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           THE
           
             Vnjust
             Mans
             DOOM
          
           :
           AS
           EXAMINED
           By
           the
           several
           KINDS
           of
           
             Christian
             Justice
          
           ,
           AND
           THEIR
           OBLIGATION
           .
        
         
           WITH
           A
           
             Particular
             Representation
          
           OF
           THE
           INJUSTICE
           &
           DANGER
           OF
           
             Partial
             Conformity
          
           .
        
         
           By
           
             William
             Smyth
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             W.
             Godbid
          
           for
           
             Walter
             Kettilby
          
           at
           the
           
             Bishops
             Head
          
           in
           Duck-Lane
           ,
           1670.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           PREFACE
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           I
           Would
           willingly
           meet
           so
           much
           Charity
           and
           Ingenuity
           from
           thee
           ,
           to
           be
           believed
           ,
           while
           I
           profess
           that
           I
           propound
           to
           my self
           these
           two
           Designs
           in
           Publishing
           these
           Papers
           :
           First
           ,
           That
           (
           by
           
           the
           former
           part
           of
           my
           Discourse
           )
           I
           might
           contribute
           something
           towards
           the
           restoring
           the
           lost
           Principles
           and
           Practices
           of
           
             Christian
             Righteousness
          
           ;
           &
           free
           the
           Notion
           of
           it
           from
           such
           Prejudices
           and
           Misprisions
           which
           some
           mens
           Doctrines
           ,
           and
           manner
           of
           Preaching
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           have
           brought
           upon
           it
           .
           And
           that
           the
           Scandalous
           Distinction
           (
           which
           the
           world
           have
           had
           too
           just
           a
           temptation
           to
           make
           ,
           by
           the
           observation
           of
           some
           Professors
           Actions
           )
           between
           Godliness
           and
           Civil
           Honesty
           ,
           Piety
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           might
           for
           ever
           be
           removed
           and
           forgotten
           ;
           and
           that
           all
           persons
           designing
           to
           be
           
           Religious
           ,
           and
           that
           do
           not
           fully
           understand
           their
           indispensable
           obligation
           to
           the
           performance
           of
           every
           part
           of
           that
           Justice
           in
           order
           to
           their
           Salvation
           ,
           might
           be
           delivered
           from
           the
           Ignorance
           of
           so
           considerable
           a
           part
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           their
           Duty
           to
           God.
           For
           it
           is
           too
           notorious
           ,
           that
           many
           earnest
           Pretenders
           to
           Religion
           ,
           (
           by
           being
           so
           especially
           and
           continually
           called
           upon
           by
           their
           Teachers
           ,
           to
           be
           righteous
           by
           the
           Person
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           Religion
           of
           Christ
           ,
           by
           the
           effects
           of
           his
           Merits
           ,
           and
           not
           as
           necessarily
           by
           obedience
           to
           his
           Precepts
           )
           even
           while
           they
           presumed
           to
           engross
           the
           Vulgars
           belief
           of
           being
           the
           
           only
           men
           that
           are
           Godly
           and
           honest
           ,
           have
           in
           contradiction
           to
           the
           very
           design
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           &
           to
           the
           shame
           of
           it
           ,
           been
           grosly
           Vnrighteous
           before
           God
           and
           man
           ,
           by
           being
           so
           to
           their
           Superiors
           (
           both
           civil
           and
           Ecclesiastick
           )
           as
           to
           Distributive
           Justice
           ,
           nor
           so
           careful
           to
           free
           themselves
           from
           the
           imputation
           of
           being
           unjust
           in
           their
           dealings
           &
           transactions
           ,
           as
           to
           Commutative
           .
           And
           though
           I
           have
           cast
           my
           Discourse
           of
           
             Christian
             Justice
          
           into
           the
           Mould
           of
           a
           Sermon
           ,
           occasionally
           preach'd
           ,
           to
           represent
           the
           Danger
           of
           Vnjust
           persons
           ;
           yet
           if
           any
           man
           ,
           being
           convinced
           of
           the
           necessity
           
             of
             doing
             Righteousness
             ,
             
             that
             he
             may
             be
             Righteous
             ,
          
           (
           1
           John
           2.
           7.
           
           )
           shall
           resolve
           to
           engage
           himself
           in
           that
           excellent
           part
           of
           his
           Obedience
           to
           God
           ;
           I
           hope
           I
           have
           so
           carefully
           drawn
           the
           several
           Lines
           of
           
             Evangelical
             Justice
          
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           be
           sufficiently
           instructed
           in
           that
           part
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           accounted
           the
           Vniversal
           Religion
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           as
           extensive
           as
           Gods
           Love
           to
           Mankind
           or
           Christ's
           Death
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           by
           which
           men
           of
           every
           Nation
           ,
           even
           among
           them
           that
           are
           invincibly
           ign●●●●●
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           so
           not
           criminally
           Vnbelievers
           ,
           (
           if
           Charity
           may
           be
           allowed
           to
           
           speak
           her
           Sense
           )
           may
           be
           accepted
           for
           Christ's
           sake
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           such
           as
           
             fear
             God
             ,
             and
             do
             righteousness
          
           )
           or
           Justice
           (
           for
           they
           are
           of
           the
           same
           signification
           )
           Acts
           10.
           35.
           according
           to
           the
           light
           God
           hath
           given
           them
           of
           their
           Obligation
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           Design
           (
           in
           the
           latter
           Part
           of
           my
           Discourse
           )
           is
           to
           represent
           the
           Danger
           and
           Injustice
           of
           Partial
           and
           Shuffling
           Conformity
           ,
           and
           to
           measure
           the
           Dimensions
           of
           those
           many
           wrongs
           that
           have
           been
           done
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           by
           it
           ,
           in
           all
           her
           concerns
           :
           and
           that
           in
           order
           to
           the
           finding
           out
           the
           best
           Expedients
           ,
           how
           to
           redress
           them
           
           And
           this
           I
           have
           done
           without
           the
           least
           uncharitable
           reflection
           upon
           any
           Man
           or
           Parties
           of
           men
           ,
           unless
           to
           reprove
           their
           miscarriages
           ,
           which
           do
           so
           neerly
           intrench
           upon
           the
           very
           Design
           of
           Christianity
           and
           the
           Churches
           Peace
           ,
           may
           be
           so
           interpreted
           .
           And
           I
           find
           upon
           the
           most
           serious
           examination
           of
           the
           Affairs
           of
           the
           Church
           since
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           unpassionate
           observation
           of
           things
           which
           have
           been
           seen
           done
           in
           our
           time
           (
           to
           which
           a
           great
           part
           of
           this
           present
           Age
           can
           give
           testimony
           )
           That
           Ministers
           Puritanizing
           in
           their
           Congregations
           in
           compliance
           with
           some
           
             Forreign
             
             Churches
          
           of
           different
           Models
           ,
           Perswasions
           and
           Practices
           against
           all
           their
           Obligations
           to
           do
           the
           contrary
           ,
           (
           with
           consideration
           had
           to
           our
           many
           sins
           for
           which
           God
           hath
           laid
           those
           heavy
           Punishments
           upon
           us
           )
           to
           be
           the
           Original
           cause
           of
           the
           great
           Evils
           that
           befel
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           in
           the
           days
           of
           her
           Late
           calamity
           ,
           of
           the
           many
           present
           Discomforts
           that
           are
           now
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           threatning
           dangers
           that
           are
           before
           it
           .
           For
           these
           men
           so
           managed
           their
           business
           in
           their
           Churches
           ,
           that
           the
           common
           People
           (
           many
           of
           which
           had
           honest
           minds
           ,
           and
           upright
           designs
           of
           being
           good
           )
           are
           insensibly
           
           betrayed
           into
           such
           a
           dislike
           of
           the
           
             Government
             ,
             Service
          
           ,
           and
           
             universal
             Constitutions
          
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           prepared
           upon
           the
           least
           check
           of
           Authority
           to
           require
           Conformity
           from
           them
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           the
           Cause
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           an
           
             eminent
             Act
             of
             Zeal
             for
             him
             ,
          
           to
           deny
           all
           Obedience
           to
           it
           ,
           if
           not
           to
           endeavour
           the
           universal
           overthrow
           of
           all
           its
           Peace
           and
           Order
           .
           So
           that
           I
           am
           not
           so
           uncharitable
           as
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           People
           that
           were
           Enemies
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           hated
           it
           because
           it
           was
           good
           and
           innocent
           ,
           but
           because
           (
           through
           these
           mens
           either
           design'd
           project
           of
           keeping
           
           them
           in
           Ignorance
           ;
           or
           through
           their
           own
           Inability
           to
           instruct
           them
           better
           )
           they
           understood
           it
           not
           ;
           and
           being
           once
           prejudic'd
           with
           an
           ill
           Opinion
           ,
           and
           presumed
           not
           to
           be
           Masters
           of
           so
           much
           Reason
           as
           to
           be
           able
           to
           extricate
           themselves
           from
           their
           Mistakes
           ,
           and
           not
           likely
           to
           entertain
           an
           instruction
           from
           them
           ,
           whom
           they
           were
           taught
           to
           suspect
           and
           oppose
           ,
           it
           s
           no
           wonder
           if
           they
           became
           such
           zealous
           &
           implacable
           Enemies
           to
           a
           Church
           of
           the
           most
           Catholick
           and
           Primitive
           Constitution
           in
           the
           World.
           Now
           the
           grand
           Argument
           which
           they
           put
           into
           the
           
           Peoples
           Heads
           ,
           to
           perpetuate
           their
           enmity
           against
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           the
           present
           Constitution
           is
           a
           Disposition
           to
           Popery
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           encrease
           of
           it
           is
           to
           be
           imputed
           thereunto
           ,
           when
           themselves
           are
           only
           guilty
           of
           it
           :
           For
           though
           the
           Designs
           of
           the
           Factious
           &
           the
           Romanists
           are
           as
           distant
           as
           the
           two
           Poles
           ,
           yet
           in
           this
           they
           Centre
           ,
           that
           they
           aid
           one
           another
           in
           the
           boldness
           of
           their
           Separations
           ,
           and
           allow
           a
           plausible
           temptation
           to
           such
           (
           who
           consult
           nothing
           but
           the
           Interest
           of
           an
           unsecure
           and
           palliated
           Peace
           ,
           or
           rather
           to
           prevent
           
           some
           little
           trouble
           of
           preserving
           the
           Church
           in
           its
           Integrity
           )
           to
           endeavour
           an
           universal
           Toleration
           of
           all
           Perswasions
           ,
           to
           the
           established
           Churches
           infallible
           fall
           and
           ruine
           .
           But
           concerning
           this
           and
           all
           other
           wrongs
           done
           by
           them
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           the
           Reader
           is
           refer-red
           to
           the
           Discourse
           it self
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           by
           Gods
           blessing
           I
           may
           in
           any
           measure
           attain
           both
           my
           Designs
           ;
           If
           by
           the
           first
           I
           may
           fully
           instruct
           Souls
           to
           live
           (
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           )
           Justly
           ,
           one
           part
           of
           
             Evangelical
             Obedience
          
           in
           St.
           Paul's
           Division
           ,
           (
           Tit.
           2.
           12.
           )
           And
           if
           by
           the
           second
           I
           can
           contribute
           any
           thing
           towards
           the
           
           cure
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England's
           present
           Distempers
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           much
           consult
           what
           Entertainment
           they
           shall
           have
           among
           such
           as
           are
           resolv'd
           enemies
           to
           both
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           for
           that
           reason
           will
           be
           so
           to
           their
           Faithful
           Monitor
           ,
        
         
           
             W.
             S.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
           
           
             The
             Vnjust
             mans
             DOOM
             .
          
           
             As
             examined
             by
             the
             several
             Kinds
             of
             Christian
             Justice
             ,
             and
             their
             Obligation
             .
          
           
             In
             a
             SERMON
             at
             the
             Assizes
             at
             
               Bury
               St.
               Edmunds
            
             in
             Suff.
             Sept.
             13.
             1668.
             
          
        
         
           
           
           
             The
             Vnjust
             mans
             DOOM
             .
          
           
             
               1
               COR.
               6.
               9.
               
            
             
               The
               unrighteous
               shall
               not
               inherit
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               God.
               
            
          
           
             SO
             far
             as
             the
             principal
             Design
             of
             Christianity
             is
             universal
             Obedience
             ,
             and
             the
             far
             greatest
             part
             of
             that
             Obedience
             is
             Morality
             ;
             (
             Duties
             to
             be
             performed
             from
             Man
             to
             Man
             )
             And
             the
             most
             excellent
             parts
             of
             that
             Morality
             ,
             
             are
             the
             Grand
             Transactions
             of
             Government
             ,
             Regular
             Administrations
             of
             Common
             Justice
             ,
             and
             Preservation
             of
             Mutual
             Rights
             in
             all
             Societies
             :
             And
             so
             far
             as
             the
             Rule
             by
             which
             all
             those
             are
             accomplished
             ,
             is
             Law
             ,
             grounded
             upon
             Right
             Reason
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             Gospel
             (
             above
             all
             Institutions
             that
             ever
             were
             is
             highly
             &
             designedly
             perfective
             )
             so
             far
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             a
             Divine
             
               ex
               officio
            
             ,
             while
             he
             moves
             in
             his
             own
             Sphere
             ,
             may
             (
             must
             )
             be
             especially
             serviceable
             to
             such
             Assemblies
             as
             these
             :
             For
             it
             is
             certain
             ,
             that
             the
             happy
             event
             of
             your
             Affairs
             ,
             (
             which
             is
             judicially
             to
             do
             all
             men
             right
             ,
             that
             here
             appear
             for
             it
             )
             depends
             upon
             every
             man's
             uprightly
             doing
             his
             Duty
             ,
             〈◊〉
             the
             part
             he
             acts
             ,
             in
             this
             Scene
             〈◊〉
             Justice
             ;
             from
             the
             Judge
             that
             sentenceth
             ,
             to
             the
             Advocate
             that
             pleads
             ;
             from
             the
             Witness
             that
             gives
             evidence
             ,
             to
             the
             Jurates
             that
             determine
             .
          
           
           
             Now
             because
             that
             every
             one
             of
             these
             should
             do
             right
             in
             his
             place
             ,
             a
             civil
             account
             (
             at
             best
             )
             can
             advance
             to
             no
             other
             obligation
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             is
             fit
             and
             worthy
             to
             be
             done
             ;
             (
             too
             weak
             an
             Argument
             ,
             to
             resist
             a
             Temptation
             from
             Profit
             ,
             or
             Passion
             ,
             to
             do
             the
             contrary
             ;
             )
             therefore
             they
             are
             to
             be
             religiously
             instructed
             ,
             (
             which
             makes
             this
             present
             exercise
             reasonable
             above
             all
             Apologies
             and
             Answers
             for
             the
             practice
             of
             former
             times
             among
             us
             ,
             when
             Divines
             sate
             upon
             the
             principal
             Seats
             of
             Justice
             )
             I
             say
             ,
             men
             are
             to
             be
             further
             instructed
             ,
             that
             to
             do
             Civil
             Right
             ,
             is
             ,
             now
             ,
             of
             Divine
             Obligation
             ,
             and
             a
             necessary
             condition
             of
             every
             mans
             Salvation
             ;
             under
             Encouragements
             of
             infallible
             Rewards
             ,
             which
             no
             man
             shall
             lose
             ,
             that
             brings
             but
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             )
             the
             least
             refreshment
             or
             assistance
             to
             a
             just
             procedure
             ;
             and
             under
             the
             terrour
             of
             dreadful
             
             threatnings
             ,
             which
             none
             shall
             escape
             ,
             that
             pervert
             Judgment
             ,
             do
             wrong
             ,
             and
             shall
             any
             way
             be
             instrumental
             to
             the
             violation
             of
             anothers
             Right
             :
             And
             certainly
             the
             severest
             of
             all
             of
             them
             is
             this
             in
             my
             Text
             ;
             
               They
               shall
               not
               inherit
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               God.
               
            
          
           
             My
             Text
             being
             thus
             brought
             to
             hand
             ,
             offers
             these
             two
             Grounds
             of
             Discourse
             :
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 The
                 guilty
                 persons
                 ,
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 ,
                 the
                 unrighteous
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 unjust
                 ,
                 words
                 Synonimous
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 are
                 promiseuously
                 taken
                 all
                 over
                 the
                 Scripture
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Their
                 Doom
                 and
                 Punishment
                 ,
                 
                   Shall
                   not
                   inherit
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   God.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             1.
             
             As
             to
             the
             first
             ,
             the
             word
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             unrighteous
             ,
             or
             unjust
             ,
             is
             not
             here
             to
             be
             taken
             in
             its
             larger
             acceptation
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             is
             synonimous
             with
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Sinners
             in
             general
             ,
             and
             
             names
             the
             persons
             ,
             that
             live
             in
             disobedience
             to
             all
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             Gods
             Commandments
             indefinitely
             ,
             as
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             is
             used
             ,
             (
             Rom.
             2.
             8.
             
             )
             unrighteousness
             or
             unjustice
             for
             all
             ungodliness
             :
             And
             that
             because
             ,
             (
             as
             
               C●…
               .
               Alex.
            
             observes
             )
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             every
             sinful
             act
             is
             injurious
             ,
             frequently
             to
             others
             ,
             alwaies
             to
             our selves
             .
          
           
             But
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             is
             here
             to
             be
             understood
             strictly
             ,
             and
             so
             denotes
             persons
             guilty
             of
             the
             breach
             of
             Justice
             in
             its
             limited
             and
             natural
             sense
             ,
             as
             it
             stands
             distinguished
             from
             other
             Virtues
             in
             the
             Moralists
             Scheme
             :
             And
             being
             brought
             over
             to
             be
             a
             part
             of
             Christ's
             Religion
             ,
             was
             established
             as
             such
             ,
             when
             he
             made
             love
             to
             our
             Neighbour
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             love
             of
             practice
             ,
             to
             do
             all
             men
             right
             and
             good
             )
             to
             be
             of
             like
             obligation
             with
             Love
             to
             God
             ,
             as
             practised
             in
             the
             most
             immediate
             Duties
             ,
             and
             Services
             of
             Faith
             and
             Worship
             :
             
             For
             so
             saith
             Christ
             (
             Mat.
             22.
             39.
             )
             
               The
               second
               is
               like
               unto
               it
            
             (
             that
             is
             )
             equally
             ,
             and
             as
             indispensably
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             ,
             
               Thou
               shalt
               love
               thy
               Neighbor
               as
               thy self
               .
            
             Now
             for
             the
             Measures
             of
             that
             Love
             ,
             and
             (
             the
             principal
             design
             and
             excrcise
             of
             it
             )
             .
             Justice
             ,
             he
             gave
             one
             general
             Rule
             ,
             (
             
               ut
               primum
               principium
            
             )
             :
             
               All
               things
               whatsoever
               you
               would
               that
               men
               should
               do
               unto
               you
               ,
               do
               ye
               even
               so
               to
               them
            
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             
               Suum
               cuique
               tribuere
            
             (
             the
             Definition
             of
             Justice
             )
             to
             give
             to
             every
             man
             his
             Right
             and
             Due
             .
             The
             Offenders
             then
             against
             this
             Rule
             of
             Justice
             ,
             in
             this
             strict
             sense
             ,
             are
             the
             guilty
             persons
             in
             my
             Text
             ,
             as
             the
             words
             before
             it
             ,
             (
             and
             the
             very
             occasion
             of
             it
             )
             doth
             fully
             evince
             ;
             where
             the
             Apostle
             chargeth
             them
             ,
             (
             v.
             8.
             )
             that
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             )
             
               Ye
               do
               wrong
               and
               defraud
            
             .
             And
             thence
             infers
             ,
             that
             such
             as
             do
             so
             ,
             are
             unrighteous
             ,
             or
             unjust
             ;
             and
             
               shall
               
               not
               inherit
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               God.
               
            
          
           
             But
             our
             Christian
             Obligation
             of
             doing
             right
             to
             all
             ,
             having
             an
             influence
             upon
             all
             the
             conversation
             we
             have
             with
             men
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             almost
             all
             the
             actions
             of
             our
             Lives
             ;
             It
             's
             necessary
             (
             that
             we
             may
             throughly
             find
             out
             the
             guilty
             in
             my
             Text
             )
             to
             make
             a
             strict
             enquiry
             after
             this
             Christian
             Justice
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             distinguished
             by
             its
             several
             Objects
             ,
             and
             Relations
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             various
             kinds
             of
             Right
             ,
             we
             owe
             one
             to
             another
             ;
             the
             breach
             of
             every
             part
             of
             which
             ,
             doth
             expose
             us
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             guilt
             ,
             so
             to
             the
             severe
             sentence
             of
             my
             Text.
             
          
           
             The
             first
             kind
             of
             Gospel-Justice
             ,
             (
             as
             it
             respects
             differing
             Relations
             )
             is
             that
             which
             is
             call'd
             Distributive
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             reciprocal
             Dues
             and
             Rights
             which
             Christians
             must
             pay
             one
             to
             another
             ,
             in
             matters
             of
             Superiority
             and
             Subjection
             to
             it
             ;
             from
             
             an
             Empire
             ,
             to
             the
             little
             Dominion
             of
             a
             Family
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             of
             that
             kind
             ,
             is
             ,
             the
             mutual
             Duties
             of
             Princes
             and
             Subjects
             .
             As
             for
             the
             Duties
             which
             Princes
             owe
             to
             their
             Subjects
             ,
             or
             rather
             to
             God
             for
             them
             ;
             it
             is
             not
             our
             business
             to
             enquire
             after
             .
             And
             St.
             Paul
             in
             his
             Epistles
             ,
             when
             he
             carefully
             provided
             Rules
             for
             all
             distributive
             Justice
             ,
             makes
             no
             mention
             of
             the
             duties
             of
             Princes
             ;
             intimating
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             accountable
             to
             none
             but
             God
             ,
             whose
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             )
             Ministers
             they
             are
             .
             We
             must
             not
             curse
             them
             (
             Eccl.
             10.
             20.
             
             )
             not
             slight
             them
             ,
             so
             the
             Hebrew
             ,
             (
             
               ne
               detrahat
               Regi
            
             )
             not
             disparage
             them
             ,
             so
             the
             Vulgar
             Latin
             ,
             in
             the
             most
             retired
             thoughts
             of
             our
             Bed-chamber
             ,
             for
             their
             miscarriages
             ;
             For
             which
             ,
             (
             when
             at
             the
             greatest
             )
             we
             must
             pretend
             to
             no
             other
             remedy
             ,
             but
             the
             Primitive
             Churches
             powerful
             
             Engines
             ,
             Prayers
             and
             Tears
             .
             But
             then
             the
             Subjects
             are
             bound
             in
             Christian
             Justice
             ,
             to
             pay
             their
             Prince
             Honour
             ,
             Tribute
             ,
             and
             Obedience
             .
             And
             those
             that
             fail
             in
             any
             part
             of
             these
             duties
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             that
             shall
             whisper
             Jealousies
             into
             the
             heads
             of
             the
             Multitude
             ,
             to
             defraud
             them
             of
             their
             honour
             ;
             or
             refuse
             ,
             or
             decline
             their
             Tribute
             ,
             the
             price
             of
             their
             own
             protection
             ;
             or
             disobey
             their
             Laws
             ,
             the
             Nerves
             of
             all
             Communion
             and
             publick
             safety
             ,
             they
             are
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             they
             have
             wronged
             their
             Princes
             ,
             and
             are
             unrighteous
             ,
             unjust
             persons
             ,
             in
             the
             sence
             of
             my
             Text.
             But
             if
             their
             unrighteousness
             in
             these
             cases
             shall
             ferment
             to
             rebellious
             Designs
             ,
             (
             let
             them
             pretend
             to
             as
             much
             Saintship
             as
             Corah
             ,
             or
             common
             Justice
             as
             Absolom
             ,
             or
             Reformation
             as
             both
             )
             they
             are
             not
             then
             only
             unjust
             to
             a
             Prince
             in
             his
             Personal
             Capacity
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             
             Rule
             of
             doing
             to
             all
             men
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             though
             he
             be
             a
             Tyrant
             ,
             act
             contrary
             to
             an
             express
             Precept
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             )
             not
             to
             
               resist
               evil
            
             ,
             not
             allowable
             among
             private
             persons
             :
             But
             as
             he
             is
             a
             publick
             person
             ,
             they
             are
             guilty
             of
             a
             National
             wrong
             ;
             they
             wrest
             out
             of
             Gods
             hand
             the
             Ordinance
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Rom.
             13.
             2.
             
             )
             the
             only
             expedient
             of
             Mercy
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             Rights
             of
             all
             men
             are
             preserved
             ,
             and
             the
             world
             kept
             from
             Confusion
             ;
             and
             are
             therefore
             answerable
             for
             all
             the
             Blood
             ,
             Ruine
             ,
             and
             miserable
             Consequences
             of
             a
             Civil
             War
             ,
             that
             is
             of
             a
             Princes
             Military
             defence
             of
             himself
             ,
             and
             faithful
             Subjects
             that
             adhere
             to
             him
             ,
             in
             the
             day
             of
             Rebellion
             .
             So
             that
             a
             Rebel
             is
             an
             unrighteous
             person
             ,
             by
             a
             complication
             of
             guilt
             and
             an
             accumulation
             of
             wrongs
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             permit
             not
             your
             thoughts
             ,
             nor
             will
             I
             my
             Tongue
             ,
             
             to
             make
             application
             ,
             by
             reflecting
             upon
             the
             unparallell'd
             Tragedy
             of
             Evils
             done
             and
             suffered
             ,
             upon
             the
             breach
             of
             this
             Justice
             in
             our
             late
             Rebellion
             .
             If
             I
             have
             said
             so
             much
             ,
             as
             may
             teach
             the
             Guilty
             Repentance
             ,
             and
             others
             that
             were
             not
             engaged
             ,
             their
             duty
             ,
             it
             's
             enough
             ;
             let
             us
             bury
             all
             the
             rest
             in
             Prayers
             and
             Charity
             .
          
           
             But
             further
             ,
             if
             the
             Nation
             be
             Christian
             ,
             there
             is
             another
             Authority
             invested
             in
             a
             Prince
             ,
             over
             Ecclesiastick
             Persons
             ,
             and
             Cases
             ;
             for
             he
             is
             concerned
             as
             well
             in
             the
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             as
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             )
             the
             Religion
             ,
             as
             the
             Civil
             Concerns
             of
             his
             Subjects
             (
             1
             Tim.
             2.
             2.
             )
             And
             there
             is
             a
             Due
             of
             Obedience
             to
             be
             paid
             him
             in
             Christian
             Justice
             on
             that
             account
             also
             .
             This
             Power
             was
             apparently
             conferred
             by
             God
             on
             the
             Kings
             of
             the
             Old
             Testament
             ;
             Moses
             had
             both
             the
             Trumpets
             ;
             David
             ordered
             the
             Courses
             of
             the
             Levites
             ,
             
             and
             the
             Solemnities
             of
             the
             Publick
             Service
             :
             Joash
             had
             the
             Testament
             given
             him
             in
             his
             hand
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Crown
             on
             his
             Head
             ,
             (
             2
             Chron.
             23.
             11.
             )
             Hezekiah
             and
             Josiah
             reformed
             the
             Church
             by
             their
             Royal
             Authority
             .
             And
             as
             Christ
             found
             it
             (
             there
             being
             no
             retrenchment
             of
             that
             power
             in
             the
             Gospel
             )
             so
             he
             left
             it
             ,
             as
             his
             own
             general
             Laws
             expressed
             and
             interpreted
             by
             the
             Churches
             after-practice
             ,
             can
             testifie
             above
             all
             exceptions
             .
             
               Ex
               quo
            
             (
             saith
             Socrates
             )
             
               Imperatores
               facti
               sunt
               Christiani
               ,
               ab
               ipsis
               res
               Ecclesiae
               dependebant
               .
            
             After
             that
             the
             Emperors
             became
             Christian
             ,
             the
             Churches
             Affairs
             depended
             upon
             them
             .
             Thus
             was
             Constantine
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             And
             Leo
             the
             Third
             could
             say
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             that
             is
             ,
             they
             were
             mixt
             persons
             ,
             they
             were
             concern'd
             in
             the
             Government
             and
             Protection
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             
             But
             of
             this
             Right
             ,
             hath
             the
             Romanist
             ,
             and
             Assemblies
             ,
             defrauded
             their
             Princes
             ;
             the
             one
             gets
             away
             half
             of
             their
             Crowns
             ,
             the
             other
             of
             their
             Scepters
             ;
             both
             rob
             them
             of
             their
             Authority
             ,
             and
             of
             their
             Subjects
             full
             Allegiance
             .
             And
             thus
             it
             is
             with
             us
             ,
             while
             we
             have
             a
             Profession
             establisht
             by
             Law
             ,
             by
             a
             power
             next
             to
             God
             (
             
               Solo
               Deo
               minorem
            
             ,
             saith
             Tertullian
             )
             and
             by
             such
             Constitutions
             ,
             as
             God
             and
             Man
             cannot
             be
             pretended
             to
             stand
             in
             competition
             for
             Obedience
             .
             The
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             hath
             a
             superior
             power
             acknowledged
             by
             some
             ,
             and
             the
             Assembly
             by
             others
             ,
             and
             both
             profess
             a
             Religion
             in
             Obedience
             to
             those
             Usurpations
             ,
             and
             in
             opposition
             to
             their
             Lawful
             Soveraign's
             Commands
             and
             Laws
             :
             So
             that
             the
             King
             is
             robb'd
             of
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             they
             ,
             of
             their
             Allegiance
             ,
             and
             the
             Church
             torn
             in
             pieces
             by
             them
             both
             ,
             as
             between
             
             two
             Milstones
             (
             as
             the
             late
             Arch-B
             .
             in
             his
             Preface
             to
             his
             Controversie
             )
             This
             wrong
             is
             done
             on
             either
             side
             ,
             and
             for
             that
             reason
             they
             are
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             unjust
             ,
             unrighteous
             persons
             that
             do
             it
             .
             This
             as
             to
             the
             first
             part
             of
             Distributive
             Justice
             ,
             in
             the
             Concerns
             of
             Princes
             and
             their
             Subjects
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             kind
             of
             Distributive
             Justice
             in
             the
             larger
             Circles
             of
             it
             ,
             is
             ,
             the
             reciprocal
             Dues
             and
             Rights
             ,
             which
             the
             Governours
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             their
             Charges
             ,
             are
             in
             Christian
             Justice
             obliged
             to
             pay
             to
             one
             another
             .
             Without
             the
             mutual
             performance
             of
             which
             a
             Body
             of
             men
             can
             be
             call'd
             no
             more
             a
             Church
             ,
             than
             a
             Tumult
             can
             be
             call'd
             an
             Army
             ,
             or
             an
             ungovern'd
             Rout
             ,
             a
             City
             .
             Now
             as
             it
             is
             in
             Civils
             ,
             though
             the
             King
             be
             (
             
               Supremus
               Judex
            
             )
             Chief
             Judge
             in
             the
             Law
             ,
             yet
             he
             administers
             Ju-Justice
             
             by
             his
             commission'd
             Justicers
             to
             whom
             also
             an
             Obedience
             is
             due
             on
             that
             account
             :
             so
             in
             Ecclesiasticks
             ,
             he
             exerciseth
             his
             supreme
             authority
             ,
             for
             the
             care
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             by
             proper
             Officers
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             )
             set
             apart
             for
             that
             design
             ;
             whose
             Calling
             though
             it
             be
             governed
             and
             protected
             by
             Princes
             ,
             is
             yet
             immediately
             from
             Heaven
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Heb.
             5.
             4.
             
             )
             they
             are
             called
             of
             God
             to
             it
             .
             and
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Acts
             20.
             28.
             )
             
               Whom
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               hath
               made
               Bishops
               ,
            
             or
             Overseers
             ;
             and
             for
             that
             reason
             a
             right
             of
             Obedience
             is
             due
             unto
             them
             on
             that
             account
             also
             .
          
           
             First
             then
             ,
             the
             Pastors
             of
             the
             Church
             are
             bound
             in
             Justice
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             )
             to
             
               feed
               the
               Church
               of
               God
            
             ,
             by
             pastoral
             Government
             and
             Preaching
             ,
             by
             Sacraments
             ,
             and
             Offices
             of
             Discipline
             ,
             and
             instituting
             Canons
             ,
             for
             fit
             Circumstances
             ,
             
             
               that
               all
               things
               may
               be
               done
            
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             14.
             40.
             
             )
             
               decently
               ,
               &
               in
               order
            
             ,
             or
             uniformity
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             God.
             If
             they
             fail
             of
             their
             duties
             ,
             they
             are
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             unrighteous
             ,
             and
             must
             answer
             deeply
             for
             the
             wrong
             they
             have
             done
             to
             their
             Charges
             .
          
           
             On
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             their
             people
             in
             Christian
             Justice
             owe
             them
             Reception
             ,
             Love
             ,
             Honour
             ,
             and
             (
             which
             for
             the
             Churches
             sake
             ,
             is
             most
             especially
             required
             )
             Obedience
             .
             
               Obey
               them
               that
               have
               the
               rule
               over
               you
               ,
            
             (
             Heb.
             13.
             17.
             )
             And
             as
             S.
             Ignatius
             ,
             (
             the
             best
             Interpreter
             of
             the
             Apostles
             meaning
             and
             practice
             )
             saith
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             )
             It
             is
             necessary
             that
             nothing
             be
             done
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             but
             in
             obedience
             to
             the
             Governors
             of
             it
             .
             And
             this
             was
             the
             Sense
             and
             universal
             Practice
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             it
             its
             primitive
             purity
             ,
             and
             best
             Integrity
             .
             But
             if
             their
             Charges
             shall
             
             condemn
             their
             Callings
             ,
             contemn
             their
             persons
             ,
             separate
             from
             their
             Administrations
             ,
             and
             refuse
             conformity
             to
             their
             Rules
             of
             Order
             ,
             in
             the
             service
             of
             God
             ;
             they
             are
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             unjust
             persons
             ,
             they
             have
             defrauded
             their
             Spiritual
             Rulers
             of
             their
             ,
             due
             ,
             and
             (
             by
             infallible
             consequence
             )
             the
             Church
             of
             the
             very
             Essentials
             of
             its
             well-being
             ,
             Peace
             ,
             and
             Unity
             ;
             the
             ends
             for
             which
             Spiritual
             Government
             was
             especially
             design'd
             :
             Of
             which
             Unity
             the
             Church
             being
             once
             deprived
             ,
             in
             comes
             the
             Inundation
             of
             Atheism
             ,
             Prophaness
             ,
             Contempt
             of
             Gods
             Service
             ,
             Heresies
             and
             Factions
             ;
             for
             all
             which
             those
             unjust
             persons
             must
             answer
             ,
             when
             they
             happen
             .
             And
             of
             all
             this
             ,
             our
             own
             woful
             experience
             is
             too
             convincing
             an
             evidence
             .
             For
             as
             it
             is
             certain
             ,
             that
             those
             miseries
             are
             now
             upon
             us
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             as
             certain
             ,
             they
             own
             their
             beginning
             to
             the
             
             breach
             of
             this
             Christian
             Justice
             ,
             and
             commenced
             from
             the
             days
             the
             Disciplinarians
             first
             withdrew
             their
             obedience
             from
             their
             lawful
             Superiors
             ,
             and
             taught
             the
             people
             to
             despise
             ,
             and
             quarrel
             with
             them
             about
             indifferent
             Rites
             .
             Which
             undutifulness
             afterward
             ,
             fermenting
             ,
             and
             gradually
             increasing
             ,
             hath
             in
             the
             various
             agitations
             of
             several
             ages
             ,
             brought
             upon
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             Pastors
             thereof
             ,
             all
             these
             Infelicities
             and
             wrongs
             they
             now
             unjustly
             suffer
             :
             Grown
             too
             great
             (
             without
             a
             gracious
             divine
             Deliverance
             )
             for
             hope
             of
             relief
             .
             The
             Church
             being
             in
             that
             Common-wealth's
             case
             ,
             
               quae
               nec
               ferre
               sua
               possit
               vitia
               ,
               necremedia
               ,
            
             neither
             able
             to
             bear
             its
             miscarriages
             nor
             remedies
             .
             But
             I
             desire
             the
             severe
             Character
             of
             my
             Text
             may
             be
             applied
             to
             no
             particular
             persons
             alive
             ,
             unless
             it
             be
             in
             our
             Prayers
             ,
             to
             beg
             forgiveness
             for
             
             them
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             instrumental
             to
             these
             heavy
             punishments
             ,
             and
             for
             our selves
             ,
             that
             (
             for
             our
             sins
             )
             have
             justly
             deserved
             them
             at
             the
             hand
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             Thus
             I
             have
             gone
             over
             the
             parts
             of
             Distributive
             Justice
             ,
             which
             Christians
             are
             to
             act
             in
             the
             greater
             Circumferences
             of
             Publick
             Relations
             ;
             I
             now
             contract
             my
             Discourse
             to
             the
             lesser
             Circles
             of
             it
             ,
             in
             Domestick
             Concerns
             :
             Which
             though
             they
             be
             less
             considerable
             ,
             are
             not
             at
             all
             less
             necessary
             .
             Our
             salvation
             depends
             upon
             every
             part
             of
             that
             Justice
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             the
             other
             :
             Loyalty
             to
             a
             Prince
             ,
             or
             conformity
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             cannot
             make
             us
             just
             ,
             if
             we
             do
             wrong
             at
             home
             to
             our
             Wives
             ,
             Children
             or
             Servants
             .
             Now
             the
             Christian
             Justice
             of
             the
             Family-Relations
             ,
             are
             the
             reciprocal
             Dues
             of
             Husbands
             and
             Wives
             ,
             Parents
             and
             Children
             ,
             Masters
             and
             Servants
             ;
             
             
             bread
             to
             Dogs
             ,
             throw
             it
             away
             in
             luxurious
             expences
             ;
             or
             if
             both
             ,
             or
             either
             of
             them
             ,
             by
             their
             carelesseness
             in
             education
             ,
             or
             by
             evil
             Examples
             ,
             shall
             endanger
             the
             loss
             of
             their
             Childrens
             souls
             :
             If
             the
             Children
             ,
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             grow
             rough
             ,
             and
             untractable
             ,
             making
             no
             Conscience
             to
             disobey
             a
             Fathers
             Commands
             ,
             and
             disoblige
             a
             Mothers
             tender
             care
             ;
             or
             when
             their
             Parents
             are
             in
             want
             ,
             to
             evade
             their
             duty
             ,
             shall
             tell
             them
             ,
             with
             the
             Pharisees
             ,
             it
             is
             Corban
             ,
             (
             Mark
             7.
             11.
             
             )
             
               a
               Gift
            
             ,
             not
             to
             the
             Temple
             (
             yet
             that
             would
             not
             exempt
             them
             from
             their
             Duty
             )
             but
             perhaps
             to
             a
             proud
             entertainment
             ,
             or
             a
             Female
             Prostitute
             :
             Such
             Parents
             ,
             such
             Children
             ,
             are
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             unrighteous
             ,
             unjust
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             As
             to
             the
             third
             ,
             of
             Family
             Relations
             ,
             Masters
             and
             Servants
             :
             First
             ,
             Masters
             owe
             their
             
             Servants
             ,
             in
             Christian
             Justice
             ,
             civil
             regard
             ,
             kind
             usage
             ,
             and
             just
             rewards
             for
             their
             Labours
             :
             And
             they
             again
             ,
             owe
             their
             Masters
             Honour
             ,
             Obedience
             ,
             and
             Faithfulness
             .
             But
             if
             the
             Masters
             shall
             use
             their
             Servants
             like
             Brutes
             ,
             nay
             like
             senseless
             Engines
             ,
             like
             Bodies
             without
             Souls
             ,
             (
             for
             so
             Slaves
             are
             call'd
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             ●poc
             .
             18.
             13.
             
             )
             making
             their
             Burdens
             too
             heavy
             ,
             and
             their
             Rewards
             too
             light
             .
             And
             if
             Servants
             shall
             be
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Tit.
             2.
             9.
             
             )
             contradicters
             ,
             or
             answerers
             again
             ,
             and
             deny
             their
             Reverence
             ;
             or
             shall
             serve
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Col.
             3.
             22.
             
             )
             with
             eye-service
             ,
             and
             lose
             their
             diligence
             ;
             or
             shall
             be
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Tit.
             2.
             )
             Purloiners
             ,
             and
             depart
             from
             their
             Faithfulness
             :
             these
             are
             wrongs
             done
             on
             either
             side
             ,
             and
             are
             all
             unjust
             ,
             unrighteous
             persons
             ,
             on
             that
             account
             :
             And
             (
             as
             it
             is
             of
             the
             other
             Relations
             )
             if
             they
             had
             nothing
             else
             
             to
             answer
             for
             ,
             had
             guilt
             enough
             ,
             to
             be
             disinherited
             from
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God.
             These
             are
             they
             ,
             which
             depart
             from
             Christian
             Justice
             in
             Family-Relations
             .
          
           
             Having
             thus
             found
             out
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             the
             guilty
             of
             Injustice
             ,
             by
             the
             Rule
             of
             Distributive
             ,
             we
             shall
             now
             examine
             the
             actions
             of
             men
             by
             the
             li●●●
             of
             Commutative
             Justice
             :
             Which
             Aquinas
             defines
             to
             be
             that
             ,
             by
             which
             a
             man
             is
             directed
             in
             such
             Rights
             ,
             as
             are
             interchangeably
             to
             be
             paid
             ,
             from
             one
             man
             to
             another
             .
             Now
             the
             ground
             of
             this
             Justice
             is
             this
             ,
             God
             hath
             so
             ordered
             it
             in
             his
             wise
             disposition
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             the
             well
             being
             of
             every
             man
             should
             depend
             on
             the
             mutual
             help
             of
             one
             another
             ;
             to
             the
             performance
             of
             which
             ,
             all
             men
             being
             obliged
             by
             right
             reason
             and
             Religion
             ,
             it
             becomes
             every
             mans
             right
             ,
             to
             be
             done
             to
             him
             in
             Christian
             Justice
             as
             his
             duc
             .
             Upon
             
             this
             ,
             St.
             Paul
             grounds
             his
             exhorta●●●
             to
             his
             Philippians
             ,
             to
             look
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Phil.
             2.
             4.
             
             )
             to
             the
             good
             and
             ●●ncerns
             of
             others
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             their
             〈◊〉
             .
             He
             therefore
             that
             shall
             with●●●d
             this
             Right
             ,
             so
             that
             his
             Neighbour
             is
             injured
             in
             any
             capacity
             of
             〈◊〉
             well-being
             ,
             he
             hath
             done
             wrong
             and
             defrauded
             ,
             and
             is
             an
             unjust
             ,
             and
             an
             unrighteous
             person
             .
             Now
             ●●at
             we
             may
             know
             ,
             how
             far
             this
             ●●stice
             extends
             ,
             for
             the
             further
             discovery
             of
             the
             Guilty
             in
             my
             Text
             ,
             we
             must
             examine
             the
             several
             cases
             〈◊〉
             which
             a
             mans
             well-being
             consists
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             a
             right
             to
             be
             done
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             As
             to
             his
             spiritual
             well-being
             ,
             we
             owe
             the
             right
             of
             saving
             one
             anothers
             Souls
             ,
             which
             God
             hath
             put
             in
             our
             power
             to
             do
             ,
             as
             St.
             James
             intimates
             ,
             (
             Jam.
             5.
             20.
             )
             And
             this
             is
             done
             ,
             by
             brotherly
             correction
             ,
             Counsel
             ,
             Prayer
             ,
             exemplary
             
             Life
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             Acts
             of
             spiritual
             Justice
             :
             But
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             〈◊〉
             any
             man
             hinders
             the
             salvation
             〈◊〉
             another
             ,
             by
             neglecting
             those
             〈◊〉
             or
             shall
             really
             prevent
             it
             ,
             by
             scandal
             ,
             ill
             example
             ,
             or
             by
             tempting
             him
             to
             assist
             in
             social
             sins
             ,
             〈◊〉
             Uncleanness
             ,
             Conspiracies
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             that
             man
             hath
             wronged
             a
             Soul
             ,
             he
             hath
             destroyed
             his
             Brother
             ,
             for
             whom
             Christ
             died
             ,
             (
             Rom.
             14.
             15.
             
             )
             and
             so
             is
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             an
             unjust
             person
             on
             that
             sad
             account
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             We
             owe
             the
             right
             in
             Christian
             Justice
             of
             preserving
             one
             another
             in
             our
             Temporal
             well-being
             :
             And
             the
             first
             of
             those
             ,
             next
             our
             Neighbours
             life
             (
             which
             we
             suppose
             to
             be
             a
             case
             too
             apparent
             to
             need
             our
             present
             consideration
             )
             is
             his
             Honour
             .
             He
             therefore
             that
             shall
             defraud
             him
             of
             that
             precious
             Jewel
             ,
             either
             by
             eclipsing
             an
             innocent
             worth
             ,
             through
             a
             subtil
             detraction
             ,
             
             or
             wound
             his
             Credit
             ,
             by
             dispersion
             of
             false
             slanders
             ,
             (
             following
             Machiavel's
             rule
             ,
             
               fortiter
               calumnia●…
               ,
               &
               aliquid
               adhaerebit
            
             ;
             cast
             dirt
             enough
             that
             some
             may
             stick
             )
             or
             shall
             publish
             his
             private
             infirmities
             ,
             〈◊〉
             his
             disgrace
             ,
             or
             make
             use
             of
             them
             any
             way
             ,
             but
             in
             following
             St.
             
             ●aul's
             direction
             ,
             to
             
               restore
               him
               with
               the
               spirit
               of
               meekness
               ,
            
             (
             Gal.
             6.
             1.
             
             )
             ●ath
             robb'd
             his
             Neighbour
             of
             his
             honour
             ,
             hath
             done
             him
             wrong
             ,
             and
             is
             an
             unjust
             person
             on
             that
             account
             .
             The
             second
             right
             we
             owe
             in
             Christian
             Justice
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             temporal
             well-being
             of
             our
             Neighbour
             ,
             is
             the
             preservation
             of
             his
             Estate
             and
             Fortune
             ;
             which
             whosoever
             shall
             violate
             ,
             upon
             any
             temptation
             ,
             is
             one
             of
             the
             unrighteous
             persons
             in
             my
             Text.
             And
             we
             consider
             not
             this
             ,
             as
             done
             by
             acts
             of
             horrid
             oppression
             only
             ,
             when
             the
             Beams
             and
             Stones
             are
             disquieted
             with
             the
             cries
             of
             
             Orphans
             ,
             tears
             of
             Widows
             ,
             〈◊〉
             perpetuated
             sorrows
             of
             ruin'd
             Families
             ;
             nor
             only
             by
             the
             intrenchments
             that
             are
             made
             upon
             it
             ,
             by
             secret
             thefts
             or
             notorious
             Rapine
             but
             whosoever
             shal
             disadvantage
             another
             ,
             by
             fraud
             ,
             or
             subtilty
             ,
             in
             any
             Negotiation
             ,
             Bargain
             ,
             Trade
             or
             Commerce
             whatsoever
             ,
             beyond
             the
             ordinary
             profit
             allow'd
             to
             all
             Callings
             ,
             by
             custom
             and
             consent
             of
             honest
             minds
             ;
             or
             in
             any
             kind
             of
             Vocation
             or
             employment
             ,
             deal
             otherwise
             in
             every
             single
             act
             ,
             than
             he
             himself
             would
             be
             dealt
             with
             ,
             is
             unrighteous
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             guilty
             ,
             and
             consequently
             one
             of
             the
             unhappy
             persons
             in
             my
             Text.
             Lastly
             ,
             We
             owe
             in
             Christian
             Justice
             (
             as
             to
             our
             Neighbours
             temporal
             well-being
             )
             the
             right
             of
             preserving
             one
             anothers
             Health
             ,
             Limbs
             ,
             and
             Peace
             ;
             therefore
             he
             that
             shall
             wrong
             him
             in
             the
             first
             ,
             by
             ingaging
             him
             in
             
             intemperate
             courses
             ,
             or
             deprive
             him
             of
             the
             second
             ,
             by
             any
             act
             of
             private
             hostility
             ,
             as
             Duelling
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ;
             or
             defraud
             him
             of
             the
             third
             ,
             by
             uncivil
             usage
             ,
             or
             vexatibus
             Suits
             and
             Controversies
             ;
             so
             far
             as
             in
             any
             of
             them
             ,
             or
             in
             any
             other
             way
             ,
             a
             man
             is
             disadvantaged
             in
             the
             comfort
             of
             his
             Life
             ,
             or
             means
             of
             Livelihood
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             wrong
             done
             ,
             &
             he
             that
             hath
             done
             it
             ,
             is
             an
             unjust
             ,
             an
             unrighteous
             person
             ,
             and
             as
             such
             ,
             stands
             upon
             the
             necessity
             of
             restitution
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             danger
             of
             his
             exclusion
             from
             the
             blessed
             Inheritance
             .
          
           
             Thus
             having
             gone
             over
             the
             Breaches
             that
             are
             made
             upon
             the
             several
             Branches
             ,
             both
             of
             Distributive
             ,
             and
             Commutative
             Justice
             ;
             there
             remains
             two
             more
             to
             be
             considered
             apart
             ;
             because
             they
             have
             a
             mixture
             of
             both
             .
             Of
             the
             first
             of
             these
             I
             would
             give
             a
             
             
             is
             the
             Devil
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             v.
             3.
             )
             
               The
               Devil
               hath
               filled
               their
               hearts
            
             with
             the
             Design
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             Gods
             certain
             vengeance
             upon
             that
             wrong
             ,
             by
             the
             fatal
             fall
             both
             of
             the
             one
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             other
             .
             I
             shall
             not
             controversially
             apply
             this
             evidence
             ,
             but
             must
             (
             for
             shortness
             sake
             )
             leave
             it
             to
             your
             serious
             reflections
             ,
             for
             the
             ends
             I
             mentioned
             it
             .
             Now
             that
             portion
             which
             hath
             been
             set
             apart
             for
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             maintenance
             of
             16000
             Servants
             of
             his
             Worship
             among
             us
             ,
             are
             either
             Lands
             ,
             or
             Tithes
             .
             As
             for
             the
             wrongs
             done
             to
             the
             first
             ,
             they
             are
             commonly
             acted
             (
             
               per
               Sorices
               Palatii
            
             ,
             as
             Bish.
             Andrews
             calls
             them
             )
             by
             the
             unhappy
             men
             about
             the
             Courts
             of
             Princes
             ;
             who
             as
             they
             thirst
             after
             them
             ,
             so
             would
             not
             stick
             to
             suck
             the
             milk
             of
             Orphans
             ,
             drink
             the
             tears
             of
             Widows
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             devour
             the
             Demeans
             of
             Gods
             Servants
             (
             because
             as
             defenceless
             
             as
             either
             )
             as
             Sacrifices
             to
             their
             pride
             and
             luxury
             .
             But
             it
             is
             alledged
             by
             the
             Favourites
             of
             this
             Design
             ,
             that
             the
             supreme
             Judicature
             may
             ,
             (
             when
             they
             please
             )
             take
             them
             away
             :
             I
             answer
             ,
             they
             may
             (
             impunè
             )
             without
             controul
             ;
             and
             their
             Authority
             ought
             not
             (
             must
             not
             )
             be
             resisted
             ;
             but
             whether
             (
             justè
             )
             righteously
             ,
             or
             whether
             every
             one
             that
             hath
             a
             vote
             in
             their
             alienation
             ,
             doth
             not
             thereby
             rob
             God
             and
             man
             ,
             and
             may
             justly
             fear
             Gods
             vengeance
             for
             doing
             so
             ,
             I
             leave
             it
             to
             the
             former
             Evidence
             to
             determine
             .
             As
             for
             the
             wrongs
             done
             to
             the
             Church
             in
             point
             of
             Tithes
             ,
             (
             
               Decimam
               meam
            
             as
             St.
             Austin
             supposeth
             God
             to
             speak
             )
             there
             depraedations
             happen
             upon
             lower
             contrivements
             ;
             as
             when
             either
             the
             powerful
             mans
             heavy
             hand
             first
             presseth
             out
             the
             Vintage
             for
             himself
             ,
             and
             then
             leaves
             some
             few
             drops
             ;
             enough
             rather
             to
             upbraid
             ,
             
             
             I
             intended
             should
             reflect
             upon
             the
             occasion
             of
             this
             Assembly
             ,
             where
             the
             proper
             business
             is
             judicially
             to
             administer
             right
             to
             them
             ,
             that
             cannot
             otherwise
             obtain
             it
             .
             Let
             every
             one
             then
             ,
             that
             hath
             to
             do
             this
             day
             with
             the
             tender
             Rights
             of
             men
             ,
             (
             whether
             they
             be
             the
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             of
             every
             sort
             ,
             Witnesses
             ,
             or
             Juries
             )
             have
             a
             care
             what
             they
             do
             ;
             their
             Souls
             are
             at
             stake
             ,
             the
             Oath
             of
             God
             is
             upon
             them
             ,
             the
             Curse
             of
             God
             over
             them
             ,
             the
             Cries
             of
             the
             oppressed
             about
             them
             ,
             the
             Evidence
             of
             my
             Text
             ,
             and
             the
             Law
             of
             Christ
             against
             them
             ;
             if
             therefore
             any
             unjust
             Cause
             goes
             away
             triumphant
             ,
             if
             any
             mans
             right
             be
             impeached
             ,
             through
             any
             defect
             in
             the
             discharge
             of
             their
             trust
             ,
             they
             are
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             unrighteous
             persons
             ,
             and
             wheresoever
             it
             lies
             ,
             must
             either
             make
             a
             timely
             satisfaction
             ,
             or
             one
             day
             appear
             at
             the
             great
             Assizes
             of
             
             the
             world
             ,
             to
             receive
             for
             the
             wrong
             that
             he
             hath
             done
             in
             this
             ,
             and
             where
             there
             shall
             be
             no
             respect
             of
             persons
             ,
             Col.
             3.
             ult
             .
          
           
             Thus
             I
             have
             finished
             the
             whole
             Scheme
             of
             Christian
             Justice
             ;
             to
             the
             universal
             performance
             of
             which
             ,
             the
             Gospel
             doth
             so
             strictly
             oblige
             us
             .
             And
             now
             who
             would
             think
             it
             possible
             ,
             that
             a
             Christian
             Nation
             ,
             possessed
             with
             so
             many
             advantages
             of
             Religion
             ,
             should
             in
             contradiction
             to
             the
             clearest
             Evidence
             of
             Gods
             Will
             ,
             so
             generally
             degenerate
             from
             the
             practice
             of
             it
             in
             every
             part
             ;
             and
             that
             not
             among
             them
             only
             ,
             that
             have
             thrown
             off
             all
             Concern
             for
             Religion
             (
             that
             were
             no
             wonder
             )
             but
             amidst
             the
             very
             Professors
             of
             it
             ,
             even
             among
             them
             ,
             that
             pretend
             to
             a
             greater
             Zeal
             than
             others
             ,
             in
             appearance
             for
             it
             ,
             I
             cannot
             but
             think
             ,
             that
             there
             hath
             been
             some
             
             
             psal
             .
             73.
             6.
             
             )
             they
             were
             exhorted
             to
             the
             getting
             the
             Robe
             of
             Christ's
             Righteousness
             about
             ,
             and
             imputed
             to
             ,
             them
             ;
             and
             all
             was
             well
             .
             By
             these
             and
             the
             like
             unhappy
             Modes
             of
             teaching
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             men
             have
             been
             driven
             from
             their
             Reason
             ,
             and
             Religion
             ,
             and
             set
             their
             Consciences
             loose
             to
             all
             unrighteousness
             .
             And
             hence
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             grown
             every
             where
             so
             cross
             and
             intractable
             to
             all
             Authority
             ,
             Laws
             ,
             and
             Order
             ,
             and
             the
             State
             is
             full
             of
             Rebels
             ,
             the
             Church
             of
             Schismaticks
             ,
             our
             Houses
             of
             undutiful
             Children
             ,
             and
             untrusty
             Servants
             ;
             and
             men
             are
             made
             universally
             false
             and
             unfaithful
             one
             to
             another
             .
             But
             let
             them
             pretend
             what
             Religion
             they
             will
             ,
             they
             shall
             not
             so
             escape
             ;
             all
             unjust
             persons
             (
             such
             as
             I
             have
             described
             )
             are
             upon
             the
             Rock
             ,
             the
             severe
             Sentence
             of
             my
             Text
             ;
             
               They
               shall
               not
               inherit
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               God.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             PART
             .
             II.
             
          
           
             So
             at
             last
             I
             am
             arriv'd
             at
             the
             Second
             Part
             of
             my
             Text
             ;
             The
             Unjust
             mans
             Doom
             or
             Punishment
             :
             
               They
               shall
               not
               inherit
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             In
             which
             ,
             are
             two
             things
             to
             be
             observed
             ;
             I.
             The
             Nature
             of
             the
             Punishment
             ;
             it
             is
             a
             disinherison
             .
             ●
             ,
             The
             Quality
             of
             the
             State
             ,
             
               The
               Kingdom
               of
               God.
            
             
          
           
             In
             the
             first
             ,
             here
             's
             a
             case
             in
             Law
             ,
             a
             Title
             supposed
             ,
             and
             a
             Disinherison
             expressed
             :
             A
             Title
             ,
             these
             unjust
             persons
             had
             ,
             and
             heirs
             at
             Law
             they
             were
             ,
             (
             and
             so
             were
             all
             that
             are
             ,
             or
             shall
             be
             deprived
             of
             that
             eternal
             Blessing
             )
             or
             they
             could
             in
             no
             sence
             be
             said
             to
             be
             disinherited
             :
             'T
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             Adam
             once
             forfeited
             
             the
             Estate
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             purchased
             again
             ,
             or
             redeemed
             ,
             by
             Christ
             ,
             not
             with
             Silver
             and
             Gold
             ,
             but
             with
             the
             dear
             price
             of
             his
             precious
             blood
             ,
             (
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             18.
             )
             And
             that
             Redemption
             was
             made
             as
             large
             ,
             as
             the
             Forfeiture
             ,
             as
             St.
             Paul
             discourseth
             ,
             (
             Rom.
             5.
             18.
             )
             So
             that
             the
             Reason
             why
             any
             man
             is
             now
             disinherited
             ,
             must
             be
             upon
             another
             account
             ;
             not
             because
             Adam
             sinned
             ,
             or
             that
             the
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             was
             renewed
             with
             any
             number
             less
             than
             all
             men
             ,
             (
             1
             Tim.
             2.
             4.
             
             )
             or
             that
             Christ
             died
             for
             fewer
             than
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             )
             for
             
               every
               man
            
             ,
             (
             Heb.
             2.
             9.
             
             )
             but
             because
             that
             universal
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             Redemption
             ,
             was
             made
             conditional
             ,
             and
             required
             terms
             to
             be
             performed
             on
             our
             part
             ,
             which
             ,
             whosoever
             should
             refuse
             to
             keep
             ,
             should
             forfeit
             his
             Title
             to
             that
             new
             purchased
             Inheritance
             .
             Now
             the
             Conditions
             of
             this
             new
             Covenant
             made
             
             in
             Christ
             ,
             are
             Faith
             and
             Obedience
             .
             To
             which
             Repentance
             is
             to
             be
             added
             ,
             as
             
               Tabula
               post
               Nausragium
            
             ;
             of
             which
             ,
             more
             anon
             .
          
           
             The
             sum
             then
             is
             ,
             That
             the
             unjust
             man
             ,
             as
             such
             ,
             in
             all
             the
             particular
             cases
             I
             have
             mentioned
             ,
             shall
             not
             inherit
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God
             ,
             because
             he
             failed
             in
             both
             the
             Condi●ions
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Every
             unjust
             person
             hath
             failed
             in
             the
             first
             ;
             he
             is
             not
             a
             true
             Believer
             in
             the
             sense
             of
             the
             Gospel
             .
             For
             the
             clearing
             of
             which
             ,
             we
             are
             to
             consider
             ,
             that
             Evangelical
             Faith
             ,
             when
             mans
             Salvation
             or
             Justification
             is
             wholly
             attributed
             to
             it
             ,
             (
             as
             when
             't
             is
             said
             ,
             that
             
               He
               that
               believeth
               shall
               be
               saved
               ,
            
             John
             3.
             16.
             and
             
               justified
               by
               Faith
            
             ,
             Rom.
             5.
             1.
             and
             
               saved
               by
               Faith
            
             ,
             Eph.
             1.
             8.
             and
             the
             like
             )
             intends
             not
             any
             Act
             or
             Habit
             of
             believing
             ,
             in
             any
             strict
             sense
             ,
             but
             a
             comprehension
             of
             all
             Christ's
             
             Virtues
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             Body
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             of
             which
             a
             just
             life
             is
             the
             most
             considerable
             portion
             Therefore
             St.
             Paul
             upon
             the
             breach
             of
             distributive
             Justice
             ,
             in
             one
             particular
             Instance
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             a
             Child
             's
             not
             providing
             for
             his
             Parents
             ,
             (
             which
             by
             Family
             ,
             1
             Tim.
             5.
             8.
             is
             undoubtedly
             intended
             )
             affirms
             ,
             that
             such
             a
             person
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             )
             
               hath
               denied
               the
               Faith
               ,
               and
               is
               an
               unbeliever
               ,
            
             so
             much
             worse
             than
             an
             Infidel
             ,
             as
             a
             practical
             Atheist
             is
             a
             greater
             Prodigy
             than
             a
             speculative
             .
             But
             if
             Faith
             be
             taken
             in
             a
             stricter
             sense
             ,
             as
             sometimes
             it
             is
             ;
             and
             particularly
             by
             St.
             Jame
             .
             ;
             (
             Jam
             2.
             )
             unless
             it
             be
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             (
             Gal.
             5.
             6.
             
             )
             
               except
               it
               worketh
            
             ,
             or
             is
             consummate
             
               by
               Love
            
             ,
             (
             of
             which
             Love
             the
             greatest
             part
             (
             in
             the
             Gospel
             sense
             )
             is
             Justice
             )
             
               it
               avails
               not
            
             ;
             it
             cannot
             ,
             
               it
               is
               dead
            
             ,
             saith
             St.
             Jam.
             that
             is
             ,
             as
             useless
             to
             a
             mans
             Justification
             
             as
             the
             Faith
             of
             Devils
             .
             Whosoever
             therefore
             is
             an
             unjust
             person
             in
             any
             of
             the
             senses
             I
             have
             described
             him
             ,
             whether
             a
             Rebel
             to
             his
             Prince
             ,
             or
             refractory
             to
             the
             Church
             〈◊〉
             its
             Order
             and
             Institutions
             ,
             as
             to
             Distributive
             Justice
             ;
             or
             does
             wrong
             to
             his
             Neighbour
             as
             to
             Commutative
             ,
             let
             him
             pretend
             to
             what
             Faith
             in
             Christ
             he
             will
             ,
             let
             it
             be
             a
             receiving
             ,
             laying
             hold
             ,
             or
             reliance
             upon
             him
             ,
             or
             howsoever
             he
             hath
             been
             taught
             to
             define
             it
             ,
             he
             is
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Col.
             3.
             6.
             
             )
             a
             Child
             of
             Unbelief
             ;
             and
             upon
             the
             non-performance
             of
             the
             Condition
             of
             Faith
             ,
             (
             in
             the
             account
             of
             the
             Gospel
             )
             he
             shall
             be
             dealt
             withal
             as
             an
             Unbeliever
             ;
             he
             hath
             forfeited
             the
             Inheritance
             ,
             he
             
               shall
               not
               inherit
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               God.
               
            
          
           
             But
             then
             2.
             
             Faith
             is
             not
             the
             only
             Condition
             of
             the
             Convenant
             ,
             by
             which
             we
             may
             preserve
             our
             Title
             
             
             common
             peace
             and
             happiness
             of
             the
             world
             ;
             that
             all
             Superiors
             might
             have
             entire
             Subjection
             ,
             and
             all
             others
             Peace
             and
             right
             .
             So
             that
             a
             Rebel
             ,
             a
             Schismatick
             ,
             and
             the
             unjust
             of
             the
             lesser
             Orders
             ,
             may
             not
             be
             said
             only
             to
             disobey
             ,
             but
             to
             frustrate
             the
             prime
             purpose
             and
             design
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             and
             to
             offer
             the
             greatest
             affront
             and
             contradiction
             to
             the
             very
             Spirit
             of
             Christianity
             .
             For
             wheresoever
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             is
             predominant
             ,
             it
             will
             certainly
             ,
             and
             observedly
             (
             as
             its
             prime
             and
             signal
             effect
             )
             reduce
             the
             Soul
             to
             the
             greatest
             innocency
             and
             simplicity
             ,
             tractableness
             and
             obligation
             of
             doing
             right
             ,
             and
             good
             to
             all
             ;
             with
             all
             which
             ,
             the
             sins
             of
             Injustice
             in
             every
             kind
             ,
             are
             perfectly
             inconsistent
             ,
             and
             irreconcileable
             .
             The
             Sum
             is
             ,
             whosoever
             is
             an
             habitual
             Offender
             against
             any
             part
             of
             Christian
             Justice
             whether
             Distributive
             or
             Commutative
             ,
             
             hath
             broken
             not
             only
             a
             particular
             ,
             but
             an
             universal
             Commandment
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             is
             grossely
             disobedient
             ;
             and
             so
             hath
             forfeited
             his
             Inheritance
             ,
             his
             Title
             to
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             Thus
             I
             have
             shewn
             you
             the
             unjust
             mans
             Doom
             in
             the
             nature
             of
             his
             Punishment
             ;
             
               He
               shall
               not
               inherit
            
             :
             which
             will
             appear
             so
             much
             the
             greater
             ,
             when
             we
             consider
             the
             quality
             of
             the
             Estate
             ,
             from
             which
             he
             is
             disinherited
             ;
             
               The
               Kingdom
               of
               God.
            
             Which
             is
             the
             next
             thing
             to
             be
             discours'd
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Kingdom
               of
               God
            
             is
             a
             Figurative
             Expression
             ,
             design'd
             to
             exalt
             our
             Imagination
             of
             the
             blessed
             state
             to
             come
             :
             And
             that
             because
             we
             cannot
             now
             behold
             its
             unconceivable
             happiness
             ,
             but
             as
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             13.
             12.
             
               per
               Speculum
            
             )
             through
             
             the
             dark
             Perspective
             of
             Sense
             ,
             and
             a
             clouded
             Intellect
             ;
             and
             therefore
             it
             must
             be
             represented
             to
             us
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             )
             by
             little
             Riddles
             and
             Shadows
             of
             the
             best
             humane
             Felicities
             ;
             Here
             it
             is
             by
             a
             Kingdom
             ,
             the
             greatest
             and
             noblest
             possession
             this
             world
             affords
             ;
             and
             so
             enough
             to
             confirm
             us
             ,
             that
             (
             the
             Design
             of
             that
             lofty
             Metaphor
             )
             the
             future
             Bliss
             ,
             is
             too
             great
             a
             loss
             ,
             for
             so
             small
             a
             recompense
             ,
             as
             the
             most
             prosperous
             unjust
             man
             gains
             by
             his
             unrighteous
             practices
             .
             But
             that
             the
             unjust
             man
             may
             be
             more
             fully
             upbraided
             for
             the
             greatness
             of
             his
             Loss
             ,
             let
             me
             improve
             the
             Metaphor
             ,
             by
             saying
             ,
             that
             first
             he
             loseth
             God
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             Beatifical
             Vision
             of
             his
             Blessed
             Countenance
             ,
             which
             is
             better
             than
             Life
             it self
             :
             He
             loseth
             the
             Comforts
             of
             his
             Blessed
             Redeemer
             ,
             who
             shall
             now
             appear
             to
             him
             with
             the
             terrible
             Aspect
             of
             Flaming
             Fire
             ,
             
             taking
             vengeance
             on
             him
             ,
             and
             
               all
               them
               that
               obey
               not
               his
               Gospel
               ,
            
             2
             Thes.
             1.
             8.
             
             He
             loseth
             the
             possession
             (
             to
             make
             use
             of
             the
             most
             sensible
             Description
             of
             the
             happy
             issues
             of
             an
             holy
             Life
             )
             of
             the
             City
             of
             the
             Living
             God
             ,
             
               the
               New
               Jerusalem
            
             ,
             the
             Society
             of
             
               an
               innumerable
               company
               of
               Angels
               ,
               of
               the
               General
               Assembly
               of
               the
               first
               born
               ,
               &
               of
               the
               spirits
               of
               just
               men
               made
               perfect
               ,
            
             Heb.
             12.
             
             Lastly
             ,
             He
             loseth
             his
             own
             Soul
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             he
             brings
             himself
             into
             such
             a
             State
             ,
             (
             that
             
               praestat
               nunquam
               natum
            
             )
             
               it
               were
               better
               for
               him
               he
               had
               never
               been
               born
               ,
               or
               that
               a
               Milstone
               were
               hanged
               about
               his
               neck
               ,
               and
               were
               drowned
            
             in
             a
             Sea
             of
             Forgetfulness
             ,
             and
             Annihilation
             .
             And
             all
             this
             he
             adventures
             that
             he
             may
             add
             one
             handful
             of
             Earth
             more
             to
             the
             Turf
             of
             his
             worldly
             possessions
             ;
             one
             grain
             more
             to
             his
             accumulated
             heap
             ;
             one
             garnish
             more
             to
             the
             pride
             of
             his
             Life
             ;
             from
             all
             
             which
             ,
             and
             from
             whatsoever
             else
             he
             enjoys
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             he
             shall
             possibly
             within
             a
             few
             Minutes
             ,
             probably
             within
             a
             few
             Moneths
             ,
             certainly
             within
             a
             few
             Years
             ,
             be
             as
             much
             a
             stranger
             ,
             as
             he
             that
             holds
             up
             the
             Train
             of
             the
             Persian
             Emperor
             ,
             or
             the
             Infant
             that
             hangs
             upon
             his
             Mothers
             Breast
             .
             These
             are
             the
             miserable
             measures
             of
             the
             unjust
             mans
             Doom
             and
             Punishment
             .
          
           
             But
             is
             he
             past
             the
             utmost
             Confines
             of
             Hope
             ?
             Is
             his
             evil
             an
             irreparable
             loss
             ,
             an
             irrecoverable
             danger
             ?
             Certainly
             no
             :
             For
             though
             the
             Gospel
             have
             drawn
             up
             the
             Indictment
             against
             him
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             yet
             come
             to
             Judgment
             :
             He
             is
             in
             a
             state
             of
             damnability
             ,
             but
             not
             Damnation
             .
             Not
             so
             shipwrack'd
             ,
             but
             that
             there
             is
             (
             
               Tabuta
               post
               Naufragium
            
             )
             one
             Raft
             left
             to
             land
             him
             safe
             ,
             one
             remaining
             condition
             of
             his
             recovery
             ,
             and
             that
             
             is
             ,
             a
             timely
             Repentance
             ;
             For
             (
             saith
             God
             )
             
               if
               the
               wicked
               man
               shall
               turn
               away
               from
               his
               unrighteousness
            
             (
             his
             Injustice
             )
             
               and
               do
               that
               which
               is
               lawful
               and
               right
               ,
            
             &c.
             
               if
               he
               shall
               restore
               the
               Pledge
               ,
               and
               execute
               judgment
               between
               man
               and
               man
               ,
               he
               shall
               save
               his
               Soul
               alive
               ,
            
             Ezek.
             18.
             27.
             
             When
             first
             by
             Repentance
             ,
             must
             be
             understood
             nothing
             less
             ,
             than
             (
             what
             is
             necessary
             for
             all
             other
             sins
             )
             a
             real
             departure
             from
             all
             unrighteous
             Actions
             and
             engagements
             :
             Whatsoever
             is
             called
             Repentance
             ,
             and
             brings
             not
             this
             change
             (
             be
             it
             Sorrow
             ,
             Contrition
             ,
             or
             Confession
             )
             ought
             in
             no
             reason
             to
             be
             accounted
             sufficient
             for
             Evangelical
             Reconciliation
             .
             Much
             less
             will
             (
             
               Lachrymula
               &
               Suspirium
            
             )
             a
             Tear
             and
             a
             Sigh
             at
             the
             last
             period
             of
             our
             Life
             (
             by
             such
             measures
             of
             Mercy
             as
             are
             revealed
             to
             us
             )
             expiate
             the
             guilt
             of
             the
             sin
             of
             Injustice
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             
             sins
             ,
             habitually
             and
             reigningly
             continued
             in
             ,
             to
             that
             helpless
             hour
             .
             Therefore
             2.
             
             Besides
             this
             Repentance
             ,
             which
             is
             common
             to
             all
             other
             sins
             .
             The
             unjust
             (
             which
             doth
             much
             heighten
             the
             sin
             of
             Injustice
             above
             all
             others
             )
             are
             obliged
             to
             restore
             the
             injured
             persons
             (
             to
             their
             utmost
             capacity
             )
             to
             that
             Right
             ,
             of
             which
             they
             have
             deprived
             them
             .
             Otherwise
             all
             other
             Acts
             of
             Repentance
             ,
             (
             even
             to
             the
             departure
             from
             any
             further
             Commission
             of
             the
             sin
             )
             will
             be
             accounted
             fair
             ,
             but
             abortive
             Attempts
             .
             Now
             in
             the
             several
             cases
             of
             Injustice
             ,
             where
             the
             Scene
             lies
             not
             for
             restitution
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             cases
             of
             Rebellion
             ,
             Schism
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             the
             unjust
             person
             must
             make
             satisfaction
             ,
             and
             amends
             ,
             by
             acknowledgments
             and
             recantations
             ,
             and
             those
             to
             be
             (
             if
             possible
             )
             as
             publickly
             and
             earnestly
             done
             ,
             as
             those
             wrongs
             had
             been
             before
             
             committed
             .
             For
             if
             those
             attempts
             of
             satisfaction
             be
             not
             made
             (
             if
             in
             his
             power
             )
             whatsoever
             other
             acts
             of
             Repentance
             he
             had
             performed
             ,
             (
             let
             no
             man
             deceive
             himself
             ,
             nor
             mock
             God
             )
             he
             hath
             yet
             no
             title
             to
             the
             Blessing
             of
             the
             penitent
             .
             But
             where
             the
             unjust
             man
             (
             in
             the
             cases
             of
             the
             breaches
             of
             Commutative
             Justice
             )
             hath
             defrauded
             any
             man
             by
             Oppression
             ,
             Theft
             ,
             or
             Subtilty
             ,
             in
             any
             Employment
             ,
             or
             Contract
             whatsoever
             ,
             so
             that
             another
             is
             damnified
             by
             him
             ,
             if
             that
             person
             should
             weep
             an
             Ocean
             of
             Tears
             for
             his
             sins
             ,
             and
             pray
             till
             his
             knees
             became
             callous
             ,
             like
             a
             Camels
             ,
             for
             the
             pardon
             of
             it
             ,
             if
             the
             unjust
             thing
             lies
             upon
             his
             hand
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             not
             restitution
             made
             ,
             to
             the
             injured
             person
             ,
             (
             according
             to
             his
             power
             )
             or
             if
             he
             be
             dead
             ,
             to
             his
             Heirs
             ;
             or
             if
             neither
             can
             be
             found
             ,
             to
             the
             Poor
             ;
             (
             whose
             Right
             then
             it
             is
             ,
             by
             an
             Escheat
             
             to
             the
             Soveraign
             Lord
             ,
             whose
             Exchequer
             they
             are
             )
             he
             cannot
             be
             numbred
             among
             the
             Penitents
             ,
             he
             is
             still
             an
             unjust
             man
             ,
             and
             shall
             not
             
               inherit
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               God.
            
             It
             was
             upon
             Zacheus
             noble
             Restitution
             ,
             that
             our
             Saviour
             pronounced
             ,
             
               This
               day
               is
               Salvation
               come
               to
               thy
               House
               ,
            
             (
             Luke
             19.
             19.
             )
             And
             ,
             
               Si
               res
               aliena
            
             (
             saith
             St.
             Austin
             in
             his
             Epistle
             to
             Macedonius
             )
             
               cum
               reddi
               potest
               ,
               non
               redditur
               ,
               non
               agitur
               poenitentia
               ,
               sed
               fingitur
            
             ;
             If
             the
             unjust
             thing
             be
             not
             restored
             ,
             the
             Repentance
             may
             be
             feigned
             ,
             but
             is
             not
             performed
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             I
             beseech
             all
             those
             persons
             here
             this
             day
             before
             me
             ,
             whose
             Consciences
             can
             inform
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             so
             unhappy
             as
             to
             be
             unjust
             in
             any
             of
             the
             measures
             I
             have
             mentioned
             ,
             first
             ,
             that
             they
             take
             no
             offence
             at
             the
             Religion
             ,
             that
             requires
             ,
             nor
             at
             me
             that
             preach
             ,
             so
             severe
             a
             
             Method
             (
             as
             men
             may
             be
             apt
             to
             think
             )
             of
             their
             recovery
             ;
             for
             they
             ought
             to
             consider
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             their
             own
             wilful
             prevarications
             of
             the
             most
             reasonable
             Rules
             of
             Justice
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             Religion
             ,
             that
             made
             it
             necessary
             .
          
           
             And
             let
             me
             further
             assure
             them
             ,
             that
             whosoever
             shall
             give
             his
             Soul
             leave
             (
             for
             his
             own
             salvation
             )
             to
             ingage
             in
             the
             performance
             of
             this
             Duty
             of
             Restitution
             (
             how
             unkind
             or
             difficult
             soever
             it
             may
             appear
             at
             the
             first
             view
             )
             let
             him
             not
             be
             discouraged
             (
             my
             Soul
             for
             his
             )
             he
             shall
             find
             such
             a
             sensible
             return
             of
             sweetness
             and
             satisfaction
             in
             the
             very
             Acts
             ,
             and
             much
             more
             in
             the
             Issue
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             not
             exchange
             his
             Comforts
             ,
             or
             have
             neglected
             his
             Duty
             ,
             for
             all
             the
             Pleasures
             and
             Enjoyments
             in
             the
             world
             .
             
               His
               Soul
               shall
               dwell
               at
               ease
               ,
               and
               he
               shall
               lie
               down
               in
               peace
               ;
               his
               bed
               shall
               be
               no
               
               more
               shorter
               ,
               but
               that
               he
               shall
               stretch
               himself
               upon
               it
               ,
               nor
               his
               Covering
               narrower
               ,
               but
               that
               he
               shall
               wrap
               himself
               in
               it
               ,
            
             (
             Isa.
             28.
             20.
             
             )
             that
             is
             ,
             he
             shall
             have
             a
             quiet
             mind
             ,
             while
             he
             lives
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             comes
             to
             die
             ,
             he
             shall
             not
             be
             tormented
             with
             the
             confluence
             of
             direful
             Furies
             about
             his
             Bed
             ,
             nor
             behold
             dreadful
             Aspects
             hanging
             about
             his
             Curtains
             ,
             the
             usual
             Attendants
             of
             unjust
             men
             ,
             living
             and
             dying
             .
          
           
             What
             if
             thy
             House
             shall
             stand
             one
             Story
             lower
             by
             removing
             the
             Chambers
             built
             by
             wrong
             ,
             (
             Jer.
             22.
             13.
             
             )
             ?
             Or
             contract
             the
             compass
             of
             thy
             Land
             by
             hedging
             out
             Naboth's
             Vineyard
             ?
             Or
             lay
             aside
             some
             Circumstances
             of
             a
             splendid
             Life
             ?
             Nay
             :
             what
             if
             thou
             shouldst
             be
             reduced
             to
             a
             retired
             condition
             ,
             or
             the
             narrow
             circles
             of
             a
             low
             fortune
             ,
             by
             restoring
             what
             is
             anothers
             right
             ?
             the
             assurance
             of
             Gods
             Favour
             above
             
             thee
             ,
             the
             enjoyment
             of
             a
             good
             Conscience
             within
             thee
             ,
             the
             view
             of
             a
             glorious
             hope
             before
             thee
             ;
             (
             in
             a
             word
             )
             a
             contented
             life
             ,
             a
             peaceable
             death
             ,
             and
             a
             blest
             eternity
             ,
             will
             be
             a
             redundant
             compensation
             for
             all
             thou
             shalt
             so
             nobly
             part
             with
             .
             Thus
             have
             I
             adventured
             a
             prejudice
             in
             your
             opinion
             ,
             by
             chusing
             these
             unwelcome
             (
             though
             very
             necessary
             )
             Doctrines
             of
             universal
             Justice
             ,
             and
             upon
             the
             breach
             of
             it
             ,
             Satisfaction
             ,
             and
             Restitution
             .
             My
             comfort
             is
             ,
             if
             I
             have
             not
             pleased
             you
             ,
             I
             have
             done
             you
             right
             ,
             I
             have
             dealt
             justly
             with
             you
             .
             And
             I
             do
             not
             despair
             ,
             but
             I
             have
             met
             here
             many
             persons
             of
             David's
             Choyce
             ,
             and
             Ingenuity
             ,
             (
             Psal.
             141.
             )
             who
             would
             rather
             be
             smitten
             friendly
             ,
             and
             reproved
             ,
             than
             to
             hear
             the
             pleasing
             Balmes
             of
             unconcerning
             and
             indulgent
             Doctrine
             ,
             to
             break
             their
             heads
             ,
             destroy
             their
             souls
             .
             
             With
             whom
             (
             I
             hope
             )
             these
             Instructions
             may
             so
             far
             prevail
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             be
             said
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             St.
             Paul
             said
             of
             his
             penitent
             Corinthians
             ,
             in
             the
             Verse
             following
             my
             Text
             ;
             
               Such
               were
               some
               of
               you
               ,
               but
               ye
               are
               washed
               ,
               ye
               are
               sanctified
               ,
               but
               ye
               are
               justified
               in
               the
               Name
               of
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Spirit
               of
               our
               God.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
         
           
             A
             particular
             Representation
             of
             the
             Injustice
             of
             Partial
             Conformity
             to
             the
             Clergy
             .
          
        
         
           
           
           
             A
             POSTCRIPT
             .
          
           
             Representing
             the
             Injustice
             and
             Danger
             of
             Partial
             Conformity
             .
          
           
             I
             Have
             in
             this
             Sermon
             (
             as
             fully
             &
             faithfully
             as
             I
             could
             )
             made
             an
             universal
             Survey
             of
             the
             several
             Branches
             of
             Christian
             Justice
             ,
             and
             given
             notice
             ,
             that
             the
             wilful
             Transgressors
             of
             any
             part
             of
             it
             ,
             stand
             arraign'd
             and
             condemned
             for
             unrighteous
             
             persons
             ,
             as
             to
             their
             guilt
             ,
             and
             cannot
             (
             upon
             the
             Gospels
             requiring
             universal
             Obedience
             in
             general
             ,
             and
             doing
             right
             to
             all
             men
             in
             particular
             ,
             as
             the
             Conditions
             of
             Salvation
             by
             it
             )
             inherit
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             their
             punishment
             .
          
           
             But
             amongst
             the
             great
             numbers
             of
             unjust
             men
             ,
             I
             have
             (
             in
             the
             former
             part
             of
             my
             Discourse
             )
             sorted
             those
             persons
             ,
             who
             deprive
             the
             Supreme
             Magistrate
             of
             his
             due
             ,
             in
             that
             part
             of
             his
             Authority
             which
             concern
             Spirituals
             ;
             and
             the
             Governors
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             their
             right
             of
             Obedience
             from
             their
             Charges
             ;
             by
             refusing
             to
             conform
             themselves
             to
             the
             Commands
             of
             both
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             they
             are
             invested
             with
             a
             power
             from
             God
             ,
             to
             institute
             Laws
             and
             Canons
             ,
             for
             the
             Peace
             ,
             Order
             ,
             and
             Unity
             of
             the
             Churches
             ,
             under
             their
             Rule
             and
             Conduct
             .
          
           
           
             Now
             because
             not
             only
             the
             People
             in
             general
             are
             concern'd
             in
             that
             part
             of
             Evangelical
             Righteousness
             ;
             but
             the
             Ministers
             also
             of
             Parochial
             Congregations
             stand
             most
             especially
             obliged
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             because
             their
             offences
             against
             it
             ,
             are
             of
             far
             more
             dangerous
             consequence
             ,
             I
             have
             for
             their
             sakes
             ,
             who
             are
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             made
             this
             enlargement
             in
             that
             particular
             Branch
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             I
             have
             done
             the
             rather
             ,
             because
             (
             at
             this
             present
             time
             )
             this
             kind
             of
             Injustice
             is
             so
             spreadingly
             ,
             and
             unconscionably
             committed
             and
             practiced
             ;
             that
             (
             what
             with
             the
             miscarriage
             of
             some
             ,
             who
             out
             of
             worldly
             prudence
             ,
             of
             others
             ,
             who
             out
             of
             weakness
             ,
             of
             most
             ,
             who
             out
             of
             wilfulness
             ,
             neglect
             their
             due
             conformity
             to
             the
             establish'd
             Laws
             )
             a
             great
             number
             of
             the
             Churches
             are
             made
             irregular
             and
             disordered
             in
             
             the
             publick
             Administrations
             of
             Gods
             service
             :
             By
             which
             means
             the
             Laws
             are
             baffled
             and
             despised
             ,
             the
             Government
             suspected
             and
             defamed
             ,
             the
             Priesthood
             in
             general
             reproach'd
             as
             false
             and
             careless
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             profession
             of
             our
             establisht
             Religion
             ,
             is
             made
             a
             scorn
             at
             present
             ,
             and
             ready
             to
             be
             made
             a
             prey
             in
             future
             ,
             to
             our
             enemies
             on
             every
             side
             .
          
           
             My
             Brethren
             ,
             let
             us
             have
             a
             care
             therefore
             in
             time
             ,
             we
             do
             not
             too
             much
             ,
             and
             too
             long
             (
             for
             the
             narrow
             Concerns
             of
             our
             present
             quiet
             or
             profit
             ,
             or
             to
             conciliate
             vulgar
             Love
             or
             Fame
             )
             not
             only
             wickedly
             and
             unjustly
             ,
             but
             weakly
             and
             imprudently
             comply
             with
             the
             humors
             of
             any
             party
             whatsoever
             ,
             in
             the
             neglects
             of
             our
             Duties
             ,
             or
             partial
             performance
             of
             our
             Offices
             :
             For
             it
             is
             certain
             ,
             that
             no
             man
             can
             do
             it
             ,
             (
             upon
             what
             pious
             Motives
             soever
             
             he
             pretends
             to
             be
             induced
             to
             it
             ,
             as
             favouring
             infirmities
             ,
             or
             tender
             Consciences
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             )
             but
             besides
             his
             real
             offence
             against
             the
             Laws
             of
             Christ
             strictly
             obliging
             Obedience
             to
             his
             Superiors
             just
             Commands
             ,
             he
             doth
             thereby
             promote
             and
             cherish
             a
             Faction
             in
             his
             own
             bosom
             ;
             which
             being
             once
             warm'd
             into
             a
             sufficient
             strength
             ,
             shall
             upon
             the
             next
             advantageous
             opportunity
             ,
             not
             only
             destroy
             the
             Church
             in
             its
             Legal
             Constitution
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             same
             pitch
             and
             posture
             of
             abasement
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             condescension
             was
             made
             .
          
           
             And
             of
             this
             ,
             let
             our
             late
             experience
             be
             an
             impartial
             Judge
             .
             For
             when
             some
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             other
             eminent
             persons
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             who
             out
             of
             a
             pious
             tenderness
             to
             some
             mens
             dissatisfactions
             ,
             and
             designing
             the
             upholding
             their
             own
             ,
             and
             the
             Churches
             Respect
             &
             Credit
             among
             
             them
             (
             for
             which
             they
             were
             distinguished
             from
             their
             Brethren
             by
             the
             name
             of
             Puritans
             )
             did
             either
             not
             urge
             ,
             or
             not
             practise
             strict
             Conformity
             ,
             found
             at
             length
             their
             own
             grand
             mistake
             in
             the
             frustration
             of
             all
             those
             ends
             which
             they
             propounded
             to
             themselves
             ,
             as
             the
             reasons
             of
             their
             compliance
             :
             For
             neither
             themselves
             ,
             nor
             the
             Church
             for
             their
             sakes
             ,
             found
             any
             mercy
             at
             all
             from
             them
             ,
             in
             the
             days
             of
             their
             Power
             and
             Fury
             ,
             when
             nothing
             less
             would
             satisfie
             them
             ,
             than
             the
             confusion
             of
             both
             .
             Little
             did
             those
             Reverend
             Persons
             think
             ,
             when
             they
             strain'd
             their
             Candor
             to
             that
             Party
             ,
             beyond
             the
             bounds
             of
             their
             due
             Obedience
             to
             Law
             ,
             that
             such
             a
             petty
             shew
             of
             tender
             Piety
             ,
             and
             Consciences
             so
             demurely
             nice
             (
             that
             could
             not
             digest
             so
             much
             as
             a
             Ring
             on
             the
             Brides
             Finger
             ,
             the
             Infants
             wearing
             the
             shadow
             of
             a
             Cross
             three
             
             minutes
             at
             its
             Baptism
             ,
             upon
             its
             Forehead
             ,
             or
             but
             the
             colour
             of
             the
             Priest's
             Vestment
             ;
             for
             they
             pretended
             then
             but
             such
             little
             offences
             )
             should
             cover
             such
             black
             Designs
             ,
             of
             the
             most
             unwarrantable
             practices
             that
             ever
             were
             acted
             in
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             It
             behoveth
             us
             therefore
             to
             suspect
             ,
             when
             we
             meet
             with
             Conscience-scruplings
             about
             such
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             indifferent
             Rites
             and
             Circumstances
             that
             there
             lodgeth
             underneath
             an
             unsatisfiable
             dislike
             and
             dissatisfaction
             to
             the
             whole
             establishment
             ;
             so
             that
             if
             our
             Ingenuity
             should
             be
             tempted
             to
             debauch
             our
             Obedience
             ,
             by
             a
             partial
             conformity
             to
             indulge
             them
             in
             those
             lesser
             things
             ,
             it
             were
             prudence
             to
             believe
             ,
             that
             we
             should
             be
             so
             far
             from
             giving
             them
             full
             satisfaction
             ,
             that
             it
             would
             but
             the
             more
             advance
             and
             strengthen
             an
             unruly
             appetite
             ,
             which
             nothing
             
             could
             determine
             ,
             but
             the
             destruction
             of
             all
             .
             Of
             this
             their
             unsatiable
             humour
             ,
             our
             late
             experience
             can
             convincingly
             inform
             us
             ▪
             when
             their
             first
             modest
             desires
             of
             a
             Moderated
             Episcopacy
             ,
             ended
             in
             nothing
             less
             ,
             than
             its
             extirpation
             ▪
             and
             of
             regulating
             some
             offensive
             parts
             of
             the
             Liturgy
             ,
             in
             its
             utter
             abolition
             .
             And
             when
             (
             as
             among
             many
             of
             them
             )
             after
             the
             Cross
             ,
             followed
             Baptism
             it self
             ;
             after
             removing
             the
             Rails
             and
             Genuflexion
             ,
             went
             away
             the
             Sacrament
             :
             And
             when
             they
             had
             been
             at
             first
             a
             little
             gratified
             with
             the
             taking
             away
             the
             Habits
             ,
             they
             were
             never
             quiet
             ,
             till
             they
             had
             renounced
             the
             very
             Order
             &
             Calling
             of
             Priesthood
             it self
             .
             Such
             effects
             ,
             and
             no
             better
             than
             these
             we
             must
             expect
             from
             the
             greatest
             condescention
             that
             can
             be
             made
             ,
             to
             men
             of
             this
             temper
             and
             complection
             .
          
           
           
             In
             stead
             therefore
             of
             any
             sinful
             ●●●pliance
             with
             any
             Faction
             what●●●ver
             ,
             by
             remitting
             our
             Duties
             ,
             〈◊〉
             please
             them
             ,
             as
             Friends
             (
             which
             〈◊〉
             will
             be
             no
             longer
             than
             they
             ●●●●ot
             be
             otherwise
             )
             let
             us
             gird
             our selves
             in
             all
             our
             spiritual
             Armature
             against
             them
             ,
             as
             the
             Churches
             ,
             ours
             ,
             and
             their
             own
             ,
             destructive
             Enemies
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             let
             us
             fast
             and
             pray
             ,
             and
             weep
             against
             their
             Ignorance
             and
             Perverseness
             in
             private
             :
             Let
             us
             preach
             down
             their
             Follies
             in
             publik
             :
             But
             especially
             let
             us
             guard
             the
             establish'd
             Church
             against
             their
             designs
             of
             unsetling
             the
             peoples
             ●●herence
             to
             it
             ,
             with
             an
             intire
             con●●mity
             to
             its
             legal
             Constitutions
             〈◊〉
             every
             Circumstance
             ;
             and
             then
             let
             us
             conquer
             their
             prejudice
             with
             ●●nocency
             of
             Life
             and
             simplicity
             of
             ●anners
             ,
             till
             by
             these
             holy
             Methods
             ,
             and
             Gods
             blessing
             ,
             we
             have
             ●●tained
             (
             or
             at
             least
             endeavoured
             
             to
             administer
             the
             most
             reasonable
             means
             to
             obtain
             their
             recovery
             ,
             〈◊〉
             Sense
             and
             Obedience
             .
          
           
             And
             though
             ,
             if
             after
             all
             this
             ,
             we
             cannot
             prevail
             ,
             yet
             it
             will
             be
             〈◊〉
             honourable
             and
             safe
             (
             before
             G●●
             and
             Man
             )
             for
             us
             ,
             who
             are
             the
             Physitians
             of
             Souls
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             said
             to
             perish
             under
             ,
             than
             without
             the
             application
             of
             the
             most
             sufficient
             remedy
             .
             And
             if
             truth
             must
             〈◊〉
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
             yet
             let
             it
             not
             〈◊〉
             without
             a
             competent
             witness
             gi●●●
             to
             it
             ,
             whatsoever
             we
             suffer
             for
             it
             .
             But
             by
             no
             means
             ,
             let
             nor
             futurity
             lay
             it
             to
             our
             charge
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             help'd
             to
             betray
             the
             best
             constituted
             Church
             in
             the
             world
             to
             ruine
             ,
             by
             neglecting
             our
             Duty
             ,
             to
             hu●●●
             and
             indulge
             a
             perverse
             generation
             of
             men
             ,
             whom
             no
             kindness
             could
             reconcile
             ,
             no
             remissions
             or
             condescentions
             satisfie
             .
          
           
             For
             he
             that
             thinks
             ,
             that
             the
             lessening
             ,
             
             or
             laying
             aside
             his
             Confor●●ty
             ,
             or
             the
             concealing
             some
             necessary
             Truths
             ,
             because
             distastful
             〈◊〉
             their
             vitiated
             Palates
             ,
             or
             the
             ●●pping
             on
             to
             some
             degrees
             of
             com●●ance
             with
             their
             popular
             Modes
             〈◊〉
             Praying
             and
             Preaching
             ,
             will
             se●●re
             the
             Church
             from
             the
             danger
             〈◊〉
             those
             Factions
             ;
             shall
             find
             his
             ●●pedient
             as
             unsuccesseful
             ,
             as
             that
             ●●ysitian's
             ,
             who
             leaving
             the
             Cause
             〈◊〉
             the
             Distemper
             behind
             ,
             thinks
             〈◊〉
             obtain
             health
             for
             his
             Patient
             ,
             by
             ●●ring
             the
             Symptom
             for
             the
             Dis●●se
             ;
             or
             as
             absurd
             as
             his
             expectation
             ,
             who
             would
             hope
             for
             a
             regular
             ●●●fect
             ,
             from
             the
             most
             equivocal
             ●●ause
             .
             For
             it
             is
             observed
             (
             and
             we
             are
             ready
             to
             make
             the
             Observation
             good
             by
             several
             Instances
             )
             that
             〈◊〉
             Congregations
             have
             contributed
             greater
             numbers
             to
             the
             Herds
             of
             the
             different
             Factions
             ,
             than
             those
             that
             have
             been
             under
             the
             conduct
             
             of
             such
             ,
             who
             would
             have
             the
             pieced
             ,
             and
             partial
             Conformity
             and
             popular
             Compliances
             ,
             esca●●
             under
             the
             specious
             ,
             yet
             mista●●●
             Title
             of
             Moderation
             .
          
           
             I
             must
             confess
             ,
             amongst
             the
             Enemies
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             think
             that
             sort
             of
             amphibious
             Clergy
             ,
             not
             the
             least
             ,
             nor
             less
             dangerous
             than
             any
             ;
             who
             forfeit
             the
             Fidelity
             to
             their
             solemn
             Subscriptions
             and
             Declarations
             ,
             and
             treacherously
             decline
             the
             work
             they
             have
             assumed
             ,
             and
             act
             their
             Offices
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             ,
             that
             the
             People
             may
             believe
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             something
             that
             is
             very
             evil
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             repented
             themselves
             of
             what
             they
             had
             undertaken
             .
          
           
             These
             are
             they
             ,
             that
             set
             up
             Altar
             against
             Altar
             in
             the
             same
             Church
             that
             join
             the
             Liturgy
             and
             Directory
             together
             ,
             at
             the
             same
             Assembly
             
             but
             as
             much
             as
             possible
             to
             the
             Disadvantage
             of
             the
             former
             ,
             which
             they
             shuffle
             over
             with
             such
             an
             undecent
             and
             undevout
             Mode
             of
             Delivery
             ,
             and
             then
             manage
             their
             Voluntier
             Effusions
             in
             Prayer
             ,
             and
             their
             Hints
             and
             Corollaries
             in
             Preaching
             ,
             with
             such
             Zeal
             and
             Fervor
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             design'd
             to
             tell
             the
             People
             ,
             that
             they
             never
             were
             in
             earnest
             till
             then
             ,
             or
             that
             those
             Offices
             in
             the
             Pulpit
             might
             be
             interpreted
             to
             serve
             no
             better
             end
             ,
             than
             to
             undermine
             the
             credit
             of
             what
             they
             had
             done
             (
             or
             undone
             )
             in
             the
             Desk
             .
          
           
             Such
             unconformable
             Conformists
             as
             these
             began
             the
             Church
             of
             Englands
             danger
             at
             first
             Reformation
             ,
             and
             the
             miserable
             Series
             ,
             of
             almost
             all
             its
             Troubles
             since
             ,
             hath
             been
             propagated
             by
             them
             ;
             and
             if
             a
             ●imely
             care
             in
             Governors
             ,
             and
             the
             Resurrection
             of
             a
             good
             Conscience
             
             in
             themselves
             ,
             do
             not
             prevent
             it
             ,
             they
             will
             yet
             contribute
             as
             much
             ,
             (
             if
             not
             more
             )
             as
             any
             enemy
             we
             have
             ,
             to
             make
             the
             present
             Distempers
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             to
             become
             an
             uncurable
             Disease
             ,
             an
             unsuperable
             Evil.
             
          
           
             These
             mens
             Congregations
             are
             the
             Fountains
             ,
             from
             whence
             the
             crooked
             Rivers
             ,
             and
             Rivulets
             ,
             the
             Mother
             and
             Daughters
             of
             Factions
             ,
             have
             deriv'd
             their
             streams
             ,
             to
             that
             swelling
             greatness
             ,
             as
             they
             now
             run
             among
             us
             ,
             and
             almost
             over
             us
             ▪
             They
             were
             the
             Seraglio's
             ,
             where
             the
             late
             Warriors
             against
             the
             King
             and
             the
             Church
             ,
             were
             trained
             up
             and
             disciplin'd
             :
             And
             what
             the
             Seminaries
             beyond
             Seas
             ,
             are
             to
             the
             propagation
             of
             Popery
             ,
             these
             are
             the
             same
             to
             the
             keeping
             up
             of
             all
             Factions
             among
             us
             .
             So
             that
             all
             attempts
             for
             the
             recovery
             of
             the
             Churches
             Peace
             ,
             and
             Unity
             ,
             by
             
             suppressing
             Conventicles
             (
             in
             which
             are
             many
             serious
             ,
             though
             abused
             Souls
             ,
             who
             would
             the
             rather
             be
             ●itied
             (
             so
             far
             as
             can
             possibly
             conist
             with
             the
             Churches
             safety
             )
             because
             they
             received
             their
             first
             prejudice
             by
             them
             ,
             whom
             we
             have
             too
             much
             or
             too
             little
             reason
             to
             call
             our selves
             )
             will
             be
             found
             uneffectual
             for
             that
             end
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             the
             Nurseries
             of
             Faction
             within
             the
             Church
             ,
             are
             permitted
             to
             perpetuate
             a
             Succession
             of
             such
             ,
             who
             upon
             the
             least
             check
             or
             discontent
             ,
             have
             prepared
             Principles
             and
             Affections
             to
             depart
             from
             us
             ,
             and
             to
             supply
             their
             places
             .
             And
             this
             will
             easily
             be
             believed
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             considered
             ,
             that
             the
             difference
             between
             some
             Ministers
             practices
             in
             Churches
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             unlawful
             Meetings
             is
             so
             small
             ,
             that
             oft-times
             the
             separation
             may
             be
             rather
             accounted
             
             a
             Change
             of
             Places
             ,
             than
             Professions
             .
          
           
             But
             that
             these
             Clergy-men
             may
             be
             more
             regularly
             convinced
             of
             their
             sin
             and
             folly
             ,
             and
             find
             Arguments
             ,
             both
             from
             Conscience
             and
             Prudence
             ,
             to
             change
             their
             destructive
             practices
             of
             popular
             compliances
             ,
             into
             a
             Design
             of
             preserving
             the
             Church
             of
             England's
             general
             safety
             ,
             by
             a
             faithful
             conformity
             to
             its
             Institutions
             ;
             I
             shall
             here
             offer
             to
             their
             considerations
             ,
             (
             besides
             those
             which
             I
             have
             already
             intimated
             in
             general
             )
             a
             particular
             Series
             of
             Evils
             ,
             certainly
             consequent
             to
             their
             Disorders
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             From
             these
             mens
             Miscarriages
             ,
             and
             the
             teaching
             their
             People
             to
             adhere
             to
             them
             (
             where
             they
             are
             )
             it
             comes
             to
             pass
             that
             the
             Enemies
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             have
             contrived
             an
             Argument
             ,
             by
             crying
             up
             the
             numbers
             
             of
             Dissenters
             (
             which
             by
             their
             means
             are
             more
             numerous
             in
             Churches
             ,
             than
             without
             )
             as
             great
             and
             formidable
             ;
             to
             tempt
             ,
             and
             terrifie
             the
             Civil
             Power
             ,
             from
             protecting
             the
             Church
             ,
             under
             its
             present
             danger
             and
             oppression
             .
             Whereas
             ,
             as
             I
             believe
             the
             allegation
             to
             be
             false
             (
             especially
             if
             a
             lesser
             number
             of
             men
             in
             power
             ,
             and
             of
             learning
             ,
             and
             honour
             ,
             may
             be
             allowed
             to
             compensate
             a
             greater
             ,
             of
             the
             mean
             and
             ignorant
             )
             so
             ,
             if
             this
             one
             Expedient
             were
             tryed
             ,
             that
             all
             Clergy
             men
             might
             be
             compelled
             to
             serve
             God
             in
             publick
             ,
             in
             one
             uniform
             submission
             to
             Law
             ,
             without
             any
             liberty
             to
             extravagate
             from
             that
             Rule
             ;
             and
             so
             no
             more
             Beacons
             on
             fire
             in
             any
             neighbouring
             Churches
             to
             alarm
             the
             Vulgar
             ,
             to
             run
             up
             and
             down
             to
             gratifie
             their
             natural
             love
             of
             Opposition
             and
             Novelty
             ;
             
             and
             a
             diligent
             care
             taken
             that
             no
             Factions
             without
             the
             Church
             ,
             might
             be
             headed
             by
             men
             of
             Orders
             ,
             or
             Parts
             (
             though
             the
             common
             people
             were
             less
             prosecuted
             with
             afflictive
             penalties
             )
             I
             am
             perswaded
             in
             a
             few
             years
             ,
             the
             numbers
             of
             Dissenters
             ,
             would
             be
             so
             far
             from
             being
             formidable
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             not
             be
             considerable
             for
             any
             thing
             ,
             but
             our
             pity
             and
             Charity
             .
             And
             I
             have
             this
             ground
             to
             assure
             me
             of
             the
             possible
             successefulness
             of
             this
             Expedient
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             certain
             ,
             that
             where
             the
             strictest
             Conformity
             hath
             a
             long
             time
             been
             constantly
             used
             ,
             there
             are
             fewest
             that
             do
             trouble
             themselves
             ,
             or
             their
             Governors
             about
             the
             Design
             of
             Relaxation
             from
             it
             ;
             and
             that
             there
             are
             none
             that
             hate
             conformity
             so
             much
             ,
             as
             they
             who
             live
             in
             places
             where
             it
             is
             discountenanced
             and
             neglected
             .
             And
             this
             appears
             
             by
             the
             disloyal
             and
             undutiful
             temper
             of
             those
             that
             dwell
             in
             Cities
             and
             greater
             Towns
             ,
             where
             ,
             because
             there
             was
             no
             provision
             in
             Law
             for
             them
             ,
             that
             would
             obey
             it
             ;
             the
             people
             were
             resolved
             to
             bestow
             their
             Contributions
             on
             none
             ,
             but
             such
             ,
             by
             whom
             they
             might
             be
             instructed
             and
             indulged
             in
             an
             assured
             opposition
             to
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
             To
             which
             one
             cause
             ,
             most
             of
             our
             former
             and
             present
             miseries
             refer
             ,
             〈◊〉
             effects
             ;
             as
             when
             from
             those
             places
             were
             elected
             Burgesses
             of
             Parliament
             of
             the
             same
             Principles
             ,
             to
             create
             troubles
             above
             (
             whose
             heavy
             ●and
             ,
             our
             late
             Gracious
             Princes
             of
             Happy
             Memory
             felt
             sufficiently
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             loss
             of
             the
             life
             of
             one
             of
             the
             best
             Kings
             that
             ever
             was
             :
             )
             and
             〈◊〉
             when
             the
             People
             of
             the
             Neighbour-Villages
             flockt
             to
             their
             Market
             Lectures
             ,
             and
             were
             there
             trained
             
             up
             ,
             in
             dislike
             and
             enmity
             to
             the
             establish'd
             Church
             ,
             and
             prepared
             to
             contemn
             their
             own
             Shepherds
             at
             home
             ;
             unless
             they
             became
             such
             as
             themselves
             ,
             which
             very
             oft
             they
             did
             ,
             when
             younger
             Divines
             (
             who
             for
             want
             of
             Parts
             or
             Government
             ,
             had
             little
             encouragement
             to
             continue
             in
             the
             Universities
             )
             made
             it
             a
             piece
             of
             their
             Education
             ,
             to
             go
             thither
             ,
             to
             scribble
             Notes
             for
             their
             own
             Pulpits
             ,
             and
             to
             learn
             the
             Tones
             ,
             Gestures
             ,
             and
             Phrases
             ,
             which
             might
             give
             their
             own
             People
             contentment
             at
             home
             .
          
           
             Whereas
             if
             our
             present
             Parliament
             (
             as
             it
             was
             the
             Design
             of
             many
             )
             had
             upon
             the
             Kings
             Restauration
             found
             out
             a
             way
             ,
             to
             have
             setled
             a
             competent
             legal
             maintenance
             ,
             and
             men
             of
             the
             greatest
             Integrity
             and
             Learning
             (
             whose
             abilities
             are
             commonly
             either
             lodg'd
             up
             in
             Colledges
             
             and
             Cathedrals
             ,
             or
             obscur'd
             in
             little
             Villages
             )
             planted
             in
             those
             greater
             places
             ;
             and
             where
             they
             are
             popularly
             elective
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             been
             brought
             under
             the
             Patronage
             of
             the
             Crown
             (
             whose
             safety
             is
             especially
             concern'd
             in
             it
             )
             and
             a
             way
             found
             out
             ,
             to
             embetter
             Trade
             ,
             in
             the
             stead
             of
             Factious
             Lectures
             ,
             there
             could
             not
             have
             been
             a
             Stone
             laid
             ,
             which
             would
             have
             added
             more
             to
             the
             defence
             and
             security
             of
             the
             Church
             and
             Throne
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             recover
             my self
             from
             this
             Digression
             ,
             I
             am
             confident
             that
             this
             Expedient
             that
             I
             have
             mentioned
             ,
             (
             whatsoever
             is
             pretended
             to
             the
             contrary
             by
             them
             that
             have
             a
             design
             to
             ruine
             us
             )
             will
             give
             far
             less
             trouble
             to
             the
             Civil
             Power
             to
             preserve
             the
             Church
             ,
             than
             a
             Toleration
             of
             all
             Religions
             (
             by
             the
             making
             and
             maintaining
             so
             many
             Rules
             to
             
             limit
             it
             ,
             and
             so
             many
             Provisions
             to
             prevent
             the
             dangers
             that
             will
             ensue
             upon
             it
             ,
             half
             of
             which
             cannot
             be
             be
             foreseen
             )
             will
             cost
             to
             destroy
             it
             :
             Besides
             the
             Dishonour
             of
             discountenancing
             that
             Party
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             only
             assured
             Friends
             to
             undoubted
             Loyalty
             ,
             all
             other
             Parties
             lying
             under
             a
             stain
             of
             being
             unfaithful
             to
             the
             Crown
             ;
             of
             confounding
             the
             most
             absolute
             platform
             of
             Primitive
             Christianity
             ,
             which
             no
             other
             Perswasion
             makes
             any
             such
             pretence
             to
             ;
             and
             in
             defending
             of
             which
             ,
             we
             have
             so
             far
             prevail'd
             in
             all
             rational
             Debates
             ,
             that
             our
             enemies
             stand
             ashamed
             ,
             and
             baffled
             on
             every
             side
             :
             Of
             making
             that
             Church
             which
             hath
             appear'd
             hitherto
             the
             honour
             of
             the
             whole
             Reformation
             ,
             to
             become
             vile
             and
             contemptible
             in
             the
             eye
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             by
             giving
             advantage
             for
             
             the
             encouragement
             and
             immixture
             of
             as
             many
             false
             and
             ridiculous
             Professions
             at
             one
             time
             among
             us
             ,
             as
             all
             the
             Ages
             of
             the
             Church
             ever
             knew
             in
             its
             successive
             Periods
             :
             Of
             contradicting
             the
             sense
             of
             both
             the
             Universities
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             principal
             of
             the
             most
             Learned
             men
             of
             the
             Age
             ,
             with
             a
             great
             Blow
             to
             Learning
             it self
             :
             Of
             opening
             a
             door
             to
             the
             increase
             of
             Atheism
             and
             Prophaneness
             ,
             which
             if
             they
             have
             thriven
             so
             much
             under
             a
             looser
             hand
             of
             Discipline
             ,
             what
             will
             they
             come
             to
             ,
             when
             all
             the
             Bars
             of
             Ecclesiastick
             Government
             are
             thrown
             down
             ?
             Lastly
             ,
             (
             with
             many
             more
             evils
             which
             a
             better
             and
             more
             experienc'd
             skill
             might
             foresee
             )
             besides
             the
             dishonour
             of
             treading
             upon
             the
             Bloud
             and
             Ashes
             ,
             and
             of
             blemishing
             the
             Fame
             and
             Actions
             of
             our
             Late
             Gracious
             King
             and
             Martyr
             ,
             
             who
             died
             to
             prevent
             the
             admission
             of
             those
             evils
             among
             us
             .
          
           
             The
             Sum
             is
             ,
             It
             is
             no
             wonder
             ,
             (
             while
             so
             many
             Churches
             continue
             in
             their
             Irregularities
             )
             why
             the
             Arms
             of
             the
             Civil
             Power
             are
             wearied
             and
             discouraged
             ,
             when
             all
             their
             Endeavours
             for
             the
             establishing
             an
             universal
             uniformity
             by
             the
             method
             of
             dispersing
             unlawful
             Assemblies
             ,
             may
             be
             too
             justly
             interpreted
             to
             be
             but
             an
             emptying
             the
             streams
             ,
             while
             the
             Fountain
             is
             kept
             running
             ;
             and
             cutting
             down
             the
             Branches
             ,
             while
             the
             Root
             is
             left
             entire
             ,
             to
             propagate
             a
             new
             progeny
             of
             the
             same
             kind
             and
             spirit
             .
             So
             that
             when
             some
             Civil
             Magistrates
             have
             had
             their
             aid
             required
             ,
             for
             the
             redressing
             of
             Misdemeanors
             without
             the
             Church
             ,
             it
             hath
             been
             reasonably
             answered
             ,
             and
             objected
             by
             them
             ,
             let
             the
             Churches
             own
             work
             of
             Reformation
             
             and
             Order
             be
             done
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             we
             are
             ready
             to
             give
             our
             assistance
             to
             endeavour
             it
             abroad
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             From
             these
             mens
             Disorders
             it
             comes
             to
             pass
             that
             it
             is
             no
             wonder
             that
             the
             Government
             and
             Discipline
             of
             the
             Church
             is
             baffl'd
             and
             despis'd
             ,
             and
             men
             are
             tempted
             to
             reproach
             them
             as
             ineffectual
             ,
             and
             consequently
             useless
             ;
             when
             it
             is
             considered
             ,
             that
             besides
             the
             known
             Dissenters
             ,
             who
             impudently
             oppose
             them
             without
             ,
             the
             R.
             R.
             Bishops
             universal
             care
             of
             their
             Churches
             (
             every
             Parish
             being
             their
             proper
             Charge
             )
             is
             executed
             by
             so
             many
             Curates
             ,
             who
             are
             Traytors
             to
             them
             and
             their
             Authority
             within
             .
             Who
             contrary
             to
             their
             trust
             (
             given
             and
             taken
             with
             all
             possible
             Religious
             and
             reasonable
             Obligations
             )
             of
             keeping
             up
             the
             Reverence
             and
             Esteem
             of
             their
             Persons
             ,
             Calling
             ,
             
             and
             Discipline
             ,
             by
             conducting
             Souls
             ,
             in
             one
             legal
             uniform
             performance
             of
             their
             Offices
             ,
             in
             Canonical
             Obedience
             (
             which
             by
             Oath
             they
             stand
             oblig'd
             to
             )
             and
             Filial
             submission
             to
             them
             ;
             they
             tempt
             and
             teach
             the
             people
             to
             decline
             all
             respect
             and
             obedience
             to
             their
             Authority
             ,
             by
             setting
             up
             a
             new
             mode
             of
             Worship
             ,
             by
             the
             Rubrick
             and
             Canon
             of
             their
             own
             Fancies
             ,
             and
             in
             opposition
             to
             their
             Orders
             and
             Injunctions
             .
          
           
             Thus
             in
             stead
             of
             those
             excellent
             enjoyned
             Prayers
             ,
             and
             Regular
             Forms
             of
             Worship
             ,
             which
             they
             either
             omit
             in
             whole
             or
             part
             ,
             or
             render
             unacceptable
             by
             an
             irregular
             usage
             ,
             they
             substitute
             such
             an
             unsavory
             Offering
             of
             their
             own
             inventions
             ,
             oft-times
             so
             full
             of
             Ridiculous
             Clamors
             and
             Gestures
             ,
             and
             odd
             Familiarities
             ,
             if
             not
             of
             
             non-sense
             and
             blasphemies
             (
             against
             which
             evils
             ,
             neither
             the
             Church
             ,
             nor
             themselves
             ,
             will
             be
             secured
             ,
             while
             they
             are
             permitted
             to
             assume
             a
             liberty
             of
             uttering
             what
             they
             please
             ,
             and
             of
             gaining
             a
             reputation
             by
             it
             ,
             of
             praying
             by
             the
             Spirit
             )
             that
             the
             wiser
             sort
             of
             the
             Friends
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             are
             scandall'd
             and
             ashamed
             ,
             and
             forsake
             the
             Publick
             Assemblies
             ,
             whither
             by
             Law
             they
             are
             ingaged
             to
             go
             ;
             and
             the
             ignorant
             and
             credulous
             Vulgar
             train'd
             up
             and
             disciplin'd
             ,
             in
             the
             Love
             and
             Admiration
             of
             an
             irregular
             Devotion
             ,
             and
             in
             an
             irreconcileable
             disaffection
             to
             the
             rational
             setled
             Service
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             an
             insuperable
             hatred
             to
             the
             Laws
             and
             Persons
             that
             oblige
             and
             require
             it
             .
          
           
             And
             then
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             executing
             the
             Churches
             tender
             care
             of
             instructing
             
             Youth
             in
             form
             and
             manner
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             ingaged
             by
             Law
             and
             Duty
             ,
             they
             either
             wholly
             omit
             that
             sweet
             and
             charitable
             Office
             ,
             and
             convert
             it
             at
             the
             time
             appointed
             ,
             into
             a
             Discourse
             ,
             that
             neither
             for
             matter
             or
             manner
             ,
             doth
             suit
             with
             either
             their
             needs
             or
             capacities
             ;
             or
             instead
             of
             conducting
             them
             in
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             duties
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             by
             the
             Church-Catechism
             (
             which
             doth
             so
             concernedly
             design
             it
             )
             they
             have
             presumptuously
             substituted
             a
             great
             company
             of
             other
             Forms
             ,
             full
             of
             private
             Opinions
             ,
             and
             Heads
             of
             controverted
             Doctrines
             (
             as
             those
             of
             absolute
             Election
             ,
             Justification
             by
             Faith
             alone
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             )
             which
             have
             no
             influence
             upon
             ,
             if
             not
             a
             contradiction
             to
             ,
             the
             very
             reason
             of
             Christian
             Obedience
             ;
             and
             thence
             Parents
             and
             Tutors
             ,
             and
             the
             Children
             themselves
             
             are
             left
             to
             a
             strange
             uncertainty
             ,
             when
             (
             upon
             change
             of
             places
             )
             they
             are
             either
             committed
             to
             the
             conduct
             of
             men
             of
             other
             Fancies
             ,
             or
             to
             those
             that
             follow
             the
             Churches
             Order
             in
             their
             Institutions
             .
             Now
             what
             kind
             of
             Youth
             such
             irregular
             usage
             of
             Children
             is
             like
             to
             make
             ,
             may
             be
             judged
             by
             them
             ,
             which
             they
             trained
             up
             in
             their
             ▪
             Twenty
             years
             Liberty
             ,
             to
             use
             their
             own
             Methods
             without
             controul
             .
          
           
             Then
             as
             to
             the
             improving
             the
             Churches
             care
             of
             instructing
             men
             by
             the
             Office
             of
             Preaching
             ,
             in
             the
             Duties
             of
             Justice
             ,
             and
             Mercy
             ,
             Peace
             and
             Innocence
             ,
             Subjection
             to
             Authority
             ,
             and
             (
             which
             is
             the
             Sum
             of
             all
             )
             universal
             Obedience
             :
             the
             Peoples
             ears
             are
             accustomed
             to
             the
             noises
             of
             new
             invented
             Phrases
             ,
             and
             impertinent
             Notions
             ;
             with
             the
             Discourses
             of
             Gospel-Priviledges
             ,
             
             Christian
             Liberties
             ,
             and
             controverted
             Opinions
             (
             such
             as
             of
             the
             Famous
             five
             Points
             ,
             and
             their
             dependent
             Articles
             )
             .
             And
             instead
             of
             Preaching
             upon
             the
             Renowned
             Sermon
             upon
             the
             Mount
             (
             in
             imitation
             of
             our
             Saviour's
             own
             example
             )
             and
             pressing
             the
             Rules
             of
             Life
             contained
             in
             it
             ,
             the
             People
             hear
             the
             weight
             of
             their
             Salvation
             laid
             upon
             some
             occasional
             expressions
             in
             the
             Epistles
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             (
             especially
             those
             to
             the
             Romans
             and
             Galatians
             )
             or
             else
             they
             send
             them
             to
             Patmos
             ,
             to
             busie
             themselves
             about
             opening
             some
             of
             the
             Seals
             of
             the
             Revelation
             .
          
           
             By
             which
             kind
             of
             Preaching
             ,
             the
             People
             (
             as
             their
             Practices
             do
             too
             pregnantly
             declare
             )
             are
             kept
             in
             Ignorance
             (
             some
             think
             ,
             greater
             than
             in
             the
             darkest
             Age
             of
             Popery
             and
             Superstition
             )
             of
             those
             
             Christian
             Duties
             ,
             but
             especially
             of
             their
             necessary
             obligation
             ,
             for
             the
             attaining
             Eternal
             Salvation
             :
             which
             doth
             evidently
             appear
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             observed
             ,
             that
             no
             sort
             of
             People
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             are
             so
             defective
             in
             most
             of
             them
             ,
             nor
             (
             as
             to
             the
             case
             in
             hand
             )
             so
             cross
             &
             intractable
             to
             all
             Authorities
             ,
             nor
             so
             apt
             (
             on
             all
             occasions
             )
             to
             rebellious
             designs
             against
             them
             (
             which
             if
             a
             strict
             observation
             were
             made
             what
             places
             did
             most
             especially
             afford
             the
             greater
             numbers
             of
             them
             ,
             that
             were
             lately
             ingaged
             against
             the
             King
             and
             the
             Church
             ,
             would
             easily
             be
             proved
             )
             than
             those
             that
             have
             been
             under
             the
             conduct
             of
             such
             Ministries
             .
          
           
             Hence
             ingenuous
             persons
             may
             consider
             ,
             what
             grand
             and
             confused
             difficulties
             (
             made
             so
             through
             these
             mens
             disorders
             )
             the
             Ecclesiastick
             Jurisdiction
             hath
             to
             deal
             with
             ,
             to
             
             preserve
             the
             Church
             in
             any
             degree
             from
             a
             present
             sinking
             ,
             into
             a
             total
             ruine
             ;
             and
             (
             as
             things
             stand
             )
             how
             impossible
             it
             is
             (
             were
             its
             power
             executed
             to
             the
             greatest
             perfection
             )
             to
             attain
             its
             end
             of
             universal
             Peace
             and
             Order
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             all
             Ministers
             of
             Congregations
             were
             compelled
             to
             do
             their
             Duties
             exactly
             according
             to
             Law
             ,
             and
             not
             one
             permitted
             to
             perform
             any
             thing
             in
             the
             publick
             Worship
             of
             God
             ,
             by
             his
             own
             choice
             or
             fancy
             ,
             whereby
             one
             Church
             should
             be
             distinguish'd
             from
             another
             ;
             and
             so
             none
             be
             presum'd
             to
             come
             to
             Church
             ,
             nor
             meddle
             with
             any
             Offices
             or
             Business
             about
             it
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             come
             thither
             (
             there
             being
             no
             temptation
             from
             any
             thing
             else
             )
             in
             a
             willing
             submission
             to
             conformity
             ,
             which
             (
             't
             is
             supposed
             )
             none
             would
             do
             but
             such
             ,
             as
             would
             also
             be
             worthy
             
             and
             civil
             to
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             Church
             :
             And
             that
             all
             professed
             Dissenters
             were
             look'd
             upon
             as
             excommunicate
             persons
             (
             all
             which
             are
             really
             so
             ,
             either
             ,
             by
             the
             Sentence
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             or
             by
             their
             own
             wilful
             Separation
             )
             and
             so
             no
             further
             to
             belong
             to
             the
             Churches
             Jurisdiction
             (
             while
             they
             resolve
             obstinately
             to
             continue
             so
             )
             than
             an
             Heathen
             ,
             or
             an
             Alien
             :
             And
             that
             then
             the
             secular
             power
             would
             look
             upon
             them
             as
             only
             their
             proper
             Province
             ,
             to
             regulate
             them
             by
             such
             Laws
             as
             they
             are
             ,
             or
             shall
             be
             impowered
             withal
             ,
             made
             on
             the
             most
             Charitative
             Design
             to
             restore
             them
             to
             the
             Church
             ;
             its
             Discipline
             would
             do
             its
             own
             work
             with
             honour
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             live
             under
             its
             excellent
             conduct
             ,
             enjoy
             it
             with
             comfort
             and
             safety
             to
             their
             Souls
             .
          
           
             Whereas
             ,
             while
             so
             many
             Churches
             
             remain
             in
             their
             irregular
             ,
             and
             mixt
             conformities
             ,
             and
             for
             that
             cause
             as
             dangerous
             enemies
             ,
             as
             any
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             is
             oppressed
             with
             ,
             continue
             a
             kind
             of
             Communion
             with
             it
             ,
             in
             her
             publick
             places
             ;
             no
             wonder
             ,
             when
             such
             persons
             are
             either
             made
             Officers
             ,
             or
             any
             otherwise
             dealt
             withal
             ,
             by
             the
             Churches
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             that
             they
             appear
             ,
             either
             ,
             to
             affront
             it
             ,
             or
             to
             render
             it
             as
             trifling
             and
             ridiculous
             as
             they
             can
             :
             and
             when
             the
             Secular
             Power
             by
             due
             execution
             of
             Laws
             ,
             shall
             bring
             any
             man
             to
             some
             publick
             Churches
             ,
             it
             's
             a
             question
             whether
             he
             be
             restored
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             or
             only
             removed
             from
             a
             lesser
             Conventicle
             to
             a
             greater
             ;
             and
             so
             the
             Law
             be
             made
             use
             of
             ,
             rather
             to
             confirm
             the
             Dissenters
             in
             their
             opposition
             ,
             than
             to
             restore
             them
             to
             the
             peace
             and
             order
             of
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
           
             3.
             
             By
             these
             mens
             humouring
             the
             poor
             people
             with
             their
             Directorian
             Conformity
             ,
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             True
             Sons
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             who
             in
             Conscience
             of
             their
             duty
             to
             God
             ,
             shall
             entirely
             conform
             themselves
             to
             the
             Laws
             established
             ,
             are
             made
             the
             scorn
             and
             hate
             of
             the
             people
             :
             who
             are
             taught
             to
             reproach
             them
             (
             for
             want
             of
             an
             accusation
             that
             hath
             truth
             or
             sense
             in
             it
             )
             by
             the
             names
             of
             Popish
             &
             Superstitious
             :
             whereas
             their
             own
             Teachers
             might
             with
             less
             Injustice
             ,
             and
             upon
             a
             nearer
             agreement
             than
             we
             have
             with
             either
             the
             Pope
             ,
             or
             the
             Worship
             of
             Daemons
             (
             as
             I
             can
             shew
             them
             if
             they
             desire
             it
             )
             be
             called
             Jews
             or
             Turks
             ,
             did
             not
             a
             good
             Cause
             solemnly
             abhor
             such
             Unchristian
             Defences
             ,
             though
             a
             bad
             one
             (
             and
             it
             is
             a
             convincing
             sign
             it
             is
             so
             )
             hath
             no
             other
             to
             protect
             it
             .
          
           
           
           
           
           
           
             And
             then
             upon
             the
             temptation
             of
             those
             reproachful
             .
             Names
             that
             signifie
             and
             prove
             no
             determinate
             thing
             (
             had
             they
             said
             Conformity
             had
             been
             against
             any
             Law
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             shewn
             us
             a
             Precept
             general
             ,
             or
             particular
             to
             prove
             it
             so
             ,
             they
             had
             done
             like
             men
             and
             Christians
             )
             the
             people
             think
             themselves
             acquitted
             towards
             God
             ,
             if
             they
             persecute
             their
             conformable
             Pastors
             ,
             with
             all
             imaginable
             acts
             of
             Cruelty
             ,
             to
             make
             their
             lives
             bitter
             and
             vexatious
             to
             them
             :
             To
             which
             evils
             they
             add
             this
             also
             (
             with
             him
             in
             the
             Psalm
             ,
             imagining
             God
             to
             be
             such
             an
             one
             as
             themselves
             )
             that
             if
             any
             sad
             Accident
             (
             in
             common
             contingencies
             )
             shall
             befall
             them
             ,
             it
             shall
             be
             recorded
             as
             a
             Prodigy
             from
             heaven
             to
             argue
             Gods
             disowning
             them
             And
             whatsoever
             Faults
             (
             be
             they
             true
             or
             false
             )
             their
             watchful
             eye
             of
             envy
             
             can
             find
             in
             their
             lives
             ,
             they
             shall
             (
             with
             all
             possible
             disadvantage
             to
             their
             Reputation
             )
             be
             rumour'd
             abroad
             as
             Scandals
             to
             their
             Profession
             ,
             and
             as
             Arguments
             against
             the
             Church
             .
             Not
             considering
             that
             the
             Juggling
             of
             their
             own
             admir'd
             Guides
             with
             Christian
             Obedience
             in
             some
             things
             ,
             and
             their
             gross
             Disobedience
             to
             Authority
             in
             others
             ,
             (
             to
             the
             universal
             wrong
             both
             of
             their
             Civil
             and
             Ecclesiastick
             Superiors
             )
             are
             sins
             so
             much
             more
             scandalous
             against
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             than
             any
             their
             Malice
             pretends
             to
             lay
             to
             the
             Conformists
             Charge
             (
             if
             the
             miscarriage
             of
             some
             were
             allowed
             to
             be
             a
             just
             Accusation
             of
             all
             )
             as
             the
             Hypocrisie
             of
             a
             Pharisee
             is
             worse
             than
             the
             open
             Offences
             of
             a
             Publican
             ;
             and
             as
             a
             sin
             that
             passeth
             under
             a
             pretence
             of
             Godliness
             ,
             is
             much
             more
             dangerous
             ,
             than
             those
             sins
             ,
             whose
             
             shame
             is
             written
             on
             the
             Offenders
             Foreheads
             ;
             and
             for
             which
             there
             is
             no
             approbation
             or
             allowance
             from
             those
             of
             their
             own
             perswasion
             ,
             and
             (
             so
             oft
             as
             their
             Spiritual
             Governors
             can
             have
             it
             signified
             to
             them
             )
             for
             which
             ,
             some
             have
             been
             obliged
             to
             submit
             to
             the
             Penances
             of
             publick
             Recantations
             ;
             as
             hath
             been
             done
             in
             this
             particular
             Diocess
             .
          
           
             But
             a
             wise
             man
             may
             easily
             discover
             (
             though
             the
             People
             cannot
             )
             the
             difference
             between
             the
             Solid
             Piety
             ,
             and
             Innocency
             of
             a
             true
             Son
             of
             the
             Church
             (
             by
             which
             as
             he
             hath
             no
             design
             ,
             so
             ,
             to
             which
             he
             hath
             no
             temptation
             ,
             but
             to
             please
             and
             honour
             God
             ,
             and
             is
             not
             much
             concern'd
             if
             any
             but
             his
             All-seeing
             Eye
             shall
             know
             it
             )
             and
             the
             Sheeps-cloathing
             of
             Wolves
             ,
             the
             Angelical
             Light
             which
             the
             Devil
             puts
             on
             ,
             when
             he
             turns
             Fanatick
             ,
             and
             the
             
             Form
             of
             Godliness
             of
             a
             Deceiver
             ,
             that
             is
             so
             much
             outward
             Sanctimony
             and
             framed
             Piety
             ,
             as
             will
             (
             by
             a
             subtle
             observation
             of
             the
             Peoples
             humour
             )
             gain
             an
             acceptance
             and
             reputation
             from
             them
             of
             being
             Godly
             ,
             without
             any
             regard
             to
             the
             common
             Peace
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             And
             if
             any
             of
             them
             shall
             chance
             to
             fall
             into
             any
             apparent
             acts
             of
             sin
             ,
             which
             they
             dislike
             ,
             and
             of
             which
             they
             so
             bitterly
             accuse
             others
             ,
             and
             the
             Church
             for
             them
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             they
             comply
             with
             them
             in
             their
             disobedient
             humour
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             all
             the
             condemnation
             they
             shall
             have
             ,
             shall
             amount
             to
             no
             more
             ,
             than
             ,
             
               It
               〈◊〉
               pity
               for
               the
               man
               ,
               and
               God
               in
               his
               〈◊〉
               time
               will
               shew
               him
               his
               Errour
               ,
               and
               call
               him
               home
            
             ;
             but
             he
             shall
             not
             lose
             the
             opinion
             of
             an
             honest
             man.
             But
             wo
             to
             the
             poor
             Conformist
             ,
             if
             he
             falls
             into
             the
             same
             .
          
           
           
             4.
             
             From
             the
             example
             of
             these
             mens
             Disorders
             it
             comes
             to
             pass
             ,
             that
             the
             ignorant
             and
             easie
             Dissenters
             are
             encreased
             ,
             confirmed
             ,
             and
             hardned
             in
             their
             Separations
             ,
             beyond
             all
             possible
             recal
             ;
             when
             they
             understand
             ,
             that
             what
             they
             depart
             from
             in
             the
             whole
             ,
             is
             but
             that
             which
             those
             men
             (
             who
             by
             mistake
             enough
             and
             by
             incompetent
             Judges
             are
             accounted
             the
             only
             Godly
             Ministers
             do
             in
             their
             Churches
             reject
             in
             portions
             .
             And
             when
             ,
             as
             to
             that
             little
             they
             observe
             ,
             the
             matter
             is
             so
             ordered
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             believed
             to
             do
             it
             ,
             but
             in
             their
             own
             defence
             unwillingly
             ,
             and
             by
             constraint
             ,
             and
             as
             resolved
             to
             continue
             the
             doing
             it
             no
             longer
             ,
             than
             they
             can
             get
             themselves
             set
             free
             from
             the
             burden
             of
             Authority
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             mischief
             ends
             not
             here
             &
             that
             which
             makes
             it
             much
             worse
             
             is
             ,
             that
             such
             persons
             ,
             who
             are
             yet
             unconcern'd
             as
             to
             any
             Religion
             ,
             and
             are
             tempted
             through
             Idleness
             ,
             or
             Business
             ,
             or
             some
             little
             Offence
             to
             the
             person
             of
             their
             Priests
             ,
             to
             stay
             at
             home
             ;
             do
             answer
             all
             inward
             Checks
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             all
             outward
             Perswasions
             against
             their
             neglect
             of
             serving
             God
             according
             to
             the
             order
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             by
             alledging
             to
             themselves
             ,
             that
             they
             absent
             themselves
             from
             nothing
             but
             that
             ,
             which
             those
             that
             are
             accounted
             Godly
             ,
             do
             make
             it
             their
             Religion
             to
             scorn
             ,
             and
             forsake
             ,
             and
             would
             fight
             to
             destroy
             ;
             and
             those
             that
             use
             it
             ,
             seem
             to
             be
             opprest
             by
             it
             ,
             and
             seek
             to
             avoid
             it
             as
             much
             as
             they
             can
             .
          
           
             By
             which
             it
             comes
             to
             pass
             ,
             that
             great
             numbers
             of
             Men
             (
             I
             dare
             not
             say
             how
             great
             I
             think
             them
             )
             and
             of
             Youth
             especially
             (
             O
             unhappy
             they
             
             that
             gave
             the
             occasion
             !
             )
             by
             continued
             absence
             from
             the
             Blessings
             and
             Ordinances
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             means
             of
             Grace
             and
             Knowledge
             are
             grown
             Atheistical
             and
             Barbarous
             ,
             Vile
             and
             Vitious
             ,
             Bold
             and
             Hardened
             in
             their
             opposition
             to
             〈◊〉
             Virtue
             and
             Goodness
             .
          
           
             Hence
             it
             is
             (
             what
             with
             the
             one
             and
             the
             other
             )
             that
             some
             places
             look
             like
             (
             if
             they
             really
             be
             not
             )
             an
             universal
             defection
             from
             Christianity
             :
             And
             some
             Priests
             who
             faithfully
             perform
             their
             duty
             ,
             could
             not
             without
             great
             shame
             and
             oppression
             of
             Spirit
             ,
             be
             serving
             God
             in
             the
             Publick
             Place
             ,
             with
             so
             few
             about
             them
             (
             perhaps
             two
             or
             three
             in
             some
             populous
             places
             )
             but
             that
             they
             comfort
             themselves
             ,
             that
             their
             little
             Handful
             ,
             compared
             with
             the
             Flocks
             that
             attend
             Faction
             ,
             look
             so
             like
             the
             different
             Numbers
             in
             the
             
             Narrow
             and
             Broad
             way
             ,
             mention'd
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             and
             the
             unequal
             proportion
             of
             the
             good
             and
             evil
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             and
             by
             considering
             ,
             that
             Multitudes
             (
             when
             Differences
             are
             upon
             the
             Stage
             )
             seldom
             (
             and
             that
             by
             accident
             )
             entertain
             the
             right
             side
             ,
             but
             do
             usually
             suffer
             themselves
             to
             be
             conducted
             by
             such
             Impostors
             ,
             who
             because
             they
             cannot
             satisfie
             their
             Pride
             and
             Ambition
             in
             being
             considerable
             in
             real
             worth
             and
             weight
             ,
             will
             endeavour
             to
             make
             themselves
             so
             ,
             in
             Throngs
             and
             Numbers
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             From
             these
             mens
             disorderly
             performance
             of
             Gods
             Service
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             Confusions
             which
             they
             bring
             upon
             the
             Government
             by
             it
             ,
             the
             Romanists
             (
             whose
             Ends
             are
             chiefly
             served
             by
             it
             )
             have
             their
             Hands
             daily
             strengthened
             ,
             and
             Hopes
             advanced
             ,
             for
             the
             accomplishing
             
             their
             Designs
             .
             And
             I
             am
             assured
             (
             of
             which
             sufficient
             Reasons
             and
             Instances
             may
             be
             given
             that
             nothing
             can
             so
             fully
             defeat
             their
             Endeavours
             for
             the
             introduction
             of
             their
             Spiritual
             Empire
             amongst
             us
             ,
             as
             an
             entire
             practis●
             Uniformity
             in
             all
             our
             Churches
             ,
             and
             a
             full
             adherence
             to
             ,
             and
             a
             faithful
             preservation
             of
             ,
             the
             establish'd
             Ecclesiastick
             Government
             ;
             as
             the
             main
             Bulwarks
             ,
             which
             they
             endeavour
             to
             overthrow
             ,
             and
             which
             we
             must
             chiefly
             trust
             to
             (
             under
             God
             for
             the
             Churches
             universal
             Safety
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             truth
             of
             this
             is
             so
             infete●ed
             with
             Riddles
             ,
             and
             made
             so
             like
             the
             doubtful
             Answer
             of
             an
             Oracle
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             perfectly
             cheated
             into
             the
             Belief
             of
             a
             Sense
             as
             contrary
             to
             it
             as
             it
             it
             's
             possible
             and
             so
             are
             delivered
             into
             an
             Opinion
             
             of
             pursuing
             the
             Churches
             safety
             against
             Popery
             ,
             by
             that
             Method
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             only
             probable
             means
             of
             delivering
             up
             the
             Church
             unto
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             Romanists
             know
             ,
             that
             they
             can
             never
             bring
             this
             Nation
             back
             to
             their
             Religion
             ,
             but
             first
             the
             establisht
             Church
             must
             be
             overthrown
             ;
             and
             they
             know
             also
             (
             no
             other
             danger
             yet
             appearing
             )
             it
             must
             be
             done
             ,
             by
             improving
             the
             Dissenters
             Maice
             ,
             and
             the
             Peoples
             Folly
             ,
             to
             confound
             the
             Peace
             and
             Order
             of
             it
             ,
             by
             the
             ruine
             of
             Episcopacy
             and
             Liturgy
             :
             which
             that
             they
             may
             do
             with
             the
             greater
             Zeal
             ,
             the
             Cheat
             〈◊〉
             ,
             they
             must
             be
             made
             believe
             ,
             that
             all
             that
             they
             do
             is
             to
             pull
             down
             Antichrist
             ,
             and
             keep
             out
             Popery
             ;
             and
             to
             hate
             the
             Conformist
             ,
             as
             designing
             to
             uphold
             both
             :
             whereas
             there
             is
             no
             man
             ,
             but
             he
             ,
             that
             prevents
             the
             
             setting
             up
             of
             both
             among
             us
             .
          
           
             Thus
             the
             best
             Prince
             ,
             Prelate
             ,
             and
             Statesman
             then
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             lost
             their
             Lives
             ,
             by
             being
             first
             rendred
             the
             Peoples
             hate
             ,
             as
             designing
             to
             bring
             in
             Popery
             ;
             when
             wise
             men
             knew
             ,
             that
             there
             were
             not
             three
             persons
             under
             the
             Sun
             ,
             whom
             the
             Romanists
             would
             rather
             have
             removed
             out
             of
             the
             way
             ,
             as
             the
             grand
             hinderers
             of
             their
             Design
             .
             The
             people
             are
             taught
             not
             to
             conform
             to
             the
             Liturgy
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             Popish
             ;
             whereas
             the
             Papists
             hate
             it
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             not
             so
             ;
             and
             when
             some
             of
             them
             have
             been
             dispensed
             to
             hear
             our
             Sermons
             ,
             they
             are
             always
             prohibited
             to
             hear
             the
             Service
             .
          
           
             And
             whereas
             the
             Factions
             are
             at
             work
             to
             make
             the
             People
             ruine
             Episcopacy
             ,
             as
             Popish
             ;
             there
             is
             nothing
             the
             Romanists
             desire
             to
             see
             
             rather
             ,
             than
             it's
             confusion
             ;
             as
             knowing
             that
             it
             was
             that
             Order
             of
             men
             ,
             that
             did
             at
             first
             throw
             ,
             and
             now
             keeps
             out
             their
             Usurpations
             .
             And
             it
             is
             known
             ,
             that
             the
             strictest
             Adherers
             to
             the
             Pope
             ,
             are
             but
             back-friends
             to
             the
             Order
             of
             Bishops
             in
             the
             Countries
             of
             their
             own
             perswasion
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Order
             of
             Jesuites
             was
             first
             rais'd
             up
             ,
             and
             now
             continued
             in
             its
             greatness
             ,
             on
             design
             ,
             to
             retrench
             the
             power
             of
             Bishops
             ,
             as
             an
             Order
             that
             can
             only
             endanger
             the
             Popes
             Usurpations
             ,
             and
             yet
             themselves
             stand
             upon
             a
             firm
             bottom
             of
             primitive
             Catholocisme
             .
          
           
             But
             fully
             to
             confute
             the
             Peoples
             grand
             Mistake
             ,
             who
             have
             been
             so
             falsly
             and
             disingenuously
             tempted
             ,
             and
             instructed
             ,
             to
             suspect
             the
             strict
             Conformists
             ,
             as
             inclinable
             to
             Popery
             (
             the
             spiteful
             Artifice
             of
             the
             Factions
             
             to
             render
             them
             odious
             )
             I
             wish
             them
             to
             consider
             ,
             against
             whom
             hath
             the
             Romanists
             bent
             their
             Forces
             in
             all
             their
             Debates
             ,
             and
             with
             what
             bitterness
             they
             have
             sometimes
             managed
             them
             (
             to
             instance
             in
             Mr.
             
             Serjant's
             Schism-Disarm'd
             ,
             against
             Dr.
             Hammond
             )
             not
             against
             the
             Factions
             ,
             one
             or
             other
             ,
             but
             always
             against
             the
             establish'd
             Church
             of
             England
             ?
             And
             who
             hath
             maintained
             the
             Disputes
             against
             them
             ,
             but
             the
             strictest
             Adherers
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             those
             generally
             of
             the
             Episcopal
             Order
             it self
             ?
             And
             if
             this
             cannot
             sufficiently
             manifest
             the
             falseness
             of
             the
             Accusation
             ,
             and
             how
             far
             the
             Faithful
             Sons
             of
             our
             Church
             are
             from
             being
             Favourers
             of
             Popery
             ,
             what
             can
             be
             said
             or
             done
             more
             to
             convince
             them
             ?
          
           
             Then
             let
             them
             consider
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             what
             kindness
             the
             Romanists
             
             have
             shewn
             to
             the
             Factious
             ,
             (
             not
             that
             I
             think
             they
             love
             them
             more
             than
             us
             ,
             or
             would
             not
             destroy
             them
             also
             ,
             when
             they
             had
             done
             their
             work
             of
             confounding
             us
             )
             of
             which
             none
             can
             be
             ignorant
             ,
             that
             will
             enquire
             after
             so
             many
             Stories
             that
             pregnantly
             prove
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             are
             Printed
             ,
             and
             not
             Confuted
             :
             Of
             which
             there
             is
             hardly
             any
             Clergy-man
             ,
             but
             can
             say
             something
             from
             the
             Circle
             of
             his
             own
             Observation
             .
             Let
             the
             world
             therefore
             judge
             ,
             whether
             they
             that
             have
             so
             unworthily
             prejudg'd
             the
             People
             with
             a
             suspition
             of
             us
             ,
             have
             not
             given
             occasion
             to
             be
             accused
             as
             really
             guil●●
             of
             the
             same
             themselves
             .
          
           
             The
             Sum
             is
             ,
             So
             far
             as
             a
             partial
             Conformist
             ,
             doth
             by
             his
             unworthy
             usage
             of
             his
             Offices
             ,
             cherish
             in
             the
             People
             a
             dislike
             and
             disaffection
             ,
             to
             the
             Service
             ,
             Orders
             ,
             and
             Government
             
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             whereby
             they
             are
             prepared
             to
             oppose
             them
             ,
             (
             if
             not
             to
             destroy
             them
             )
             on
             all
             occasions
             ;
             so
             far
             he
             must
             be
             supposed
             to
             be
             doing
             the
             Papists
             work
             ,
             to
             be
             digging
             down
             the
             Wall
             ,
             plucking
             up
             the
             Hedge
             ,
             which
             fence
             and
             secure
             the
             Church
             against
             them
             ;
             and
             laying
             all
             open
             to
             give
             them
             opportunity
             to
             re-enter
             and
             possess
             the
             holy
             Vineyard
             of
             God
             amongst
             us
             .
             And
             I
             think
             of
             this
             they
             have
             been
             sufficiently
             forewarned
             ,
             by
             the
             late
             Incomparable
             Prelate
             and
             Martyr
             ,
             when
             in
             his
             dying
             Sermon
             ,
             he
             foretold
             what
             a
             Harvest
             the
             Pope
             would
             make
             of
             our
             Confusions
             ;
             though
             for
             his
             good
             will
             ,
             and
             dying-tender
             care
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             the
             Head
             of
             a
             Faction
             ,
             (
             who
             afterward
             lost
             his
             own
             )
             was
             so
             impudent
             ,
             as
             in
             a
             Triumph
             ,
             to
             dip
             his
             Handkerchief
             in
             his
             Blood
             ,
             
             in
             requital
             for
             his
             Kindness
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             And
             Lastly
             ,
             By
             these
             mens
             undutiful
             practices
             it
             comes
             to
             pass
             ,
             that
             the
             Parochial
             Officers
             ,
             who
             should
             inform
             Authority
             of
             the
             Miscarriages
             of
             Congregations
             ,
             are
             for
             their
             sakes
             ,
             tempted
             to
             break
             their
             solemn
             Oaths
             to
             God
             ,
             given
             and
             taken
             ,
             for
             the
             good
             end
             of
             the
             Churches
             Order
             and
             Unity
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             purity
             of
             Life
             in
             the
             Members
             of
             it
             ,
             which
             are
             wholly
             defeated
             by
             it
             .
          
           
             Of
             which
             Oaths
             so
             broken
             ,
             those
             Ministers
             cannot
             but
             be
             highly
             guilty
             ,
             as
             being
             in
             no
             capacity
             to
             reprove
             them
             ,
             and
             necessarily
             oblig'd
             to
             indulge
             them
             ,
             in
             their
             abominable
             sin
             of
             Perjury
             :
             And
             all
             to
             save
             themselves
             from
             being
             justly
             questioned
             ,
             for
             their
             own
             Disorders
             and
             Disobedience
             .
          
           
           
             And
             the
             event
             is
             ,
             that
             most
             Churches
             will
             be
             (
             without
             all
             visible
             remedy
             )
             kept
             unreformed
             from
             the
             grossest
             Abuses
             ;
             and
             the
             Nation
             in
             general
             will
             be
             taught
             by
             such
             remarkable
             Presidents
             of
             Perjury
             ,
             almost
             in
             every
             Neighbourhood
             ,
             to
             contemn
             all
             other
             Obligations
             by
             the
             solemn
             Religion
             of
             an
             Oath
             ;
             that
             the
             King
             can
             promise
             to
             himself
             little
             assurance
             of
             Fealty
             ,
             from
             them
             that
             have
             sworn
             it
             ;
             and
             no
             man
             secure
             of
             his
             Life
             or
             Fortune
             ,
             when
             both
             are
             committed
             to
             the
             tryal
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             when
             only
             the
             tye
             of
             an
             Oath
             can
             assure
             any
             man
             to
             have
             right
             done
             him
             .
             And
             there
             are
             already
             Complaints
             made
             of
             gross
             Miscarriages
             ,
             where
             Favour
             or
             Interest
             have
             tempted
             men
             to
             deal
             unfaithfully
             ,
             and
             to
             betray
             the
             Truth
             ,
             to
             the
             preservation
             of
             which
             ,
             they
             stood
             engaged
             by
             oath
             .
          
           
           
             And
             if
             men
             still
             proceed
             to
             be
             so
             Atheistical
             ,
             and
             hardy
             ,
             as
             to
             make
             no
             Conscience
             of
             an
             Oath
             ,
             and
             consequently
             not
             of
             the
             lesser
             tyes
             of
             Honour
             ,
             and
             common
             Honesty
             ;
             the
             whole
             world
             will
             in
             a
             short
             time
             be
             sensible
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             a
             false
             ,
             perfidious
             ,
             and
             perjurious
             People
             ,
             abominable
             to
             God
             and
             Man.
             
          
           
             All
             these
             evils
             (
             till
             they
             shall
             endeavour
             to
             convince
             me
             to
             the
             contrary
             ,
             which
             if
             they
             do
             ,
             I
             shall
             either
             give
             them
             a
             sober
             Reply
             in
             my
             own
             Defence
             ,
             or
             a
             just
             acknowledgment
             of
             my
             Mistake
             )
             I
             conclude
             to
             be
             done
             or
             occasioned
             by
             them
             .
             And
             do
             yet
             believe
             ,
             that
             without
             Repentance
             towards
             God
             ,
             and
             a
             sincere
             endeavour
             to
             make
             satisfaction
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             for
             the
             wrongs
             they
             have
             done
             ,
             they
             must
             answer
             deeply
             for
             them
             ,
             at
             the
             Bar
             of
             Divine
             Justice
             ,
             and
             be
             reckoned
             
             among
             the
             urighteous
             in
             my
             Text.
             
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             People
             who
             are
             abused
             by
             them
             ,
             in
             their
             Judgment
             and
             Affections
             against
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             so
             many
             of
             them
             as
             are
             invincibly
             prejudiced
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             such
             as
             having
             derived
             their
             Errour
             from
             the
             force
             of
             an
             unhappy
             Education
             ,
             and
             since
             been
             kept
             up
             in
             their
             prejudice
             ,
             by
             the
             strong
             Temptation
             of
             their
             Teachers
             seeming
             Godliness
             (
             in
             which
             it
             is
             no
             hard
             matter
             to
             deceive
             a
             weak
             ,
             though
             innocent
             ,
             mind
             )
             and
             have
             not
             natural
             capacities
             to
             discover
             their
             Mistake
             ,
             by
             the
             help
             of
             an
             ordinary
             and
             general
             Means
             of
             Conviction
             ;
             My
             Charity
             tells
             me
             ,
             that
             such
             may
             be
             dear
             and
             beloved
             Servants
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             may
             attain
             the
             end
             of
             the
             
             Gospel
             in
             pure
             and
             innocent
             lives
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             that
             would
             not
             for
             any
             earthly
             advantage
             ,
             wilfully
             and
             deliberately
             persist
             in
             any
             evil
             way
             ,
             (
             except
             in
             the
             Instance
             of
             their
             (
             which
             I
             suppose
             )
             invincible
             Mistake
             )
             whereby
             God
             should
             be
             offended
             ,
             or
             dishonoured
             by
             them
             .
          
           
             And
             I
             wish
             that
             the
             best
             care
             might
             be
             taken
             in
             every
             part
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             to
             distinguish
             them
             from
             those
             ,
             who
             observedly
             ,
             out
             of
             a
             ●●oss
             humour
             ,
             pride
             or
             envy
             ,
             wickedly
             maintain
             their
             opposition
             against
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             that
             then
             there
             were
             a
             particular
             application
             made
             to
             them
             ,
             managed
             with
             the
             greatest
             meekness
             ,
             and
             prudence
             ,
             to
             undeceive
             them
             ;
             and
             that
             all
             Churches
             did
             the
             same
             thing
             without
             distinction
             ,
             and
             no
             subtle
             heads
             of
             Factions
             permitted
             any
             more
             to
             abuse
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             Church-men
             
             would
             be
             exactly
             careful
             of
             giving
             them
             no
             offence
             ,
             by
             the
             Irregularities
             of
             their
             Lives
             ,
             I
             am
             perswaded
             in
             a
             short
             time
             ,
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             Innocent
             Dissenters
             might
             be
             gained
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             be
             an
             Ornament
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             obstinate
             would
             either
             hide
             their
             Faces
             in
             shame
             and
             discouragement
             ,
             or
             manifest
             their
             Falseness
             by
             the
             evidence
             of
             some
             grosser
             universally
             acknowledged
             Miscarriages
             .
          
           
             But
             as
             to
             the
             persons
             whom
             I
             am
             now
             reproving
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             not
             possible
             but
             they
             must
             know
             the
             tenur
             of
             their
             Oaths
             ,
             Subscriptions
             ,
             and
             Engagements
             ,
             and
             cannot
             but
             understand
             that
             a
             departure
             from
             them
             ,
             to
             a
             contrary
             practice
             ,
             must
             needs
             be
             a
             wilful
             transgression
             of
             their
             duty
             to
             God
             &
             man
             ,
             so
             I
             know
             not
             yet
             what
             Argument
             to
             give
             myself
             ,
             
             upon
             which
             I
             may
             ground
             a
             charitable
             interpretation
             of
             their
             Irregularities
             and
             Compliances
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thus
             have
             I
             (
             laying
             aside
             all
             apprehension
             of
             Fear
             or
             Favour
             from
             any
             man
             ,
             or
             parties
             of
             men
             whatsoever
             )
             dealt
             plainly
             and
             faithfully
             in
             this
             great
             Concern
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             by
             laying
             the
             occasion
             of
             the
             present
             evils
             of
             it
             ,
             on
             them
             that
             practised
             ,
             and
             do
             yet
             continue
             to
             practise
             their
             Partial
             Conformity
             and
             Compliance
             with
             the
             Factious
             humour
             of
             the
             Age
             in
             the
             Publick
             
             Churches
             .
             If
             I
             have
             touch'd
             a
             tender
             Sore
             ,
             it
             is
             because
             I
             in
             tended
             to
             cleanse
             and
             heal
             it
             not
             to
             inflame
             or
             torment
             it
             If
             any
             man
             becomes
             my
             enemy
             for
             telling
             the
             Truth
             ,
             it
             is
             none
             of
             my
             Fault
             ,
             and
             so
             shall
             be
             none
             of
             my
             Discomfort
             .
             But
             〈◊〉
             the
             Representation
             (
             which
             I
             have
             made
             )
             of
             the
             Sin
             and
             Danger
             ,
             shall
             prevail
             with
             any
             one
             (
             〈◊〉
             but
             one
             )
             who
             hath
             hitherto
             halted
             in
             his
             Duty
             ,
             to
             entertain
             a
             Resolution
             in
             future
             to
             keep
             a
             good
             Conscience
             ,
             consult
             the
             Right
             of
             his
             Superiors
             ,
             and
             the
             Safety
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             by
             keeping
             himself
             strict
             to
             his
             Obedience
             ,
             I
             shall
             have
             a
             sufficient
             Compensation
             for
             whatsoever
             I
             shall
             suffer
             from
             that
             angry
             Generation
             of
             men
             I
             have
             to
             deal
             
             with
             ,
             and
             an
             ample
             Reward
             for
             whatsoever
             is
             here
             done
             ,
             by
             him
             ,
             who
             among
             the
             Servants
             of
             Jesus
             ,
             is
          
        
         
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             
               sept
               .
               18.
               1669.
               
            
          
           
             W.
             S.
             
          
        
      
    
     
  

