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         Master, William, 1627-1684.
      
       
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             Logoi eukairoi, essayes and observations theologicall & morall. Wherein many of the humours and diseases of the age are discovered, and characteriz'd: divers cautions and directions præscribed for the avoidance of their infection, and the promotion of their cure. Together with some meditations & prayers adjoyn'd, serving to the same purpose. / By a student in theologie.
             Master, William, 1627-1684.
          
           [16], 107, [5] p.
           
             Printed by R.W. for R. Davis in Oxon.,
             London, :
             1654.
          
           
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           ,
           ESSAYES
           AND
           OBSERVATIONS
           
             Theologicall
             &
             Morall
             .
          
        
         
           Wherein
           Many
           of
           the
           humours
           and
           diseases
           of
           the
           Age
           are
           discovered
           ,
           and
           characteriz'd
           :
           divers
           cautions
           and
           directions
           praescribed
           for
           the
           avoidance
           of
           their
           infection
           ,
           and
           the
           promotion
           of
           their
           cure
           .
        
         
           Together
           with
           some
           Meditations
           &
           Prayers
           adjoyn'd
           ,
           serving
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           .
        
         
           
             By
             a
             Student
             in
             Theologie
             .
          
        
         
           
             JOB
             .
             32.
             
               v.
            
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             I
             said
             ;
             Dayes
             should
             speake
             ,
             and
             multitude
             of
             yeares
             should
             teach
             wisedome
             .
          
           
             But
             there
             is
             a
             spirit
             in
             man
             ,
             and
             the
             inspiration
             of
             the
             Almighty
             giveth
             understanding
             .
          
           
             —
             I
             also
             will
             shew
             mine
             opinion
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
             Printed
             by
          
           R.
           W.
           
             for
          
           R.
           Davis
           
             in
             Oxon.
          
           1654.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           lively
           Patternes
           of
           reall
           Christianity
           his
           honoured
           Parents
           .
        
         
           
             I
          
           Have
           great
           cause
           to
           feare
           the
           liquor
           I
           have
           expressed
           from
           these
           unripe
           grapes
           may
           disrelish
           in
           your
           experienced
           ,
           and
           judicious
           Palates
           :
           and
           that
           what
           I
           now
           
           designe
           as
           an
           humble
           testimony
           of
           my
           duty
           and
           observance
           ,
           I
           may
           my selfe
           ere
           long
           condemn
           to
           the
           flames
           as
           a
           libell
           and
           indignity
           to
           the
           relation
           I
           am
           honoured
           with
           from
           you
           .
           Yet
           having
           thus
           adventured
           the
           usage
           of
           the
           World
           (
           which
           certainly
           is
           grown
           in
           all
           respects
           more
           peevish
           ,
           &
           ill-natur'd
           of
           late
           then
           formerly
           )
           I
           knew
           not
           how
           to
           scruple
           my
           approach
           to
           your
           gates
           ,
           whither
           
           (
           if
           to
           any
           place
           )
           proscribed
           Candor
           and
           Humanity
           has
           retired
           .
           Were
           I
           to
           limne
           out
           the
           exact
           pourtraicture
           of
           that
           charity
           ,
           Christian
           prudence
           ,
           and
           moderation
           (
           to
           which
           I
           chiefely
           purpos'd
           to
           do
           homage
           in
           these
           sheetes
           )
           I
           should
           place
           no
           other
           Archetype
           before
           my
           eyes
           but
           your selves
           .
           But
           I
           shall
           pray
           for
           an
           
             Apelles
          
           for
           that
           piece
           :
           in
           the
           meāe
           time
           may
           it
           please
           you
           to
           illustrate
           
           these
           obscure
           shaddowes
           with
           your
           gratious
           radiation
           ,
           and
           acceptance
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             ▪
          
        
      
       
       
         
           To
           the
           indifferent
           Reader
           .
        
         
           I
           Hold
           it
           very
           unnecessary
           to
           make
           an
           apology
           for
           coming
           forth
           in
           print
           :
           if
           the
           book
           do
           not
           that
           for
           the
           Author
           ,
           't
           is
           past
           the
           power
           of
           his
           Epistle
           .
           Neither
           have
           I
           altogether
           so
           much
           charity
           beyond
           discretion
           as
           to
           believe
           the
           utmost
           of
           all
           excuses
           writers
           make
           for
           them selves
           ,
           and
           thinke
           I
           have
           some
           cause
           to
           suspect
           ,
           that
           what
           some
           say
           
             [
             Their
             widdow
             's
             mite
             is
             not
             to
             be
             contemned
             ,
             That
             a
             desire
             to
          
           
           
             doe
             good
             according
             to
             that
             little
             a
             man
             has
             ought
             favourably
             to
             be
             accepted
             ,
             That
             they
             durst
             not
             hide
             their
             single
             talent
             ,
             though
             they
             acknowledge
             how
             small
             that
             is
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           ]
           may
           have
           more
           of
           form
           in
           them
           then
           of
           trueth
           divers
           times
           ;
           &
           that
           if
           these
           modest
           mejosies
           were
           converted
           into
           the
           plain
           sense
           of
           their
           secret
           thoughts
           ,
           they
           would
           salute
           the
           Readers
           eare
           in
           another
           style
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           therefore
           provoke
           my
           Reader
           to
           passe
           the
           same
           sentence
           on
           me
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           on
           others
           ,
           but
           shall
           freely
           acknowledge
           
           that
           a
           
             Cacoethes
             scribendi
          
           had
           some
           mixture
           with
           my
           more
           justifiable
           inducements
           to
           this
           work
           ;
           which
           if
           thou
           desirest
           furthar
           to
           be
           satisfied
           in
           ,
           take
           this
           account
           .
           Having
           often
           in
           the
           diversion
           of
           my
           studies
           (
           For
           I
           must
           tell
           thee
           they
           are
           much
           of
           another
           nature
           )
           occasionally
           glanced
           upon
           some
           such
           considerations
           ,
           &
           a
           long
           time
           as
           lightly
           passed
           from
           them
           ,
           I
           began
           at
           length
           to
           question
           whether
           I
           were
           not
           injurious
           to
           my
           Genius
           ,
           or
           rather
           a
           superiour
           benevolence
           to
           bury
           such
           thoughts
           in
           their
           conception
           ?
           
           Musing
           a
           while
           hereon
           ,
           I
           found
           at
           length
           that
           what
           was
           so
           easily
           represented
           was
           not
           as
           easily
           recalled
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           had
           cause
           to
           suspect
           that
           possibly
           whilst
           I
           laboured
           with
           more
           intention
           to
           
             gather
             grapes
             of
          
           thornes
           ,
           I
           might
           loose
           
             figges
          
           ready
           to
           drop
           into
           my
           mouth
           .
           Hereupon
           I
           used
           more
           providence
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           and
           as
           I
           had
           such
           a
           thought
           suggested
           ,
           I
           presently
           committed
           it
           to
           paper
           .
           At
           length
           upon
           a
           review
           I
           conceited
           them
           such
           (
           for
           I
           will
           not
           conceale
           this
           weaknesse
           from
           thee
           )
           as
           might
           perhaps
           
           not
           without
           some
           profit
           be
           sent
           to
           the
           Presse
           ,
           and
           so
           I
           gave
           them
           my
           
             Inprimantur
             .
          
           Thus
           Reader
           thou
           hadst
           my
           designes
           ,
           and
           my
           motives
           thereunto
           in
           their
           true
           colours
           .
           I
           confesse
           I
           had
           rather
           be
           accounted
           a
           foole
           ,
           than
           an
           hypocrite
           ,
           and
           yet
           rather
           be
           accounted
           a
           hypocrite
           ,
           than
           be
           one
           .
           That
           I
           subjoyn'd
           a
           caution
           now
           and
           then
           ,
           was
           because
           I
           feared
           divers
           in
           this
           age
           to
           resemble
           the
           
             Thornes
             David
          
           mentioned
           at
           his
           last
           ,
           
             that
             cannot
             be
             taken
             with
          
           [
           bare
           ]
           
             hands
             but
             the
             man
             that
             toucheth
             them
             must
             be
             fenced
             with
          
           
           
             iron
          
           &c
           :
           and
           if
           the
           courteous
           Reader
           think
           the
           like
           wanting
           in
           other
           places
           ,
           I
           desire
           his
           charity
           to
           believe
           them
           understood
           .
           And
           now
           if
           I
           can
           perceive
           that
           these
           few
           notions
           procure
           any
           Christian
           the
           least
           advantage
           ,
           as
           I
           pray
           God
           they
           may
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           be
           quite
           disanimated
           either
           by
           the
           harsh
           censure
           from
           others
           ,
           which
           I
           expect
           ,
           or
           the
           condemnatory
           sentence
           of
           rashnesse
           &
           precocity
           ,
           which
           I
           am
           more
           sure
           of
           from
           my selfe
           ;
           but
           shall
           think
           it
           a
           businesse
           not
           wholly
           to
           be
           repēted
           of
           ,
           that
           another
           has
           been
           benefitted
           
           though
           by
           my
           indiscretion
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           if
           this
           hope
           faile
           me
           (
           yet
           I
           hope
           not
           )
           I
           have
           one
           more
           in
           reserve
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           to
           be
           edifyed
           my selfe
           by
           hearing
           and
           seeing
           my
           Book
           laught
           at
           ;
           which
           that
           thou
           may'st
           the
           more
           freely
           do
           (
           if
           thou
           thinkest
           it
           deserves
           it
           )
           I
           shall
           not
           tell
           thee
           my
           name
           ,
           but
           am
        
         
           
             Thy
             Servant
             .
          
        
      
       
       
       
         
           Apremunition
           for
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           IT
           's
           reported
           that
           the
           harvest
           
             Pythagoras
          
           reaped
           of
           his
           long
           study
           was
           
             Nil
             admirari
             ,
          
           a
           freedome
           from
           wonder
           .
           
             I
          
           dare
           not
           boast
           of
           the
           progresse
           of
           mine
           ;
           yet
           according
           to
           what
           
             I
          
           have
           made
           ,
           
             I
          
           find
           the
           contrary
           wonders
           increase
           .
           The
           more
           
             I
          
           looke
           into
           my self
           ,
           the
           more
           
             I
          
           looke
           abroad
           ,
           
             I
          
           discover
           the
           more
           thinges
           that
           provoke
           my
           admiration
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           things
           when
           not
           strange
           to
           me
           ,
           yet
           upon
           further
           in
           sight
           cease
           not
           to
           be
           wōderfull
           .
           and
           therefore
           Reader
           
             I
          
           desire
           thee
           not
           to
           wonder
           ;
           if
           ,
           when
           thou
           thinkest
           not
           the
           discoveries
           new
           ,
           the
           
             exordium
          
           of
           some
           of
           my
           Observations
           be
           ,
           It
           seems
           strange
           to
           me
           ,
           or
           
             I
          
           wonder
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           THe
           mistakes
           of
           the
           Presses
           (
           for
           more
           than
           one
           was
           made
           use
           of
           for
           expedition
           sake
           )
           which
           seem
           most
           likely
           to
           endanger
           the
           sense
           are
           here
           corrected
           .
           As
           for
           smaller
           ones
           ,
           it
           was
           thought
           fit
           rather
           to
           leave
           them
           to
           the
           Readers
           candor
           ,
           than
           discourage
           him
           with
           a
           whole
           page
           of
           Errata's
           .
        
         
           
             In
             the
             Essayes
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             17.
             lin.
             5.
             for
             
               all
            
             r.
             
               at
               .
            
             p.
             18.
             l.
             1.
             for
             
               their
            
             r.
             
               the
               Galatians
               account
               .
            
             p.
             25.
             l.
             3.
             for
             
               lightest
            
             r
             
               highest
               .
            
             p
             30.
             l.
             1
             ▪
             r.
             
               effected
               .
            
             p.
             65.
             l.
             1●
             .
             r.
             
               God
               grant
               ▪
            
             p.
             58.
             l.
             12.
             after
             
               that
            
             r
             
               (
               as
               I
               have
               heard
               )
            
             p.
             67.
             l.
             21.
             r.
             
               haven
               ▪
            
             p.
             69.
             l.
             24.
             r.
             
               A
               Kempis
               .
            
             p.
             106.
             l
             :
             18.
             for
             
               strange
            
             r.
             
               stale
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             In
             the
             Meditations
             .
          
           
             Advert
             :
             for
             
               the
               eyes
            
             r
             ▪
             
               their
               eyes
            
             pag.
             3.
             l.
             13.
             for
             
               not
               them
            
             r.
             
               n●
               man
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           ESAYES
           AND
           OBSERVATIONS
           .
        
         
           
             Some
             few
             of
             the
             Vanities
             and
             Absurdityes
             in
             VVriters
             and
             Readers
             .
          
           
             
             I
             Have
             often
             wondered
             what
             in
             the
             world
             should
             perswade
             so
             many
             to
             write
             Bookes
             :
             if
             you
             say
             their
             eyes
             are
             not
             open
             to
             discerne
             their
             owne
             weaknesses
             and
             the
             ill
             successe
             of
             others
             ,
             I
             wonder
             the
             more
             how
             they
             can
             see
             to
             write
             in
             the
             
               darke
               .
            
             Some
             present
             us
             with
             daintyes
             at
             anothers
             
             cost
             :
             and
             thinke
             they
             shall
             
               Take
            
             much
             by
             converting
             the
             originall
             sense
             into
             their
             owne
             worse
             words
             .
             Some
             think
             borrowed
             collections
             of
             the
             
               Terra
               filius's
            
             and
             
               Prevaricators
            
             wit
             worth
             printing
             :
             and
             yet
             ,
             after
             percolation
             through
             their
             braines
             ,
             the
             Fresh-Man
             himselfe
             scarce
             thinks
             them
             worthy
             his
             former
             Humme
             and
             stampe
             .
             Some
             have
             wit
             of
             their
             
               owne
            
             at
             will
             ,
             but
             can
             they
             think
             they
             have
             therefore
             the
             readers
             patience
             and
             his
             peny
             so
             too
             ,
             or
             that
             the
             trifles
             they
             adore
             must
             exact
             worship
             from
             all
             men
             else
             ?
             Some
             write
             to
             please
             fools
             ,
             and
             let
             wiser
             heades
             passe
             what
             sentence
             they
             will
             on
             their
             works
             ;
             they
             applaud
             themselves
             at
             home
             and
             are
             acquitted
             by
             their
             Peeres
             :
             and
             I
             would
             that
             some
             who
             thinke
             better
             of
             what
             they
             doe
             could
             attest
             it
             unto
             our
             experience
             .
             Some
             
             thinke
             to
             make
             amends
             for
             what
             they
             have
             erred
             before
             by
             a
             second
             edition
             ,
             or
             The
             other
             Part
             of
             the
             same
             :
             but
             can
             they
             hope
             when
             they
             have
             frayed
             the
             Bird
             far
             away
             by
             the
             first
             stone
             ,
             they
             shall
             hit
             it
             with
             the
             third
             or
             the
             fourth
             ?
             Some
             out
             of
             modesty
             conceale
             their
             names
             ,
             and
             yet
             they
             leave
             markes
             enough
             in
             their
             Bookes
             to
             be
             descryed
             :
             or
             if
             they
             doe
             not
             ,
             they
             hope
             the
             difficult
             discovery
             may
             advance
             their
             reputation
             .
             Some
             fancie
             they
             shall
             have
             much
             credit
             for
             a
             Greeke
             word
             here
             and
             there
             interposed
             ,
             but
             who
             knoweth
             how
             often
             they
             consult
             the
             Book
             to
             accent
             right
             ?
             Some
             pitty
             the
             Readers
             ignorance
             ,
             and
             I
             would
             they
             did
             not
             more
             betray
             their
             owne
             ?
             How
             sollicitous
             are
             many
             of
             the
             readers
             profit
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             come
             to
             a
             speciall
             sentence
             they
             
               Digit
            
             
             it
             streight
             ,
             and
             that
             must
             make
             amends
             for
             the
             
               tedium
            
             of
             the
             former
             page
             ▪
             whereas
             ,
             in
             a
             booke
             that
             deserves
             printing
             ,
             there
             is
             scarce
             a
             
               Categorematicall
            
             word
             ,
             but
             as
             well
             deserves
             a
             marke
             .
             Some
             are
             at
             their
             journeyes
             end
             soone
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             lye
             at
             the
             lowest
             staire
             of
             invention
             ,
             they
             thinke
             it
             impossible
             to
             ascend
             higher
             .
             Some
             write
             out
             of
             serious
             designes
             ,
             and
             yet
             I
             wish
             they
             did
             not
             administer
             occasion
             to
             others
             of
             an
             other
             temper
             .
             Some
             tell
             us
             a
             sad
             story
             ;
             how
             much
             the
             Age
             is
             injured
             by
             the
             
               losse
            
             of
             some
             of
             their
             works
             :
             and
             yet
             how
             little
             do
             they
             help
             us
             to
             believe
             it
             by
             what
             they
             have
             
               saved
               ?
               ▪
            
             Some
             fancy
             they
             inrich
             the
             Age
             with
             choice
             
               secrets
               :
            
             and
             yet
             see
             as
             farre
             into
             a
             Milstone
             ,
             as
             into
             their
             own
             
               hearts
               .
            
             Some
             thinke
             they
             can
             never
             ,
             benefit
             us
             enough
             :
             but
             ,
             meethinks
             ,
             since
             St
             
               Iohn
            
             
             wrote
             so
             short
             a
             history
             of
             what
             he
             might
             have
             filled
             the
             world
             with
             books
             ,
             they
             might
             contract
             themselves
             to
             a
             lesser
             bulke
             .
             Some
             labour
             after
             moderation
             betwene
             parties
             :
             and
             yet
             I
             wonder
             they
             then
             put
             so
             much
             viniger
             in
             their
             inke
             ?
             Or
             can
             others
             thinke
             to
             reforme
             the
             vices
             of
             the
             Age
             by
             
               laughing
            
             as
             them
             only
             ,
             and
             so
             committing
             a
             greater
             themselves
             ?
             However
             there
             are
             some
             that
             endeavour
             to
             doe
             that
             little
             good
             they
             can
             ,
             and
             when
             that
             is
             joyned
             with
             humility
             and
             discretion
             ,
             I
             hugely
             accept
             it
             :
             &
             a
             few
             there
             are
             able
             to
             do
             much
             ,
             and
             
               Oh
            
             that
             the
             world
             would
             suffer
             them
             !
          
           
             The
             Reader
             also
             has
             his
             vanities
             ,
             too
             many
             to
             be
             noted
             in
             this
             hast
             .
             Some
             sterile
             braines
             envy
             others
             men
             discoveries
             ,
             &
             if
             they
             meete
             with
             a
             thought
             published
             which
             they
             Lock'd
             up
             as
             the
             jewel
             
             of
             their
             owne
             invention
             ,
             they
             presently
             in
             a
             lamentable
             tone
             cry
             out
             ,
             They
             are
             robd
             ,
             they
             are
             robd
             !
             &
             yet
             they
             weare
             so
             hard
             a
             pavement
             on
             their
             brains
             ,
             that
             ,
             t
             is
             not
             easy
             to
             think
             how
             any
             thing
             could
             be
             pick'd
             thence
             .
             Some
             like
             
               Alexander
            
             in
             his
             youth
             ,
             are
             ill
             at
             ease
             that
             so
             much
             is
             acted
             before
             they
             come
             on
             the
             stage
             ,
             and
             feare
             there
             will
             be
             no
             
               part
            
             left
             for
             them
             ,
             and
             yet
             ,
             it
             would
             puzzle
             a
             Diviner
             too
             choose
             out
             
               any
               one
            
             for
             which
             they
             are
             fit
             .
             Some
             fall
             into
             
               Iulius
               Caesars
            
             passion
             ,
             that
             anothey
             Man
             riseth
             to
             high
             fame
             at
             their
             yeares
             :
             but
             do
             they
             thinke
             the
             Ballcourts
             ,
             the
             Tavernes
             ,
             or
             worse
             places
             the
             ready
             way
             to
             doe
             wonders
             in
             print
             ?
             Some
             let
             
               writing
               books
            
             alone
             ,
             and
             read
             to
             benefit
             themselves
             :
             but
             do
             they
             hope
             to
             be
             nourished
             with
             the
             bare
             sight
             or
             tast
             of
             their
             meat
             ?
             Some
             are
             so
             
             taken
             with
             an
             Authour
             that
             they
             loose
             themselves
             ,
             and
             are
             ready
             at
             every
             close
             to
             exclaime
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ;
             He
             must
             be
             more
             then
             man
             that
             thus
             speaketh
             ,
             and
             yet
             the
             person
             it
             may
             be
             has
             Wormes
             (
             good
             store
             )
             in
             his
             brains
             ,
             and
             my
             thinks
             it
             should
             discourage
             their
             idolatry
             ,
             that
             those
             who
             see
             so
             overmuch
             in
             others
             are
             reputed
             to
             have
             very
             little
             in
             themselves
             .
             Some
             plaine
             hearts
             light
             on
             a
             profitable
             treatise
             ,
             like
             it
             well
             ,
             and
             could
             be
             edified
             by
             it
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             is
             not
             nam'd
             a
             
               Sermon
               :
            
             Or
             it
             may
             be
             they
             say
             ;
             t
             is
             pitty
             there
             were
             not
             more
             
               Scripture
            
             in
             it
             ,
             when
             t
             is
             but
             too
             oft
             there
             to
             be
             
               quoted
               .
            
             Some
             have
             their
             eyes
             turn'd
             yellow
             at
             the
             sight
             of
             thinges
             ,
             so
             much
             above
             their
             heavy
             heads
             :
             and
             yet
             their
             tongues
             are
             nimble
             enough
             ,
             to
             say
             ;
             such
             pregnant
             parts
             are
             often
             void
             of
             grace
             .
             
             Lastly
             some
             few
             read
             books
             without
             uncharitable
             reflections
             on
             the
             Authour
             ,
             and
             are
             glad
             to
             be
             profited
             though
             they
             know
             not
             by
             whom
             :
             God
             increase
             their
             number
             .
          
           
             
               Caution
               .
            
             
               THe
               ingenius
               Reader
               is
               desir'd
               to
               distinguish
               between
               Authors
               ,
               and
               believe
               ,
               I
               mean
               no
               disparagement
               to
               such
               as
               are
               above
               my
               reach
               .
               Impossible
               be
               it
               for
               any
               to
               think
               ,
               I
               would
               seem
               to
               be
               without
               vanityes
               my selfe
               :
               I
               se
               a
               world
               within
               me
               ,
               and
               should
               be
               glad
               any
               would
               discover
               more
               ;
               and
               I
               assure
               him
               amongst
               other
               writers
               ,
               and
               readers
               ,
               I
               have
               not
               spared
               my selfe
               .
               Nay
               I
               shall
               confesse
               to
               thee
               that
               I
               have
               been
               so
               farre
               gone
               in
               one
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               been
               forced
               to
               my
               prayers
               ;
               that
               I
               might
               count
               all
               things
               dung
               and
               drosse
               in
               comparison
               of
               Christ
               and
               his
               
               Scriptures
               .
               And
               I
               petition
               my
               more
               Serious
               Reader
               he
               will
               not
               think
               I
               induldge
               a
               light
               satyricall
               veine
               ,
               in
               that
               this
               subject
               hath
               carryed
               mee
               so
               far
               in
               these
               unstudied
               thoughts
               .
               I
               shall
               indeavour
               to
               make
               him
               amends
               in
               what
               followeth
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Concerning
             forcible
             Impressions
             .
          
           
             
             AS
             there
             is
             a
             supernaturall
             illumination
             whereby
             a
             child
             of
             God
             perceives
             the
             things
             which
             others
             see
             ,
             but
             perceive
             not
             :
             and
             a
             spirituall
             opening
             of
             the
             heart
             cordially
             to
             imbrace
             the
             things
             ,
             which
             float
             onely
             in
             the
             surface
             of
             other
             mens
             brains
             ,
             or
             but
             undulate
             their
             affections
             at
             best
             :
             so
             also
             are
             there
             different
             impressions
             of
             an
             inferiour
             nature
             ,
             which
             the
             same
             trueth
             maketh
             on
             diverse
             subjects
             ,
             yea
             and
             many
             times
             on
             
             the
             same
             subject
             ,
             at
             diverse
             seasons
             .
             There
             may
             be
             such
             a
             
               conspiracy
            
             of
             
               circumstances
            
             (
             some
             times
             discernible
             sometimes
             not
             )
             so
             disposing
             a
             man
             ,
             that
             at
             one
             time
             such
             an
             observation
             ,
             or
             such
             a
             discourse
             may
             be
             as
             gratefull
             to
             him
             as
             the
             coole
             waters
             of
             the
             well
             of
             Bethlehem
             were
             to
             
               David
               :
            
             which
             at
             another
             time
             the
             same
             man
             can
             relish
             no
             more
             ,
             then
             
               Job
            
             did
             the
             white
             of
             an
             egge
             .
             The
             words
             of
             the
             wise
             (
             I
             know
             
               Solomon
            
             saith
             )
             
               are
               like
               goads
            
             and
             
               nailes
               fastened
               by
               the
               masters
               of
               the
               Assemblies
               :
            
             and
             yet
             these
             pierce
             deeper
             when
             they
             meete
             with
             an
             object
             so
             softened
             for
             impression
             :
             &
             't
             is
             not
             the
             least
             part
             of
             their
             wisdome
             to
             make
             a
             good
             guesse
             thereat
             .
             I
             am
             confident
             the
             
               Masters
            
             of
             our
             
               Assemblies
            
             might
             finde
             it
             profitable
             enough
             more
             to
             study
             this
             
               Art
               :
            
             &
             yet
             I
             am
             not
             ignorant
             that
             
               Solomons
            
             
             character
             concerning
             a
             
               word
               spoken
            
             in
             
               season
            
             is
             often
             in
             their
             mouthes
             ,
             though
             sometimes
             they
             therewith
             usher
             in
             a
             discourse
             ,
             which
             hath
             little
             imaginable
             in
             it
             to
             make
             it
             seeme
             
               in
               season
               ,
            
             but
             that
             good
             things
             are
             never
             
               out
               .
            
             I
             have
             often
             thought
             I
             have
             heard
             a
             Sermon
             ,
             in
             but
             one
             
               Text
            
             opportunely
             applyed
             :
             and
             have
             had
             my
             head
             not
             once
             more
             instructed
             ,
             and
             my
             affections
             more
             moved
             by
             one
             
               short
            
             sentence
             ,
             or
             a
             
               close
            
             reproofe
             ;
             than
             I
             can
             many
             times
             perceive
             by
             a
             whole
             
               Doctrine
               ,
               Reasons
            
             and
             
               Use
               .
            
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             men
             
               meane
               well
               ,
            
             and
             I
             know
             
               God
               chooseth
               the
               foolish
               things
               of
               the
               world
               to
               confound
               the
               wise
               :
            
             yet
             this
             hindereth
             me
             not
             ,
             but
             that
             I
             should
             wish
             them
             the
             best
             instructed
             that
             may
             be
             ,
             who
             thinke
             themselves
             fitt
             to
             teach
             ,
             and
             I
             tremble
             (
             as
             much
             as
             any
             I
             hope
             )
             to
             have
             the
             weakest
             of
             
             Gods
             messingers
             lightly
             regarded
             .
          
        
         
           
             Of
             Naturall
             weaknesses
             .
          
           
             
             It
             is
             a
             strange
             thing
             to
             observe
             what
             force
             and
             pertinacity
             there
             is
             in
             some
             naturall
             weaknesses
             and
             a
             stranger
             yet
             that
             so
             many
             men
             so
             little
             heed
             it
             ,
             but
             presume
             so
             largly
             on
             themselves
             .
             To
             speake
             my
             owne
             experience
             ,
             I
             have
             often
             taken
             notice
             of
             a
             particular
             infirmity
             in
             my selfe
             (
             which
             is
             not
             necessary
             for
             the
             reader
             to
             be
             named
             )
             have
             condemned
             it
             as
             a
             folly
             worth
             laughing
             at
             in
             others
             ,
             and
             unworthy
             the
             esteeme
             my
             friends
             charity
             have
             conferred
             on
             my selfe
             ,
             which
             I
             haue
             often
             suffered
             by
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             reproved
             in
             the
             very
             acting
             ,
             and
             hated
             afterwards
             :
             and
             yet
             againe
             and
             againe
             fall
             into
             it
             (
             notwithstanding
             
             all
             my
             discourses
             ,
             reasonings
             ,
             resolvings
             ,
             and
             experimentall
             smart
             for
             it
             )
             as
             if
             there
             were
             witch-craft
             in
             that
             proverbe
             .
          
           
             
               Naturam
               expellas
               furcâ
               ,
               licet
               usqut
               recurret
               .
            
             My
             soule
             !
             this
             case
             is
             beside
             religion
             :
             yet
             I
             doubt
             if
             thou
             look
             narrowly
             into
             thy selfe
             ,
             thou
             mightest
             find
             it
             many
             
               parallels
            
             of
             that
             
               concernment
               .
            
             Let
             this
             admonish
             thee
             that
             it
             is
             not
             in
             
               man
               that
               walketh
               to
               direct
               his
               way
               ,
               but
               in
               him
               ,
               from
               whom
               are
               the
               very
               preparations
               of
               the
               heart
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Concerning
             the
             sympathy
             of
             Soules
             .
          
           
             
             THere
             is
             a
             strange
             hermony
             between
             some
             soules
             :
             &
             though
             all
             true
             Christians
             are
             ty'd
             together
             by
             a
             mysticall
             union
             ,
             yet
             some
             of
             these
             do
             more
             sympathize
             betweene
             themselves
             then
             do
             others
             .
             
             I
             have
             more
             then
             once
             met
             with
             an
             authour
             ,
             that
             hath
             so
             happily
             expressed
             his
             owne
             thoughts
             (
             and
             in
             some
             part
             mine
             too
             )
             in
             points
             of
             charity
             ,
             or
             humility
             ,
             or
             holy
             jealousy
             over
             a
             mans
             owne
             spirit
             ,
             that
             ,
             me
             thought
             ,
             he
             uttered
             his
             soule
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             unbowelled
             the
             very
             heart
             of
             an
             experienced
             awefull
             christian
             .
             I
             have
             seemed
             exactly
             to
             know
             the
             man
             ,
             though
             I
             never
             saw
             his
             face
             :
             and
             have
             beene
             ready
             to
             leave
             my
             body
             behind
             to
             search
             him
             out
             ,
             to
             have
             purer
             communication
             with
             his
             spirit
             ,
             and
             to
             mingle
             together
             our
             soules
             .
          
           
             My
             owne
             heart
             is
             so
             deceitfull
             ,
             that
             I
             dare
             not
             be
             overbold
             in
             making
             too
             confident
             conclusions
             upon
             my selfe
             :
             much
             lesse
             dare
             I
             hold
             it
             (
             any
             whit
             )
             impossible
             I
             might
             frame
             a
             wrong
             
               Jdea
            
             of
             another
             .
             Yet
             I
             have
             met
             
             with
             some
             men
             that
             have
             so
             fully
             and
             experimentally
             expressed
             to
             me
             the
             
               power
               of
               Godlynesse
            
             in
             them
             ;
             that
             I
             have
             beene
             ready
             to
             say
             as
             inspired
             
               Paul
            
             did
             of
             his
             fruits
             of
             the
             Lord
             :
             that
             I
             knew
             their
             election
             ;
             and
             conclude
             without
             any
             reserve
             of
             hesitation
             ,
             
               that
               this
               is
               the
               true
               grace
            
             of
             
               God
               wherein
            
             they
             
               stand
               .
            
          
           
             Verily
             I
             perswade
             my selfe
             I
             lie
             open
             to
             no
             danger
             (
             of
             that
             nature
             )
             more
             then
             of
             being
             led
             into
             an
             errour
             ,
             or
             inconvenience
             by
             the
             authotity
             of
             a
             person
             that
             hath
             so
             gained
             such
             an
             interest
             in
             me
             .
             And
             therefore
             because
             
               God
               only
               is
               wise
               ,
               and
               deceives
               not
               ,
               nor
               can
               be
               deceived
               ,
               but
               every
               man
               a
               lyer
               ;
            
             I
             shall
             ever
             make
             the
             Italian
             Proverbe
             my
             prayer
             ;
             
               A
               chi
               mi
               fide
               mi
               guarda
               Dio
            
             Farre
             more
             open
             to
             danger
             do
             they
             lye
             ,
             who
             beleive
             such
             cannot
             
             erre
             whose
             
               persons
            
             (
             it
             may
             be
             for
             some
             advantage
             )
             
               they
               have
               in
               admiration
               :
            
             and
             therefore
             credit
             the
             
               Gospell
               ,
            
             because
             in
             their
             
               mouthes
               .
            
             But
             questionlesse
             ,
             if
             the
             
               wise
            
             virgins
             had
             no
             oyle
             to
             spare
             for
             others
             lamps
             ,
             in
             the
             next
             world
             ,
             they
             must
             sit
             in
             utter
             darknesse
             ,
             who
             in
             this
             borrow
             all
             their
             light
             from
             
               fooles
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Concerning
             ill
             will
             undeserved
             .
          
           
             
             T
             Was
             not
             
               Jerimies
            
             hard
             condition
             only
             ,
             no
             nor
             that
             moderne
             German
             Divines
             ,
             to
             make
             that
             bitter
             expostulation
             ;
             
               Woe
               is
               wee
               my
               mother
               that
               thou
               hast
               borne
               mee
               a
               man
               of
               strife
               ,
               and
               a
               man
               of
               contention
               to
               the
               whole
               earth
               !
               I
               have
               neither
               lent
               on
               usury
               ,
               neither
               have
               men
               lent
               on
               usury
               to
               me
               ,
               and
               yet
               every
               one
               of
               them
               doth
               curse
               me
               .
            
             There
             
             are
             those
             in
             every
             age
             that
             might
             claime
             a
             share
             in
             that
             complaint
             ,
             but
             how
             many
             in
             this
             ?
             Diverse
             with
             that
             Prophet
             are
             far
             from
             
               desiring
            
             or
             rejoicing
             all
             
               the
               evill
               day
               (
               God
               he
               knoweth
               it
               )
            
             and
             yet
             every
             man
             thinks
             they
             bode
             and
             meane
             them
             ill
             .
             Many
             compare
             them
             to
             
               Ishmael
               ,
               whose
               hand
               was
               against
               every
               man
               ,
            
             and
             they
             receive
             
               Ishmaels
            
             portion
             from
             others
             ;
             
               Every
               mans
               hand
            
             and
             tongue
             is
             
               against
            
             them
             :
             And
             though
             they
             are
             
               for
               peace
            
             (
             none
             more
             )
             yet
             when
             they
             
               speake
               thereof
            
             to
             others
             (
             who
             agree
             well
             enough
             among
             themselves
             )
             they
             
               make
               themselves
               ready
               for
            
             contention
             :
             so
             that
             to
             the
             outward
             eye
             the
             fault
             seemeth
             next
             those
             from
             whom
             it
             is
             farthest
             .
             That
             couragious
             
               Apostle
            
             was
             somewhat
             disheartned
             ,
             (
             or
             greived
             at
             least
             )
             
               that
               the
               more
               be
               loved
            
             his
             Corinthians
             
               the
               lesse
               he
               was
               beloved
               :
            
             and
             
             that
             (
             in
             their
             accompt
             )
             
               he
               was
               become
               their
               enemie
               for
               telling
               them
               the
               truth
               .
            
             An
             ingenuous
             soule
             hateth
             no
             imputation
             more
             ,
             than
             that
             of
             being
             a
             
               Timon
            
             (
             and
             good
             reason
             too
             ,
             there
             is
             none
             but
             a
             Devill
             further
             from
             a
             Christian
             :
             )
             what
             an
             affliction
             and
             wound
             must
             it
             needs
             be
             to
             the
             very
             heart
             of
             meeke
             Christians
             ,
             to
             lie
             undeservedly
             under
             this
             censure
             ;
             to
             have
             their
             good
             meanings
             ill
             interpreted
             ,
             and
             their
             very
             indeavours
             to
             explaine
             themselves
             ,
             misconstrued
             or
             not
             believed
             ?
             How
             many
             are
             counted
             busy
             pragmaitcks
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             meddle
             with
             no
             mans
             affairs
             ,
             but
             when
             they
             thinke
             conscience
             and
             charity
             obliegeth
             them
             ,
             and
             then
             but
             fearefully
             too
             ?
             Howbeit
             if
             a
             small
             indiscretion
             or
             mistake
             be
             committed
             ,
             (
             from
             the
             which
             the
             highest
             Saints
             are
             not
             wholly
             priviledged
             )
             
             oh
             into
             what
             foule
             names
             are
             they
             aggravated
             !
             and
             one
             such
             errour
             committed
             must
             stoppe
             their
             mouths
             for
             the
             future
             ,
             although
             from
             speaking
             truth
             ,
             and
             now
             such
             attempts
             lie
             under
             double
             prejudice
             .
          
           
             However
             ,
             the
             case
             is
             not
             yet
             at
             the
             saddest
             ▪
             if
             this
             measure
             be
             measured
             to
             them
             from
             such
             as
             are
             friends
             to
             none
             who
             are
             enemies
             to
             their
             sinnes
             :
             but
             if
             those
             that
             seeme
             better
             Christians
             expresse
             somewhat
             of
             this
             nature
             towards
             them
             ,
             if
             to
             them
             their
             breath
             be
             offensive
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             should
             be
             their
             
               Familiars
            
             draw
             away
             ,
             or
             
               stand
               aloofe
               off
            
             them
             ,
             allthough
             they
             
               intreate
               them
               with
            
             the
             
               words
            
             of
             a
             guilelesse
             
               mouth
               ;
            
             oh
             into
             what
             bitter
             complaints
             like
             those
             wee
             read
             of
             
               Job
            
             and
             
               Heman
               ,
            
             must
             they
             necessarily
             breake
             out
             ?
             &
             yet
             I
             am
             confident
             ▪
             God
             out
             of
             
             gracious
             designe
             suffers
             many
             of
             his
             deare
             children
             to
             be
             exercised
             by
             this
             temptation
             ;
             under
             which
             certainly
             they
             would
             sink
             ,
             did
             not
             God
             support
             them
             by
             a
             strong
             hand
             .
          
        
         
           
             
             Vncharitable
             Mistakes
             .
          
           
             THere
             is
             one
             mistake
             rife
             amongst
             Christians
             ,
             the
             Mother
             of
             many
             inconveniences
             and
             much
             uncharitablenesse
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             Mens
             passing
             a
             judgment
             upon
             others
             according
             to
             what
             they
             have
             experimented
             in
             themselves
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             believe
             so
             .
             How
             many
             busy
             braines
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             we●●
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             take
             upon
             them
             to
             read
             the
             secrets
             of
             others
             hearts
             ,
             and
             frame
             unto
             themselves
             such
             and
             such
             
               Idea's
            
             of
             other
             mens
             tempers
             ,
             Spirits
             ,
             designs
             ,
             and
             commonly
             take
             the
             
               coppy
            
             from
             themselves
             
             (
             though
             they
             perceive
             it
             not
             ,
             )
             and
             then
             every
             thin
             
               colour
            
             serveth
             them
             for
             a
             
               demonstration
               ?
            
             What
             rashnesse
             is
             it
             in
             some
             men
             to
             require
             of
             others
             an
             exact
             accompt
             of
             the
             time
             and
             other
             circumstances
             of
             their
             conversion
             ,
             a
             legible
             history
             of
             the
             conflicts
             and
             agonies
             of
             their
             soules
             ,
             and
             (
             what
             is
             hardest
             of
             all
             )
             a
             positive
             determination
             how
             the
             case
             stands
             with
             thē
             now
             in
             particulars
             ,
             &
             all
             this
             to
             be
             done
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             standard
             of
             what
             they
             have
             felt
             or
             fancied
             in
             themselves
             ?
             Whereas
             many
             a
             true
             
               Israelite
            
             may
             wander
             out
             his
             whole
             life
             in
             the
             wildernesse
             ;
             and
             a
             
               Moses
            
             himselfe
             not
             have
             a
             full
             sight
             of
             
               Canaan
            
             till
             his
             last
             minute
             .
             Bu
             alasse
             ;
             how
             grosely
             doe
             such
             men
             forget
             what
             they
             so
             often
             read
             ,
             
               that
               the
               heart
               only
               knowes
               its
               owne
               heavinesse
               ,
               and
               a
               stranger
               cannot
               [
               fully
               ]
               partake
               of
               his
               joy
               ,
               that
            
             
             
               the
               spirit
               ,
               like
               the
               winde
               ,
               bloweth
               when
               ,
               and
               where
               ,
               and
               how
               it
               listeth
               ,
               that
               grace
               is
               compared
            
             by
             Truth
             it selfe
             
               to
               seeds
               and
               plants
               which
               spring
               and
               grow
               a
               man
               seeth
               not
               ,
               knowth
               not
               how
               ?
            
             There
             are
             some
             Christians
             that
             have
             run
             through
             such
             a
             maze
             in
             their
             lives
             ,
             that
             they
             cannot
             track
             their
             owne
             steps
             :
             Some
             have
             their
             evidences
             so
             blurred
             ,
             and
             interlined
             ,
             that
             their
             owne
             eyes
             will
             not
             serve
             many
             times
             to
             read
             them
             .
             Too
             many
             ,
             like
             
               Hagar
               ,
            
             see
             not
             the
             wels
             of
             consolation
             before
             them
             ,
             and
             some
             meete
             with
             such
             riddles
             in
             their
             souls
             ,
             or
             such
             misteryes
             in
             the
             method
             of
             Gods
             dealing
             with
             them
             ;
             that
             the
             next
             world
             only
             can
             resolve
             and
             interpret
             them
             ▪
             And
             't
             would
             be
             a
             hard
             sentence
             to
             conclude
             all
             such
             unsanctified
             persons
             ,
             that
             cannot
             assure
             themselves
             (
             much
             less
             others
             )
             that
             they
             are
             not
             such
             .
          
           
           
             This
             error
             is
             then
             most
             dangerous
             when
             it
             swayeth
             the
             pulpit
             ,
             and
             is
             oftner
             there
             I
             feare
             then
             taken
             notice
             of
             .
             'T
             is
             the
             duty
             of
             such
             as
             speake
             from
             that
             place
             (
             I
             doubt
             not
             )
             to
             exhort
             us
             to
             
               examine
               and
               try
               our selves
               whether
               wee
               be
               in
               the
               faith
               ,
               to
               give
               all
               diligence
               to
               make
               our
               calling
               and
               election
               sure
               .
            
             It
             is
             their
             duty
             too
             ,
             to
             take
             care
             
               they
               grieve
               not
               a
               weake
               brother
               for
               whom
               Christ
               Dyed
               ,
            
             or
             drive
             a
             stray
             sheepe
             further
             from
             the
             fold
             .
             There
             are
             criterions
             (
             I
             question
             not
             )
             which
             discriminate
             betweene
             the
             sheep
             ,
             &
             the
             Goates
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             not
             impossible
             for
             any
             but
             the
             chiefe
             shepheard
             to
             faile
             sometimes
             in
             the
             application
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             The
             Vaine
             Mans
             self-miracle
          
           
             
             THere
             are
             some
             men
             whose
             braines
             are
             filled
             with
             a
             very
             little
             ,
             and
             yet
             think
             all
             mens
             else
             with
             much
             lesse
             .
             How
             difficultly
             are
             they
             perswaded
             to
             believe
             ,
             that
             those
             who
             know
             more
             know
             so
             much
             as
             themselves
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             are
             overcome
             by
             some
             conviction
             irresistible
             ,
             yet
             will
             they
             create
             some
             choice
             fantasticall
             circumstances
             or
             other
             ,
             whereby
             their
             knowledge
             of
             the
             same
             things
             must
             out-value
             other
             mens
             .
             If
             by
             chance
             they
             light
             upon
             a
             good
             thought
             or
             observation
             (
             which
             though
             new
             to
             them
             ,
             is
             yet
             common
             and
             familiar
             to
             wiser
             heads
             )
             strait
             wayes
             with
             
               Pythagoras
            
             they
             cry
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             and
             can
             hardly
             forbeare
             Sacrificing
             Hacatombs
             to
             their
             good
             starres
             .
             T
             hey
             thinke
             
             they
             are
             borne
             to
             oblige
             the
             whole
             world
             by
             their
             great
             parts
             :
             and
             they
             account
             it
             the
             lightest
             sin
             to
             be
             parsimonious
             of
             them
             .
             The
             deepe
             commiseration
             they
             have
             of
             the
             mistakes
             ,
             and
             follyes
             ,
             and
             ignorances
             of
             the
             age
             makes
             them
             alwaies
             eager
             to
             fly
             up
             to
             the
             Theater
             ;
             and
             if
             some
             small
             occasion
             be
             presented
             more
             justifiable
             then
             usuall
             ,
             they
             are
             like
             
               El●hu
            
             in
             
               Iob
               ;
               Behold
               they
               are
               full
               of
               matter
               ,
               and
               their
               spirit
               within
               them
               constraines
               them
               :
               Their
               Belly
               is
               as
               wine
               which
               has
               no
               vent
               ,
               and
               if
               they
               should
               now
               hold
               their
               peace
               ,
               they
               should
               burst
               like
               new
               bottels
               ;
            
             and
             yet
             by
             the
             leave
             of
             their
             rare
             gifts
             ,
             many
             of
             those
             ,
             they
             so
             take
             upon
             them
             to
             instruct
             ,
             may
             reply
             as
             
               Iob
            
             did
             to
             his
             other
             freinds
             ;
             
               Sure
            
             [
             as
             ye
             take
             your selves
             ]
             
               yee
               are
               the
               men
               ,
               and
               wisdome
               must
               dye
               with
               you
               .
               But
               we
               have
               understanding
               as
               well
               as
               you
               ,
               we
            
             
             
               are
               not
               inferiour
               to
               you
               :
               yea
               who
               know
               not
               such
               things
               as
               these
               ?
               How
               forcible
               are
               are
               right
               words
               :
               but
               what
               dorh
               your
               arguing
               reprove
               ?
            
             But
             should
             an
             Angel
             tell
             them
             this
             story
             ,
             they
             would
             scarce
             be
             drawne
             to
             credit
             him
             ;
             but
             thinke
             still
             their
             meanest
             thoughts
             deserve
             Golden
             Characters
             ,
             though
             their
             fancy
             at
             the
             highest
             scarce
             exceeds
             the
             tract
             of
             obvious
             discourse
             .
             God
             forbid
             this
             humour
             should
             carry
             any
             man
             up
             into
             the
             Pulpit
             .
             Towards
             that
             Sacred
             function
             (
             which
             above
             all
             other
             I
             honour
             and
             reverence
             ,
             and
             for
             which
             I
             wish
             my selfe
             once
             competently
             sufficient
             )
             I
             cannot
             thinke
             I
             can
             use
             candor
             enough
             .
             Far
             be
             from
             me
             an
             uncharitable
             suspition
             towards
             Persons
             engaged
             in
             that
             employment
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             deeply
             interessed
             in
             humility
             and
             selfe
             denyall
             ,
             which
             has
             already
             
             so
             little
             encouragement
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             is
             like
             to
             have
             lesse
             .
             I
             dare
             not
             ,
             like
             
               Miriam
               ,
               speak
               ,
            
             nay
             nor
             think
             against
             a
             
               Servant
            
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             be
             he
             but
             a
             
               Doore
               Keeper
               ,
            
             as
             well
             as
             a
             
               Moses
               or
            
             an
             
               Aaron
               .
            
             Experience
             tels
             me
             the
             strongest
             brains
             have
             not
             alwaies
             done
             God
             and
             his
             Church
             the
             best
             service
             :
             and
             this
             I
             shall
             thinke
             a
             warrant
             for
             some
             of
             lesse
             abilities
             .
             Yea
             ,
             if
             the
             case
             neede
             ,
             I
             shall
             strive
             to
             suppose
             many
             other
             pious
             incitements
             in
             those
             ,
             in
             whom
             I
             cannot
             discover
             ,
             nor
             scarce
             imagine
             them
             .
             Yet
             I
             cannot
             deny
             ,
             but
             some
             (
             and
             the
             more
             is
             the
             pitty
             ,
             if
             many
             )
             mingle
             such
             rash
             confidence
             with
             their
             unexperienc'd
             ignorance
             in
             that
             dreadfull
             place
             ,
             that
             it
             would
             puzzle
             a
             charity
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             blind
             &
             deafe
             too
             ,
             to
             excuse
             them
             from
             this
             vanity
             ,
             or
             frame
             a
             better
             apology
             for
             them
             .
          
           
           
             
               Caution
               .
            
             
               LEast
               a
               Reader
               may
               think
               the
               former
               part
               of
               the
               proceeding
               Essay
               my
               owne
               Charecter
               (
               which
               if
               he
               does
               ,
               God
               forgive
               him
               .
               I
               do
               )
               Let
               him
               know
               ,
               that
               I
               publish
               not
               these
               Observations
               for
               such
               as
               have
               taken
               notice
               of
               them
               already
               ,
               and
               farre
               better
               then
               myselfe
               ,
               (
               which
               I
               beleive
               are
               multitudes
               )
               but
               for
               those
               that
               as
               yet
               have
               not
               ,
               withall
               I
               should
               be
               glad
               that
               those
               whom
               I
               cannot
               suppose
               ignorant
               of
               them
               ,
               would
               in
               their
               practise
               more
               demonstrate
               it
               .
               For
               my
               owne
               part
               ,
               I
               have
               been
               in
               the
               two
               extreames
               (
               of
               which
               
                 Quintilian
              
               knew
               not
               whether
               most
               to
               blame
               )
               one
               while
               not
               any
               thing
               I
               did
               ,
               but
               liked
               me
               highly
               (
               yet
               owning
               what
               ever
               I
               had
               for
               Gods
               free
               Gui●s
               )
               and
               afterward
               not
               any
               thing
               I
               did
               but
               was
               quite
               as
               farre
               from
               it
               ,
               yet
               then
               too
               ,
               not
               calling
               God
               illiberall
               .
               And
               if
               at
               the
               
               present
               I
               am
               not
               in
               the
               mean
               ,
               yet
               I
               hope
               I
               am
               coming
               neere
               it
               .
               I
               shall
               tell
               thee
               further
               (
               if
               thou
               wilt
               believe
               I
               doe
               it
               without
               any
               indirect
               designe
               )
               that
               there
               is
               nothing
               for
               which
               I
               have
               wrastled
               with
               God
               more
               (
               ●nd
               that
               with
               prayers
               and
               teares
               )
               then
               for
               lowly
               and
               charitable
               spirit
               :
               and
               I
               have
               a
               good
               hope
               that
               for
               the
               intercession
               of
               his
               Son
               ,
               He
               has
               not
               shut
               out
               my
               prayer
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             Difference
             of
             Parts
             .
          
           
             I
             Have
             often
             observed
             (
             but
             seldome
             without
             wonder
             )
             the
             diversity
             of
             mens
             parts
             :
             though
             lam
             not
             thereby
             induced
             with
             a
             French
             Authour
             to
             conclude
             the
             difference
             greater
             between
             some
             men
             and
             others
             ▪
             then
             betweene
             some
             men
             and
             Bruits
             .
             It
             has
             beene
             oft
             observed
             how
             that
             some
             men
             in
             the
             diversion
             of
             their
             
             studies
             have
             affected
             with
             ease
             ,
             what
             would
             have
             been
             too
             great
             a
             task
             for
             an
             Age
             of
             some
             plodding
             
               students
            
             serious
             thoughts
             .
             But
             this
             puzzleth
             me
             most
             .
             That
             among
             young
             men
             I
             perceive
             those
             allotted
             best
             parts
             ,
             who
             either
             least
             value
             them
             ,
             or
             least
             mind
             their
             reall
             improvement
             .
             That
             a
             merry
             boon
             Blade
             (
             that
             passionately
             affects
             the
             Tavern
             ,
             or
             companions
             ,
             or
             his
             dog
             ,
             or
             horse
             ,
             or
             something
             
               Worse
               ,
            
             and
             that
             so
             much
             beyond
             the
             cloysters
             and
             Books
             which
             he
             accounts
             ▪
             himselfe
             so
             unluckily
             allyed
             to
             )
             shall
             yet
             passe
             with
             generall
             esteeme
             ,
             and
             come
             off
             (
             in
             any
             business
             )
             with
             applause
             ;
             whilst
             the
             close
             student
             sits
             neglected
             in
             his
             cell
             ,
             or
             comes
             abroad
             ,
             &
             is
             smiled
             at
             ;
             men
             wondring
             what
             infection
             he
             has
             got
             from
             his
             cobwebs
             ,
             and
             dust
             ,
             and
             he
             himselfe
             too
             often
             bewailing
             his
             deare
             pennyworthes
             ,
             
             and
             sometimes
             in
             the
             Poets
             phrase
             interrogating
             himselfe
             ,
             whether
             it
             deserve
             so
             much
             paines
             ,
             and
             watching
             only
             .
          
           
             
               Pallere
               &
               toto
               vinum
               nescire
               Decembri
               ?
            
             'T
             is
             said
             (
             for
             a
             
               miracle
               )
            
             of
             the
             gatherers
             of
             
               Manna
               ,
               That
               he
               that
               had
               gathered
               much
               had
               nothing
               over
               ,
               and
               he
               that
               had
               gathered
               little
               had
               no
               lack
               :
            
             but
             it
             seemes
             an
             
               absurdity
            
             here
             that
             the
             industrious
             gatherer
             should
             want
             ,
             and
             the
             Truant
             have
             to
             spare
             .
             I
             am
             not
             so
             nigh
             Atheist
             as
             to
             allow
             .
             Fortune
             a
             hand
             in
             this
             uneven
             distribution
             ,
             but
             therein
             discerne
             a
             finger
             of
             providence
             which
             rules
             all
             .
             It
             may
             be
             God
             will
             have
             the
             edge
             of
             ambition
             taken
             off
             first
             ,
             and
             that
             requireth
             yeares
             .
             It
             may
             be
             He
             will
             have
             a
             man
             at
             a
             losse
             to
             himselfe
             in
             his
             parts
             ,
             that
             so
             he
             may
             the
             more
             readily
             acknowledge
             all
             he
             has
             Gods
             gift
             ,
             and
             
             consequently
             with
             lesse
             temptation
             to
             pride
             ,
             or
             selfe
             seeking
             imploy
             all
             in
             Gods
             service
             ,
             Many
             other
             gracious
             intentions
             God
             may
             have
             towards
             these
             backward
             persons
             ,
             whereas
             on
             the
             contrary
             the
             former
             person
             parts
             
               perish
            
             commonly
             in
             
               the
               using
               ,
            
             yea
             and
             many
             times
             too
             before
             that
             .
             '
             Its
             no
             common
             thing
             to
             see
             the
             same
             party
             in
             reputation
             both
             in
             his
             youth
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             full
             age
             :
             and
             because
             they
             come
             to
             same
             to
             soon
             ,
             they
             keepe
             not
             in
             it
             long
             .
             The
             lavish
             praises
             men
             bestow
             upon
             their
             
               Juvenile
            
             attainments
             makes
             them
             thinke
             they
             are
             come
             to
             their
             
               Nil
               Ultra
            
             then
             ,
             and
             therefore
             (
             labouring
             onely
             for
             themselves
             ,
             and
             thinking
             vaine
             breath
             reward
             enough
             )
             for
             want
             of
             going
             forward
             ,
             they
             go
             back
             .
             Thus
             what
             at
             the
             
               Horizon
            
             promis'd
             a
             glorious
             noone-day
             Sunne
             suddenly
             
             vanisheth
             into
             a
             snuffe
             .
             I
             should
             prophesie
             that
             industrious
             soule
             ,
             who
             with
             
               Aquinas
            
             a
             long
             time
             beareth
             the
             Nick-name
             of
             
               Bos
               Mutus
            
             the
             dumbe
             Oxe
             ,
             most
             likely
             atlength
             (
             as
             great
             
               Albertus
            
             said
             of
             him
             )
             to
             fill
             the
             whole
             world
             with
             his
             
               lowings
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Common-wealth
             meere
             VVits
             .
          
           
             
             There
             is
             a
             commonwealth
             of
             men
             ,
             in
             their
             owne
             eyes
             ,
             the
             most
             of
             all
             other
             refined
             from
             the
             vulgar
             ,
             and
             their
             interest
             of
             greater
             concernment
             then
             all
             else
             ▪
             and
             yet
             of
             all
             others
             ,
             if
             wanting
             would
             be
             least
             missed
             .
             They
             are
             not
             only
             like
             
               Aesops
               Flies
               ,
            
             in
             that
             buzzing
             about
             the
             wheels
             of
             all
             affaires
             they
             fancy
             to
             themselves
             what
             a
             dust
             they
             raise
             :
             but
             like
             his
             
             
               B●etle
            
             too
             ,
             which
             made
             
               Iupiter
            
             let
             fall
             the
             Eagles
             egges
             out
             of
             his
             lappe
             .
             They
             boast
             between
             themselves
             great
             security
             ,
             and
             cry
             with
             Nero
             ;
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               yea
               while
               they
               live
               ;
            
             they
             feare
             nought
             :
             and
             yet
             their
             Basis
             rests
             on
             things
             more
             uncertaine
             and
             fleeting
             than
             the
             aire
             and
             that
             is
             but
             
               Chimara's
            
             and
             fancies
             .
             To
             be
             
               serious
            
             with
             
               them
            
             a
             little
             ,
             I
             feare
             none
             are
             more
             hardly
             perswaded
             to
             be
             Christians
             :
             For
             pride
             ,
             vaine
             glory
             ;
             and
             contempt
             of
             others
             (
             those
             stiffe
             Opposites
             to
             humbling
             grace
             )
             though
             I
             dare
             not
             affirme
             them
             strict
             Proprieties
             to
             that
             society
             ,
             yet
             I
             wish
             they
             did
             not
             appeare
             Accidents
             allmost
             inseperable
             .
             Besides
             ,
             how
             farre
             is
             he
             from
             cure
             that
             hath
             not
             one
             eye
             open
             to
             see
             his
             disease
             ,
             and
             will
             as
             soon
             almost
             deny
             his
             Creed
             as
             believe
             those
             that
             can
             discerne
             better
             ?
             
             Give
             them
             a
             serious
             exhortation
             or
             reproofe
             ,
             they
             returne
             you
             backe
             againe
             ,
             in
             a
             scoffe
             ,
             the
             salutation
             of
             
               Grave
            
             and
             
               Wise
               .
            
             And
             if
             you
             labour
             to
             answer
             them
             according
             to
             their
             foolishnesse
             ,
             you
             must
             expect
             but
             
               worse
               language
            
             'T
             is
             the
             first
             
               rudiment
            
             of
             that
             profession
             ,
             
               Never
               to
               acknowledg
               a
               fault
               :
            
             and
             they
             would
             have
             it
             their
             
               Priviledge
               ,
            
             that
             none
             should
             dare
             
               tell
            
             them
             of
             
               any
               .
            
             Howbeit
             if
             any
             man
             be
             se
             bold
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             a
             sin
             impardonable
             by
             the
             Company
             ,
             to
             let
             him
             scape
             unpunish'd
             ;
             nay
             ,
             I
             warrant
             you
             ,
             if
             words
             could
             wound
             ,
             the
             man
             should
             bleed
             to
             death
             .
             Being
             such
             
               untractable
            
             subjects
             I
             leave
             them
             to
             God
             who
             is
             best
             able
             to
             
               deale
            
             with
             them
             ▪
          
        
         
         
           
             Of
             Vanity
             in
             Society
             and
             Discourse
             .
          
           
             
             I
             Have
             wondered
             much
             at
             some
             mens
             choise
             of
             their
             company
             (
             and
             the
             same
             Christians
             ,
             and
             as
             they
             think
             ,
             good
             ones
             too
             .
             )
             How
             many
             of
             them
             are
             
               unequally
               yoaked
               together
            
             (
             in
             respect
             of
             elected
             society
             )
             with
             (
             I
             say
             not
             Infidells
             ,
             yet
             )
             unbelievers
             in
             a
             true
             sense
             ?
             To
             omit
             the
             assembly
             of
             
               scoffers
               ,
            
             to
             whō
             with
             
               David
            
             I
             
               would
            
             not
             have
             my
             
               soule
               joyned
               ;
            
             I
             cannot
             choose
             my
             companions
             and
             friends
             ,
             as
             do
             some
             (
             who
             yet
             thinke
             not
             themselves
             of
             that
             Tribe
             :
             )
             nor
             can
             I
             thinke
             any
             man
             unworthy
             my
             acquaintance
             ,
             because
             hee
             
               wants
               wit
               ;
            
             nay
             rather
             I
             feare
             some
             that
             
               have
               it
               ,
            
             &
             that
             not
             out
             of
             any
             incapacity
             of
             being
             
               pleased
            
             with
             their
             society
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             an
             
               Experience
            
             of
             not
             being
             profited
             .
             I
             value
             much
             
             acutenesse
             in
             discourse
             ,
             but
             I
             would
             not
             have
             my
             meat
             seasoned
             with
             
               poysoned
               salt
               :
            
             and
             when
             things
             are
             admirable
             for
             the
             
               substance
               ,
            
             I
             cannot
             deride
             them
             for
             their
             
               dresse
               .
            
             Neither
             can
             I
             discerne
             any
             thing
             I
             dare
             laugh
             at
             in
             such
             a
             saying
             as
             this
             ;
             One
             
               graine
            
             of
             
               grace
               is
               more
            
             worth
             
               then
            
             a
             
               pound
               of
               wit
               .
            
          
           
             I
             know
             ,
             some
             men
             feare
             it
             would
             bee
             a
             Disparagement
             to
             their
             parts
             ,
             to
             converse
             with
             one
             of
             weaker
             than
             themselves
             :
             but
             (
             come
             what
             will
             of
             it
             )
             I
             hold
             it
             my
             duty
             ,
             when
             opportunity
             presents
             mee
             with
             one
             such
             ,
             and
             I
             do
             it
             with
             delight
             .
             I
             can
             thanke
             God
             ,
             who
             hath
             made
             me
             differ
             from
             another
             ,
             without
             any
             arrogant
             insultation
             over
             him
             :
             and
             doe
             not
             tell
             him
             ,
             I
             pitty
             his
             ignorance
             ,
             but
             earnestly
             indeavour
             to
             redresse
             it
             .
             I
             can
             receive
             
             his
             discourse
             without
             exploding
             the
             weaknesse
             of
             i●
             ▪
             and
             am
             not
             provoked
             to
             upbraid
             him
             ,
             if
             he
             apapprehend
             not
             mine
             ;
             yea
             rather
             ,
             correct
             the
             error
             my selfe
             ,
             and
             fit
             my
             future
             speech
             to
             his
             capacity
          
           
             But
             ,
             alas
             !
             How
             much
             beside
             their
             purpose
             (
             and
             ,
             I
             would
             That
             were
             all
             )
             are
             most
             Christians
             whole
             society
             and
             discourse
             ?
             I
             shall
             not
             here
             mention
             correptions
             ,
             advices
             ,
             private
             exhortations
             and
             incouragements
             (
             those
             maine
             businesses
             of
             society
             )
             to
             all
             which
             Christians
             are
             as
             much
             oblieged
             ,
             as
             they
             doe
             neglect
             them
             :
             How
             many
             seeme
             to
             thinke
             all
             
               rationality
            
             to
             consist
             in
             
               risibility
               ,
            
             and
             the
             imployment
             of
             their
             time
             to
             apprehend
             or
             make
             matter
             whereon
             to
             exercise
             that
             faculty
             ?
             How
             many
             hope
             for
             high
             esteeme
             by
             setting
             at
             
               nought
               a
               weak
               brother
               ;
            
             or
             ,
             
             it
             may
             bee
             ,
             by
             making
             him
             appeare
             so
             ,
             who
             is
             stronger
             than
             themselves
             ?
             I
             tremble
             to
             thinke
             how
             some
             can
             talke
             to
             the
             
               griefe
            
             of
             
               those
               ,
               whom
               God
               hath
               wounded
               :
            
             and
             many
             who
             doe
             not
             so
             themselves
             ,
             yet
             without
             scruple
             give
             their
             assent
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             their
             applause
             too
             ,
             to
             those
             that
             doe
             .
             I
             reduce
             my
             thoughts
             from
             this
             sad
             subject
             :
             only
             
               I
            
             am
             confident
             ,
             if
             
               Solomon
            
             himselfe
             (
             who
             so
             much
             commended
             cheerfulnesse
             )
             were
             now
             on
             earth
             ,
             and
             St
             
               Paul
            
             (
             who
             bade
             us
             
               alwaies
               rejoyce
               )
            
             what
             men
             now
             adayes
             delight
             in
             as
             facetious
             discourse
             ,
             they
             would
             with
             joynt
             votes
             condemne
             for
             mad
             ,
             if
             not
             devilish
             mirth
             .
          
           
             
               Caution
               .
            
             
               LEast
               my
               reader
               should
               thinke
               some
               things
               in
               this
               too
               arrogant
               
               for
               me
               to
               spake
               of
               my selfe
               :
               I
               shall
               not
               oblige
               him
               to
               believe
               that
               I
               am
               every
               whit
               as
               I
               there
               described
               ,
               but
               that
               I
               passionately
               desire
               it
               .
               I
               begge
               of
               his
               charity
               also
               to
               apply
               this
               Caution
               to
               what
               other
               expression
               else
               where
               in
               my
               Booke
               ,
               hee
               may
               thinke
               needs
               it
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             Frugality
             .
          
           
             
             I
             Have
             often
             wondered
             at
             the
             difference
             of
             our
             dayes
             from
             the
             discriptions
             of
             the
             former
             ;
             and
             in
             nothing
             more
             than
             in
             the
             poynts
             of
             
               Frugality
               .
            
             To
             passe
             over
             those
             white
             ages
             ,
             when
             the
             Wealthy
             Patriarches
             disdained
             not
             the
             offices
             of
             
               husbandmen
               ,
            
             &
             of
             Sheepherds
             when
             great
             men
             imployed
             their
             children
             ,
             yea
             their
             
               daughters
               ,
            
             that
             soft
             sex
             ,
             in
             such
             services
             in
             the
             moderne
             age
             (
             that
             about
             Christs
             time
             I
             mean
             )
             Frugality
             was
             never
             accoūted
             a
             crime
             .
             
               Cicero
            
             
             in
             his
             defence
             of
             
               Dejotarus
               ,
            
             King
             ,
             maintaind
             it
             a
             vertue
             proper
             for
             a
             Prince
             .
             The
             Sumptuary
             laws
             ,
             the
             apothegms
             ,
             the
             patterns
             and
             presidents
             thereof
             famously
             known
             ,
             and
             too
             many
             to
             be
             repeated
             ,
             speak
             sufficiently
             in
             it's
             behalfe
             .
             Christianity
             certainly
             has
             not
             cashiered
             it
             it's
             esteem
             :
             nay
             rather
             on
             many
             good
             grounds
             and
             arguments
             has
             advanc'd
             it
             (
             far
             above
             a
             semy-vertue
             )
             into
             the
             roll
             of
             vertues
             and
             duties
             obliging
             the
             coscience
             it selfe
             ;
             and
             questionlesse
             the
             best
             of
             the
             primitive
             Christians
             were
             not
             so
             neglectful
             of
             the
             repute
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             so
             un-mindefull
             of
             the
             necessities
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             as
             in
             their
             opinions
             ,
             or
             practice
             to
             undervalue
             it
             .
             Yet
             by
             what
             experience
             
               I
            
             have
             had
             it
             ,
             it
             seems
             to
             me
             now
             to
             be
             as
             farre
             banish'd
             from
             most
             places
             as
             is
             justice
             :
             nay
             it
             has
             not
             that
             thin
             garment
             
             of
             
               words
            
             allowed
             it
             ,
             with
             
               honesty
               ,
            
             to
             keep
             it
             from
             being
             
               sterved
               .
               I
            
             have
             often
             wondred
             that
             such
             ,
             as
             professe
             themselves
             disciples
             of
             
               Iesus
               ,
            
             should
             with
             less
             straining
             bestow
             pounds
             upon
             the
             rich
             ,
             upon
             superfluities
             ,
             upon
             impertinent
             company
             ,
             (
             when
             commonly
             the
             losse
             of
             time
             is
             equally
             considerable
             )
             than
             far
             smaller
             summes
             on
             the
             poore
             members
             of
             Christ
             ,
             or
             whom
             at
             least
             charity
             obligeth
             them
             to
             hope
             to
             be
             such
             .
             But
             
               I
            
             know
             not
             what
             limits
             to
             put
             to
             my
             admiration
             ,
             that
             a
             Christian
             should
             be
             worse
             thought
             of
             for
             such
             acts
             of
             Charity
             ,
             and
             such
             living
             as
             may
             maintaine
             them
             ,
             than
             for
             direct
             breaches
             of
             scripture
             commands
             in
             apparell
             ,
             in
             diet
             ,
             in
             revelling
             banquetings
             and
             comessations
             ;
             as
             if
             every
             Prodigall
             were
             sure
             to
             returne
             home
             to
             his
             father
             with
             him
             in
             
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             or
             there
             were
             no
             favour
             to
             be
             expected
             for
             such
             sons
             as
             have
             not
             rū
             that
             riotous
             course
             .
             
               I
            
             know
             a
             man
             that
             by
             generall
             vote
             was
             cast
             for
             a
             parsimonious
             ,
             and
             a
             covetous
             fellow
             ;
             yea
             not
             a
             few
             among
             the
             more
             serious
             sort
             thought
             him
             much
             too
             close
             handed
             ,
             and
             yet
             the
             same
             man
             as
             ready
             as
             any
             to
             spend
             liberally
             according
             to
             his
             ability
             ,
             where
             the
             least
             shadow
             of
             reason
             could
             make
             it
             seem
             fitting
             ▪
             &
             by
             his
             own
             conscience
             so
             free
             from
             that
             crime
             that
             he
             ranked
             the
             contrary
             in
             his
             usuall
             confessions
             .
             Certainly
             ,
             as
             the
             world
             goes
             now
             ,
             a
             man
             had
             need
             have
             a
             great
             measure
             of
             
               self-denyall
            
             to
             bee
             a
             good
             
               husband
            
             as
             well
             as
             a
             good
             
               Christian
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             Concerning
             Parsimony
             of
             Gifts
             .
          
           
             
             ONe
             would
             think
             the
             obligations
             christianity
             layeth
             on
             us
             to
             edify
             one
             another
             (
             yea
             ,
             &
             that
             in
             such
             expresse
             terms
             ,
             as
             not
             a
             word
             allowed
             ,
             but
             what
             may
             some
             way
             
               serve
            
             for
             that
             
               use
               ,
               Ephes
               :
            
             4.
             )
             should
             have
             exempted
             Christians
             from
             that
             accusation
             among
             the
             Ancients
             ,
             
               clausis
               thesauris
               incubandi
               ,
            
             of
             niggardly
             tenacity
             and
             concealment
             of
             their
             inquisitions
             and
             gifts
             ▪
             and
             yet
             wee
             find
             some
             ,
             that
             may
             without
             injustice
             be
             taxed
             for
             such
             parsimony
             :
             some
             that
             sit
             a
             brood
             on
             their
             parts
             ,
             and
             that
             till
             they
             are
             addle
             too
             .
             Diverse
             men
             gather
             hony
             only
             for
             themselves
             .
             They
             grudge
             to
             give
             away
             the
             sweat
             of
             their
             braine
             :
             and
             they
             had
             rather
             have
             their
             wealth
             be
             
             buried
             with
             them
             ,
             than
             make
             others
             rich
             without
             pains
             .
             Others
             thinke
             whatever
             is
             lent
             to
             another
             is
             alien'd
             from
             themselves
             :
             and
             their
             barren
             hopes
             are
             so
             farre
             from
             promising
             them
             an
             increase
             ,
             that
             the
             count
             the
             principall
             lost
             .
             How
             vaine
             and
             absurd
             are
             these
             humours
             ,
             how
             much
             more
             sordid
             this
             penuriousnes
             than
             that
             of
             the
             purse
             ?
             It
             is
             there
             true
             ,
             a
             man
             cānot
             retaine
             what
             he
             gives
             ,
             but
             must
             rely
             on
             the
             hopes
             religion
             affords
             him
             of
             a
             remuneration
             :
             but
             here
             in
             the
             very
             act
             of
             liberality
             the
             stock
             increaseth
             .
             
               I
            
             know
             it
             the
             humour
             of
             vaine
             men
             to
             catch
             at
             hints
             of
             discourse
             ,
             and
             before
             their
             opinion
             be
             asked
             ,
             to
             give
             you
             their
             judgment
             &
             dicision
             of
             any
             matter
             in
             debate
             :
             though
             perhaps
             they
             borrow
             from
             another
             what
             ever
             they
             speak
             .
             But
             yet
             he
             is
             very
             short
             sighted
             that
             cannot
             discover
             
             a
             mean
             betweene
             this
             ,
             and
             the
             former
             weaknesse
             :
             Nor
             is
             his
             judgment
             better
             who
             cannot
             distinguish
             between
             an
             obligation
             ,
             to
             profit
             others
             ,
             and
             an
             affectation
             of
             undue
             praises
             unto
             our selfe
             .
             And
             were
             the
             matter
             put
             to
             my
             choice
             ,
             
               I
            
             wonld
             rather
             undergoe
             this
             censure
             undeserved
             ,
             than
             neglect
             the
             former
             duty
             when
             an
             opportunity
             ingaged
             ▪
             You
             will
             say
             ,
             such
             men
             as
             these
             reserve
             their
             parts
             for
             a
             fit
             opportunity
             to
             expresse
             them
             :
             but
             doe
             they
             suppose
             none
             such
             but
             the
             publicke
             Theaters
             ,
             and
             whence
             they
             may
             be
             rewarded
             with
             a
             
               grande
               &
               insanum
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ?
             Or
             are
             their
             endowments
             so
             scanty
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             nothing
             to
             spare
             for
             a
             private
             charity
             or
             civility
             ?
             Or
             rather
             is
             their
             mind
             so
             vain
             ,
             that
             they
             must
             sel
             every
             thing
             for
             generall
             applause
             ?
             If
             
               I
            
             should
             yeeld
             them
             what
             they
             foolishly
             
             pretend
             ,
             that
             publicke
             places
             and
             imploiments
             are
             the
             proper
             stage
             where
             on
             to
             act
             their
             parts
             :
             yet
             ▪
             t
             is
             certaine
             that
             these
             private
             offices
             are
             so
             far
             from
             hindering
             them
             therein
             ,
             that
             they
             further
             them
             .
             That
             Glory
             of
             
               Christ-Coll
               edge
            
             in
             
               Cambridge
               ,
            
             (
             than
             in
             whom
             I
             am
             perswaded
             that
             in
             no
             
               man
               since
            
             primitive
             times
             rare
             gifts
             were
             tempered
             with
             more
             moderation
             and
             humility
             )
             was
             wont
             to
             professe
             himselfe
             beholding
             to
             those
             ,
             who
             would
             minister
             a
             handsome
             occasion
             to
             him
             to
             utter
             any
             of
             his
             choise
             notions
             ;
             and
             when
             others
             thought
             themselves
             great
             gainers
             thereby
             ,
             he
             accounted
             himselfe
             a
             greater
             .
             A
             well
             fraught
             soule
             is
             far
             from
             the
             feare
             of
             spending
             it's
             stock
             :
             nay
             rather
             he
             is
             troubled
             his
             wares
             should
             lye
             on
             his
             hands
             :
             and
             because
             publicke
             opportunities
             are
             not
             presented
             often
             enough
             ,
             
             he
             gladly
             maketh
             use
             of
             the
             private
             to
             keepe
             his
             notions
             from
             gathering
             rust
             ;
             and
             the
             more
             liberally
             he
             spends
             this
             way
             ,
             the
             more
             his
             store
             increaseth
             .
             Whereas
             those
             illiberall
             men
             ,
             who
             keepe
             their
             parts
             for
             themselves
             ,
             and
             to
             shew
             them
             to
             the
             publike
             ,
             doe
             but
             loose
             their
             labour
             ,
             and
             must
             be
             contended
             with
             the
             Title
             of
             
               Vmbratiles
               Doctores
               ;
            
             and
             like
             
               Isocrates
               ,
            
             declaime
             in
             the
             shade
             .
          
        
         
           
             Concerning
             the
             vaine
             boasting
             Saint-ship
             .
          
           
             
             T
             Is
             to
             be
             feared
             ,
             that
             many
             men
             (
             and
             some
             such
             as
             perswade
             themselves
             they
             have
             an
             Apostolicall
             spirit
             beyond
             all
             others
             )
             do
             yet
             in
             their
             purposes
             and
             indeavours
             quite
             contradict
             St
             
               Pauls
            
             temper
             .
             That
             blessed
             Saint
             was
             fearfull
             that
             his
             
               Corinthians
            
             might
             
             thinke
             over
             highly
             of
             him
             ,
             and
             therefore
             (
             as
             he
             tells
             them
             )
             forbore
             the
             discovery
             of
             many
             excellencies
             and
             priviledges
             ▪
             which
             he
             had
             received
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             that
             ,
             
               least
               any
               man
               should
               thinke
               of
               him
               ,
               above
               what
               they
               heard
               of
               him
               ,
               or
               saw
               in
               him
               .
            
             I
             omit
             those
             whose
             whole
             aime
             is
             like
             
               Simon
               Magus
               ,
            
             to
             be
             thought
             some
             great
             ones
             ;
             such
             as
             take
             upon
             them
             to
             have
             cleare
             knowledge
             of
             those
             misteries
             the
             Gospell
             hath
             drawne
             a
             vaile
             over
             ,
             and
             not
             only
             vent
             the
             cabbinet
             secrets
             of
             Gods
             unrevealed
             will
             and
             unsearchable
             waies
             before
             men
             ,
             but
             to
             God
             himselfe
             (
             all
             which
             are
             so
             far
             from
             a
             true
             Gospell
             spirit
             (
             which
             necessarily
             must
             be
             an
             humble
             ,
             a
             sober
             ,
             and
             a
             charitable
             one
             )
             as
             that
             they
             seem
             to
             be
             the
             very
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             prophecyed
             of
             by
             
               St
               Peeter
               ,
               Saint
               Jude
            
             and
             others
             .
             )
             I
             feare
             too
             much
             of
             this
             
             leaven
             remaineth
             undiscerned
             among
             those
             who
             have
             the
             reputation
             of
             a
             more
             sober
             sect
             ,
             should
             wee
             otherwise
             heare
             so
             many
             ,
             if
             not
             
               direct
            
             ostentations
             ,
             yet
             by
             
               circumlocution
            
             and
             
               necessary
               consequence
               ?
            
             'T
             is
             to
             be
             fear'd
             ,
             some
             men
             make
             a
             vaine
             
               glorying
            
             of
             that
             which
             is
             the
             greatest
             obligation
             to
             humility
             ;
             namely
             ,
             the
             
               free
               grace
               of
               God
               .
            
             Let
             no
             man
             therefore
             say
             ,
             the
             persons
             I
             meane
             assume
             nothing
             unto
             themselves
             ,
             but
             ascribe
             all
             to
             Gods
             mercy
             ,
             and
             so
             no
             danger
             in
             it
             ,
             their
             boasting
             being
             in
             the
             Lord
             .
             For
             I
             here
             suspect
             a
             great
             depth
             of
             Satan
             ▪
             God
             enable
             
               his
            
             to
             fathom
             it
             .
             Suppose
             we
             should
             heare
             a
             Courtier
             thus
             speaking
             ;
             It
             is
             my
             Masters
             pleasure
             thus
             highly
             to
             honour
             &
             confide
             in
             me
             ;
             True
             it
             is
             ,
             there
             is
             nothing
             in
             me
             that
             may
             lay
             claime
             to
             the
             least
             of
             these
             priviledges
             bestowed
             
             upon
             me
             ;
             If
             so
             had
             been
             his
             pleasure
             he
             might
             have
             made
             choice
             of
             such
             or
             such
             a
             one
             of
             his
             servants
             for
             these
             imployments
             ,
             and
             dignities
             he
             has
             intrusted
             me
             in
             :
             and
             yet
             all
             the
             while
             the
             man
             has
             no
             sufficient
             warrant
             for
             such
             his
             presumptuous
             conceit
             ,
             nay
             contrarily
             the
             persons
             he
             so
             much
             exalts
             himselfe
             above
             ,
             are
             indeed
             much
             more
             in
             the
             
               Princes
            
             favour
             ,
             he
             has
             already
             made
             more
             experience
             of
             their
             humility
             diligence
             and
             faithfulnesse
             ,
             and
             intends
             them
             further
             honour
             .
             Would
             not
             every
             man
             conclude
             this
             Courtier
             diseas'd
             in
             his
             brains
             ?
             The
             
               Pharisee
            
             in
             the
             Gospell
             acknowledged
             God
             the
             Author
             of
             what
             he
             gloried
             in
             ,
             and
             gave
             him
             praise
             for
             many
             favours
             :
             His
             fault
             was
             that
             he
             could
             not
             allow
             the
             
               Contemn'd
               Publican
            
             a
             share
             in
             this
             priviledge
             .
             There
             are
             many
             men
             
             take
             upon
             themselves
             to
             be
             
               Daniels
               ,
               Persons
               greatly
               beloved
            
             of
             God
             and
             yet
             have
             no
             better
             authoritie
             for
             their
             assurance
             ,
             than
             that
             of
             a
             presumptuous
             fancy
             .
             Many
             thinke
             the
             Lord
             doth
             nothing
             almost
             (
             great
             or
             small
             )
             but
             he
             reveales
             the
             secret
             to
             them
             :
             Many
             perswade
             themselves
             that
             they
             have
             heard
             the
             words
             of
             God
             and
             seene
             the
             visions
             of
             the
             Allmightie
             ;
             and
             yet
             some
             of
             those
             they
             looke
             upon
             as
             strangers
             to
             God
             may
             without
             
               Miriams
            
             guilt
             replie
             to
             them
             in
             her
             words
             ;
             
               Hath
               the
               Lord
               spoken
               only
               to
               you
               ,
               hath
               he
               not
               also
               spoken
               to
               us
               ?
            
             A
             vast
             difference
             there
             is
             between
             a
             Mans
             
               being
            
             a
             
               reprobate
            
             and
             a
             mans
             
               vaunting
            
             of
             his
             being
             a
             
               Saint
               .
            
             'T
             is
             true
             I
             grant
             we
             are
             bound
             to
             
               glory
               in
               the
               Lord
               :
               Yet
               not
               beyond
               the
               line
               ,
            
             of
             things
             which
             God
             hath
             not
             wrought
             in
             us
             ,
             or
             by
             us
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Of
             Pride
             of
             Parts
             .
          
           
             
             I
             Cannot
             perswade
             my selfe
             there
             is
             any
             sin
             more
             connaturall
             ,
             and
             generall
             than
             Pride
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             sorts
             of
             pride
             that
             of
             a
             mans
             parts
             There
             is
             scarce
             a
             foole
             in
             the
             world
             but
             conceiteth
             many
             particulars
             in
             himselfe
             ,
             wherein
             he
             excells
             other
             men
             ;
             and
             scarce
             a
             wise
             man
             in
             the
             world
             but
             hath
             some
             alloy
             of
             this
             folly
             .
             The
             inbred
             flattery
             of
             our selves
             within
             us
             makes
             us
             (
             according
             to
             the
             proverb
             )
             thinke
             all
             our
             
               own
               geese
               swans
            
             and
             our
             most
             
               deformed
            
             issue
             
               amiable
               .
            
             Hence
             those
             rash
             ,
             and
             unsuccessefull
             attempts
             in
             writing
             ,
             and
             speaking
             ,
             when
             men
             cannot
             distinguish
             between
             the
             affection
             of
             a
             
               Mother
               ,
            
             and
             a
             
               Stepdame
               .
               Quintilian
            
             spake
             solid
             experience
             that
             it
             was
             seldome
             seen
             
             that
             a
             man
             should
             suspect
             himselfe
             enough
             .
             Life
             and
             soule
             cannot
             keep
             together
             in
             a
             man
             out
             of
             conceit
             with
             himselfe
             ;
             unlesse
             he
             has
             a
             higher
             principle
             then
             morality
             to
             sustain
             him
             .
             And
             yet
             as
             unwillingly
             as
             men
             are
             to
             appeare
             weak
             to
             themselves
             ,
             they
             are
             far
             more
             unwilling
             to
             appeare
             so
             to
             others
             .
             They
             know
             other
             men
             judge
             according
             to
             outward
             appearances
             ,
             and
             so
             they
             dare
             not
             trust
             them
             for
             such
             favourable
             indulgences
             ,
             as
             they
             allow
             themselves
             .
             Hence
             those
             
               Sollicitous
               arts
            
             and
             
               studied
               designes
            
             of
             enhaunsing
             a
             mans
             reputation
             in
             publick
             .
             Those
             
               cautelous
               concealments
            
             of
             
               defects
               ,
            
             which
             would
             be
             lesse
             seen
             ,
             if
             freely
             laied
             open
             :
             For
             alas
             !
             How
             short
             doe
             those
             attempts
             fall
             of
             the
             scope
             they
             aime
             at
             ?
             What
             an
             errour
             in
             policie
             do
             these
             opiniative
             wise
             men
             commit
             ?
             
             There
             is
             nothing
             more
             conducing
             to
             a
             good
             fame
             and
             esteem
             than
             a
             prudent
             securitie
             ,
             and
             neglect
             of
             it
             .
             Men
             brook
             not
             to
             sell
             their
             valuations
             at
             prescrib'd
             rates
             :
             nor
             to
             have
             their
             commendations
             extorted
             from
             them
             as
             a
             debt
             or
             tribute
             ;
             nay
             rather
             they
             suspect
             designes
             when
             such
             sedulous
             artifice
             is
             used
             ,
             and
             think
             the
             river
             not
             deep
             because
             it
             makes
             a
             noise
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             yet
             a
             more
             deadly
             poyson
             in
             Pride
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             when
             it
             infects
             Christianity
             it selfe
             ,
             and
             the
             strongest
             obligations
             to
             humility
             .
             I
             have
             spoken
             somewhat
             hereof
             already
             ,
             and
             therefore
             I
             shall
             onely
             now
             take
             notice
             how
             difficultly
             this
             enemy
             is
             ejected
             even
             out
             of
             a
             good
             Christians
             heart
             .
             Alas
             !
             How
             many
             lurking
             holes
             ,
             and
             strong
             holds
             to
             retire
             to
             doth
             it
             find
             in
             an
             humble
             Soule
             ,
             
             that
             labours
             it's
             extermination
             .
             Many
             times
             it
             mingleth
             it selfe
             with
             the
             very
             praiers
             ,
             and
             teares
             that
             are
             plentifully
             powred
             out
             for
             it's
             mortification
             .
             A
             devout
             Christian
             may
             ,
             with
             
               Hezekiah
               ,
               be
               humbled
               for
               the
               pride
               of
               his
               heart
            
             and
             yet
             againe
             be
             
               proud
            
             of
             that
             
               humility
               .
            
             It
             lieth
             
               perdue
            
             many
             times
             ,
             and
             when
             we
             think
             our selves
             most
             safe
             surpriseth
             us
             ,
             and
             through
             strange
             subtilties
             gathers
             strength
             on
             us
             a
             long
             time
             ere
             discovered
             ;
             and
             when
             discovered
             ,
             so
             varieth
             it's
             shapes
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             longer
             ere
             subdued
             .
             I
             say
             not
             that
             this
             pride
             is
             raigning
             ,
             (
             yea
             contrary
             ,
             'T
             is
             most
             likely
             there
             to
             raigne
             ,
             where
             least
             perceived
             )
             Yet
             since
             of
             all
             relicts
             of
             the
             old
             man
             there
             is
             none
             more
             displeasing
             in
             the
             eyes
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             none
             more
             prejudicall
             to
             a
             Saint
             ,
             I
             should
             think
             this
             Devill
             the
             mee●est
             of
             all
             others
             
             to
             be
             encountred
             with
             fasting
             and
             prayer
             .
             If
             any
             Readers
             case
             requires
             ,
             and
             he
             so
             please
             ,
             he
             may
             make
             use
             of
             the
             prayer
             and
             meditation
             I
             have
             added
             amongst
             others
             for
             this
             purpose
             .
          
        
         
           
             Of
             Arguments
             for
             Sermons
             .
          
           
             
             A
             Man
             would
             think
             in
             this
             abundance
             of
             preaching
             ,
             and
             preachers
             (
             God
             be
             praised
             for
             both
             )
             that
             there
             should
             not
             one
             point
             of
             divinity
             (
             of
             what
             nature
             soever
             )
             escape
             frequent
             discussion
             ;
             and
             yet
             an
             observant
             Auditour
             may
             perceive
             it
             much
             otherwise
             .
             To
             omit
             the
             polemicall
             part
             of
             Divinity
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             held
             so
             proper
             for
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             (
             and
             yet
             some
             
               Auditories
            
             and
             occasions
             may
             seem
             more
             than
             to
             tolerate
             them
             ,
             &
             it
             would
             do
             vulgar
             eares
             no
             hurt
             to
             be
             wisely
             and
             discreetly
             
             instructed
             in
             those
             points
             ,
             they
             are
             called
             upon
             to
             be
             so
             zealous
             for
             ,
             unlesse
             we
             will
             defend
             in
             our
             
               selves
            
             the
             
               implicite
               faith
            
             we
             condemn
             in
             our
             
               Advensaries
               )
            
             To
             omit
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             controverfiall
             divinity
             ;
             we
             may
             observe
             that
             very
             many
             usefull
             practicall
             points
             are
             rarely
             handled
             in
             the
             Pulpit
             ;
             yea
             and
             some
             the
             most
             seasonable
             of
             all
             others
             .
             I
             aime
             not
             at
             the
             person
             that
             thought
             strange
             to
             heare
             another
             preach
             of
             faith
             and
             Repentance
             in
             this
             age
             ,
             which
             seemed
             to
             him
             as
             if
             the
             man
             had
             been
             in
             a
             dreame
             all
             these
             times
             of
             
               Glorious
               dispensations
            
             (
             &
             I
             wonder
             what
             he
             would
             have
             thought
             of
             one
             that
             should
             have
             discoursed
             concerning
             
               unruly
            
             and
             
               selfe-willed
               Spirits
               ,
               concerning
               false
               prophets
               ,
            
             and
             
               deluders
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Tryall
               of
               Spirits
               ,
            
             &c.
             )
             I
             speak
             of
             sober
             men
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             have
             not
             deriv'd
             
             their
             Gospell
             from
             the
             late
             darke
             and
             mysterious
             providences
             of
             God
             in
             this
             nation
             .
             How
             few
             of
             these
             I
             say
             ,
             instruct
             us
             in
             many
             points
             of
             conscience
             very
             necessary
             for
             this
             age
             ;
             as
             concerning
             the
             obligation
             and
             dispensation
             of
             oaths
             :
             of
             the
             necessity
             ,
             for
             me
             ,
             and
             circumstances
             of
             Christian
             communion
             ,
             of
             schism
             ,
             of
             obedience
             in
             vicissitudes
             of
             civil
             government
             .
             Many
             give
             us
             good
             store
             of
             cautions
             ,
             and
             directions
             not
             to
             loose
             our
             way
             in
             a
             knowne
             beaten
             path
             :
             but
             leave
             us
             to
             guide
             our selves
             in
             those
             that
             are
             perillous
             ,
             and
             untrod
             .
          
           
             But
             you
             will
             say
             ,
             some
             of
             these
             touch
             too
             much
             the
             affaires
             of
             State
             .
             Yet
             certainly
             some
             of
             them
             do
             not
             :
             and
             many
             others
             that
             might
             be
             named
             ,
             which
             yet
             are
             almost
             buried
             in
             silence
             .
             If
             men
             speake
             often
             enough
             of
             the
             
               danger
            
             
             of
             the
             
               Last
               times
               ,
            
             and
             those
             vices
             of
             some
             
               men
            
             which
             make
             them
             such
             (
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             cap.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ▪
             4
             vers
             .
             )
             't
             is
             not
             likely
             such
             
               persons
            
             should
             be
             counted
             
               Saints
            
             or
             simple
             soules
             deluded
             with
             the
             noise
             of
             
               glorious
               times
            
             when
             the
             weakest
             
               experience
            
             may
             confute
             such
             a
             
               pretension
               .
            
             Besides
             ,
             is
             the
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             of
             Gospell
             officers
             so
             much
             inferiour
             to
             that
             of
             those
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             that
             they
             must
             not
             be
             allow'd
             to
             rebuke
             wickednesse
             in
             ●igh
             places
             or
             persons
             ?
             The
             Priests
             in
             
               Jerusalem
               ,
            
             when
             words
             would
             not
             do
             it
             ,
             made
             bold
             to
             thrust
             
               Vzziah
            
             out
             of
             the
             Temple
             ,
             when
             he
             made
             but
             a
             
               Sacrilegious
            
             intrusion
             :
             what
             hinders
             ,
             but
             those
             who
             take
             upon
             them
             the
             care
             of
             Soules
             (
             and
             
               great
               mens
            
             are
             not
             exempted
             from
             their
             charge
             )
             should
             imitate
             at
             least
             the
             milder
             part
             of
             this
             animositie
             ?
          
           
           
             Alas
             !
             I
             have
             observed
             ,
             that
             some
             men
             ,
             who
             about
             a
             twelve
             years
             since
             challenged
             as
             great
             a
             share
             as
             any
             in
             this
             freedome
             of
             Spirit
             and
             speech
             (
             and
             then
             exercised
             it
             ,
             as
             't
             was
             thought
             ,
             beyond
             discretion
             )
             are
             since
             become
             crest-falne
             ,
             and
             like
             men
             amazed
             ,
             have
             scarce
             aword
             to
             speake
             out
             at
             passages
             which
             call
             for
             a
             
               Stentors
            
             voice
             .
             Away
             with
             unchristian
             pusillamimous
             pretences
             !
             Let
             not
             this
             satisfie
             men
             that
             they
             inveigh
             (
             and
             sometimes
             
               ●s●
               〈◊〉
               ravim
               )
            
             against
             a
             petty
             Heretick
             ,
             or
             poore
             deluder
             ,
             who
             has
             not
             wit
             enough
             in
             all
             lik●ly
             hood
             ,
             to
             do
             much
             mischeife
             ,
             whilst
             they
             let
             
               Gol●a
            
             sinners
             escape
             ,
             who
             give
             the
             other
             their
             power
             to
             do
             mischeife
             .
             Let
             them
             not
             thinke
             it
             enough
             to
             reprove
             the
             abominations
             of
             the
             times
             in
             a
             parenthesis
             ,
             or
             oblique
             reflections
             ,
             or
             at
             the
             furthest
             in
             a
             
             timerous
             soft
             voice
             ;
             now
             sinners
             have
             armed
             their
             foreheads
             with
             steel
             ,
             &
             seem
             to
             
               dare
               th●nder
               .
            
             Nor
             will
             a
             
               booke-reproofe
            
             serve
             the
             turn
             ,
             which
             
               (
               vel
               duo
               ,
               vel
               nem●
               )
            
             perhaps
             but
             one
             or
             two
             it
             concerns
             read
             ,
             and
             neither
             of
             those
             lay
             to
             heart
             .
             No
             ;
             men
             must
             have
             the
             deformity
             of
             their
             sins
             layd
             before
             their
             eyes
             ,
             and
             the
             
               proud
               men
            
             (
             such
             as
             
               Iehonan
            
             and
             
               AZariah
               )
            
             must
             be
             told
             of
             their
             
               dissimulation
            
             to
             their
             faces
             I
             am
             loath
             to
             prophesie
             what
             mens
             cowardize
             portends
             :
             Yet
             sure
             I
             am
             some
             of
             those
             that
             are
             enjoyned
             by
             office
             to
             reprove
             sin
             with
             boldnesse
             ,
             will
             not
             find
             every
             excuse
             they
             now
             make
             for
             their
             omission
             warrantable
             at
             the
             dreadfull
             day
             of
             Generall
             account
             .
          
           
           
             
               Caution
               .
            
             
               
                 I
              
               Would
               by
               no
               meanes
               be
               guilty
               of
               the
               fault
               reprooved
               in
               the
               Prophets
               ;
               namely
               of
               contending
               with
               the
               Priests
               ,
               or
               taking
               upon
               me
               to
               instruct
               my
               teachers
               ,
               (
               whom
               I
               as
               much
               as
               any
               man
               desire
               to
               reverence
               .
               )
               Farre
               from
               my
               intentions
               be
               a
               designe
               of
               imposing
               Lawes
               upon
               my
               superiours
               ,
               or
               of
               binding
               burthens
               upon
               other
               mens
               shoulders
               ,
               which
               I
               would
               not
               touch
               with
               my
               least
               finger
               .
               I
               thought
               it
               neither
               of
               these
               offences
               to
               reprove
               some
               corrupt
               flattering
               
                 Zedekiahs
              
               possest
               with
               a
               lying
               Spirit
               ,
               and
               some
               honest
               yet
               faint
               hearted
               
                 Eli's
              
               who
               want
               courage
               to
               frown
               upon
               enormous
               sins
               ;
               and
               I
               intend
               my
               reproofe
               no
               further
               .
               If
               my
               style
               seem
               too
               tart
               ,
               I
               must
               use
               the
               excuse
               of
               that
               famed
               Divine
               Dr
               
                 Twisse
              
               That
               what
               is
               naturall
               to
               me
               I
               cannot
               easily
               alter
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             Of
             impatient
             desires
             of
             full
             assurance
             .
          
           
             
             THere
             are
             some
             Christians
             over
             impatiently
             desirous
             of
             full
             assurance
             of
             their
             salvation
             .
             A
             good
             hope
             ,
             or
             a
             good
             perswasion
             of
             heart
             ▪
             will
             not
             serve
             their
             turns
             .
             Nothing
             contents
             them
             ,
             unlesse
             they
             be
             made
             as
             sure
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             in
             it
             already
             .
             This
             is
             ,
             as
             if
             a
             son
             had
             a
             good
             fathers
             word
             ,
             his
             oath
             ,
             his
             fidelitie
             ,
             his
             deed
             and
             seale
             made
             over
             to
             him
             for
             such
             an
             inheritance
             :
             but
             he
             takes
             on
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             be
             satisfied
             ,
             unlesse
             his
             father
             put
             the
             deed
             into
             his
             owne
             keeping
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             owne
             characters
             too
             .
             No
             ,
             say
             they
             ,
             the
             case
             is
             not
             like
             :
             God
             forbid
             they
             should
             doubt
             of
             the
             least
             promise
             of
             God
             .
             They
             have
             no
             assurance
             that
             they
             are
             God's
             
             children
             ,
             and
             so
             dare
             not
             call
             him
             father
             .
             I
             answer
             ;
             I
             intend
             not
             the
             comparison
             for
             exact
             ,
             but
             thus
             make
             use
             of
             it
             .
             
               (
               I
            
             speake
             to
             persons
             that
             in
             some
             measure
             hunger
             and
             thirst
             after
             righteousnesse
             ,
             that
             desire
             to
             cast
             themselves
             on
             Gods
             mercy
             ,
             and
             cordially
             endeavour
             to
             live
             answerably
             .
             To
             others
             ,
             I
             only
             say
             ;
             Repent
             and
             believe
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             and
             grant
             they
             may
             )
             You
             say
             ,
             you
             are
             not
             assured
             you
             are
             Gods
             sons
             .
             I
             say
             ,
             are
             you
             assured
             you
             are
             not
             ?
             If
             you
             say
             you
             are
             ,
             you
             must
             be
             conscious
             to
             your selves
             of
             some
             indulged
             rottēnesse
             of
             heart
             ,
             of
             an
             apparēt
             want
             of
             true
             repentance
             and
             faith
             ;
             and
             so
             till
             this
             leaven
             be
             purged
             out
             of
             you
             (
             as
             I
             said
             before
             )
             you
             are
             not
             the
             persons
             to
             whom
             I
             speake
             .
             If
             you
             say
             (
             as
             I
             presume
             you
             will
             )
             that
             you
             are
             not
             so
             assured
             ,
             I
             proceede
             thus
             ;
             you
             cannot
             
             deny
             one
             part
             of
             the
             contradiction
             ,
             Either
             you
             are
             in
             the
             state
             of
             grace
             ,
             or
             you
             are
             not
             .
             You
             sticke
             between
             these
             contraries
             ;
             you
             are
             neither
             assur'd
             of
             this
             or
             that
             .
             I
             say
             then
             ,
             there
             must
             be
             some
             grounds
             &
             argumēts
             considerable
             on
             both
             hands
             that
             thus
             hinders
             either
             scale
             from
             making
             a
             perceptible
             descent
             .
             Examine
             then
             with
             reverence
             betwene
             God
             and
             thy
             soule
             which
             side
             hath
             the
             better
             grounds
             :
             if
             the
             uncomfortable
             (
             unlesse
             a
             temptation
             prevaile
             over
             thee
             ,
             the
             frequencie
             whereof
             causeth
             the
             greatest
             difficulty
             in
             this
             businesse
             )
             
               I
            
             say
             then
             ,
             necessarily
             thou
             must
             be
             privy
             to
             some
             ,
             if
             not
             reigning
             sin
             or
             sins
             ,
             yet
             very
             like
             them
             .
             
               Humble
            
             thy
             
               Soule
            
             therefore
             ;
             
               breake
            
             off
             
               thy
               sins
               by
               repētance
               ,
               strengthen
               the
               things
               that
               remaine
               which
               are
               ready
               to
               dye
               ,
            
             and
             that
             with
             speede
             ,
             least
             thy
             very
             
               sparke
            
             goe
             
             out
             .
             To
             be
             short
             ;
             do
             as
             thou
             wouldest
             do
             if
             thou
             wert
             sure
             thou
             wert
             not
             in
             the
             state
             of
             grace
             but
             desirest
             to
             be
             .
          
           
             But
             on
             the
             contrary
             ;
             If
             after
             hearty
             prayer
             for
             a
             discerning
             spirit
             ,
             and
             impartiall
             consideration
             of
             particulars
             ,
             thou
             findest
             the
             arguments
             in
             the
             other
             scale
             weightier
             ,
             when
             thou
             art
             free
             from
             temptations
             (
             and
             thou
             may'st
             make
             some
             guesse
             at
             that
             ,
             if
             thou
             findest
             thy
             heart
             moov'd
             with
             humble
             desires
             after
             God
             ,
             to
             feare
             him
             ,
             to
             trust
             in
             him
             ,
             to
             rejoyce
             in
             his
             name
             )
             I
             say
             ,
             if
             then
             thou
             seemest
             to
             heare
             the
             
               Lord
               answer
            
             thee
             
               with
               good
               words
               and
               comfortabl●
               ,
            
             thou
             hast
             in
             a
             serene
             day
             a
             pleasant
             sight
             afforded
             thee
             ,
             of
             the
             heaven
             where
             thy
             tossed
             soule
             
               would
               be
               ;
            
             though
             anon
             thou
             loosest
             this
             sight
             ,
             the
             heavens
             lowre
             ,
             and
             the
             waves
             ,
             
               billow
               after
            
             
             
               billow
            
             threaten
             to
             
               swallow
            
             thee
             up
             :
             yet
             stay
             thy selfe
             upon
             thy
             God
             ;
             say
             to
             thy
             soule
             ,
             
               why
               art
               thou
               cast
               downe
               Oh
               my
               soule
               ,
               why
               art
               thou
               disquieted
               within
               mee
               ?
               Hope
               still
               in
               God
               ,
               for
               I
               shall
               yet
               praise
               him
               who
               is
               the
               health
               of
               my
               countenance
               and
               my
               God
               ,
               And
               O
               thou
               of
               little
               faith
               ,
               wherefore
               doest
               thou
               feare
               ?
            
          
           
             But
             this
             satisfies
             not
             thee
             :
             after
             this
             course
             taken
             thou
             canst
             not
             perceive
             either
             scale
             weigh
             down
             .
             That
             's
             strange
             !
             doest
             thou
             pray
             heartily
             ,
             doest
             thou
             walke
             humbly
             and
             circumspectly
             ,
             or
             (
             if
             thou
             art
             jealous
             of
             thy selfe
             in
             these
             )
             doest
             thou
             earnestly
             desire
             to
             doe
             thus
             ,
             and
             pantest
             after
             communion
             with
             God
             ?
             I
             tell
             thee
             (
             if
             at
             all
             thou
             canst
             value
             an
             others
             opiniō
             of
             thee
             )
             I
             tell
             thee
             
               I
            
             am
             perswaded
             God
             keeps
             thee
             under
             discipline
             out
             of
             some
             gracious
             designe
             ▪
             and
             wilt
             thou
             prescribe
             him
             
             his
             method
             how
             to
             deale
             with
             thee
             ?
             It
             may
             be
             thy
             heart
             needes
             furthar
             humbling
             ,
             or
             longer
             at
             least
             :
             it
             may
             be
             thy
             pantings
             after
             God
             are
             to
             be
             hereby
             inflamed
             ,
             or
             God
             purposeth
             that
             thou
             shouldest
             
               wrastle
               with
               him
               with
               mighty
               wrastlings
               ,
            
             and
             intends
             thee
             the
             honour
             of
             a
             
               Prince
            
             or
             
               prevailer
            
             with
             himselfe
             .
             Whatever
             the
             causes
             be
             (
             and
             they
             may
             be
             infinite
             )
             though
             thou
             discerne
             them
             not
             ,
             indeavour
             with
             
               Abraham
               against
               Hope
            
             to
             
               believe
               in
               hope
               ,
            
             that
             God
             would
             bring
             thee
             out
             of
             this
             Maze
             .
             Say
             unto
             God
             ,
             
               Lord
               why
               castest
               thou
               off
               my
               Soule
               ,
               why
               goe
               I
               thus
               heavily
               all
               the
               day
               long
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               oppression
               of
               the
               enemy
               ?
               shew
               me
               some
               token
               for
               good
               ,
               that
               my
               enemy
               may
               see
               it
               ,
               and
               be
               ashamed
               ,
               and
               my
               soule
               comforted
               .
            
             To
             be
             short
             ;
             for
             thy
             practice
             (
             as
             the
             voice
             from
             heaven
             in
             
               Kempisious
            
             advised
             
             one
             in
             thy
             case
             )
             doe
             what
             thou
             woldest
             ,
             &
             what
             thou
             thinkest
             thou
             shouldest
             doe
             if
             thou
             hadst
             obtained
             that
             certainty
             thou
             desirest
             .
          
           
             If
             still
             thou
             objectest
             ,
             as
             thou
             mayest
             everlastingly
             ,
             if
             thou
             sayest
             ,
             thou
             longest
             for
             higher
             enjoyments
             of
             God
             ,
             so
             doe
             I
             too
             ,
             I
             
               labour
               to
               forget
               what
               is
               behind
               ,
               and
               presse
               forward
               ;
            
             but
             yet
             so
             ,
             as
             that
             
               I
            
             am
             not
             discontent
             ,
             nor
             unthankfull
             unto
             God
             for
             what
             by
             his
             grace
             I
             have
             attained
             .
             And
             if
             t
             is
             thus
             with
             thee
             ,
             I
             blame
             thee
             not
             ▪
             labour
             to
             
               grow
            
             in
             strength
             and
             assurance
             ,
             
               I
            
             aide
             thee
             with
             my
             prayers
             ,
             and
             desire
             to
             be
             aided
             with
             thine
             .
             But
             if
             thou
             meanest
             by
             assurance
             what
             I
             supposed
             at
             first
             ,
             and
             hast
             no
             measure
             of
             cheerfulnesse
             or
             patience
             till
             thou
             hast
             attained
             that
             ,
             I
             cannot
             commend
             thee
             ;
             for
             how
             canst
             thou
             
             grow
             ,
             when
             at
             full
             growth
             ?
             Besides
             ,
             thou
             wouldest
             be
             priviledged
             from
             doubts
             and
             fears
             wherein
             consists
             the
             chiefe
             exercise
             of
             faith
             .
             Now
             this
             humour
             is
             what
             I
             stil'd
             impatient
             demanding
             of
             thy
             evidence
             into
             thy
             owne
             keeping
             and
             characters
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             unadvised
             Boanerges
             catechized
             .
          
           
             
             I
             am
             very
             confident
             that
             many
             preachers
             much
             offend
             and
             contristate
             some
             of
             the
             true
             children
             of
             God
             ,
             when
             they
             not
             so
             discretly
             and
             temperately
             as
             the
             matter
             requires
             ,
             inveigh
             against
             the
             faire
             morall
             man
             .
             I
             hate
             as
             much
             as
             any
             the
             
               sowing
               pillowes
               under
               every
               elbow
               ,
               and
               the
               dawbing
               with
               untempered
               mortar
            
             (
             with
             those
             in
             
               Ezechiel
               ;
            
             and
             am
             as
             much
             satisfied
             (
             I
             believe
             )
             as
             others
             in
             the
             
               extreame
               dcceitfullnesse
               of
               the
               heart
               :
            
             
             yet
             I
             like
             not
             that
             the
             
               heart
               of
               the
               righteous
               should
               bee
               made
               sad
               ,
               whom
               God
               would
               not
               have
               sad
               ;
               and
               that
               whose
               joy
               might
               abound
               ,
               the
               ever-blessed
               son
               of
               God
            
             was
             contented
             to
             be
             
               sorry
               unto
               death
               .
            
             Now
             I
             wish
             ,
             a
             sort
             of
             men
             (
             who
             seeme
             not
             a
             a
             little
             to
             resemble
             the
             olde
             Pharisees
             :
             though
             they
             much
             inveigh
             against
             them
             )
             would
             consider
             ,
             That
             there
             are
             some
             
               weake
            
             Christians
             not
             to
             be
             
               offended
               ,
            
             and
             therefore
             great
             caution
             to
             be
             used
             :
             some
             
               children
            
             of
             
               light
               that
               sit
               in
               darknesse
               ,
               and
               see
            
             little
             or
             
               no
               light
               ,
            
             some
             
               tender
               lambs
            
             in
             Christs
             flock
             ,
             some
             
               ewes
               great
               with
               young
               ,
            
             who
             with
             a
             little
             hard
             usage
             might
             be
             in
             danger
             of
             miscarrying
             :
             some
             faint
             and
             sickly
             ,
             some
             lame
             &
             feeble
             handed
             ,
             whom
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             would
             by
             all
             means
             have
             
               healed
               &
               strēgthen'd
               ,
               not
               turn'd
               out
               of
               the
               way
               .
            
             Againe
             ,
             those
             Christians
             that
             are
             
             stronger
             are
             not
             fully
             priviledged
             from
             doubts
             and
             fears
             ,
             and
             discomforts
             frequent
             .
             A
             
               David
               may
               say
               in
               his
               hast
               ,
            
             and
             think
             in
             his
             heart
             too
             ,
             That
             he
             is
             
               cast
               out
               of
               Gods
               presence
               ,
            
             that
             his
             hopes
             have
             deceived
             him
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             
               shall
               one
               day
               fall
               by
               the
               hand
            
             of
             the
             enemy
             .
             Further
             yet
             ,
             none
             are
             more
             jealous
             of
             themselves
             and
             of
             their
             estate
             than
             the
             true
             children
             of
             God
             :
             none
             so
             apt
             to
             apply
             severe
             doctrines
             to
             their
             owne
             hearts
             .
             A
             weake
             Saint
             is
             not
             easily
             perswaded
             to
             believe
             a
             true
             worke
             of
             grace
             in
             his
             heart
             ,
             but
             scruples
             almost
             perpetually
             :
             and
             amongst
             the
             stronger
             there
             is
             scarce
             one
             to
             be
             found
             but
             meetes
             with
             so
             much
             of
             all
             corruption
             in
             his
             heart
             ,
             and
             amongst
             the
             rest
             some
             hypocrisy
             too
             ,
             that
             at
             a
             low
             ebbe
             of
             faith
             he
             will
             be
             apt
             to
             charge
             the
             dissembler
             ,
             the
             formallist
             ,
             the
             
             halfe-Christian
             on
             him selfe
             ,
             though
             of
             all
             others
             he
             be
             furthest
             from
             such
             .
             Now
             suppose
             at
             such
             a
             sad
             houre
             he
             should
             heare
             a
             Minister
             aggravate
             his
             owne
             thoughts
             ,
             tell
             him
             how
             many
             come
             to
             heaven
             gates
             ,
             and
             yet
             
               never
               enter
               in
               ,
               how
               narrow
               the
               way
            
             to
             life
             is
             
               and
               how
               few
               find
               it
               ,
            
             and
             all
             this
             without
             needfull
             qualifications
             and
             cautions
             ,
             how
             much
             would
             much
             this
             set
             forward
             his
             affliction
             ,
             
               breake
               his
               bones
            
             and
             
               wound
               his
               soule
            
             within
             him
             ,
             goe
             neere
             to
             put
             out
             his
             smoaking
             flax
             ,
             and
             overwhelme
             him
             with
             the
             waves
             of
             despaire
             ?
             Verily
             I
             perswade
             my selfe
             ,
             had
             
               it
               been
               possible
               ,
            
             many
             of
             the
             
               elect
            
             themselves
             had
             here
             suffered
             shipwracke
             .
             Meane
             while
             ,
             because
             the
             security
             wee
             have
             from
             God
             by
             no
             means
             frustrates
             or
             makes
             uselesse
             humane
             providence
             and
             sollicitude
             
             for
             the
             avoiding
             of
             dangers
             ,
             and
             therefore
             of
             this
             great
             one
             ,
             I
             could
             not
             but
             thus
             deliver
             my
             mind
             ,
             and
             exhort
             these
             Boanerges
             carefully
             to
             examine
             the
             ground
             on
             which
             they
             plant
             their
             terrible
             artillery
             .
             If
             wee
             will
             believe
             Trueth
             it selfe
             ,
             the
             young
             man
             in
             the
             Gospell
             was
             not
             
               the
               furthar
            
             off
             but
             nigher
             the
             kingdome
             of
             heaven
             by
             his
             good
             morality
             .
             The
             Scripture
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
             tell
             's
             us
             that
             in
             many
             things
             wee
             offend
             all
             ,
             and
             makes
             a
             challenge
             to
             any
             Saint
             of
             what
             forme
             soever
             to
             say
             ;
             
               I
               have
               made
               my
               heart
               clean
               ;
               I
               am
               pure
               from
               my
               sin
               .
            
             It
             becometh
             us
             much
             better
             to
             be
             severe
             and
             rigid
             toward
             our selves
             ,
             than
             towards
             others
             ▪
             
               I
            
             deny
             not
             but
             that
             the
             
               Scribes
            
             and
             
               Pharisees
            
             were
             furthar
             from
             the
             
               kingdome
               of
               heaven
               ,
               then
               the
               Publicans
            
             and
             
               Harlots
               :
            
             Yet
             we
             shall
             find
             that
             the
             
               devout
               men
               and
               women
            
             
             are
             often
             noted
             in
             the
             Acts
             of
             the
             Apostles
             to
             be
             the
             usuall
             converts
             ,
             and
             thus
             that
             judicious
             Divine
             Mr
             
               Mede
            
             takes
             off
             from
             the
             stupendiousnesse
             of
             the
             wonder
             ,
             that
             so
             many
             thousands
             should
             be
             converted
             at
             one
             Sermon
             ,
             saying
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             mostly
             of
             the
             devout
             proselytes
             ,
             in
             whom
             God
             had
             wrought
             praedispositions
             toward
             conversion
             .
          
        
         
           
             Concerning
             unhappy
             Differences
             betweene
             good
             men
             .
          
           
             
             IT
             is
             sad
             to
             behold
             how
             far
             the
             differences
             of
             the
             times
             have
             prevailed
             with
             even
             the
             better
             sort
             of
             men
             ▪
             and
             that
             of
             all
             parties
             :
             how
             much
             they
             have
             blinded
             the
             eyes
             and
             imbittered
             the
             hearts
             of
             those
             that
             call
             God
             Father
             ,
             and
             so
             should
             each
             the
             other
             ,
             Brother
             :
             yet
             alas
             how
             much
             easyer
             are
             opprobious
             
             titles
             bestowed
             on
             each
             other
             ,
             than
             that
             loving
             appellation
             .
             'T
             is
             strange
             ,
             that
             when
             Christianity
             obligeth
             it
             's
             professors
             to
             
               beare
               with
               one
               another
               ,
            
             to
             
               speake
               no
               evill
               ,
            
             to
             
               think
            
             no
             
               evill
               ,
            
             to
             
               forgive
               injuryes
               ,
            
             yea
             to
             requite
             and
             
               overcome
               them
               with
               good
               ,
            
             that
             they
             should
             practise
             the
             contrary
             to
             these
             precepts
             ;
             and
             yet
             not
             perceive
             it
             although
             they
             have
             them
             often
             in
             their
             mouthes
             .
             The
             one
             side
             belieues
             the
             other
             hath
             too
             little
             charity
             to
             be
             religious
             :
             the
             other
             thinke
             they
             as
             much
             want
             zeale
             :
             and
             neither
             betray
             a
             greater
             defect
             of
             both
             ,
             than
             by
             thus
             censuring
             each
             other
             .
             What
             strange
             Idea's
             of
             one
             another
             doth
             the
             passions
             and
             interest
             of
             men
             create
             ?
             thus
             good
             men
             mutually
             become
             judgers
             of
             evill
             thoughts
             .
             Notwithstanding
             ,
             these
             distempers
             excepted
             ,
             (
             which
             their
             
             affections
             ,
             and
             ingagements
             make
             undiscernable
             ,
             yea
             many
             times
             adopt
             them
             into
             religion
             )
             in
             all
             things
             else
             almost
             ,
             the
             persons
             on
             both
             sides
             approove
             themselves
             eminent
             patterns
             of
             wisdome
             and
             piety
             ;
             and
             't
             is
             not
             easy
             to
             say
             which
             deserve
             most
             commendations
             .
             If
             the
             one
             excell
             in
             deepe
             knowledge
             ,
             the
             other
             in
             profitable
             ,
             practicall
             applications
             and
             condescentions
             ;
             If
             the
             one
             in
             fervour
             of
             spirit
             the
             other
             in
             moderation
             with
             discretion
             .
             If
             the
             ones
             
               axe
            
             be
             keener
             ,
             the
             other
             
               putteth
            
             to
             it
             
               the
               more
               force
               ;
            
             and
             whilest
             the
             one
             fetchets
             the
             homer
             stroake
             ,
             the
             other
             strik's
             oftner
             .
             Both
             excellently
             exhort
             to
             the
             contempt
             of
             of
             the
             worlde
             ,
             to
             the
             denyall
             of
             our selves
             ,
             to
             a
             holy
             life
             ;
             the
             one
             by
             faith
             effectuall
             from
             St
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             the
             other
             by
             good
             works
             evidencing
             and
             justifying
             
             faith
             from
             
               Saint
               Iames
               ,
            
             and
             both
             second
             their
             doctrine
             by
             their
             lives
             :
             what
             course
             now
             shall
             an
             indifferent
             Person
             take
             ,
             whilest
             each
             of
             these
             call
             him
             from
             the
             other
             to
             themselves
             ,
             each
             denounce
             the
             others
             coast
             infectious
             ,
             if
             not
             deadly
             ?
          
           
             For
             my
             owne
             part
             ,
             I
             so
             adheare
             to
             neither
             ,
             as
             to
             swallow
             downe
             the
             errours
             of
             the
             one
             (
             as
             far
             as
             I
             can
             deserne
             them
             )
             or
             to
             reject
             things
             laudible
             in
             the
             other
             :
             neither
             would
             I
             have
             objects
             ,
             that
             are
             comely
             in
             themselves
             ,
             appeare
             deformed
             to
             mee
             ,
             through
             the
             fault
             only
             of
             a
             distempered
             organ
             ,
             or
             medium
             .
             I
             know
             the
             God
             of
             wisdome
             &
             of
             peace
             can
             make
             a
             sweet
             harmony
             out
             of
             these
             discordant
             sounds
             ,
             and
             I
             humbly
             pray
             him
             to
             doe
             it
             .
             In
             the
             meane
             time
             I
             cannot
             away
             with
             a
             monopoly
             of
             Gods
             free
             grace
             ,
             and
             
             dare
             not
             conclude
             He
             favours
             not
             a
             persō
             ,
             whō
             he
             hath
             not
             priviledged
             with
             the
             understanding
             of
             fōe
             points
             ,
             which
             it
             may
             be
             I
             count
             of
             greater
             concernment
             than
             indeed
             they
             are
             .
             
               I
            
             cannot
             think
             it
             a
             piece
             of
             religion
             to
             anathematize
             from
             Christ
             such
             as
             will
             not
             subscribe
             to
             every
             one
             of
             my
             Articles
             :
             but
             am
             conscious
             to
             so
             many
             errours
             speculative
             and
             practicall
             in
             my selfe
             ,
             that
             
               I
            
             know
             not
             how
             to
             be
             severe
             towards
             others
             .
             For
             differences
             between
             Christians
             
               I
            
             much
             bewaile
             them
             ,
             and
             hope
             my
             want
             of
             yeers
             and
             accommodations
             may
             be
             some
             excuse
             for
             mee
             if
             
               I
            
             judge
             not
             accuratly
             between
             them
             .
             Yet
             
               I
            
             doubt
             not
             ,
             but
             hee
             that
             believes
             the
             Scriptures
             to
             be
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             firmly
             indeavours
             to
             live
             accordingly
             ,
             beleiving
             and
             obaying
             God
             ,
             and
             hoping
             for
             pardon
             
             of
             his
             sins
             through
             Christs
             merits
             ,
             is
             a
             true
             member
             of
             Christ
             :
             and
             with
             every
             such
             I
             hold
             an
             internall
             communion
             (
             viz
             by
             assent
             ,
             by
             love
             ,
             by
             prayer
             ▪
             and
             I
             hope
             there
             are
             many
             such
             ,
             or
             some
             at
             least
             in
             every
             division
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             even
             as
             there
             still
             remains
             some
             flower
             in
             the
             coursest
             bran
             .
             The
             foundadition
             of
             God
             remaineth
             sure
             ,
             the
             Lord
             knoweth
             who
             are
             his
             :
             howbeit
             t
             is
             my
             duety
             to
             walke
             charitably
             ,
             and
             reject
             none
             whom
             ,
             for
             ought
             
               I
            
             am
             sure
             of
             ,
             God
             may
             receive
             ;
             yet
             my
             hopes
             are
             fullest
             there
             where
             
               I
            
             see
             moderation
             and
             Christian
             lenity
             most
             approved
             and
             practised
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Of
             ambitious
             discontent
             .
          
           
             
             THere
             is
             one
             piece
             of
             content
             the
             least
             of
             any
             taken
             notice
             for
             a
             vertue
             &
             yet
             much
             commended
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             contentation
             with
             a
             mans
             gifts
             .
             I
             doe
             not
             wonder
             hereat
             ;
             first
             ,
             because
             some
             men
             place
             their
             highest
             happinesse
             in
             them
             ,
             yea
             mistake
             them
             (
             and
             not
             a
             few
             doe
             so
             )
             for
             sanctification
             it selfe
             .
             Againe
             ,
             the
             want
             of
             them
             is
             commonly
             imputed
             to
             a
             defect
             of
             industry
             :
             and
             ingenuous
             men
             much
             hate
             that
             opprobrious
             charge
             .
          
           
             Yet
             I
             wonder
             greatly
             that
             many
             Christians
             eares
             should
             be
             so
             close
             stopped
             at
             what
             St
             
               Paul
            
             discourseth
             of
             in
             the
             12
             chapter
             of
             the
             first
             Epist
             :
             to
             the
             Corinth
             .
             (
             viz
             )
             that
             it
             is
             requisite
             there
             should
             be
             
               feet
            
             and
             other
             inferiour
             
             
               in
               the
               body
            
             as
             well
             as
             
               eyes
            
             and
             lipps
             :
             and
             that
             
               every
               member
               hath
               it's
               proper
            
             use
             and
             service
             wherewith
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             content
             .
             But
             alas
             ,
             what
             a
             mutiny
             in
             the
             body
             (
             beyond
             that
             in
             
               Agrippa's
            
             Fable
             )
             may
             wee
             now
             discover
             .
             How
             many
             must
             needs
             be
             tongues
             who
             are
             fitter
             to
             be
             eares
             ,
             how
             many
             take
             upon
             them
             to
             be
             eyes
             who
             had
             need
             be
             led
             by
             the
             hand
             ?
             Hence
             ,
             so
             many
             Novices
             (
             contrary
             to
             Apostolicall
             Canon
             )
             take
             upon
             them
             to
             be
             publicke
             Teachers
             ,
             and
             (
             as
             the
             learned'st
             of
             our
             English
             Kings
             once
             spake
             )
             every
             
               Good-mans
               son
               writes
            
             Catechismes
             .
             I
             know
             the
             
               Harvest
               is
               great
               ,
            
             and
             I
             therefore
             
               pray
            
             the
             
               Lord
               of
               the
               Harvest
               to
               send
            
             multitudes
             
               into
               his
               vineyard
               ;
            
             yet
             those
             such
             as
             are
             able
             to
             labour
             :
             and
             the
             Apostles
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             (
             who
             is
             sufficient
             for
             these
             things
             )
             will
             
             not
             suffer
             me
             to
             think
             every
             one
             such
             .
             The
             wisdome
             of
             primitive
             times
             appointed
             under
             offices
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             as
             of
             Readers
             ,
             Deacons
             &c
             ,
             beneath
             a
             Bishop
             or
             Presbyter
             :
             and
             in
             these
             ,
             men
             of
             lesser
             abilityes
             were
             retained
             or
             fitted
             for
             higher
             .
             'T
             were
             to
             be
             wished
             ,
             that
             since
             men
             now
             adayes
             pleade
             so
             much
             for
             parity
             in
             Church-Officers
             ,
             they
             could
             effect
             something
             towards
             it
             at
             least
             ,
             viz.
             a
             sufficiency
             inall
             those
             mens
             gifts
             ,
             whose
             imploymēts
             ,
             &
             dignities
             they
             thus
             equall
             .
             I
             shall
             speak
             but
             one
             word
             more
             to
             any
             such
             over
             forward
             
               Ahima●z
               ▪
            
             that
             hee
             would
             first
             
               goe
               and
               learne
            
             thorowly
             what
             that
             Scripture
             meaneth
             
               (
               James
            
             the
             third
             and
             first
             (
             My
             
               Brethren
            
             be
             not
             many
             teachers
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             The
             destrustive
             Prosperity
             of
             Fooles
             .
          
           
             
             'T
             is
             easy
             to
             observe
             what
             a
             luster
             successe
             affords
             to
             mens
             persons
             ,
             and
             actions
             .
             'To
             omit
             the
             knowne
             verse
             in
             
               Du
               Bartas
               ,
            
             (
             almost
             growne
             a
             Proverbe
             )
             the
             comparisons
             made
             between
             
               Iul.
               Caesar
            
             and
             
               Cataline
               ,
            
             and
             many
             of
             their
             
               paralells
            
             (
             who
             all
             owe
             their
             different
             
               reputations
            
             to
             their
             different
             
               successe
               .
               )
            
             Is
             it
             not
             a
             strange
             thing
             that
             foure
             or
             five
             opposite
             partyes
             should
             succeed
             each
             other
             on
             the
             stage
             ,
             and
             each
             of
             them
             be
             accounted
             
               Saints
            
             whilst
             up
             ,
             and
             neither
             longer
             ?
             
               Iuvenall
            
             observed
             in
             his
             time
             ▪
             That
             though
             
               Riches
            
             had
             not
             the
             honour
             of
             a
             Temple
             in
             Rome
             ,
             as
             
               Victory
            
             had
             ,
             yet
             it
             had
             the
             devotion
             of
             mens
             hearts
             ▪
             T
             is
             to
             be
             feared
             ,
             
             neither
             of
             these
             Idolatries
             is
             yet
             quite
             banished
             Christendome
             .
             How
             many
             opinions
             are
             there
             in
             the
             world
             confuted
             only
             by
             this
             argument
             ?
             
               Alexanders
            
             way
             of
             vntying
             Gordian
             knots
             is
             too
             well
             knowne
             in
             this
             age
             ,
             and
             too
             much
             practised
             .
             Experience
             tells
             us
             what
             deepe
             rootes
             an
             errour
             may
             take
             by
             prevalence
             ,
             and
             continuance
             :
             and
             how
             little
             the
             strongest
             assaults
             of
             an
             unsuccesfull
             trueth
             can
             shake
             it
             ;
             there
             needing
             no
             other
             confutation
             of
             improsperous
             arguments
             ,
             but
             either
             scorne
             or
             silence
             .
             I
             conceive
             ,
             amongst
             divers
             others
             ,
             that
             worthy
             defence
             of
             our
             
               Saviours
               Prayer
            
             by
             Mr
             
               D'
               Espagne
            
             is
             thus
             answered
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             not
             conjecture
             of
             what
             ill
             consequence
             this
             errour
             is
             when
             publicke
             :
             but
             certainly
             there
             is
             nothing
             more
             dangerous
             to
             any
             particular
             Soule
             that
             lyeth
             under
             
             it
             .
             When
             a
             man
             shall
             with
             much
             scrupling
             venture
             upon
             a
             course
             ,
             or
             action
             ,
             and
             in
             judgment
             condemne
             himselfe
             for
             what
             he
             allowes
             in
             practice
             ;
             and
             yet
             a
             little
             after
             finding
             no
             harme
             for
             the
             present
             to
             follow
             ,
             yea
             contrariwise
             fancying
             much
             good
             ,
             shall
             conclude
             his
             former
             scrupulosity
             needlesse
             ▪
             and
             vote
             his
             conscience
             to
             be
             reformed
             by
             his
             successe
             ;
             what
             a
             ready
             way
             is
             this
             to
             prepare
             a
             mans
             throat
             to
             
               swallow
               Camels
            
             at
             length
             ,
             who
             at
             first
             
               strained
            
             at
             the
             smallest
             imaginary
             
               Gnat
               ?
            
             This
             is
             it
             that
             turns
             grace
             into
             presumption
             &
             wantonnesse
             ,
             and
             makes
             the
             very
             blessings
             and
             mercies
             of
             God
             become
             the
             bane
             of
             soules
             .
             God
             bring
             them
             out
             of
             this
             
               path
               leading
               downe
               to
               the
               chambers
               of
               death
               ,
            
             who
             walke
             securely
             in
             it
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             The
             All-most
             Christian
             .
          
           
             
             THere
             are
             some
             Christians
             that
             may
             (
             with
             
               Tiberius
            
             in
             
               Suetonius
               )
            
             well
             beare
             the
             title
             of
             the
             horses
             called
             
               Callipedes
               ,
               qui
               multum
               cursitant
               parum
               progrediuntur
               .
            
             They
             are
             like
             sticks
             &
             straws
             in
             a
             whirlepoole
             nigh
             a
             strait
             passage
             ,
             they
             are
             ever
             and
             anon
             making
             towards
             it
             ,
             but
             never
             shoot
             the
             gulph
             .
             'T
             is
             a
             sad
             thing
             when
             a
             man
             shall
             be
             every
             day
             purposing
             &
             promising
             to
             leave
             such
             and
             such
             grosse
             sins
             ,
             and
             every
             day
             commit
             them
             :
             when
             he
             shall
             be
             alwaies
             sinning
             ,
             and
             alwaies
             confessing
             ,
             and
             so
             on
             in
             a
             round
             ,
             making
             even
             his
             confession
             a
             chiefe
             sin
             .
             A
             thing
             more
             to
             be
             pittyed
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             some
             shall
             attaine
             unto
             good
             perfection
             in
             externall
             behaviour
             ,
             and
             morall
             honesty
             ,
             induce
             others
             ,
             yea
             and
             
             themselves
             too
             ,
             to
             believe
             they
             are
             Saints
             of
             good
             proficience
             ,
             and
             as
             I
             may
             say
             ,
             knock
             at
             the
             very
             gate
             of
             heaven
             ,
             and
             yet
             not
             enter
             in
             .
             What
             can
             be
             the
             cause
             of
             this
             ,
             but
             that
             men
             will
             have
             some
             
               little
               Zoar's
               spared
               :
            
             they
             can
             be
             content
             to
             let
             religion
             seize
             on
             the
             out-works
             and
             suburbs
             of
             their
             soules
             ,
             but
             they
             must
             reserve
             to
             themselves
             a
             Cittadell
             in
             their
             hearts
             .
             Many
             men
             seeme
             to
             beare
             the
             strongest
             burthens
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             yea
             with
             the
             young
             Pharisee
             to
             have
             kept
             all
             the
             Commandements
             from
             their
             youth
             ,
             and
             yet
             they
             have
             some
             secret
             sins
             lodging
             in
             their
             bosomes
             ,
             which
             if
             they
             be
             told
             they
             must
             necessarily
             part
             with
             ,
             they
             would
             be
             much
             grieved
             :
             skin
             for
             skin
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             they
             have
             ,
             yea
             life
             it selfe
             will
             they
             part
             with
             rather
             than
             those
             .
             This
             disease
             is
             then
             most
             deadly
             
             when
             it
             turns
             the
             free
             grace
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             sanctifying
             power
             of
             the
             spirit
             into
             it's
             nutriment
             :
             which
             is
             done
             when
             a
             man
             shall
             be
             convinced
             of
             a
             grosse
             sin
             (
             and
             the
             least
             allowed
             is
             such
             )
             and
             shall
             pray
             God
             by
             his
             omnipotent
             power
             to
             deliver
             him
             from
             it
             ,
             and
             here
             set
             up
             his
             rest
             ,
             not
             
               cooperating
            
             with
             Gods
             grace
             ,
             nor
             in
             his
             heart
             hating
             the
             sin
             ,
             or
             desiring
             it's
             mortification
             ,
             but
             confuting
             his
             frequent
             praiers
             by
             continuall
             practise
             .
             This
             ,
             I
             perswade
             my selfe
             ,
             is
             one
             of
             the
             
               depthes
               of
               Satan
               !
            
             but
             because
             it
             requires
             an
             experienced
             Divine
             to
             fathome
             it
             ,
             and
             also
             border's
             upon
             the
             nicest
             of
             the
             Arminian
             controversies
             (
             which
             I
             here
             purposely
             shun
             )
             
               I
            
             shall
             speake
             no
             further
             on
             this
             Argument
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Concerning
             a
             tender
             Conscience
             .
          
           
             
             THere
             are
             some
             men
             which
             pretend
             great
             tendernesse
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             cry
             out
             extreamly
             not
             to
             be
             pricked
             :
             and
             yet
             seem
             to
             expresse
             very
             little
             of
             that
             temper
             ▪
             It
             is
             a
             hard
             matter
             to
             believe
             he
             has
             a
             tender
             conscience
             ,
             that
             will
             hazard
             and
             attempt
             the
             overthrow
             of
             a
             Church
             or
             State
             ,
             proceed
             to
             tumults
             and
             sedition
             ,
             involve
             himselfe
             in
             the
             guilt
             of
             the
             foulest
             crimes
             ,
             yea
             and
             
               swallow
               any
               Camells
               rather
               than
               some
            
             few
             
               Gnats
               ,
            
             which
             perhaps
             too
             his
             owne
             fancy
             or
             phrensy
             hath
             created
             .
             
               I
            
             supposed
             tendernesse
             of
             conscience
             had
             consisted
             in
             a
             fearfull
             avoidance
             of
             every
             sin
             ,
             even
             to
             a
             
               circumstance
            
             or
             an
             
               appearance
               ;
            
             and
             so
             consequently
             
             in
             some
             proportionable
             detestation
             of
             sins
             according
             as
             their
             foulnesse
             and
             odiousnesse
             increaseth
             .
             
               I
            
             thought
             a
             propriety
             thereof
             had
             been
             
               patiently
            
             to
             
               suffer
            
             any
             
               evill
            
             rather
             than
             
               commit
            
             any
             :
             and
             to
             be
             content
             to
             be
             rather
             infringed
             of
             some
             part
             of
             due
             liberty
             ,
             than
             use
             indirect
             means
             to
             obtaine
             or
             enhaunse
             it
             .
             The
             world
             has
             been
             excellently
             inform'd
             long
             since
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             no
             part
             of
             a
             strict
             conscience
             to
             lift
             a
             burthen
             from
             it's
             owne
             shoulder
             ,
             and
             lay
             it
             with
             more
             weight
             upon
             anothers
             :
             
               I
            
             would
             there
             were
             none
             that
             practised
             it
             .
             But
             alas
             ?
             What
             riddles
             ,
             and
             paradoxes
             do
             wee
             meet
             of
             this
             nature
             ?
             Wee
             have
             been
             told
             what
             an
             impartiall
             
               informer
               witnesse
               ,
            
             and
             
               judge
            
             conscience
             is
             :
             and
             yet
             there
             are
             practices
             but
             too
             many
             in
             the
             worlde
             that
             make
             the
             truth
             seem
             contrary
             .
             How
             
             easy
             doth
             it
             appeare
             in
             some
             men
             to
             charme
             this
             clamorous
             faculty
             ,
             and
             confine
             it's
             jurisdiction
             to
             what
             circuit
             they
             please
             ,
             even
             with
             an
             
               Hitherto
               shall
               thou
               goe
               and
               no
               furthar
               ?
            
             But
             what
             a
             wonder
             is
             it
             that
             men
             should
             
               cry
               ,
               Peace
               ,
               Peace
            
             to
             themselves
             in
             this
             ensnaring
             estate
             :
             that
             they
             should
             think
             themselves
             religious
             all
             the
             while
             ,
             and
             believe
             their
             Corban
             of
             zeale
             for
             some
             points
             ,
             which
             their
             interesse
             makes
             deare
             to
             them
             ,
             should
             dispence
             with
             their
             obedience
             to
             many
             of
             the
             great
             commandements
             of
             God
             .
             It
             has
             puzzl'd
             me
             oft
             to
             see
             how
             cautious
             men
             are
             in
             some
             smaller
             particulars
             ,
             how
             they
             charge
             themselves
             with
             profanesse
             ,
             and
             superstition
             ,
             and
             irreligion
             if
             they
             faile
             in
             such
             ;
             and
             yet
             the
             same
             men
             securely
             commit
             greater
             sins
             without
             asking
             themselves
             
               what
               they
               have
               done
               ;
            
             
             nay
             they
             will
             not
             regard
             another
             that
             shall
             tell
             them
             never
             so
             plainly
             that
             they
             have
             done
             
               ill
               .
            
             This
             is
             all
             one
             as
             if
             a
             man
             should
             run
             from
             a
             barking
             curre
             ,
             and
             leape
             into
             a
             lyons
             jawes
             before
             him
             ,
             or
             cautelously
             avoide
             the
             sting
             of
             a
             Bee
             ,
             and
             yet
             voluntarily
             expose
             his
             bosome
             to
             an
             Aspe
             or
             a
             Scorpion
             .
          
           
             St
             
               Paul
            
             charged
             it
             as
             a
             great
             absurdity
             upon
             the
             Iew
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             prohibit
             others
             from
             what
             ,
             and
             condemne
             others
             for
             what
             he
             practiz'd
             himselfe
             ;
             
               Thou
               that
               sayest
               a
               man
               should
               not
               steale
               doest
               thou
               steal
               ?
            
             would
             not
             the
             absurdity
             have
             been
             greater
             if
             he
             should
             have
             anathematiz'd
             others
             ,
             or
             himselfe
             for
             a
             small
             sin
             ,
             or
             a
             shaddow
             of
             a
             sinne
             ,
             and
             the
             mean
             while
             have
             allowed
             in
             himselfe
             ,
             or
             promoted
             in
             others
             the
             greatest
             ?
             Or
             if
             the
             Apostle
             had
             thus
             
             interrogated
             him
             ;
             Thou
             that
             abhorrest
             a
             Ceremony
             ,
             doest
             thou
             commit
             sacriledge
             ?
             
               I
            
             would
             by
             no
             meanes
             aggravate
             other
             mens
             failings
             :
             yet
             I
             cannot
             but
             wonder
             that
             some
             men
             should
             seem
             to
             be
             more
             fearefull
             of
             a
             superstition
             or
             formality
             (
             which
             with
             them
             is
             all
             one
             )
             in
             using
             that
             forme
             of
             Prayer
             prescribed
             by
             Wisedome
             it selfe
             ,
             than
             of
             
               taking
               God's
            
             Holy
             
               Name
               in
               vain
               ,
            
             and
             that
             in
             actions
             of
             greatest
             solemnity
             .
          
           
             
               Caution
               .
            
             
               
                 I
              
               cannot
               feare
               that
               any
               who
               indeed
               has
               a
               tender
               conscience
               should
               take
               offence
               at
               what
               I
               have
               here
               said
               .
               I
               confesse
               I
               am
               fearefull
               somewhat
               may
               be
               applyed
               to
               Persons
               whom
               I
               much
               reverence
               ,
               and
               believe
               Christians
               of
               high
               rank
               :
               yet
               I
               wonder
               that
               some
               of
               these
               should
               so
               little
               scruple
               at
               some
               
               practises
               ,
               the
               guilt
               whereof
               would
               wound
               me
               to
               the
               heart
               .
               But
               
                 I
              
               perswade
               my selfe
               they
               may
               discover
               particulars
               in
               me
               ,
               which
               they
               may
               as
               much
               be
               puzzled
               at
               :
               and
               therefore
               
                 I
              
               endeavour
               to
               exercise
               towards
               them
               the
               same
               charity
               
                 I
              
               desire
               from
               them
               .
               God
               be
               mercifull
               to
               us
               all
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             Christian
             Reputation
             .
          
           
             
             It
             's
             a
             great
             offence
             to
             some
             weak
             Christians
             ,
             that
             those
             they
             looke
             upon
             as
             eminent
             Saints
             ,
             doe
             expresse
             a
             great
             deale
             of
             jealousy
             ,
             if
             not
             uncharitablenesse
             towards
             them
             .
             Many
             too
             much
             forget
             the
             
               pangs
               of
               their
               new
               birth
               ,
            
             and
             so
             consequently
             
               stop
               their
               bowels
               of
               compassion
            
             towards
             others
             in
             that
             case
             .
             And
             't
             is
             to
             be
             feared
             ,
             that
             some
             ,
             whilst
             they
             read
             too
             severe
             lectures
             concerning
             the
             conflicts
             of
             naturall
             conscience
             ,
             and
             the
             diverse
             
             subtile
             workings
             of
             counterfeit
             grace
             ,
             endanger
             an
             abortion
             in
             others
             .
             Some
             too
             tartly
             interrogate
             how
             long
             others
             
               sticke
               in
               the
               place
            
             of
             
               coming
               forth
               of
               children
               ,
            
             and
             it
             may
             be
             too
             little
             remember
             
               their
               owne
               delayes
            
             there
             .
             Some
             require
             an
             
               Elijah's
               fervour
            
             in
             all
             men
             else
             ,
             because
             they
             feele
             something
             like
             it
             in
             themselves
             .
             Diverse
             accuse
             a
             defect
             of
             light
             in
             others
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             that
             their
             
               candle
               burnes
               under
               a
               Bushell
               :
            
             whereas
             indeed
             it
             is
             not
             so
             ,
             but
             the
             fault
             lyeth
             in
             their
             want
             of
             discerning
             .
             Others
             bid
             us
             ,
             if
             we
             have
             the
             heat
             of
             godlinesse
             in
             us
             ,
             rake
             our
             coales
             out
             of
             the
             embers
             :
             whereas
             many
             true
             Christians
             have
             the
             
               rayes
            
             of
             grace
             more
             
               united
            
             in
             their
             soules
             ,
             as
             in
             a
             
               burning-glasse
               ,
            
             where
             though
             the
             
               circumference
            
             be
             not
             so
             great
             ,
             yet
             the
             
               heat
            
             is
             more
             
               intense
               .
            
             
             Many
             devout
             hearts
             burne
             
               inward
               ,
            
             so
             that
             those
             
               without
            
             cannot
             be
             competent
             judges
             what
             are
             their
             flames
             .
             I
             speake
             not
             this
             to
             patronize
             any
             fault
             ,
             much
             lesse
             that
             great
             one
             of
             
               lukewarmnesse
               :
            
             I
             would
             by
             no
             means
             discourage
             private
             exhortations
             and
             reproofes
             ,
             nay
             nor
             a
             
               godly
               jealousy
            
             in
             any
             man
             
               over
               another
               .
            
             It
             is
             far
             from
             my
             intent
             to
             furnish
             any
             halfe-Christian
             with
             expedients
             how
             to
             elude
             any
             such
             courses
             intended
             for
             his
             good
             .
             (
             To
             which
             alas
             how
             many
             are
             apt
             ?
             )
             My
             purpose
             is
             onely
             this
             ,
             that
             since
             the
             Apostle
             exhorts
             us
             
               to
               be
               patient
               &
               meeke
               towards
               all
               men
               ,
               &
               that
            
             upon
             this
             consideration
             how
             
               foolish
               ,
               and
               disobedient
               ,
            
             and
             vitious
             in
             all
             kinds
             wee
             our selves
             once
             were
             ,
             wee
             should
             not
             be
             peevish
             and
             uncharitably
             ill-natured
             towards
             such
             as
             perhaps
             are
             
               weaker
            
             
             Christians
             ,
             yet
             may
             have
             more
             
               humility
            
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             more
             
               love
               .
            
             Besides
             ,
             how
             many
             are
             thought
             strangers
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             discipline
             of
             Grace
             ,
             who
             yet
             from
             their
             youth
             up
             have
             been
             under
             that
             discipline
             ?
             The
             Lord
             has
             given
             them
             counsell
             ,
             and
             their
             reines
             instructed
             them
             in
             the
             night
             seasons
             ;
             They
             have
             been
             
               lead
               into
               the
               galleryes
               ,
            
             and
             have
             had
             
               the
               banner
               of
               Gods
               love
            
             displayed
             over
             them
             ;
             and
             had
             they
             either
             the
             Art
             ,
             or
             the
             confidence
             to
             communicate
             to
             others
             a
             history
             of
             their
             experiences
             ,
             they
             might
             discover
             many
             subtile
             wiles
             of
             the
             naturall
             mans
             
               heart
               ,
            
             and
             of
             
               Sathan
               ,
               of
               whose
               devices
               they
               are
               not
               ignorant
               .
            
          
           
             I
             say
             these
             uncharitable
             jealousies
             ,
             and
             suspitions
             are
             an
             offence
             to
             weak
             ,
             or
             Novice-Christians
             ;
             which
             somewhat
             need
             the
             crutch
             of
             other
             mens
             opinions
             to
             support
             
             their
             soules
             .
             As
             for
             an
             experienced
             Christian
             ,
             though
             he
             avoid
             what
             in
             him
             lyeth
             the
             giving
             offence
             to
             any
             ,
             and
             setts
             a
             due
             value
             on
             a
             good
             report
             (
             especially
             from
             good
             men
             )
             yet
             is
             he
             in
             some
             measure
             affected
             like
             magnanimous
             St
             
               Paul
               :
               It
               is
               a
               very
               small
               thing
               with
               him
               to
               be
               judged
               of
               men
               ,
               Yea
               he
               judges
               not
               himselfe
            
             (
             peremptorily
             and
             absolutely
             without
             appeale
             to
             the
             higher
             court
             )
             
               but
               referres
               all
            
             things
             within
             himselfe
             to
             the
             
               righteous
               judgment
               of
               God
            
             through
             the
             intercession
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           
             Of
             Prejudices
             against
             godliness
             .
          
           
             It
             s
             a
             great
             stumbling-blocke
             to
             ingenious
             men
             that
             religion
             
               (
               I
            
             meane
             the
             full
             power
             thereof
             )
             seemes
             to
             them
             to
             destroy
             modesty
             ,
             
             and
             other
             principles
             of
             nature
             ,
             and
             of
             education
             a
             second
             nature
             ;
             and
             
               I
            
             am
             perswaded
             't
             is
             this
             that
             makes
             some
             men
             but
             partiall
             Christians
             .
             That
             Christianity
             and
             the
             
               power
            
             of
             
               godlinesse
            
             suffers
             undeservedly
             herein
             I
             make
             not
             the
             least
             question
             .
             Were
             I
             to
             deliver
             the
             most
             exact
             rules
             of
             humble
             modest
             behaviour
             ,
             I
             should
             pick
             them
             out
             of
             the
             sacred
             preceps
             :
             or
             were
             I
             to
             prescribe
             an
             absolute
             patterne
             of
             such
             carriage
             and
             expressions
             ,
             I
             should
             take
             them
             from
             no
             other
             place
             than
             the
             sacred
             histories
             .
             Let
             a
             man
             but
             reade
             the
             speeches
             of
             
               Abigail
               ,
            
             of
             
               Hanna
               ,
            
             of
             
               Mephibosheth
            
             and
             diverse
             other
             holy
             persons
             ;
             and
             if
             he
             be
             not
             sticken
             into
             admiration
             ,
             I
             shall
             pronounce
             him
             incapable
             of
             any
             noble
             impressions
             of
             humanity
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             of
             devotion
             .
             
               Saint
               Paul
            
             delivers
             it
             
             for
             a
             rule
             ,
             that
             
               we
               should
               not
               give
               offence
               to
               them
               without
               ,
               and
               practised
            
             it
             himselfe
             
               in
               becoming
               all
               things
               to
               all
               men
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               gaine
               some
               .
            
             Certainly
             then
             he
             had
             no
             morose
             humour
             within
             him
             which
             he
             would
             compell
             other
             men
             to
             submit
             to
             ,
             no
             intemperance
             of
             Spirit
             which
             he
             would
             have
             accounted
             zeale
             :
             yea
             ,
             we
             reade
             with
             what
             a
             noble
             appellation
             he
             answered
             
               ●ectus
               ,
            
             (
             who
             accused
             him
             but
             of
             madnesse
             )
             that
             he
             spake
             the
             words
             of
             sobriety
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             truth
             .
             Notwithstanding
             all
             this
             ,
             the
             ground
             of
             the
             former
             charge
             against
             religion
             seem's
             specious
             and
             obvious
             .
             Some
             men
             misinterpret
             the
             Apostles
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             or
             
               boldnesse
               of
               speech
               ,
            
             and
             take
             that
             for
             a
             sufficient
             warrant
             for
             indecencies
             ,
             and
             ill
             manners
             .
             Others
             thinke
             it
             a
             crime
             to
             be
             modest
             in
             matters
             of
             religious
             concernment
             ;
             
             whereas
             ,
             if
             they
             would
             consider
             St
             
               Pauls
            
             behaviour
             towards
             his
             
               Corinthians
               Ep.
            
             2.
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12
             )
             they
             might
             find
             it
             much
             advantagious
             ,
             and
             besides
             confidence
             ,
             in
             mattes
             that
             require
             it
             ,
             takes
             most
             when
             it
             holds
             a
             combat
             ,
             and
             seems
             some
             ▪
             times
             to
             give
             the
             upper
             hand
             to
             bashfulnesse
             .
             Another
             thing
             that
             sets
             forward
             this
             prejudice
             is
             ,
             that
             (
             by
             I
             know
             not
             what
             hard
             hap
             )
             the
             vulgar
             sort
             take
             them
             for
             the
             most
             genuine
             Christians
             ,
             who
             seem
             most
             to
             have
             banished
             such
             ingenuous
             principles
             :
             and
             thinke
             those
             men
             not
             zealous
             enough
             for
             the
             trueth
             ,
             or
             too
             much
             regarding
             their
             owne
             reputations
             ,
             who
             use
             cessions
             ,
             apologies
             ,
             and
             excuses
             ,
             all
             which
             well
             managed
             Christianity
             will
             allow
             of
             without
             a
             taint
             of
             vaine
             ostentation
             .
          
           
             We
             neede
             not
             dwell
             long
             on
             this
             subject
             ,
             now
             the
             generality
             of
             
             men
             of
             the
             higher
             ranke
             set
             a
             greater
             value
             on
             this
             ornament
             ,
             than
             on
             the
             substance
             of
             Christianity
             it selfe
             .
             Let
             us
             remember
             therefore
             that
             we
             improove
             not
             matters
             of
             convenience
             into
             matters
             of
             highest
             necessity
             ;
             &
             so
             consequently
             more
             accuse
             a
             failure
             or
             defect
             in
             them
             than
             in
             direct
             honesty
             and
             integrity
             of
             life
             ,
             as
             is
             the
             fashion
             of
             too
             many
             now
             adaies
             ,
             who
             much
             glory
             in
             their
             good
             breeding
             .
             But
             certainly
             ,
             since
             Christian
             
               love
               covers
               a
               multitude
            
             of
             
               sins
               ,
            
             if
             such
             men
             had
             but
             a
             reasonable
             measure
             of
             that
             temper
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             be
             so
             far
             provoked
             by
             a
             small
             incivility
             ,
             or
             indiscretion
             which
             the
             party
             who
             commits
             perhaps
             wants
             ,
             but
             accommodations
             to
             discover
             in
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             reforme
             them
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Of
             Set
             Formes
             and
             extemporary
             Prayer
             .
          
           
             I
             Am
             not
             yet
             fully
             satisfied
             whether
             the
             danger
             be
             greater
             of
             making
             prayer
             a
             meer
             
               lip-labour
            
             by
             the
             use
             of
             set
             forms
             ,
             or
             a
             meer
             
               braine-labour
            
             the
             extemporary
             way
             .
             'T
             is
             undoubtedly
             true
             ,
             that
             the
             whole
             heart
             ,
             yea
             the
             whole
             mā
             ought
             to
             be
             laid
             out
             in
             that
             Angelicall
             service
             ,
             and
             almost
             as
             strongly
             attested
             by
             experience
             ,
             that
             which
             way
             soever
             we
             manage
             our
             devotions
             ,
             there
             will
             multitudes
             of
             vanities
             and
             imperfections
             attend
             them
             .
             I
             am
             sure
             that
             eminency
             of
             grace
             consists
             not
             in
             any
             art
             of
             invention
             ;
             and
             doubt
             not
             but
             a
             plaine
             Rustick
             (
             whose
             thoughts
             one
             would
             think
             are
             confined
             to
             a
             narrow
             compasse
             )
             may
             as
             sweetly
             converse
             
             with
             God
             in
             a
             few
             common
             words
             ,
             as
             a
             sublimer
             Christian
             in
             elaborate
             meditations
             .
             What
             ever
             high
             dispensations
             men
             pretend
             ,
             they
             seem
             to
             me
             to
             have
             but
             friged
             soules
             ,
             who
             need
             the
             heat
             of
             invention
             to
             warme
             them
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             same
             forme
             cannot
             attaine
             unto
             variety
             of
             thoughts
             .
             
               I
            
             have
             often
             diserned
             deeper
             matter
             in
             the
             same
             words
             ;
             and
             I
             thanke
             God
             ,
             can
             pray
             them
             unto
             him
             morning
             ,
             and
             evening
             ,
             and
             night-time
             ,
             without
             flatnesse
             many
             times
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             with
             tears
             :
             and
             after
             a
             thousand
             repetitions
             enjoy
             new
             affections
             in
             my
             strange
             expressions
             ,
             and
             am
             assured
             I
             have
             not
             yet
             attained
             the
             utmost
             they
             may
             signify
             .
             
               I
            
             dare
             not
             tempt
             God
             so
             far
             as
             wholy
             to
             trust
             to
             suddaine
             injections
             :
             nor
             can
             I
             scruple
             the
             making
             use
             of
             such
             helps
             as
             my
             experience
             tells
             
             me
             God
             hath
             sanctified
             to
             my
             weaknesse
             .
             Yet
             diverse
             times
             my
             soule
             breaks
             out
             unexpectedly
             into
             new
             matter
             and
             words
             too
             ,
             and
             if
             I
             should
             
               deny
               them
               vent
               my
               heart
               would
               burst
               .
            
             Also
             ,
             
               I
            
             cannot
             thinke
             that
             
               I
               am
               rash
               with
               my
               lips
               in
            
             so
             doing
             .
             Nay
             rather
             ,
             I
             will
             praise
             the
             Lord
             ,
             as
             he
             enables
             me
             ,
             both
             with
             my
             
               old
            
             and
             with
             my
             
               new
               songs
               ,
            
             who
             is
             worthy
             
               every
               way
            
             to
             be
             magnified
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Conclusion
             .
          
           
             I
             Shall
             here
             stoppe
             my
             pen
             ,
             for
             I
             doubt
             my
             reader
             may
             thinke
             what
             is
             past
             more
             than
             enough
             of
             such
             dough-baked
             considerations
             .
             Those
             that
             remaine
             I
             shall
             keepe
             by
             me
             till
             I
             perceive
             how
             these
             are
             digested
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           The
           contents
           or
           argument
           of
           every
           Observation
           ▪
        
         
           
             
               1
            
             Absurdityesin
             Writers
             and
             Readers
             pag.
             
               1
            
             
               
                 
                   Caution
                
                 1.
                 
                   pag.
                
                 8
              
            
          
           
             
               2
            
             Concerning
             forcible
             impressions
             (
             pag.
             
               9
            
          
           
             
               3
            
             Of
             Naturall
             weaknesses
             pag.
             
               12
            
          
           
             
               4
            
             The
             Sympathy
             of
             Soules
             pag.
             
               13
            
          
           
             
               5
            
             Concerning
             ill
             will
             undeserved
             
               16
            
          
           
             6
             
               Vncharitable
               mistakes
            
             20
          
           
             7
             
               The
               Selfe-Miracle
            
             24
             
               
                 
                   Caut
                
                 2.
                 28
              
            
          
           
             
               8
            
             Difference
             of
             parts
             
               29
            
          
           
             
               9
            
             The
             Common
             wealth
             of
             meer
             Wits
             
               33
            
          
           
             
               10
            
             Vanity
             in
             Society
             and
             discourse
             
               36
            
             
               
                 
                   Caut
                
                 3.
                 39
              
            
          
           
             11
             
               Of
               Frugality
            
             40
          
           
             
               12
            
             Concerning
             Parsimony
             of
             Parts
             
               44
            
          
           
             
               13
            
             The
             vaine
             boast
             of
             Saint-ship
             
               48
            
          
           
           
             
               14
            
             Of
             Pride
             of
             parts
             
               53
            
          
           
             
               15
            
             Of
             Arguments
             for
             Sermons
             
               57
            
             
               
                 
                   Caut.
                
                 4.
                 63
              
            
          
           
             
               16
            
             Of
             impatiency
             after
             full
             assurance
             
               64
            
          
           
             
               17
            
             The
             unadvised
             Boanerges
             catechized
             
               71
            
          
           
             
               18Vnhappy
            
             differences
             between
             good
             men
             
               76
            
          
           
             
               19
            
             Of
             Ambitious
             discontent
             
               82
            
          
           
             
               20
            
             The
             destructive
             prosperity
             of
             fooles
             
               (
               85
            
          
           
             
               21
            
             The
             All
             ▪
             most
             Christian
             
               88
            
          
           
             
               22
            
             Of
             Tender
             consciences
             
               91
            
             
               
                 
                   Caut
                
                 5.
                 95
              
            
          
           
             
               23
            
             Of
             Christian
             Reputation
             
               96
            
          
           
             
               24
            
             Of
             praejudices
             against
             godlinesse
             
               101
            
          
           
             
               25
            
             Of
             Extemporary
             prayer
             &c.
             
               105
            
          
        
      
       
         
           The
           Publisher
           to
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           The
           Author
           acknowledges
           he
           might
           have
           rank'd
           these
           observations
           in
           a
           better
           order
           ,
           had
           his
           owne
           occasions
           and
           my
           importunity
           to
           have
           them
           Printed
           against
           
           this
           time
           allowed
           him
           the
           ful
           liberty
           of
           his
           second
           thoughts
           :
           had
           it
           not
           been
           for
           this
           also
           ,
           he
           perswades
           himselfe
           he
           should
           have
           licked
           these
           Bear's
           whelps
           (
           so
           he
           stiles
           them
           )
           into
           a
           somewhat
           better
           shape
           .
        
      
       
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               Observa
               :
            
          
           
             
               Obser.
            
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               Obser.
            
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               :
            
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               :
            
             10.
             
          
           
             
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             11.
             
          
           
             
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               :
            
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               :
            
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