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             An epistle discoursing vpon the present pestilence Teaching what it is, and how the people of God should carrie themselues towards God and their neighbour therein. Reprinted with some additions. By Henoch Clapham.
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           AN
           EPISTLE
           DISCOVRSING
           vpon
           the
           present
           Pestilence
           .
        
         
           Teaching
           what
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           how
           the
           people
           of
           God
           should
           carrie
           themselues
           towards
           God
           and
           their
           Neighbour
           therein
           .
        
         
           Reprinted
           with
           some
           Additions
           .
        
         
           By
           Henoch
           Clapham
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           Printed
           by
           T.
           C.
           for
           the
           Widow
           Newbery
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           her
           shop
           in
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           ,
           at
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           Ball.
           1603.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           RIGHT
           Worshipfull
           Sir
           Baptist
           Hickes
           ,
           Knight
           :
           all
           necessarie
           sauing
           gifts
           from
           aboue
           .
        
         
           GOod
           Sir
           ,
           before
           I
           returned
           last
           into
           England
           ,
           I
           did
           publish
           a
           certaine
           Epistle
           ,
           wherein
           I
           noted
           how
           certaine
           amongst
           vs
           had
           laide
           the
           groundes
           of
           Brownisme
           ,
           while
           theyr
           zeale
           (
           beyond
           knowledge
           )
           had
           laboured
           our
           Churches
           reformation
           .
        
         
           That
           comming
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           some
           of
           them
           here
           in
           and
           about
           the
           Citie
           ,
           they
           welcomed
           me
           home
           ,
           with
           an
           aduisement
           giuen
           to
           some
           theyr
           disciples
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           neither
           be
           heard
           Preach
           ,
           nor
           priuatly
           conferred
           with
           ,
           nor
           haue
           any
           of
           my
           bookes
           read
           of
           them
           .
           Theyr
           reason
           was
           ,
           that
           Cl.
           would
           bring
           people
           to
           all
           the
           corruptions
           of
           the
           English
           Church
           ,
           and
           finally
           to
           Romes
           church
           .
        
         
           But
           when
           there
           was
           some
           extraordinary
           cause
           of
           opposing
           to
           Romish
           platformes
           ,
           let
           the
           Traytor
           
             W.
             Wat.
          
           speake
           of
           his
           conscience
           ,
           if
           the
           Accused
           did
           not
           rather
           oppose
           to
           such
           wickednes
           then
           his
           Accusers
           ?
        
         
           As
           they
           bgun
           to
           malice
           without
           grounde
           (
           for
           now
           they
           shame
           to
           meddle
           with
           theyr
           dombe
           Presbyterie
           ,
           and
           halfe
           faced
           Deaconry
           ,
           with
           some
           other
           things
           not
           to
           be
           maintained
           )
           so
           ,
           they
           haue
           not
           therewith
           stinted
           the
           bitternesse
           of
           their
           spirits
           ,
           but
           now
           must
           please
           them
           (
           whom
           otherwise
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
           But
           some
           will
           say
           ,
           that
           meate
           and
           drinke
           ,
           Chirurgene
           and
           Phisicke
           ,
           helpeth
           and
           doth
           good
           to
           many
           ,
           who
           neuer
           call
           vpon
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           specially
           in
           the
           name
           of
           Christ
           Iesus
           ,
           I
           answere
           :
           *
           
             The
             liuing
             God
             is
             a
             Sauiour
             of
             all
             men
             ,
             specially
             of
             them
             that
             beleeue
             .
          
           His
           mercie
           is
           vpon
           all
           the
           creatures
           .
           Not
           the
           vilest
           Barbarian
           ,
           but
           he
           suffreth
           his
           comfortable
           Sunne
           and
           Ayre
           to
           shine
           and
           breath
           vpon
           .
           When
           the
           mercies
           of
           God
           are
           called
           into
           question
           ,
           euery
           mouth
           shall
           be
           stopped
           .
           But
           howsoeuer
           he
           is
           a
           Sauiour
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           yet
           he
           hath
           a
           speciall
           saluation
           for
           the
           faithfull
           ,
           as
           
             S.
             Paul
          
           teacheth
           Timothie
           .
           Howsoeuer
           he
           affordeth
           blessings
           to
           all
           ,
           yet
           in
           a
           speciall
           forme
           he
           blesseth
           the
           Beleeuer
           .
           For
           as
           they
           call
           for
           his
           sauing
           fauour
           in
           the
           vse
           of
           all
           his
           creatures
           ,
           so
           they
           haue
           it
           in
           their
           much
           and
           little
           ,
           in
           their
           health
           and
           sicknesse
           ,
           in
           their
           life
           and
           death
           .
           These
           vse
           the
           Creature
           ,
           with
           assurance
           of
           a
           peculiar
           blessing
           ,
           when
           the
           other
           eate
           ,
           drinke
           ,
           and
           apply
           it
           with
           a
           peculiar
           curse
           ;
           Now
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           to
           labour
           for
           the
           temporary
           blessing
           sauced
           onely
           with
           a
           common
           mercie
           ,
           (
           for
           then
           we
           goe
           no
           further
           then
           the
           dogge
           in
           his
           eating
           of
           grasse
           ,
           for
           easing
           his
           stomacke
           )
           but
           to
           labour
           with
           the
           Lord
           by
           prayer
           for
           his
           speciall
           blessing
           our
           conscence
           in
           the
           vse
           of
           these
           creatures
           :
           leauing
           the
           issue
           tempotarie
           to
           his
           will
           ,
           which
           is
           holy
           in
           all
           things
           .
        
         
           A
           true
           Christian
           walketh
           thus
           in
           common
           diet
           ,
           and
           vsuall
           infirmities
           ,
           how
           much
           more
           doth
           it
           stand
           him
           in
           hand
           ,
           to
           looke
           to
           his
           carriage
           towards
           God
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           this
           Pest
           or
           Pestilence
           ?
           A
           theists
           ,
           meere
           Naturians
           and
           other
           ignorant
           persons
           ,
           do
           hold
           it
           to
           be
           a
           natural
           disease
           ,
           proceeding
           from
           naturall
           causes
           onely
           :
           as
           from
           corruption
           of
           ayre
           ,
           caused
           by
           vnseasonable
           Planets
           aboue
           ,
           or
           else
           from
           carrionly
           stinking
           smelles
           here
           belowe
           .
           Who
           while
           they
           looke
           not
           higher
           then
           the
           earth
           ,
           or
           not
           higher
           then
           the
           Planets
           ,
           do
           sticke
           in
           the
           Creature
           ,
           forgetting
           the
           Creator
           (
           called
           the
           *
           
             Lord
             of
             hostes
          
           )
           who
           commaunds
           or
           forbids
           ,
           sends
           out
           ,
           or
           stayes
           the
           course
           and
           operation
           of
           creatures
           and
           corruptions
           .
           As
           God
           is
           the
           Lord
           of
           Hostes
           ,
           so
           *
           
             Hee
             
             maketh
             a
             flaming
             fire
             his
             ministers
             ,
          
           sometimes
           for
           consuming
           ,
           sometimes
           for
           preseruing
           .
           For
           by
           it
           ,
           Nebuchadnezzers
           executioners
           were
           destroyed
           ,
           when
           the
           three
           young
           Nobles
           of
           Iudah
           were
           in
           midst
           thereof
           preserued
           .
        
         
           
             Addition
             expository
             and
             Apologeticall
             to
             the
             first
             Section
             .
          
           
             GAlenistes
             ]
             So
             called
             of
             Galen
             a
             Gréek
             Heathen
             Physitian
             .
             This
             kind
             of
             Plague
             or
             Pestilence
             is
             of
             him
             tearmed
             Loimos
             ,
             respecting
             onely
             Bodies
             bursting
             out
             in
             corruption
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             cause
             sometimes
             of
             corrupting
             other
             bodies
             :
             specially
             such
             as
             are
             inclinable
             to
             and
             capable
             of
             such
             corruption
             .
             And
             this
             is
             it
             ,
             that
             some
             Christians
             vnderstand
             ,
             when
             they
             say
             ,
             that
             the
             Pestilence
             is
             as
             a
             Candle
             ,
             and
             bodies
             as
             strawe
             ,
             some
             wet
             ,
             some
             dry
             ,
             more
             or
             lesse
             capable
             of
             taking
             fire
             .
             And
             this
             is
             true
             ,
             but
             not
             all
             the
             truth
             ,
             nor
             yet
             in
             the
             first
             sence
             which
             is
             Diuine
             ,
             whereof
             I
             shall
             speake
             somewhat
             after
             .
             To
             stick
             therfore
             in
             this
             consideration
             ,
             is
             to
             speake
             rather
             after
             the
             manner
             of
             Naturalls
             then
             of
             Diuines
             .
             And
             who
             dare
             speake
             rather
             after
             the
             maner
             of
             man
             ,
             then
             after
             the
             vncontrowlable
             forme
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ?
          
           
             
               The
               dead
               creature
               can
               giue
               to
               him
               no
               life
               :
               ]
            
             Because
             the
             dead
             creature
             cannot
             of
             it selfe
             vinifie
             the
             bodie
             ,
             therefore
             the
             Christian
             is
             taught
             to
             looke
             vp
             to
             God
             the
             Author
             of
             life
             :
             who
             ,
             as
             he
             hath
             promised
             to
             euerie
             Belieuer
             the
             thing
             that
             is
             good
             calling
             for
             it
             by
             prayer
             ;
             so
             ,
             such
             a
             praying
             belieuer
             ought
             to
             expect
             the
             veritie
             of
             his
             promise
             ,
             séeing
             he
             is
             faithfull
             that
             hath
             promised
             :
             for
             ,
             
               Godlines
               is
               profitable
               to
               all
               things
               ,
               which
               hath
               promise
               of
               the
               life
               present
               and
               of
               that
               is
               to
               come
               ,
               1
               Tim.
               4
               ,
               8.
            
             without
             Godlines
             ,
             many
             are
             partakers
             of
             some
             Spiritual
             and
             all
             sorts
             of
             Corporall
             giuings
             ,
             without
             diuine
             direct
             promise
             ,
             and
             therefore
             such
             giuings
             do
             finally
             turne
             into
             bitternes
             ,
             vexation
             of
             spirit
             ,
             and
             the
             iust
             heaping
             vp
             of
             iudgement
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           SECTION
           .
           II.
           
        
         
           THe
           word
           Plague
           ,
           is
           originally
           a
           Greeke
           word
           :
           for
           Plege
           it
           is
           termed
           in
           Reuelation
           .
           16.
           9.
           and
           of
           the
           Latines
           Plaga
           ,
           in
           English
           valuing
           a
           blowe
           or
           stripe
           .
           Which
           ,
           as
           it
           may
           haue
           a
           more
           generall
           vse
           ,
           so
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           applyed
           to
           this
           particular
           disease
           of
           the
           Pest
           ,
           otherwise
           ,
           then
           because
           it
           is
           a
           blowe
           or
           stripe
           inflicted
           on
           mankind
           .
           By
           whom
           ?
           By
           God
           ,
           although
           mediately
           by
           spirit
           ,
           or
           corruption
           ,
           or
           both
           .
           The
           language
           of
           God
           &
           Adam
           in
           the
           old
           Testament
           ,
           doth
           terme
           it
           Deber
           (
           as
           in
           
             Exod.
             3.
             3.
             
             Deu.
             28
             21.
             
             Psal
             91.
             36
             2.
             
             Sam
          
           24.
           13.
           
           )
           of
           Dabar
           to
           speake
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           a
           speech
           of
           life
           or
           death
           .
           And
           so
           it
           is
           termed
           I
           doubt
           not
           because
           it
           is
           an
           effect
           of
           the
           Lords
           Word
           for
           sinne
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           threatning
           in
           Deut.
           28.
           21.
           
        
         
           Let
           the
           word
           be
           so
           considered
           in
           the
           two
           sacred
           languages
           of
           the
           old
           and
           new
           Testament
           ,
           and
           the
           Plague
           is
           no
           other
           maladie
           ,
           then
           a
           speciall
           blowe
           inflicted
           on
           mankinde
           for
           sinne
           .
           I
           speake
           not
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           it
           seizeth
           on
           beasts
           ,
           seeing
           it
           commeth
           to
           them
           by
           Mankindes
           sinne
           .
           Sinne
           is
           the
           cause
           why
           the
           Lord
           (
           according
           to
           his
           word
           )
           smiteth
           Mankind
           ,
           whether
           corruption
           be
           in
           the
           way
           or
           not
           .
           Doth
           God
           send
           out
           a
           Spirit
           to
           smite
           (
           as
           Dauids
           people
           in
           2.
           
           
             Sam.
             24.
          
           were
           smit
           by
           a
           good
           Angell
           ,
           but
           Iob
           before
           with
           a
           bad
           )
           the
           Spirit
           smiteth
           not
           but
           vpon
           the
           Lords
           word
           ,
           smite
           or
           touch
           :
           in
           which
           respect
           it
           is
           called
           Negagn
           in
           Psal
           91.
           10.
           of
           Nagagn
           to
           touch
           :
           Although
           the
           terme
           Negagn
           may
           well
           imply
           a
           plague
           or
           stripe
           lesse
           piercing
           and
           killing
           .
        
         
           The
           stroke
           of
           God
           ,
           it
           is
           for
           sinne
           .
           And
           smiteth
           he
           with
           his
           owne
           finger
           immediately
           ,
           or
           mediately
           as
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           an
           other
           ?
           *
           
             The
             secret
             things
             belong
             vnto
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           nor
           will
           I
           meddle
           with
           what
           hee
           doth
           beyond
           the
           words
           reuelation
           .
           In
           Leuiticus
           26.
           and
           Deut.
           28.
           hee
           threatneth
           varietie
           of
           plagues
           for
           sin
           ;
           but
           concealeth
           the
           particular
           meanes
           which
           hee
           will
           vse
           for
           accomplishing
           that
           word
           .
           In
           other
           places
           we
           read
           of
           his
           Angell
           smiting
           people
           til
           the
           Lord
           did
           
           stay
           ,
           but
           that
           euer
           he
           made
           Corruption
           his
           messenger
           I
           read
           not
           :
           and
           yet
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           God
           may
           haue
           vsed
           corruption
           in
           the
           ministry
           of
           his
           Angell
           ,
           for
           correcting
           or
           confounding
           the
           corrupt
           creature
           .
           But
           why
           in
           such
           discourse
           ,
           hath
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           still
           mentioned
           only
           God
           for
           Agent
           ,
           and
           the
           Angell
           for
           Instrument
           ?
           Because
           we
           should
           in
           such
           cases
           ,
           looke
           first
           to
           God
           ,
           as
           he
           that
           is
           all
           in
           all
           :
           secondly
           ,
           to
           the
           ministrie
           of
           his
           Angels
           ,
           who
           are
           appointed
           to
           preserue
           such
           from
           the
           plague
           as
           commit
           themselues
           *
           in
           
             their
             wayes
             to
             the
             protection
             of
             God
             all
             sufficient
             .
          
           A
           doctrine
           full
           opposite
           to
           our
           practise
           ,
           who
           cast
           our
           eye
           more
           to
           acryall
           corruption
           ,
           then
           vnto
           God
           and
           his
           Angell
           smiting
           .
        
         
           
             Addition
             Expos.
             &
             Apologet.
             to
             the
             second
             Sestion
             .
          
           
             
               THe
               word
               plague
            
             ]
             Séeing
             there
             can
             be
             no
             true
             dispute
             where
             the
             thing
             to
             be
             disputed
             vpon
             is
             vncertainlie
             or
             doubtfully
             vnderstoode
             ,
             I
             therefore
             in
             the
             second
             Section
             ,
             haue
             laboured
             to
             cleare
             
               what
               the
               Plague
               may
               be
               .
               Plague
            
             (
             and
             so
             Pestilence
             )
             is
             a
             word
             of
             large
             vse
             ,
             but
             in
             this
             dispute
             applied
             to
             a
             certaine
             disease
             extraordinarily
             mortall
             and
             deadly
             :
             yea
             ,
             a
             disease
             now
             amongst
             vs
             ,
             confessed
             by
             our
             Physitians
             ,
             to
             excéed
             the
             compasse
             and
             reache
             of
             all
             their
             naturall
             reason
             and
             reading
             .
             No
             maruell
             ,
             séeing
             that
             which
             is
             primordiall
             and
             principall
             in
             it
             ,
             is
             spirituall
             and
             inuisible
             .
             What
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             Diuine
             Scriptures
             do
             teach
             ,
             when
             not
             only
             they
             shewe
             that
             Sinne
             is
             the
             prouoking
             cause
             (
             and
             specially
             ,
             sinne
             vniversall
             )
             but
             also
             do
             shewe
             that
             it
             is
             a
             stroke
             inflicted
             from
             without
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             the
             ministrie
             of
             an
             Angell
             ,
             appointed
             so
             by
             Iehouahs
             expresse
             word
             :
             for
             which
             the
             Hebrewes
             do
             vse
             the
             very
             same
             letters
             
               (
               Deber
            
             )
             for
             word
             and
             Pestilence
             .
             And
             herevpon
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             Hebrues
             turne
             the
             word
             Deber
             by
             Logos
             ,
             in
             Psal.
             91.
             so
             well
             as
             in
             other
             places
             ,
             which
             in
             English
             is
             word
             or
             speech
             :
             for
             as
             Gentils
             without
             God
             could
             not
             reach
             hier
             thē
             nature
             herein
             ▪
             so
             the
             Hebrues
             (
             to
             whom
             the
             liuely
             Oracles
             were
             commited
             )
             did
             
             passe
             by
             that
             ,
             as
             being
             but
             the
             effect
             ;
             and
             looked
             (
             as
             we
             ought
             )
             to
             God
             be
             his
             Angell
             smiting
             .
             Nor
             is
             it
             for
             other
             cause
             ,
             that
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             tells
             vs
             of
             Aaron
             &
             Dauids
             intercéeding
             by
             praier
             ,
             in
             Nom.
             16.
             and
             2.
             
             Sam.
             24.
             and
             not
             of
             any
             corporall
             flight
             or
             naturall
             courses
             .
          
           
             The
             Gréeke
             translation
             ,
             in
             Psal.
             91.
             3
             doth
             read
             for
             these
             our
             words
             ;
             
               From
               the
               noysome
               Pestilence
            
             ,
             these
             words
             
               Apologóu
               tarachodous
            
             ,
             which
             valueth
             this
             ,
             
               From
               the
               word
               that
               be-muddeth
            
             :
             from
             whence
             I
             gather
             ,
             first
             the
             Angell
             smiting
             according
             to
             the
             Lords
             word
             gone
             out
             :
             secondly
             ,
             an
             effect
             in
             the
             bodie
             so
             smitten
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             blood
             and
             powres
             commoued
             and
             bemudded
             :
             like
             as
             a
             poole
             smitten
             with
             some
             instrument
             of
             waight
             ,
             shoulde
             haue
             the
             myre
             and
             mudde
             therevpon
             raised
             ,
             to
             the
             troubling
             of
             all
             .
             Originall
             sinne
             hath
             conueyed
             into
             our
             humane
             nature
             corruption
             as
             mudde
             :
             this
             is
             in
             vs
             as
             setled
             ,
             vntill
             the
             Angell
             smite
             ,
             and
             loe
             therevpon
             all
             the
             bodie
             is
             out
             of
             order
             .
             Because
             we
             should
             not
             créepe
             on
             the
             earth
             herein
             with
             
               Galen
               ,
               Hippocrates
            
             and
             such
             ,
             we
             haue
             not
             onely
             the
             scriptures
             to
             teach
             vs
             the
             former
             Super-naturall
             stroke
             ,
             but
             also
             diuerse
             so
             smitten
             ,
             haue
             felt
             and
             heard
             the
             noyse
             of
             a
             blow
             ;
             and
             some
             of
             them
             haue
             vpon
             such
             a
             blow
             found
             the
             plain
             print
             of
             a
             blew
             hand
             left
             behind
             vpon
             the
             flesh
             .
             At
             the
             funerals
             of
             sundrie
             such
             ,
             I
             my selfe
             this
             sicknes
             time
             haue
             preached
             .
             Such
             a
             stroke
             ,
             was
             to
             put
             vs
             in
             mind
             of
             Iehouahs
             Angell
             smiting
             ;
             and
             such
             a
             blewnes
             ,
             may
             put
             vs
             in
             minde
             of
             the
             muddie
             corruption
             in
             our
             humane
             nature
             .
          
           
             The
             Angels
             stroke
             so
             is
             the
             Cause
             ,
             the
             plague-sores
             and
             marks
             arising
             and
             appearing
             are
             the
             effect
             .
             The
             first
             not
             infectious
             ;
             and
             therefore
             the
             Angell
             in
             Egipt
             went
             from
             house
             to
             house
             in
             Egipt
             ,
             and
             from
             Dan
             to
             Bersheba
             ,
             and
             Ierusalem
             in
             Iudea
             ,
             with
             his
             sword
             drawne
             .
             The
             second
             is
             infectious
             sometimes
             more
             or
             lesse
             .
             The
             first
             absolutely
             mortall
             and
             deadly
             ,
             as
             Hezekiah
             was
             told
             :
             and
             therefore
             such
             regaining
             health
             and
             life
             ,
             haue
             new
             daies
             added
             ,
             as
             Hezekiah
             had
             yeares
             .
             The
             second
             is
             not
             absolutely
             deadly
             ,
             because
             but
             naturall
             in
             the
             forme
             of
             deriuall
             ,
             as
             it
             befalleth
             in
             other
             corrupt
             cases
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           SECTION
           .
           III.
           
        
         
           SInne
           being
           the
           cause
           for
           which
           he
           smiteth
           a
           people
           with
           Pestilence
           (
           sinne
           poisoning
           earth
           ,
           ayre
           and
           all
           )
           some
           will
           demaund
           ,
           if
           so
           it
           cannot
           be
           preuented
           or
           cured
           with
           change
           of
           place
           and
           vse
           of
           Physicke
           ?
           By
           changing
           place
           they
           thinke
           they
           may
           ,
           
           because
           it
           is
           written
           ,
           
             A
             prudent
             man
             seeth
             the
             plague
             and
             hideth
             himselfe
             .
          
           And
           by
           physicke
           they
           suppose
           they
           may
           ,
           because
           that
           sundry
           (
           of
           their
           knowledge
           )
           haue
           so
           escaped
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           diuine
           prouerbe
           ,
           they
           abuse
           it
           two
           waies
           .
           Once
           in
           vnderstading
           the
           word
           Plague
           for
           Pestilence
           .
           Though
           euery
           pestilence
           be
           a
           plague
           ,
           yet
           euery
           plague
           is
           not
           a
           pestilence
           .
           Nor
           doth
           the
           originall
           word
           properly
           signifie
           the
           one
           or
           the
           other
           .
           It
           is
           Ragnah
           ,
           valuing
           the
           Latine
           Malum
           ,
           in
           English
           Euill
           ,
           as
           in
           an
           other
           forme
           it
           is
           aptly
           turned
           into
           :
           Prou.
           14.
           16.
           
           For
           the
           Translator
           ,
           howsoeuer
           hee
           leaue
           the
           proper
           signification
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           hee
           yet
           speaketh
           to
           good
           purpose
           ,
           seeing
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           there
           speaketh
           of
           such
           an
           *
           euill
           in
           the
           citie
           as
           the
           Lord
           doth
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           of
           such
           a
           punishment
           as
           the
           Lord
           inflicteth
           ;
           called
           an
           euill
           of
           mankinde
           ,
           though
           properly
           a
           correction
           or
           punishment
           of
           euill
           And
           secondly
           ,
           such
           Excepters
           abuse
           the
           Prouerbe
           ,
           in
           saying
           ,
           they
           may
           flye
           from
           the
           place
           with
           the
           prudent
           man.
           Salomon
           saith
           not
           that
           such
           a
           one
           flyeth
           ,
           but
           that
           
             he
             hideth
             himselfe
          
           .
           A
           man
           may
           couer
           or
           hyde
           himselfe
           without
           flying
           .
           If
           thou
           say
           that
           a
           man
           cannot
           hide
           himselfe
           from
           the
           plague
           ,
           I
           say
           likewise
           that
           thou
           cannot
           any
           more
           flye
           from
           the
           plague
           :
           Goe
           where
           thou
           wilt
           and
           his
           right
           hand
           shal
           finde
           thee
           out
           :
           If
           thou
           wert
           with
           Ionas
           first
           vnder
           the
           hatches
           ,
           and
           after
           with
           the
           Whale
           in
           the
           bottome
           of
           the
           Sea
           ,
           he
           will
           finde
           thee
           out
           .
           The
           wings
           of
           the
           morning
           cannot
           carrie
           thee
           beyond
           his
           reach
           .
           What
           is
           this
           hiding
           or
           couering
           thy selfe
           then
           ?
           It
           is
           no
           couer
           corporeall
           ,
           but
           spirituall
           :
           euen
           the
           same
           that
           is
           spoken
           of
           in
           Psal.
           61.
           4.
           where
           safetie
           is
           assured
           to
           him
           that
           
           coucheth
           vnder
           the
           Lords
           winges
           .
        
         
           The
           prudent
           hearted
           seeth
           a
           plague
           or
           iudgement
           comming
           towards
           a
           people
           for
           sinne
           ;
           what
           doth
           he
           then
           ?
           Hee
           commits
           himselfe
           
             in
             his
             Christian
             way
          
           ,
           to
           the
           protection
           of
           the
           Almightie
           ,
           who
           hath
           promised
           to
           be
           a
           shield
           to
           such
           as
           put
           their
           trust
           in
           him
           :
           
           that
           such
           a
           one
           shall
           not
           need
           to
           feare
           that
           pestilence
           that
           walketh
           in
           darknesse
           ,
           nor
           the
           plague
           that
           destroyeth
           at
           noone-day
           .
           For
           walking
           
             in
             his
             way
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           the
           way
           God
           hath
           called
           him
           vnto
           ,
           and
           leaning
           vpon
           the
           Lords
           promise
           ,
           what
           neede
           is
           there
           of
           locall
           flight
           or
           couer
           ?
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           for
           their
           phisicall
           experience
           ,
           I
           thereto
           make
           this
           answere
           :
           Sinne
           being
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           maladie
           ,
           (
           as
           also
           of
           euery
           maladie
           )
           it
           is
           for
           none
           to
           make
           physick
           their
           staffe
           ,
           nor
           yet
           their
           first
           meane
           ,
           lest
           they
           sinne
           the
           sinne
           of
           *
           Asa
           :
           much
           lesse
           seeke
           to
           Idol-wizards
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           sinne
           of
           *
           Achaziah
           .
           Besides
           ,
           they
           see
           many
           preserued
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           plague
           ,
           who
           haue
           vsed
           no
           phisicall
           meanes
           :
           what
           will
           they
           make
           the
           cause
           of
           their
           deliuerance
           ?
           No
           other
           thing
           ,
           but
           the
           diuine
           pleasure
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           hath
           forbid
           his
           Angell
           to
           smite
           them
           .
           Is
           Phisicke
           then
           in
           this
           and
           all
           other
           plagues
           to
           be
           auoyded
           ?
           No
           :
           as
           *
           Hezekiah
           (
           howsoeuer
           hauing
           promise
           of
           recouerie
           )
           did
           meane
           time
           suffer
           a
           lumpe
           of
           drie
           figs
           to
           be
           applied
           to
           his
           boyle
           (
           hauing
           in
           nature
           to
           heat
           ,
           mature
           ,
           and
           digest
           )
           so
           we
           are
           not
           to
           neglect
           such
           naturall
           means
           as
           reason
           and
           experience
           haue
           found
           out
           to
           auaile
           against
           naturall
           infirmitie
           
             [
             Deo
             non
             obstante
          
           ]
           the
           Lord
           not
           crossing
           nature
           .
           Otherwise
           ,
           we
           shal
           be
           found
           tēpters
           of
           God
           ,
           leauing
           our
           way
           :
           rather
           then
           faithfull
           keepers
           of
           our
           way
           .
        
         
           Reason
           of
           vsing
           naturall
           meanes
           (
           where
           God
           barres
           them
           not
           vp
           )
           is
           this
           :
           Whether
           the
           ayre
           be
           infected
           without
           vs
           ,
           there
           neuer
           wanteth
           infection
           within
           vs
           ,
           which
           is
           readie
           to
           take
           an
           head
           against
           our
           heart
           ,
           if
           the
           Lord
           do
           not
           bridle
           it
           .
           As
           God
           smiting
           vs
           with
           other
           maladies
           (
           threatned
           in
           the
           lawe
           so
           wel
           as
           Pestilence
           )
           doth
           not
           only
           say
           ,
           
             Let
             it
             be
          
           ,
           wherevpon
           the
           maladie
           growes
           ,
           but
           also
           hath
           that
           his
           word
           working
           
           vpon
           preiacent
           corruption
           effected
           by
           our
           sinne
           :
           so
           ,
           hee
           looketh
           that
           his
           word
           be
           satisfied
           by
           humbling
           our selues
           in
           prayer
           and
           fasting
           ,
           and
           that
           naturall
           corruption
           haue
           the
           power
           preuented
           or
           destroyed
           by
           naturall
           means
           ,
           he
           ●ffording
           them
           .
           To
           say
           ,
           I
           shall
           liue
           so
           long
           as
           God
           hath
           appointed
           ,
           though
           I
           neuer
           vse
           phisicke
           ,
           it
           is
           as
           good
           as
           this
           ,
           I
           shall
           liue
           so
           long
           as
           God
           hath
           appointed
           ,
           though
           I
           neuer
           eate
           nor
           drinke
           .
           As
           meate
           and
           drinke
           is
           for
           the
           hungry
           ,
           so
           is
           phisicke
           for
           the
           diseased
           :
           for
           to
           the
           necessitie
           of
           naturall
           phisicke
           ,
           our
           Sauiour
           alludeth
           ,
           when
           as
           for
           establishing
           his
           spirituall
           phisicke
           ,
           he
           saith
           :
           *
           
             They
             that
             are
             sicke
             need
             the
             Phisition
             .
          
           God
           hath
           created
           the
           Word
           ,
           Prayer
           and
           Fasting
           for
           repelling
           and
           killing
           sinne
           ,
           the
           
             Materiall
             cause
          
           of
           Gods
           anger
           :
           and
           he
           hath
           created
           phisicall
           creatures
           for
           preuenting
           and
           curing
           naturall
           corruption
           ,
           the
           
             materiall
             cause
          
           of
           our
           maladie
           and
           naturall
           sicknesse
           .
           So
           both
           be
           the
           good
           creatures
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           both
           to
           be
           vsed
           to
           his
           glory
           .
           The
           first
           for
           helping
           and
           healing
           our
           soule
           :
           the
           second
           ,
           for
           helping
           and
           healing
           the
           body
           .
           God
           sometimes
           blesseth
           the
           first
           without
           the
           second
           ,
           to
           shewe
           that
           he
           is
           not
           tyed
           to
           meanes
           .
           And
           he
           sometimes
           blesseth
           the
           second
           without
           the
           first
           ,
           to
           shew
           that
           we
           ought
           not
           neglect
           the
           meanes
           .
           But
           as
           we
           haue
           both
           sinfull
           soules
           and
           corrupt
           bodies
           ,
           so
           we
           should
           vse
           both
           ,
           for
           benefiting
           both
           .
        
         
           
             Addition
             to
             the
             third
             Section
             .
          
           
             IN
             the
             Pestilence
             there
             falling
             out
             a
             two-fold
             consideration
             as
             afore
             ,
             the
             first
             Supernaturall
             ,
             the
             second
             Naturall
             ,
             it
             so
             followeth
             ,
             that
             the
             supernaturall
             cause
             be
             salued
             by
             that
             which
             is
             spirituall
             ;
             the
             other
             by
             that
             which
             is
             naturall
             ,
             Hezekiah
             did
             both
             in
             Isa.
             38.
             
             First
             ,
             he
             in
             all
             truth
             of
             spirit
             did
             humble
             himselfe
             in
             prayer
             ,
             and
             secondly
             ,
             did
             applie
             a
             lump
             of
             ●igges
             ,
             the
             second
             becomming
             effectuall
             ,
             when
             God
             in
             the
             first
             place
             had
             accepted
             of
             teares
             and
             mournings
             .
             Our
             Naturians
             should
             neuer
             therefore
             promise
             or
             insinuate
             health
             and
             life
             by
             
             the
             second
             ,
             but
             by
             putting
             people
             in
             the
             minde
             ,
             that
             they
             must
             labour
             with
             God
             for
             satisfaction
             for
             the
             first
             .
             That
             this
             is
             our
             Churches
             iudgement
             also
             ,
             let
             it
             be
             considered
             ,
             first
             ,
             in
             that
             the
             Magistrates
             and
             Ministers
             haue
             appointed
             publike
             and
             vniuersall
             fasting
             and
             prayer
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             humiliation
             before
             God
             for
             sinne
             :
             secondly
             ,
             in
             that
             also
             they
             haue
             published
             naturall
             meanes
             in
             respect
             of
             naturall
             corruption
             .
             How
             vntollerable
             wicked
             then
             haue
             they
             béene
             ,
             who
             priuatlie
             and
             in
             Gods
             most
             holy
             place
             ,
             haue
             giuen
             out
             that
             Clapham
             hath
             béene
             herein
             singular
             and
             odde
             by
             himselfe
             .
             They
             be
             rather
             odde
             that
             vnderstand
             not
             themselues
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           SECTION
           .
           IIII.
           
        
         
           BVt
           seeing
           the
           Lord
           *
           promiseth
           deliuerance
           from
           the
           plague
           ,
           to
           all
           such
           as
           rest
           vnder
           his
           wings
           and
           walke
           in
           his
           way
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           asked
           ,
           how
           comes
           it
           to
           passe
           that
           some
           Beleeuers
           die
           of
           the
           pestilence
           ,
           and
           some
           vnbeleeuers
           scape
           it
           ?
           I
           answere
           ,
           the
           Lords
           promise
           being
           euer
           fast
           to
           the
           Beleeuer
           (
           for
           he
           is
           faithfull
           that
           hath
           promised
           )
           there
           is
           in
           Beleeuers
           so
           dying
           ,
           a
           want
           of
           faith
           for
           apprehending
           this
           particular
           deliuerance
           ,
           this
           temporary
           mercy
           .
           Though
           they
           haue
           not
           lacked
           faith
           for
           their
           eternall
           iustification
           &
           finall
           saluation
           ,
           by
           vertue
           whereof
           their
           flesh
           resteth
           in
           hope
           of
           an
           happie
           resurrection
           ,
           and
           their
           spirit
           is
           gone
           in
           comfort
           to
           God
           that
           gaue
           it
           :
           yet
           hath
           euerie
           one
           perishing
           on
           the
           pestilence
           bene
           found
           ,
           not
           to
           apprehend
           this
           particular
           promise
           .
           To
           say
           that
           the
           psalme
           speaketh
           only
           of
           a
           spirituall
           plague
           and
           a
           spirituall
           promise
           ,
           is
           to
           conclude
           the
           same
           of
           
             Leuit.
             26.
             
             &
             Deut.
          
           28.
           and
           of
           all
           the
           like
           places
           .
           Then
           the
           which
           ,
           what
           can
           be
           more
           absurd
           ?
           vnder
           literall
           promises
           and
           mercies
           ,
           menacies
           and
           curses
           ,
           spirituall
           things
           are
           also
           entended
           ,
           but
           not
           onely
           .
           The
           first
           shadoweth
           out
           and
           leadeth
           to
           the
           second
           .
           And
           because
           still
           there
           is
           the
           same
           vse
           ,
           the
           outward
           euils
           so
           well
           as
           the
           second
           are
           still
           abiding
           .
           When
           we
           haue
           receiued
           Christ
           by
           faith
           ,
           we
           haue
           promise
           of
           *
           
             all
             
             things
             also
          
           :
           (
           promises
           of
           this
           world
           &
           of
           the
           world
           to
           come
           .
           )
           But
           when
           by
           faith
           we
           haue
           apprehended
           the
           greater
           ,
           loe
           we
           are
           often
           found
           to
           doubt
           of
           the
           lesser
           .
           In
           not
           doubting
           of
           the
           eternall
           ,
           we
           should
           not
           doubt
           of
           the
           temporarie
           .
           But
           doubting
           of
           the
           lesser
           and
           loosing
           it
           by
           doubting
           :
           we
           see
           what
           we
           should
           do
           in
           the
           greater
           ,
           if
           God
           should
           leaue
           vs
           to
           our
           owne
           standing
           .
        
         
           That
           manie
           wicked
           escape
           in
           midst
           of
           strongest
           pestilence
           ,
           first
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           because
           they
           haue
           any
           promise
           ,
           but
           because
           it
           pleaseth
           God
           both
           to
           them
           and
           vs
           to
           be
           in
           manie
           things
           ,
           manie
           times
           ,
           better
           then
           his
           promise
           :
           teaching
           them
           and
           vs
           therein
           ,
           how
           good
           he
           would
           be
           to
           vs
           in
           all
           things
           walking
           in
           his
           way
           ,
           and
           vndoubting
           the
           promise
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           wicked
           so
           escaping
           ,
           are
           ordinarily
           such
           as
           haue
           walked
           boldly
           through
           the
           sicknes
           ,
           bragging
           of
           their
           faith
           in
           God
           ,
           touching
           deliuerance
           from
           pestilence
           :
           shewing
           plainly
           that
           they
           had
           a
           faith
           in
           God
           for
           apprehending
           promise
           of
           deliuerance
           .
           Though
           they
           haue
           not
           had
           faith
           for
           apprehending
           things
           spirituall
           and
           eternall
           ,
           yet
           for
           laying
           hold
           on
           this
           particular
           temporarie
           .
           And
           such
           a
           faith
           ,
           is
           ordinarily
           countenanced
           with
           such
           a
           mercie
           ,
           as
           that
           temporary
           repentance
           of
           
             Ahab
             ,
             Manasses
          
           ,
           and
           Niniuets
           ,
           was
           graced
           with
           particular
           flitting
           mercies
           .
           God
           teaching
           such
           therein
           ,
           how
           much
           more
           he
           would
           draw
           neare
           vnto
           them
           in
           all
           goodnes
           ,
           if
           so
           they
           had
           in
           them
           a
           right
           continuing
           faith
           ,
           and
           continuing
           repentance
           .
           And
           therewithall
           checking
           his
           children
           for
           doubting
           the
           lesser
           ,
           hauing
           faith
           in
           him
           for
           the
           greater
           .
        
         
           
             Addition
             to
             the
             fourth
             Section
             .
          
           
             
               THere
               is
               in
               belieuers
               so
               dying
               ,
               a
               want
               of
               faith
               .
               ]
            
             That
             is
             ,
             some
             want
             in
             faith
             .
             
               S.
               Iames
            
             willing
             vs
             in
             she
             want
             of
             knowledge
             to
             haue
             our
             recourse
             vnto
             God
             in
             prayer
             ,
             
             he
             telleth
             vs
             that
             we
             must
             not
             waner
             ;
             for
             if
             we
             do
             ,
             he
             concludeth
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             not
             to
             thinke
             that
             we
             shall
             receiue
             any
             thing
             of
             the
             
             Lord.
             From
             whence
             I
             gather
             ,
             that
             lack
             of
             faith
             is
             cause
             we
             are
             denied
             any
             thing
             necessarie
             our
             life
             here
             .
             Some
             will
             obiect
             ,
             There
             is
             some
             want
             of
             faith
             ,
             some
             doubting
             ,
             some
             wauering
             in
             the
             best
             child
             of
             God
             ,
             therefore
             none
             can
             assure
             himselfe
             of
             receiuing
             any
             good
             of
             God
             ,
             whether
             corporall
             ,
             or
             spirituall
             .
             I
             answere
             ,
             it
             is
             one
             thing
             what
             we
             ought
             to
             do
             ,
             another
             thing
             what
             we
             do
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             it
             is
             enioyned
             vs
             in
             Leuit.
             26.
             and
             in
             Deut.
             28.
             that
             as
             we
             would
             haue
             blessings
             temporary
             ,
             and
             auoid
             cursings
             temporarie
             ,
             we
             should
             obey
             the
             commaundements
             ;
             and
             the
             best
             are
             found
             daily
             to
             breake
             the
             commaundements
             ,
             haue
             they
             therefore
             no
             assurance
             of
             blessing
             ?
             If
             they
             looke
             into
             the
             measure
             of
             obedience
             (
             literall
             or
             spirituall
             )
             as
             it
             is
             in
             themselues
             only
             ,
             they
             haue
             cause
             to
             looke
             for
             no
             good
             thing
             .
             This
             want
             then
             in
             all
             things
             ,
             is
             to
             driue
             them
             vnto
             the
             Lord
             by
             Christ
             Iesus
             in
             all
             things
             .
             Obiection
             .
             God
             will
             not
             exact
             such
             obedience
             ,
             such
             faith
             ,
             except
             we
             could
             so
             obey
             ,
             so
             belieue
             .
             Answere
             .
             The
             Romanists
             indéede
             say
             so
             ,
             but
             they
             and
             others
             must
             remember
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             equall
             for
             him
             so
             to
             exact
             ,
             séeing
             (
             as
             we
             were
             set
             out
             of
             his
             hands
             in
             Adam
             )
             we
             were
             enabled
             so
             to
             belieue
             and
             obey
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             as
             there
             is
             no
             promise
             of
             God
             but
             it
             is
             deliuered
             vnder
             condition
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             no
             condition
             kept
             fullie
             of
             our
             part
             ,
             and
             therefore
             no
             flesh
             that
             may
             be
             able
             to
             reioyce
             in
             Gods
             sight
             :
             so
             ,
             it
             pleaseth
             him
             sometimes
             not
             to
             impute
             the
             want
             in
             faith
             and
             obedience
             to
             his
             children
             (
             for
             if
             he
             should
             ,
             we
             could
             not
             breath
             one
             day
             )
             but
             to
             accept
             them
             as
             
               Perfect
               and
               iust
               ,
               
                 Iob.
                 1.
                 1.
                 8.
                 
                 Ezek.
                 14.
                 20.
                 
                 Luke
              
            
             .
             1.
             6.
             
             Otherwise
             ,
             
               S.
               Iames
            
             should
             leaue
             vs
             litle
             or
             no
             hope
             of
             receiuing
             any
             thing
             of
             God
             by
             prayer
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             in
             case
             of
             temporary
             blessings
             ,
             it
             pleaseth
             God
             to
             giue
             an
             extraordinarie
             strength
             of
             faith
             ,
             by
             the
             which
             deuils
             and
             mountaines
             of
             difficulties
             are
             often
             remoued
             :
             so
             well
             as
             vnto
             his
             children
             he
             besides
             giueth
             an
             extraordinarie
             strength
             of
             faith
             for
             Eternalls
             ,
             called
             of
             the
             Apostle
             to
             the
             Colossians
             *
             Plerophoria
             ,
             with
             allusion
             to
             a
             Ship
             carried
             with
             a
             full
             sayle
             .
          
           
             
               To
               say
               that
               the
               91.
               
               Psalme
               speaketh
               only
               of
               a
               spirituall
               plague
               .
               ]
            
             To
             say
             that
             the
             legall
             promises
             and
             menaces
             are
             
             only
             spirituall
             ,
             is
             to
             teach
             a
             doctrine
             that
             the
             Auncient
             church
             was
             neuer
             acquainted
             with
             ,
             nor
             yet
             any
             moderne
             writer
             that
             I
             know
             of
             .
             Let
             such
             
               a
               ,
               b
               ,
               c
            
             ,
             diuines
             go
             reade
             Tremellius
             ,
             and
             
               Fr.
               Iunius
            
             their
             notes
             on
             Psal.
             91.
             and
             of
             the
             rest
             ,
             that
             on
             the
             fift
             verse
             :
             
               A
               pauore
               nocturno
               ]
               id
               est
               ,
               ab
               vllis
               apertis
               ,
               occullis
               ,
               internis
               ,
               externis
               ,
               corporeis
               aut
               spiritualibus
               malis
               ,
               vllo
               vnquam
               tempore
            
             ;
             wherein
             they
             teach
             that
             the
             promise
             is
             of
             deliuerance
             from
             any
             euils
             ,
             open
             ,
             hid
             ,
             internall
             ,
             externall
             ,
             corporall
             or
             spirituall
             .
          
           
             
               It
               is
               not
               because
               they
               haue
               any
               promise
               .
               ]
            
             Here
             I
             speake
             of
             the
             wicked
             in
             generall
             :
          
           
             
               Shewing
               plainely
               that
               they
               had
               a
               faith
               in
               God.
               ]
            
             Héere
             I
             speake
             of
             some
             certaine
             wicked
             .
             Héere
             some
             say
             I
             speake
             contraries
             :
             first
             ,
             because
             I
             teach
             that
             the
             wicked
             haue
             no
             such
             promise
             :
             secondly
             ,
             that
             some
             such
             haue
             a
             faith
             or
             beliefe
             in
             God
             touching
             such
             deliuerance
             .
             I
             see
             a
             diuerse
             thing
             in
             these
             wicked-ones
             ,
             but
             no
             contrary
             thing
             deliuered
             .
             That
             they
             haue
             no
             promise
             of
             hauing
             good
             by
             so
             much
             as
             a
             bit
             of
             bread
             ,
             my
             maleuolent
             brethren
             graunt
             ,
             that
             some
             of
             them
             haue
             beliefe
             in
             God
             for
             temporary
             blessings
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             of
             eternall
             happines
             ,
             who
             can
             doubt
             ,
             except
             all
             wicked
             should
             alwayes
             dispaire
             of
             all
             things
             ?
             If
             I
             had
             said
             ,
             they
             haue
             iustifying
             or
             sauing
             faith
             ,
             I
             had
             spoken
             contraries
             ,
             séeing
             promises
             of
             this
             life
             ,
             and
             that
             to
             come
             is
             made
             directlie
             and
             properlie
             vnto
             them
             .
             What
             kind
             of
             faith
             I
             spoke
             of
             ,
             it
             may
             appeare
             when
             I
             terme
             it
             a
             bragging
             faith
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             a
             presumptuous
             beliefe
             without
             any
             ground
             of
             promise
             .
             These
             that
             come
             to
             our
             Sauiour
             in
             the
             last
             day
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               Haue
               we
               not
               prophecied
               in
               thy
               name
               ,
               cast
               out
               Deuils
               ,
               &c.
            
             had
             they
             no
             faith
             touching
             temporaries
             ?
             T
             is
             very
             sillie
             .
             They
             had
             (
             as
             Schollers
             vsually
             speake
             )
             
               a
               temporarie
               faith
            
             ,
             and
             perswasion
             :
             and
             my
             writing
             can
             no
             way
             entend
             any
             other
             .
             And
             thus
             men
             crow
             before
             the
             victorie
             .
          
           
             
               That
               temporary
               repentance
               of
               
                 Ahab
                 ,
                 Manasses
                 ,
                 &c.
              
            
             A
             great
             quarell
             ariseth
             from
             the
             poore
             word
             Manasses
             ,
             that
             I
             should
             number
             him
             with
             the
             temporarie
             repentant
             .
             If
             they
             had
             not
             liked
             the
             word
             ,
             they
             might
             easily
             haue
             wiped
             it
             out
             ,
             
             and
             so
             haue
             kept
             peace
             with
             the
             booke
             .
          
           
             That
             I
             vnderstand
             so
             of
             his
             repentance
             ,
             obserue
             what
             I
             haue
             to
             say
             .
             In
             the
             2.
             
             King.
             21.
             the
             historie
             of
             his
             life
             and
             death
             is
             set
             downe
             ,
             and
             no
             speech
             of
             any
             repentance
             .
             And
             thereto
             is
             annexed
             ,
             that
             
               Amon
               
                 his
                 sonne
                 did
                 euill
                 in
                 the
                 sight
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 as
                 did
                 his
                 father
              
               Manasses
            
             .
             And
             Amon
             is
             neither
             there
             nor
             elsewhere
             noted
             repentant
             ,
             but
             caried
             out
             of
             the
             world
             in
             iudgement
             .
             This
             connexure
             of
             Father
             and
             Sonne
             ,
             causeth
             me
             to
             thinke
             that
             the
             repentance
             spoken
             of
             in
             2.
             
             Chron.
             33.
             (
             in
             which
             respect
             he
             is
             preferred
             to
             his
             sonne
             )
             to
             haue
             bene
             of
             the
             Prophets
             then
             held
             but
             as
             temporarie
             ,
             and
             fitted
             to
             time
             .
             If
             it
             be
             a
             good
             argument
             of
             Salomons
             true
             repentance
             ,
             that
             
               Rehoboam
               
                 and
                 his
                 people
                 are
                 said
                 to
                 haue
                 walked
                 three
                 yeares
                 in
                 the
                 way
                 of
              
               Dauid
               and
               Salomon
               ,
               2.
               
               Chron.
            
             11.
             17.
             
             (
             for
             that
             Salomon
             should
             not
             so
             haue
             bene
             matched
             with
             Dauid
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             not
             died
             well
             to
             the
             Church-ward
             ,
             as
             did
             Dauid
             )
             if
             I
             say
             ,
             that
             be
             good
             for
             prouing
             his
             true
             repentance
             ;
             then
             I
             sée
             not
             why
             Manasses
             his
             repentance
             may
             not
             be
             held
             as
             no
             true
             repentance
             ,
             when
             he
             comes
             to
             be
             so
             conioyned
             with
             Amon
             ,
             that
             neuer
             truly
             repented
             to
             the
             Church-ward
             .
             I
             say
             
               to
               the
               Church-ward
            
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             possible
             for
             a
             man
             to
             vnsatisfie
             the
             Church
             ,
             &
             yet
             of
             God
             be
             saued
             :
             as
             also
             to
             dye
             innocent
             to
             the
             Church-ward
             ,
             &
             yet
             of
             God
             condemned
             for
             some
             secret
             abhomination
             vnrepented
             of
             .
             But
             if
             any
             hereafter
             will
             logomachein
             ,
             contend
             and
             wage
             warre
             about
             a
             word
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             my
             purpose
             easily
             to
             follow
             them
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           SECTION
           .
           V.
           
        
         
           FAmine
           ,
           sword
           and
           pestilence
           ,
           are
           a
           Trinitie
           of
           punishments
           prepared
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           for
           consuming
           a
           people
           that
           haue
           sinned
           against
           him
           .
           2.
           
           Sam.
           24.
           12
           ,
           13.
           
           
             S.
             Iohn
          
           in
           the
           opening
           of
           the
           fourth
           Seale
           ,
           doth
           number
           them
           thus
           ;
           *
           Sword
           ,
           Hunger
           and
           Death
           :
           the
           Sword
           ●leying
           ,
           Famine
           staruing
           ,
           the
           Pestilence
           effecting
           death
           ,
           but
           death
           with
           a
           witnes
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           readie
           destroyer
           .
           Dauid
           being
           put
           to
           his
           choise
           ,
           doth
           distinguish
           them
           into
           two
           sorts
           ;
           the
           first
           being
           
           a
           Fall
           into
           the
           Enemies
           hands
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           refuseth
           ,
           because
           the
           Churches
           aduersarie
           would
           insult
           without
           all
           mercy
           .
           The
           other
           two
           should
           be
           a
           Fall
           into
           
             God
             his
             hands
          
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           chooseth
           ,
           because
           
             his
             mercies
             were
             great
          
           .
           And
           of
           these
           two
           (
           Famine
           and
           Pestilentiall
           death
           )
           he
           chooseth
           the
           latter
           ;
           why
           ?
           Some
           thinke
           ,
           because
           himselfe
           might
           be
           relieued
           of
           Famine
           ,
           and
           so
           not
           die
           :
           and
           he
           coueting
           to
           die
           with
           the
           people
           ,
           would
           therefore
           choose
           the
           pestilence
           which
           would
           as
           well
           seize
           vpon
           him
           .
           This
           is
           somewhat
           ,
           but
           I
           see
           it
           not
           in
           this
           scripture
           .
           After
           he
           had
           seene
           a
           fearfull
           fall
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           he
           coueted
           Gods
           hand
           to
           be
           turned
           against
           him
           :
           but
           that
           he
           was
           of
           such
           mind
           before
           that
           Fall
           ,
           it
           should
           not
           seeme
           ;
           first
           ,
           because
           his
           heart
           (
           before
           Gad
           the
           prophet
           came
           to
           him
           )
           was
           smitten
           with
           the
           sight
           of
           his
           sinne
           ,
           whereupon
           he
           repented
           :
           secondly
           ,
           because
           in
           his
           option
           of
           the
           pestilence
           ,
           he
           expreslie
           expected
           some
           
             great
             mercie
          
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           iudgement
           .
           But
           the
           direct
           cause
           of
           electing
           this
           Plague
           ,
           was
           (
           I
           doubt
           not
           )
           diuided
           (
           at
           least
           )
           into
           these
           two
           respects
           :
           the
           first
           ,
           ayming
           at
           the
           
             easinesse
             of
             death
          
           :
           for
           to
           die
           of
           famine
           is
           a
           more
           lingring
           torturing
           death
           .
           And
           herein
           appeared
           
             Dauids
             Charitie
          
           .
           The
           second
           ayming
           at
           the
           Churches
           enriching
           with
           necessaries
           alreadie
           possessed
           :
           for
           famine
           would
           haue
           deuoured
           vp
           all
           her
           maintenance
           .
           And
           herein
           was
           both
           
             loue
             and
             policie
             .
             Dauid
          
           being
           a
           Prophet
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           haue
           fewer
           godlie
           respects
           in
           his
           option
           .
        
         
           Of
           all
           these
           three
           plagues
           ,
           Sword
           ,
           Famine
           ,
           and
           Pestilence
           ,
           I
           conclude
           the
           last
           to
           bring
           with
           it
           the
           most
           mercie
           .
           If
           the
           Aduersaries
           sword
           destroy
           ,
           ô
           the
           mockings
           ,
           proud
           insultings
           ,
           filthie
           prostitutions
           ,
           cruell
           oppressions
           ,
           accompanying
           that
           sword
           ?
           The
           sword
           of
           Romish
           Babilonians
           was
           prest
           to
           haue
           beene
           drawen
           within
           and
           without
           vs.
           How
           great
           was
           the
           Lords
           mercie
           to
           shut
           that
           vp
           in
           the
           scaberd
           ?
           Famine
           was
           threatned
           vpon
           the
           death
           of
           our
           late
           soueraigne
           Elizabeth
           ;
           for
           the
           Rascalitie
           of
           our
           land
           hoped
           ,
           as
           Drone-bees
           ,
           to
           haue
           spoiled
           our
           Hyues
           ,
           as
           an
           vnsatiable
           Hell
           or
           graue
           to
           swallow
           vp
           all
           .
           How
           mercifull
           was
           God
           
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           that
           with
           a
           crosse-wynd
           did
           rather
           take
           them
           vnto
           Tyburne
           ,
           or
           consume
           them
           in
           warres
           without
           vs
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           how
           was
           his
           mercie
           great
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           in
           putting
           farre
           from
           vs
           both
           the
           former
           plagues
           ,
           and
           in
           smiting
           ,
           to
           smite
           vs
           with
           this
           pestilence
           :
           that
           so
           falling
           ,
           we
           fall
           before
           his
           hand
           that
           is
           a
           mercifull
           Father
           ,
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           iudgement
           remembring
           mercie
           ;
           leauing
           vs
           not
           to
           lingring
           deaths
           ,
           whereby
           we
           might
           be
           more
           pained
           ;
           and
           giuing
           that
           we
           haue
           possessed
           to
           his
           Church
           ,
           whereof
           we
           haue
           bene
           members
           .
           Yea
           ,
           where
           in
           three
           dayes
           the
           Lords
           Angell
           did
           smite
           to
           death
           70.
           thousands
           of
           Dauids
           people
           :
           loe
           his
           great
           mercie
           to
           vs
           ward
           ,
           he
           hath
           not
           so
           smitten
           yet
           one
           thousand
           in
           full
           three
           dayes
           .
           O
           that
           the
           liuing
           would
           lay
           it
           to
           heart
           ,
           and
           praise
           God
           for
           his
           mercies
           .
        
      
       
         
           SECTION
           .
           VI.
           
        
         
           GOd
           of
           necessitie
           being
           to
           punish
           vs
           ;
           and
           then
           in
           stead
           of
           sharp
           rods
           ,
           to
           smite
           vs
           with
           the
           pestilence
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           pestilence
           to
           destroie
           so
           leisurely
           ,
           it
           should
           teach
           vs
           (
           King
           ,
           *
           Priest
           and
           People
           )
           to
           be
           humbled
           vnder
           his
           hand
           in
           the
           free
           confession
           of
           our
           sinnes
           ,
           admiring
           his
           lenitie
           and
           fatherlie
           kindnes
           .
           God
           giue
           vs
           grace
           speedily
           to
           be
           humbled
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           Lords
           mercies
           to
           vs
           ,
           should
           force
           vs
           to
           be
           more
           mercifull
           one
           to
           another
           .
           It
           should
           teach
           Magistrate
           and
           Minister
           (
           with
           Dauid
           )
           to
           bide
           by
           their
           charge
           ,
           and
           to
           intreat
           mercie
           for
           the
           sheepe
           of
           his
           pasture
           ,
           till
           the
           Angell
           put
           vp
           his
           viall
           of
           pestilence
           .
           To
           augment
           our
           spirituall
           deuotions
           in
           the
           openest
           places
           ,
           as
           did
           Dauid
           ,
           who
           built
           an
           alter
           in
           
           Araunahs
           threshing
           floore
           on
           mount
           Moriah
           ,
           the
           place
           chosen
           of
           God
           for
           putting
           his
           name
           there
           ,
           whereon
           after
           the
           Temple
           was
           builded
           .
           Yea
           ,
           to
           put
           our
           sacrifices
           betweene
           the
           plague
           and
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           Dauid
           did
           betweene
           the
           falne
           of
           Israel
           and
           Ierusalem
           ,
           that
           so
           the
           plague
           may
           not
           creepe
           any
           further
           .
           Yea
           ,
           the
           mercie
           of
           God
           to
           vs
           ,
           should
           teach
           vs
           all
           
           to
           be
           helping
           one
           to
           an
           other
           ,
           not
           to
           please
           our selues
           in
           all
           things
           ,
           to
           lay
           downe
           our
           liues
           for
           the
           brethren
           ,
           liuing
           and
           dying
           in
           good
           workes
           ,
           to
           the
           sicke
           and
           needie
           .
           The
           ninetie-nine
           are
           to
           be
           left
           that
           stand
           not
           in
           such
           need
           ,
           and
           the
           sheepe
           that
           is
           readie
           to
           perish
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           seeke
           vp
           .
           Happie
           is
           the
           soule
           ,
           who
           (
           when
           his
           maister
           commeth
           )
           is
           found
           so
           working
           :
           and
           thrise
           happie
           is
           the
           soule
           ,
           that
           hath
           the
           body
           cut
           downe
           in
           such
           a
           worke
           of
           mercie
           .
        
         
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           for
           certaine
           *
           bodily
           vncleannesses
           and
           maladies
           ,
           people
           vnder
           the
           lawe
           of
           Moses
           were
           to
           be
           seuered
           from
           the
           Church
           ,
           more
           or
           lesse
           :
           and
           yet
           now
           no
           commaundement
           vnto
           vs
           ;
           why
           ?
           For
           that
           they
           were
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Ceremonial
           law
           .
           This
           may
           appeare
           ,
           first
           from
           the
           rites
           ,
           secondly
           ,
           from
           their
           significations
           .
           In
           certaine
           vncleannesses
           ,
           they
           were
           to
           wash
           themselues
           with
           water
           ,
           and
           then
           (
           not
           before
           )
           to
           be
           held
           cleane
           for
           company
           .
           For
           the
           Leprosie
           ,
           it
           was
           censured
           onely
           by
           the
           Ecclesiasticall
           Minister
           ;
           and
           this
           hee
           did
           not
           till
           hee
           sawe
           it
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           not
           till
           he
           had
           made
           some
           fourteene
           dayes
           triall
           ;
           and
           speciall
           rules
           he
           had
           for
           the
           triall
           .
           Who
           will
           say
           that
           these
           rites
           were
           not
           ceremoniall
           and
           abolished
           ,
           besides
           that
           the
           Priest
           had
           no
           feare
           of
           the
           leprous-plague
           during
           all
           the
           time
           of
           his
           probation
           ?
           For
           their
           signification
           ,
           it
           respected
           the
           degrees
           of
           excōmunication
           for
           Soules
           vncleanenesse
           .
           Which
           not
           only
           appeareth
           by
           many
           *
           speeches
           in
           the
           new
           Testamēt
           ,
           alluding
           to
           such
           vncleannesses
           ,
           but
           also
           ,
           for
           that
           the
           new
           Testaments
           church
           hath
           power
           only
           to
           excōmunicate
           for
           defects
           in
           the
           soule
           ;
           as
           the
           auntient
           Synagogue
           did
           for
           wants
           in
           the
           body
           .
           These
           then
           that
           will
           maintaine
           their
           flight
           from
           the
           Leuitical
           lawe
           ,
           do
           in
           their
           fact
           pronounce
           all
           they
           flie
           from
           to
           be
           Excommunicate
           ;
           yea
           ,
           with
           the
           
             black
             Kerem
             or
             Maranatha
          
           to
           be
           excommunicate
           to
           the
           death
           ,
           for
           not
           louing
           the
           Lord
           Iesus
           ;
           for
           to
           them
           such
           a
           censure
           only
           belongeth
           ,
           1.
           
           Cor.
           16.
           22.
           
           Thus
           such
           Fleers
           are
           left
           of
           God
           to
           belie
           scripture
           ,
           and
           to
           abuse
           their
           brethren
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           worse
           plague
           then
           that
           they
           flie
           from●
           If
           they
           meet
           now
           with
           the
           Pest
           in
           the
           country
           ,
           
           let
           them
           tel
           me
           ,
           if
           so
           they
           can
           die
           with
           such
           peace
           of
           conscience
           as
           if
           they
           died
           in
           the
           city
           ,
           performing
           workes
           of
           mercie
           to
           the
           sick
           and
           needie
           .
           But
           if
           they
           feast
           and
           reioyce
           in
           the
           country
           while
           the
           yron
           enters
           Iosephs
           soule
           in
           the
           Citie
           ,
           let
           them
           know
           that
           God
           may
           serue
           in
           the
           last
           dish
           sauced
           with
           his
           vengeance
           .
        
         
           We
           haue
           sinned
           together
           ,
           and
           the
           hand
           of
           God
           hath
           come
           vpon
           vs
           togither
           :
           let
           vs
           therefore
           humble
           our selues
           togither
           before
           the
           Lord
           in
           fasting
           and
           prayer
           .
           Let
           *
           Nehemiah
           and
           *
           Daniel
           ,
           Magistrate
           and
           Minister
           ,
           confesse
           their
           sinnes
           &
           the
           sinnes
           of
           their
           people
           ,
           and
           let
           all
           the
           people
           subscribe
           ,
           saying
           ,
           Amen
           .
           It
           is
           not
           change
           of
           place
           ,
           but
           change
           of
           life
           that
           must
           healp
           vs.
           Lord
           ,
           for
           thy
           son
           sake
           ,
           remit
           all
           our
           offences
           ;
           giue
           vs
           grace
           to
           turne
           vnto
           thee
           with
           all
           truth
           of
           repentance
           ;
           and
           for
           thy
           holy
           names
           sake
           remoue
           this
           same
           deserued
           Pestilence
           from
           vs.
           Amen
           .
        
         
           
             Addition
             to
             the
             6.
             
             Section
             .
          
           
             
               FOr
               the
               Leprosie
               ,
               it
               was
               censured
               only
               by
               the
               Ecclesiasticall
               Minister
               .
            
             The
             Minister
             was
             to
             finde
             out
             the
             trueth
             of
             leprosie
             ,
             for
             giuing
             true
             information
             to
             Magistrate
             and
             people
             ,
             and
             vpon
             the
             experience
             of
             a
             fretting
             leprosie
             to
             put
             the
             Person
             out
             of
             cōmunion
             ,
             to
             burne
             the
             garment
             ,
             to
             pull
             downe
             the
             house
             ,
             Leui.
             14.
             and
             15.
             
             First
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             a
             question
             whether
             in
             the
             new
             testaments
             Church
             there
             be
             a
             Leprosie
             of
             such
             form
             that
             can
             be
             so
             tried
             :
             secondly
             ,
             whither
             by
             fretting
             was
             ment
             infectious
             .
             And
             if
             :
             yet
             whether
             the
             Pestilence
             ought
             so
             to
             be
             procéeded
             withall
             ,
             séeing
             the
             Minister
             now
             neither
             is
             so
             cōmanded
             to
             try
             it
             :
             nor
             in
             garments
             nor
             in
             houses
             it
             can
             so
             be
             found
             .
             For
             if
             ;
             then
             all
             our
             garments
             must
             be
             burned
             ,
             the
             houses
             pulled
             downe
             ,
             and
             the
             Persons
             excōmunicate
             ,
             which
             vnto
             me
             (
             and
             I
             thinke
             to
             euery
             one
             )
             would
             séeme
             absurd
             ,
             and
             be
             the
             ruine
             of
             Citie
             and
             common
             wealth
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Epilogus
           .
        
         
           THe
           Pestilence
           being
           in
           scripture
           phrase
           ,
           an
           extraordinarie
           stroke
           of
           God
           by
           the
           ministrie
           of
           his
           Angell
           ,
           whereupon
           often-times
           visible
           corruption
           ariseth
           ,
           and
           all
           for
           sinne
           :
           it
           leadeth
           you
           (
           Beloued
           )
        
         
           First
           ,
           to
           cast
           your
           eye
           vp
           vnto
           God
           the
           first
           Mouer
           whether
           
           corruptiō
           visible
           be
           in
           the
           way
           ,
           yea
           or
           no.
           Secondly
           ,
           to
           
           behold
           the
           Angel
           of
           God
           appointed
           to
           keep
           vs
           in
           our
           way
           ;
           and
           that
           specially
           in
           respect
           of
           our
           bodies
           good
           :
           seeing
           since
           the
           consummation
           of
           the
           Testament
           in
           Christs
           blood
           ,
           our
           soules
           are
           specially
           to
           be
           tended
           of
           true
           Pastors
           ,
           called
           of
           
             S.
             Iohn
          
           ,
           the
           Angels
           of
           the
           Churches
           .
           For
           now
           ,
           no
           lesse
           then
           before
           
             they
             be
             ministring
             Spirits
             sent
             forth
             to
             Minister
             for
             their
             sakes
             ,
             which
             shall
             be
             Heires
             of
             Saluation
             ,
             Heb.
          
           1.
           14.
           
           And
           yet
           (
           as
           before
           )
           they
           are
           appointed
           of
           God
           sometimes
           to
           punish
           man
           for
           going
           out
           of
           his
           way
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           we
           are
           called
           to
           repent
           sinne
           ,
           which
           did
           moue
           
           God
           so
           to
           send
           out
           his
           Angell
           to
           smite
           vs
           ,
           euen
           to
           the
           raising
           vp
           of
           the
           mudde
           in
           our
           nature
           .
           The
           truth
           of
           which
           repentance
           will
           appeare
           in
           our
           better
           care
           of
           setting
           right
           steps
           to
           to
           our
           feet
           ,
           and
           in
           being
           more
           carefull
           of
           performing
           holy
           duties
           of
           Charitie
           one
           to
           another
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           seeing
           it
           seizeth
           vpon
           old
           and
           yong
           ,
           rich
           and
           
           poore
           ,
           of
           all
           complexions
           whatsoeuer
           ,
           so
           well
           as
           some
           of
           all
           sorts
           are
           spared
           ,
           we
           are
           lead
           to
           acknowledge
           that
           all
           sorts
           haue
           sinned
           (
           though
           not
           after
           the
           same
           manner
           of
           transgression
           ,
           Rom.
           5.
           14.
           
           )
           and
           therefore
           the
           dutie
           of
           all
           to
           be
           humbled
           ,
           least
           the
           Niuinites
           condemne
           vs.
           
        
         
           Fiftly
           ,
           the
           Angels
           of
           the
           Church
           (
           from
           the
           like
           in
           the
           
           Angels
           of
           heauen
           )
           are
           to
           comfort
           and
           cheare
           vp
           such
           as
           be
           in
           their
           Christian
           way
           ,
           as
           also
           to
           reproue
           and
           sharply
           correct
           such
           as
           be
           out
           of
           that
           way
           .
           The
           first
           they
           are
           to
           do
           with
           the
           voyce
           of
           the
           glorious
           Gospell
           or
           glad
           tidings
           of
           Christ
           Iesus
           who
           hath
           taken
           away
           the
           sting
           of
           death
           to
           them
           .
           The
           
           second
           they
           are
           to
           doe
           ,
           by
           the
           terror
           of
           Moses
           lawe
           ,
           which
           bringeth
           with
           it
           to
           the
           infidelious
           &
           vnrepentant
           ,
           curse
           and
           condemnation
           .
           Andin
           so
           doing
           ,
           they
           may
           with
           good
           consicnece
           make
           that
           prayer
           ,
           
             Thy
             will
             be
             don
             in
             the
             earth
          
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           of
           people
           in
           the
           earth
           )
           
             as
             it
             is
             done
             in
             heauen
             ,
          
           that
           is
           of
           the
           blessed
           Angels
           that
           attend
           the
           word
           of
           the
           father
           in
           heauen
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           with
           my
           heartie
           prayer
           vnto
           God
           ,
           first
           ,
           for
           the
           remission
           of
           all
           our
           sinnes
           :
           and
           secondly
           ,
           for
           his
           grace
           to
           stablish
           vs
           in
           euery
           good
           worke
           for
           the
           glory
           of
           his
           name
           ,
           I
           commend
           you
           vnto
           him
           that
           is
           able
           to
           present
           our
           bodies
           and
           soules
           faultles
           before
           the
           throne
           of
           iudgment
           ,
           who
           spread
           his
           wyngs
           of
           sauing
           protection
           ouer
           vs
           and
           his
           whole
           Church
           for
           euer
           ,
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A18917-e210
           
             *
             1.
             
             Tim.
             4.
             4.
             10.
             
          
           
             *
             Psal.
             84
             1.
             
          
           
             *
             Psal.
             101.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A18917-e530
           
             *
             Deut.
             29.
             29.
             
          
           
             *
             Psal.
             91.
             1.
             11.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A18917-e1240
           
             Pron
             .
             22.
             3.
             
             &
             27.
             12.
             
          
           
             *
             Amos
             3.
             6.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             91.
             6.
             
          
           
             *
             2.
             
             Chro.
             16
             12.
             
          
           
             *
             2.
             
             King.
             1.
             
          
           
             *
             Isai.
             38.
             
          
           
             *
             Luk.
             5.
             31.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A18917-e1670
           
             *
             In
             Psal.
             91.
             
          
           
             *
             Rom.
             8.
             32.
             
          
           
             Iam.
             1.
             6.
             
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
             Coloss.
             2.
             2.
             full
             assurāce
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A18917-e2370
           
             *
             Reuel
             .
             6.
             8.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A18917-e2530
           
             *
             These
             that
             stumble
             at
             the
             word
             Priest
             ,
             do
             it
             without
             ground
             :
             seeing
             Priest
             is
             deriued
             of
             Presbyter
             ,
             as
             Bishop
             of
             Episcopus
             ,
             and
             Deacon
             of
             Diaconus
             .
             Nor
             maketh
             this
             any
             thing
             for
             the
             Romanist
             that
             will
             be
             a
             Iewish
             carnall
             Sacerdos
             ,
             or
             Sacrificer
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Sam.
             24.
             48.
             
             &c.
             2.
             
             Chro.
             3.
             1.
             
          
           
             *
             Leuit.
             11.
             
             &
             12.
             
             &
             13.
             
             &
             14.
             
             &
             15.
             
             Chapters
             .
          
           
             *
             2.
             
             Cor.
             6.
             17.
             
             Coloss.
             2.
             21.
             
             Tit.
             1.
             15.
             
             Iude
             23.
             
             Reuel
             .
             3.
             4.
             
          
           
             *
             Nehe.
             1.
             4.
             5.
             6.
             
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
             Dad.
             9.
             3.
             4.
             5.
             
             &c.