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         Goodwin, Thomas, 1586 or 7-1642.
      
       
         
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             The demeanour of a good subject in order to the acquiring and establishing peace
             Goodwin, Thomas, 1586 or 7-1642.
          
           [6], 32 p.
           
             Printed by William Downing for the author,
             London :
             1681.
          
           
             Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
             Epistle dedicatory signed: Godwyn.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Religion and state -- Great Britain.
           Allegiance.
        
      
    
     
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           THE
           DEMEANOUR
           OF
           A
           Good
           Subject
           ,
           IN
           ORDER
           To
           the
           Acquiring
           and
           Establishing
           PEACE
           .
        
         
           
             God.
             
          
           
             Son
             of
             Man
             ,
             hear
             what
             I
             say
             unto
             thee
             ,
          
           
             Be
             not
             thou
             Rebellious
             .
          
        
         
           
             Priest
             .
          
           
             Give
             Peace
             in
             our
             time
             ,
             O
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             People
             .
          
           
             Because
             there
             is
             none
             other
             that
             fighteth
             for
             us
             ,
             but
             only
             thou
             ,
             O
             God.
             
          
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             William
             Downing
          
           ,
           for
           the
           Author
           ,
           1681.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Sacred
           ,
           and
           Most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           of
           KING
           CHARLES
           the
           Second
           .
        
         
           
             Dread
             Soveraign
             ,
          
        
         
           THat
           your
           MAJESTIES
           great
           and
           Princely
           Endowments
           of
           Nature
           ,
           have
           Arrived
           to
           an
           admired
           Accomplishment
           in
           the
           Sublimest
           Art
           of
           Government
           ,
           is
           doubtless
           the
           advantage
           your
           Wisdome
           hath
           made
           of
           Afflictions
           :
           The
           Sufferings
           of
           the
           same
           Times
           ,
           have
           also
           enabled
           your
           Subjects
           to
           a
           more
           exact
           and
           fearless
           Obedience
           .
           The
           very
           knowledge
           of
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           maketh
           even
           those
           otherwise
           lyable
           to
           Temptation
           ,
           to
           abhor
           Sedition
           ;
           and
           they
           are
           become
           more
           circumspect
           for
           Prevention
           ,
           and
           by
           Suffering
           more
           sufficient
           for
           Toleration
           .
           Having
           before
           me
           two
           
             Royal
             Patterns
          
           ,
           with
           so
           many
           Ilustrious
           and
           
             Pious
             Attendants
          
           ,
           (
           together
           with
           a
           
           Fathers
           Example
           ,
           and
           daily
           admonitory
           Care
           the
           Calamities
           of
           the
           late
           Times
           could
           not
           but
           prove
           my
           Benefit
           .
           Being
           in
           my
           Childhood
           inured
           to
           them
           ,
           Persecutions
           for
           the
           same
           Cause
           (
           even
           in
           these
           
             better
             Times
          
           )
           are
           borne
           with
           a
           kind
           of
           natural
           Fortitude
           .
           To
           be
           sharply
           exercised
           above
           
             Eighteen
             Years
          
           at
           all
           Weapons
           ,
           which
           
             Fanatical
             Fury
          
           could
           administer
           to
           the
           Assailants
           ,
           and
           that
           above
           these
           last
           six
           Years
           ,
           they
           notoriously
           boast
           of
           Victory
           ,
           by
           procuring
           my
           Dammages
           and
           frequent
           Confinements
           ,
           is
           so
           little
           discouragement
           ,
           that
           by
           these
           I
           seem
           chiefly
           to
           Rise
           and
           Triumph
           over
           them
           .
           The
           narrowness
           of
           an
           Estate
           or
           Corporal
           distress
           ,
           cannot
           bate
           my
           delight
           in
           an
           entire
           Obedience
           to
           your
           Majesty
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           but
           are
           the
           enlargement
           of
           my
           affections
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           still
           high
           enough
           to
           look
           down
           upon
           mine
           Enemies
           with
           Pity
           ,
           and
           thence
           afford
           them
           
           these
           directions
           (
           such
           as
           I
           am
           furnished
           with
           )
           to
           Safety
           .
           Nevertheless
           ,
           when
           perswasions
           and
           Arguments
           are
           rejected
           ,
           I
           hope
           your
           Majesties
           discovering
           and
           coercive
           Felicity
           will
           alway
           disarme
           their
           Rage
           ,
           and
           so
           convince
           and
           protect
           them
           .
           If
           in
           the
           forwardness
           of
           my
           Zeal
           ,
           I
           have
           by
           any
           Imbecility
           injured
           a
           
             Cause
             so
             great
          
           ,
           I
           cast
           my self
           by
           Supplication
           for
           Pardon
           at
           your
           
             Royal
             Feet
          
           :
           Which
           ,
           that
           the
           Almighty
           be
           graciously
           pleased
           to
           keep
           and
           confirm
           ,
           to
           walk
           on
           prosperously
           to
           
             length
             of
             days
          
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           and
           Eternity
           of
           Glory
           in
           the
           next
           ,
           is
           and
           shall
           be
           the
           constant
           Prayer
           of
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             Majesties
             most
             Humble
             ,
             most
             Obedient
             ,
             and
             devoted
             Subject
             ,
             Godwyn
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Contents
           of
           the
           following
           Discourse
           .
        
         
           Chap.
           2.
           
           Who
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           a
           
             Good
             Subject
          
           ?
        
         
           Chap.
           2.
           
           What
           Peace
           it
           is
           that
           a
           
             Good
             Subject
          
           would
           labour
           to
           obtain
           and
           settle
           ?
        
         
           Chap.
           3.
           
           The
           distinct
           Offices
           of
           the
           Prince
           and
           Subject
           in
           the
           concerns
           of
           Acquisition
           and
           Settlement
           .
        
         
           Chap.
           4.
           
           The
           Disturbances
           of
           the
           
             Princes
             Peace
          
           ,
           is
           the
           same
           of
           the
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           Chap.
           5.
           
           A
           
             Good
             Subject
          
           cannot
           but
           grievously
           Mourn
           and
           be
           Afflicted
           by
           his
           Princes
           Adversities
           .
        
         
           Chap.
           6.
           
           A
           
             Good
             Subject
          
           is
           so
           studiously
           careful
           and
           mindful
           of
           his
           Princes
           Welfare
           ,
           that
           in
           his
           Princes
           Danger
           ,
           he
           becomes
           unmindful
           of
           many
           of
           his
           own
           nearest
           and
           private
           concerns
           .
        
         
           Chap.
           7.
           
           The
           
             Princes
             Peace
          
           ,
           and
           thereby
           the
           Kingdoms
           setled
           ,
           can
           truely
           Influence
           with
           Joy
           none
           but
           
             Good
             Subjects
          
           .
        
         
           Chap.
           8.
           
           No
           considerations
           of
           past
           or
           ensuing
           dammages
           ,
           which
           have
           or
           may
           accrew
           to
           him
           ,
           do
           hinder
           this
           Joy
           in
           a
           
             Good
             Subject
          
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           DEMEANOUR
           OF
           A
           Good
           Subject
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             I.
             
          
           
             Who
             may
             be
             said
             to
             be
             a
             Good
             Subject
             ?
          
           
             IN
             these
             very
             confused
             times
             ,
             I
             find
             ,
             no
             Title
             more
             generally
             assumed
             by
             all
             sorts
             of
             Men
             in
             these
             Dominions
             of
             Great
             Britain
             and
             Ireland
             ,
             then
             that
             of
             a
             Good
             Subject
             ;
             Insomuch
             that
             if
             the
             
               Neighbouring
               Princes
            
             would
             be
             as
             easily
             Cheated
             with
             the
             noise
             thereof
             ,
             as
             many
             of
             our
             Fellow
             Subjects
             would
             perswade
             themselves
             able
             thereby
             to
             impose
             upon
             their
             Own
             ,
             we
             should
             be
             secured
             from
             Forreign
             attempts
             ,
             by
             the
             Veneration
             of
             our
             Kings
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             Fear
             of
             his
             Strength
             ,
             supposed
             to
             be
             in
             the
             Peoples
             affections
             .
             But
             our
             too
             too
             apparent
             disorders
             are
             sufficient
             evidence
             of
             Notorious
             Fraud
             in
             many
             Mens
             Pretentions
             ,
             and
             that
             this
             great
             Name
             ,
             which
             includeth
             Religion
             and
             Prudence
             ,
             is
             by
             more
             Men
             injuriously
             Usurped
             ,
             then
             honestly
             desired
             to
             be
             appropriate
             .
             Now
             although
             this
             Title
             be
             such
             ,
             that
             the
             Community
             thereof
             lesseneth
             none
             ,
             but
             rather
             disposeth
             each
             particular
             Man
             to
             better
             Fortunes
             and
             Enjoyments
             ,
             yet
             this
             is
             only
             so
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             the
             due
             Character
             of
             what
             it
             is
             affixed
             to
             ,
             the
             consequences
             of
             separating
             Duties
             and
             Names
             ,
             being
             alway
             very
             unhappy
             ,
             especially
             the
             more
             eminent
             the
             concerns
             of
             any
             Duty
             are
             .
             When
             therefore
             so
             many
             Men
             of
             contrary
             Tempers
             and
             Practices
             ,
             do
             even
             with
             clamour
             and
             fury
             ,
             arrogate
             to
             themselves
             the
             credit
             of
             being
             
               Good
               Subjects
            
             ,
             and
             as
             violently
             complain
             of
             wrong
             ,
             
             if
             so
             much
             as
             suspicion
             seem
             to
             assail
             it
             ;
             and
             yet
             the
             vastly
             different
             inclinations
             and
             passions
             of
             the
             Challengers
             hurry
             them
             on
             to
             as
             different
             Actions
             ,
             it
             being
             impossible
             that
             all
             ,
             who
             lay
             hold
             of
             it
             ,
             can
             merit
             it
             ,
             yet
             that
             none
             can
             enjoy
             it
             except
             he
             merit
             it
             ,
             the
             right
             of
             possession
             is
             the
             more
             strictly
             to
             be
             enquired
             into
             .
          
           
             A
             
               Good
               Subject
            
             I
             conclude
             him
             who
             submitteth
             to
             the
             
               Higher
               Powers
            
             ,
             under
             the
             Regiment
             whereof
             he
             is
             placed
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             
               Ordinance
               of
               God
               for
               Conscience
               sake
               .
            
             And
             in
             this
             ,
             be
             their
             ways
             and
             Opinions
             never
             so
             discrepant
             ,
             they
             all
             agree
             with
             me
             ,
             at
             least
             I
             have
             not
             met
             with
             any
             denying
             it
             .
             Now
             the
             
               Higher
               Power
            
             ,
             this
             
               Ordinance
               of
               God
            
             among
             us
             is
             the
             
               Regal
               Authority
            
             ,
             which
             the
             Authors
             of
             Reformation
             whether
             Church
             or
             States-Men
             ,
             have
             justly
             cammanded
             all
             Persons
             within
             these
             Dominions
             to
             own
             as
             
               Supream
               in
               all
               Causes
               ,
               as
               well
               Ecclesiastical
               as
               Civil
               ,
               under
               God.
            
             Accordingly
             
               the
               Church
               of
               England
            
             ,
             by
             so
             Praying
             ,
             doth
             Teach
             as
             that
             the
             Obedience
             we
             pay
             unto
             the
             King
             ,
             is
             
               in
               God
               ,
               and
               for
               God.
            
             And
             indeed
             all
             the
             Prescriptions
             of
             Government
             how
             Subtil
             soever
             ,
             find
             no
             Bonds
             so
             firm
             as
             those
             of
             Subjection
             for
             Gods
             sake
             ,
             which
             Unite
             Men
             to
             their
             Governors
             by
             a
             delivery
             of
             their
             Hearts
             into
             Custody
             ;
             So
             long
             as
             they
             believe
             God
             ,
             they
             will
             obey
             their
             King.
             If
             any
             obey
             for
             other
             reasons
             then
             for
             God
             and
             Conscience
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             by
             this
             
               Obedience
               good
               Subjects
            
             ,
             because
             their
             Subjection
             not
             being
             Founded
             upon
             Religion
             ,
             but
             Interest
             and
             Fancy
             ,
             must
             be
             as
             the
             Foundation
             is
             ,
             mutable
             .
             But
             such
             as
             are
             Loyal
             and
             Obedient
             for
             his
             sake
             ,
             
               by
               whom
               Kings
               Reign
            
             ,
             are
             in
             their
             Obedience
             constant
             and
             indefatigable
             as
             the
             Cause
             is
             .
             There
             are
             good
             Men
             ,
             Stable
             and
             preserving
             in
             their
             Duty
             ;
             The
             others
             are
             either
             cunning
             Men
             ,
             Timeservers
             ,
             or
             Foolish
             Man
             ,
             led
             about
             as
             Asses
             with
             a
             Bridle
             ,
             which
             way
             soever
             those
             cunning
             Timeservers
             manage
             them
             :
             They
             are
             either
             Tame
             Beasts
             for
             the
             
               Publick
               Service
            
             ,
             or
             unruly
             and
             rapacious
             to
             the
             
               General
               Annoyance
            
             ,
             as
             their
             Guides
             use
             the
             Word
             of
             Command
             .
             Now
             ,
             nothing
             is
             properly
             to
             be
             Termed
             Good
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             well
             directed
             
               to
               a
               good
               End
            
             ,
             and
             to
             benefit
             all
             that
             are
             therein
             concerned
             .
             The
             Publick
             Actions
             of
             Inferiours
             then
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             well
             directed
             to
             a
             
               Publick
               Good
            
             ,
             have
             their
             certain
             Rules
             ,
             whereby
             the
             design
             of
             them
             cannot
             Fail
             ;
             But
             if
             they
             are
             done
             according
             to
             those
             Rules
             ,
             are
             certainly
             of
             General
             advantage
             .
             So
             that
             a
             
               Good
               Subject
            
             is
             one
             that
             is
             Regular
             and
             constant
             ,
             that
             knoweth
             his
             Place
             and
             Duty
             prescribed
             ,
             and
             persisteth
             in
             maintaining
             his
             Station
             ,
             and
             so
             becometh
             useful
             abroad
             ,
             happy
             at
             home
             .
             His
             good
             Acts
             are
             not
             a
             Distemper
             ,
             which
             after
             extremity
             of
             chilness
             ,
             
             Fly
             out
             into
             a
             High
             Feaver
             ,
             and
             relapse
             again
             into
             the
             former
             Shivering
             condition
             ;
             But
             are
             promoted
             by
             a
             considerate
             Vigour
             of
             mind
             ,
             which
             compelling
             him
             to
             be
             dutifull
             for
             Gods
             sake
             ,
             sheweth
             him
             withall
             the
             
               Divine
               Wisdome
            
             ,
             which
             has
             mixed
             Obedience
             and
             Profit
             most
             inseperably
             .
             While
             his
             Ingenious
             Subjection
             is
             of
             concern
             to
             others
             ,
             it
             is
             cheifly
             so
             to
             himself
             .
             For
             as
             his
             strict
             observance
             of
             Duty
             conduceth
             to
             his
             
               Princes
               peace
            
             ,
             and
             is
             his
             Neighbours
             Example
             and
             Tranquillity
             ,
             so
             is
             it
             of
             much
             more
             advantage
             to
             the
             Authour
             then
             others
             ,
             who
             as
             a
             Member
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             shares
             in
             the
             
               Publick
               Good
            
             ;
             and
             moreover
             (
             besides
             the
             satisfaction
             and
             joy
             thereof
             )
             hath
             from
             the
             Treasures
             of
             
               Divine
               Bounty
            
             an
             unconceivable
             reward
             .
             In
             fine
             ,
             he
             is
             justly
             to
             be
             Termed
             Good
             ,
             because
             his
             Sole
             aim
             is
             to
             please
             God
             ,
             and
             imitate
             his
             communicative
             Property
             of
             Goodness
             ,
             he
             readily
             Executing
             the
             Good
             which
             he
             desireth
             or
             commendeth
             ,
             either
             by
             himself
             or
             his
             Vicegerents
             ;
             And
             this
             he
             doth
             so
             joyfully
             ,
             that
             he
             accounteth
             Submission
             and
             Obedience
             no
             Yoke
             or
             Burden
             ,
             but
             the
             most
             August
             assertion
             of
             his
             Liberty
             and
             Propriety
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             II.
             
          
           
             What
             Peace
             it
             is
             ,
             which
             a
             Good
             Subject
             would
             Obtain
             and
             Settle
             .
          
           
             WE
             commonly
             observe
             that
             nothing
             is
             so
             Universally
             desired
             and
             despised
             ,
             as
             Peace
             ,
             earnestly
             longed
             for
             upon
             the
             least
             absence
             ,
             and
             welcomed
             frequently
             with
             full
             Testimonies
             of
             gratitude
             and
             admiration
             ,
             but
             scarce
             enjoying
             the
             entertainment
             so
             usual
             to
             things
             of
             least
             consequence
             and
             easier
             Purchase
             ,
             
               a
               nine
               days
               wonder
            
             .
             The
             want
             of
             her
             ,
             is
             wont
             even
             to
             Murmuring
             to
             be
             Lamented
             ,
             the
             return
             Admired
             ,
             Magnified
             ,
             and
             (
             the
             short
             Solemnities
             thereof
             over
             )
             a
             suddain
             forgetfulness
             overwhelmeth
             her
             Favours
             .
             But
             this
             is
             no
             other
             then
             the
             common
             course
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             to
             prize
             what
             is
             Courted
             ,
             and
             Villifie
             the
             same
             grown
             Familliar
             ;
             as
             if
             we
             longed
             chiefly
             for
             disatisfaction
             ,
             or
             Loved
             a
             short
             enjoyment
             only
             in
             order
             to
             long
             abstinence
             .
             But
             that
             an
             ill
             Trouble
             of
             any
             thing
             wanting
             in
             Substance
             or
             Value
             possesseth
             us
             ,
             is
             certainly
             an
             affliction
             proceeding
             from
             our selves
             ,
             and
             is
             the
             want
             of
             
             discretion
             and
             Piety
             ,
             which
             makes
             the
             most
             desirable
             Goods
             ,
             first
             uneasie
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             quickly
             intollerably
             .
             Our
             continually
             Whirling
             fancies
             make
             us
             suppose
             Changes
             in
             what
             continueth
             most
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             when
             we
             will
             not
             see
             our
             own
             Folly
             ,
             we
             must
             be
             Sensible
             of
             Misery
             .
             And
             truly
             dissatisfaction
             is
             a
             weighty
             one
             ;
             But
             it
             is
             in
             our
             own
             Pleasure
             to
             Lighten
             or
             Aggravate
             it
             ,
             no
             Mischief
             being
             more
             easily
             Contracted
             or
             Removed
             .
             For
             if
             we
             set
             our selves
             Industriously
             to
             look
             into
             the
             Causes
             of
             things
             ,
             begining
             first
             with
             our selves
             ,
             we
             shall
             Seldom
             see
             any
             reason
             to
             search
             any
             farther
             .
             The
             wanton
             undervaluing
             the
             Blessings
             of
             Peace
             ,
             is
             alway
             the
             first
             breach
             of
             Peace
             ,
             ingratitude
             being
             the
             Root
             of
             disorder
             ,
             distempering
             the
             Mind
             with
             Groundless
             Jealousies
             ,
             and
             the
             Brain
             with
             extravagancies
             .
             But
             this
             Mischief
             befalleth
             no
             discreet
             or
             good
             Man
             ,
             who
             by
             putting
             a
             true
             estimate
             upon
             things
             ,
             is
             inoffensive
             to
             himself
             and
             others
             .
             The
             way
             to
             preserve
             Peace
             is
             for
             each
             Man
             Seriously
             to
             enquire
             whether
             himself
             hath
             been
             constantly
             just
             in
             his
             esteem
             of
             her
             ,
             and
             by
             Rectifying
             the
             apprehended
             Injustice
             every
             Man
             in
             himself
             ,
             lost
             Peace
             is
             restored
             .
             And
             thus
             we
             remove
             disatisfaction
             without
             that
             Tumult
             and
             amusing
             Agitation
             ,
             wherein
             our
             Pollititians
             are
             at
             this
             day
             so
             much
             concerned
             .
             By
             being
             considerate
             we
             are
             either
             in
             it
             ,
             or
             soon
             reduced
             to
             a
             true
             State
             of
             happiness
             ,
             and
             need
             no
             Laborious
             Care
             or
             desperate
             Councels
             to
             keep
             or
             repair
             that
             which
             is
             so
             much
             in
             our
             own
             Power
             ,
             which
             cannot
             be
             wanting
             nor
             rendered
             infirm
             without
             our
             being
             Foolishly
             unthankfull
             .
             By
             keeping
             his
             thoughts
             quiet
             ,
             every
             Man
             contributeth
             to
             the
             
               Publick
               Peace
            
             ;
             and
             the
             Private
             perfecteth
             the
             Common
             Security
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             diversity
             of
             Dispositions
             ,
             causeth
             a
             diverse
             construction
             of
             Peace
             ,
             which
             too
             too
             frequently
             is
             not
             given
             according
             to
             what
             it self
             is
             ,
             but
             what
             the
             Speaker
             would
             have
             it
             thought
             .
             As
             was
             before
             observed
             ,
             the
             desire
             of
             being
             accounted
             
               Good
               Subjects
            
             ,
             is
             great
             even
             in
             those
             ,
             who
             run
             Courses
             contrary
             to
             the
             Rules
             of
             Obedience
             ;
             so
             is
             the
             name
             of
             Peace
             Coveted
             as
             a
             Reconciling
             Ornament
             by
             those
             ,
             whose
             affections
             are
             Monstrously
             inform
             and
             Brutish
             ,
             whose
             Sanguinary
             perverseness
             makes
             them
             the
             Scandal
             of
             Mankind
             .
             For
             so
             Numerous
             ,
             so
             Delicious
             ,
             Rich
             and
             Weighty
             are
             the
             benefits
             ,
             which
             Peace
             brings
             ,
             so
             Amiable
             and
             Divine
             those
             minds
             ,
             wherein
             she
             resideth
             ,
             and
             such
             a
             Flourishing
             Beauty
             encompassing
             her
             Habitations
             ,
             that
             he
             who
             is
             her
             Professed
             Enemy
             ,
             must
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             general
             hatred
             abandon
             humane
             Society
             .
             Thence
             it
             is
             that
             the
             very
             affronts
             and
             Injuries
             ,
             which
             compel
             her
             to
             seek
             Heaven
             for
             Refuge
             ,
             
             walk
             under
             the
             Disguises
             of
             
               Peaceable
               designes
               ,
               and
               Peaces
               Vindication
               and
               promotion
               .
            
             And
             because
             there
             is
             Visibly
             a
             breach
             of
             Concord
             ,
             the
             Authours
             thereof
             not
             able
             to
             bear
             the
             blame
             with
             a
             mischeivous
             industry
             Shift
             it
             upon
             such
             as
             are
             most
             jealous
             of
             attempts
             against
             Peace
             .
             So
             that
             upon
             cautious
             Vertue
             ,
             which
             by
             prudent
             Love
             and
             Innocence
             seeks
             to
             retain
             her
             ,
             are
             thrown
             the
             imputations
             of
             Treachery
             and
             Discord
             .
             And
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             between
             those
             ,
             who
             on
             one
             Side
             aloud
             plead
             her
             Cause
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             other
             hand
             Act
             according
             to
             her
             Discipline
             ,
             Peace
             is
             lost
             and
             Union
             dissolved
             .
             Now
             the
             Cause
             is
             in
             the
             credulity
             of
             unwary
             Men
             ,
             (
             who
             are
             the
             most
             of
             any
             Age
             )
             who
             by
             Turbulent
             Men
             imposed
             upon
             ,
             think
             many
             things
             wanting
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             most
             of
             what
             they
             enjoy
             Deficient
             ;
             that
             Supplies
             and
             Stores
             would
             abound
             were
             not
             the
             Care
             of
             them
             committed
             to
             heavy
             and
             unseeing
             Men
             ;
             Moreover
             ,
             they
             are
             affrighted
             with
             a
             Puppetry
             of
             dangers
             represented
             as
             Real
             and
             Gigantine
             ,
             which
             the
             Drowsiness
             of
             their
             Protectors
             suffereth
             to
             invade
             them
             without
             endeavour
             of
             prevention
             .
             At
             the
             beginning
             of
             Conspiracies
             and
             Disorder
             the
             wisest
             desires
             of
             Peace
             are
             only
             called
             Neglect
             and
             Stupidity
             ,
             and
             the
             People
             intoxicated
             with
             Plenty
             ,
             are
             perswaded
             to
             believe
             themselves
             Poor
             ,
             Wretched
             ,
             and
             in
             danger
             ,
             and
             by
             Mutinous
             Clamours
             ,
             to
             awake
             their
             careless
             Governours
             ,
             and
             animate
             them
             to
             diligence
             .
             But
             if
             their
             insolent
             behaviour
             be
             repressed
             ,
             and
             Fortitude
             (
             the
             blest
             Guardian
             of
             Peace
             )
             appeareth
             to
             check
             the
             contrivances
             of
             Sedition
             ,
             presently
             this
             is
             Termed
             
               War
               ,
               Oppression
            
             ,
             and
             Tyranny
             ,
             and
             the
             Peoples
             condition
             becometh
             Lamented
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             immediately
             to
             be
             Subjected
             to
             Slaughter
             ,
             because
             required
             to
             be
             Quiet
             and
             Prosperous
             .
             And
             here
             nothing
             can
             be
             allowed
             to
             be
             Peace
             ;
             but
             what
             
               an
               impracticable
               Lenity
            
             shall
             permit
             to
             the
             impudent
             requests
             or
             (
             rather
             )
             demands
             of
             Men
             destitute
             of
             Sobriety
             .
             But
             such
             requests
             being
             a
             Manifest
             Violation
             of
             Peace
             ,
             the
             consenting
             and
             yielding
             to
             them
             is
             no
             other
             then
             an
             invitation
             of
             disorder
             ;
             and
             every
             Subject
             ,
             which
             appeareth
             pleased
             either
             with
             the
             gravity
             of
             pretentions
             or
             the
             way
             of
             promoting
             them
             ,
             recedeth
             from
             the
             Office
             of
             a
             
               Good
               Subject
            
             by
             assenting
             to
             what
             establisheth
             no
             safety
             .
             And
             the
             excuse
             of
             being
             ensnared
             by
             the
             specious
             assurances
             of
             
               Publick
               good
            
             is
             not
             to
             be
             admitted
             ;
             For
             misunderstanding
             freeth
             him
             not
             from
             guilt
             ,
             who
             ought
             to
             know
             certainly
             what
             he
             doth
             ,
             before
             he
             moveth
             out
             of
             the
             Rules
             and
             Ways
             appointed
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             Antiently
             observed
             by
             Men
             of
             Eminent
             and
             Fortunate
             Obedience
             .
             Neither
             is
             it
             the
             proper
             design
             of
             Peace
             ,
             
             which
             some
             so
             much
             extol
             and
             call
             Moderation
             ,
             whilst
             they
             comply
             with
             all
             
               〈◊〉
               actions
            
             ,
             and
             think
             their
             cold
             indifferency
             interposed
             between
             the
             diverse
             extremities
             of
             heat
             ,
             will
             in
             time
             reduce
             all
             to
             a
             convenient
             Temper
             .
             For
             this
             is
             either
             a
             Cowardly
             Submission
             to
             the
             Practisers
             against
             the
             
               General
               good
            
             given
             under
             a
             Fairer
             Title
             only
             ,
             or
             a
             Foolish
             presumption
             concluding
             Success
             in
             the
             Vnion
             ,
             it
             would
             form
             before
             acquaintance
             had
             of
             the
             Nature
             of
             the
             Subjects
             of
             the
             work
             proposed
             .
             The
             first
             of
             these
             hath
             alway
             proved
             an
             unfortunate
             and
             Fatal
             endeavour
             of
             prevention
             ,
             which
             the
             Authours
             of
             mischief
             so
             easily
             discern
             ,
             that
             nothing
             more
             encourageth
             them
             ,
             and
             is
             commonly
             the
             sharpest
             Spur
             of
             their
             Galloping
             Fury
             .
             And
             the
             latter
             advanceth
             it
             also
             by
             believing
             it self
             Prosperous
             when
             most
             deluded
             .
             For
             unquiet
             Men
             together
             with
             Viperous
             affections
             ,
             have
             a
             creeping
             and
             soft
             way
             of
             Guile
             ,
             whereby
             they
             insinuate
             hopes
             of
             Submitting
             to
             reconciling
             Proposals
             ,
             when
             they
             least
             Harbour
             such
             intentions
             .
             And
             the
             easiness
             of
             these
             
               Indulgent
               Pacifiers
            
             ;
             they
             use
             to
             carry
             on
             with
             more
             Security
             and
             less
             observance
             whatsoever
             their
             devices
             and
             conspiracies
             .
             But
             besides
             this
             Evil
             of
             being
             Instrumental
             and
             assistant
             to
             the
             Contrivers
             against
             Peace
             ,
             he
             is
             himself
             a
             breaker
             of
             it
             ,
             who
             without
             License
             obtained
             ,
             shall
             upon
             any
             pretence
             ,
             recede
             from
             the
             Station
             ,
             to
             which
             he
             is
             ordered
             .
             Let
             what
             Prudentials
             or
             Fancied
             Polliticks
             soever
             possess
             him
             ,
             they
             are
             no
             Warrant
             ,
             for
             his
             indifferent
             Demeanor
             in
             respect
             to
             Obedience
             ;
             but
             whosoever
             is
             not
             Strictly
             Obedient
             ,
             is
             partly
             Factious
             ,
             and
             so
             far
             Strengthens
             the
             ill
             Designer
             as
             he
             hath
             withdrawn
             himself
             from
             his
             exactness
             of
             performance
             of
             Duty
             .
             For
             this
             taketh
             some
             Liberty
             ,
             the
             other
             doth
             but
             take
             more
             ,
             not
             to
             do
             what
             he
             ought
             ;
             but
             the
             latter
             hath
             as
             Lawfull
             a
             permission
             as
             the
             former
             .
             In
             any
             part
             to
             move
             towards
             or
             shew
             a
             compliance
             with
             unruly
             Men
             ,
             is
             not
             a
             promoting
             Peace
             ;
             for
             although
             it
             may
             seem
             for
             the
             present
             to
             abate
             their
             Madness
             ,
             it
             is
             alway
             found
             in
             the
             main
             more
             violently
             to
             excite
             it
             .
          
           
             A
             Peace
             therefore
             ,
             which
             being
             obtained
             ,
             hath
             no
             firm
             hopes
             of
             establishment
             ,
             is
             not
             that
             ,
             which
             so
             strongly
             engageth
             the
             thoughts
             and
             care
             of
             a
             
               Good
               Subject
            
             .
             A
             Peace
             patched
             up
             and
             composed
             of
             uncertainties
             ,
             and
             dawbed
             over
             with
             the
             fallacious
             promises
             of
             Men
             by
             experience
             known
             to
             be
             insincere
             ,
             maketh
             Wise
             Men
             fear
             ,
             and
             Good
             Men
             mourn
             ,
             being
             rather
             then
             a
             Peace
             to
             be
             accounted
             a
             time
             of
             respite
             for
             wickedness
             to
             gather
             Strength
             ,
             which
             should
             be
             crusht
             in
             the
             infancy
             .
             But
             a
             
               Good
               Subject
            
             ,
             is
             Studious
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             
             he
             Prayeth
             for
             ,
             that
             the
             Peace
             obtained
             may
             be
             such
             an
             one
             ,
             as
             is
             without
             danger
             of
             
               Leading
               into
               Captivity
            
             ,
             and
             when
             there
             is
             
               no
               complaining
               in
               the
               Streets
            
             ;
             when
             there
             is
             Security
             from
             Forreign
             incursions
             ,
             and
             enjoyment
             each
             Man
             of
             his
             own
             ,
             a
             general
             Satisfaction
             at
             home
             .
             That
             force
             from
             without
             may
             not
             Allarm
             the
             People
             ,
             Duty
             and
             reason
             directeth
             the
             Subject
             by
             Prayers
             and
             ready
             aids
             both
             Pecuniary
             and
             Military
             to
             give
             his
             Prince
             strength
             and
             Reputation
             .
             Duty
             enjoyneth
             this
             ;
             and
             the
             reason
             of
             Self
             preservation
             adviseth
             it
             ,
             because
             neither
             Money
             nor
             Arms
             afford
             the
             owners
             defence
             whil'st
             altogether
             retained
             in
             Private
             Hands
             ,
             but
             are
             their
             best
             Guard
             and
             most
             their
             own
             when
             cheerfully
             resigned
             to
             their
             Princes
             disposal
             .
             The
             Splendor
             of
             his
             Sceptor
             rendereth
             his
             Sword
             formidable
             and
             most
             usefull
             ;
             and
             we
             best
             keep
             and
             enlarge
             our
             own
             Fortunes
             ,
             by
             a
             Generous
             contribution
             of
             Jewels
             to
             the
             Beautifying
             of
             it
             ,
             the
             Glory
             and
             Benefit
             being
             certainly
             more
             the
             Subjects
             then
             the
             Kings
             .
             But
             there
             must
             be
             a
             farther
             Care
             of
             being
             every
             Man
             Religiously
             just
             at
             home
             ,
             the
             great
             ones
             not
             oppressing
             the
             lesser
             ,
             nor
             the
             lesser
             joyning
             into
             Parties
             and
             conspiring
             again
             the
             greater
             ,
             if
             they
             begin
             to
             think
             him
             for
             his
             Neighbourly
             behaviour
             and
             meekness
             meet
             only
             to
             be
             cullied
             and
             undermined
             .
             These
             things
             done
             on
             either
             hand
             occasion
             
               complaining
               in
               the
               Streets
            
             ,
             which
             a
             
               Good
               Subject
            
             industriously
             Laboureth
             to
             prevent
             and
             cure
             as
             opportunity
             and
             the
             place
             he
             standeth
             in
             permit
             him
             .
             Injuries
             stir
             Men
             up
             either
             to
             mutual
             Revenge
             or
             Publick
             Clamours
             for
             satisfaction
             ,
             which
             if
             Craft
             or
             Power
             hinder
             ,
             the
             Innocent
             Government
             is
             Caluminiated
             ,
             and
             Private
             abuses
             frequently
             grow
             into
             open
             disorder
             .
             And
             by
             these
             means
             pernicious
             Examples
             are
             Multiplied
             ,
             Men
             loose
             their
             Liberty
             and
             have
             no
             free
             enjoyment
             of
             Property
             .
             For
             Liberty
             is
             not
             (
             as
             some
             in
             our
             days
             would
             have
             it
             esteemed
             )
             a
             sufferance
             ,
             such
             as
             the
             Holy
             Text
             mentioneth
             of
             Israelites
             ,
             when
             for
             want
             of
             Government
             ,
             
               Every
               Man
               did
               that
               ,
               which
               was
               right
               in
               his
               own
               Eyes
            
             ;
             but
             is
             
               an
               Exemption
               from
               a
               Forreign
               Yoke
               ,
            
             and
             a
             
               priviledge
               of
               Subjection
               to
               our
               own
               Natural
               and
               Lawful
               King.
            
             Neither
             doth
             the
             
               enjoyment
               of
               Property
            
             consist
             in
             using
             our
             own
             at
             any
             rate
             after
             our
             own
             will
             ,
             but
             in
             using
             our
             own
             according
             to
             the
             prescriptions
             of
             Religion
             and
             Justice
             .
             So
             that
             to
             be
             able
             ,
             every
             Man
             according
             to
             his
             quality
             and
             in
             his
             proper
             place
             of
             Subjection
             ,
             freely
             to
             Act
             that
             ,
             which
             is
             good
             and
             praise-worthy
             ,
             and
             to
             Reap
             the
             benefits
             of
             so
             acting
             ,
             is
             to
             enjoy
             Liberty
             and
             Property
             .
             To
             endeavour
             as
             he
             may
             his
             own
             and
             his
             Neighbours
             good
             ,
             is
             Religious
             and
             Just
             ;
             but
             to
             go
             beyond
             
             these
             ,
             is
             not
             what
             we
             usually
             Term
             
               to
               take
               Liberty
            
             ,
             but
             is
             usurping
             upon
             Liberty
             ,
             and
             becoming
             Licentious
             .
             And
             to
             repress
             all
             Licentionsness
             is
             the
             part
             of
             a
             Subject
             Practising
             Peace
             ;
             notwithstanding
             he
             must
             warily
             keep
             within
             the
             Lines
             of
             his
             Office
             or
             Power
             allowed
             ,
             because
             even
             the
             repression
             of
             Evil
             by
             other
             means
             and
             Persons
             then
             those
             duly
             appointed
             ,
             is
             a
             breach
             of
             Peace
             .
             All
             Irregularities
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             greater
             or
             less
             ,
             do
             more
             or
             less
             tend
             to
             her
             Annoyance
             both
             in
             consequence
             and
             Example
             ;
             therefore
             by
             good
             and
             Wise
             Men
             are
             carefully
             avoided
             ,
             that
             She
             may
             be
             the
             more
             entire
             and
             indissoluble
             .
             So
             that
             by
             advancing
             their
             
               Princes
               Power
               and
               Glory
            
             ,
             and
             promoting
             by
             piety
             and
             Integrity
             the
             Common
             Interest
             ,
             they
             endeavour
             both
             to
             obtain
             and
             Settle
             Peace
             ;
             which
             is
             then
             only
             firm
             ,
             when
             our
             Defender
             is
             Glorious
             abroad
             and
             Honoured
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             we
             all
             detest
             to
             do
             to
             each
             other
             
               the
               things
               that
               is
               Evil.
               Good
               Subjects
            
             are
             not
             for
             Innovation
             ,
             nor
             can
             they
             bear
             with
             such
             as
             Clamour
             for
             Peace
             ,
             and
             pretend
             to
             Settle
             it
             by
             
               Faction
               and
               Seditious
               Tumults
            
             .
             They
             very
             well
             know
             the
             vast
             Latitude
             of
             their
             expositions
             of
             Peace
             ,
             and
             the
             narrowness
             of
             their
             intentions
             to
             her
             ,
             whose
             obtended
             Zeal
             is
             so
             Loud
             and
             Fiery
             ;
             and
             in
             short
             ,
             that
             the
             People
             have
             no
             other
             Rules
             for
             happiness
             but
             those
             of
             Obedience
             to
             their
             King
             ,
             and
             a
             discreet
             Government
             of
             themselves
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             III.
             
          
           
             The
             distinct
             Offices
             of
             the
             Prince
             and
             Subject
             ,
             in
             the
             concerns
             of
             Acquisition
             and
             Settlement
             .
          
           
             TO
             Speak
             a
             Man
             to
             be
             a
             true
             Lover
             of
             Peace
             ,
             is
             to
             affirm
             him
             a
             good
             Christian
             and
             very
             Wise
             .
             A
             Fool
             neither
             knoweth
             its
             Value
             ,
             nor
             how
             to
             compose
             himself
             to
             the
             Study
             thereof
             .
             Even
             those
             in
             diverse
             Ages
             so
             much
             Famed
             for
             Policy
             and
             the
             Ruine
             of
             Crowns
             ,
             did
             at
             the
             best
             but
             Act
             that
             Incendiary
             ,
             who
             not
             capable
             of
             otherwise
             attaining
             a
             Name
             ,
             procured
             it
             by
             the
             destruction
             of
             a
             magnificent
             Temple
             ,
             whereas
             his
             unfurnished
             Brain
             could
             have
             contributed
             nothing
             toward
             the
             Erecting
             of
             a
             meaner
             Fabrick
             .
             At
             the
             same
             rate
             do
             I
             Judge
             of
             the
             exalted
             Men
             of
             our
             times
             ,
             who
             so
             cunningly
             Scatter
             Discords
             with
             an
             undiscerned
             Artifice
             .
             To
             this
             Malice
             Leadeth
             them
             as
             a
             ready
             Guide
             ,
             inspiring
             them
             with
             Councells
             suiting
             
             with
             their
             proposed
             ends
             ,
             but
             
               the
               way
               of
               Peace
               have
               they
               not
               known
               ,
            
             nor
             are
             they
             capable
             of
             Instructions
             how
             to
             find
             them
             or
             Demean
             themselves
             in
             them
             .
             But
             as
             the
             Arts
             of
             Government
             do
             excell
             all
             others
             ;
             (
             the
             rest
             being
             only
             attendants
             to
             them
             )
             so
             of
             all
             
               Regal
               Excellencies
            
             ;
             a
             thorough
             conversation
             and
             intimacy
             with
             the
             Arts
             of
             Peace
             is
             undoubtedly
             the
             Sublimest
             .
             And
             those
             Subjects
             ,
             who
             in
             their
             Trusts
             and
             Stations
             ,
             sedulously
             apply
             themselves
             to
             the
             Execution
             of
             Kingly
             Dictates
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             fit
             Ministers
             of
             Injunctions
             of
             this
             sort
             ,
             are
             questionless
             the
             most
             nobly
             aspiring
             ;
             and
             the
             more
             nearly
             and
             immediately
             they
             are
             concern'd
             in
             discharge
             of
             this
             Office
             ,
             the
             more
             delicately
             fine
             and
             polite
             their
             frame
             and
             temper
             ought
             to
             be
             .
             All
             men
             indeed
             have
             their
             executive
             parts
             to
             act
             and
             account
             for
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             for
             the
             most
             part
             different
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             accomplish't
             (
             because
             Subjects
             )
             are
             but
             subordinate
             .
             In
             which
             condition
             to
             do
             well
             ,
             is
             their
             true
             Glory
             ,
             but
             to
             attempt
             their
             own
             Promotion
             ,
             to
             set
             themselves
             forward
             out
             of
             Self-confidence
             ,
             is
             the
             greatest
             forfeiture
             ,
             and
             most
             manifest
             discovery
             of
             Infirmity
             of
             judgment
             .
             For
             although
             the
             
               Love
               of
               Peace
            
             is
             an
             admired
             Virtue
             in
             both
             Prince
             and
             People
             ,
             yet
             the
             Offices
             are
             not
             the
             same
             ;
             The
             Prince
             is
             as
             the
             Head
             directive
             ,
             the
             Subjects
             partly
             executive
             ,
             partly
             passive
             .
             Even
             those
             whom
             the
             King
             from
             his
             observations
             of
             them
             ,
             receiveth
             into
             the
             recesses
             of
             Consultation
             are
             ,
             if
             not
             altogether
             ,
             yet
             in
             this
             very
             point
             ,
             for
             the
             most
             part
             Executive
             ,
             their
             advises
             being
             Insignificative
             ,
             until
             they
             have
             his
             approbation
             ,
             and
             are
             by
             his
             Will
             formed
             into
             a
             Law
             ,
             to
             which
             even
             they
             are
             to
             yield
             a
             ready
             obedience
             .
             Now
             the
             
               Counsels
               of
               Peace
            
             are
             Kings
             peculiar
             Skill
             ,
             a
             
               Mysterious
               and
               God-like
               Faculty
            
             ,
             into
             which
             Subjects
             are
             not
             to
             pry
             any
             farther
             then
             the
             admissions
             of
             
               Royal
               Grace
            
             .
             To
             attempt
             upon
             them
             is
             a
             Sacrilegious
             breach
             of
             their
             Peace
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             interruption
             of
             the
             Subjects
             own
             ,
             which
             nothing
             destroyeth
             like
             Suspition
             ,
             that
             emboldeneth
             this
             sawcy
             scrutiny
             ,
             and
             overthroweth
             in
             order
             to
             outward
             disturbances
             our
             best
             Peace
             ,
             even
             that
             of
             our
             Minds
             .
             What
             therefore
             the
             Prophet
             spake
             in
             Gods
             cause
             ,
             I
             may
             to
             the
             People
             inoffensively
             speak
             in
             the
             
               Kings
               ,
               In
               rest
               shall
               ye
               be
               Saved
               ,
               in
               quietness
               and
               confidence
               shall
               be
               your
               Strength
               .
            
             This
             is
             the
             Subjects
             safest
             course
             ,
             although
             they
             are
             sometimes
             taught
             the
             contrary
             ,
             that
             Question
             being
             reiterated
             with
             ostentation
             of
             judgment
             in
             the
             Speakers
             ,
             at
             what
             time
             this
             duty
             and
             counsel
             is
             pressed
             upon
             them
             ;
             
               What
               ,
               shall
               we
               all
               lye
               still
               ,
               seeing
               such
               approaching
               dangers
               ,
               and
               suffer
               our
               throats
               to
               be
               cut
               like
               fools
               and
               cowards
               ?
            
             And
             here
             ,
             alas
             !
             how
             quick-sighted
             we
             would
             needs
             be
             ,
             when
             the
             
               Dreamers
               of
               Dreams
            
             have
             somewhat
             awakened
             ,
             and
             told
             us
             their
             
             dreadful
             Visions
             ?
             Whereas
             ,
             were
             we
             throughly
             awakened
             ,
             we
             could
             not
             but
             see
             more
             clearly
             ,
             and
             above
             all
             ,
             plainly
             discern
             ,
             that
             our
             watchful
             Pilot
             ,
             who
             sitteth
             at
             Helme
             ,
             doth
             naturally
             (
             as
             bred
             up
             to
             Speculations
             )
             and
             judiciously
             (
             as
             having
             all
             the
             accumulative
             advantages
             of
             knowledge
             )
             foresee
             any
             tempest
             ,
             which
             being
             like
             to
             arise
             ,
             may
             endanger
             the
             
               Ship
               of
               State.
            
             We
             that
             lie
             below
             too
             much
             fear
             sinking
             by
             every
             high
             Blast
             ,
             and
             hearken
             foolishly
             to
             envious
             destractors
             Sailing
             in
             the
             same
             bottome
             ,
             to
             whom
             our
             Masters
             wisdom
             and
             greatness
             are
             a
             grief
             and
             Eye-sore
             .
             Thence
             ,
             when
             there
             is
             really
             a
             time
             of
             need
             ,
             help
             is
             mutinously
             (
             I
             had
             almost
             said
             ,
             Rebelliously
             )
             denied
             ,
             because
             our
             Commander
             doth
             not
             to
             the
             certain
             ruin
             of
             all
             ,
             direct
             his
             course
             by
             common
             advice
             in
             an
             extraordinary
             case
             .
             At
             the
             beginning
             of
             a
             Storm
             they
             'l
             not
             be
             under
             his
             Command
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             told
             ,
             that
             they
             know
             not
             what
             perilous
             Rocks
             lye
             hidden
             in
             such
             a
             Tract
             .
             Insomuch
             that
             in
             the
             want
             of
             due
             assistance
             ,
             if
             all
             be
             prosperous
             beyond
             expectation
             ,
             the
             success
             is
             miraculous
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             ascribed
             only
             to
             
               Gods
               immense
               goodness
            
             ,
             and
             our
             excellent
             Conductors
             judgment
             and
             experience
             .
             But
             all
             this
             while
             ,
             what
             probability
             can
             we
             have
             ,
             that
             our
             Prince
             either
             doth
             not
             ,
             cannot
             ,
             or
             will
             not
             see
             mischief
             drawing
             on
             ,
             nor
             protect
             us
             ,
             and
             by
             so
             doing
             ,
             preserve
             himself
             ?
             Of
             the
             eminence
             of
             his
             abilities
             ,
             hath
             been
             enough
             ,
             if
             not
             here
             spoken
             ,
             yet
             every
             where
             known
             ;
             What
             reason
             then
             that
             his
             own
             safety
             should
             be
             so
             cheap
             in
             his
             own
             estimate
             ?
             Doth
             he
             it
             out
             of
             hatred
             to
             himself
             ?
             Or
             are
             his
             Subjects
             so
             odious
             to
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             becometh
             contented
             to
             ruin
             himself
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             all
             certainly
             Perish
             ?
             Having
             no
             reason
             to
             conclude
             the
             first
             ,
             we
             Answer
             the
             second
             with
             an
             Enquiry
             ;
             What
             have
             we
             done
             ?
             How
             have
             we
             behaved
             our selves
             towards
             him
             ,
             to
             excite
             in
             him
             an
             Indignation
             so
             Prodigious
             ,
             that
             taketh
             away
             all
             care
             and
             respect
             for
             himselfe
             ?
             And
             such
             an
             Indignation
             there
             must
             be
             by
             our
             undutiful
             demeanour
             ,
             or
             else
             it
             is
             manifest
             ,
             that
             our
             Consciences
             accuse
             us
             of
             Evil
             in
             the
             height
             designed
             and
             endeavoured
             ,
             which
             meriteth
             such
             an
             one
             ,
             although
             he
             harbour
             it
             not
             in
             his
             
               Sacred
               Bosome
            
             ;
             For
             we
             cannot
             fear
             that
             which
             is
             not
             ,
             or
             which
             hath
             not
             been
             deserved
             .
             But
             innocence
             is
             free
             from
             suspition
             ,
             especially
             where
             the
             concerns
             are
             vastly
             more
             his
             ,
             then
             any
             particular
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             at
             least
             equal
             to
             all
             .
             But
             the
             fears
             are
             raised
             ,
             and
             the
             suspitions
             somented
             by
             men
             ,
             who
             (
             notwithstanding
             their
             Professions
             ,
             and
             the
             peoples
             opinion
             of
             them
             )
             hate
             their
             King
             ,
             and
             have
             no
             desires
             of
             their
             Countrys
             tranquility
             .
             And
             where
             ever
             such
             appear
             ,
             the
             King
             in
             his
             Rules
             of
             Peace
             cannot
             but
             see
             a
             necessity
             of
             taking
             them
             off
             by
             violence
             ,
             (
             if
             other
             means
             procure
             
             not
             a
             speedy
             Remedy
             )
             because
             the
             Publick
             Peace
             is
             preserved
             ,
             when
             disorder
             is
             prevented
             ;
             and
             such
             Victims
             are
             very
             satisfactory
             to
             her
             .
             Nay
             ,
             so
             far
             are
             they
             from
             being
             in
             the
             least
             offensive
             to
             Peace
             ,
             that
             those
             Princes
             who
             have
             too
             long
             Tampered
             with
             other
             Medicines
             before
             they
             set
             upon
             this
             way
             of
             Cure
             ,
             have
             offended
             against
             her
             Laws
             by
             too
             much
             delay
             .
             For
             when
             Busy
             Men
             have
             been
             permitted
             to
             goe
             on
             too
             far
             in
             dispersing
             their
             Mallice
             under
             specious
             pretences
             ,
             rather
             then
             they
             would
             strike
             off
             the
             Cancred
             Member
             to
             the
             general
             preservation
             ,
             although
             this
             forbearance
             proceed
             meerly
             from
             compassion
             ,
             the
             Authours
             have
             been
             (
             unwillingly
             indeed
             ,
             but
             )
             Accessaries
             to
             the
             Calamities
             which
             followed
             .
             It
             is
             (
             I
             know
             )
             a
             much
             applauded
             discourse
             ;
             That
             for
             the
             King
             to
             please
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             to
             Rely
             upon
             their
             Love
             ,
             and
             cast
             himself
             wholly
             upon
             their
             affections
             ,
             are
             the
             only
             means
             for
             him
             to
             establish
             Peace
             ,
             and
             attain
             to
             the
             height
             of
             Formidable
             Grandure
             :
             No
             Prince
             being
             so
             powerful
             and
             Rich
             as
             he
             ,
             that
             winneth
             and
             so
             Ruleth
             in
             the
             Hearts
             of
             his
             People
             .
             But
             while
             they
             urge
             this
             to
             him
             ,
             what
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             do
             they
             make
             their
             King
             ,
             whom
             they
             would
             suppose
             not
             to
             know
             this
             ,
             and
             how
             far
             it
             is
             true
             ?
             For
             if
             the
             constant
             exercise
             and
             practice
             of
             
               Religion
               ,
               Justice
            
             and
             Clemency
             ,
             be
             not
             
               Princely
               Obligations
            
             sufficiently
             commanding
             all
             dutiful
             and
             grateful
             returns
             from
             reasonable
             and
             good
             Men
             ,
             Subjects
             who
             are
             not
             these
             ,
             will
             never
             nor
             ought
             by
             any
             endeavours
             to
             be
             otherwise
             wonne
             ;
             because
             the
             Prince
             ,
             who
             would
             gratifie
             unreasonable
             Men
             ,
             in
             so
             doing
             knoweth
             himself
             to
             offend
             against
             the
             Rules
             of
             
               Peace
               :
               God
            
             is
             thereby
             made
             angry
             and
             good
             Men
             to
             mourn
             ,
             and
             innumerable
             must
             the
             mischiefs
             be
             ,
             which
             will
             of
             necessity
             follow
             .
             If
             those
             Acts
             of
             Magnanimity
             do
             not
             Influence
             them
             ,
             a
             descent
             from
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             which
             will
             render
             him
             less
             Honoured
             ,
             will
             not
             purchase
             him
             more
             Love.
             Those
             bold
             Men
             from
             whose
             ill
             representations
             the
             most
             
               Heroick
               Vertues
            
             are
             Traduced
             ,
             need
             not
             much
             use
             of
             Art
             to
             bring
             compliances
             under
             contempt
             .
             For
             they
             must
             either
             be
             assented
             to
             through
             want
             of
             Judgment
             or
             Tumultuarily
             Forced
             :
             And
             in
             either
             Case
             new
             Breaches
             will
             be
             made
             ,
             and
             former
             made
             wider
             .
             Subjects
             ,
             who
             shall
             find
             the
             advantage
             they
             have
             gotten
             over
             their
             Prince
             ,
             cannot
             (
             as
             I
             said
             )
             Love
             him
             the
             more
             because
             they
             will
             less
             Reverence
             him
             ;
             neither
             can
             they
             think
             themselves
             safe
             ,
             who
             must
             alway
             expect
             Revenge
             either
             of
             the
             Blemish
             left
             upon
             reputation
             (
             then
             which
             nothing
             hath
             a
             deeper
             impression
             )
             when
             discovered
             ,
             or
             the
             undutiful
             carriage
             ,
             which
             hath
             presumed
             to
             take
             his
             Throne
             lower
             then
             his
             Ancestours
             .
          
           
             But
             still
             the
             thoughts
             of
             Religion
             seem
             to
             urge
             an
             extraordinary
             
             care
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             manifest
             dangers
             said
             to
             threaten
             it
             .
             And
             indeed
             ,
             the
             concerns
             thereof
             are
             so
             transcendently
             high
             ,
             that
             they
             justly
             demand
             all
             our
             skill
             and
             utmost
             vigilancy
             to
             be
             employed
             for
             its
             preservation
             ,
             Peace
             with
             present
             ,
             and
             the
             hopes
             of
             our
             future
             welfare
             ,
             being
             all
             enjoyments
             ,
             which
             are
             Religions
             Blessings
             .
             Neither
             can
             any
             man
             truely
             love
             his
             Prince
             ,
             his
             Neighbour
             ,
             or
             himself
             ,
             who
             liveth
             indifferent
             ,
             and
             carelesly
             contented
             with
             any
             thing
             that
             beareth
             that
             Name
             ,
             whether
             true
             or
             false
             ;
             because
             such
             an
             one
             hath
             somewhat
             ,
             which
             he
             prizeth
             at
             an
             higher
             rate
             ,
             in
             the
             enjoyment
             whereof
             ,
             if
             disturbed
             ,
             or
             in
             danger
             of
             disturbance
             ,
             he
             will
             not
             scruple
             as
             he
             shall
             be
             able
             to
             act
             to
             the
             violation
             of
             Vnion
             .
             Nothing
             certainly
             more
             conduceth
             to
             Peace
             ,
             then
             an
             earnest
             Zeal
             for
             Religion
             ,
             which
             seeth
             the
             State
             enervated
             by
             every
             Faction
             that
             maketh
             Eruptions
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             dareth
             object
             all
             its
             powers
             to
             its
             exclusion
             .
             Nevertheless
             ,
             this
             Zeal
             must
             be
             
               according
               to
               knowledge
            
             ,
             and
             the
             power
             it
             useth
             must
             be
             lawful
             ,
             otherwise
             when
             it
             is
             erroneous
             and
             blind
             ,
             it
             is
             also
             head-strong
             and
             outragious
             ,
             and
             so
             is
             an
             adversary
             to
             Peace
             ;
             and
             when
             it
             transgresseth
             the
             limits
             of
             the
             power
             the
             Law
             prescribeth
             ,
             it
             undertaketh
             to
             defend
             Religion
             by
             Impiety
             .
             And
             how
             acceptable
             that
             persons
             services
             are
             ,
             who
             bringeth
             to
             the
             
               Altar
               Offerings
               of
               Abominations
            
             ,
             is
             easie
             to
             judge
             .
             Now
             the
             most
             undoubted
             powers
             of
             contending
             against
             Faction
             and
             Innovation
             ,
             which
             every
             man
             is
             allowed
             and
             enjoyned
             equally
             to
             use
             ,
             are
             devout
             Prayers
             and
             Innocence
             of
             life
             .
             Which
             if
             duely
             practised
             by
             the
             professed
             
               Children
               of
               the
               Church
            
             ,
             would
             alone
             make
             her
             Victorious
             ,
             and
             prevent
             all
             solicitous
             Counsels
             of
             disappointing
             her
             Adversaries
             .
             And
             it
             is
             to
             be
             feared
             ,
             that
             the
             greatest
             difficulty
             is
             in
             daring
             to
             use
             and
             confide
             in
             the
             successes
             of
             these
             best
             defensive
             Armes
             ;
             yet
             if
             these
             be
             not
             chiefly
             relyed
             upon
             ,
             other
             means
             afford
             little
             or
             no
             help
             .
             When
             therefore
             I
             hear
             so
             much
             daily
             said
             of
             Religion
             and
             its
             Preservation
             ,
             and
             see
             these
             most
             necessary
             coercives
             of
             attempts
             upon
             it
             so
             altogether
             slighted
             by
             them
             ,
             who
             seem
             most
             Zealous
             ,
             I
             cannot
             sufficiently
             admire
             why
             they
             undertake
             so
             great
             a
             work
             ,
             who
             are
             most
             ignorant
             how
             to
             effect
             it
             .
             Especially
             ,
             strange
             it
             is
             to
             observe
             so
             much
             action
             and
             fury
             ,
             both
             condemnable
             ,
             the
             first
             for
             want
             of
             Commission
             ,
             the
             later
             as
             contradictory
             to
             the
             Principles
             of
             Christianity
             .
             And
             to
             all
             that
             are
             serious
             ,
             the
             event
             is
             foretold
             when
             these
             Agents
             for
             Truth
             are
             considered
             ;
             for
             they
             are
             either
             men
             destitute
             of
             Piety
             ,
             having
             not
             so
             much
             as
             the
             Form
             ,
             or
             else
             such
             as
             proceed
             to
             exalt
             her
             in
             the
             very
             methods
             ,
             which
             they
             condemn
             in
             others
             as
             tending
             to
             her
             depression
             .
             By
             the
             joynt
             assistance
             of
             most
             
               Atheistical
               Debauches
               and
               notorious
               Hypocrites
            
             ,
             we
             are
             great
             with
             expectation
             
             of
             a
             
               glorious
               Church
            
             .
             I
             confess
             I
             do
             not
             so
             much
             wonder
             at
             the
             impudence
             of
             the
             principal
             Conductors
             ,
             as
             that
             many
             pretending
             to
             be
             and
             fortunately
             esteemed
             Men
             of
             Sobriety
             ,
             should
             be
             led
             aside
             with
             an
             opinion
             and
             hope
             of
             these
             Mens
             counsels
             ,
             notwithstanding
             apparently
             pernicious
             .
             For
             neither
             Peace
             nor
             Religion
             can
             stand
             upon
             these
             frames
             made
             up
             of
             materials
             unlawfully
             and
             unskilfully
             cast
             together
             and
             disagreeing
             from
             what
             they
             are
             to
             support
             ,
             Religion
             is
             not
             to
             be
             modelled
             by
             every
             man
             ,
             who
             fancieth
             himself
             a
             Workman
             for
             that
             purpose
             ;
             nor
             if
             that
             established
             by
             Law
             happen
             at
             any
             time
             to
             be
             erroneous
             or
             deficient
             in
             some
             parts
             ,
             may
             Subjects
             without
             especial
             Commission
             for
             that
             very
             end
             attempt
             alteration
             or
             amendment
             .
             Every
             man
             is
             bound
             to
             be
             well
             satisfied
             of
             the
             Truth
             of
             what
             himself
             professeth
             ;
             but
             must
             abstein
             from
             what
             is
             the
             
               Office
               of
               Supream
               Authority
            
             only
             ,
             unless
             that
             be
             pleased
             to
             impower
             him
             to
             inquire
             into
             and
             correct
             what
             shall
             merit
             a
             rectifying
             inspection
             .
             Otherwise
             ,
             although
             they
             should
             be
             never
             so
             urgent
             ,
             Religion
             tolerateth
             not
             a
             relief
             of
             her
             necessities
             ,
             by
             private
             mens
             invading
             the
             
               Kingly
               Power
            
             and
             Prerogative
             ;
             It
             is
             Disobedience
             ,
             from
             which
             she
             will
             not
             own
             assistance
             .
             Subjects
             may
             desire
             and
             pray
             ,
             and
             some
             few
             of
             the
             wisest
             and
             most
             remarkably
             Loyal
             ,
             may
             modestly
             and
             privately
             Petition
             their
             King
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             graciously
             remedy
             and
             prevent
             such
             evils
             as
             the
             Church
             susteineth
             or
             feareth
             .
             But
             in
             either
             case
             they
             ought
             evidently
             to
             shew
             the
             complaints
             to
             be
             of
             inconveniencies
             really
             incumbent
             ,
             and
             their
             jealousies
             to
             be
             just
             and
             weighty
             ,
             otherwise
             they
             give
             him
             just
             suspition
             of
             their
             either
             Wisdom
             or
             Integrity
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             themselves
             ensnared
             by
             ill
             designing
             men
             ,
             or
             would
             ensnare
             him
             .
             No
             Assembly
             of
             men
             ,
             although
             met
             together
             in
             Council
             by
             his
             Majesties
             especial
             Command
             ,
             are
             to
             meddle
             with
             matters
             of
             Religion
             (
             more
             then
             concerneth
             Piety
             in
             the
             practise
             )
             any
             farther
             then
             their
             Master
             recommendeth
             it
             to
             their
             care
             to
             consider
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             report
             to
             him
             the
             results
             of
             their
             Consultations
             .
             To
             
               Act
               ,
               Vote
            
             ,
             or
             Resolve
             herein
             ,
             without
             his
             leave
             and
             direction
             ,
             is
             to
             disown
             his
             
               Authority
               in
               matters
               Ecclesiastical
            
             ,
             and
             make
             themselves
             a
             
               Supream
               Constitutive
            
             Power
             .
             If
             some
             very
             meek
             Addresses
             be
             (
             as
             I
             said
             before
             )
             modestly
             and
             privately
             made
             of
             their
             apprehensions
             of
             
               His
               and
               the
               publick
               Danger
            
             ,
             by
             mischiefs
             threatning
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             some
             humble
             overtures
             of
             Prevention
             submitted
             to
             his
             
               Princely
               Judgment
            
             ,
             they
             have
             gone
             as
             far
             as
             
               Good
               Subjects
            
             dare
             .
             But
             if
             their
             Prince
             see
             more
             sharply
             into
             his
             own
             affairs
             ,
             while
             they
             will
             needs
             suppose
             him
             to
             oversee
             ,
             it
             is
             utterly
             incoherent
             with
             the
             
               Office
               of
               Religious
               and
               good
               Subjects
               ,
            
             to
             use
             any
             violence
             or
             ill
             Arts
             to
             compel
             him
             ,
             forasmuch
             as
             they
             can
             but
             barely
             justifie
             their
             most
             humble
             Entreaties
             .
             Some
             have
             exceeded
             their
             
             Commission
             ,
             and
             extended
             their
             Priviledges
             from
             Just
             and
             Honourable
             ,
             to
             Vnwarrantable
             and
             Rebellious
             ,
             under
             pretence
             that
             their
             Prince
             did
             not
             see
             ,
             neither
             would
             be
             advised
             how
             imminent
             his
             danger
             was
             .
             Instead
             of
             Faithful
             and
             
               Loyal
               Subjects
            
             assembled
             ,
             to
             offer
             him
             their
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             ,
             against
             Forreign
             or
             
               Domestick
               Enemies
            
             ,
             they
             have
             first
             fallen
             to
             other
             Debates
             ,
             and
             more
             trifled
             out
             time
             about
             Eye-sores
             and
             harmless
             Wens
             in
             the
             
               Body
               Politick
            
             ,
             then
             to
             apply
             themselves
             to
             the
             cure
             of
             the
             Distempers
             so
             much
             complained
             of
             ,
             to
             endanger
             the
             Vitals
             .
             And
             then
             to
             pare
             the
             Nails
             of
             his
             Power
             ,
             and
             shave
             the
             Excrescencies
             (
             as
             they
             call
             them
             )
             of
             his
             Prorogatives
             ,
             at
             the
             time
             of
             greatest
             need
             (
             as
             themselves
             confessed
             )
             when
             supplies
             should
             have
             been
             freest
             ,
             were
             the
             onely
             means
             they
             found
             to
             restore
             health
             to
             these
             Kingdoms
             ,
             and
             exalt
             above
             his
             Neigbours
             their
             
               Princes
               Scepter
            
             .
             At
             length
             when
             his
             acute
             Judgment
             saw
             ,
             and
             great
             Spirit
             disdained
             their
             Counsels
             ,
             they
             resolved
             as
             Guardians
             of
             a
             foolish
             or
             mad
             Pupil
             by
             Fetters
             to
             perswade
             ,
             and
             most
             horrid
             indignities
             to
             lash
             him
             into
             compliance
             ,
             and
             (
             had
             not
             
               Divine
               Providence
            
             ,
             as
             his
             Shield
             ,
             diverted
             their
             aims
             )
             would
             no
             doubt
             have
             accomplished
             their
             promised
             Glory
             and
             Grandeur
             ,
             by
             the
             before
             practised
             course
             of
             rendring
             their
             King
             Immortal
             .
          
           
             How
             rationally
             these
             and
             the
             like
             actions
             conclude
             the
             Peace
             of
             Church
             and
             State
             designed
             ,
             and
             the
             Authors
             meriting
             the
             Name
             of
             
               Good
               Subjects
            
             ,
             is
             so
             unfit
             to
             be
             enquired
             into
             ,
             that
             I
             wonder
             even
             Fools
             and
             Madmen
             ,
             who
             take
             almost
             any
             thing
             upon
             credit
             of
             the
             Deliverers
             ,
             have
             no
             Stones
             to
             hurl
             at
             these
             grossest
             of
             Pretenders
             .
             But
             the
             
               Lovers
               of
               Peace
            
             are
             excessively
             ashamed
             ,
             and
             our
             incomparably
             
               Reformed
               Church
            
             scandalized
             ,
             to
             hear
             and
             observe
             the
             most
             reproachfully
             distracting
             studies
             of
             men
             ,
             who
             seem
             to
             envy
             all
             others
             the
             Fame
             of
             Religious
             and
             Loyal
             ,
             all
             their
             expressions
             proclaiming
             their
             restless
             care
             of
             Gods
             and
             the
             
               Kings
               Honour
            
             .
             But
             we
             see
             that
             smooth
             words
             tend
             most
             to
             the
             breach
             of
             Peace
             ,
             when
             there
             is
             
               War
               in
               the
               Heart
            
             ,
             and
             that
             no
             Crimes
             are
             so
             odious
             as
             those
             over
             which
             the
             Name
             of
             Holiness
             is
             superintended
             .
             To
             prevent
             the
             excess
             of
             which
             Debauchery
             of
             the
             Mind
             ,
             and
             the
             Calamities
             which
             inseparably
             attend
             it
             ,
             we
             must
             warily
             avoid
             the
             creeping
             Folly
             at
             the
             beginning
             ,
             which
             admitted
             ,
             openeth
             the
             passage
             for
             what
             is
             most
             monstrous
             and
             prodigious
             .
             To
             that
             end
             we
             must
             reserve
             no
             patience
             of
             the
             ear
             for
             them
             ,
             who
             by
             the
             magnitude
             of
             danger
             (
             whether
             fictitious
             or
             real
             )
             perswade
             men
             that
             they
             may
             divert
             themselves
             somewhat
             from
             the
             exactness
             of
             duty
             .
             This
             once
             received
             ,
             presently
             confineth
             and
             enlargeth
             Obedience
             at
             will
             ,
             allowing
             it
             no
             proper
             bounds
             or
             assigned
             station
             ,
             nor
             indeed
             any
             thing
             more
             then
             a
             bare
             Name
             to
             serve
             the
             basest
             ends
             .
             The
             strictness
             of
             Duty
             towards
             our
             
             Prince
             well
             observed
             ,
             is
             the
             greatest
             assurance
             of
             Peace
             ,
             because
             the
             firmest
             Bond
             of
             Religion
             ,
             being
             
               in
               God
            
             ,
             and
             
               for
               God
            
             performed
             .
             This
             calmeth
             all
             thoughts
             in
             us
             ,
             by
             begetting
             a
             due
             and
             seasonable
             Confidence
             in
             our
             King
             ,
             trusting
             him
             with
             our selves
             and
             fortunes
             ,
             which
             he
             cannot
             injure
             so
             long
             as
             we
             
               Love
               and
               Honour
               him
            
             .
             And
             suspition
             removed
             ,
             we
             shall
             be
             generously
             executive
             Ministers
             of
             Peace
             ,
             either
             in
             our
             common
             Employments
             ,
             or
             the
             particular
             charges
             ,
             with
             which
             he
             vouchsafeth
             to
             honour
             us
             ,
             leaving
             the
             grand
             care
             thereof
             upon
             him
             ,
             with
             whom
             God
             hath
             entrusted
             it
             .
             This
             is
             virtuous
             ,
             noble
             ,
             and
             consentaneous
             to
             Religion
             ,
             being
             the
             Ornament
             of
             that
             Profession
             .
             While
             we
             know
             our
             Duty
             distinguished
             from
             our
             Superiours
             ,
             and
             act
             Christianity
             more
             than
             discourse
             it
             ,
             we
             need
             not
             fear
             our
             tranquillity
             to
             be
             over-whelmed
             by
             force
             ,
             or
             undermined
             by
             Subtilty
             .
             For
             our
             care
             of
             Peace
             and
             Religion
             ,
             will
             make
             us
             watchful
             over
             our selves
             to
             continue
             Innocent
             ,
             and
             over
             Pretenders
             to
             keep
             them
             from
             Sacrificing
             to
             their
             Malice
             and
             Ambition
             our
             most
             glorious
             and
             dearest
             fruitions
             :
             And
             by
             dutiful
             returns
             of
             seasonable
             provisions
             ,
             in
             token
             of
             gratitude
             to
             our
             King
             ,
             and
             the
             better
             to
             enable
             his
             Love
             and
             Care
             of
             us
             ,
             reciprocal
             affections
             will
             alway
             abound
             ,
             and
             Gods
             Blessing
             will
             manifest
             his
             approbation
             ,
             that
             this
             is
             the
             onely
             right
             course
             of
             obteining
             ,
             that
             
               Glory
               may
               dwell
               in
               our
               Land.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Disturbance
             of
             the
             Princes
             Peace
             ,
             is
             the
             same
             of
             the
             Subjects
             .
          
           
             OF
             this
             ,
             much
             needeth
             not
             to
             be
             said
             to
             such
             as
             are
             apprehensive
             what
             is
             the
             Duty
             of
             
               Good
               Subjects
            
             in
             the
             acquiring
             and
             establishing
             Peace
             ;
             their
             griefs
             shew
             them
             also
             sensibly
             knowing
             how
             much
             what
             ever
             is
             matter
             of
             vexation
             to
             their
             King
             ,
             is
             perplexity
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             their
             labouring
             thoughts
             are
             restless
             ,
             until
             relieved
             by
             assurances
             that
             he
             hath
             overcome
             the
             difficulty
             .
             Others
             less
             sensible
             of
             the
             reason
             ,
             are
             not
             by
             their
             ignorance
             the
             more
             exempted
             from
             Sufferings
             ;
             although
             they
             too
             too
             frequently
             impute
             them
             to
             contrary
             causes
             ,
             and
             so
             render
             them
             heavier
             and
             sharper
             to
             themselves
             and
             others
             .
             Under
             
               Pagan
               Kings
            
             and
             Magistrates
             ,
             without
             their
             Peace
             and
             Prosperity
             ,
             a
             
               quiet
               and
               peaceable
               life
               in
               Godliness
            
             could
             not
             be
             presumed
             to
             be
             obteined
             by
             the
             
               Primitive
               Christians
            
             ;
             therefore
             was
             it
             enjoyned
             as
             the
             first
             work
             of
             
               Piety
               ,
               that
               Intercessions
               and
               giving
               of
               thanks
               should
            
             to
             that
             end
             be
             made
             
               for
               them
            
             .
             Certainly
             the
             Case
             is
             not
             now
             altered
             ,
             nor
             will
             disorders
             of
             Christians
             greiving
             
               a
               most
               Christian
               and
               Gracious
               Prince
               ,
            
             promote
             Peace
             and
             Religion
             .
             But
             now
             the
             King
             is
             become
             the
             
               Churches
               Defender
            
             ,
             his
             Troubles
             are
             the
             Subjects
             more
             direct
             wounds
             ,
             and
             his
             Griefs
             more
             generally
             
             afflicting
             .
             Sometimes
             men
             are
             troubled
             and
             augment
             their
             troubles
             ,
             by
             causlesly
             accusing
             their
             Prince
             of
             mistakes
             ,
             when
             it
             was
             their
             own
             perversness
             first
             disturbed
             him
             ,
             and
             that
             continuing
             ,
             is
             his
             farther
             vexation
             ,
             and
             much
             more
             both
             theirs
             and
             every
             Mans.
             It
             happeneth
             to
             them
             as
             to
             a
             reasty
             Jade
             ,
             which
             without
             cause
             is
             sullen
             ,
             and
             winceth
             against
             its
             Rider
             ,
             discomposing
             him
             ,
             but
             Galling
             its
             own
             Back
             ,
             and
             Bruising
             its
             own
             Heels
             ;
             and
             being
             severely
             Spured
             and
             Whip't
             is
             the
             more
             angry
             ,
             but
             altereth
             not
             its
             Quallities
             ;
             Nevertheless
             can
             have
             no
             Remedy
             but
             alteration
             .
             The
             weakness
             of
             many
             Mens
             Judgments
             frequently
             proceedeth
             to
             Insolence
             ,
             and
             if
             their
             Governour
             go
             not
             the
             way
             ,
             which
             they
             prescribe
             ,
             Kick
             ,
             Murmur
             and
             Rebell
             ,
             and
             by
             disquieting
             him
             ,
             Gall
             and
             Torment
             themselves
             ;
             Whereas
             his
             only
             desire
             is
             that
             with
             them
             he
             may
             be
             quiet
             and
             Prosperous
             .
             The
             Vexations
             are
             great
             and
             Spreading
             until
             they
             are
             reduced
             to
             good
             Discipline
             ,
             but
             his
             compliance
             is
             most
             Fatal
             to
             all
             .
             We
             have
             an
             instance
             in
             
               Sacred
               Writ
            
             ,
             which
             will
             sufficiently
             evidence
             the
             Calamities
             befalling
             Prince
             and
             People
             ,
             when
             the
             Prince
             is
             overuled
             by
             a
             Clamourous
             Multitude
             .
             Saul
             being
             possessed
             of
             the
             
               Israelitish
               Diadem
            
             ,
             was
             sent
             by
             God
             with
             an
             especial
             Commission
             to
             lead
             an
             Army
             against
             the
             
               Amalekites
               and
               utterly
               destroy
               all
               that
               they
               had
               ,
               Man
               and
               Woman
               ,
               Infant
               and
               Suckling
               ,
               Oxe
               and
               Sheep
               ,
               Camel
               and
               Asse
               .
            
             But
             after
             Victory
             obtained
             ,
             the
             People
             Murmur
             that
             so
             chargeable
             an
             
               Expedition
               of
               two
               Hundred
               and
               ten
               Thousand
               Men
            
             should
             have
             no
             Recompence
             ;
             That
             the
             Spoils
             of
             a
             Rich
             
               Eastern
               Country
            
             ,
             and
             such
             Plenty
             of
             
               Fat
               Sheep
               and
               Oxen
               ,
               Younger
               Fatlings
               and
               Lambs
               ,
            
             should
             all
             (
             while
             they
             had
             neglected
             their
             Farms
             ,
             Flocks
             and
             Herds
             at
             Home
             )
             Perish
             to
             no
             Mans
             benefit
             ;
             That
             at
             their
             return
             there
             must
             be
             Publick
             Thanksgivings
             ,
             Sacrifices
             and
             Feastings
             ,
             with
             their
             Wives
             ,
             Children
             and
             Relations
             at
             Home
             ;
             which
             they
             judged
             would
             prove
             a
             Lean
             and
             Barren
             joy
             ,
             if
             the
             Sacrifices
             and
             Beasts
             to
             be
             Slaughtered
             ,
             must
             be
             fetched
             from
             their
             own
             Folds
             and
             Stalls
             :
             These
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             were
             the
             Voices
             of
             the
             Multitude
             ,
             and
             were
             specious
             Arguments
             used
             by
             the
             
               Nobles
               ,
               Rulers
            
             and
             Chief-Captains
             to
             perswade
             the
             King
             to
             neglect
             his
             Duty
             towards
             
               God
               for
               the
               good
               of
               the
            
             People
             .
             They
             all
             concluded
             that
             the
             present
             Interest
             was
             the
             best
             Religion
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             shew
             and
             noise
             of
             Sacrifice
             would
             Silence
             
               Heavens
               Decree
            
             pronounced
             for
             the
             Contempt
             of
             its
             Laws
             .
             Neither
             was
             this
             easily
             obtained
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             ,
             although
             a
             Valiant
             Man
             ,
             was
             forced
             to
             yield
             ,
             for
             the
             Murmurs
             and
             Mutiny
             had
             proceeded
             so
             High
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             put
             into
             a
             great
             fear
             ,
             such
             as
             Subjected
             him
             in
             the
             meanest
             sort
             to
             the
             Raving
             Populacy
             ;
             for
             (
             as
             he
             saith
             of
             himself
             )
             he
             
               Feared
               the
               People
               and
               Obeyed
               their
               Voice
               .
            
             But
             thus
             the
             King
             pleased
             the
             People
             to
             his
             own
             and
             their
             Ruine
             .
             For
             God
             immediately
             commanded
             the
             Kingdome
             to
             be
             Rent
             from
             him
             .
             And
             although
             some
             Years
             Intervened
             between
             the
             Sentence
             
             and
             Execution
             ,
             yet
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             Reign
             was
             but
             improsperous
             ,
             and
             at
             length
             upon
             
               Mount
               Gilboa
            
             ,
             the
             King
             ,
             his
             Sons
             and
             People
             fell
             down
             grievously
             Slaughtered
             by
             a
             
               Forreign
               Enemy
            
             and
             Invasion
             ,
             and
             the
             Victory
             over
             them
             was
             used
             most
             Savagely
             and
             Insolently
             .
             Such
             are
             the
             usual
             Harvest
             which
             Subjects
             .
             Reap
             from
             their
             undutiful
             behaviour
             ,
             wherein
             the
             more
             Successful
             they
             are
             ,
             the
             more
             inevitable
             is
             their
             destruction
             .
             Miscarriages
             in
             any
             such
             attempts
             are
             most
             happy
             ,
             which
             instruct
             them
             what
             should
             have
             been
             forborn
             ,
             what
             practised
             ,
             and
             convince
             them
             of
             a
             necessity
             of
             renouncing
             all
             Rude
             and
             Irreverent
             thoughts
             of
             their
             King
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             the
             establishment
             of
             Happiness
             .
             But
             that
             so
             powerful
             an
             Example
             set
             down
             by
             the
             
               Holy
               Penman
            
             must
             needs
             be
             prevalent
             with
             Men
             so
             much
             professing
             Religion
             ,
             I
             should
             not
             have
             gone
             farther
             for
             one
             ,
             then
             the
             so
             fresh
             and
             Sadly
             memorable
             of
             our
             late
             times
             .
             Then
             were
             seen
             the
             Tides
             of
             Popular
             Fury
             to
             Swell
             to
             such
             an
             excess
             ,
             that
             they
             Swallowed
             up
             all
             Government
             both
             in
             Church
             and
             State
             ,
             our
             
               Kings
               ,
               Princes
            
             ,
             and
             most
             eminently
             Pious
             and
             Loyal
             Churchmen
             were
             either
             Murthered
             ,
             Banished
             ,
             or
             driven
             into
             Corners
             ;
             and
             in
             short
             ,
             after
             the
             discontented
             Rabble
             had
             taken
             the
             matter
             into
             their
             own
             hand
             (
             to
             which
             frequent
             
               Royal
               Condescentions
            
             did
             but
             the
             more
             embolden
             them
             )
             to
             Repair
             ,
             Reform
             ,
             Cure
             and
             Settle
             all
             ,
             their
             miseries
             and
             dissatisfactions
             did
             even
             infinitely
             abound
             .
             And
             then
             to
             find
             what
             they
             sought
             for
             ,
             they
             were
             compelled
             to
             retreat
             ,
             to
             acknowledge
             their
             folly
             and
             distress
             ,
             supplicating
             him
             whom
             they
             most
             rebelliously
             and
             ignominiously
             dispossessed
             of
             his
             
               Crown
               and
               Dignities
               ,
               Return
               thou
               and
               all
               thy
               Servants
               .
            
             Until
             his
             Peace
             was
             restored
             ,
             theirs
             was
             in
             excilement
             ;
             none
             other
             with
             their
             Boasted
             Sciences
             of
             Government
             could
             after
             a
             long
             and
             wretched
             experience
             give
             any
             hopes
             of
             effecting
             the
             publick
             safety
             ,
             but
             the
             same
             they
             had
             rejected
             .
             Whom
             with
             accumulative
             Honours
             they
             Petitioning
             to
             return
             acknowledged
             that
             nothing
             but
             want
             of
             confidence
             in
             their
             lawful
             Monarchs
             virtue
             and
             judgment
             ,
             had
             so
             miserably
             enslaved
             them
             under
             
               Anarchical
               Tyranny
            
             ,
             nothing
             but
             that
             confidence
             could
             revive
             the
             Sinking
             
               Kingdoms
               Glory
            
             .
          
           
             So
             great
             a
             Calamity
             and
             unexpected
             Redemption
             successively
             furnishing
             us
             with
             infalliable
             Rules
             for
             prosperous
             enjoyments
             ,
             our
             suddain
             forgetfulness
             or
             careless
             observance
             of
             them
             maketh
             us
             appear
             the
             most
             despicably
             Sottish
             of
             Mankind
             .
             We
             are
             uneasy
             and
             thoughtful
             by
             listning
             to
             the
             Authors
             of
             our
             newly
             vanquished
             afflictions
             ,
             who
             with
             an
             ill
             natured
             ,
             but
             most
             genuine
             Ofspring
             instill
             Poysonous
             Opinions
             into
             the
             minds
             of
             their
             
               Fellow
               Subjects
            
             in
             detraction
             of
             the
             
               present
               Government
            
             .
             I
             should
             rationally
             think
             their
             very
             Persons
             caution
             enough
             against
             any
             their
             insinuations
             ,
             much
             more
             when
             they
             repeat
             Rebellion
             in
             the
             same
             methods
             ,
             and
             rush
             on
             with
             more
             impudenoe
             then
             their
             former
             beginnings
             knew
             .
             Nevertheless
             we
             have
             seen
             divers
             of
             them
             promoted
             to
             be
             of
             the
             
               Grand
               Council
            
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             there
             Principals
             
             of
             such
             ungrateful
             and
             undecent
             Orations
             ,
             that
             while
             they
             pretended
             to
             represent
             Greivances
             ,
             ought
             themselves
             to
             have
             been
             proceeded
             against
             as
             the
             most
             intolerable
             of
             all
             Grievances
             .
             We
             hope
             that
             Members
             of
             a
             Sound
             constitution
             may
             by
             Gods
             Blessing
             succeed
             them
             to
             repair
             in
             Truth
             those
             breaches
             which
             the
             former
             vitiated
             ones
             ,
             have
             opened
             to
             Scandal
             ,
             Confusion
             ,
             and
             the
             Terrour
             of
             our
             Prince
             and
             all
             
               Religious
               People
            
             .
             Otherwise
             we
             ought
             to
             intercede
             with
             God
             and
             the
             King
             that
             such
             
               Prodigies
               of
               State
            
             may
             no
             more
             appear
             among
             us
             to
             Subvert
             our
             Peace
             and
             Religion
             with
             novel
             and
             unheard
             devices
             of
             Government
             and
             Vnion
             .
             What
             considerate
             Man
             seeth
             not
             the
             Foundations
             now
             stricken
             at
             ,
             when
             by
             the
             same
             courses
             ,
             and
             many
             of
             the
             same
             Hands
             ,
             they
             were
             before
             Subverted
             ?
             and
             when
             the
             Nation
             Sinneth
             again
             its
             old
             Crimes
             ,
             after
             such
             a
             
               Miraculous
               Restauration
            
             ,
             what
             can
             hinder
             
               the
               worse
               thing
            
             from
             befalling
             it
             ?
             Or
             where
             shall
             we
             look
             for
             a
             
               second
               Redemption
            
             ,
             who
             have
             so
             Idly
             undervalued
             the
             First
             ?
             In
             former
             Ages
             the
             
               Great
               Assemblies
            
             did
             indeed
             what
             they
             undertook
             ,
             support
             the
             Nation
             by
             Strengthening
             their
             respective
             Kings
             ;
             but
             of
             late
             
               they
               have
               been
               so
               far
               from
               treading
               in
               the
               Steps
               of
               their
            
             Ancestours
             (
             as
             that
             
               Blessed
               Prince
            
             delivereth
             it
             ,
             who
             afterward
             more
             sharply
             felt
             the
             mischief
             of
             such
             Parliamentary
             digressions
             )
             
               by
               dutiful
               expressions
               in
               that
               kind
               ,
               that
               contrarily
               they
               have
               introduced
               a
               way
               of
               bargaining
               and
               contracting
               with
               their
            
             King
             ,
             
               as
               if
               nothing
               ought
               to
               he
               given
               him
               by
               them
               ,
               but
               what
               he
               should
               buy
               and
               purchase
               of
               them
               ,
               either
               by
               the
               quitting
               somewhat
               of
               his
            
             Royal
             Prerogative
             ,
             
               or
               diminishing
               and
               lessening
               his
            
             Revenues
             .
             This
             was
             spoken
             of
             Disrespects
             and
             Demeanours
             ,
             inconsiderable
             in
             comparison
             of
             what
             himself
             became
             afterwards
             Sensible
             of
             ,
             and
             his
             
               Royal
               Son
            
             hath
             lately
             found
             too
             much
             cause
             to
             mention
             and
             reprove
             .
             And
             each
             of
             these
             disloyal
             Practises
             encrease
             the
             consternation
             ,
             which
             hath
             Seized
             us
             ,
             and
             is
             general
             ,
             though
             diversly
             afflicting
             Men
             according
             to
             their
             diversity
             of
             Humours
             .
             Some
             are
             entangled
             in
             Labyrinths
             of
             Conceits
             that
             their
             Prince
             is
             ill
             advised
             ,
             and
             hath
             no
             good
             Councel
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             wanted
             their
             judgment
             in
             Choosing
             ,
             and
             all
             of
             their
             Choice
             and
             Representatives
             were
             endued
             with
             Infallibillity
             :
             some
             are
             so
             fearful
             of
             disorder
             in
             the
             State
             ,
             and
             so
             jealous
             of
             Religion
             least
             Superstition
             should
             enter
             in
             and
             corrupt
             it
             ,
             that
             they
             presently
             break
             the
             Peace
             ,
             which
             they
             only
             fear
             may
             be
             broken
             ,
             and
             most
             Superstitiously
             Idolize
             those
             
               Oracles
               of
               Satan
            
             ,
             which
             against
             
               Scripture
               ,
               Primitive
               Example
            
             and
             
               Human
               Reason
            
             ,
             lead
             and
             perswade
             them
             :
             Others
             Piously
             Lament
             their
             Princes
             Vexations
             ,
             and
             the
             Churches
             Reproach
             and
             danger
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             so
             many
             partly
             Malitiously
             contriving
             ,
             partly
             inconsiderate
             and
             Zeal
             Blind
             Adversaries
             ;
             whose
             infatuations
             they
             Pray
             may
             cease
             ,
             and
             the
             Smiles
             only
             of
             Fraternal
             Union
             in
             our
             dearest
             Mothers
             Bosome
             and
             Embraces
             may
             be
             
               Forreign
               Enemies
            
             Envy
             ,
             and
             the
             Worlds
             Discourse
             and
             Amazement
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             V.
             
          
           
             A
             Good
             Subject
             cannot
             but
             grievously
             Mourn
             ,
             and
             be
             Afflicted
             by
             his
             Princes
             Adversities
             .
          
           
             THat
             one
             ,
             who
             feareth
             God
             and
             his
             Ordinance
             ,
             who
             desireth
             and
             endeavoureth
             the
             publick
             Welfare
             ,
             and
             seeth
             how
             inseperably
             God
             hath
             joyned
             the
             Good
             of
             the
             
               Higher
               Power
            
             and
             the
             Subjects
             ,
             (
             for
             saith
             St.
             
               Paul
               ,
               He
               is
               the
               Minister
               of
               God
               to
               thee
               for
               good
            
             )
             cannot
             but
             grievously
             mourn
             
               and
               be
               afflicted
               by
               his
            
             Princes
             Adversities
             ,
             is
             nothing
             to
             be
             admired
             by
             them
             ,
             that
             revere
             Conscience
             ,
             or
             truly
             mind
             Heaven
             .
             For
             when
             he
             ,
             who
             is
             
               the
               Minister
               of
               God
               to
               us
               for
               good
               ,
            
             shall
             by
             the
             Devil
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             his
             Agents
             ,
             have
             the
             Channel
             of
             his
             Power
             ,
             through
             which
             our
             good
             must
             flow
             ,
             stop'd
             or
             disturbed
             ,
             this
             will
             be
             every
             Wise
             mans
             grief
             .
             Fulness
             and
             Wantonness
             may
             at
             present
             make
             many
             in
             observant
             ;
             Pride
             having
             made
             divers
             to
             contemn
             those
             Blessings
             ,
             which
             came
             not
             answering
             their
             own
             mode
             and
             prescription
             ,
             may
             make
             them
             merry
             to
             observe
             it
             and
             help
             to
             promote
             it
             ;
             the
             Rapacity
             of
             such
             as
             are
             not
             contented
             with
             what
             the
             usual
             course
             of
             the
             stream
             brought
             them
             ,
             will
             assuredly
             by
             variety
             of
             Arts
             corrupt
             and
             trouble
             the
             Waters
             ,
             in
             hope
             of
             more
             plentiful
             Fishing
             and
             Prey
             .
             But
             wise
             and
             good
             men
             lament
             these
             disorderly
             either
             hopes
             or
             joyes
             ,
             seeing
             apparent
             mischief
             reigning
             under
             the
             smiles
             of
             men
             of
             unstable
             minds
             .
             The
             business
             of
             Kings
             is
             not
             to
             satisfy
             fluctuating
             humours
             ,
             but
             to
             give
             Contentment
             to
             their
             Subjects
             ,
             which
             cannot
             be
             otherwise
             administred
             ,
             then
             by
             Religion
             and
             Justice
             ,
             and
             practising
             the
             blessed
             
               Rules
               of
               Peace
            
             .
             The
             concerns
             of
             Religion
             and
             Justice
             ,
             are
             for
             the
             most
             part
             within
             the
             publick
             view
             :
             But
             I
             have
             shown
             that
             the
             Mistery
             of
             Peace
             is
             their
             peculiar
             Skill
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             pryed
             into
             any
             further
             than
             they
             are
             pleased
             to
             permit
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             Subjects
             Acquiescence
             is
             their
             best
             Strength
             and
             Safety
             .
             And
             although
             this
             be
             true
             ,
             yet
             there
             are
             too
             commonly
             men
             Dissatisfied
             ,
             Ambitious
             and
             Malicious
             ,
             who
             will
             not
             be
             Happy
             ,
             who
             will
             be
             peeping
             ,
             medling
             with
             ,
             and
             
               Speaking
               evil
               of
               the
               things
               they
               understand
               not
               .
            
             And
             sometimes
             it
             happeneth
             that
             these
             pernicious
             wretches
             go
             on
             with
             a
             Fatal
             Prosperity
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             (
             as
             the
             
               Wise
               man
            
             speaks
             )
             
               The
               City
            
             (
             by
             which
             he
             meaneth
             the
             Kingdom
             or
             
               Commonwealth
               )
               is
               overthrown
               by
               the
               mouth
               of
               the
               wicked
               .
            
             Sometimes
             the
             commotions
             only
             threaten
             ,
             and
             having
             begun
             the
             works
             of
             
             ruine
             ,
             are
             not
             able
             to
             finish
             them
             ,
             God
             being
             pleased
             
               to
               put
               an
               hook
               into
               the
               Noses
            
             of
             the
             Insolent
             ,
             and
             to
             curb
             
               the
               madness
               of
               the
               people
            
             .
             But
             in
             any
             of
             these
             Cases
             ,
             the
             calamity
             beginneth
             at
             the
             Head
             ;
             all
             the
             vitious
             Members
             blowes
             and
             reproaches
             are
             at
             that
             :
             Although
             they
             are
             pretensively
             aimed
             at
             something
             else
             ,
             yet
             there
             they
             are
             designed
             to
             fall
             .
             But
             then
             ,
             alas
             !
             how
             sensible
             is
             every
             sound
             Member
             of
             all
             the
             Affronts
             Indignities
             and
             Sufferings
             ,
             which
             it
             sustaineth
             ?
             If
             it
             Ake
             and
             Grieve
             ,
             how
             they
             languish
             ?
             If
             it
             smart
             ,
             how
             speedily
             do
             they
             feel
             the
             pain
             ?
             And
             its
             Agonies
             put
             all
             on
             Trembling
             ?
             Every
             injury
             they
             feel
             ,
             each
             deprivation
             is
             their
             loss
             ,
             every
             reproach
             their
             shame
             .
             Then
             they
             mourn
             and
             cry
             out
             as
             lamenting
             
               Jeremy
               ,
               For
               this
               our
               heart
               is
               faint
               ,
               for
               these
               things
               our
               eyes
               are
               dim
               .
            
             Ordinary
             troubles
             observed
             in
             equals
             ,
             create
             commiseration
             in
             those
             who
             have
             not
             put
             off
             Humanity
             ;
             but
             Christians
             have
             a
             fellow
             feeling
             of
             their
             Brethrens
             afflictions
             by
             the
             greatness
             of
             their
             compassion
             ,
             
               bearing
               one
               anothers
               burthens
            
             ;
             as
             if
             suffering
             in
             the
             same
             Body
             ,
             and
             under
             the
             same
             Calamities
             .
             If
             such
             be
             the
             Affection
             of
             common
             Neighbourhood
             ,
             which
             the
             general
             rules
             of
             
               Christian
               Charity
            
             ,
             and
             peradventure
             some
             ,
             peradventure
             no
             particular
             Obligations
             of
             dependance
             or
             communion
             have
             enlivened
             ;
             how
             boundless
             must
             those
             Passions
             and
             Griefs
             be
             ,
             which
             proceed
             from
             Charity
             ,
             enflamed
             by
             all
             that
             the
             free
             exercise
             of
             Religion
             ,
             Temporal
             Hopes
             and
             Dependencies
             ,
             and
             the
             enjoyments
             of
             a
             pleasant
             Fraternal
             Communion
             can
             administer
             ?
             By
             the
             Injuries
             and
             Disturbances
             of
             the
             
               Kings
               Peace
            
             ,
             the
             Publick
             Exercise
             of
             Religion
             is
             also
             interrupted
             ;
             for
             then
             
               when
               the
               wicked
               arise
               ,
               a
               man
               is
               hidden
               ,
            
             then
             what
             they
             celebrated
             before
             with
             open
             Joy
             and
             Thanksgiving
             ,
             
               Gods
               Children
            
             being
             scattered
             by
             the
             Persecutions
             of
             the
             Vngodly
             ,
             are
             forced
             mournfully
             to
             perform
             in
             Corners
             .
             They
             that
             will
             not
             allow
             their
             
               Nursing
               Father
            
             quiet
             ,
             will
             afford
             the
             
               Pious
               Sons
            
             as
             little
             Tranquility
             .
             And
             although
             no
             other
             molestation
             ensue
             from
             the
             impious
             Authors
             of
             the
             Kings
             Grief
             ,
             yet
             the
             remembrance
             by
             whom
             God
             hath
             hitherto
             conveyed
             those
             most
             Heavenly
             pleasures
             to
             his
             Servants
             upon
             Earth
             ,
             mingleth
             even
             those
             sweets
             with
             Gall
             ,
             when
             
             God's
             
               most
               Sacred
               Substitute
            
             is
             forc'd
             to
             drink
             of
             the
             Cup
             of
             Bitterness
             .
             Each
             good
             man
             is
             desirous
             to
             undergo
             in
             his
             own
             person
             what
             he
             sustaineth
             ,
             and
             would
             gladly
             give
             his
             Life
             in
             exchange
             for
             the
             Afflictions
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             is
             
               worth
               ten
               thousand
               of
               us
               .
               David
            
             although
             a
             King
             ,
             was
             so
             concerned
             at
             the
             death
             of
             Abner
             a
             reconciled
             Enemy
             ,
             that
             
               all
               the
               People
            
             could
             not
             perswade
             
               him
               to
               eat
            
             ,
             because
             there
             was
             
               a
               Prince
               ,
               and
               a
               Great
               Man
               then
               fallen
               in
            
             Israel
             ;
             much
             more
             
               Good
               Subjects
            
             ,
             when
             they
             see
             Mischief
             designed
             against
             their
             Soveraign
             ,
             and
             carried
             on
             with
             Fury
             and
             Insolence
             ,
             
             do
             Fast
             and
             Mourn
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             do
             Eat
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             Bread
             of
             Afflictions
             and
             Tears
             .
             And
             in
             the
             next
             place
             (
             although
             they
             do
             not
             move
             Pious
             men
             with
             equal
             affection
             ,
             yet
             )
             our
             Temporal
             Dependencies
             and
             Enjoyments
             considered
             ,
             help
             to
             add
             weight
             to
             our
             Grief
             ,
             when
             
               the
               Almighty's
               great
               Almoner
            
             ,
             by
             and
             under
             whom
             
               our
               Table
               was
               prepared
               ,
               our
               Head
               anointed
               ,
               and
               our
               Cup
               did
               run
               over
               ,
            
             shall
             be
             reduced
             to
             streights
             and
             anxieties
             .
             When
             he
             also
             whose
             love
             and
             care
             of
             his
             People
             laboureth
             to
             secure
             to
             each
             man
             (
             as
             far
             as
             humane
             scrutiny
             can
             give
             judgment
             )
             his
             just
             rights
             and
             fruitions
             
               redeeming
               the
               Souls
               of
               the
               Poor
               from
               Deceit
               and
               Violence
               ,
               and
               breaking
               in
               pieces
               the
               Oppressor
               ,
            
             when
             he
             shall
             be
             under
             distress
             ,
             or
             in
             any
             danger
             ,
             by
             the
             Conspiracies
             of
             Cruel
             and
             Blood-thirsty
             men
             ,
             so
             great
             is
             the
             Horrour
             that
             surprizeth
             them
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             possession
             of
             what
             hath
             been
             preserved
             by
             past
             care
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             comfort
             ,
             no
             enjoyment
             .
             Love
             cannot
             be
             ungrateful
             ,
             and
             Gratitude
             cannot
             be
             forgetful
             ,
             but
             the
             memory
             of
             each
             delight
             causeth
             a
             melting
             of
             hearts
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             a
             dissolution
             of
             nature
             ,
             when
             the
             Principal
             Cause
             is
             threatned
             to
             be
             taken
             away
             or
             removed
             out
             of
             sight
             .
             Neither
             is
             this
             Grief
             but
             in
             the
             least
             part
             proceeding
             from
             any
             fear
             of
             Sequestrations
             and
             losses
             of
             Estates
             and
             Fortunes
             by
             the
             violence
             offered
             to
             our
             
               Princes
               Peace
            
             .
             Although
             there
             's
             little
             need
             of
             Remembrancers
             to
             mind
             us
             how
             Religious
             and
             
               Loyal
               men
            
             were
             treated
             ,
             when
             Slaves
             were
             mounted
             and
             Princes
             depressed
             ,
             and
             that
             so
             just
             a
             fear
             is
             cause
             enough
             for
             trouble
             of
             mind
             ,
             and
             that
             trouble
             no
             way
             discommendable
             ,
             yet
             this
             least
             afflicteth
             any
             
               good
               Subjects
            
             thoughts
             .
             For
             should
             such
             as
             move
             towards
             our
             
             Soveraign's
             Disquiet
             never
             so
             plausibly
             and
             largely
             promise
             the
             same
             freedom
             in
             Spirituals
             and
             as
             full
             enjoyment
             of
             our
             Liberties
             and
             Properties
             as
             we
             either
             do
             or
             can
             desire
             to
             obtain
             ,
             nay
             could
             they
             give
             us
             caution
             and
             security
             sufficient
             to
             prevent
             all
             fears
             of
             non-performance
             of
             thse
             promises
             ,
             when
             it
             should
             be
             in
             the
             power
             of
             their
             hands
             to
             perform
             or
             change
             ;
             yet
             could
             none
             of
             these
             promises
             or
             offered
             securities
             remove
             a
             
               good
               Subjects
            
             sorrow
             .
             For
             in
             the
             first
             place
             Vsurpers
             account
             all
             that
             they
             leave
             in
             the
             possession
             of
             those
             ,
             over
             whom
             they
             have
             assumed
             Authority
             ,
             to
             be
             matter
             of
             Courtesy
             ,
             not
             of
             Right
             and
             Justice
             ,
             And
             the
             subversion
             of
             the
             fundamental
             Right
             ,
             the
             alteration
             of
             Property
             ,
             although
             the
             thing
             be
             retained
             ,
             doth
             so
             much
             abate
             the
             pleasures
             of
             fruition
             ,
             that
             it
             rather
             appeareth
             a
             gently
             protracted
             misery
             .
             But
             then
             by
             a
             nearer
             inspection
             into
             things
             ,
             
               good
               and
               wise
               Men
            
             see
             an
             impossibility
             of
             performing
             these
             promises
             ,
             although
             the
             Promisers
             would
             be
             ,
             what
             Rebells
             never
             are
             ,
             exact
             in
             these
             their
             Covenants
             .
             For
             not
             to
             be
             disquieted
             in
             gathering
             in
             and
             eating
             our
             own
             Bread
             and
             of
             our
             own
             Flocks
             and
             
             Herds
             ,
             or
             sitting
             and
             drinking
             our
             own
             Labours
             under
             our
             own
             Vine
             ,
             is
             not
             Peace
             nor
             a
             Blessing
             ,
             but
             a
             Curse
             .
             Every
             morsel
             we
             swallow
             goeth
             down
             with
             dread
             and
             menaces
             ,
             and
             our
             drink
             chilleth
             our
             very
             Spirits
             as
             at
             
             Death's
             approach
             .
             For
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             all
             plenty
             looking
             up
             in
             stead
             of
             that
             glorious
             and
             auspicious
             Star
             ,
             which
             God
             hath
             alway
             graciously
             appointed
             to
             influence
             and
             be
             the
             blessing
             of
             our
             Fortunes
             ,
             we
             see
             black
             and
             prodigious
             Clouds
             and
             
               wandring
               Stars
            
             with
             flaming
             denunnciations
             of
             Wrath
             ,
             which
             cause
             to
             vanish
             whatsoever
             pretendeth
             to
             joy
             .
             God
             will
             have
             his
             Work
             done
             his
             own
             way
             ,
             and
             his
             Blessings
             administred
             by
             Sacred
             Hands
             .
             Men
             of
             impudence
             ,
             riots
             and
             lusts
             ,
             who
             are
             uncapable
             of
             well
             using
             a
             private
             Fortune
             although
             too
             large
             for
             them
             ,
             yet
             rapaciously
             extend
             their
             desires
             to
             the
             State
             ,
             which
             is
             above
             subjection
             ,
             cannot
             at
             the
             same
             time
             be
             the
             
               Publick
               Scourges
            
             and
             Blessings
             .
             They
             never
             appear
             but
             for
             humane
             punishment
             ;
             the
             sight
             of
             them
             admonish
             us
             repentance
             and
             sorrow
             ,
             which
             when
             we
             religiously
             abound
             with
             ,
             they
             are
             designed
             for
             the
             Fire
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             VI.
             
          
           
             A
             Good
             Subject
             is
             so
             studiously
             careful
             and
             mindful
             of
             his
             Princes
             Welfare
             ,
             that
             in
             his
             Princes
             Danger
             he
             becometh
             unmindful
             of
             many
             of
             his
             own
             nearest
             private
             Concerns
             .
          
           
             OUr
             Nation
             at
             this
             time
             aboundeth
             with
             men
             who
             please
             themselves
             with
             Religious
             Discourses
             ;
             and
             this
             inviteth
             me
             to
             head
             this
             part
             of
             my
             Discourse
             with
             a
             
               Scripture
               Example
               .
               Mephibosheth
            
             being
             the
             Son
             of
             Jonathan
             ,
             David's
             admired
             Friend
             ,
             was
             after
             
             David's
             Coronation
             called
             to
             Court
             ,
             made
             to
             eat
             daily
             at
             the
             
             King's
             Table
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Lands
             of
             
               King
               Saul
            
             restored
             unto
             him
             .
             After
             a
             long
             prosperous
             Reign
             King
             David's
             
               Son
               Absalom
            
             conspired
             against
             him
             ;
             the
             Conspiracy
             was
             so
             strong
             and
             sudden
             that
             the
             King
             had
             no
             time
             to
             prepare
             himself
             for
             Defence
             ,
             scarce
             enough
             to
             fly
             .
             But
             among
             all
             the
             true-hearted
             Subjects
             which
             lamented
             the
             Kings
             distress
             ,
             that
             of
             Mephibosheth
             is
             most
             remarkable
             ,
             who
             being
             
               lame
               in
               his
               Feet
            
             ,
             yet
             
               had
               not
               dressed
               his
               Feet
               ,
               nor
               trimmed
               his
               Beard
               ,
               nor
               washed
               his
               Cloaths
               ,
               from
               the
               day
               the
               King
               departed
               ,
               until
               the
               
               day
               he
               came
               again
               in
               peace
               .
            
             There
             was
             a
             rare
             Divine
             Soul
             in
             a
             weak
             and
             informe
             body
             ;
             and
             the
             grief
             of
             the
             mind
             was
             exceedingly
             the
             greater
             ,
             because
             disabled
             of
             corporal
             assistance
             in
             his
             Princes
             necessity
             .
             But
             he
             would
             not
             be
             deficient
             wherein
             he
             was
             able
             ;
             therefore
             he
             produceth
             a
             powerful
             supply
             of
             prayers
             and
             tears
             instead
             of
             Arms
             and
             Sinews
             of
             War.
             Neither
             was
             he
             afraid
             in
             dangerous
             times
             to
             shew
             his
             dislike
             of
             the
             publick
             joy
             at
             Jerusalem
             ,
             or
             to
             be
             a
             mourner
             amidst
             
             Absalom's
             Triumphs
             .
             To
             shew
             fear
             had
             been
             to
             cast
             out
             love
             ,
             and
             was
             beneath
             his
             large
             Gratitude
             ,
             and
             incomparable
             Loyalty
             .
             These
             rendred
             him
             fearless
             and
             regardless
             of
             all
             other
             misfortunes
             after
             the
             
             King's
             departure
             .
             He
             so
             much
             saw
             his
             
             Master's
             danger
             ,
             that
             he
             saw
             not
             his
             own
             ;
             beyond
             him
             he
             had
             no
             hopes
             ,
             without
             him
             no
             pleasure
             .
             Which
             is
             easily
             discerned
             seeing
             his
             lameness
             being
             from
             his
             infancy
             ,
             and
             needing
             a
             continual
             care
             ,
             yet
             his
             sorrow
             and
             cares
             for
             his
             exiled
             King
             afforded
             no
             time
             for
             cure
             or
             refreshment
             .
             He
             could
             not
             mind
             ease
             and
             decency
             ,
             when
             the
             Kingdom
             was
             in
             disorder
             ,
             nor
             let
             his
             thoughts
             that
             were
             high
             in
             consultation
             and
             suspence
             for
             the
             sick
             Head
             and
             faint
             Heart
             descend
             so
             low
             as
             to
             be
             employed
             about
             his
             Feet
             .
             Self
             preservation
             would
             have
             been
             the
             first
             of
             most
             mens
             thoughts
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             none
             of
             his
             at
             all
             ,
             the
             weightiest
             concerns
             taking
             deepest
             impression
             in
             his
             great
             and
             capacious
             mind
             .
             Mean
             Spirits
             would
             have
             thought
             of
             nothing
             else
             ,
             but
             how
             to
             preserve
             themselves
             and
             their
             Fortunes
             ;
             let
             David
             or
             Absalom
             or
             whosoever
             could
             get
             the
             Throne
             much
             alike
             to
             them
             ;
             so
             long
             as
             they
             could
             find
             ways
             to
             Ingratiate
             and
             Fawn
             ,
             no
             matter
             by
             what
             hand
             they
             were
             fed
             .
             But
             Generous
             and
             Divine
             Souls
             reject
             those
             despicable
             politicks
             ,
             which
             certainly
             ruine
             Conscience
             and
             Fame
             ,
             and
             run
             greater
             hazards
             of
             Temporals
             then
             they
             ,
             who
             firmly
             adhere
             to
             their
             Loyalty
             and
             Integrity
             .
             For
             Rebellions
             are
             seldom
             prosperous
             ,
             or
             not
             long
             so
             :
             And
             although
             constant
             Fidelity
             doth
             willingly
             adventure
             all
             ,
             yet
             it
             never
             hath
             need
             to
             Apologize
             for
             Desertion
             ,
             or
             supplicate
             a
             returning
             Princes
             Mercy
             and
             Pardon
             .
             His
             Peaceable
             Restauration
             is
             the
             Faithful
             Subjects
             Prayer
             and
             Fortune
             ;
             this
             he
             chiefly
             desireth
             and
             aimeth
             at
             ;
             and
             if
             other
             Fortunes
             sink
             in
             the
             acquiring
             ,
             he
             esteemeth
             the
             purchase
             cheap
             enough
             .
             Those
             other
             men
             of
             mean
             Spirits
             ,
             like
             Ratts
             and
             such
             contemptible
             Vermine
             ,
             if
             the
             Building
             wherein
             they
             are
             threaten
             a
             downfal
             ,
             presently
             shift
             for
             themselves
             ,
             not
             caring
             what
             becometh
             of
             any
             thing
             ,
             provided
             they
             are
             far
             enough
             from
             the
             danger
             ,
             whether
             it
             stand
             or
             fall
             :
             But
             
               Good
               Men
            
             put
             their
             Shoulders
             as
             props
             to
             Sustain
             the
             Fabrick
             of
             the
             State
             ,
             and
             never
             move
             from
             their
             undertaken
             Charge
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             they
             have
             any
             Hopes
             of
             benefiting
             it
             by
             their
             Endeavours
             :
             And
             rather
             had
             they
             be
             
             opprest
             in
             the
             ruine
             ,
             then
             not
             to
             have
             endeavoured
             the
             utmost
             ,
             when
             need
             so
             required
             .
             And
             this
             is
             certainly
             the
             greatest
             Policy
             to
             them
             ,
             who
             make
             any
             Professions
             of
             Religion
             ,
             or
             think
             justly
             of
             God.
             I
             add
             this
             last
             ,
             
               Or
               think
               justly
               of
               God
            
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             too
             well
             known
             ,
             that
             they
             who
             in
             Later
             times
             ,
             and
             in
             these
             days
             ,
             make
             loudest
             Professions
             of
             Religion
             ,
             are
             the
             first
             in
             Seditious
             and
             Rebellious
             practices
             .
             But
             this
             sheweth
             their
             Professions
             insincere
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             Truth
             they
             do
             but
             make
             a
             mock
             of
             the
             name
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             think
             of
             God
             ,
             (
             as
             that
             
               Royal
               Prophet
            
             expresseth
             it
             )
             that
             
               he
               is
               altogether
               such
               an
               oxe
               as
               themselves
               ,
            
             or
             rather
             ,
             
               Do
               say
               in
               their
               hearts
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               God.
            
             The
             better
             sort
             of
             Moralists
             have
             in
             all
             times
             outdone
             these
             Christians
             ,
             believing
             their
             Allegiance
             to
             their
             Prince
             to
             exceed
             all
             private
             Interests
             ,
             whether
             Personal
             or
             Relative
             ;
             and
             exhibiting
             incorrupt
             Loyalty
             under
             the
             greatest
             Temptations
             and
             durance
             .
             Nay
             even
             the
             better
             sort
             of
             Doggs
             have
             shewn
             grateful
             Fidelity
             to
             their
             Masters
             to
             the
             extremity
             of
             Breath
             .
             So
             far
             have
             those
             other
             pretenders
             to
             the
             great
             Titles
             of
             Piety
             ,
             put
             off
             even
             Morality
             and
             Nature
             .
             But
             such
             as
             truly
             fear
             God
             ,
             and
             revere
             Conscience
             upon
             each
             neglect
             ,
             or
             injurious
             act
             ,
             declare
             to
             themselves
             what
             David
             proclaimed
             to
             
               Abner
               and
               the
               People
            
             ,
             who
             sleeping
             left
             the
             King
             to
             David
             and
             
             Abishai's
             mercy
             ;
             
               As
               the
               Lord
               liveth
               we
               are
               worthy
               to
               die
               ,
               because
               we
               have
               not
               kept
               the
               Lords
               Anointed
               .
            
             And
             wise
             men
             ,
             who
             know
             the
             danger
             ,
             will
             be
             as
             careful
             not
             to
             incurr
             the
             
               Divine
               Displeasure
            
             by
             sleeping
             when
             it
             is
             time
             of
             Action
             ;
             but
             rather
             they
             hate
             the
             Act
             of
             Negligence
             more
             then
             the
             desert
             ,
             and
             are
             so
             in
             love
             with
             their
             duty
             ,
             that
             no
             violence
             can
             seperate
             Affections
             ,
             or
             hinder
             their
             diligence
             in
             Preserving
             or
             Rescuing
             from
             danger
             the
             
               Lords
               Anointed
               ,
               the
               Breath
               of
               our
               Nostrils
               .
            
             And
             this
             (
             although
             good
             men
             in
             the
             performance
             of
             their
             duty
             ,
             least
             think
             of
             a
             Temporal
             reward
             ,
             yet
             )
             they
             know
             to
             be
             the
             highest
             part
             of
             Prudence
             too
             ,
             or
             Rational
             Subtilty
             .
             They
             know
             the
             
               Divine
               Power
            
             to
             be
             no
             Fiction
             ,
             or
             Dream
             ,
             but
             recollect
             and
             treasure
             up
             in
             their
             Memories
             the
             Omnipotent
             Acts
             of
             revenge
             of
             its
             dishonour
             upon
             the
             unthinking
             Contrivers
             of
             Treason
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             frequent
             Temporal
             manifestations
             of
             his
             Love
             and
             Honour
             to
             the
             Faithful
             .
             They
             see
             it
             to
             be
             but
             a
             Tryal
             ,
             and
             being
             confirmed
             for
             their
             Duty
             ,
             are
             sure
             of
             being
             approved
             ,
             and
             that
             when
             God
             seeth
             his
             time
             to
             
               Turn
               again
               the
               Captivity
               of
               his
               people
               ,
            
             for
             their
             present
             Grief
             ,
             they
             shall
             obtain
             the
             chief
             places
             in
             
               the
               Theaters
               of
               Joy.
            
             It
             being
             Gods
             promise
             ,
             
               That
               the
               King
               shall
               joy
               in
               Gods
               strength
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               will
               prevent
               him
               with
               the
               Blessings
               of
               Goodness
               ,
            
             They
             know
             ,
             that
             as
             the
             Kings
             Sorrow
             was
             theirs
             ,
             so
             shall
             his
             Joy
             be
             .
             So
             that
             their
             Trouble
             ,
             although
             excessive
             ,
             hath
             yet
             much
             Consolation
             ;
             because
             they
             
             Hope
             always
             ,
             and
             their
             Hope
             is
             Rational
             depending
             on
             God
             ,
             who
             besides
             Scriptural
             most
             delicious
             Promises
             and
             Examples
             ,
             hath
             further
             amply
             furnished
             us
             with
             incomparable
             modern
             Patterns
             and
             Observations
             .
             In
             the
             midst
             of
             their
             Griefs
             ,
             Sufferings
             and
             Endeavours
             ,
             they
             seem
             to
             hear
             directed
             to
             each
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             lamenting
             
               Rachel
               ,
               Refrain
               thy
               Voice
               from
               Weeping
               ,
               and
               thine
               Eyes
               from
               Tears
               ,
               for
               thy
               work
               shall
               be
               rewarded
               ,
               and
               they
               shall
               come
               again
               from
               the
               Land
               of
               the
               Enemy
               .
            
             They
             are
             as
             a
             Faithful
             Wife
             ,
             whose
             Husband
             being
             either
             in
             the
             field
             ready
             to
             engage
             in
             a
             desperate
             Battle
             ,
             or
             at
             Sea
             in
             stormy
             weather
             ,
             and
             a
             road
             Infested
             by
             Pyrats
             ;
             Anxity
             and
             Fear
             make
             her
             continually
             Mournful
             ,
             she
             is
             viduated
             and
             neglectful
             of
             Ornaments
             and
             Food
             ,
             using
             but
             little
             ,
             enjoying
             nothing
             .
             Yet
             Hope
             taketh
             its
             vicissitudes
             of
             administring
             Comfort
             ,
             minding
             her
             of
             the
             prevalency
             of
             Prayer
             and
             Patience
             ,
             repeating
             the
             successes
             with
             which
             God
             hath
             hitherto
             blessed
             either
             him
             or
             others
             ,
             who
             Industriously
             relyed
             upon
             the
             excellency
             of
             their
             Cause
             ,
             and
             which
             he
             hath
             to
             such
             promised
             .
             This
             giveth
             Intermissions
             of
             Grief
             ,
             and
             often
             gaineth
             victory
             ,
             although
             subject
             to
             frequent
             relapses
             .
             At
             length
             his
             return
             banisheth
             Hope
             and
             Fear
             ,
             but
             both
             serve
             to
             make
             great
             the
             joy
             ,
             which
             without
             them
             must
             have
             remained
             among
             the
             small
             and
             disregarded
             ones
             .
             The
             King
             is
             the
             Soul
             of
             his
             
               Countreys
               Joy
            
             and
             Felicity
             ,
             whose
             Dangers
             or
             Absence
             cause
             Convulsions
             of
             Spirits
             in
             his
             
               Faithful
               Subjects
            
             ,
             who
             are
             Espoused
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             sharers
             in
             all
             his
             Fortunes
             .
             And
             it
             is
             impossible
             while
             men
             are
             under
             greatly
             distracting
             cares
             for
             the
             Publick
             ,
             but
             that
             private
             Affairs
             and
             Pleasures
             must
             cease
             to
             be
             respected
             .
             But
             before
             these
             Thoughts
             swell
             the
             heart
             to
             despair
             ,
             
               Divine
               Comfort
            
             appeareth
             encouraging
             Fidelity
             ,
             with
             Promisses
             of
             a
             Blessed
             Conclusion
             .
             For
             by
             the
             Generations
             past
             they
             are
             taught
             ,
             that
             Adversities
             may
             fall
             upon
             Kings
             for
             their
             Kingdoms
             Wickedness
             ,
             God
             designing
             them
             as
             Punishments
             and
             Tryals
             for
             the
             Peoples
             Amendment
             ;
             but
             in
             his
             appointed
             time
             is
             wont
             to
             
               Turn
               him
               to
               the
               Prayer
               of
               the
               poor
               destitute
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               despise
               their
               desire
               .
            
             And
             although
             God
             doth
             sometimes
             afflict
             ,
             yet
             he
             patronizeth
             
               the
               Cause
               of
               Kings
            
             ,
             and
             calleth
             it
             his
             own
             .
             And
             the
             very
             success
             of
             the
             wicked
             is
             an
             assurance
             of
             their
             approaching
             fall
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             alway
             by
             them
             tyrannically
             and
             savagely
             used
             ,
             and
             accompanied
             with
             such
             prodigious
             haughtiness
             ,
             that
             the
             expectation
             must
             be
             inevitable
             ruine
             .
          
           
             These
             interchangeable
             sorrows
             and
             hopes
             did
             once
             long
             contend
             for
             victory
             in
             the
             minds
             of
             the
             
               Loyal
               party
            
             of
             these
             Kingdoms
             .
             The
             delays
             and
             improbabilities
             of
             our
             
               most
               Gracious
               Kings
               Restauration
            
             (
             after
             we
             had
             seen
             His
             
               Blessed
               Father
            
             exalted
             to
             a
             more
             
               glorious
               Crown
            
             )
             gave
             grief
             
             the
             longer
             possession
             .
             But
             our
             reason
             (
             when
             grief
             well
             nigh
             spent
             would
             permit
             us
             the
             use
             of
             it
             )
             shewed
             us
             the
             impossibility
             of
             such
             sanguinary
             Pride
             long
             continuing
             ,
             or
             that
             those
             mens
             insatiable
             desires
             ,
             which
             by
             receiving
             were
             the
             more
             extended
             ,
             till
             at
             length
             they
             were
             
               enlarged
               as
               Hell
            
             ,
             should
             wanting
             supplies
             abroad
             not
             fall
             to
             feed
             upon
             their
             own
             Instruments
             first
             ,
             afterward
             one
             upon
             another
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             end
             ravingly
             exspire
             .
             This
             reason
             was
             strengthened
             by
             a
             firm
             belief
             that
             God
             would
             not
             suffer
             such
             and
             so
             much
             blood
             to
             cry
             unrevenged
             ,
             that
             
               the
               patient
               abiding
               of
               the
               Meek
               should
               not
               alway
               be
               forgotten
               ,
            
             but
             that
             our
             God
             would
             be
             pleased
             to
             
               shew
               a
               token
               upon
               us
               for
               good
               ,
               that
               they
               who
               hated
               us
               ,
               might
               be
               ashamed
               .
            
             Our
             fears
             were
             more
             durable
             ,
             but
             our
             hopes
             by
             these
             dependencies
             and
             encouragements
             were
             more
             quick
             and
             powerful
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             end
             vanquishing
             our
             fears
             were
             themselves
             lost
             in
             the
             following
             pleasant
             and
             celestial
             enjoyments
             .
             The
             benefits
             whereof
             ,
             I
             humbly
             beseech
             God
             ,
             we
             may
             by
             our
             virtues
             and
             pious
             thankfulness
             make
             truely
             our
             own
             ,
             and
             by
             such
             patterns
             leave
             the
             possession
             of
             Posterities
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             foul
             interruption
             ,
             which
             ill
             men
             have
             by
             indirect
             counsels
             made
             ,
             putteth
             us
             again
             upon
             the
             rack
             ,
             and
             giveth
             even
             the
             name
             of
             Joy
             but
             an
             unwelcom
             reception
             ,
             until
             judicious
             Hope
             relieveth
             us
             with
             assurances
             that
             their
             expectation
             is
             but
             short
             ,
             and
             sheweth
             us
             the
             Achitophels
             politickly
             contriving
             the
             frame
             and
             as
             cunningly
             erecting
             the
             Ladder
             ,
             from
             the
             top
             of
             which
             they
             may
             boast
             their
             success
             and
             give
             perpetuity
             to
             their
             memories
             .
             Each
             
               dutiful
               Subject
            
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             with
             a
             lamenting
             care
             beholdeth
             his
             Princes
             troubles
             and
             the
             fate
             of
             those
             ,
             who
             so
             occasion
             them
             .
             And
             (
             such
             is
             the
             usual
             course
             of
             
               Divine
               Rewards
            
             descending
             upon
             prudent
             Obedience
             )
             although
             he
             is
             least
             in
             his
             own
             thoughts
             ,
             yet
             by
             all
             his
             faculties
             endeavouring
             it
             ,
             he
             beginneth
             his
             own
             prosperity
             at
             his
             Soveraignes
             .
             Being
             careless
             of
             all
             even
             life
             it self
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             being
             resolutely
             willing
             to
             expose
             all
             that
             is
             dearest
             to
             him
             as
             the
             purchase
             of
             the
             
               Kings
               peace
            
             ,
             he
             best
             keepeth
             and
             secureth
             his
             All.
             By
             this
             means
             his
             adversity
             is
             shortned
             ,
             his
             joy
             rendred
             more
             durable
             and
             copious
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             VII
             .
          
           
             The
             Princes
             Peace
             and
             thereby
             the
             Kingdoms
             settled
             can
             truely
             influence
             with
             joy
             none
             but
             Good
             Subjects
             .
          
           
             WHat
             good
             men
             ask
             of
             God
             according
             to
             his
             Will
             ,
             and
             Industriously
             labour
             for
             ,
             in
             this
             being
             obtained
             they
             truly
             rejoyce
             ;
             but
             others
             have
             not
             the
             like
             joy
             ,
             although
             partakers
             of
             the
             same
             Blessings
             ,
             having
             been
             deficient
             in
             the
             means
             .
             For
             although
             (
             as
             it
             is
             in
             general
             Blessings
             )
             multitudes
             have
             had
             joy
             by
             His
             Majesties
             Happy
             Restauration
             ,
             yet
             all
             those
             could
             not
             truly
             rejoyce
             in
             it
             ,
             that
             being
             both
             the
             purchase
             and
             work
             of
             Piety
             .
             It
             was
             the
             fruit
             of
             incessant
             Prayer
             ,
             whereby
             the
             Faithful
             prevailed
             with
             God
             for
             this
             Return
             to
             His
             Afflicted
             People
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             wonted
             course
             of
             his
             Favours
             ,
             as
             Elias
             did
             after
             so
             many
             years
             of
             Drought
             to
             the
             Thirsty
             Israelites
             ,
             who
             all
             knew
             the
             misery
             they
             lay
             under
             ,
             but
             not
             the
             Cause
             or
             Remedy
             .
             As
             it
             was
             with
             them
             ,
             so
             with
             us
             ;
             the
             very
             Authors
             of
             the
             dismal
             Judgement
             groaned
             under
             it
             ,
             and
             lamented
             the
             Pressure
             ,
             not
             the
             Provocation
             .
             We
             had
             men
             esteemed
             Crafty
             ,
             who
             had
             wit
             enough
             to
             bring
             mischief
             upon
             others
             ,
             to
             derive
             much
             upon
             themselves
             and
             put
             all
             into
             disorder
             ,
             but
             were
             unseen
             in
             the
             ways
             of
             Feace
             and
             Composure
             .
             But
             ,
             Alas
             !
             they
             who
             are
             endued
             with
             this
             wit
             only
             ,
             are
             but
             each
             puny
             Devils
             Fools
             .
             Could
             they
             judiciously
             have
             betaken
             themselves
             to
             the
             Art
             of
             Reconciliation
             ,
             they
             had
             been
             to
             be
             admired
             .
             Nothing
             more
             common
             then
             for
             a
             Fool
             ,
             in
             one
             minute
             to
             destroy
             the
             curious
             Contrivance
             and
             labour
             of
             many
             Months
             ;
             and
             without
             difficulty
             a
             Mad
             man
             can
             quickly
             Fire
             a
             most
             magnificent
             Edifice
             ,
             not
             modelled
             and
             raised
             without
             vast
             Expence
             of
             Councel
             ,
             Riches
             ,
             Labour
             and
             Time
             :
             And
             out
             of
             his
             fit
             this
             Incendiary
             may
             happen
             to
             lament
             the
             Desolation
             ,
             and
             weep
             into
             the
             Ashes
             ,
             especially
             if
             sensible
             that
             before
             its
             Funeral
             ,
             that
             House
             was
             wont
             to
             be
             his
             Hospitable
             shelter
             from
             necessity
             .
             All
             his
             wishes
             ,
             either
             that
             he
             had
             not
             done
             it
             ,
             or
             that
             it
             were
             rebuilt
             ,
             ar
             insignificant
             without
             Materials
             ,
             Judgment
             and
             Money
             ;
             the
             Resurrection
             must
             not
             owe
             it self
             to
             one
             possest
             with
             a
             Brain-sick
             Fury
             .
             They
             who
             kindled
             the
             late
             terrible
             Flames
             ,
             which
             laid
             three
             Kingdoms
             Wast
             ,
             claim
             an
             equal
             Interest
             at
             least
             ,
             with
             Subjects
             of
             the
             most
             Untainted
             Loyalty
             in
             the
             Restauration
             and
             Joy
             thereof
             
             of
             as
             principally
             their
             Work
             and
             Benifit
             ,
             (
             and
             I
             would
             to
             God
             it
             were
             their
             due
             ,
             that
             the
             Happiness
             might
             be
             the
             more
             compleat
             )
             but
             the
             Immodesty
             of
             the
             claim
             ,
             accompanied
             with
             Indignation
             towards
             such
             as
             find
             it
             their
             duty
             to
             mind
             them
             of
             a
             necessity
             of
             Repentance
             for
             past
             Delinquencies
             ,
             and
             an
             undutiful
             demeanor
             towards
             their
             Master
             ever
             since
             His
             Return
             ,
             plead
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             vacate
             their
             pretensions
             .
             They
             who
             repent
             not
             what
             Injuries
             they
             committed
             against
             the
             Father
             ,
             could
             not
             sincerely
             Pray
             for
             the
             Sons
             Peaceable
             Return
             ,
             as
             to
             His
             Just
             and
             undoubted
             Rights
             ;
             and
             what
             they
             could
             not
             Pray
             for
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             cheerfully
             rejoyce
             in
             :
             And
             they
             who
             use
             all
             Scurrilous
             wayes
             of
             shewing
             a
             dislike
             to
             
               that
               Church
            
             ,
             whereof
             he
             ,
             is
             pleased
             to
             declare
             Himself
             a
             Resolute
             Defender
             ,
             cannot
             love
             Him
             ,
             who
             Defendeth
             what
             they
             hate
             :
             For
             certainly
             they
             ,
             who
             Threaten
             and
             spare
             not
             to
             speak
             their
             Hopes
             of
             our
             Churches
             downfal
             ,
             must
             ruine
             the
             Defender
             ,
             before
             they
             can
             fix
             any
             fatal
             Weapon
             in
             her
             .
             As
             I
             confine
             Joy
             to
             Religion
             ,
             so
             Joy
             and
             Religion
             to
             the
             love
             of
             Vnity
             :
             It
             was
             for
             
             Vnity's
             sake
             (
             as
             knowing
             none
             but
             a
             
               King
               ,
               Gods
               Ordinance
            
             could
             restore
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             an
             Vsurper
             could
             not
             be
             
               Gods
               Ordinance
            
             ,
             neither
             Vnity
             consist
             with
             his
             Interest
             )
             that
             the
             Faithful
             were
             in
             such
             trouble
             ,
             and
             Prayed
             day
             and
             night
             with
             such
             fervency
             .
             When
             by
             our
             Lords
             gracious
             respects
             to
             their
             Petitions
             ,
             the
             
               Grand
               Artificer
               ,
               Instrument
               and
               Means
            
             were
             given
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             be
             partners
             either
             in
             the
             Petitions
             or
             Joy
             ,
             who
             would
             not
             be
             wrought
             upon
             to
             contribute
             to
             the
             Vnity
             ,
             but
             like
             so
             many
             Sanballats
             and
             Ammonites
             ,
             were
             rather
             
               exceedingly
               grieved
               that
               there
               was
               come
               a
               Man
               to
               seek
               the
               Welfare
               of
               Gods
               people
            
             ;
             as
             not
             withstanding
             their
             first
             Pretences
             ,
             their
             after
             Scoffs
             and
             Oppositions
             ,
             and
             their
             late
             practices
             have
             manifested
             .
             Now
             these
             men
             by
             His
             Majesties
             mild
             Reign
             and
             manisold
             Indulgentes
             are
             Rich
             ,
             living
             in
             Ease
             and
             Plenty
             ,
             wanting
             nothing
             that
             conduceth
             to
             Joy
             ,
             which
             is
             within
             the
             Immense
             Power
             of
             a
             King
             to
             give
             :
             Yet
             want
             of
             Gratitude
             and
             Piety
             makes
             Contentment
             wanting
             ;
             so
             that
             in
             fine
             ,
             they
             have
             ,
             but
             rejoyce
             not
             in
             the
             Blessings
             ,
             which
             make
             glad
             the
             Hearts
             of
             others
             .
             If
             (
             as
             they
             have
             over-boasted
             )
             they
             were
             of
             those
             ,
             who
             desired
             and
             prepared
             the
             way
             for
             the
             
               Kings
               Return
            
             ;
             yet
             to
             offer
             this
             with
             Propositions
             and
             upon
             Terms
             ,
             (
             which
             was
             Disloyalty
             ,
             as
             tending
             to
             His
             Dishonour
             )
             or
             upon
             such
             Hopes
             as
             the
             granting
             them
             was
             inconsistent
             with
             the
             Splendor
             and
             Safety
             of
             His
             Crown
             ,
             or
             upon
             Revenge
             to
             an
             Inferior
             Faction
             ,
             which
             ungratefully
             Usurped
             Authority
             over
             those
             ,
             who
             Tutored
             and
             Nursed
             it
             up
             ,
             had
             none
             of
             the
             respects
             and
             zeal
             of
             
               Good
               Subjects
            
             ,
             nor
             could
             they
             entertain
             true
             Joy
             ,
             who
             were
             blindly
             transported
             with
             divers
             Lusts
             and
             Intemperate
             Desires
             .
             The
             Joy
             for
             the
             King
             and
             
             
               Kingdoms
               Peace
            
             restored
             as
             the
             greatest
             of
             
               Divine
               Mercies
            
             ,
             requireth
             a
             Serene
             mind
             ,
             free
             from
             all
             mists
             and
             vapors
             of
             Passions
             ,
             all
             dreggs
             of
             Lust
             ,
             Envy
             and
             Malice
             ,
             and
             all
             whifling
             clouds
             of
             Irresolute
             Fancy
             ,
             a
             mind
             satisfied
             with
             the
             discharge
             of
             its
             duty
             ,
             and
             which
             by
             present
             perceptions
             hath
             a
             fair
             prospect
             of
             greater
             Benefits
             ,
             which
             these
             beautiful
             ones
             only
             usher
             in
             to
             strengthen
             Faith
             and
             cherish
             holy
             Expectation
             .
          
           
             But
             while
             my
             Restrictions
             are
             of
             this
             sort
             ,
             they
             may
             seem
             to
             exclude
             from
             this
             Joy
             all
             Subjects
             ,
             none
             having
             minds
             so
             clear
             and
             innocent
             ,
             as
             never
             to
             admit
             any
             thing
             contrary
             to
             those
             prescribed
             Qualifications
             .
             And
             indeed
             every
             admission
             is
             a
             diminution
             ,
             or
             weakning
             of
             it
             ,
             indisposing
             mens
             Appetites
             to
             the
             relishing
             those
             admirably
             pleasant
             Fruits
             ,
             which
             Providence
             hath
             set
             so
             plentifully
             before
             them
             .
             And
             with
             unconstant
             minds
             ,
             nothing
             sooner
             prevaileth
             to
             a
             dislike
             than
             the
             Plenty
             ,
             Wantonness
             making
             them
             snuffe
             upon
             these
             unvaluable
             Delights
             ,
             whose
             nourishment
             is
             too
             high
             for
             their
             unrefined
             Constitutions
             .
             But
             as
             to
             what
             is
             incident
             to
             Humanity
             ,
             the
             best
             of
             men
             have
             suffered
             under
             some
             surprizals
             of
             infirmity
             ,
             and
             do
             rather
             sometimes
             forget
             ,
             than
             commit
             against
             the
             strictness
             of
             Duty
             ,
             so
             that
             by
             the
             abatement
             of
             their
             Sacred
             pleasures
             they
             are
             quickned
             to
             it
             again
             .
             Now
             such
             as
             by
             their
             Vigilance
             overcome
             evil
             passions
             and
             condemnable
             motions
             ,
             I
             speak
             Innocent
             and
             pure
             from
             them
             accounting
             love
             and
             desire
             of
             perfection
             to
             be
             the
             fulness
             of
             the
             vertues
             required
             .
             For
             it
             is
             but
             reason
             that
             as
             God
             accepteth
             them
             ,
             man
             should
             esteem
             them
             ;
             and
             he
             indeed
             putteth
             the
             full
             value
             upon
             Faithful
             endeavours
             .
             And
             (
             as
             to
             the
             present
             Discourse
             )
             the
             desires
             of
             being
             Loyally
             obedient
             is
             a
             through
             Obedience
             ,
             which
             will
             not
             be
             misguided
             by
             Passions
             ,
             improper
             expectations
             ,
             bottomless
             conceits
             and
             suspicions
             ,
             or
             revengeful
             hopes
             ,
             but
             rejoyceth
             in
             the
             performance
             of
             its
             duty
             making
             it self
             its
             chief
             reward
             .
             An
             obedient
             man
             desireth
             and
             endeavoureth
             Peace
             ,
             and
             being
             obtained
             imbraceth
             and
             keepeth
             it
             as
             studiously
             as
             he
             laboured
             for
             it
             ,
             Praying
             for
             its
             Blessed
             continuance
             ,
             loving
             all
             that
             joyn
             with
             him
             in
             the
             same
             Affections
             ,
             and
             hating
             none
             but
             as
             they
             are
             its
             Enemies
             .
             Peace
             is
             his
             desire
             ,
             his
             delight
             and
             glory
             ,
             the
             end
             of
             all
             his
             Actions
             ,
             the
             emblem
             of
             his
             Eternal
             recompence
             ,
             his
             Heaven
             upon
             Earth
             .
             And
             this
             no
             corrupt
             minds
             can
             truly
             rejoyce
             in
             ;
             they
             may
             peradventure
             be
             pleased
             with
             it
             for
             a
             time
             ,
             but
             are
             soon
             glutted
             with
             its
             pleasures
             and
             stores
             ,
             grow
             insolent
             and
             kick
             at
             her
             Blessings
             .
             But
             good
             men
             cannot
             surseit
             upon
             her
             favours
             ,
             though
             abundantly
             satisfied
             with
             them
             .
             For
             in
             sound
             minds
             the
             same
             plenty
             be
             getteth
             desire
             ,
             which
             in
             depraved
             ,
             groweth
             to
             an
             abhorrency
             .
             Neither
             can
             Peace
             be
             obtained
             by
             evil
             or
             unstable
             men
             ,
             any
             more
             then
             continue
             
             by
             them
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             in
             their
             power
             to
             disturb
             it
             :
             For
             the
             
               Sacred
               Oracle
            
             declaring
             ,
             that
             
               there
               is
               no
               peace
               to
               the
               wicked
               ,
            
             they
             certainly
             can
             never
             give
             that
             to
             others
             ,
             which
             they
             cannot
             procure
             for
             themselves
             ,
             or
             brook
             in
             others
             .
             So
             that
             to
             be
             able
             to
             rejoyce
             in
             Peace
             ,
             every
             man
             must
             conform
             to
             a
             Virtuous
             Life
             ,
             and
             be
             wife
             with
             Sobriety
             .
             For
             vitious
             living
             enclineth
             men
             to
             anger
             ,
             suspitions
             and
             all
             sorts
             of
             unruly
             courses
             ,
             and
             generally
             begetteth
             in
             them
             an
             over-value
             of
             their
             own
             Judgments
             and
             Abilities
             ;
             which
             hath
             been
             sadly
             experienced
             in
             some
             of
             the
             great
             Debauches
             of
             our
             times
             .
          
           
             Some
             men
             again
             well
             deserving
             ,
             and
             who
             have
             been
             long
             known
             to
             govern
             themselves
             in
             the
             proper
             rules
             of
             this
             Joy
             ,
             have
             at
             length
             become
             too
             apprehensive
             of
             being
             useful
             ,
             and
             thereby
             have
             ceased
             to
             become
             
               Good
               Subjects
            
             ,
             a
             proud
             confidence
             destroying
             that
             Loyalty
             ,
             which
             had
             been
             admirably
             excellent
             ,
             had
             it
             continued
             among
             
               the
               works
               and
               labours
               of
               Love.
            
             Because
             they
             hear
             that
             well
             doing
             deserveth
             a
             reward
             ,
             they
             wrong
             their
             judgments
             in
             reaching
             at
             an
             immature
             one
             ,
             and
             too
             much
             discover
             a
             long
             concealed
             malignity
             in
             their
             minds
             ,
             which
             hath
             disturbed
             their
             Joy
             although
             without
             publick
             observation
             .
             For
             where
             there
             are
             illegitimate
             hopes
             ,
             there
             must
             be
             sometimes
             great
             fears
             ,
             which
             (
             as
             we
             see
             )
             break
             out
             into
             disorders
             ,
             and
             are
             ever
             disturbing
             the
             contentment
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
             which
             by
             well
             doing
             only
             should
             be
             kept
             in
             tranquility
             .
             The
             Pious
             satisfaction
             of
             Gods
             great
             favour
             in
             hearing
             the
             cries
             of
             his
             afflicted
             people
             ,
             and
             restoring
             to
             us
             our
             
               Dread
               Soveraign
               in
               Peace
            
             ,
             and
             the
             virtuous
             care
             of
             continuing
             this
             mercy
             certainly
             mind
             nothing
             but
             God
             and
             the
             
               Kings
               '
            
             approbation
             .
             If
             these
             performances
             observed
             produce
             any
             further
             Grace
             ,
             it
             is
             venerably
             received
             ,
             not
             as
             a
             recompence
             ,
             but
             a
             Princely
             condescention
             and
             Bounty
             .
             Good
             
               Mephibosheths
               Loyalty
            
             is
             an
             incomparable
             pattern
             ,
             who
             was
             so
             truly
             glad
             of
             his
             
               Princes
               Return
            
             ,
             that
             the
             Joy
             was
             to
             him
             a
             Possession
             ;
             for
             other
             things
             he
             careth
             not
             ,
             but
             saith
             Calumniating
             
               Ziba
               ,
               Yea
               ,
               let
               him
               take
               all
               ,
               forasmuch
               as
               my
               Lord
               the
               King
               is
               come
               again
               in
               Peace
               .
            
          
           
             But
             some
             of
             the
             great
             pretender
             to
             Loyalty
             have
             stained
             the
             glorious
             repute
             ,
             which
             they
             had
             gotten
             ,
             at
             a
             most
             foolish
             rate
             .
             For
             where
             the
             King
             hath
             been
             pleased
             to
             accept
             the
             Services
             of
             some
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             to
             signalize
             them
             with
             grants
             of
             eminent
             Indulgences
             ;
             they
             who
             were
             profitable
             Servants
             ,
             became
             foolish
             Favourites
             ,
             and
             what
             they
             have
             industriously
             managed
             to
             their
             Princes
             advantage
             in
             an
             Inferior
             Station
             ,
             their
             Pride
             hath
             ruined
             in
             advancement
             .
             For
             wanting
             continence
             in
             elated
             Fortunes
             ,
             they
             though
             their
             Deeds
             merit
             ,
             not
             Duty
             ;
             and
             judging
             themselves
             such
             men
             of
             excellence
             ,
             that
             the
             Scepter
             could
             not
             be
             weilded
             
             without
             their
             councell
             ,
             they
             have
             presumed
             to
             act
             above
             the
             condition
             of
             Subjects
             ,
             forgetting
             their
             Original
             and
             the
             Humility
             which
             gave
             their
             Honour
             a
             Being
             .
             And
             these
             were
             so
             far
             from
             following
             
             Mephibosheth's
             example
             of
             leaving
             all
             for
             Joy
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             thought
             nothing
             sufficient
             reward
             ,
             which
             accumulative
             liberality
             hath
             laid
             upon
             them
             .
             And
             indeed
             herein
             the
             strength
             of
             their
             judgments
             met
             with
             the
             severest
             tryal
             .
             For
             they
             ,
             who
             could
             laudably
             sustain
             and
             overcome
             the
             sharpest
             adversities
             ,
             have
             been
             drawn
             into
             a
             snare
             by
             the
             blandishments
             of
             Fortune
             ,
             and
             their
             Fortitude
             being
             eneruated
             by
             her
             leniments
             ,
             she
             hath
             led
             them
             about
             as
             the
             most
             ridiculous
             Captives
             .
             So
             easily
             are
             heedless
             men
             divested
             of
             their
             Joy
             ,
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             their
             Triumphs
             ,
             by
             yielding
             to
             the
             beginning
             of
             temptations
             of
             making
             reward
             the
             chief
             inducement
             to
             Loyalty
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             VIII
             .
          
           
             No
             Considerations
             of
             past
             or
             ensuing
             damages
             ,
             which
             have
             or
             may
             accrew
             to
             him
             ,
             do
             hinder
             this
             Joy
             in
             a
             Good
             Subject
             .
          
           
             TRue
             Loyalty
             is
             so
             little
             swayed
             by
             interest
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             its
             own
             contentment
             ,
             and
             rejoyceth
             in
             the
             
               King's
               Peace
            
             for
             God
             ,
             his
             Church
             and
             Peoples
             sake
             ,
             looking
             for
             no
             reward
             beyond
             self
             satisfaction
             .
             The
             excellency
             of
             the
             Example
             biddeth
             me
             again
             repeat
             it
             ,
             and
             make
             Remarques
             upon
             the
             sacred
             History
             or
             Mephibosheth
             .
             He
             was
             the
             Son
             of
             Saul
             ,
             (
             as
             the
             Holy
             Text
             speaketh
             it
             in
             the
             relation
             of
             that
             action
             more
             observably
             )
             yet
             came
             down
             with
             an
             unparallel'd
             Joy
             to
             meet
             King
             David
             returning
             from
             Exilement
             .
             This
             Mephibosheth
             was
             
               Heir
               Apparent
            
             to
             the
             Crown
             of
             Israel
             ,
             as
             it
             respecteth
             the
             
               House
               of
               Saul
            
             ,
             being
             the
             Son
             of
             Jonathan
             ,
             Saul's
             eldest
             Son.
             Neither
             the
             reflections
             upon
             his
             disinherison
             not
             withstanding
             his
             Title
             by
             a
             most
             direct
             descent
             ,
             nor
             
             David's
             preceipitate
             dispossessing
             him
             of
             his
             Lands
             ,
             upon
             the
             false
             accusations
             of
             Ziba
             his
             servant
             before
             he
             had
             liberty
             to
             answer
             for
             himself
             ,
             did
             any
             thing
             prevail
             with
             him
             to
             lessen
             his
             affections
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             his
             gladness
             that
             he
             was
             
               returned
               in
               Peace
            
             .
             The
             King
             indeed
             had
             sent
             for
             him
             to
             
               eat
               at
               his
               own
               Table
            
             ,
             and
             restored
             unto
             him
             all
             his
             Patrimony
             .
             
             But
             the
             respect
             to
             his
             succession
             could
             soon
             have
             fitted
             him
             with
             replies
             ;
             That
             the
             specious
             Kindness
             of
             calling
             him
             to
             Court
             might
             be
             both
             pride
             ,
             and
             
               policy
               ;
               pride
            
             ,
             to
             render
             his
             own
             Majesty
             the
             more
             awful
             by
             so
             great
             a
             Princes
             attendance
             ;
             And
             policy
             ,
             to
             keep
             him
             near
             him
             alwaies
             in
             view
             ,
             that
             so
             he
             might
             not
             be
             able
             to
             cause
             Sedition
             or
             Innovation
             .
             And
             then
             what
             did
             an
             Inheritance
             (
             which
             ,
             his
             Title
             to
             the
             Crown
             considered
             ,
             was
             but
             part
             of
             his
             right
             )
             in
             a
             corner
             of
             one
             of
             the
             Tribes
             signifie
             to
             a
             man
             thoughtful
             of
             the
             loss
             of
             a
             Kingdom
             ?
             What
             was
             it
             but
             an
             occasion
             for
             his
             Brethren
             the
             Benjamites
             to
             upbraid
             him
             with
             want
             of
             courage
             and
             judgment
             ,
             who
             should
             so
             tamely
             acquiesce
             in
             this
             as
             a
             favour
             ,
             and
             content
             himself
             with
             a
             
               private
               Fortune
            
             ,
             who
             was
             born
             unto
             so
             glorious
             a
             Scepter
             ?
             But
             piety
             quasht
             all
             these
             suggestions
             (
             so
             apt
             to
             swell
             and
             puff
             up
             a
             young
             Princes
             mind
             )
             and
             gave
             him
             a
             most
             sacred
             Judgment
             to
             discern
             
             God's
             Work
             and
             Decree
             ,
             and
             taught
             him
             by
             meekness
             to
             enjoy
             himself
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             the
             King
             bestowed
             upon
             him
             as
             truly
             
               Royal
               favours
            
             .
             The
             same
             
               Almighty
               power
            
             ,
             which
             exalted
             his
             
               Grandfather
               Saul
            
             to
             be
             King
             ,
             had
             for
             disobedience
             to
             his
             commands
             denounced
             by
             the
             same
             Prophet
             ,
             who
             anointed
             him
             ,
             the
             
               renting
               away
               of
               his
               Kingdom
               and
               giving
               it
               to
               his
               Neighbour
               ,
            
             and
             soon
             after
             the
             denunciation
             caused
             David
             by
             the
             same
             Prophet
             to
             be
             anointed
             .
             That
             he
             was
             ordained
             King
             by
             God
             ,
             Saul
             knew
             and
             envied
             him
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             often
             endeavoured
             to
             frustrate
             the
             
               Divine
               Decree
            
             by
             killing
             him
             ;
             This
             Jonathan
             knew
             and
             loved
             him
             ;
             this
             Mephibosheth
             knew
             ,
             and
             thence
             gave
             him
             the
             Honour
             ,
             which
             true
             Majesty
             demanded
             and
             Conscience
             enjoyned
             should
             be
             given
             by
             all
             Subjects
             .
             This
             being
             a
             well
             weighed
             ground
             for
             him
             to
             despise
             his
             own
             Title
             ,
             he
             saw
             as
             little
             cause
             to
             be
             angry
             at
             the
             disposing
             his
             estate
             to
             treacherous
             Ziba
             .
             He
             considered
             it
             to
             be
             the
             
             King
             's
             meer
             bounty
             at
             first
             ,
             and
             was
             thankful
             for
             so
             long
             a
             time
             of
             enjoyment
             .
             And
             his
             Joy
             at
             the
             
             King's
             Return
             was
             only
             lessened
             by
             pity
             ,
             that
             the
             Crown
             ,
             which
             
               taketh
               away
               all
               personal
               defects
            
             ,
             did
             not
             as
             well
             remove
             the
             defects
             of
             the
             mind
             ,
             and
             make
             the
             King
             less
             humane
             by
             being
             infallible
             .
             With
             all
             wise
             men
             a
             large
             and
             ponderous
             good
             begetteth
             oblivion
             of
             a
             small
             inconvenience
             or
             evil
             ,
             (
             none
             but
             fools
             bemoaning
             the
             loss
             of
             trifles
             ,
             and
             pursuing
             them
             in
             their
             thoughts
             to
             the
             contempt
             of
             solid
             pleasures
             )
             and
             with
             all
             good
             men
             the
             
               publick
               good
            
             is
             the
             greatest
             .
             That
             vulgar
             expression
             ,
             
               That
               every
               man
               is
               nearest
               to
               himself
               ,
            
             is
             only
             true
             in
             respect
             to
             Neighbourhood
             and
             private
             commerce
             ,
             but
             never
             (
             that
             I
             know
             or
             have
             heard
             )
             owned
             by
             men
             of
             any
             understanding
             to
             extend
             to
             the
             Publick
             .
             For
             those
             very
             men
             ,
             who
             seek
             themselves
             only
             by
             the
             ruine
             of
             others
             placed
             above
             them
             ,
             hypocritically
             move
             under
             the
             shadow
             of
             the
             
               General
               Welfare
            
             ,
             
             because
             Mankind
             universally
             abhorreth
             any
             such
             Position
             ,
             That
             
               Private
               Injuries
               are
               to
               be
               revenged
               by
               a
               publick
               mischief
               .
            
             Therefore
             discontented
             Persons
             we
             see
             shunned
             as
             pestiferous
             ,
             there
             's
             no
             coming
             near
             them
             without
             danger
             ,
             nor
             letting
             them
             abroad
             with
             safety
             ,
             until
             they
             are
             throughly
             purged
             and
             cured
             .
             If
             once
             a
             real
             wrong
             done
             by
             his
             Prince
             (
             as
             such
             may
             happen
             to
             be
             sustained
             )
             shall
             justifie
             a
             Subjects
             disorders
             ,
             innumerable
             fained
             or
             supposed
             ones
             will
             continually
             appear
             to
             the
             destruction
             of
             Peace
             and
             Government
             .
             Now
             a
             wise
             man
             considereth
             ,
             that
             if
             by
             any
             misresentation
             of
             him
             to
             his
             Prince
             (
             as
             was
             
             Mephibosheth's
             case
             )
             he
             hath
             undergone
             some
             damages
             ,
             by
             his
             diligent
             continuing
             in
             his
             duty
             and
             Allegiance
             he
             may
             become
             observed
             ,
             and
             probably
             repaid
             with
             advantage
             ;
             but
             if
             not
             ,
             that
             injuries
             of
             this
             nature
             are
             more
             discreetly
             dissembled
             than
             reparation
             prosecuted
             ,
             which
             is
             both
             difficult
             ,
             unjust
             and
             ill
             natured
             .
             For
             such
             is
             the
             power
             of
             a
             King
             ,
             that
             
               he
               that
               provoketh
               him
            
             is
             generally
             seen
             to
             
               sin
               against
               his
               own
               Soul
            
             ;
             his
             hopes
             are
             stronger
             than
             his
             
               Arms
               ,
               Wit
            
             ,
             or
             Religion
             .
             And
             withal
             they
             are
             as
             ill
             grounded
             as
             his
             Religion
             ,
             which
             requireth
             the
             Subject
             in
             this
             case
             above
             all
             others
             (
             if
             there
             should
             in
             a
             King
             appear
             manifest
             intentions
             of
             wrong
             doing
             )
             to
             leave
             
               Vengeance
               to
               God.
            
             By
             endeavouring
             to
             do
             himself
             justice
             he
             sacrilegiously
             robbeth
             God
             of
             his
             Prerogative
             .
             But
             if
             his
             Power
             be
             supposed
             to
             equal
             his
             Soveraigns
             ,
             yet
             how
             barbarously
             ill-natur'd
             is
             he
             ,
             who
             by
             the
             destruction
             of
             multitudes
             of
             Innocents
             aimeth
             to
             arrive
             at
             satisfaction
             ,
             uncertain
             whether
             he
             shall
             recover
             ,
             or
             add
             his
             guilty
             Soul
             to
             his
             other
             losses
             ?
             Religion
             (
             wherein
             is
             contained
             prudence
             and
             Mercy
             )
             directeth
             a
             Subject
             better
             ,
             and
             silenceth
             him
             from
             so
             much
             as
             complaining
             out
             of
             Joy
             ,
             that
             his
             case
             is
             singular
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             no
             worse
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             fellow
             Subjects
             are
             pleasant
             and
             happy
             .
             Nothing
             with
             him
             savoureth
             more
             of
             disingenuity
             than
             to
             deface
             the
             bliss
             of
             a
             
               general
               Festivity
            
             with
             Tears
             ,
             or
             mix
             with
             laments
             the
             Peoples
             acclamations
             .
             If
             by
             bad
             Offices
             his
             good
             be
             maliciously
             or
             fraudulently
             evil
             spoken
             of
             and
             any
             thing
             unworthy
             his
             Vertue
             and
             Loyalty
             doth
             thereby
             happen
             unto
             him
             ,
             he
             looketh
             upon
             his
             Prince
             as
             chiefly
             injured
             by
             the
             approach
             of
             Sycophants
             to
             his
             
               Sacred
               Person
            
             ,
             and
             only
             wondring
             at
             the
             Impudence
             with
             Indignation
             hath
             a
             short
             diversion
             from
             his
             Joy
             by
             considering
             that
             God
             giveth
             in
             his
             tlife
             no
             pleasures
             without
             mixture
             of
             somewhat
             sharp
             ,
             because
             he
             will
             have
             perfect
             Felicity
             another
             
               Worlds
               Glory
            
             ,
             the
             Fruition
             of
             man
             translated
             to
             
               the
               state
               of
               Incorruption
            
             .
             Immediately
             from
             these
             thoughts
             he
             is
             restored
             to
             his
             usual
             liberty
             and
             improveth
             his
             Joy
             by
             these
             accidents
             .
             For
             when
             the
             craft
             of
             the
             Devil
             ,
             and
             cunning
             devices
             of
             men
             would
             
             put
             him
             out
             of
             his
             proper
             station
             ,
             and
             tempt
             him
             to
             resign
             his
             internal
             Peace
             ,
             he
             glorieth
             that
             it
             is
             not
             in
             the
             power
             of
             enmity
             to
             disturb
             that
             without
             a
             voluntary
             surrender
             ,
             and
             that
             God
             blesseth
             his
             sincerity
             ,
             with
             resolutions
             to
             retain
             his
             own
             ,
             to
             adhere
             firmly
             to
             his
             Obedience
             ,
             and
             to
             rejoyce
             with
             his
             fellow
             Subjects
             for
             the
             common
             Safety
             .
             To
             do
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             is
             his
             Felicity
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             no
             less
             to
             bear
             it
             .
             And
             although
             like
             Mordecai
             that
             spake
             good
             for
             the
             King
             ,
             he
             bears
             
             Haman's
             indignation
             ,
             yet
             he
             continueth
             unaltered
             ;
             he
             cheefully
             waiteth
             the
             time
             of
             being
             made
             known
             ,
             although
             not
             extreamly
             Solicitious
             ,
             whether
             in
             this
             Life
             or
             another
             .
             Neither
             again
             will
             he
             justify
             a
             malignant
             Detracter
             by
             acting
             ,
             or
             so
             much
             as
             Speaking
             to
             the
             least
             Dishonour
             of
             his
             Master
             ,
             but
             still
             pleasantly
             and
             obediently
             intendeth
             his
             Peace
             and
             Welfare
             to
             the
             utmost
             of
             his
             power
             ,
             and
             so
             
               putteth
               te
               silence
            
             the
             Calumnies
             
               of
               foolish
               men
            
             .
             He
             at
             first
             prayed
             for
             the
             
               publick
               Peace
            
             ;
             and
             God
             answering
             his
             Petitions
             ,
             he
             is
             resolved
             not
             to
             break
             it
             .
             He
             prayed
             for
             the
             Prosperity
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             
               publick
               Peace
            
             chiefly
             conduceth
             ;
             his
             peculiar
             outward
             losses
             are
             no
             hindrance
             to
             it
             ;
             therefore
             his
             Religion
             being
             secure
             ,
             so
             is
             he
             ;
             the
             Church
             flourishing
             ,
             he
             is
             happy
             ;
             the
             King
             in
             the
             defence
             thereof
             graciously
             encouraging
             and
             promoting
             the
             Faithful
             ,
             and
             curbing
             the
             insolence
             of
             Gainsayers
             ,
             he
             hath
             the
             desire
             of
             his
             Soul
             ;
             Gods
             Servants
             Religiously
             assembled
             to
             thank
             him
             for
             the
             general
             Redemption
             of
             mankind
             by
             
               the
               blood
               of
               his
               Son
            
             ,
             for
             the
             particular
             Redemption
             of
             these
             parts
             of
             his
             Church
             among
             us
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             his
             mercies
             exhibited
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             to
             Pray
             for
             a
             continuance
             and
             encrease
             of
             his
             loving
             kindness
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             to
             all
             men
             ;
             upon
             the
             wings
             of
             these
             Devotions
             is
             he
             wrapt
             up
             into
             Paradice
             .
             His
             virtue
             is
             extreamly
             reproached
             by
             thoughts
             that
             he
             ,
             who
             hath
             such
             blissful
             preceptions
             ,
             can
             descend
             from
             them
             to
             the
             considerations
             of
             some
             Temporal
             disadvantages
             .
             His
             and
             the
             common
             way
             to
             Heaven
             being
             rendred
             more
             open
             and
             passable
             ,
             he
             joyfully
             ascendeth
             ,
             walking
             vigorously
             on
             in
             the
             footsteps
             of
             
               the
               General
               Assembly
            
             ,
             and
             multitudes
             of
             
               Holy
               men
            
             gone
             before
             ,
             shewing
             by
             his
             dayly
             practice
             that
             
               their
               works
               do
               follow
               them
            
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Conclusion
           .
        
         
           THe
           consideration
           of
           our
           advancement
           as
           Men
           and
           Christians
           ,
           imposeth
           on
           us
           a
           necessity
           to
           be
           Good
           and
           Just
           ,
           and
           Subjection
           being
           our
           natural
           condition
           ,
           cannot
           be
           any
           way
           uneasie
           or
           improsperous
           ,
           without
           our
           either
           imprudent
           or
           wanton
           renunciation
           of
           it
           :
           By
           aiming
           at
           what
           is
           set
           above
           us
           ,
           we
           usually
           fall
           beneath
           those
           inferioritis
           ,
           which
           we
           before
           viewed
           with
           contempt
           ;
           for
           the
           injustce
           of
           our
           discountented
           Pride
           hath
           not
           a
           more
           proper
           recompence
           .
           Inviolate
           Prerogatives
           are
           the
           
             Subjects
             Safety
             and
             Honour
          
           ,
           and
           the
           surest
           Charter
           of
           their
           Freedom
           ,
           which
           protect
           them
           from
           injury
           ,
           who
           have
           never
           practised
           to
           their
           diminution
           or
           weakning
           .
           Let
           Reason
           or
           Interest
           be
           consulted
           ,
           the
           resolve
           will
           be
           ,
           that
           the
           least
           invasion
           of
           them
           is
           unjust
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           attempted
           by
           any
           ,
           that
           are
           good
           and
           wise
           ,
           because
           certainly
           prejudicing
           the
           general
           Welfare
           .
           Men
           of
           unsetled
           but
           self-confident
           Councels
           ,
           think
           themselves
           great
           and
           able
           for
           the
           most
           eminent
           Atchievements
           ,
           and
           sufficient
           for
           the
           highest
           flight
           ,
           if
           but
           bedeckt
           withsome
           of
           the
           
             Ealges
             Plumes
          
           ;
           but
           being
           too
           feeble
           for
           the
           work
           and
           consequent
           weight
           of
           envy
           do
           shame
           their
           undertakings
           and
           followers
           ,
           whom
           some
           
             Name
             of
             reproach
          
           signifying
           their
           folly
           and
           crime
           distinguisheth
           from
           the
           rest
           of
           mankind
           .
           Additions
           to
           them
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           fortifications
           of
           such
           as
           impairing
           time
           hath
           in
           any
           part
           enfeebled
           ,
           are
           looked
           upon
           by
           all
           that
           judiciously
           mind
           their
           own
           preservation
           to
           be
           continually
           necessary
           .
           For
           the
           Prerogative
           of
           the
           Crown
           rendred
           infirm
           do
           inevitably
           cause
           to
           halt
           the
           Priviledges
           of
           the
           Members
           ,
           which
           may
           peradventure
           swell
           high
           ,
           but
           then
           speak
           their
           Sickliness
           and
           Fate
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           then
           incline
           most
           to
           Dissolution
           .
           Without
           doubt
           that
           Kingdom
           is
           most
           Happy
           ,
           where
           Discourses
           of
           this
           nature
           are
           least
           heard
           :
           But
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           it
           much
           more
           conduceth
           to
           the
           
             publick
             Good
          
           ,
           that
           the
           Prince
           be
           rigourous
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           brink
           of
           Tyranny
           ,
           then
           addicted
           to
           Lenity
           and
           easie
           Concessions
           of
           Popular
           demands
           .
           The
           errors
           of
           the
           first
           sort
           are
           little
           felt
           ,
           and
           scarce
           discernible
           ;
           those
           of
           the
           latter
           are
           universally
           and
           apparently
           pernicious
           .
           But
           in
           no
           part
           are
           the
           Prerogatives
           more
           dangerously
           intrench'd
           upon
           then
           in
           those
           ,
           which
           concern
           Religion
           ,
           wherein
           the
           People
           by
           seeking
           ,
           and
           the
           Prince
           by
           yeilding
           ,
           do
           the
           same
           as
           when
           Fond
           Parents
           to
           their
           crying
           Children
           allow
           the
           handling
           of
           R-zours
           and
           Lances
           .
           In
           this
           case
           a
           sharp
           reprehension
           conserveth
           the
           peace
           ,
           and
           hindreth
           a
           certain
           effusion
           of
           Blood.
           
           For
           
             Protestations
             ,
             Leagues
          
           and
           Covenants
           ,
           and
           projectures
           of
           impossible
           Vnions
           have
           no
           tendency
           to
           what
           they
           speak
           ,
           but
           to
           what
           is
           most
           contrary
           ;
           these
           terms
           being
           taken
           up
           premeditatly
           to
           the
           Dissolution
           of
           the
           most
           inviolable
           and
           Sacred
           Obligations
           ,
           without
           the
           Religious
           observance
           of
           which
           Vnion
           hath
           no
           consistence
           .
           Where
           are
           the
           wise
           Contrivers
           of
           them
           ?
           Or
           ,
           what
           Bonds
           can
           unite
           those
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           whom
           
             Rebellion
             ,
             Blood
          
           and
           Devastation
           hath
           separated
           from
           her
           ?
           Such
           Vnitings
           are
           the
           Debauches
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           directest
           courses
           to
           the
           Subverting
           Monarchy
           and
           Hierarchy
           .
           What
           Fury
           did
           before
           Act
           ,
           is
           now
           required
           to
           have
           a
           legal
           Introduction
           :
           And
           although
           we
           abhorr
           the
           Murderers
           of
           Kings
           and
           Prince
           ,
           and
           give
           Sacrilegious
           men
           their
           merited
           Epithites
           ,
           yet
           that
           these
           be
           by
           opinion
           admitted
           into
           the
           great
           Employes
           of
           State
           and
           Bosome
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           no
           Contrition
           or
           desires
           of
           Reconciliation
           preceding
           ,
           is
           the
           best
           prescribed
           Rule
           of
           Preservation
           and
           Canon
           of
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Communion
          
           .
           In
           fine
           ,
           the
           much
           applauded
           Projectors
           of
           our
           Constitutions
           of
           Peace
           ,
           do
           no
           otherwise
           then
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           to
           prevent
           the
           Potency
           of
           such
           as
           are
           feared
           will
           spare
           neither
           King
           nor
           Church
           ;
           our
           only
           course
           is
           to
           promote
           and
           Impower
           those
           ,
           whose
           hatred
           to
           both
           is
           known
           and
           implacable
           .
           It
           is
           not
           to
           be
           doubted
           but
           that
           the
           Indulgences
           and
           Connivances
           of
           these
           times
           ,
           have
           raised
           to
           this
           height
           of
           Insolence
           (
           as
           their
           accustomed
           gratitude
           )
           the
           Spirits
           of
           these
           Zealots
           ;
           and
           thence
           is
           to
           be
           conjectured
           their
           future
           deportment
           upon
           a
           Toleration
           fortified
           with
           Legality
           .
           Reason
           not
           assisted
           by
           the
           sadest
           Domestick
           Experiences
           ,
           sheweth
           any
           Toleration
           of
           diversities
           of
           Religions
           to
           be
           of
           ill
           consequence
           ;
           but
           that
           inevitably
           destructive
           to
           Monarchy
           ,
           which
           ceaseth
           to
           be
           a
           favour
           ,
           and
           standing
           guarded
           with
           one
           Law
           ,
           is
           enabled
           to
           command
           more
           ,
           and
           at
           length
           what
           it
           will.
           All
           these
           mischiefs
           (
           which
           the
           humourous
           Multitude
           ,
           led
           by
           some
           Pestilent
           Councellors
           ,
           esteem
           their
           Happiness
           ,
           till
           the
           pungent
           sting
           of
           their
           enjoyments
           sharpen
           them
           to
           an
           apprehension
           of
           their
           folly
           )
           
             Good
             Subjects
          
           resolutely
           oppose
           ,
           yet
           behold
           with
           pitty
           ,
           to
           see
           
             Religious
             Assemblies
          
           void
           of
           
             Piety
             ,
             Kingdoms
          
           ,
           whose
           Administrator
           of
           Justice
           hath
           his
           hands
           bound
           ,
           and
           
             Obedience
             Charity
             ,
             Humility
          
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Virtues
           dwindle
           into
           names
           only
           ,
           stir
           up
           their
           magnanimous
           Souls
           by
           commiseration
           to
           cares
           of
           Relief
           :
           And
           this
           they
           discern
           no
           way
           to
           be
           effected
           ,
           but
           by
           restoring
           and
           confirming
           their
           King
           to
           and
           in
           His
           
             Royal
             Prerogatives
          
           ,
           by
           promoting
           his
           Peace
           ,
           that
           by
           it
           all
           
             may
             live
             a
             quiet
             and
             peaceable
             life
             in
             all
             godliness
             and
             honesty
             .
          
           And
           as
           they
           are
           herein
           zealous
           ,
           so
           constant
           ,
           not
           apt
           to
           be
           diverted
           by
           the
           gawdy
           hopes
           of
           Change
           ,
           nor
           disencouraged
           either
           by
           suspition
           of
           disrespected
           merit
           ,
           or
           apparentcy
           of
           good
           services
           
           ill
           repay'd
           .
           They
           Act
           knowingly
           and
           so
           are
           above
           Change
           ;
           and
           their
           generous
           minds
           admit
           not
           the
           torments
           of
           Suspition
           ,
           unless
           of
           deficiency
           in
           themselves
           .
           And
           this
           same
           temper
           inclineth
           them
           to
           an
           assurance
           ,
           that
           besides
           his
           Princly
           inclinations
           the
           Kings
           Interest
           diverseth
           him
           from
           remunerating
           Loyally
           with
           injuries
           ;
           which
           ,
           if
           at
           any
           time
           thy
           befal
           a
           
             Good
             Subject
          
           ,
           he
           considereth
           ,
           and
           findeth
           them
           to
           proceed
           from
           the
           ill
           representation
           of
           envious
           Detractours
           ,
           a
           sort
           of
           State
           Moths
           ,
           which
           cannot
           without
           great
           difficulty
           be
           kept
           out
           of
           the
           Linings
           of
           the
           Crown
           .
           Reward
           is
           least
           in
           their
           desires
           ,
           (
           except
           that
           great
           one
           ,
           the
           innocent
           Glory
           of
           well
           performing
           )
           and
           nothing
           but
           omission
           of
           duty
           can
           afflict
           them
           ;
           thence
           they
           are
           
             stedfast
             and
             unmoveable
             ,
             knowing
             that
             their
             labour
             is
             not
             in
             vain
             ,
          
           but
           that
           their
           recompence
           and
           inheritance
           shall
           be
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           that
           Peace
           and
           Love
           may
           unite
           us
           under
           our
           Head
           ,
           by
           the
           virtuous
           government
           of
           our selves
           let
           us
           work
           His
           Security
           .
           By
           vitious
           living
           all
           mischief
           is
           propagated
           ;
           that
           introduceth
           ruine
           of
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           bringeth
           contempt
           upon
           Princes
           ,
           who
           become
           not
           Governours
           of
           Men
           ,
           but
           Kings
           of
           Beasts
           ,
           and
           God
           angry
           that
           his
           inesteemable
           
             Pearls
             are
             cast
             before
             Swine
          
           ,
           surrendereth
           them
           to
           the
           possession
           of
           the
           Legion
           .
           That
           insuperable
           Goodness
           ,
           which
           magnifieth
           its
           
             power
             most
             chiefly
             in
             shewing
             mercy
             and
             pity
             ,
          
           is
           wearied
           and
           made
           deficient
           by
           ingratitude
           ;
           nay
           more
           ,
           is
           converted
           into
           fury
           by
           our
           misguided
           and
           corrupted
           affections
           .
           It
           is
           from
           this
           cause
           that
           the
           clamours
           and
           murmurings
           ,
           too
           much
           heard
           in
           our
           Land
           ,
           do
           proceed
           .
           Vices
           abounding
           ,
           encrease
           Suspitions
           ,
           prepare
           men
           for
           strifes
           ,
           and
           multiply
           disorders
           :
           then
           these
           make
           mens
           minds
           
             like
             the
             troubled
             Sea
          
           ,
           to
           
             cast
             up
             mire
             and
             dirt
          
           .
           And
           indeed
           God
           seemeth
           to
           have
           abandoned
           a
           great
           part
           of
           this
           wretched
           Nation
           to
           the
           Curse
           of
           their
           own
           follies
           and
           imaginations
           ,
           to
           delight
           in
           Seduction
           ,
           and
           to
           believe
           Lies
           ,
           because
           they
           would
           not
           retain
           the
           discipline
           and
           order
           of
           holy
           Peace
           and
           Joy.
           Continually
           leading
           Lives
           contrary
           to
           Divine
           Obligations
           and
           their
           own
           Professions
           ;
           they
           were
           brought
           first
           to
           suspect
           what
           they
           knew
           ,
           afterward
           to
           believe
           what
           they
           suspected
           .
           They
           have
           lost
           their
           Reason
           ,
           by
           becoming
           enemies
           to
           Virtue
           its
           illustrious
           Guardian
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           reclaiming
           them
           is
           an
           impossibility
           to
           all
           but
           a
           miraculous
           Compassion
           .
           This
           happening
           to
           many
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           the
           more
           exemplary
           to
           others
           .
           All
           of
           us
           who
           see
           their
           miscarriges
           ,
           and
           the
           cause
           ,
           should
           be
           as
           quicksighted
           into
           the
           ways
           of
           duty
           ,
           and
           keep
           our selves
           happy
           by
           loving
           and
           esteeming
           Peace
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           an
           holy
           care
           of
           continning
           affectionatly
           zealous
           of
           
             Gods
             Honour
          
           ,
           obeying
           his
           Ordinance
           with
           true
           Love
           and
           a
           pure
           Conscience
           .
           Let
           us
           therefore
           duely
           offer
           up
           our
           Thanksgivings
           
           for
           what
           we
           enjoy
           ,
           and
           perfect
           them
           by
           Obedience
           ,
           by
           the
           humility
           and
           sincerity
           of
           which
           ,
           let
           us
           aspire
           each
           man
           to
           an
           Immortal
           Crown
           ,
           magnanimously
           raising
           our
           Subjection
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           by
           imitating
           the
           Lowliness
           and
           Meekness
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Kings
           .
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
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           the
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           ,
           and
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           to
           be
           Sold
           by
           
             Ben.
             Harris
          
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             Stationers
             Arms
          
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           the
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