His
             Innocency
             not
             alone
             reproaching
             ,
          
           
             But
             ,
             likewise
             most
             injuriously
             incroaching
             :
          
           
             Upon
             his
             righteous
             person
             ,
             him
             pursu'd
          
           
             Till
             by
             a
             shameful
             death
             ,
             he
             death
             subdu'd
             ,
          
           
             And
             breaking
             from
             the
             grave
             ,
             to
             Heav'n
             ascended
             ,
          
           
             By
             Angels
             to
             Immortal
             Life
             attended
             ;
          
           
             Where
             ,
             now
             inthron'd
             ,
             he
             Thrones
             prepared
             hath
          
           
             For
             all
             ,
             who
             follow
             him
             in
             that
             rough
             path
             ;
          
           
             And
             every
             slander
             ,
             scorn
             ,
             reproach
             and
             shame
             ,
          
           
             He
             suffr'd
             here
             ,
             adds
             glory
             to
             his
             Name
             .
          
        
         
           
             This
             is
             the
             way
             ,
             and
             hath
             been
             ever
             since
             ,
          
           
             Through
             which
             all
             men
             must
             pass
             ,
             who
             go
             from
             hence
          
           
             To
             that
             Eternity
             ,
             where
             shall
             be
             worn
          
           
             The
             Robes
             of
             honour
             ,
             when
             the
             Rags
             of
             scorn
          
           
             Shall
             off
             be
             thrown
             .
             On
             him
             I
             fix
             mine
             eyes
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             that
             ,
             will
             me
             enable
             to
             despise
          
           
             Terrestrial
             shame
             and
             honour
             :
             That
             ,
             makes
             all
          
           
             My
             troubles
             ,
             when
             at
             greatest
             ,
             seem
             but
             small
             .
          
           
             That
             ,
             makes
             me
             ,
             whilst
             my
             Body
             is
             confin'd
             ,
          
           
             Take
             pleasure
             ,
             in
             the
             freedomes
             of
             the
             Minde
             ;
          
           
             Not
             dreading
             present
             ,
             or
             ensuing
             wrongs
             ,
          
           
             Of
             wicked
             hands
             ,
             or
             of
             malicious
             tongues
             .
          
           
             This
             Paradox
             ,
             it
             helps
             me
             to
             maintain
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             where
             the
             Grace
             of
             GOD
             is
             not
             in
             vain
             ,
          
           
             More
             profit
             ,
             bitterest
             reproach
             affords
             ,
          
           
             Than
             all
             the
             worlds
             Applauses
             ,
             and
             
               fair
               words
            
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Poverty
           is
           more
           profitable
           than
           Riches
           .
        
         
           
             ANother
             Black-Guard
             hath
             beleagur'd
             me
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             seems
             to
             be
             the
             worst
             of
             all
             the
             three
          
           
             For
             ,
             therewith
             ,
             whosoever
             hath
             to
             do
             ,
          
           
             Still
             is
             in
             danger
             of
             these
             other
             two
             ,
          
           
           
             Imprisonment
             and
             Slander
             ,
             who
             attend
          
           
             On
             Poverty
             unto
             her
             latter
             end
             .
          
           
             Yet
             ,
             whatsoever
             in
             her self
             she
             seem
             ,
          
           
             She
             merits
             not
             a
             total
             dis-esteem
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             't
             is
             an
             instrument
             of
             good
             and
             evil
             ,
          
           
             Oft-times
             imploy'd
             against
             us
             by
             the
             Devil
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             oft
             by
             GOD
             himself
             ,
             to
             such
             effects
          
           
             As
             may
             prevent
             the
             mischief
             he
             projects
             ,
          
           
             By
             tempting
             to
             those
             manifold
             abuses
          
           
             Which
             Riches
             being
             mis-employ'd
             produces
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             two
             sorts
             of
             Poverty
             ,
             that
             spring
          
           
             From
             diffring
             Roots
             ;
             effects
             they
             likewise
             bring
          
           
             Both
             diffring
             and
             alike
             :
             for
             ,
             providence
          
           
             Maugre
             all
             humane
             wit
             and
             diligence
             ,
          
           
             Makes
             many
             poor
             ,
             and
             all
             their
             industries
          
           
             Rendreth
             successeless
             by
             Contingencies
             ,
          
           
             VVhich
             no
             man
             can
             fore-see
             ,
             or
             wholly
             shun
          
           
             VVho
             shall
             be
             thereby
             outwardly
             undone
             .
          
           
             This
             Poverty
             ,
             afflicts
             ,
             at
             first
             ,
             as
             much
          
           
             As
             any
             ,
             but
             ,
             disparages
             not
             such
          
           
             As
             bear
             it
             well
             ;
             and
             though
             it
             grieveth
             many
             ,
          
           
             (
             Except
             by
             their
             own
             fault
             )
             destroyes
             not
             any
             .
          
           
             The
             other
             sort
             ,
             is
             sordid
             ,
             vile
             ,
             and
             base
             ,
          
           
             Yet
             ,
             draws
             her
             Pedigree
             ,
             from
             such
             a
             Race
             ,
          
           
             As
             doth
             in
             
               Country
               ,
               City
            
             ,
             and
             in
             Court
          
           
             Still
             bear
             an
             extraordinary
             port
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             by
             the
             Fathers
             ,
             or
             the
             Mothers
             side
             ,
          
           
             It
             sprung
             from
             Prodigality
             or
             Pride
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             from
             Improvidence
             or
             Idleness
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             is
             indeed
             ,
             near
             kin
             to
             all
             Excess
             ,
          
           
             Though
             her
             Alliance
             ,
             these
             ,
             now
             scorn
             and
             wave
             ,
          
           
             Because
             ,
             that
             she
             is
             ragged
             ,
             and
             they
             brave
             .
          
           
             She
             ,
             at
             this
             present
             time
             ,
             both
             against
             me
          
           
             And
             others
             is
             employ'd
             :
             But
             ,
             though
             she
             be
          
           
             Made
             use
             of
             by
             the
             world
             ;
             yet
             ,
             I
             well
             know
          
           
             The
             
               World
               it self
            
             abhors
             her
             as
             a
             foe
             ,
          
           
           
             And
             ,
             with
             a
             slavish
             dreadfulness
             doth
             fear
             her
             ,
          
           
             On
             whatsoere
             occasion
             ,
             shee
             comes
             near
             her
             .
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             till
             this
             Bug-bear
             ,
             was
             more
             known
             to
             mee
             ,
          
           
             I
             ,
             dreaded
             her
             almost
             as
             much
             as
             shee
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             did
             the
             best
             I
             could
             ,
             to
             keep
             her
             from
          
           
             That
             nearness
             whereunto
             she
             now
             is
             come
             .
          
           
             For
             ,
             he
             that
             would
             disgrace
             ,
             and
             bring
             us
             to
          
           
             That
             State
             ,
             which
             questionless
             might
             us
             undo
             ,
          
           
             Let
             him
             but
             justly
             say
             that
             wee
             are
             poor
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             to
             destroy
             us
             ,
             hee
             need
             say
             no
             more
             .
          
           
             VVhereas
             disgrac'd
             thereby
             we
             shall
             be
             much
          
           
             If
             ,
             we
             continue
             to
             be
             very
             rich
             ,
          
           
             Of
             whatsoever
             crime
             or
             crimes
             ,
             we
             stand
          
           
             Convicted
             by
             the
             known
             Laws
             ,
             of
             this
             Land.
          
           
             For
             ,
             VVealth
             cannot
             alone
             our
             Pardons
             buy
          
           
             And
             blot
             out
             every
             former
             Infamy
             ;
          
           
             But
             ,
             in
             a
             short
             time
             also
             ,
             make
             us
             capable
          
           
             Of
             Trusts
             or
             places
             that
             be
             honourable
             ;
          
           
             Yea
             though
             they
             be
             those
             places
             which
             dispence
          
           
             To
             all
             the
             people
             ,
             Law
             and
             Conscience
             ;
          
           
             And
             marry
             Ladies
             (
             neither
             nor
             poor
             ,
             nor
             painted
             )
          
           
             As
             if
             our
             bloods
             had
             with
             no
             crimes
             been
             tainted
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             to
             be
             poor
             ,
             implieth
             every
             whit
             ,
          
           
             As
             if
             we
             had
             nor
             honesty
             ,
             nor
             wit
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             every
             thing
             ,
             which
             since
             our
             lives
             begun
             ,
          
           
             VVee
             honestly
             ,
             nor
             prudently
             have
             done
             ,
          
           
             Shall
             so
             traduced
             be
             as
             if
             that
             nought
          
           
             Had
             e're
             by
             us
             ,
             been
             
               well
               done
               ,
               spoke
            
             ,
             or
             thought
             .
          
           
             There
             ,
             where
             we
             have
             been
             kindly
             entertain'd
             ,
          
           
             A
             civil
             usage
             ,
             hardly
             shall
             be
             daign'd
             .
          
           
             There
             ,
             where
             we
             have
             been
             honour'd
             in
             times
             past
             ,
          
           
             Neighbours
             and
             Kinsmen
             will
             their
             doors
             make
             fast
             ;
          
           
             Our
             old
             familiars
             will
             our
             persons
             shun
             ,
          
           
             Like
             Rats
             ,
             our
             Servants
             from
             the
             house
             will
             run
             ,
          
           
             Which
             ,
             then
             ,
             will
             be
             a
             place
             of
             desolation
             ,
          
           
             And
             few
             thenceforth
             approach
             our
             habitation
             ,
          
           
           
             But
             ,
             
               Serjeants
               ,
               Shreeves
            
             ,
             or
             Bayliffs
             (
             beasts
             of
             prey
             )
          
           
             That
             little
             ,
             which
             is
             left
             ,
             to
             fetch
             a
             way
             :
          
           
             And
             ,
             when
             there
             doth
             remain
             nor
             sticks
             nor
             stones
             ,
          
           
             Dead
             or
             alive
             ,
             they
             'l
             take
             our
             Flesh
             and
             Bones
             .
          
        
         
           
             If
             all
             I
             should
             expresse
             ,
             that
             might
             be
             said
          
           
             In
             this
             kind
             ,
             you
             would
             think
             mee
             still
             afraid
          
           
             Of
             Poverty
             ;
             and
             ,
             that
             which
             I
             should
             speak
             ,
          
           
             In
             some
             ,
             perhaps
             ,
             would
             such
             impressions
             make
          
           
             That
             ,
             they
             with
             difficulty
             would
             beleeve
          
           
             What
             benefits
             I
             now
             thereby
             receive
             :
          
           
             Forbearing
             therefore
             ,
             that
             which
             I
             might
             add
          
           
             I
             'le
             tell
             what
             profits
             may
             thereby
             be
             had
             ;
          
           
             That
             ,
             others
             (
             who
             can
             think
             I
             do
             not
             lye
             )
          
           
             May
             be
             no
             more
             afraid
             thereof
             than
             I
             :
          
           
             That
             ,
             also
             ,
             they
             who
             thereby
             grieved
             are
             ,
          
           
             May
             in
             my
             Consolations
             have
             a
             share
             ,
          
           
             To
             bear
             those
             burchens
             without
             discontent
             ,
          
           
             Which
             are
             now
             on
             them
             ,
             or
             seem
             imminent
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             little
             I
             will
             mention
             which
             was
             brought
          
           
             By
             reading
             ,
             or
             by
             hearsay
             to
             my
             thought
             ;
          
           
             But
             ,
             that
             Philosophy
             ,
             which
             Reason
             teaches
             ,
          
           
             
               (
               Experience
            
             hath
             confirm'd
             ,
             and
             GOD's
             Grace
          
           
             Unto
             my
             heart
             ;
             that
             ,
             it
             may
             sympathize
          
           
             With
             their
             hearts
             ,
             who
             the
             same
             shall
             not
             despise
             :
             preaches
          
           
             Which
             ,
             though
             exprest
             in
             language
             rude
             and
             plain
             ,
          
           
             Will
             ,
             peradventure
             ,
             to
             good
             use
             remain
             ,
          
           
             When
             they
             ,
             who
             of
             their
             Elegancies
             boast
             ,
          
           
             Are
             ,
             with
             their
             Kickshaws
             ,
             in
             oblivion
             lost
             .
          
           
             When
             most
             are
             also
             ,
             quite
             forgot
             ,
             whom
             they
          
           
             Now
             dream
             ,
             shall
             by
             their
             Poems
             ,
             live
             for
             aye
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             when
             ,
             that
             ,
             which
             they
             despicable
             deem
             ,
          
           
             VVith
             wise
             and
             
               honest
               men
            
             ,
             shall
             finde
             esteem
             .
          
        
         
           
             In
             my
             Restraint
             ,
             I
             therefore
             ,
             do
             not
             whine
             ;
          
           
             At
             my
             Reproaches
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             repine
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             murmure
             at
             my
             losses
             ;
             nor
             want
             sense
          
           
             Of
             that
             is
             in
             them
             ,
             which
             may
             give
             offence
             .
          
           
           
             My
             seeming-friends
             ,
             I
             must
             confess
             ,
             are
             fewer
             ,
          
           
             But
             ,
             they
             whom
             now
             God
             gives
             mee
             are
             much
             truer
             ;
          
           
             For
             ,
             these
             that
             now
             I
             have
             ,
             I
             finde
             more
             willing
          
           
             To
             give
             a
             pound
             ,
             than
             those
             to
             pay
             a
             shilling
             .
          
           
             Yet
             ,
             some
             of
             these
             are
             so
             poor
             ,
             that
             ,
             I
             'm
             fain
          
           
             Them
             ,
             from
             their
             free
             Donations
             to
             restrain
             ,
          
           
             Because
             ,
             that
             of
             my
             Sufferings
             they
             are
             grown
          
           
             More
             sensible
             ,
             than
             they
             are
             of
             their
             own
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             ,
             an
             evidence
             of
             that
             doth
             give
             ,
          
           
             VVhich
             pleaseth
             better
             than
             what
             I
             receive
             ;
          
           
             Since
             it
             demonstrates
             ,
             GOD
             ,
             hath
             in
             this
             Nation
          
           
             A
             people
             ,
             capable
             of
             his
             compassion
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             am
             not
             ignorant
             how
             much
             disgrace
          
           
             Is
             thrown
             on
             Poverty
             ,
             nor
             in
             what
             base
          
           
             Account
             they
             are
             ,
             who
             ,
             thereby
             are
             constrain'd
          
           
             Meerly
             ,
             by
             Charity
             ,
             to
             bee
             maintain'd
             :
          
           
             Yet
             nought
             ashamed
             am
             of
             that
             estate
          
           
             VVhich
             most
             so
             scorn
             ,
             and
             so
             abominate
             .
          
           
             For
             without
             loss
             of
             honour
             ,
             men
             of
             merit
             ,
          
           
             This
             Portion
             very
             many
             times
             inherit
             .
          
           
             Great
             Consuls
             ,
             and
             renowned
             Generals
          
           
             (
             In
             such
             an
             exigent
             as
             oft
             befalls
          
           
             To
             very
             many
             thousands
             in
             this
             Nation
             )
          
           
             Have
             had
             relief
             without
             dis-reputation
          
           
             By
             
               Common
               Charity
            
             :
             and
             ,
             
               Antient
               Story
            
          
           
             Hath
             kept
             memorials
             of
             it
             to
             their
             glory
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             I
             refer
             that
             which
             I
             might
             express
          
           
             (
             To
             take
             this
             Blur
             off
             )
             to
             another
             place
             .
          
        
         
           
             To
             have
             subsistance
             by
             meer
             Charity
          
           
             Is
             ,
             to
             subsist
             by
             GOD
             ,
             immediately
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             they
             are
             wicked
             ,
             or
             ,
             vain
             fools
             ,
             at
             least
             ,
          
           
             By
             whom
             those
             Exhibitions
             are
             disgrac't
             .
          
           
             For
             ,
             very
             many
             of
             GOD's
             favourites
          
           
             Have
             been
             oft
             ,
             thereby
             ,
             from
             the
             worlds
             despights
          
           
             Preserv'd
             :
             yea
             ,
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             it
             would
             appear
          
           
             If
             shee
             would
             heed
             it
             ,
             that
             ,
             her
             Minions
             are
          
           
           
             Expos'd
             to
             such
             a
             Lot
             ,
             and
             (
             without
             shame
             )
          
           
             Have
             been
             by
             Alms
             preserved
             as
             I
             am
             :
          
           
             And
             ,
             not
             in
             those
             necessities
             alone
             ,
          
           
             VVhich
             by
             mis-accidents
             are
             undergone
             ,
          
           
             Are
             they
             reliev'd
             ;
             but
             ,
             very
             many
             be
          
           
             Thereby
             likewise
             upheld
             ,
             in
             that
             degree
             ,
          
           
             VVhich
             much
             is
             honour'd
             ;
             yea
             ,
             ev'n
             to
             Excesse
             ,
          
           
             In
             outward
             splendor
             ,
             and
             vain
             pompousnesse
             .
          
           
             For
             ,
             this
             way
             ,
             not
             alone
             are
             Monks
             and
             Friers
          
           
             Maintained
             ,
             with
             their
             Abbots
             and
             their
             Priors
             ,
          
           
             But
             ,
             even
             the
             great
             Prelates
             ,
             all
             their
             lives
             ,
          
           
             By
             Charities
             abused
             Donatives
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             yet
             as
             loftily
             advance
             their
             crest
          
           
             As
             if
             they
             had
             been
             Barons
             born
             ,
             at
             least
             ,
          
           
             Precedency
             usurping
             above
             those
             ,
          
           
             By
             whom
             ,
             they
             from
             obscurity
             arose
             .
          
        
         
           
             By
             most
             men
             ,
             Poverty
             is
             thought
             so
             base
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             they
             repute
             it
             for
             the
             great'st
             disgrace
          
           
             VVhich
             can
             betide
             them
             ,
             by
             what
             way
             soever
          
           
             It
             comes
             ;
             or
             howsoere
             they
             shall
             indeavour
          
           
             To
             keep
             it
             off
             ;
             and
             think
             it
             not
             their
             least
          
           
             Dishonour
             ,
             when
             enforced
             to
             subsist
          
           
             By
             Charity
             ,
             although
             it
             shall
             be
             used
          
           
             VVith
             thankfulness
             ,
             and
             in
             no
             wise
             abused
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             many
             seek
             to
             turn
             it
             to
             my
             shame
          
           
             That
             I
             now
             brought
             to
             this
             condition
             am
             .
          
           
             Yet
             ,
             what
             's
             to
             mee
             befallen
             worse
             or
             more
          
           
             Than
             to
             
               good
               ,
               wise
            
             ,
             and
             
               great
               men
            
             heretofore
             ?
          
           
             Renowned
             Princes
             in
             preceding
             ages
             ,
          
           
             Have
             sought
             ,
             and
             had
             Supplies
             and
             Patronages
             .
          
           
             From
             
               Forein
               Kings
            
             and
             States
             ,
             in
             their
             distresses
          
           
             VVithout
             reproach
             :
             yea
             ,
             he
             that
             now
             possesses
          
           
             These
             three
             great
             Kingdomes
             was
             by
             indigence
          
           
             Constrained
             (
             not
             a
             very
             long
             time
             since
             )
          
           
           
             By
             Charity
             ,
             to
             be
             both
             cloath'd
             and
             fed
             ;
          
           
             To
             slake
             his
             hunger
             with
             a
             poor
             mans
             bread
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             to
             accept
             it
             ,
             not
             alone
             from
             those
          
           
             Who
             were
             his
             friends
             ,
             but
             also
             from
             his
             soes
             ,
          
           
             (
             Whose
             gifts
             were
             baits
             ,
             whose
             Table
             was
             a
             snare
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             of
             whom
             ,
             if
             hee
             do
             not
             well
             beware
             ,
          
           
             More
             mischief
             ,
             and
             ,
             dishonour
             will
             be
             done
             him
          
           
             Than
             by
             the
             Poverty
             then
             brought
             upon
             him
             .
             )
          
           
             Some
             other
             persons
             also
             ,
             of
             great
             birth
             ,
          
           
             From
             place
             to
             place
             have
             wandr'd
             through
             the
             earth
          
           
             Maintain'd
             by
             the
             Charity
             alone
             ,
          
           
             Sometime
             by
             many
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             by
             one
             ;
          
           
             And
             other
             while
             ,
             have
             seem'd
             so
             left
             by
             all
             ,
          
           
             That
             they
             into
             great
             poverty
             did
             fall
             .
          
           
             Yet
             n'eretheless
             ,
             whilst
             they
             have
             Preservation
          
           
             Retain
             still
             in
             the
             world
             some
             Reputation
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             meer
             fools
             ,
             or
             worse
             ,
             who
             do
             beleeve
          
           
             That
             ,
             more
             disgrace
             ,
             than
             these
             I
             can
             receive
          
           
             From
             such
             an
             In-come
             :
             for
             (
             by
             what
             I
             gather
          
           
             From
             thence
             )
             it
             is
             a
             
               real
               honour
            
             rather
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             GOD
             supplieth
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             from
             Heaven
             ,
          
           
             When
             earthly
             wealth
             and
             honours
             are
             bereaven
             .
          
           
             When
             Israel
             had
             been
             Captiv'd
             sev'nty
             year
             ,
          
           
             Hee
             made
             ,
             even
             those
             ,
             by
             whom
             inslav'd
             they
             were
          
           
             Them
             ,
             from
             their
             tedious
             thraldome
             to
             redeem
             ,
          
           
             VVhen
             there
             was
             none
             to
             help
             or
             pity
             them
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             their
             honour
             ,
             that
             their
             preservation
          
           
             Should
             be
             vouchsafed
             ,
             so
             to
             admiration
             ,
          
           
             That
             Nations
             all
             ,
             might
             in
             all
             times
             to
             come
             ,
          
           
             By
             heeding
             it
             ,
             consider
             well
             ,
             from
             whom
          
           
             They
             must
             in
             such
             like
             cases
             aid
             expect
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             that
             ,
             though
             by
             a
             long
             delay'd
             effect
          
           
             They
             seem
             forgot
             ,
             and
             outward
             hopes
             quite
             past
             ,
          
           
             There
             will
             bee
             a
             Deliverer
             at
             last
             ,
          
           
           
             By
             whom
             ,
             those
             wants
             for
             which
             they
             have
             been
             scorn'd
          
           
             Shall
             ,
             to
             their
             honour
             ,
             certainly
             be
             turn'd
             .
          
        
         
           
             What
             is
             it
             more
             to
             my
             Dis-reputation
          
           
             That
             GOD
             provideth
             for
             my
             preservation
          
           
             By
             Charity
             ,
             than
             't
             is
             disgrace
             to
             those
          
           
             Who
             their
             Estates
             by
             Fire
             or
             Water
             lose
          
           
             And
             ,
             thereupon
             the
             State
             vouchsafes
             a
             Breef
             ,
          
           
             Whereby
             to
             ask
             ,
             and
             to
             receive
             releef
             ?
          
           
             Nay
             ,
             what
             supply
             can
             be
             so
             honourable
          
           
             As
             that
             ,
             which
             from
             hearts
             ,
             by
             hands
             charitable
          
           
             Is
             raised
             and
             conferr'd
             ,
             (
             unaskt
             ,
             unsought
             )
          
           
             By
             them
             ,
             of
             whom
             I
             never
             heard
             ,
             or
             thought
             ?
          
           
             This
             way
             (
             which
             without
             shame
             I
             do
             confess
             )
          
           
             GOD
             hath
             vouchsaf'd
             releef
             in
             my
             distress
             ,
          
           
             To
             mee
             ,
             as
             hee
             to
             men
             in
             like
             estate
             ,
          
           
             Hath
             done
             in
             former
             times
             ,
             and
             now
             of
             late
             .
          
           
             E're
             while
             at
             Piedmont
             in
             their
             persecutions
          
           
             Our
             Brethren
             hee
             reliev'd
             by
             contributions
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             should
             I
             think
             it
             my
             disgrace
             can
             be
          
           
             That
             ,
             hee
             doth
             for
             my
             family
             and
             mee
          
           
             Provide
             ,
             as
             for
             a
             Nation
             ?
             I
             beleeve
          
           
             It
             blame
             deserv'd
             ,
             if
             so
             I
             should
             conceive
             .
          
        
         
           
             Though
             I
             had
             ask'd
             ;
             what
             without
             asking
             came
             ,
          
           
             None
             could
             impute
             it
             justly
             to
             my
             blame
          
           
             All
             things
             consider'd
             :
             for
             ,
             a
             
               Publick
               Score
            
             ,
          
           
             Demonstrates
             ,
             that
             this
             Nation
             owes
             mee
             more
          
           
             Than
             Food
             and
             Rayment
             ;
             and
             that
             ,
             in
             the
             fine
          
           
             My
             Want
             ,
             will
             more
             be
             their
             disgrace
             than
             mine
             .
          
           
             My
             
               beggarly
               condition
            
             ,
             is
             a
             Portion
          
           
             More
             noble
             ,
             than
             Wealth
             gotten
             by
             Extortion
             ,
          
           
             Bribes
             ,
             projects
             ,
             and
             those
             cheats
             whereby
             some
             bee
          
           
             Advanced
             to
             great
             wealth
             ,
             and
             high
             degree
             ,
          
           
             Thought
             honourable
             :
             yea
             Benevolences
             ,
          
           
             And
             forced
             Loans
             ,
             which
             otherwhile
             by
             Princes
          
           
           
             Exacted
             be
             ,
             much
             more
             disgraceful
             are
          
           
             Than
             what
             my
             Benefactors
             do
             confer
             ;
          
           
             For
             ,
             at
             my
             need
             ,
             it
             giveth
             mee
             releef
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             to
             the
             Givers
             ,
             is
             no
             wrong
             or
             grief
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             hear
             that
             is
             disgracefully
             objected
          
           
             VVhich
             by
             my
             Poverty
             is
             now
             effected
             :
          
           
             My
             house
             ,
             they
             say
             ,
             is
             desolate
             become
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             I
             confin'd
             am
             to
             a
             single
             room
             ;
          
           
             My
             wife
             is
             of
             her
             Dowry
             quite
             despoil'd
             ;
          
           
             I
             cannot
             give
             the
             portion
             of
             a
             childe
          
           
             To
             Son
             or
             Daughter
             ,
             which
             a
             while
             ago
          
           
             I
             offred
             ,
             and
             was
             able
             to
             bestow
             :
          
           
             And
             ,
             that
             ,
             where
             lately
             we
             had
             good
             respect
          
           
             Scoffs
             ,
             flouts
             and
             jeers
             ,
             are
             added
             to
             neglect
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             though
             these
             hardships
             possibly
             I
             may
          
           
             VVith
             patience
             bear
             ,
             yet
             ,
             certainly
             ,
             say
             they
             ,
          
           
             These
             his
             Relations
             cannot
             :
             yes
             ,
             they
             can
          
           
             And
             have
             done
             ,
             ever
             since
             the
             storm
             began
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             we
             fore-saw
             it
             ,
             and
             we
             did
             prepare
          
           
             A
             stock
             of
             Patience
             ,
             those
             events
             to
             bear
             .
          
           
             My
             Spouse
             is
             CHRIST's
             Spouse
             ,
             by
             a
             
               Law
               Divine
            
             ,
          
           
             More
             his
             ,
             than
             she
             by
             
               Humane
               Law
            
             is
             mine
             .
          
           
             Our
             Children
             (
             though
             the
             world
             usurps
             a
             power
          
           
             O're
             them
             )
             are
             likewise
             ,
             much
             more
             his
             than
             our
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             of
             her
             scorn
             ,
             though
             she
             an
             Object
             makes
             them
          
           
             He
             neither
             helpless
             leaves
             them
             ,
             or
             forsakes
             them
             .
          
           
             He
             made
             this
             Globe
             ,
             with
             all
             that
             therein
             is
             ;
          
           
             All
             things
             that
             are
             in
             Heav'n
             and
             Earth
             are
             his
             ;
          
           
             VVe
             know
             it
             ,
             and
             therefore
             do
             not
             despair
          
           
             That
             here
             on
             Earth
             ;
             our
             loss
             hee
             will
             repair
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             give
             us
             better
             Portions
             ,
             where
             ,
             they
             never
          
           
             Shall
             be
             impair'd
             ,
             but
             injoy'd
             for
             ever
             .
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             I
             am
             confident
             ,
             that
             ,
             if
             it
             may
          
           
             But
             add
             unto
             GOD's
             glory
             any
             way
             ,
          
           
           
             Or
             ,
             make
             for
             their
             Advancement
             in
             that
             path
          
           
             VVhich
             ,
             to
             Eternity
             ,
             a
             tendance
             hath
             ,
          
           
             He
             'l
             either
             keep
             them
             Virgins
             to
             attend
          
           
             The
             LAMB
             ,
             when
             he
             brings
             Babel
             to
             an
             end
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             marry
             them
             ere
             long
             ,
             without
             my
             cost
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             give
             them
             better
             Portions
             than
             they
             lost
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             at
             the
             worst
             ,
             they
             shall
             content
             be
             made
          
           
             VVith
             (
             be
             it
             more
             or
             less
             )
             what
             may
             be
             had
             .
          
           
             This
             ,
             without
             wavering
             ,
             beleeve
             I
             do
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             others
             will
             perhaps
             ,
             beleeve
             it
             too
             ,
          
           
             VVhen
             they
             consider
             Marriages
             in
             Heaven
          
           
             By
             GOD
             himself
             are
             made
             ,
             and
             Portions
             given
             ,
          
           
             In
             Love
             and
             Vertue
             ,
             without
             prepossessing
          
           
             Of
             any
             other
             Medium
             ,
             but
             his
             blessing
             .
          
        
         
           
             Wealth
             ,
             in
             itself
             ,
             is
             neither
             good
             nor
             bad
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             Poverty
             ,
             nor
             
               takes
               from
            
             ,
             nor
             doth
             add
          
           
             To
             
               Happiness
               Essential
            
             ,
             but
             ,
             as
             they
          
           
             Are
             sanctifi'd
             ,
             and
             as
             our
             games
             wee
             play
             :
          
           
             And
             ,
             of
             the
             two
             ,
             in
             that
             ,
             least
             danger
             lies
             ,
          
           
             VVhich
             we
             most
             seek
             to
             shun
             ,
             and
             most
             despise
             .
          
           
             Wealth
             ,
             makes
             men
             wasteful
             ,
             dissolute
             and
             lazy
             ,
          
           
             In
             manners
             rude
             ,
             in
             Mind
             and
             Body
             crazy
             ;
          
           
             Makes
             bold-men
             cowards
             ,
             Free-men
             doth
             inslave
             ;
          
           
             Many
             ,
             to
             lose
             themselves
             ,
             their
             wealth
             to
             save
             .
          
           
             It
             so
             befools
             them
             ,
             that
             Asse-like
             ,
             some
             bear
          
           
             Their
             golden-load
             ,
             till
             ,
             meat
             for
             worms
             they
             are
             ,
          
           
             Enjoying
             no
             more
             profit
             by
             their
             Treasure
             ,
          
           
             Save
             meerly
             ,
             an
             imaginary
             pleasure
          
           
             VVhilst
             here
             they
             live
             ;
             and
             ,
             as
             if
             hope
             it
             gave
          
           
             It
             would
             be
             useful
             to
             them
             in
             the
             grave
          
           
             They
             hugg
             it
             ,
             hoard
             it
             ,
             and
             do
             lock
             it
             fast
             ,
          
           
             (
             As
             long
             as
             living
             breath
             in
             them
             doth
             last
             )
          
           
             Not
             sensible
             of
             any
             detriment
          
           
             VVhich
             they
             do
             thereby
             cause
             ,
             or
             might
             prevent
             .
          
           
           
             And
             ,
             I
             beleeve
             ,
             three
             Families
             ,
             for
             one
             ,
          
           
             That
             thereby
             thrive
             ,
             by
             Riches
             are
             undone
             ,
          
           
             Through
             those
             debauchments
             whereto
             they
             allure
             ,
          
           
             Till
             ,
             soul
             or
             bodies
             ruine
             ,
             they
             procure
             .
          
           
             Contrariwise
             ,
             despised
             Poverty
             ,
          
           
             Incites
             to
             courage
             ,
             and
             to
             industry
             ,
          
           
             Breaks
             thraldoms
             Yoaks
             ;
             cures
             often
             ,
             those
             diseases
          
           
             VVhich
             Luxury
             ingenders
             ,
             or
             increases
             ;
          
           
             For
             ,
             't
             is
             an
             Antidote
             against
             the
             Gout
             ,
          
           
             And
             helps
             to
             purge
             all
             those
             ill
             humours
             out
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             send
             men
             to
             their
             graves
             ,
             by
             an
             excess
          
           
             Either
             in
             gluttony
             ,
             or
             drunkenness
             .
          
           
             Exorbitant
             desires
             it
             doth
             restrain
             ,
          
           
             
               An
               empty
               belly
               makes
               a
               witful
               brain
               :
            
          
           
             A
             crosseless
             purse
             ,
             to
             him
             small
             danger
             brings
          
           
             VVho
             bears
             it
             ;
             for
             ,
             
               before
               the
               Theef
               hee
               sings
            
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             when
             he
             dies
             ,
             that
             which
             makes
             those
             men
             sad
             ,
          
           
             VVho
             ,
             whilst
             they
             liv'd
             ,
             things
             in
             abundance
             had
             ,
          
           
             Afflicts
             not
             him
             that
             's
             poor
             ;
             for
             he
             's
             depriv'd
          
           
             Of
             nought
             ,
             but
             what
             opprest
             him
             whilst
             he
             liv'd
             .
          
           
             A
             very
             poor
             man
             also
             ,
             scapes
             their
             fates
             ,
          
           
             VVho
             are
             belov'd
             ,
             or
             hang'd
             for
             their
             Estates
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             some
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             
               (
               I
               beleeve
            
             )
             will
             judge
          
           
             The
             last
             of
             these
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             priviledge
             .
          
           
             Though
             many
             ,
             not
             a
             little
             do
             rejoyce
          
           
             In
             that
             rude
             ,
             loud
             ,
             and
             everlasting
             noise
          
           
             VVhich
             ,
             in
             most
             rich
             mens
             houses
             you
             shall
             hear
             ,
          
           
             VVhere
             every
             Room
             is
             made
             a
             thorow-fare
             ;
          
           
             Or
             ,
             where
             ,
             so
             many
             servants
             help
             to
             do
          
           
             Their
             works
             ,
             as
             make
             
               one
               Bus'ness
            
             ,
             more
             than
             two
             ;
          
           
             VVhere
             ,
             for
             each
             man
             who
             faithfully
             obeyes
             him
             ,
          
           
             The
             Master
             feeds
             another
             ,
             who
             betrayes
             him
          
           
             And
             ,
             thrice
             as
             many
             ,
             who
             ,
             by
             night
             or
             day
          
           
             Do
             steal
             ,
             perhaps
             ,
             or
             spoil
             ,
             or
             waste
             away
          
           
           
             More
             (
             oftentimes
             )
             than
             would
             the
             charges
             bear
          
           
             Of
             paying
             twice
             their
             wages
             ,
             for
             that
             year
             :
          
           
             Though
             many
             like
             this
             ;
             't
             is
             to
             me
             an
             ease
          
           
             That
             Poverty
             hath
             freed
             me
             quite
             from
             these
             .
          
           
             I
             ,
             now
             ,
             finde
             much
             more
             joy
             ,
             than
             in
             much
             pelf
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             I
             have
             learned
             how
             to
             serve
             my self
             ;
          
           
             To
             brush
             my
             Cloak
             ,
             my
             garments
             to
             unloose
             ,
          
           
             Put
             on
             and
             off
             ,
             my
             stockings
             and
             my
             shooes
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             that
             ,
             without
             my
             Servants
             ,
             I
             can
             bee
          
           
             As
             well
             content
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             without
             mee
             ;
          
           
             I
             know
             both
             how
             to
             want
             ,
             and
             to
             abound
             ;
          
           
             And
             much
             more
             pleasure
             ,
             I
             ,
             in
             this
             have
             found
             ,
          
           
             Than
             in
             choyce
             meats
             ,
             that
             in
             a
             time
             of
             need
             ,
          
           
             On
             bread
             alone
             ,
             I
             savourly
             can
             seed
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ;
             on
             as
             scanty
             ,
             and
             as
             homely
             fare
          
           
             (
             In
             my
             old
             age
             )
             as
             men
             that
             poorest
             are
             :
          
           
             Yet
             ,
             be
             both
             more
             in
             health
             ,
             and
             no
             lesse
             able
             ,
          
           
             Than
             when
             GOD
             gave
             a
             fully
             furnish'd
             table
             ,
          
           
             With
             meat
             so
             well
             cook't
             ,
             that
             it
             did
             invite
          
           
             At
             every
             meal
             ,
             a
             double-Appetite
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             I
             ,
             whose
             worst
             apparel
             us'd
             to
             be
          
           
             As
             good
             as
             any
             mans
             of
             my
             degree
             ,
          
           
             Can
             in
             those
             garments
             ,
             without
             shame
             ,
             appear
          
           
             Which
             ,
             I
             ,
             but
             lately
             was
             asham'd
             to
             wear
             ;
          
           
             Unto
             which
             confidence
             ,
             till
             want
             had
             brought
             mee
             ,
          
           
             Philosophy
             ,
             that
             lesson
             never
             taught
             mee
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             ,
             must
             likewise
             ,
             ingenuously
             confess
          
           
             That
             ,
             my
             distractions
             have
             been
             ten
             times
             less
          
           
             Since
             I
             had
             nothing
             left
             ,
             than
             whil'st
             I
             had
          
           
             VVhat
             ,
             in
             opinion
             ,
             mee
             a
             
               rich
               man
            
             made
             :
          
           
             And
             ,
             this
             is
             gain'd
             by
             losing
             what
             is
             gone
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             now
             ,
             'twixt
             having
             wealth
             ,
             and
             having
             none
             ,
          
           
             I
             know
             the
             difference
             to
             be
             so
             small
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             upon
             neither
             of
             them
             ,
             dote
             I
             shall
             :
          
           
           
             For
             ,
             as
             much
             certainty
             ,
             I
             do
             perceive
          
           
             In
             that
             uncertainty
             ,
             at
             which
             I
             live
          
           
             As
             is
             in
             any
             temporal
             estate
          
           
             Of
             Goods
             or
             Lands
             (
             especially
             of
             late
             )
          
           
             Now
             ,
             therefore
             ,
             I
             desire
             not
             to
             be
             Rich
             ,
          
           
             Or
             to
             be
             Poor
             ,
             because
             (
             not
             knowing
             which
          
           
             Will
             best
             advantage
             mee
             )
             I
             to
             his
             pleasure
          
           
             Have
             left
             it
             ,
             who
             ,
             knows
             what
             Estate
             ,
             and
             Measure
          
           
             Of
             Wealth
             and
             Poverty
             ,
             best
             fit
             mee
             shall
          
           
             To
             do
             that
             ,
             whereto
             hee
             vouchsafes
             a
             Call.
          
           
             I
             neither
             Wealth
             nor
             Poverty
             will
             chuse
             ;
          
           
             Nor
             ,
             which
             soere
             he
             gives
             will
             I
             refuse
             .
          
        
         
           
             But
             ,
             most
             men
             would
             have
             somewhat
             of
             their
             own
             ,
          
           
             As
             if
             supplies
             by
             Charity
             bestown
             ,
          
           
             Would
             sooner
             fail
             them
             ;
             yea
             ,
             although
             their
             Father
          
           
             Well
             cloaths
             and
             feeds
             them
             ,
             they
             desire
             much
             rather
          
           
             To
             finger
             their
             whole
             Portion
             ,
             that
             they
             might
          
           
             Pursue
             their
             own
             desires
             ,
             out
             of
             his
             sight
             .
          
           
             Some
             other
             ,
             altogether
             do
             rely
          
           
             On
             their
             own
             prudence
             ,
             and
             self-industry
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             of
             Contingencies
             ,
             are
             so
             afraid
          
           
             That
             ,
             thus
             within
             themselves
             their
             hearts
             have
             said
             ;
          
           
             We
             possibly
             ,
             into
             such
             wants
             may
             fall
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             so
             deserted
             likewise
             be
             of
             all
          
           
             By
             whom
             we
             have
             been
             harbour'd
             ,
             cloath'd
             and
             sed
             ,
          
           
             (
             Some
             of
             them
             being
             ruin'd
             ,
             and
             some
             dead
             )
          
           
             That
             ,
             unless
             wee
             can
             some
             Reserve
             provide
             ,
          
           
             Whereby
             ,
             what
             e're
             haps
             ,
             wee
             may
             be
             supply'd
             ,
          
           
             Wee
             may
             become
             exceeding
             miserable
             ;
          
           
             Especially
             ,
             if
             us
             to
             dis-enable
             ,
          
           
             
               Old
               Age
               ,
               Restraint
            
             ,
             and
             Sickness
             should
             increase
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             to
             Necessities
             ,
             add
             Helplesness
             .
          
           
             Should
             this
             befall
             (
             as
             possibly
             it
             may
             )
          
           
             Our
             Poverty
             would
             be
             too
             great
             ,
             they
             'l
             say
             ,
          
           
           
             VVith
             patience
             to
             be
             born
             :
             Alas
             !
             
               poor
               men
            
             ,
          
           
             I
             'le
             grant
             all
             this
             may
             happen
             :
             but
             ,
             what
             then
             ?
          
           
             Did
             ever
             you
             yet
             know
             ,
             or
             see
             ,
             or
             hear
             ,
          
           
             That
             Lands
             or
             goods
             freed
             any
             from
             this
             fear
             ?
          
           
             If
             not
             ,
             how
             can
             you
             hope
             to
             bring
             to
             pass
          
           
             That
             ,
             which
             by
             no
             man
             ,
             yet
             effected
             was
             ?
          
           
             Have
             you
             not
             still
             a
             GOD
             ?
             and
             ,
             is
             not
             hee
             ,
          
           
             
               A
               Refuge
            
             ,
             though
             all
             other
             failing
             be
             ?
          
           
             Your
             Trust
             was
             never
             plac'd
             on
             him
             alone
             ,
          
           
             If
             him
             ,
             you
             cannot
             trust
             ,
             when
             all
             is
             gone
             .
          
           
             VVhile
             somewhat
             's
             left
             ,
             whereby
             subsist
             we
             may
             ,
          
           
             As
             David
             said
             ,
             wee
             boast
             of
             him
             all
             day
             ,
          
           
             But
             ,
             bee
             assur'd
             ,
             that
             e're
             from
             hence
             yee
             go
             ,
          
           
             Hee
             'l
             make
             proof
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             thus
             or
             no.
          
           
             Him
             ,
             and
             our
             
               own
               Cause
            
             ,
             wee
             do
             much
             mistake
             ,
          
           
             VVhen
             't
             is
             at
             best
             ,
             the
             same
             at
             worst
             ,
             wee
             make
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             so
             much
             on
             his
             Gifts
             our
             hearts
             are
             set
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             him
             ,
             who
             did
             bestow
             them
             ,
             we
             forget
             .
          
           
             To
             GOD
             ,
             
               be
               therefore
               ,
               praise
               ,
               who
               ,
               by
               this
               trial
            
          
           
             Gives
             mee
             both
             proof
             and
             means
             of
             Self-denial
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             ,
             am
             as
             worthless
             as
             the
             worst
             of
             you
             ,
          
           
             I
             ,
             nothing
             know
             by
             mine
             own
             merits
             due
             ,
          
           
             But
             ,
             that
             which
             now
             I
             suffer
             ,
             and
             much
             worse
             ,
          
           
             (
             The
             wages
             of
             an
             everlasting
             curse
             )
          
           
             My
             frailties
             are
             as
             great
             ,
             my
             sins
             as
             many
          
           
             As
             yours
             ;
             worse
             than
             my self
             I
             know
             not
             any
             ,
          
           
             Though
             some
             so
             seem
             :
             and
             ,
             yet
             ,
             GOD's
             promises
          
           
             Make
             way
             through
             all
             these
             disadvantages
             ,
          
           
             So
             well
             to
             know
             him
             ,
             that
             I
             do
             beleeve
          
           
             My
             trust
             in
             him
             ,
             hee
             never
             will
             deceive
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             that
             it
             would
             for
             my
             advantage
             be
          
           
             If
             all
             that
             may
             be
             fear'd
             ,
             should
             fall
             on
             mee
             .
          
           
             VVere
             that
             condition
             (
             as
             it
             may
             bee
             )
             mine
             ,
          
           
             I
             ,
             then
             ,
             should
             have
             no
             more
             cause
             to
             repine
          
           
           
             Than
             any
             other
             man
             ,
             who
             to
             the
             doom
          
           
             Of
             Death
             submitteth
             ,
             when
             his
             time
             is
             come
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             he
             who
             feels
             this
             day
             nor
             want
             nor
             sorrow
             ,
          
           
             May
             be
             in
             worse
             estate
             than
             I
             to
             morrow
             .
          
        
         
           
             So
             long
             ,
             as
             I
             ,
             have
             any
             work
             to
             do
             ,
          
           
             I
             shall
             have
             what
             is
             needfull
             thereunto
             .
          
           
             And
             when
             't
             is
             at
             an
             end
             ,
             no
             matter
             whether
          
           
             The
             stroke
             of
             Death
             shall
             be
             received
             ,
             either
          
           
             By
             Axe
             or
             Halter
             ,
             (
             so
             I
             merit
             not
             ,
          
           
             What
             is
             by
             Law
             the
             Malefactors
             Lot.
             )
          
           
             Or
             ,
             starving
             ,
             or
             ,
             by
             one
             of
             those
             diseases
          
           
             Which
             ,
             ordinarily
             ,
             the
             body
             ceizes
             .
          
           
             For
             ,
             that
             shame
             ,
             which
             men
             fear
             ,
             whilst
             they
             have
             breath
          
           
             By
             suffring
             ,
             what
             they
             count
             a
             shameful
             death
          
           
             Is
             shar'd
             among
             mankind
             ,
             and
             every
             one
          
           
             Bears
             part
             thereof
             with
             mee
             ,
             when
             I
             am
             gone
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             whilst
             I
             live
             ,
             what
             e're
             can
             suffred
             be
             ,
          
           
             May
             fall
             as
             well
             to
             any
             ,
             as
             to
             mee
             .
          
           
             Upon
             my
             death-bed
             ,
             or
             ,
             upon
             a
             Rack
             ,
          
           
             When
             flesh
             and
             bones
             ,
             and
             all
             my
             sinews
             crack
             ,
          
           
             I
             may
             be
             therewithall
             ,
             as
             blithe
             and
             frolick
             ,
          
           
             As
             ,
             when
             a
             
               burning
               Feaver
            
             ,
             or
             ,
             the
             Collick
          
           
             Age
             ,
             or
             Consumptions
             ,
             or
             the
             Pestilence
          
           
             Shall
             be
             the
             means
             to
             carry
             mee
             from
             hence
             .
          
           
             The
             pains
             of
             these
             ,
             are
             oftentimes
             as
             strong
             ,
          
           
             They
             do
             continue
             ev'ry
             whit
             ,
             as
             long
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             at
             a
             
               Rich
               mans
            
             door
             ,
             a
             Lazar
             dies
          
           
             Sometimes
             as
             easily
             ,
             as
             he
             that
             lyes
          
           
             Upon
             a
             bed
             of
             Down
             ,
             and
             who
             till
             death
          
           
             All
             necessaries
             in
             abundance
             hath
             .
          
           
             This
             ,
             being
             well
             observ'd
             ,
             it
             may
             appear
          
           
             That
             ,
             we
             are
             fooled
             with
             false
             hope
             ,
             or
             fear
             ,
          
           
             When
             we
             shall
             dream
             to
             be
             secured
             more
          
           
             From
             all
             events
             ,
             by
             being
             rich
             ,
             than
             poor
             ,
          
           
           
             Or
             ,
             that
             ,
             there
             any
             state
             on
             earth
             can
             be
             ,
          
           
             VVhich
             may
             not
             have
             the
             same
             Catastrophe
             .
          
        
         
           
             VVhen
             GOD
             vouchsafes
             to
             make
             mens
             Poverties
          
           
             To
             glorifie
             him
             ,
             he
             doth
             send
             supplies
             ,
          
           
             Ev'n
             by
             unlikely
             means
             ;
             and
             makes
             that
             nourish
          
           
             VVhereby
             ,
             they
             ,
             who
             are
             fed
             with
             dainties
             perish
             .
          
           
             Them
             ,
             on
             whom
             Tyrants
             no
             compassion
             have
             ,
          
           
             He
             ,
             in
             the
             fiery
             furnaces
             can
             save
             ;
          
           
             When
             they
             are
             cast
             into
             a
             Lions
             den
             ,
          
           
             He
             maketh
             beasts
             more
             merciful
             than
             men
             .
          
           
             He
             ,
             (
             when
             to
             manifest
             his
             Power
             Divine
          
           
             It
             pleaseth
             him
             )
             turns
             Water
             into
             Wine
          
           
             Which
             ,
             at
             a
             poor
             mans
             wedding
             once
             was
             done
          
           
             More
             to
             his
             honour
             ,
             than
             when
             Conduits
             run
          
           
             With
             Sack
             and
             Claret
             ;
             which
             magnificence
          
           
             Adds
             honour
             to
             the
             marriage
             of
             a
             Prince
             .
          
           
             He
             ,
             when
             men
             hungring
             after
             Righteousness
          
           
             Wait
             on
             him
             in
             a
             hungry
             Wilderness
             ,
          
           
             Feeds
             thousands
             with
             a
             few
             loaves
             ,
             and
             two
             fishes
             ,
          
           
             As
             full
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             ten
             thousand
             dishes
             .
          
           
             The
             bottome
             of
             a
             Barrel
             ,
             and
             a
             Cruse
          
           
             Shall
             Meal
             and
             Oyl
             sufficiently
             produce
             ,
          
           
             To
             keep
             a
             family
             in
             time
             of
             Dearth
             ,
          
           
             Until
             he
             sends
             a
             Plenty
             upon
             earth
             .
          
           
             He
             ,
             when
             the
             Creditor
             ,
             for
             payment
             asks
          
           
             (
             With
             rigor
             )
             doth
             fill
             many
             empty
             Casks
             ,
          
           
             Out
             of
             one
             pot
             of
             Oyle
             ,
             until
             there
             be
          
           
             A
             competence
             ,
             to
             set
             the
             Debter
             free
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             for
             his
             livelihood
             ,
             in
             time
             to
             come
             .
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             by
             devourers
             ,
             he
             doth
             nourish
             some
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             daily
             ,
             that
             Elias
             might
             be
             fed
          
           
             The
             Ravens
             brought
             unto
             him
             flesh
             and
             bread
             .
          
        
         
           
             This
             hath
             been
             ;
             and
             some
             things
             I
             can
             aver
          
           
             Of
             this
             kind
             ,
             in
             mine
             own
             particular
             .
          
           
           
             
               Once
               ,
               twice
            
             ,
             nay
             ,
             oftner
             I
             have
             been
             distrest
          
           
             As
             ,
             I
             now
             am
             ;
             and
             three
             times
             at
             the
             least
             ,
          
           
             Have
             had
             repair
             vouchsafed
             mee
             by
             GOD
             ,
          
           
             In
             such
             an
             extraordinary
             mode
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             many
             did
             admire
             ,
             at
             my
             supply
             ;
          
           
             As
             very
             well
             they
             might
             ;
             for
             ,
             so
             did
             I.
          
           
             And
             ,
             when
             it
             seasonably
             may
             be
             shown
             ,
          
           
             The
             manner
             of
             it
             will
             perhaps
             be
             known
             .
          
        
         
           
             At
             ,
             this
             time
             ,
             that
             ,
             which
             many
             did
             suppose
          
           
             Would
             mee
             ,
             ere
             now
             ,
             have
             ruin'd
             ;
             on
             my
             foes
          
           
             Hath
             cast
             a
             bridle
             ,
             and
             will
             keep
             mee
             from
          
           
             What
             they
             intend
             ,
             until
             my
             hour
             is
             come
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             peradventure
             ,
             then
             ,
             restrain
             them
             too
             ,
          
           
             From
             acting
             all
             ,
             that
             they
             intend
             to
             do
             .
          
           
             That
             ,
             which
             both
             my
             Estate
             and
             Reputation
          
           
             Should
             have
             destroyed
             ,
             is
             my
             preservation
          
           
             Another
             away
             ;
             and
             an
             advantage
             brings
             ,
          
           
             In
             better
             and
             more
             profitable
             things
             .
          
           
             For
             ,
             Slanders
             ,
             gain
             mee
             credit
             ;
             that
             ,
             doth
             glad
             mee
          
           
             Which
             was
             intended
             to
             deject
             and
             sad
             mee
             ;
          
           
             That
             ,
             which
             pursued
             ,
             is
             ,
             to
             make
             mee
             poor
          
           
             Makes
             my
             wants
             less
             ,
             and
             my
             contentments
             more
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             as
             if
             GOD
             had
             purpos'd
             to
             bestow
          
           
             A
             sign
             upon
             mee
             ,
             plainly
             to
             fore-show
          
           
             That
             ,
             those
             Afflictions
             ,
             and
             abhorred
             places
             ,
          
           
             Which
             add
             to
             others
             ,
             torments
             and
             disgraces
             ,
          
           
             Should
             comfort
             mee
             ,
             when
             
               common
               comforts
            
             fail
             ,
          
           
             NEW
             GATE
             ,
             suppos'd
             an
             ignomineous
             Jaile
          
           
             To
             mee
             ,
             hath
             (
             as
             it
             were
             a
             Patroness
             )
          
           
             Contributed
             releef
             in
             my
             distress
             ,
          
           
             Perhaps
             ,
             from
             some
             of
             them
             ,
             whose
             pressures
             were
          
           
             Either
             as
             great
             ,
             or
             greater
             ,
             than
             ,
             mine
             are
             :
          
           
             Which
             (
             as
             I
             am
             obliged
             )
             to
             GOD's
             praise
          
           
             I
             do
             ,
             and
             shall
             acknowledge
             all
             my
             daies
          
           
           
             To
             be
             an
             action
             ,
             which
             doth
             signifie
          
           
             A
             greater
             Mercy
             ,
             than
             that
             bare
             supply
             ;
          
           
             For
             ,
             it
             informs
             ,
             and
             well
             assureth
             mee
          
           
             A
             Prison
             ,
             shall
             no
             dammage
             bring
             to
             mee
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             that
             those
             places
             ,
             which
             ,
             make
             many
             poor
             ,
          
           
             Will
             make
             mee
             richer
             than
             I
             was
             before
             .
          
           
             These
             things
             ,
             I
             thus
             express
             ,
             that
             others
             may
          
           
             Perswaded
             be
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             write
             or
             say
          
           
             What
             I
             have
             read
             or
             heard
             ,
             or
             whereof
             I
          
           
             Have
             no
             more
             in
             mee
             ,
             save
             the
             Theory
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             knowing
             ,
             this
             ,
             which
             into
             words
             I
             spin
          
           
             Flows
             forth
             from
             what
             is
             really
             ,
             within
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             by
             experience
             learn'd
             ,
             it
             might
             effect
          
           
             That
             operation
             which
             I
             do
             expect
             .
          
        
         
           
             Most
             men
             ,
             suppose
             them
             signs
             they
             are
             beloved
          
           
             Of
             GOD
             ,
             and
             all
             their
             waies
             by
             him
             approved
             ,
          
           
             (
             How
             negligent
             soe're
             of
             his
             commands
             )
          
           
             When
             outward
             things
             do
             prosper
             in
             their
             hands
             .
          
           
             They
             count
             them
             marks
             of
             his
             
               especial
               Grace
            
          
           
             If
             their
             Cows
             casts
             not
             Calf
             ;
             if
             he
             doth
             bless
          
           
             Their
             Oxen
             ;
             if
             their
             flocks
             of
             Sheep
             increase
             ;
          
           
             If
             none
             doth
             in
             their
             persons
             them
             oppress
             ;
          
           
             If
             their
             new-purchas'd
             Titles
             be
             made
             good
             ;
          
           
             If
             ,
             by
             their
             Trades
             and
             Rents
             ,
             they
             to
             their
             Brood
          
           
             May
             leave
             great
             Portions
             ;
             if
             ,
             they
             may
             at
             Court
          
           
             Finde
             favour
             ;
             and
             ,
             if
             blessings
             of
             this
             sort
          
           
             Be
             multiply'd
             upon
             them
             ,
             they
             suppose
          
           
             God
             is
             their
             Friend
             ,
             and
             foe
             unto
             their
             foes
             .
          
           
             Indeed
             ,
             these
             ,
             blessings
             are
             ;
             But
             signs
             to
             mee
          
           
             Of
             GOD's
             especial
             Grace
             ,
             these
             ,
             rather
             be
             ;
          
           
             That
             ,
             when
             of
             Land
             and
             Goods
             I
             am
             bereft
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             no
             external
             comfort
             seemeth
             left
             ,
          
           
             I
             can
             depend
             on
             him
             ,
             and
             be
             more
             glad
             ,
          
           
             In
             his
             love
             ,
             than
             in
             all
             that
             e're
             I
             had
             :
          
           
           
             That
             ,
             I
             am
             freely
             justifi'd
             by
             him
          
           
             In
             that
             ,
             for
             which
             the
             world
             doth
             mee
             condemn
             :
          
           
             That
             ,
             I
             perceive
             ,
             he
             deigneth
             mee
             releef
             ,
          
           
             By
             that
             ,
             which
             usually
             augmenteth
             grief
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             that
             ,
             when
             most
             inrag'd
             oppressors
             are
             ,
          
           
             Of
             their
             displeasure
             ,
             I
             am
             least
             in
             fear
             :
          
           
             That
             ,
             things
             which
             threaten
             troubles
             to
             prolong
          
           
             (
             Till
             they
             are
             helpless
             )
             make
             my
             faith
             more
             strong
             ,
          
           
             My
             fear
             as
             little
             ,
             whilst
             the
             Fight
             doth
             last
             ,
          
           
             As
             at
             the
             Triumph
             ,
             when
             all
             danger
             's
             past
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             that
             ,
             their
             waies
             ,
             who
             do
             most
             malice
             mee
             ,
          
           
             Neither
             the
             waies
             of
             GOD
             ,
             or
             good
             men
             be
             .
          
        
         
           
             These
             things
             ,
             are
             of
             GOD's
             love
             a
             truer
             sign
          
           
             Than
             an
             increase
             of
             Corn
             ,
             of
             Oyl
             and
             Wine
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             I
             do
             smile
             to
             think
             ,
             how
             like
             
               poor
               slaves
            
          
           
             They
             will
             e're
             long
             ,
             sneak
             down
             into
             their
             graves
             ,
          
           
             Who
             ,
             make
             false
             boast
             of
             GOD
             ,
             when
             they
             with
             shame
          
           
             Shall
             know
             ,
             that
             ,
             by
             their
             spight
             I
             better'd
             am
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             when
             my
             Country
             hears
             the
             next
             Age
             tell
          
           
             How
             ,
             mee
             they
             us'd
             ,
             who
             alwaies
             lov'd
             it
             well
             ;
          
           
             What
             ,
             better
             men
             have
             suffer'd
             ;
             what
             ,
             in
             vain
          
           
             Was
             said
             ;
             what
             
               done
               ,
               undone
            
             ,
             and
             
               done
               again
            
             ;
          
           
             How
             ,
             Truth
             's
             bely'd
             ;
             how
             Lies
             upheld
             for
             Truth
             ;
          
           
             How
             much
             the
             heart
             dissented
             from
             the
             mouth
             ;
          
           
             Their
             Deeds
             from
             what
             they
             seem
             to
             think
             and
             say
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             how
             ,
             at
             fast
             and
             loose
             ,
             we
             now
             do
             play
             ;
          
           
             It
             will
             be
             thought
             ,
             perhaps
             ,
             this
             Generation
          
           
             Had
             lost
             
               Faith
               ,
               Reason
               ,
               Iustice
            
             ,
             and
             Compassion
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             they
             ,
             who
             shall
             by
             strict
             examination
             ,
          
           
             Search
             out
             the
             cause
             of
             this
             prevarication
          
           
             Will
             finde
             an
             hypocritical
             Devotion
          
           
             Sprung
             from
             the
             love
             of
             Riches
             and
             Promotion
             ,
          
           
             (
             Dis-robing
             Piety
             of
             her
             plain
             Dresse
             ,
          
           
             To
             be
             dis-figur'd
             with
             that
             pompousness
          
           
           
             Which
             is
             affected
             by
             the
             
               Man
               of
               Sin
            
             )
          
           
             Of
             all
             that
             is
             amiss
             ,
             chief
             cause
             hath
             been
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             must
             not
             scribble
             all
             that
             might
             be
             pend
          
           
             Upon
             this
             Subject
             ,
             lest
             I
             more
             offend
          
           
             Than
             profit
             ,
             or
             ,
             lest
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             speed
             ,
          
           
             Be
             hindred
             ,
             in
             my
             purpose
             to
             proceed
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             one
             more
             Argument
             ,
             I
             'le
             therefore
             add
          
           
             Whereby
             ,
             it
             out
             of
             question
             may
             be
             made
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             to
             be
             very
             Rich
             ,
             indangers
             more
          
           
             A
             
               real
               Happiness
            
             ,
             than
             to
             be
             poor
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             prov'd
             it
             shall
             be
             by
             a
             Demonstration
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             will
             admit
             no
             future
             confutation
             .
          
           
             Because
             ,
             it
             shews
             that
             Wealth
             hath
             not
             alone
          
           
             More
             hurt
             to
             many
             single
             persons
             done
          
           
             Than
             Poverty
             ,
             but
             ,
             also
             to
             the
             Race
          
           
             Of
             all
             mankind
             ;
             and
             unto
             GOD's
             Free-Grace
          
           
             Injurious
             been
             ;
             dishonour
             brought
             to
             CHRIST
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             set
             up
             his
             opposers
             Interest
             .
          
           
             Observe
             it
             ,
             for
             ,
             I
             ,
             nothing
             will
             alledge
          
           
             But
             ,
             that
             ,
             whereof
             ,
             the
             meanest
             wit
             may
             judge
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             need
             not
             tell
             you
             ,
             wee
             more
             easily
          
           
             May
             drive
             a
             Camel
             through
             a
             needles
             eye
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             thread
             it
             with
             a
             Cable
             ,
             than
             ,
             to
             heaven
          
           
             
               Rich
               men
            
             ascend
             ,
             or
             thither
             may
             be
             driven
             .
          
           
             For
             ,
             most
             have
             heard
             ,
             he
             spake
             to
             that
             effect
          
           
             Whose
             judgement
             none
             have
             reason
             to
             suspect
             ;
          
           
             Yet
             ,
             I
             will
             shew
             to
             you
             what
             way
             he
             went
             ,
          
           
             And
             how
             ,
             by
             his
             example
             to
             prevent
          
           
             That
             difficulty
             ;
             For
             ,
             he
             did
             not
             say
             ,
          
           
             One
             thing
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             walk
             another
             way
          
           
             As
             many
             do
             ,
             and
             did
             ,
             who
             would
             be
             thought
          
           
             To
             follow
             him
             ,
             and
             teach
             us
             what
             he
             taught
             .
          
           
             In
             plain
             expression
             I
             will
             let
             you
             see
          
           
             Who
             ,
             those
             Impostors
             and
             Apostates
             be
          
           
           
             Who
             speak
             sometimes
             his
             words
             ,
             and
             do
             profess
          
           
             His
             Truth
             ,
             yet
             are
             in
             practice
             nothing
             less
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHRIST
             ,
             knowing
             well
             ,
             that
             ,
             
               Avarice
               ,
               Ambition
            
             ,
          
           
             Wealth
             and
             Preferments
             ripen
             to
             perdition
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             that
             ,
             they
             so
             insensibly
             deprave
          
           
             The
             best
             and
             wisest
             men
             ,
             if
             way
             they
             give
          
           
             To
             their
             Allurements
             ;
             that
             ,
             although
             he
             were
          
           
             The
             Son
             of
             GOD
             ,
             and
             needed
             not
             to
             fear
          
           
             The
             frailties
             of
             his
             flesh
             ,
             he
             ,
             to
             the
             Law
          
           
             Conformed
             ,
             and
             preserved
             it
             in
             awe
          
           
             By
             true
             obedience
             ;
             mortifi'd
             that
             nature
          
           
             Which
             he
             assumed
             from
             the
             Humane-creature
             .
          
           
             Both
             by
             an
             unconstrain'd
             Humility
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             by
             a
             
               voluntary
               Poverty
            
             :
          
           
             And
             ,
             did
             for
             our
             example
             ,
             and
             our
             sake
          
           
             Forbear
             ,
             of
             things
             indifferent
             to
             partake
             ,
          
           
             Lest
             ,
             we
             ,
             who
             know
             not
             how
             aright
             to
             use
          
           
             Our
             Liberty
             ,
             things
             lawful
             might
             abuse
          
           
             By
             taking
             that
             for
             food
             ,
             which
             was
             provided
          
           
             For
             Physick
             rather
             ,
             when
             a
             Cure
             we
             needed
             .
          
        
         
           
             When
             ,
             first
             ,
             from
             Heav'n
             he
             came
             (
             though
             Lord
             of
             all
          
           
             In
             Heav'n
             and
             Earth
             he
             was
             )
             within
             a
             stall
          
           
             He
             took
             up
             his
             first
             Lodging
             ;
             passed
             on
          
           
             Throughout
             his
             Childe-hood
             ,
             as
             he
             had
             begun
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             no
             better
             did
             appear
          
           
             Than
             Son
             to
             Joseph
             ,
             a
             poor
             Carpenter
             .
          
           
             When
             to
             mans
             age
             he
             came
             (
             for
             ought
             we
             know
             )
          
           
             He
             liv'd
             by
             labour
             ,
             as
             such
             poor
             men
             do
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             when
             he
             did
             begin
             to
             manifest
          
           
             Himself
             to
             be
             
               the
               Saviour
            
             JESUS
             CHRIST
             ,
          
           
             His
             Royalty
             was
             furnish'd
             out
             no
             more
          
           
             With
             
               Earthly
               Riches
            
             ,
             than
             it
             was
             before
             ;
          
           
             He
             had
             nor
             Lands
             ,
             nor
             Goods
             ,
             to
             finde
             him
             bread
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             any
             House
             ,
             wherein
             to
             rest
             his
             head
             .
          
           
           
             He
             had
             ,
             for
             what
             was
             needful
             ,
             no
             supplies
          
           
             But
             ,
             pious
             men
             and
             womens
             Charities
             .
          
           
             Poor
             despicable
             Fisher-men
             (
             or
             such
             )
          
           
             And
             ,
             those
             ,
             who
             neither
             Noble
             were
             ,
             nor
             Rich
          
           
             He
             those
             for
             his
             Disciples
             ;
             and
             when
             these
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             abroad
             on
             his
             Ambassages
             ,
          
           
             They
             were
             forbidden
             either
             to
             take
             care
          
           
             Wher●
             with
             they
             might
             be
             fed
             ,
             or
             what
             to
             wear
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             m●●y
             to
             provide
             for
             their
             expence
             ,
          
           
             But
             ,
             le●ve
             those
             things
             unto
             GOD's
             providence
             .
          
           
             To
             them
             his
             Gospel-principles
             he
             gave
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             taught
             them
             how
             themselves
             they
             should
             behave
          
           
             In
             their
             Discipleship
             ,
             both
             where
             neglect
          
           
             They
             found
             ,
             and
             also
             where
             they
             had
             respect
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             them
             injoyned
             ,
             to
             be
             meek
             and
             humble
             ,
          
           
             〈…〉
             likeli'st
             block
             to
             make
             them
             stumble
          
           
             〈…〉
             ,
             to
             Precedency
             ,
             not
             to
             aspire
             ,
          
           
             〈…〉
             
               Lordly
               Attributes
            
             desire
             :
          
           
             〈…〉
             Disciples
             in
             their
             low'st
             condition
          
           
             Began
             to
             be
             infected
             with
             Ambition
             .
          
           
             The
             Sons
             of
             Zebede
             ,
             when
             they
             were
             poor
             ,
          
           
             Were
             tainted
             therewithall
             ;
             And
             ,
             how
             much
             more
          
           
             It
             doth
             deprave
             men
             when
             they
             wealthy
             grow
          
           
             CHRIST
             did
             fore-see
             ,
             and
             we
             have
             liv'd
             to
             know
          
           
             By
             that
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Prelacy
             hath
             varied
          
           
             From
             his
             Example
             ;
             and
             ,
             by
             him
             who
             carried
          
           
             The
             Bag
             in
             his
             time
             ,
             we
             have
             learned
             too
             ,
          
           
             What
             Avarice
             may
             make
             a
             Bishop
             do
             .
          
        
         
           
             Moreover
             ,
             when
             by
             publick
             Acclamation
          
           
             CHRIST
             had
             a
             visible
             inauguration
          
           
             Into
             that
             Kingdome
             ,
             whereto
             he
             was
             born
             ,
          
           
             No
             rich
             or
             Royal
             Robes
             by
             him
             were
             worn
             ;
          
           
             Nor
             sought
             he
             to
             be
             honour'd
             with
             such
             things
          
           
             As
             are
             affected
             by
             terrestrial
             Kings
             ,
          
           
           
             But
             ,
             meekly
             ,
             through
             Jerusalem
             did
             pass
          
           
             Not
             on
             a
             barbed
             Steed
             ,
             but
             ,
             on
             an
             Asse
             ,
          
           
             (
             Which
             none
             had
             backt
             before
             )
             &
             which
             nor
             Pad
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             saddle
             ,
             trappings
             ,
             or
             a
             foot-cloth
             had
             ,
          
           
             Save
             what
             the
             people
             on
             his
             back
             had
             thrown
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             to
             that
             purpose
             taken
             from
             their
             own
             .
          
           
             When
             he
             was
             crown'd
             ,
             no
             golden
             Crown
             he
             wore
          
           
             Lin'd
             with
             soft
             Fur
             ,
             but
             ,
             one
             much
             worse
             than
             poor
             :
          
           
             A
             
               Wreath
               of
               Thorns
            
             ,
             he
             wore
             upon
             his
             head
             ;
          
           
             He
             ,
             had
             no
             better
             Scepter
             than
             a
             Reed
             ;
          
           
             A
             Purple
             Robe
             ,
             was
             cast
             on
             him
             in
             scorn
             ,
          
           
             To
             be
             at
             that
             sad
             Coronation
             worn
             .
          
           
             For
             him
             ,
             there
             was
             prepar'd
             no
             other
             Throne
             ,
          
           
             Except
             a
             Cross
             ,
             to
             be
             advanc'd
             upon
             .
          
           
             Nor
             
               Fun'ral
               Rites
            
             ,
             nor
             Monument
             ,
             nor
             Grave
             ,
          
           
             Had
             he
             when
             dead
             ,
             but
             ,
             what
             some
             lent
             or
             gave
             .
          
           
             Thus
             ,
             poorly
             was
             his
             Kingdome
             here
             begun
             ;
          
           
             Thus
             ,
             his
             
               Affairs
               of
               State
            
             were
             carried
             on
             .
          
           
             So
             long
             ,
             as
             he
             a
             life
             on
             earth
             retaind
             ,
          
           
             Like
             no
             terrestriall
             Monarch
             ,
             here
             he
             reign'd
             ;
          
           
             But
             ,
             glorifi'd
             his
             Kingdom
             in
             this
             mode
             :
          
           
             And
             ,
             when
             that
             he
             ascended
             up
             to
             GOD
             ,
          
           
             Hee
             ,
             by
             his
             
               Holy
               Spirit
            
             ,
             so
             did
             minde
             ,
          
           
             (
             And
             so
             inspire
             those
             whom
             he
             left
             behinde
             )
          
           
             To
             propagate
             the
             same
             ,
             that
             they
             pursu'd
          
           
             The
             Discipline
             and
             Paterne
             ,
             which
             he
             shew'd
             .
          
           
             From
             SATANS
             Kingdoms
             ,
             to
             distinguish
             it
             ,
          
           
             He
             added
             whatsoever
             did
             befit
          
           
             A
             Righteous
             Government
             ,
             in
             every
             thing
          
           
             Which
             might
             advance
             the
             Throne
             of
             such
             a
             King
             ,
          
           
             Without
             those
             Baubles
             which
             do
             more
             oppress
          
           
             Their
             Subjects
             ,
             than
             promote
             the
             
               Common
               Peace
            
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             end
             ,
             and
             preserve
             with
             purity
          
           
             The
             Church
             and
             Saints
             in
             their
             integrity
             ,
          
           
           
             They
             left
             behinde
             them
             precepts
             ,
             counsels
             ,
             cautions
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             many
             (
             not
             ambiguous
             )
             declarations
             ,
          
           
             Both
             to
             inform
             us
             of
             the
             mind
             of
             CHRIST
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             of
             the
             wiles
             of
             that
             great
             Antichrist
          
           
             Which
             was
             to
             come
             ,
             and
             should
             foundationslay
          
           
             To
             set
             a
             Kingdome
             up
             ,
             
               another
               way
            
             ;
          
           
             That
             ,
             might
             (
             if
             possible
             )
             be
             thought
             to
             be
          
           
             CHRIST's
             Kingdome
             ,
             as
             now
             thousands
             live
             to
             see
          
           
             The
             world
             reputes
             what
             they
             erected
             have
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             with
             her
             Ornaments
             ,
             made
             rich
             and
             brave
             .
          
        
         
           
             Moreover
             ,
             that
             CHRIST's
             Vineyard
             and
             Cornfield
             ,
          
           
             Might
             fruits
             both
             nourishing
             and
             pleasant
             yeeld
             ,
          
           
             No
             needful
             diligence
             ,
             at
             first
             was
             wanting
             ,
          
           
             In
             digging
             ,
             dressing
             ,
             sowing
             ,
             or
             in
             planting
             ;
          
           
             Or
             ,
             so
             to
             beautifie
             it
             ,
             that
             none
             might
          
           
             Despise
             it
             ,
             or
             not
             therein
             take
             delight
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             that
             ,
             none
             should
             by
             Pride
             ,
             or
             Avarice
          
           
             Intrude
             upon
             their
             Brethrens
             Legacies
             ,
          
           
             They
             ,
             truly
             ,
             his
             
               Last
               Tstament
            
             recorded
             ;
          
           
             The
             same
             into
             a
             Gospel-Law
             they
             worded
             ,
          
           
             Which
             hath
             sufficiency
             ,
             without
             additions
          
           
             By
             
               humane
               policies
            
             ,
             or
             new
             Traditions
             ,
          
           
             To
             constitute
             his
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             prevent
          
           
             Prevarications
             ,
             by
             mis-government
             .
          
        
         
           
             To
             bar
             out
             Innovations
             ,
             they
             by
             Deed
          
           
             Confirmed
             ,
             what
             they
             had
             in
             words
             decreed
             .
          
           
             From
             no
             true
             principles
             of
             Faith
             they
             swerved
             ,
          
           
             Devotions
             reverence
             they
             well
             preserved
             ,
          
           
             With
             ut
             new-sangles
             ,
             and
             those
             trincketings
             ,
          
           
             That
             Superstition
             to
             adorn
             it
             brings
             .
          
           
             The
             Sacrament
             (
             by
             which
             the
             death
             of
             Christ
          
           
             Should
             be
             remembred
             )
             they
             made
             not
             the
             Test
          
           
             Of
             things
             ,
             no
             way
             relating
             to
             that
             end
             ,
          
           
             For
             which
             ,
             that
             Mystery
             he
             did
             intend
             ,
          
           
           
             Or
             ,
             rendring
             ,
             what
             should
             be
             by
             his
             intention
             ,
          
           
             The
             
               Band
               of
               Love
            
             ,
             a
             means
             to
             breed
             dissention
             :
          
           
             Nor
             was
             the
             Bread
             or
             Wine
             ,
             then
             Idoliz'd
             ;
          
           
             But
             ,
             that
             Love-feast
             ,
             was
             duly
             solemniz'd
             ,
          
           
             In
             decency
             ,
             without
             vain
             pomp
             of
             State
             ;
          
           
             Altars
             ,
             Court-cubbord
             like
             ,
             beset
             with
             Plate
             ;
          
           
             Waxe-lights
             at
             noon
             ,
             in
             Silver-Candlesticks
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             any
             other
             of
             those
             needless
             tricks
             ,
          
           
             Which
             were
             first
             introduced
             ,
             in
             those
             daies
          
           
             When
             Wooden-Priests
             ,
             got
             silver
             Chalices
             .
          
           
             They
             us'd
             no
             superstitious
             Adorations
             ,
          
           
             Cringings
             ,
             ridiculous
             gesticulations
             ,
          
           
             Or
             mimick
             Actions
             :
             nor
             these
             ,
             or
             those
             ,
             postures
          
           
             Of
             Body
             ;
             neither
             
               places
               ,
               times
            
             ,
             or
             vestures
             ,
          
           
             Were
             so
             essential
             made
             ,
             or
             necessary
          
           
             To
             
               holy
               Duties
            
             ,
             that
             ,
             none
             ought
             to
             vary
          
           
             From
             those
             Formalities
             :
             nor
             ,
             
               painted
               walls
            
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             Pictures
             had
             they
             ,
             Supplices
             ,
             nor
             Palls
             ,
          
           
             
               Chimers
               ,
               hoods
               ,
               Rochets
            
             ,
             nor
             rich
             Copes
             ,
             nor
             Tippets
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             was
             their
             Service
             cut
             out
             into
             sippets
             ,
          
           
             For
             ,
             such
             toyes
             (
             then
             unknown
             )
             did
             not
             begin
          
           
             Till
             Ancichrist
             arose
             and
             brought
             them
             in
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             till
             with
             Wealth
             and
             Dignities
             inricht
          
           
             The
             Presbyters
             ,
             and
             Bishops
             were
             bewitcht
             .
          
        
         
           
             To
             have
             prevented
             this
             (
             as
             I
             have
             said
             )
          
           
             A
             good
             Foundation
             CHRIST
             himself
             had
             laid
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             at
             the
             first
             ,
             that
             Structure
             was
             begun
             ,
          
           
             Which
             ,
             he
             intended
             should
             be
             built
             thereon
             .
          
           
             Such
             as
             were
             then
             ,
             by
             sacred
             Ordination
             ,
          
           
             Call'd
             Bishops
             ,
             watchful
             were
             ,
             and
             took
             occasion
          
           
             From
             ev'ry
             slip
             ,
             to
             travel
             ,
             preach
             ,
             and
             write
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             errours
             and
             mis-deeds
             prevent
             they
             might
             .
          
           
             As
             soon
             as
             Demas
             and
             Diotrephes
             ,
          
           
             With
             such
             like
             ,
             were
             observed
             in
             their
             daies
          
           
           
             To
             innovate
             ,
             and
             labour
             to
             begin
          
           
             That
             Prelacy
             which
             ,
             afterward
             crept
             in
             ,
          
           
             They
             so
             oppos'd
             it
             ,
             that
             ,
             till
             from
             his
             chain
             ,
          
           
             The
             Devil
             (
             then
             confin'd
             )
             was
             loos'd
             again
             ,
          
           
             None
             could
             setup
             what
             a
             faction
             begun
             ,
          
           
             Though
             many
             were
             then
             working
             thereupon
             ;
          
           
             For
             ,
             CHRIST's
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             their
             true
             successors
          
           
             (
             In
             spight
             of
             Innovators
             ,
             of
             Oppressors
          
           
             And
             Hereticks
             )
             by
             that
             simplicity
          
           
             Of
             Truth
             ,
             which
             was
             profest
             in
             Poverty
             ,
          
           
             Did
             so
             distinguish
             it
             ,
             from
             what
             by
             those
          
           
             Advanc'd
             would
             be
             ,
             when
             Antichrist
             arose
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             they
             inviolate
             maintaind
             thereby
          
           
             Her
             honour
             ,
             and
             her
             native
             purity
             ,
          
           
             Without
             that
             carnal
             Pomp
             ,
             and
             costly
             Pride
          
           
             With
             wch
             ,
             the
             STRUMPET
             ,
             now
             seems
             glorifi'd
             .
          
           
             And
             wherewith
             ,
             shee
             hath
             half
             the
             world
             inchanted
             ,
          
           
             Since
             
               Heathenish
               Deities
            
             ,
             were
             first
             supplanted
             .
          
        
         
           
             That
             Miracle
             ,
             was
             wrought
             by
             GOD
             ,
             through
             them
          
           
             Whose
             Poverty
             the
             world
             did
             then
             contemn
             :
          
           
             Ev'n
             when
             their
             Worshippers
             were
             in
             full
             power
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             when
             inrag'd
             at
             height
             ,
             sought
             to
             devour
          
           
             Their
             scorn'd
             Opposers
             ,
             they
             withall
             that
             odds
          
           
             Were
             not
             then
             able
             to
             support
             their
             Gods.
          
           
             But
             ,
             when
             the
             Saints
             were
             as
             distrest
             and
             poor
             ,
          
           
             As
             they
             ,
             who
             seek
             their
             bread
             from
             door
             to
             door
             ,
          
           
             When
             ,
             they
             broke
             through
             a
             tenfold
             persecution
             ,
          
           
             To
             put
             their
             Masters
             will
             in
             execution
             ;
          
           
             When
             in
             despised
             habits
             through
             each
             Nation
          
           
             They
             preach'd
             the
             blessed
             means
             of
             our
             salvation
             ;
          
           
             Were
             counted
             Fools
             ,
             and
             as
             much
             dis-esteem'd
          
           
             As
             any
             ,
             who
             are
             now
             Phanaticks
             deem'd
             ;
          
           
             When
             ,
             they
             had
             neither
             
               Academick
               Halls
            
             ,
          
           
             
               Schools
               ,
               Colledges
            
             ,
             or
             sumptuous
             Cathedrals
             ,
          
           
           
             Nor
             Universities
             ,
             nor
             Deans
             ,
             nor
             Doctors
             ,
          
           
             
               Prebends
               ,
               Archdeacons
               ,
               Chancellours
            
             or
             Proctors
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             Rents
             ,
             nor
             Tythes
             ,
             nor
             Pensions
             ,
             nor
             Oblations
             ,
          
           
             Excepting
             onely
             good
             mens
             free-donations
             ;
          
           
             When
             they
             ,
             nor
             Bishops
             had
             ,
             nor
             Presbyters
             ,
          
           
             Save
             ,
             such
             as
             
               holy
               Scripture
            
             characters
             ,
          
           
             (
             Who
             claimed
             no
             Precedence
             ,
             or
             Submission
             ,
          
           
             From
             those
             ,
             authoriz'd
             by
             the
             same
             Commission
             ;
          
           
             When
             ,
             they
             were
             meek
             and
             lowly
             ,
             in
             their
             places
             ,
          
           
             Poor
             in
             their
             Temporalties
             ,
             and
             rich
             in
             Graces
             ;
          
           
             When
             ,
             they
             (
             as
             necessary
             to
             salvation
             )
          
           
             On
             no
             man
             ,
             did
             impose
             an
             Observation
          
           
             Of
             
               daies
               ,
               times
               ,
               forms
            
             ,
             or
             
               Ceremonious
               Rite
            
             ,
          
           
             But
             ,
             as
             to
             edifying
             ,
             tend
             it
             might
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             left
             them
             to
             be
             practis'd
             ,
             or
             omitted
             ,
          
           
             As
             ,
             either
             they
             might
             ,
             or
             might
             not
             be
             fitted
          
           
             To
             
               holy
               Duties
            
             ,
             without
             just
             offences
             ,
          
           
             To
             other
             mens
             ,
             or
             their
             own
             consciences
             :
          
           
             (
             In
             which
             case
             ,
             none
             that
             hath
             Sobriety
             ,
          
           
             Will
             bar
             another
             of
             his
             
               Liberty
               .
            
             )
          
           
             When
             Pastors
             medled
             not
             at
             all
             ,
             or
             little
             ,
          
           
             With
             Soveraigns
             ,
             whether
             
               they
               themselves
            
             ,
             or
             Title
          
           
             Were
             good
             or
             bad
             ;
             excepting
             in
             those
             cases
          
           
             Which
             did
             concern
             the
             duties
             of
             their
             places
             ;
          
           
             But
             ,
             in
             the
             fear
             of
             GOD
             ,
             obedient
             were
          
           
             To
             that
             Power
             ,
             which
             did
             visibly
             appear
          
           
             Impowered
             to
             protect
             them
             (
             whilst
             it
             stood
          
           
             With
             that
             obedience
             ,
             which
             they
             owe
             to
             GOD
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             did
             by
             suffring
             ,
             render
             satisfaction
             ,
          
           
             For
             what
             they
             dared
             not
             perform
             in
             action
             .
             )
          
           
             When
             ,
             Emperours
             nor
             Kings
             did
             them
             esteem
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             flatter'd
             were
             ,
             or
             fawn'd
             upon
             ,
             by
             them
             ;
          
           
             Ev'n
             then
             by
             these
             ,
             mens
             Doctrines
             and
             Examples
             ,
          
           
             Were
             all
             the
             Gentiles
             great
             and
             glorious
             Temples
          
           
           
             Throughout
             the
             world
             destroy'd
             :
             their
             Superstitions
          
           
             (
             From
             which
             
               New
               Rome
            
             retrived
             her
             Traditions
             )
          
           
             Were
             then
             by
             those
             expell'd
             :
             Their
             Oracles
             ,
          
           
             Then
             silenc'd
             were
             ;
             Their
             jugling
             Miracles
          
           
             Were
             prov'd
             Impostures
             :
             Then
             ,
             the
             Sophistries
          
           
             Of
             those
             whom
             former
             ages
             thought
             most
             wise
             ,
          
           
             Were
             found
             but
             fallacies
             ;
             their
             wisdome
             folly
             ;
          
           
             Unsound
             their
             Manners
             ,
             their
             beleef
             unholy
             ;
          
           
             Their
             books
             of
             
               Curious
               Arts
            
             ,
             whereby
             great
             fame
          
           
             They
             had
             acquir'd
             ,
             were
             cast
             into
             the
             flame
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             then
             ,
             their
             Flamins
             ,
             and
             Archflamins
             too
             ,
          
           
             (
             Who
             domineered
             as
             the
             Prelates
             do
             )
          
           
             Were
             (
             as
             these
             ,
             in
             the
             time
             appointed
             shall
             )
          
           
             Brought
             to
             those
             dooms
             ,
             which
             on
             Impostors
             fall
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Worship
             also
             ,
             wherewithall
             the
             Jews
             ,
          
           
             The
             worlds
             credulity
             sought
             to
             abuse
             ,
          
           
             As
             well
             as
             her
             Philosophy
             ,
             was
             foil'd
          
           
             At
             their
             own
             weapons
             ;
             of
             that
             glory
             spoil'd
          
           
             Whereof
             they
             boasted
             ;
             and
             all
             this
             was
             done
             ,
          
           
             Without
             the
             
               Outward
               Pomp
            
             ,
             now
             doted
             on
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             if
             the
             Prelates
             ,
             can
             with
             all
             the
             glory
             ,
          
           
             Which
             they
             have
             gotten
             by
             things
             Transitory
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             by
             the
             help
             of
             all
             the
             Kings
             on
             earth
             ,
          
           
             To
             such
             another
             Miracle
             give
             birth
             ,
          
           
             I
             le
             think
             ,
             that
             they
             as
             great
             Impostors
             are
             ,
          
           
             As
             Jannes
             ,
             and
             as
             Jambres
             long
             since
             ,
             were
             ;
          
           
             Yet
             ,
             still
             beleeve
             ,
             that
             ,
             maugre
             all
             their
             power
             ,
          
           
             The
             Rods
             of
             these
             ,
             will
             their
             
               charm'd
               Rods
            
             devour
             .
          
        
         
           
             That
             ,
             which
             the
             Prelates
             take
             to
             be
             a
             sign
          
           
             Of
             Sanctity
             ,
             the
             most
             becoming
             shrine
          
           
             Of
             sacred
             Piety
             ,
             and
             true
             Devotion
             ,
          
           
             I
             mean
             ,
             that
             Pomp
             ,
             whereby
             (
             for
             self
             promotion
             )
          
           
             They
             seek
             to
             trim
             and
             paint
             it
             ,
             forth
             hath
             brought
          
           
             (
             Compar'd
             to
             this
             )
             not
             any
             thing
             worth
             ought
          
           
           
             But
             meer
             contempt
             :
             for
             ,
             by
             the
             zeal
             of
             those
             ,
          
           
             Who
             ,
             made
             such
             poor
             ,
             and
             despicable
             shows
             ,
          
           
             More
             honour
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             is
             done
             ,
          
           
             Than
             all
             their
             wealth
             and
             honours
             ,
             have
             thereon
          
           
             Conferr'd
             ,
             in
             more
             than
             fifteen
             hundred
             years
             ,
          
           
             By
             all
             their
             great
             and
             potent
             Favourers
             .
          
           
             They
             ,
             whom
             the
             
               Churches
               Poverty
            
             brought
             forth
             ,
          
           
             Though
             
               poor
               externally
            
             ,
             had
             
               inward
               worth
            
             ;
          
           
             
               Good
               life
            
             was
             practis'd
             ,
             sacred
             Truth
             profest
          
           
             Religion
             ,
             with
             sincerity
             imbrac't
             ,
          
           
             In
             her
             poor
             Driss
             ,
             by
             many
             an
             
               humble
               Saint
            
             ,
          
           
             Without
             the
             fucus
             of
             a
             
               Whorish
               paint
            
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             till
             men
             leaving
             their
             plain
             sober
             way
             ,
          
           
             Sought
             by
             external
             wealth
             ,
             to
             make
             her
             gay
             ,
          
           
             The
             Church
             ,
             in
             Piety
             ,
             did
             still
             increase
          
           
             Though
             outward
             persecutions
             did
             not
             cease
             .
          
        
         
           
             But
             ,
             what
             hath
             followed
             since
             her
             Poverties
             ,
          
           
             Are
             chang'd
             for
             temporal
             wealth
             and
             dignities
             ?
          
           
             Since
             
               Princely
               Prelates
            
             sought
             for
             carnal
             things
             ,
          
           
             Had
             learn'd
             to
             flatter
             Emperours
             and
             Kings
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             cheat
             them
             with
             a
             
               seeming
               Loyalty
            
             ,
          
           
             Made
             credible
             by
             
               fained
               Piety
            
             ?
          
           
             Since
             they
             ,
             an
             Ambodexters
             part
             could
             play
             ,
          
           
             Had
             got
             
               two
               Masters
            
             ,
             and
             a
             
               double
               pay
            
             ,
          
           
             Topt
             
               wreathes
               Imperial
            
             with
             a
             
               Triple
               crown
            
             ,
          
           
             Made
             Rebels
             Martyrs
             ,
             trod
             Allegiance
             down
          
           
             And
             ,
             had
             on
             so
             much
             wealth
             and
             honour
             ceas'd
             ,
          
           
             That
             they
             could
             turn
             the
             scale
             wch
             way
             they
             pleas'd
             ,
          
           
             What
             ,
             hath
             er'e
             since
             that
             time
             ,
             proceeded
             thence
          
           
             But
             ,
             products
             of
             Destructive
             consequence
             ?
          
           
             And
             those
             Confusions
             ,
             for
             which
             (
             without
             shame
             )
          
           
             Some
             ,
             to
             the
             Saints
             of
             GOD
             ,
             impute
             the
             blame
             ,
          
           
             As
             heretofore
             ,
             the
             
               Heathen
               Tyrants
            
             did
          
           
             To
             them
             ,
             whose
             blood
             they
             innocently
             shed
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             And
             ,
             though
             that
             in
             their
             
               publick
               declamations
            
             ,
          
           
             (
             As
             also
             ,
             in
             their
             private
             exultation
             .
             )
          
           
             The
             Prelates
             ,
             to
             a
             joy
             transported
             seem
             ,
          
           
             Like
             (
             as
             they
             say
             themselves
             )
             men
             in
             a
             dream
             ,
          
           
             To
             see
             that
             Wealth
             ,
             and
             Pomp
             restor'd
             again
             ,
          
           
             Whereof
             ,
             small
             hope
             they
             did
             erewhile
             retain
             ;
          
           
             Though
             ,
             of
             a
             golden
             Hierarchie
             dreaming
             ,
          
           
             They
             (
             still
             the
             Poverty
             of
             CHRIST
             blaspheming
             )
          
           
             Do
             think
             ,
             the
             Angels
             are
             as
             glad
             as
             they
          
           
             Of
             that
             ,
             wherein
             they
             triumph
             at
             this
             day
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             say
             (
             which
             I
             conceive
             to
             be
             a
             lye
             )
          
           
             That
             ,
             they
             ,
             could
             well
             content
             have
             been
             to
             dye
             ,
          
           
             The
             next
             day
             after
             they
             restor'd
             had
             been
          
           
             To
             that
             condition
             ,
             which
             they
             now
             are
             in
             ;
          
           
             Yet
             ,
             I
             beleeve
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             ,
             in
             the
             cloze
             ,
          
           
             Make
             them
             so
             happy
             ,
             as
             they
             now
             suppose
             ;
          
           
             Or
             ,
             give
             much
             cause
             unto
             this
             Generation
             ,
          
           
             To
             be
             well
             pleased
             in
             their
             restauration
             .
          
        
         
           
             For
             ,
             to
             these
             Nations
             ,
             or
             unto
             our
             King
             ,
          
           
             What
             ,
             can
             I
             think
             ,
             these
             
               golden
               Calves
            
             will
             bring
          
           
             Save
             ,
             at
             the
             last
             ,
             what
             followed
             upon
             that
             ,
          
           
             Which
             Ieroboams
             policy
             of
             State
          
           
             Produc'd
             in
             Isr'el
             ,
             when
             he
             (
             as
             it
             were
          
           
             Inspight
             of
             GOD
             )
             set
             
               golden
               Calves
            
             up
             there
             ?
          
           
             And
             ,
             his
             Successors
             walkt
             on
             in
             that
             way
             ,
          
           
             VVhat
             er'e
             those
             Prophets
             ,
             from
             thenceforth
             ,
             could
             say
          
           
             VVhom
             GOD
             ,
             in
             Justice
             ,
             or
             in
             Mercy
             ,
             sent
          
           
             Their
             threatned
             desolation
             to
             prevent
             ?
          
           
             VVhat
             ,
             is
             more
             likely
             ,
             if
             th'
             abominations
          
           
             Of
             ,
             almost
             ev'ry
             Good-man
             ,
             in
             these
             Nations
          
           
             Shall
             be
             indulg'd
             ?
             (
             and
             ,
             though
             it
             ever
             since
          
           
             It
             first
             begun
             ,
             produc'd
             nought
             but
             offence
             ?
             )
          
           
             For
             ,
             Observation
             daily
             finds
             it
             plain
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               fear
               of
               losses
            
             ,
             or
             the
             
               hope
               of
               gain
            
             ,
          
           
           
             Or
             ,
             of
             Promotion
             ,
             will
             root
             out
             apace
          
           
             The
             seeds
             and
             plants
             ,
             of
             Piety
             and
             Grace
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             since
             ,
             already
             ,
             it
             so
             multiplies
          
           
             Apostates
             ,
             and
             augments
             Hypocrisies
             ,
          
           
             What
             can
             be
             thought
             ,
             but
             ,
             that
             ,
             those
             daies
             ,
             we
             see
          
           
             Wherein
             ,
             th'
             Elect
             shall
             hardly
             saved
             be
             ,
          
           
             Unless
             GOD
             shorten
             them
             for
             ,
             whatsoere
          
           
             Men
             say
             ,
             or
             do
             ,
             they
             fall
             into
             a
             snare
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             those
             Deceivers
             ,
             whereof
             last
             I
             spoke
             ,
          
           
             To
             blinde
             mens
             eyes
             ,
             have
             raised
             such
             a
             smoak
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             few
             ,
             know
             which
             way
             safely
             turn
             they
             may
             ;
          
           
             Or
             ,
             what
             to
             
               think
               ,
               beleeve
               ,
               hope
               ,
               do
               ,
            
             or
             say
             .
          
        
         
           
             Such
             Histories
             ,
             as
             are
             approv'd
             by
             those
             ,
          
           
             Who
             never
             did
             the
             Prelacy
             oppose
             ,
          
           
             Affirm
             ,
             that
             when
             the
             Churches
             Augmentation
          
           
             Of
             wealth
             and
             honour
             ,
             by
             the
             free
             donation
          
           
             Of
             Constantine
             ,
             was
             first
             on
             them
             conferr'd
             ,
          
           
             A
             voice
             ,
             was
             in
             the
             Air
             distinctly
             heard
             ,
          
           
             Which
             did
             these
             words
             ,
             articulately
             say
             ,
          
           
             
               Into
               the
               Church
               is
               poison
               pour'd
               this
               day
               :
            
          
           
             And
             ,
             thereupon
             ,
             that
             ,
             quickly
             did
             ensue
             ,
          
           
             Which
             ,
             manifests
             the
             Saying
             to
             he
             true
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             they
             ,
             who
             read
             Historical
             Relations
             ,
          
           
             Of
             what
             hath
             been
             in
             former
             Generations
             ,
          
           
             (
             As
             also
             ,
             in
             their
             times
             )
             discreetly
             heeding
          
           
             What
             ,
             their
             Experience
             addeth
             to
             their
             reading
             ,
          
           
             Will
             finde
             ,
             that
             ,
             here
             ,
             and
             ,
             almost
             ev'ry
             where
             ,
          
           
             The
             Prelates
             cause
             of
             many
             mischieves
             were
             .
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             that
             the
             greatest
             troubles
             on
             the
             earth
             ,
          
           
             Sprung
             indirectly
             ,
             or
             directly
             ,
             forth
          
           
             From
             their
             
               Ambition
               ,
               Avarice
            
             and
             Pride
             .
          
           
             When
             Gold
             and
             Silver
             they
             had
             multipli'd
             .
          
        
         
           
             How
             many
             troubles
             ,
             have
             been
             here
             of
             late
             ,
          
           
             Occasion'd
             by
             what
             they
             did
             innovate
             ?
          
           
           
             How
             many
             thousand
             Families
             undone
          
           
             In
             these
             three
             Kingdomes
             are
             ,
             since
             they
             begun
             ,
          
           
             Those
             Whimzies
             ,
             which
             the
             prime
             occasion
             were
          
           
             Of
             all
             the
             
               Civil
               Wars
            
             and
             discords
             here
             ?
          
           
             And
             ,
             what
             more
             will
             ensue
             ,
             GOD
             only
             knows
             ,
          
           
             For
             ,
             wee
             ,
             already
             see
             ill
             boding
             shows
             .
          
           
             Their
             Avarice
             ,
             and
             matchless
             greediness
             ,
          
           
             Of
             hoarding
             Treasure
             up
             ,
             to
             an
             excess
          
           
             At
             such
             a
             time
             as
             this
             ,
             wherein
             the
             State
          
           
             Is
             straitned
             ;
             (
             and
             when
             much
             it
             doth
             abate
          
           
             That
             ,
             Trading
             ,
             whereby
             ,
             our
             necessities
          
           
             Publick
             ,
             and
             Private
             ,
             should
             have
             their
             supplies
             )
          
           
             Produceth
             ill
             effects
             ;
             and
             how
             by
             these
          
           
             Both
             in
             their
             
               Civil
               Peace
            
             ,
             and
             Consciences
             ,
          
           
             Men
             may
             disturbed
             be
             ,
             there
             's
             cause
             of
             fear
             ,
          
           
             By
             what
             in
             their
             deportments
             doth
             appear
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             I
             observ'd
             this
             (
             which
             Ile
             now
             record
             )
          
           
             That
             ,
             when
             they
             first
             begun
             to
             be
             restor'd
             ,
          
           
             With
             them
             ,
             return'd
             ,
             (
             God
             grant
             there
             come
             no
          
           
             
               May-poles
               ,
               Maid-marian
            
             ,
             &
             the
             hobby-horse
             ,
             (
             worse
             )
          
           
             Beside
             ,
             some
             other
             heathenish
             Prophanations
             ,
          
           
             Maugre
             the
             Kings
             late
             pious
             Proclamations
             .
          
        
         
           
             It
             would
             fill
             many
             volumes
             to
             collect
          
           
             What
             Prelacy
             did
             heretofore
             effect
             ;
          
           
             How
             troublesome
             in
             other
             Common-weals
             ,
          
           
             And
             Kingdomes
             ,
             it
             hath
             to
             GOD's
             Israels
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             other
             people
             been
             :
             how
             oft
             have
             they
          
           
             Endeavoured
             their
             Soveraigns
             to
             betray
             ,
          
           
             Unto
             the
             See
             of
             Rome
             ?
             how
             oft
             ,
             to
             bring
          
           
             The
             People
             into
             bondage
             to
             their
             King
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             when
             their
             purpose
             they
             had
             wrought
             on
             him
          
           
             Both
             King
             and
             people
             ,
             might
             be
             slaves
             to
             them
             ?
          
           
             How
             insolent
             and
             impudent
             a
             power
             ,
          
           
             Was
             then
             usurped
             when
             an
             Emperour
          
           
           
             Did
             hold
             the
             Stirrup
             ?
             when
             an
             English
             king
          
           
             They
             to
             so
             great
             a
             slavery
             did
             bring
             ,
          
           
             (
             And
             foolery
             to
             boot
             )
             as
             to
             decline
          
           
             His
             
               Royal
               Person
            
             ,
             at
             
               Tom
               Beckets
            
             shrine
             ?
          
           
             Do
             pennance
             there
             ,
             and
             be
             so
             much
             befoold
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             school-boy-like
             ,
             he
             was
             with
             Rods
             there
             school'd
             ,
          
           
             By
             Canterbury
             Monks
             ?
             when
             ,
             he
             ,
             that
             trod
          
           
             Upon
             his
             
               Leige
               Lords
               neck
            
             (
             blaspheming
             GOD
             )
          
           
             That
             piece
             of
             scripture
             ,
             to
             himself
             applide
          
           
             Which
             could
             in
             none
             ,
             but
             CHRIST
             ,
             be
             verifide
             ?
          
           
             Intolerable
             was
             his
             arrogance
             ,
          
           
             But
             ,
             such
             are
             oft
             effects
             of
             their
             advance
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             thus
             ,
             have
             Kings
             and
             Emperors
             been
             rewarded
             ,
          
           
             Who
             ,
             their
             lean
             Gammons
             ,
             had
             with
             fat
             inlarded
             .
          
        
         
           
             These
             ,
             are
             the
             blessed
             and
             the
             holy
             fruits
             ,
          
           
             Of
             their
             great
             wealth
             ,
             and
             
               Lordly
               Attributes
            
             ;
          
           
             Yet
             ,
             these
             are
             not
             the
             worst
             ;
             for
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             ,
          
           
             Were
             not
             alone
             by
             Prelates
             insolencies
             ,
          
           
             Abus'd
             like
             other
             men
             ,
             in
             what
             relates
          
           
             Unto
             their
             lives
             ,
             their
             honours
             and
             estates
             ;
          
           
             But
             ,
             GOD
             ,
             is
             also
             ,
             thrust
             out
             of
             his
             Throne
             :
          
           
             Ev'n
             his
             Peculiars
             are
             usurp'd
             upon
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             such
             Intrusions
             are
             now
             made
             ,
             by
             these
          
           
             Upon
             mens
             Faiths
             ,
             and
             on
             their
             Consciences
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             they
             make
             many
             Prostites
             for
             the
             Devil
             ,
          
           
             Expose
             them
             to
             an
             everlasting
             evil
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             causes
             are
             of
             mischiefs
             and
             offence
             ,
          
           
             VVhich
             all
             the
             world
             can
             never
             recompence
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             Bonds
             they
             lay
             ,
             where
             GOD
             doth
             none
             impose
             ;
          
           
             Unbinde
             ,
             from
             what
             he
             never
             will
             unlose
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             whatsoere
             he
             speaks
             ,
             his
             words
             ,
             by
             these
             ,
          
           
             Are
             made
             to
             mean
             ,
             what
             ever
             they
             shall
             please
             .
          
        
         
           
             But
             ,
             let
             the
             Saints
             in
             patience
             persevere
             ;
          
           
             For
             ,
             though
             these
             arrogantly
             domineer
             ,
          
           
           
             And
             in
             their
             hopes
             grow
             every
             day
             more
             strong
             ,
          
           
             Their
             time
             of
             standing
             ,
             will
             not
             now
             be
             long
             :
          
           
             The
             Kings
             ,
             who
             with
             the
             
               Cup
               of
               Fornications
            
          
           
             Have
             been
             made
             Drunk
             ,
             for
             many
             Generations
             ,
          
           
             Will
             at
             the
             last
             grow
             sober
             ,
             or
             else
             mad
             ,
          
           
             To
             see
             what
             power
             on
             them
             ,
             these
             Juglers
             had
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             help
             to
             bring
             that
             fatal
             Iudgement
             on
             ,
          
           
             Which
             must
             reward
             them
             for
             what
             they
             have
             done
             :
          
           
             Great
             Babylon
             it self
             ,
             will
             shortly
             fall
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             they
             shall
             have
             their
             Portion
             therewithall
             .
          
        
         
           
             To
             do
             us
             harm
             ,
             they
             had
             not
             been
             so
             able
             ,
          
           
             If
             in
             those
             Principles
             ,
             men
             had
             been
             stable
          
           
             Which
             constitute
             CHRIST's
             Church
             ;
             nor
             to
             assist
          
           
             As
             they
             have
             done
             ,
             the
             Throne
             of
             Antichrist
             .
          
           
             Had
             these
             been
             still
             content
             to
             seek
             no
             more
          
           
             (
             As
             Bishops
             were
             in
             ages
             heretofore
             )
          
           
             Than
             might
             supply
             things
             needful
             in
             their
             place
             ,
          
           
             For
             Nature
             to
             promote
             the
             works
             of
             Grace
             ,
          
           
             (
             Nor
             stretched
             their
             Precedency
             ought
             further
             ,
          
           
             Than
             did
             conduce
             to
             Decency
             ,
             and
             Order
             )
          
           
             It
             had
             not
             such
             ill
             consequents
             produc'd
             :
          
           
             And
             ,
             could
             they
             but
             ,
             yet
             ,
             timely
             be
             reduc'd
             ,
          
           
             To
             that
             
               Bound
               ;
               Discords
            
             ,
             would
             ere
             long
             be
             ended
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             much
             ,
             that
             is
             amiss
             would
             be
             amended
             .
          
        
         
           
             (
             GOD
             
               Bless
               the
            
             King
             ,
             
               and
               open
               so
               his
               eyes
            
             ,
          
           
             
               That
               ,
               he
               may
               see
               in
               what
               his
               safetie
               lies
            
             ;
          
           
             
               And
               prosper
               mee
               ,
               as
               I
               desire
               hee
               may
            
          
           
             
               Walke
               and
               continue
               ,
               in
               that
               blessed
               way
               ,
            
          
           
             
               Which
               truly
               to
               his
               glory
               doth
               redound
            
             ;
          
           
             
               Whom
               he
               so
               kind
               ,
               and
               merciful
               hath
               found
               .
            
          
           
             
               My
               prayers
               are
               ,
               that
               GOD
               would
               make
               him
               strong
            
          
           
             
               Against
               the
            
             Charms
             
               of
               every
               glosing
               Tongue
            
             ;
          
           
             In
             Grace
             and
             Vertues
             ,
             
               daily
               so
               improve
               him
            
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             GOD
             and
             Men
             ,
             
               for
               ever
               more
               may
               love
               him
               :
            
          
           
           
             
               And
               ,
               that
               ,
               I
               may
               finde
               favour
               in
               his
               sight
               ,
            
          
           
             
               According
               as
               I
               am
               in
               heart
               ,
               upright
               :
            
          
           
             
               For
               ,
               whatsoever
               ,
               hee
               shall
               bee
               to
               mee
            
             ;
          
           
             
               To
               him
               ,
               I
               'm
               true
               ,
               and
               so
               will
               ever
               be
               .
            
          
           
             GOD
             ,
             pardon
             all
             that
             I
             have
             done
             amiss
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             so
             ,
             I
             finish
             this
             
               Parenthesis
               .
            
             )
          
        
         
           
             Here
             ,
             I
             have
             shown
             you
             ,
             by
             plain
             demonstration
             ,
          
           
             Which
             (
             as
             I
             said
             )
             admits
             no
             confutation
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             Poverty
             (
             though
             much
             despis'd
             )
             is
             better
          
           
             Than
             Riches
             ;
             and
             ,
             that
             ,
             I
             thereto
             am
             debter
          
           
             Much
             more
             ,
             for
             what
             concerns
             my
             happiness
             ,
          
           
             Than
             ,
             by
             what
             can
             be
             got
             by
             an
             excess
          
           
             In
             Wealth
             and
             Honour
             :
             And
             ,
             what
             's
             here
             rehearst
             ,
          
           
             Will
             bee
             approv'd
             ,
             when
             Synods
             have
             reverst
          
           
             Their
             Votes
             ;
             and
             be
             by
             
               Wisest
               men
            
             upheld
          
           
             VVhen
             
               Acts
               of
               Parliament
            
             shall
             be
             repeal'd
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             were
             confirm'd
             ,
             by
             
               Commons
               ,
               Lords
            
             &
             King
             ,
          
           
             VVhen
             ,
             GOD
             ,
             shall
             to
             effect
             ,
             his
             purpose
             bring
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             those
             men
             to
             their
             wits
             ,
             who
             ,
             little
             heeded
             ,
          
           
             VVhat
             ,
             would
             ensue
             that
             ,
             wherein
             they
             proceeded
             .
          
           
             
               Now
               I
               have
               done
            
             .
             If
             this
             you
             can
             beleeve
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             GOD
             ,
             his
             blessing
             thereunto
             shall
             give
             ,
          
           
             I
             have
             what
             ,
             I
             desired
             for
             my
             paine
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             what
             's
             here
             writ
             ,
             shall
             not
             be
             writ
             in
             vain
             :
          
           
             for
             ,
             all
             that
             's
             in
             my
             words
             ,
             is
             in
             my
             heart
             ,
          
           
             In
             every
             circumstance
             ,
             and
             every
             part
             .
          
           
             Perhaps
             ,
             this
             despicable
             Barly-cake
             ,
          
           
             May
             tumble
             ,
             till
             a
             fatal
             breach
             it
             make
          
           
             Into
             the
             Tents
             of
             Midian
             :
             but
             ,
             thereon
          
           
             VVhat
             ere
             else
             follows
             ,
             let
             GOD's
             will
             be
             done
             .
          
           
             Though
             no
             man
             living
             ,
             should
             the
             same
             regard
             ,
          
           
             A
             
               good
               work
            
             ,
             to
             it self
             gives
             full
             reward
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             there
             is
             nothing
             ,
             that
             can
             make
             it
             less
             ,
          
           
             Than
             what
             it
             is
             ,
             or
             ,
             bar
             it
             from
             increase
             :
          
           
           
             For
             ,
             though
             such
             Accidents
             ,
             may
             oft
             befall
             ,
          
           
             As
             ,
             that
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             so
             appear
             to
             all
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             
               Poverty
               ,
               Imprisonment
               ,
               Disgrace
            
             ,
          
           
             
               Life
               ,
               death
               ,
               good
               ,
               bad
               condition
               ,
               time
            
             nor
             place
             ,
          
           
             
               Praises
               ,
               Privations
            
             ,
             nor
             ought
             that
             hath
             name
             ,
          
           
             Makes
             
               real
               Vertue
            
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             the
             same
             .
          
        
         
           Glory
           be
           to
           GOD.
           
        
      
       
         
           A
           Word
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           Mr.
           
             Zachary
             Crofton
          
           Prisoner
           in
           the
           Tower.
           
        
         
           
             
               Whatsoever
               ye
               would
               that
               men
               should
               do
               unto
               you
               ,
               do
               ye
               the
               same
               unto
               them
               ;
               for
               this
               is
               the
               Law
               and
               the
               Prophets
               ,
            
          
           
             Matth.
             7.
             12.
             
          
        
         
           
             SInce
             all
             men
             erre
             ,
             and
             one
             way
             ,
             or
             another
             ,
          
           
             Occasion
             what
             mis-happens
             to
             each
             other
             ,
          
           
             I
             cannot
             but
             be
             sensible
             of
             that
             ,
          
           
             Which
             may
             bee
             mine
             ,
             and
             ev'ry
             mans
             estate
             .
          
           
             CROFTON's
             a
             Prisoner
             ,
             and
             ,
             some
             say
             ,
             must
             dye
             ;
          
           
             Yet
             ,
             I
             ,
             from
             none
             ,
             can
             learn
             the
             reason
             why
             .
          
           
             If
             his
             declaring
             for
             the
             COVENANT
             ,
          
           
             Be
             all
             his
             Crime
             ,
             a
             reason
             I
             shall
             want
             ,
          
           
             To
             satisfie
             mee
             ,
             by
             what
             Law
             wee
             shall
          
           
             Conclude
             that
             his
             Offence
             is
             Capital
             ;
          
           
             Or
             ,
             how
             ,
             that
             can
             imputed
             be
             for
             sin
             ,
          
           
             Which
             ,
             by
             no
             Law
             ,
             hath
             yet
             forbidden
             been
             .
          
           
             GOD
             ,
             bless
             the
             King
             and
             State
             ;
             and
             so
             mens
             reason
          
           
             Preserve
             ,
             that
             ,
             we
             may
             once
             know
             Truth
             from
             Treason
             ,
          
           
             Lest
             we
             at
             last
             be
             brought
             into
             a
             snare
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             be
             uncertain
             ,
             when
             we
             Traitors
             are
             :
          
           
             For
             ,
             though
             it
             safely
             might
             bee
             justifi'd
          
           
             That
             ,
             rather
             than
             GOD
             ,
             Men
             should
             be
             obey'd
             ;
          
           
             Such
             ,
             may
             not
             be
             their
             own
             Friends
             ,
             who
             condemn
          
           
             That
             man
             ,
             who
             pleaded
             both
             for
             GOD
             ,
             and
             them
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             to
             the
             hazzard
             of
             his
             life
             persists
             ,
          
           
             In
             vindicating
             their
             Joynt-Interests
             ,
          
           
             To
             no
             mans
             disadvantage
             ,
             except
             those
             ,
          
           
             Who
             ,
             are
             to
             GOD
             and
             Men
             ,
             apparent
             foes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mee
             thinks
             ,
             it
             is
             great
             pity
             ,
             that
             ,
             a
             man
          
           
             Who
             ,
             to
             GOD
             ,
             King
             and
             Church
             ,
             both
             may
             ,
             and
             can
          
           
             Be
             serviceable
             ;
             and
             ,
             who
             doth
             profess
          
           
             His
             Judgement
             ,
             in
             meer
             conscientiousness
          
           
           
             Without
             design'd
             contempt
             ,
             unto
             the
             State
             ,
          
           
             Or
             ,
             purposing
             a
             mutinous
             debate
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             never
             gave
             just
             cause
             to
             be
             suspected
             ,
          
           
             He
             was
             to
             either
             of
             them
             disaffected
             ,
          
           
             (
             But
             ,
             unto
             both
             of
             them
             ,
             good
             service
             did
             ,
          
           
             When
             they
             of
             
               Faithful
               Servants
            
             had
             most
             need
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             hath
             but
             done
             his
             duty
             ,
             to
             oppose
          
           
             Those
             Harpies
             ,
             which
             to
             all
             
               Good
               men
            
             are
             foes
             )
          
           
             Should
             by
             mistake
             ,
             or
             ,
             by
             mis-information
             ,
          
           
             As
             one
             ,
             who
             had
             deserved
             no
             compassion
             ,
          
           
             A
             Sufferer
             with
             Malefactors
             be
          
           
             Because
             ,
             hee
             sees
             not
             ,
             what
             he
             cannot
             see
             ;
          
           
             Or
             ,
             else
             ,
             because
             he
             cannot
             credit
             give
          
           
             To
             what
             ,
             he
             findes
             no
             reason
             to
             beleeve
             ;
          
           
             For
             ,
             who
             will
             care
             for
             life
             ,
             where
             Prelacy
          
           
             Attains
             to
             such
             a
             height
             of
             Tyranny
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             it
             inslaves
             both
             Soul
             and
             Body
             too
             ?
          
           
             And
             ,
             where
             ,
             of
             what
             we
             should
             beleeve
             and
             do
             ,
          
           
             No
             certainty
             ,
             can
             by
             their
             LIGHT
             be
             known
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             leave
             obtain'd
             ,
             to
             make
             use
             of
             our
             own
             ,
          
           
             Though
             voluntarily
             the
             King
             ingag'd
          
           
             To
             let
             the
             Conscience
             be
             so
             priviledg'd
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             Mercy
             ,
             in
             some
             other
             things
             ,
             did
             show
          
           
             Whereof
             ,
             the
             Prelacy
             will
             not
             allow
             ,
          
        
         
           
             Whether
             the
             COVENANT
             ,
             by
             right
             ,
             or
             wrong
             ,
          
           
             Were
             made
             ,
             or
             burnt
             ,
             it
             doth
             not
             now
             belong
          
           
             To
             private
             men
             to
             question
             :
             For
             ,
             when
             dooms
          
           
             Are
             past
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             the
             Case
             then
             comes
          
           
             Before
             GOD's
             Judgement-Seat
             ;
             and
             ,
             woe
             to
             them
             ,
          
           
             Who
             ,
             that
             ,
             which
             hee
             approves
             of
             ,
             shall
             condemn
             .
          
           
             Till
             ,
             therefore
             ,
             he
             ,
             thence
             answers
             their
             appeal
          
           
             
               Wise
               men
            
             ,
             their
             private
             thinkings
             will
             conceal
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             him
             implore
             ,
             to
             whom
             referr'd
             it
             is
             ,
          
           
             To
             right
             what
             's
             wrong
             ,
             and
             pardon
             what
             's
             amiss
             .
          
        
         
           
             What
             ,
             Fame
             reports
             by
             Crofton
             to
             be
             done
          
           
             I
             ,
             singly
             and
             sincerely
             musing
             on
             ,
          
           
             Do
             finde
             ,
             by
             that
             ;
             whereof
             inform'd
             I
             am
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             hee
             more
             merited
             reward
             than
             blame
             ,
          
           
             Unless
             ,
             that
             ,
             wherein
             other
             men
             have
             err'd
          
           
             (
             Without
             his
             fault
             )
             may
             be
             to
             him
             transferr'd
             .
          
           
             The
             Covenant
             hee
             took
             ,
             but
             did
             not
             make
             it
             ;
          
           
             Nor
             forced
             any
             one
             to
             take
             ,
             or
             break
             it
             ;
          
           
           
             But
             ,
             in
             his
             place
             alone
             ,
             the
             same
             maintain'd
          
           
             (
             To
             his
             own
             hazzard
             )
             as
             it
             appertain'd
          
           
             Unto
             the
             
               honour
               ,
               peace
            
             ,
             and
             preservation
          
           
             Both
             of
             the
             
               Royal
               persons
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Nation
             ,
          
           
             As
             he
             thought
             it
             oblig'd
             ;
             and
             as
             it
             stood
          
           
             In
             force
             ,
             relating
             to
             the
             Will
             of
             GOD
          
           
             And
             ,
             no
             jot
             further
             ;
             unless
             ,
             wee
             suppose
          
           
             Hee
             err'd
             ,
             in
             pressing
             it
             ,
             to
             bar
             out
             those
          
           
             Who
             ,
             
               have
               been
            
             ,
             still
             are
             ,
             and
             
               will
               be
            
             agen
             ,
          
           
             Foes
             unto
             GOD
             ,
             to
             Kings
             ,
             and
             
               Common
               men
            
             ,
          
           
             As
             soon
             as
             they
             themselves
             enabled
             finde
             ,
          
           
             To
             do
             the
             work
             ,
             for
             which
             they
             were
             design'd
             .
          
           
             For
             ,
             that
             ,
             which
             CROFTON
             most
             insisted
             on
             ,
          
           
             (
             As
             purpos'd
             by
             the
             Covenant
             to
             be
             done
             )
          
           
             Is
             an
             exploding
             of
             the
             Hierarchy
          
           
             Brought
             in
             ,
             by
             Antichristian-Prelacy
             ,
          
           
             (
             To
             whose
             support
             ,
             his
             Oath
             cannot
             extend
          
           
             Who
             ,
             CHRIST's
             Faith
             ,
             is
             obliged
             to
             defend
             .
             )
          
           
             And
             ,
             if
             that
             ,
             be
             a
             fault
             ,
             GOD
             ,
             mee
             forgive
             ,
          
           
             For
             ,
             therein
             ,
             I
             resolve
             ,
             to
             dye
             ,
             and
             live
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             stress
             of
             his
             Case
             ,
             as
             appears
             to
             mee
             ,
          
           
             Lies
             there
             ;
             if
             ,
             hee
             of
             ought
             else
             guilty
             bee
             ,
          
           
             I
             ,
             leave
             him
             to
             excuse
             himself
             ;
             for
             ,
             never
          
           
             Saw
             I
             his
             face
             ,
             nor
             shall
             perhaps
             for
             ever
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             hee
             's
             in
             durance
             ,
             and
             I
             fain
             would
             do
          
           
             As
             ,
             in
             his
             Case
             ,
             I
             would
             bee
             done
             unto
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             peradventure
             ,
             it
             will
             needful
             bee
          
           
             That
             ,
             some
             ,
             ere
             long
             ,
             should
             do
             as
             much
             for
             mee
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             ,
             besides
             those
             actings
             ,
             which
             do
             fall
          
           
             Within
             the
             duties
             of
             our
             Common-call
             ,
          
           
             Some
             ,
             having
             so
             peculiar
             Relation
             ,
          
           
             To
             GOD's
             Designments
             in
             our
             Generation
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             they
             not
             onely
             do
             the
             force
             abate
          
           
             Of
             what
             is
             call'd
             ,
             
               The
               Reason
               of
               the
               State
            
             ,
          
           
             But
             ,
             of
             those
             Precepts
             also
             ,
             at
             sometimes
             ,
          
           
             Whose
             violations
             are
             most
             
               hainous
               Crimes
            
             ,
          
           
             In
             any
             other
             case
             ;
             as
             may
             appear
             ,
          
           
             By
             many
             proofs
             ,
             which
             I
             will
             now
             forbear
             .
          
           
             GOD
             ,
             doth
             a
             Generation-work
             design
             ;
          
           
             For
             ,
             ev'ry
             man
             :
             These
             ,
             are
             a
             part
             of
             mine
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             I
             had
             rather
             dye
             
               ten
               deaths
            
             for
             one
          
           
             Than
             take
             
               ten
               lives
            
             ,
             to
             let
             it
             bee
             undone
             .
          
           
             
               Till
               that
               is
               done
               ,
               mee
               ,
               Lord
               vouchsafe
               to
               keep
            
             ;
          
           
             And
             ,
             David
             
               -
               like
               ,
               then
               ,
               let
               mee
               fall
               asleep
               .
            
             
          
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A66791-e39140
           
             Act.
             13.
             36.
             
          
        
      
    
  

