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         Tanner, Thomas, 1630-1682.
      
       
         
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             [Hebrew] or Wisdome and prudence exhibited in a sermon before the right honourable the Lord Chief Justice Rainsford, and the Lord Chief Justice North. In their late western circuit. By Tho. Tanner, Rector of Brightstone in Hants.
             Tanner, Thomas, 1630-1682.
          
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             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           OR
           
             WISDOME
          
           and
           
             PRVDENCE
             ,
          
           Exhibited
           in
           a
           SERMON
           Before
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           The
           LORD
           Chief
           JUSTICE
           RAINSFORD
           ,
           And
           the
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           NORTH
           .
           In
           their
           late
           Western
           Circuit
           .
        
         
           
             By
          
           Tho.
           Tanner
           ,
           Rector
           of
           
             Brightstone
          
           in
           
             H●nts
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             1.
             16.
             
          
        
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             William
             Keblewhite
          
           Bookseller
           at
           
             Newport
          
           in
           the
           
             Isle
          
           of
           
             Wight
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           〈◊〉
           Honourable
           Sir
           Courtenay
           Pole
           ,
           Baronet
           ;
           Colonel-General
           of
           the
           Eastern
           Division
           of
           Devon
           ,
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           YOV
           may
           well
           wonder
           to
           be
           surprized
           with
           a
           Letter
           from
           me
           ,
           which
           is
           first
           exposed
           unto
           publick
           view
           ,
           together
           with
           a
           
             Sermon
          
           out
           of
           date
           .
           The
           acceptance
           whereof
           from
           your
           Candour
           ,
           I
           had
           no
           reason
           to
           doubt
           howsoever
           :
           but
           rather
           how
           it
           may
           be
           entertained
           abroad
           ;
           since
           there
           were
           no
           end
           of
           printing
           ,
           if
           every
           Sermon
           that
           hath
           been
           preached
           in
           an
           honourable
           Audience
           ,
           were
           to
           be
           divulged
           .
           Nor
           yet
           did
           I
           intend
           to
           have
           done
           this
           ,
           having
           kept
           it
           above
           a
           twelvemonth
           by
           me
           ,
           without
           such
           a
           thought
           till
           now
           .
           If
           my
           Reader
           will
           vouchsafe
           to
           know
           the
           reasons
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           was
           preached
           at
           your
           request
           ,
           as
           some
           part
           of
           a
           Sundayes
           entertainment
           ,
           belonging
           to
           the
           Reverend
           
             Judges
             ,
          
           who
           were
           treated
           otherwise
           by
           you
           ,
           with
           great
           Magnificence
           .
           If
           it
           pleased
           in
           the
           heaing
           (
           being
           but
           
             dense
          
           of
           matter
           )
           why
           may
           it
           not
           be
           more
           profitable
           in
           the
           reading
           ,
           and
           never
           out
           of
           season
           ?
           we
           have
           heretofore
           been
           taken
           up
           in
           
             comparing
             spiritual
             things
             with
             spiritual
             ,
          
           but
           since
           through
           a
           
             surquedry
          
           of
           
             new
             models
          
           (
           which
           did
           not
           answer
           expectation
           )
           men
           have
           come
           to
           take
           offence
           at
           
             Religion
          
           
           it self
           ,
           in
           whatsoever
           dresse
           she
           doth
           appear
           :
           so
           that
           we
           have
           been
           reduced
           to
           compare
           even
           
             natural
          
           things
           with
           
             spiritual
             ;
          
           and
           by
           this
           discourse
           (
           I
           trust
           )
           it
           will
           appear
           ,
           that
           the
           later
           hath
           infinitely
           the
           more
           advantages
           .
           What
           others
           have
           written
           lately
           to
           the
           like
           effect
           ought
           not
           to
           withhold
           me
           :
           for
           the
           better
           cause
           requireth
           〈…〉
           evidence
           ;
           and
           number
           it self
           is
           not
           despised
           in
           the
           case
           :
           besides
           that
           a
           
             new
             form
          
           is
           like
           cloathing
           of
           the
           
             first
             matter
          
           with
           a
           
             new
             existence
             .
          
           Which
           is
           all
           the
           
             apology
          
           that
           I
           need
           to
           make
           unto
           the
           
             publick
             ,
          
           more
           then
           others
           that
           have
           gone
           before
           ;
           especially
           confessing
           ,
           that
           
             private
          
           reasons
           joined
           with
           it
           ,
           did
           over-poise
           me
           .
        
         
           Such
           as
           these
           :
           you
           were
           lately
           my
           
             Mecoenas
             ,
          
           and
           your
           brave
           house
           ,
           and
           Family
           my
           
             Municipium
             ,
          
           wherein
           I
           did
           enjoy
           much
           liberty
           ,
           and
           priviledge
           .
           You
           were
           also
           a
           part
           of
           my
           late
           charge
           ,
           which
           I
           was
           forced
           to
           leave
           more
           abruptly
           then
           I
           intended
           ,
           and
           so
           ,
           there
           remaineth
           to
           me
           now
           no
           other
           way
           of
           
             preaching
          
           to
           you
           ,
           besides
           this
           .
           So
           that
           I
           send
           it
           as
           a
           kind
           of
           token
           to
           you
           first
           ,
           and
           by
           you
           to
           the
           rest
           ,
           to
           make
           up
           some
           part
           of
           my
           
             Apology
             ;
          
           and
           to
           return
           to
           you
           with
           such
           a
           foot
           as
           I
           had
           left
           ,
           to
           set
           forward
           (
           being
           enclosed
           with
           the
           Seas
           )
           such
           an
           one
           as
           is
           shod
           with
           the
           wings
           of
           
             Mercury
             ,
          
           of
           which
           we
           use
           to
           make
           our
           pens
           .
           In
           fine
           ,
           it
           is
           almost
           the
           only
           way
           ,
           that
           men
           of
           our
           
             condition
          
           have
           to
           testifie
           their
           gratitude
           unto
           Persons
           of
           your
           
             Quality
          
           (
           to
           coin
           somewhat
           that
           may
           bear
           the
           superscription
           of
           your
           names
           )
           which
           lies
           the
           more
           upon
           me
           ,
           since
           your
           respects
           have
           so
           often
           followed
           me
           hither
           :
           which
           seldome
           happens
           when
           
             interest
             ,
          
           and
           
             Relation
          
           cease
           .
           Let
           this
           therefore
           pass
           by
           your
           hand
           ,
           and
           it
           will
           adde
           more
           to
           the
           great
           
             cumble
          
           of
           favours
           ,
           wherein
           you
           have
           still
           taken
           pleasure
           to
           oblige
           ,
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
           
             Your
             most
             affectionate
             and
             faithful
             Servant
             
               Thomas
               Tanner
               .
            
          
           
             Brightston
             in
             the
             Isle
             of
             Wight
             
               Sept.
               24.
               1677.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             Prov.
             8.
             12.
             
          
           
             I
             Wisdome
             dwell
             with
             Prudence
             —
          
        
         
           THis
           is
           gracious
           condescension
           of
           
             Wisdom
          
           (
           by
           which
           name
           all
           the
           World
           imagines
           an
           high
           
             Soverain
             ,
          
           or
           a
           kind
           of
           
             Deity
          
           to
           be
           intended
           )
           to
           tell
           us
           
             where
             she
             dwelleth
             .
          
           Every
           one
           might
           think
           ,
           that
           he
           knew
           before
           ;
           yet
           all
           are
           in
           the
           quest
           still
           ,
           and
           few
           do
           find
           it
           ,
           because
           she
           dwells
           with
           
             Prudence
             ,
          
           A
           Lady
           that
           doth
           often
           change
           her
           seats
           ,
           and
           delight
           her self
           in
           labyrinths
           ,
           which
           are
           in-accessible
           ,
           without
           a
           certain
           
             clue
             .
          
           But
           since
           
             Wisdom
          
           seeme
           to
           be
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           at
           board
           with
           
             Prudence
             ,
          
           whether
           is
           the
           greater
           ?
           which
           of
           these
           is
           the
           
             Dowager
             ,
          
           and
           which
           the
           
             Daughter
             ?
          
           might
           it
           not
           as
           well
           have
           been
           said
           ,
           
             I
             prudence
             dwell
             with
             wisdom
             ,
          
           as
           
             I
             wisdom
             dwell
             with
             prudence
             ?
          
           if
           the
           King
           say
           ,
           I
           dwell
           in
           my
           
             Court
             :
          
           and
           the
           
             Court
          
           say
           ,
           
             I
             am
             wheresoever
             the
             King
             is
             ;
          
           which
           is
           the
           readiest
           enquiry
           to
           bring
           us
           into
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Majesty
             ?
          
           so
           when
           wisdom
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           she
           dwells
           with
           prudence
           ,
           and
           an
           imprudent
           man
           knows
           not
           where
           that
           is
           ,
           what
           is
           he
           the
           
             wiser
          
           for
           this
           direction
           ?
        
         
           The
           truth
           is
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           fit
           ,
           that
           the
           man
           which
           wanteth
           wisdom
           ,
           should
           find
           it
           without
           some
           certain
           travel
           :
           for
           ,
           
           
             she
             is
             to
             be
             sought
             for
             as
             Silver
             ,
             and
             searched
             for
             as
             
             hidden
             treasures
             .
          
           Nay
           ,
           to
           be
           concealed
           too
           ,
           after
           finding
           ;
           as
           the
           Merchant
           did
           by
           the
           
             rich
             pearl
             ,
          
           
           
             found
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             a
             Field
             ,
          
           till
           he
           could
           purchase
           all
           together
           ;
           least
           another
           man
           should
           come
           between
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           prize
           .
        
         
           What
           shall
           we
           do
           ?
           shall
           we
           preserve
           the
           state
           of
           
             wisdom
          
           any
           longer
           ?
           or
           put
           the
           
             clue
          
           immediately
           into
           your
           hands
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           all
           proceed
           together
           ,
           to
           wait
           at
           the
           gates
           of
           wisdom
           ?
           we
           are
           in
           hast
           ;
           let
           me
           loose
           no
           time
           to
           do
           it
           !
        
         
           Wisdom
           is
           the
           same
           ,
           that
           we
           call
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           the
           way
           of
           happiness
           here
           ,
           and
           hereafter
           ;
           and
           she
           dwells
           with
           Prudence
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           the
           breasts
           of
           such
           as
           will
           obey
           her
           .
           For
           ,
           
           
             unto
             man
             he
             said
             ,
             Behold
             ,
             the
             fear
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             that
             is
             wisdom
             ,
             and
             to
             depart
             from
             evil
             ,
             that
             is
             understanding
             ,
          
           or
           a
           right
           Prudence
           .
           In
           Philosophy
           ,
           Wisdom
           is
           the
           knowledge
           of
           choice
           things
           ,
           and
           Prudence
           is
           a
           practical
           disposition
           of
           applying
           so
           much
           of
           it
           unto
           use
           ,
           as
           may
           do
           a
           man
           good
           ,
           when
           the
           case
           requireth
           .
           This
           maketh
           men
           to
           enlarge
           their
           studies
           ;
           that
           if
           it
           be
           possible
           ,
           they
           may
           not
           be
           to
           seek
           in
           any
           case
           to
           know
           ,
           when
           they
           should
           be
           ready
           to
           do
           .
           So
           though
           wisdom
           be
           the
           greater
           ,
           
           yet
           Prudence
           entertains
           her
           ,
           to
           her
           own
           profit
           ,
           and
           is
           never
           able
           to
           exhaust
           her
           treasures
           .
           What
           availeth
           knowledge
           ,
           if
           a
           man
           have
           not
           a
           present
           mind
           to
           do
           himself
           good
           by
           it
           ?
        
         
           So
           likewise
           in
           Divinity
           ,
           wisdom
           is
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           unsearchable
           :
           and
           Prudence
           is
           a
           right
           obedience
           to
           it
           ,
           which
           hath
           no
           bounds
           ,
           nor
           limits
           .
           Let
           us
           therefore
           measure
           our
           steps
           from
           hence
           ,
           from
           one
           degree
           to
           another
           ;
           and
           when
           we
           come
           near
           enough
           to
           be
           informed
           ;
           no
           doubt
           ,
           but
           we
           may
           find
           our selves
           to
           be
           arrived
           unto
           some
           attainment
           higher
           ,
           then
           to
           what
           the
           world
           doth
           call
           its
           own
           wisdom
           ,
           or
           its
           own
           pretended
           vertues
           whatsoever
           .
           And
           the
           first
           hint
           to
           be
           observ'd
           is
           this
           .
        
         
         
           
             Point
             .
          
           1.
           
           That
           
             Religion
          
           is
           no
           carnal
           
             Policy
             ,
          
           or
           wisdom
           ;
           but
           Wisdom
           of
           God
           himself
           .
        
         
           Distinguish
           of
           
             Religion
          
           natural
           ,
           or
           Christian
           :
           it
           holds
           in
           either
           of
           them
           .
           Be
           it
           true
           or
           degenerous
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           there
           is
           of
           
             Religion
          
           in
           the
           breasts
           of
           men
           ,
           it
           is
           of
           God
           and
           not
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           the
           first
           Wisdom
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           Let
           us
           put
           this
           first
           principle
           out
           of
           doubt
           ,
           because
           it
           has
           been
           questioned
           ,
           whether
           there
           be
           any
           
             religion
          
           at
           all
           by
           nature
           ,
           or
           whether
           that
           which
           is
           ,
           hath
           entred
           meerly
           thorough
           Art
           ,
           and
           Policy
           ,
           the
           wiser
           taking
           advantage
           of
           the
           ignorance
           ;
           and
           the
           stronger
           of
           the
           fears
           of
           the
           simpler
           sort
           ,
           for
           ends
           of
           their
           own
           .
           Let
           me
           pitch
           my
           banner
           here
           a
           little
           ,
           while
           I
           labour
           to
           reduce
           this
           skonce
           ,
           which
           it
           is
           not
           safe
           to
           leave
           behind
           me
           .
        
         
           I
           say
           then
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           certain
           common
           Principles
           ,
           or
           notions
           of
           
             religion
             ,
          
           imprinted
           by
           nature
           (
           which
           is
           the
           immediate
           work
           ,
           or
           
             protoplasm
          
           of
           the
           Divine
           wisdom
           ,
           and
           power
           )
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           all
           men
           indelebly
           .
           Which
           notions
           ,
           though
           possibly
           they
           may
           be
           tainted
           at
           the
           very
           spring-head
           ,
           by
           idolatrous
           ,
           or
           erroneous
           education
           ;
           yet
           so
           much
           as
           there
           is
           of
           
             religion
             ,
          
           to
           be
           discerned
           thorough
           these
           ,
           it
           is
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           did
           at
           first
           implant
           it
           ,
           and
           ever
           since
           maintain
           it
           ,
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           men
           ;
           that
           he
           himself
           might
           be
           justifyed
           ;
           and
           such
           as
           obey
           it
           not
           ,
           may
           be
           judged
           by
           it
           ,
           and
           left
           without
           excuse
           .
           So
           that
           ,
           this
           must
           needs
           be
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           God
           in
           men
           ,
           and
           no
           humane
           policy
           .
        
         
           For
           else
           ,
           
           whereas
           it
           hath
           been
           said
           ,
           that
           fear
           at
           first
           ,
           brought
           in
           all
           
             religion
             ,
          
           it
           might
           have
           been
           shewed
           by
           such
           ,
           as
           have
           written
           
             de
             primis
             rerum
             inventoribus
             ,
          
           of
           the
           Authors
           ,
           and
           beginnings
           of
           all
           Arts
           ,
           and
           Sciences
           ;
           
           when
           
             religion
          
           also
           had
           its
           first
           beginning
           .
           But
           this
           they
           could
           not
           do
           ,
           though
           they
           could
           tell
           when
           
             Saturn
             ,
             Jupiter
             ,
          
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           their
           greater
           Deities
           began
           to
           be
           worshipped
           :
           an
           argument
           ,
           that
           worship
           ,
           or
           
             religion
          
           was
           before
           Idolatry
           .
        
         
           Much
           less
           ,
           can
           they
           tell
           when
           such
           fear
           began
           ,
           as
           they
           conceive
           to
           have
           been
           the
           cause
           of
           
             religion
             :
          
           as
           sure
           an
           argument
           ,
           that
           it
           had
           no
           beginning
           ,
           but
           in
           that
           nature
           ,
           which
           God
           created
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           after
           his
           own
           image
           .
           Of
           this
           
             Moses
          
           alone
           hath
           given
           us
           the
           right
           knowledge
           ,
           but
           if
           any
           one
           had
           rather
           credit
           the
           Heathen
           Poets
           ,
           
           or
           Historians
           (
           which
           are
           many
           ages
           junior
           unto
           him
           )
           the
           eldest
           of
           them
           describe
           unto
           us
           the
           superstition
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           which
           was
           their
           
             religion
             ;
          
           and
           their
           superstition
           ever
           was
           
             meticulous
             :
          
           but
           I
           say
           ,
           which
           of
           these
           hath
           shewed
           us
           ,
           when
           this
           tardy
           humor
           had
           its
           first
           Original
           ?
           Therefore
           it
           was
           
             ab
             origine
             .
          
        
         
           Again
           ,
           if
           
             religion
          
           were
           but
           of
           humane
           policy
           ;
           it
           could
           not
           have
           passed
           thorow
           all
           Nations
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           thorow
           all
           ages
           hitherto
           .
           
             Quae
             regio
             in
             terris
             ?
             ubi
             gentium
             ?
             ubi
             temporis
             ,
             aut
             loci
             ?
          
           in
           what
           Countrey
           ,
           or
           at
           what
           time
           ,
           was
           there
           no
           
             religion
          
           amongst
           the
           inhabitants
           of
           the
           Earth
           ?
           as
           for
           his
           own
           age
           ,
           and
           all
           before
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           ever
           heard
           ,
           
           or
           read
           of
           ,
           
             Cicero
          
           hath
           testified
           ;
           that
           
             although
             some
             barbarous
             people
             wanted
             walls
             and
             Laws
             ;
             yet
             none
             were
             without
             some
             sort
             of
          
           Religion
           .
           Before
           him
           ,
           the
           great
           
             Stagyrite
             ,
          
           unworthily
           suspected
           of
           
             Atheism
             ;
          
           and
           below
           him
           ,
           
             Seneca
             ,
          
           and
           
             Plutarch
             ;
          
           and
           indeed
           ,
           
           as
           many
           before
           ,
           and
           after
           ,
           as
           have
           written
           any
           thing
           at
           all
           only
           ,
           of
           later
           times
           ,
           since
           new
           discoveries
           ,
           a
           few
           barbarous
           people
           have
           been
           questioned
           ;
           but
           the
           relators
           are
           not
           agreed
           .
        
         
           But
           suppose
           the
           generality
           of
           the
           vulgar
           could
           have
           been
           imposed
           upon
           in
           this
           kind
           ;
           certainly
           ,
           some
           of
           
           the
           Philosophers
           ,
           who
           had
           searched
           into
           Nature
           ,
           and
           the
           Policies
           of
           States
           ,
           could
           easily
           have
           discovered
           this
           imposture
           ;
           and
           would
           have
           adventured
           to
           atchieve
           so
           great
           a
           glory
           ,
           as
           to
           have
           redeemed
           their
           own
           sects
           ,
           &
           followers
           from
           the
           muffler
           of
           the
           common
           people
           :
           yet
           ,
           we
           meet
           with
           none
           so
           bold
           ,
           as
           to
           deny
           a
           Deity
           ,
           besides
           one
           
             Diagoras
             ,
          
           who
           could
           not
           make
           a
           Sect
           ;
           but
           affected
           rather
           (
           like
           that
           mad-fellow
           ,
           who
           burnt
           the
           Temple
           of
           
             Diana
             ,
          
           only
           that
           he
           might
           be
           talked
           of
           ,
           after
           he
           was
           dead
           ,
           whatsoever
           he
           suffered
           for
           it
           ,
           )
           to
           be
           infamous
           for
           ever
           ,
           among
           the
           Heathen
           themselves
           ,
           then
           to
           dye
           in
           his
           obscurity
           .
           And
           one
           
             Epicurus
          
           only
           ,
           denyed
           a
           special
           providence
           ;
           making
           a
           Sect
           in
           other
           
             Tenents
             ,
          
           but
           never
           able
           to
           prevail
           with
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           not
           to
           pray
           in
           a
           storm
           ,
           
           or
           tempest
           ,
           which
           
             Plutarch
          
           doth
           retort
           upon
           them
           .
           But
           rather
           ,
           as
           the
           Poet
           did
           observe
           .
           
             Hi
             sunt
             qui
             trepidant
             ,
             quos
             omnia
             sulgura
             terrent
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           ,
           
           some
           of
           these
           have
           looked
           upon
           
             religion
             ,
          
           as
           a
           great
           trouble
           unto
           States
           ,
           and
           private
           persons
           ;
           and
           laboured
           to
           set
           men
           free
           from
           the
           apprehensions
           of
           it
           :
           had
           it
           been
           but
           of
           Art
           ,
           or
           humane
           Wisdom
           ,
           what
           should
           hinder
           but
           they
           might
           have
           done
           it
           ,
           one
           time
           or
           another
           ,
           since
           the
           lower
           Sects
           ,
           as
           the
           humour
           of
           respective
           ages
           took
           ,
           did
           oft
           surmount
           the
           reputation
           of
           the
           greater
           ?
           but
           it
           could
           never
           go
           this
           way
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           suggested
           ,
           that
           the
           Philosophers
           were
           deterred
           by
           the
           example
           of
           
             Socrates
             ,
          
           from
           intermeddling
           with
           this
           mystery
           of
           Government
           ,
           what
           deterr'd
           the
           Martial
           men
           ,
           and
           Politicians
           ,
           from
           age
           to
           age
           ,
           why
           they
           durst
           not
           meddle
           with
           it
           ;
           why
           were
           they
           held
           by
           these
           cob-webs
           ?
           nay
           ,
           why
           more
           fast
           then
           others
           ?
           not
           to
           speak
           of
           the
           
             Grecians
          
           (
           because
           the
           time
           will
           not
           permit
           )
           who
           were
           more
           superstitious
           then
           the
           
             Romans
             .
          
           Among
           these
           later
           ,
           who
           so
           superstitious
           ,
           as
           
             Camillus
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
           
             Decij
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Curij
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Fabij
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Scipio's
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Catoes
             ;
          
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           greater
           note
           ?
           only
           ,
           
             Caesar
          
           seemed
           to
           despise
           the
           auguries
           ,
           yet
           ,
           he
           was
           not
           a
           little
           troubled
           at
           the
           little
           river
           
             Rubicon
             .
          
           
        
         
           
             Numa
             ,
          
           
           and
           
             Lycurgus
          
           founded
           their
           estates
           ,
           and
           governments
           by
           superstitious
           rites
           ,
           using
           them
           only
           as
           an
           hank
           upon
           the
           people
           ;
           and
           dissembling
           things
           that
           were
           not
           true
           ;
           which
           they
           themselves
           neither
           feared
           ,
           nor
           beleived
           .
           It
           may
           be
           so
           :
           doth
           it
           hence
           follow
           ,
           that
           
             religion
          
           is
           but
           a
           stalking
           horse
           ,
           or
           stratagem
           of
           Policy
           ?
           nay
           ,
           it
           rather
           followeth
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           sense
           of
           some
           
             religion
          
           had
           not
           been
           before
           ,
           most
           strongly
           grounded
           in
           the
           minds
           of
           the
           generality
           of
           men
           ,
           there
           could
           have
           been
           no
           policy
           (
           of
           which
           the
           
             Atheist
          
           would
           seem
           to
           be
           more
           fond
           then
           any
           other
           )
           in
           laying
           that
           upon
           them
           ,
           which
           either
           would
           not
           take
           ,
           or
           could
           not
           hold
           .
           It
           had
           been
           in
           vain
           to
           go
           about
           to
           establish
           a
           
             religion
             ,
          
           if
           there
           had
           not
           been
           such
           a
           disposition
           in
           the
           people
           before
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           hinted
           ,
           Certainly
           ,
           
             Numa
          
           could
           not
           infuse
           such
           a
           disposition
           into
           the
           minds
           of
           men
           ,
           that
           were
           born
           before
           him
           (
           many
           of
           which
           he
           governed
           )
           but
           had
           he
           brought
           the
           people
           to
           a
           form
           ,
           for
           a
           time
           ;
           it
           had
           dyed
           with
           him
           :
           or
           ,
           when
           that
           
             form
          
           of
           
             policy
          
           had
           ceased
           ,
           either
           that
           form
           of
           
             religion
             ,
          
           or
           all
           
             religion
             ,
          
           if
           it
           had
           been
           but
           a
           meer
           imposture
           ,
           had
           ceased
           with
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           issue
           it
           remains
           ,
           that
           as
           men
           were
           never
           of
           any
           other
           mind
           ,
           but
           that
           by
           force
           ,
           or
           choice
           ,
           they
           must
           have
           some
           
             religion
             ;
          
           so
           ,
           they
           are
           never
           like
           to
           have
           any
           other
           power
           ,
           or
           inclination
           ,
           for
           the
           future
           :
           let
           the
           Atheist
           try
           his
           art
           ,
           or
           power
           to
           the
           utmost
           !
           but
           ,
           though
           more
           may
           be
           made
           of
           
             religion
             ,
          
           then
           there
           should
           ;
           yet
           there
           is
           so
           much
           of
           it
           written
           in
           humane
           nature
           ;
           that
           as
           the
           statuary
           engraved
           his
           own
           name
           in
           his
           work
           ,
           so
           that
           no
           one
           could
           efface
           it
           ,
           without
           the
           demollishing
           
           of
           the
           whole
           ;
           so
           no
           humane
           wit
           ,
           or
           malice
           ,
           can
           obliterate
           
             religion
          
           out
           of
           humane
           nature
           ,
           without
           the
           destruction
           of
           humanity
           together
           with
           it
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           of
           an
           higher
           impress
           ;
           even
           the
           devise
           ,
           and
           the
           motto
           of
           Almighty
           God
           in
           all
           his
           reasonable
           Creatures
           .
           To
           come
           to
           the
           Christian
           
             religion
          
           in
           particular
           .
           In
           this
           indeed
           was
           the
           manifold
           wisdom
           of
           God
           made
           manifest
           above
           the
           rest
           .
           Among
           the
           Gentiles
           there
           were
           as
           many
           Gods
           ,
           as
           Nations
           ,
           as
           many
           Idols
           as
           there
           were
           Hills
           ,
           and
           Vallies
           .
           And
           they
           worshipped
           one
           anothers
           Gods
           ,
           when
           they
           came
           into
           one
           anothers
           Country
           (
           even
           as
           some
           of
           our
           gentile
           Protestant-travellers
           make
           no
           matter
           ,
           to
           bow
           to
           every
           Popish
           
             Relique
          
           where
           they
           passe
           )
           there
           was
           no
           enmity
           betwixt
           Idolaters
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           their
           
             religions
          
           (
           only
           all
           abhorred
           the
           true
           worshippers
           )
           but
           rather
           ,
           
             Athens
          
           sent
           to
           
             Egypt
          
           to
           learn
           what
           they
           could
           of
           their
           absurd
           Rites
           ,
           
           and
           Mysteries
           :
           and
           the
           great
           Philosophers
           commented
           upon
           their
           
             hieroglyphicks
          
           or
           ●acred
           
             sphinges
             ;
          
           even
           as
           wise
           men
           make
           morals
           upon
           some
           foolish
           fable
           .
           
             Rome
          
           again
           translated
           her
           laws
           ,
           and
           rites
           from
           
             Athens
          
           first
           ,
           and
           then
           from
           other
           places
           ,
           till
           the
           City
           began
           to
           be
           so
           full
           of
           
             religions
             ,
          
           that
           the
           Senate
           was
           sain
           to
           take
           order
           against
           admitting
           more
           .
           But
           when
           the
           Christian
           
             religion
          
           come
           to
           be
           set
           on
           foot
           ,
           it
           soon
           reduced
           all
           to
           one
           .
        
         
           That
           you
           may
           perceive
           the
           wisdome
           ,
           and
           the
           power
           of
           God
           therein
           ,
           and
           have
           the
           better
           prospect
           into
           wonder
           :
           take
           account
           in
           what
           posture
           the
           world
           stood
           ,
           when
           the
           Gospel
           first
           began
           to
           be
           divulged
           .
        
         
           Our
           Lord
           himself
           ,
           the
           Son
           of
           a
           Carpenter
           (
           as
           he
           was
           reputed
           )
           preached
           three
           years
           ;
           and
           then
           was
           so
           disgraced
           by
           the
           crosse
           ,
           and
           the
           malice
           of
           his
           own
           Countreymen
           ;
           that
           one
           would
           have
           thought
           ,
           there
           had
           been
           an
           end
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           his
           new
           Doctrine
           ;
           yet
           he
           left
           
           twelve
           Fishermen
           behind
           him
           to
           uphold
           it
           ,
           for
           which
           they
           were
           to
           dye
           too
           .
           The
           Jews
           hated
           these
           ,
           beyond
           any
           patience
           :
           the
           
             Gentiles
          
           had
           them
           at
           first
           ,
           in
           derision
           ,
           after
           in
           suspicion
           .
           Whither
           should
           they
           go
           ?
           or
           what
           should
           they
           do
           ?
           must
           they
           perswade
           the
           
             Jews
          
           against
           the
           Law
           of
           
             Moses
             ?
          
           this
           they
           must
           do
           .
           Must
           they
           perswade
           the
           
             Gentiles
          
           to
           abandon
           their
           Idolatry
           ?
           the
           Gods
           which
           they
           feared
           ,
           and
           lov'd
           ;
           the
           magnificence
           of
           sumptuous
           shews
           ,
           and
           Temples
           ,
           and
           such
           feastings
           as
           they
           cheifly
           used
           after
           sacrifice
           and
           oblations
           ?
           this
           they
           must
           do
           .
           A
           likely
           matter
           to
           take
           effect
           ,
           or
           to
           take
           the
           world
           by
           so
           much
           as
           by
           the
           little
           finger
           .
        
         
           Could
           these
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           their
           followers
           raise
           an
           army
           ?
           it
           is
           hard
           to
           imagine
           out
           of
           what
           quarters
           :
           but
           what
           if
           they
           could
           ?
           had
           they
           then
           been
           but
           once
           beaten
           (
           
             as
             Gamaliel
          
           did
           observe
           )
           they
           had
           been
           for
           ever
           quelled
           :
           
           or
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           prevailed
           ,
           and
           attained
           to
           an
           Empire
           (
           as
           some
           have
           arose
           from
           small
           beginnings
           )
           yet
           their
           fate
           might
           have
           been
           like
           that
           of
           all
           before
           ,
           and
           since
           .
           Which
           did
           you
           ever
           read
           of
           ,
           that
           hath
           lasted
           1600
           years
           with
           advantage
           ,
           and
           rooted
           it self
           so
           invincibly
           in
           
             Asia
             ,
             Europe
             ,
             Africa
             ,
          
           and
           
             America
             ,
          
           still
           proceeding
           conquering
           ,
           and
           to
           conquer
           ?
           which
           besides
           ,
           did
           ever
           possesse
           any
           one
           of
           these
           ;
           and
           ,
           next
           consider
           how
           and
           what
           way
           Christianity
           is
           bound
           to
           subdue
           them
           all
           .
        
         
           By
           Faith
           ,
           and
           patience
           ;
           by
           prayers
           ,
           and
           intercessions
           for
           all
           men
           :
           
           
             especially
             for
             Kings
             and
             all
             that
             were
             in
             Authority
          
           over
           Christians
           ,
           
             that
             under
             them
             ,
             they
             might
             lead
             a
             quiet
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             peaceable
             life
             in
             all
             Godliness
             ,
             and
             honesty
             .
          
           O
           ridiculous
           Wisdom
           in
           the
           eye
           of
           carnal
           policy
           ;
           and
           yet
           it
           over-swayed
           all
           !
        
         
           In
           above
           300
           years
           we
           read
           of
           no
           insurrection
           of
           theirs
           against
           oppression
           ,
           though
           they
           swarmed
           in
           all
           Provinces
           of
           the
           Empire
           long
           before
           that
           :
           the
           
             Roman
          
           
           legions
           were
           full
           of
           
             Christian
          
           Soldiers
           ,
           and
           never
           mutinied
           ;
           though
           *
           
             Constantine
          
           came
           with
           the
           greater
           favour
           to
           the
           Imperial
           Crown
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           a
           
             Christian
             ,
          
           and
           so
           many
           of
           his
           
             Veterans
          
           of
           the
           same
           profession
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           Prophecy
           was
           accomplished
           :
           
             Not
             by
             might
             ,
          
           or
           army
           ,
           
           (
           as
           the
           
             Turkish
          
           Empire
           ,
           and
           
             religion
             )
             but
             by
             my
             Spirit
             ,
             Saith
             the
             Lord.
             Which
             turned
             the
             heart
             of
             the
             Fathers
             to
             the
             Children
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             the
             heart
             of
             the
             Children
             to
             the
             Fathers
             ,
             and
             the
             disobedient
             to
             the
             wisdom
             of
             the
             just
             ,
             to
             make
             ready
             a
             people
             ,
          
           
           
             prepared
             for
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           But
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           that
           which
           was
           wanting
           in
           an
           army
           might
           be
           supplyed
           by
           policy
           ?
        
         
           One
           might
           think
           so
           indeed
           ,
           if
           the
           greater
           number
           of
           the
           wise
           ,
           and
           potent
           men
           of
           the
           world
           had
           taken
           this
           way
           .
           But
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           (
           who
           had
           his
           hand
           from
           the
           beginning
           in
           this
           work
           ,
           and
           had
           the
           best
           experience
           of
           it
           )
           witnesseth
           after
           this
           manner
           .
           
             The
             foolishness
             of
             God
             is
             wiser
             then
             men
             :
          
           
           
             for
             ye
             see
             your
             calling
             ,
             Brethren
             ,
             how
             that
             not
             many
             wise
             men
             after
             the
             Flesh
             ;
             not
             many
             mighty
             ,
             not
             many
             noble
             are
             called
             ,
          
           though
           some
           of
           all
           these
           .
        
         
           Instead
           of
           aids
           therefore
           ,
           put
           into
           the
           contrary
           balance
           ;
           that
           all
           the
           might
           ,
           and
           
             policy
          
           of
           the
           world
           ;
           all
           that
           enraged
           
             Jews
             ,
          
           and
           
             Idolaters
          
           could
           do
           ,
           was
           set
           against
           it
           .
           And
           yet
           ,
           (
           by
           a
           new
           example
           )
           men
           delightted
           to
           dye
           for
           
             religion
             ,
          
           which
           was
           never
           known
           before
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           amongst
           the
           
             Gentiles
             :
          
           and
           out
           of
           their
           blood
           (
           as
           out
           of
           the
           Teeth
           that
           
             Cadmus
          
           sowed
           )
           an
           innumerable
           power
           of
           supplies
           rose
           out
           of
           the
           earth
           .
           Of
           which
           it
           was
           foretold
           ,
           
           that
           it
           should
           befriend
           
             the
             Woman
             ,
             and
             help
             her
             ,
             swallowing
             up
             that
             stood
             ,
             which
             the
             dragon
             cast
             out
             of
             his
             mouth
             to
             drown
             her
             .
          
           Like
           
             Hydra's
          
           heads
           cut
           off
           one
           ,
           and
           more
           started
           up
           in
           the
           stead
           of
           it
           :
           persecution
           wrought
           nothing
           but
           encrease
           ,
           as
           mowing
           maketh
           the
           grasse
           to
           grow
           .
           It
           wrought
           nothing
           else
           
           but
           a
           sweeter
           smell
           ,
           and
           savour
           to
           
             Christianity
             :
          
           even
           as
           when
           a
           roller
           is
           driven
           o're
           a
           walk
           of
           Camomil
           ,
           what
           could
           it
           avail
           to
           hinder
           ?
        
         
           I
           have
           said
           but
           little
           yet
           (
           though
           it
           tend
           to
           admiration
           )
           let
           the
           unbeliever
           mark
           ,
           and
           be
           astonished
           at
           that
           ,
           which
           follows
           .
        
         
           Said
           not
           the
           proud
           
             Assyrian
          
           to
           the
           servants
           of
           King
           
             Hezekiah
             ;
          
           
           
             Have
             any
             of
             the
             Gods
             of
             the
             Nations
             delivered
             at
             all
             his
             Land
          
           (
           for
           every
           Nation
           then
           made
           choice
           of
           some
           especial
           
             Numen
          
           to
           be
           their
           Protector
           )
           
             out
             of
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             King
             of
          
           Assyria
           :
           
             where
             are
             the
             Gods
             of
          
           Hamath
           
             and
             of
          
           Arphad
           ?
           
             where
             are
             the
             Gods
             of
          
           Sepharvaim
           ?
           but
           now
           ,
           where
           are
           the
           Gods
           of
           
             Assyria
          
           it self
           ?
           We
           need
           such
           a
           learned
           Antiquary
           as
           your
           
             Selden
             ,
          
           
           to
           let
           us
           know
           their
           names
           .
           Where
           are
           the
           Gods
           that
           
             Greece
             ,
          
           and
           
             Rome
          
           adored
           ;
           why
           is
           there
           never
           a
           Temple
           (
           at
           the
           least
           )
           of
           
             Jupiter's
          
           remaining
           ,
           who
           was
           styled
           the
           Father
           of
           Gods
           ,
           and
           men
           ?
           what
           ailed
           thee
           ,
           O
           thou
           dreadful
           Oracle
           at
           
             Delphos
             ,
          
           that
           thou
           madest
           such
           pitiful
           excuses
           (
           as
           thou
           didst
           )
           and
           then
           retired'st
           with
           the
           rest
           (
           who
           made
           none
           )
           to
           everlasting
           silence
           ,
           
           to
           deceive
           the
           world
           no
           more
           ?
           it
           was
           not
           because
           ye
           were
           dis-obliged
           by
           the
           Heathen
           all
           the
           world
           over
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           .
           It
           was
           because
           ye
           could
           not
           choose
           :
           it
           was
           not
           because
           there
           was
           an
           earthly
           power
           to
           depresse
           ye
           ;
           but
           another
           spirit
           ,
           which
           ye
           were
           not
           able
           to
           with-stand
           .
           Rise
           again
           ,
           if
           ye
           are
           able
           ,
           to
           answer
           these
           reproaches
           !
           that
           part
           of
           the
           world
           is
           forced
           to
           bow
           with
           you
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           ready
           to
           adore
           !
        
         
           More
           closely
           to
           the
           case
           in
           hand
           still
           :
           how
           came
           the
           despised
           Land
           of
           
             Jewry
          
           to
           send
           a
           
             Law
          
           forth
           to
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           yet
           themselves
           to
           be
           dissipated
           so
           ,
           as
           never
           people
           were
           and
           this
           has
           lasted
           above
           these
           1600
           years
           ,
           wherein
           (
           however
           )
           as
           there
           is
           not
           a
           
             Roman
          
           left
           ,
           so
           there
           
           is
           not
           a
           
             Jew
          
           lost
           ;
           but
           there
           is
           a
           mark
           upon
           them
           .
           A
           mighty
           people
           ,
           if
           they
           could
           be
           gathered
           :
           but
           they
           are
           cast
           far
           back
           for
           that
           ,
           
           for
           it
           is
           not
           like
           to
           be
           ,
           
             till
             the
             fulness
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             is
             come
             in
             .
          
        
         
           There
           is
           now
           but
           one
           God
           ,
           and
           where
           
             Mahomet
          
           is
           professed
           ,
           
             Christ
          
           is
           also
           acknowledged
           to
           have
           been
           a
           great
           Prophet
           before
           Him
           :
           and
           they
           have
           the
           history
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           upon
           which
           they
           raise
           their
           damned
           Idol
           ,
           which
           is
           confounding
           evidence
           against
           these
           
             Apostates
          
           from
           the
           Faith
           ;
           and
           together
           with
           it
           ,
           confounders
           of
           that
           civility
           ,
           that
           was
           in
           the
           world
           before
           .
        
         
           This
           one
           God
           is
           worshipped
           according
           to
           the
           
             Law
             ,
          
           which
           he
           gave
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           which
           no
           false
           
             religion
          
           can
           pretend
           to
           in
           the
           least
           .
           Before
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           enmity
           betwixt
           nations
           on
           the
           account
           of
           
             religion
             :
          
           but
           now
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           greatest
           point
           ,
           and
           ground
           of
           amity
           ,
           
           or
           enmity
           .
           As
           it
           was
           said
           in
           
             Genesis
             ,
             I
             will
             put
             enmity
             between
             thy
             Seed
             ,
             and
             between
             her
             Seed
             .
          
           So
           more
           expressely
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           our
           Lord
           himself
           doth
           testifye
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             I
             came
             not
             to
             send
             Peace
             upon
             the
             Earth
             ,
             but
             a
             Sword
             ,
          
           
           and
           to
           set
           men
           at
           variance
           upon
           this
           account
           of
           
             religion
          
           only
           .
           Which
           many
           
             States-men
             ,
          
           having
           well
           observed
           ,
           would
           fain
           have
           taken
           another
           order
           with
           
             religion
             ,
          
           if
           they
           had
           been
           able
           ;
           but
           it
           was
           too
           far
           above
           them
           .
           
             Christianity
          
           hath
           abolished
           
             Idolatry
             ,
             Philosophy
             ,
             Policy
             ,
          
           and
           brought
           in
           other
           orders
           ,
           and
           Governments
           among
           the
           Nations
           ,
           then
           the
           
             wise-men
          
           of
           the
           world
           allowed
           .
           All
           which
           doth
           shew
           ,
           and
           prove
           ;
           that
           the
           Christian
           
             religion
          
           is
           the
           
             wisdom
          
           of
           God
           above
           all
           ;
           and
           not
           of
           man
           :
           that
           as
           it
           was
           rais'd
           at
           first
           ,
           so
           it
           doth
           still
           subsist
           by
           miracles
           ,
           and
           therefore
           is
           invincible
           ;
           so
           that
           
             the
             gates
             of
             Hell
             shall
             not
             prevail
             against
             it
             .
          
           
        
         
           But
           ,
           since
           we
           have
           said
           so
           much
           concerning
           this
           
             wisdom
             ,
             viz.
          
           that
           it
           hath
           abolished
           ,
           not
           
             Idolatry
          
           only
           ,
           
           but
           
             Philosophy
             ;
          
           not
           the
           
             Jewish
          
           Law
           alone
           ,
           but
           the
           
             civil
             ;
          
           not
           established
           
             governments
             ,
          
           but
           subverted
           them
           not
           brought
           in
           
             peace
          
           but
           
             war
             ,
          
           it
           is
           high
           time
           ,
           that
           we
           take
           some
           caution
           concerning
           
             prudence
             ,
          
           with
           which
           this
           
             wisdom
          
           is
           said
           to
           dwell
           ;
           least
           she
           be
           misprised
           for
           a
           destroyer
           of
           the
           house
           ,
           wherein
           she
           liveth
           ;
           since
           such
           things
           as
           these
           cannot
           consist
           with
           
             prudence
             .
          
           Let
           us
           therefore
           passe
           to
           the
           second
           ,
           and
           the
           last
           point
           ,
           to
           shew
           .
        
         
           
             Point
             .
          
           2.
           
           That
           this
           
             wisdom
          
           dwells
           with
           
             prudence
             ,
          
           and
           is
           the
           best
           
             policy
             :
          
           for
           so
           saith
           the
           context
           ,
           
             and
             find
             out
             the
             knowledge
             of
             witty
             inventions
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           choice
           expedients
           of
           felicity
           for
           all
           estates
           .
        
         
           What
           though
           the
           
             Christian
             religion
          
           hath
           beaten
           down
           the
           galleries
           of
           the
           
             Cynicks
             ,
             Stoicks
             ,
             Skepticks
             ,
             Epicureans
             ,
          
           and
           all
           other
           
             heresies
          
           of
           true
           
             Philosophy
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Altars
           of
           the
           Idols
           ?
           yet
           ,
           it
           hath
           no
           more
           abolished
           
             Philosophy
             ,
          
           rightly
           so
           called
           ,
           then
           it
           hath
           
             religion
             .
          
           But
           rather
           ,
           since
           the
           spreading
           of
           
             Christianity
             ,
             multi
             transierunt
             ,
             &
             aucta
             est
             scientia
             .
          
           Many
           have
           travelled
           to
           augment
           learning
           ,
           and
           to
           redeem
           
             Philosophy
          
           from
           all
           the
           errours
           ,
           wherein
           it
           was
           before
           entangled
           .
        
         
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           exhorteth
           the
           
             Colossians
             ,
          
           
           to
           
             beware
             least
             any
             man
             should
             spoil
             them
             through
             Philosophy
             ,
             and
             vain
             deceit
             ,
             after
             the
             rudiments
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             not
             after
             Christ
             :
          
           for
           though
           all
           the
           Sects
           called
           themselves
           the
           
             Philosophers
             ,
          
           and
           theirs
           the
           
             Philosophy
             ;
          
           even
           as
           our
           Sects
           in
           
             religion
          
           do
           imitate
           the
           ancient
           usurpation
           ;
           yet
           it
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           the
           Apostle
           cautions
           them
           against
           no
           other
           
             Philosophy
             ,
          
           but
           such
           as
           is
           
             vain
             deceit
             ,
          
           and
           opposite
           unto
           the
           simplicity
           of
           the
           Faith
           of
           
             Christ
             ;
          
           which
           no
           real
           knowledge
           is
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           he
           admonisheth
           them
           against
           
             a
             shew
             of
             wisdom
             in
             will
             worship
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             humility
             ,
             and
             neglecting
             of
             the
             body
             .
          
           It
           is
           but
           the
           
             shew
             of
             wisdom
             ,
          
           which
           really
           is
           not
           such
           ,
           
           that
           he
           cautions
           them
           against
           ;
           especially
           such
           a
           shew
           ,
           as
           ministred
           before
           to
           heathen
           superstition
           ,
           and
           being
           brought
           into
           the
           
             Christian
             Church
             ,
          
           might
           tend
           to
           corrupt
           it
           with
           the
           old
           leaven
           ,
           
             the
             rudiments
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           he
           himself
           disputed
           with
           the
           Stoicks
           ,
           and
           Epicureans
           ,
           and
           other
           
             Philosophers
             ,
          
           according
           to
           their
           own
           Notions
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           learned
           at
           the
           feet
           of
           
             Gamaliel
             ;
          
           being
           as
           conversant
           in
           the
           Learning
           of
           the
           
             Greeks
             ,
          
           as
           
             Moses
          
           had
           been
           before
           in
           that
           of
           the
           
             Egyptians
             .
          
           
           The
           rest
           of
           the
           Apostles
           were
           endued
           from
           above
           with
           tongues
           ,
           and
           all
           knowledge
           ;
           so
           that
           they
           were
           reputed
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           amongst
           the
           
             Gentiles
             ,
          
           as
           a
           new
           sect
           of
           
             Philosophers
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           next
           succession
           ,
           the
           prime
           Fathers
           of
           the
           Church
           were
           of
           the
           converted
           
             Rhetors
             ,
          
           and
           
             Philosophers
             ,
          
           as
           
             Ignatius
             ,
             Clemens
             ,
             Irenaeus
             ,
             Justin
             Martyr
             ,
             Athenagoras
             ,
             Tertullian
             ,
             Origen
             ,
             Lactantius
             ,
          
           and
           divers
           others
           .
           What
           hath
           since
           been
           added
           to
           the
           magazine
           of
           learning
           ,
           I
           may
           safely
           leave
           to
           be
           demonstrated
           by
           the
           
             ROYAL
             SOCIETY
             .
          
        
         
           What
           if
           the
           Christian
           
             religion
          
           hath
           almost
           antiquated
           the
           
             Civil
             Law
          
           in
           divers
           Countries
           ?
           it
           is
           only
           so
           far
           as
           it
           hath
           abolish't
           slavery
           ,
           and
           brought
           in
           
             Christian
          
           liberty
           ,
           even
           in
           civil
           things
           ,
           wheresoever
           a
           
             Christian
          
           Government
           has
           been
           established
           .
           Neither
           has
           it
           subverted
           any
           other
           ,
           but
           to
           bring
           in
           better
           ,
           and
           a
           sweeter
           order
           .
           As
           may
           appear
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           by
           comparing
           
             Christendome
             ,
          
           howsoever
           corrupted
           ,
           with
           the
           
             Turkish
             ,
          
           or
           
             Pagan
          
           dominations
           .
           Wheresoever
           the
           
             Christian
          
           yoke
           lyeth
           not
           on
           Princes
           ,
           and
           their
           Governments
           ,
           they
           are
           barbarous
           ,
           and
           cruel
           :
           whereas
           in
           
             Christendom
             ,
          
           
           (
           especially
           amongst
           the
           Princes
           ,
           and
           the
           States
           of
           the
           Reformation
           )
           there
           is
           more
           property
           ,
           immunity
           ,
           and
           priviledge
           to
           the
           lower
           states
           :
           and
           in
           case
           of
           trespasse
           ,
           there
           are
           more
           pardons
           ,
           and
           impunities
           :
           in
           case
           of
           punishment
           ,
           more
           mercy
           ,
           Malefactors
           are
           chastised
           ,
           or
           put
           to
           death
           with
           the
           lesse
           severity
           ,
           and
           horrour
           ;
           and
           the
           poor
           are
           not
           exposed
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           word
           ;
           though
           by
           accident
           ,
           
             Christianity
          
           draw
           the
           hatred
           of
           the
           un-beleiving
           world
           ,
           as
           being
           opposed
           to
           the
           power
           of
           Satan
           ,
           
           
             who
             worketh
             in
             the
             children
             of
             disobedience
             :
          
           yet
           ,
           it
           hath
           made
           even
           wars
           themselves
           more
           gentle
           ,
           then
           they
           were
           before
           ,
           both
           in
           sieges
           ,
           and
           in
           battels
           ,
           sparing
           the
           effusion
           of
           blood
           (
           which
           the
           *
           
             Romans
          
           glorified
           in
           )
           affording
           ransom
           ,
           enslaving
           none
           of
           the
           
             Christian
          
           profession
           .
           And
           where
           they
           trespasse
           (
           possibly
           )
           upon
           
             Christian
          
           tenderness
           in
           enslaving
           
             Turkes
             ,
          
           or
           
             Infidels
             ;
          
           they
           seem
           to
           make
           some
           amends
           by
           better
           usage
           of
           them
           ,
           then
           our
           own
           poor
           Captives
           do
           expect
           in
           
             Barbary
             .
          
        
         
           Content
           (
           may
           some
           one
           say
           )
           we
           are
           for
           
             religion
             ,
          
           and
           for
           the
           
             Christian
          
           too
           above
           all
           ;
           but
           not
           with
           such
           
             hankes
          
           as
           are
           put
           upon
           us
           ,
           under
           this
           pretence
           ,
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           civil
           life
           ;
           and
           thefore
           ,
           contrary
           unto
           common
           prudence
           .
        
         
           And
           first
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           an
           hindrance
           to
           preferment
           ,
           to
           be
           held
           to
           such
           rules
           as
           may
           be
           given
           us
           :
           
           if
           a
           Kingdome
           ,
           or
           a
           great
           estate
           or
           fortune
           ,
           lye
           before
           me
           ;
           must
           I
           let
           another
           carry
           them
           before
           me
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           but
           a
           scruple
           about
           the
           title
           ,
           or
           the
           circumstances
           of
           proceeding
           ?
           if
           I
           have
           made
           a
           promise
           ;
           must
           I
           keep
           it
           to
           my
           own
           wrong
           ?
        
         
         
           
             Machiavel
          
           observes
           ,
           
           that
           those
           Princes
           have
           been
           but
           unfortunate
           ,
           who
           have
           suffered
           themselves
           to
           be
           hampered
           by
           a
           word
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           in
           earnest
           ,
           too
           
             religious
             [
             but
             he
             is
             very
             unfortunate
             himself
             in
             the
             instances
             ,
             which
             he
             giveth
             of
             some
             ,
             that
             seemed
             to
             have
             prospered
             by
             their
             falsenesse
             ,
             and
             impiety
             .
          
           ]
           What
           shall
           we
           return
           to
           this
           ?
        
         
           We
           say
           first
           ,
           that
           ,
           that
           which
           hath
           been
           called
           
             vertue
          
           (
           for
           the
           most
           part
           )
           is
           a
           certain
           strain
           of
           natural
           
             piety
             ,
          
           even
           in
           the
           Heathens
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           it
           can
           go
           :
           and
           that
           such
           of
           those
           (
           whether
           private
           men
           ,
           or
           Princes
           )
           as
           lived
           most
           according
           unto
           true
           
             vertue
             ,
          
           were
           the
           most
           prosperous
           ,
           and
           glorious
           .
           But
           because
           the
           lives
           of
           private
           men
           are
           apt
           to
           be
           buried
           in
           obscurity
           ▪
           after
           a
           small
           time
           ;
           let
           us
           take
           account
           of
           Princes
           ,
           whose
           memories
           remain
           sacred
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           done
           
             vertuously
             ;
          
           as
           their
           persons
           were
           before
           (
           whether
           they
           were
           
             Pagan
             ,
          
           or
           whether
           they
           were
           
             Christian
          
           )
           while
           the
           issues
           hung
           in
           suspence
           ,
           and
           the
           ages
           under
           awe
           ,
           wherein
           they
           lived
           .
        
         
           Who
           can
           be
           compared
           with
           
             Augustus
             ,
             Titus
             ,
             Trajan
             ,
             Antoninus
             ,
             Constantine
          
           the
           great
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           better
           note
           ?
           as
           for
           the
           vitious
           monsters
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           who
           by
           ambition
           ,
           and
           deceit
           attain'd
           ,
           and
           managed
           the
           sway
           for
           a
           time
           ;
           which
           of
           them
           came
           to
           a
           timely
           end
           ?
           as
           for
           those
           that
           retained
           wicked
           policies
           with
           a
           shew
           ,
           and
           some
           pretence
           of
           
             vertue
             :
          
           which
           of
           these
           did
           not
           spoil
           all
           the
           rest
           thereby
           ?
           I
           cannot
           stand
           to
           speak
           of
           
             Tiberius
             ,
             Galba
             ,
             Severus
             ,
             Julian
             ,
          
           and
           others
           of
           them
           .
           Much
           lesse
           ,
           to
           verifie
           the
           same
           from
           our
           own
           Chronicles
           (
           which
           might
           seem
           to
           exceed
           the
           lists
           of
           my
           profession
           )
           to
           leave
           to
           every
           one
           their
           own
           .
        
         
         
           We
           say
           again
           ,
           that
           looking
           upon
           examples
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ;
           we
           have
           found
           none
           to
           have
           flourished
           like
           those
           ,
           that
           had
           the
           zeal
           of
           true
           
             religion
             ;
          
           as
           
             David
             ,
             So.
             lomon
             ,
             Asa
             ,
             Jehosaphat
             ,
             Hezekiah
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Only
           ,
           good
           
             Josiah
          
           perished
           at
           the
           last
           ,
           by
           admitting
           a
           little
           
             policy
             ,
          
           to
           be
           temper'd
           with
           his
           
             piety
             :
          
           and
           out
           of
           a
           Princely
           emulation
           (
           as
           it
           might
           be
           thought
           )
           in
           his
           youth
           ,
           to
           shew
           his
           valor
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           the
           wicked
           Princes
           fell
           by
           their
           own
           vices
           :
           and
           had
           been
           likely
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           though
           there
           had
           been
           none
           but
           men
           to
           punish
           them
           .
           The
           Princes
           that
           compounded
           ,
           or
           confounded
           their
           pretences
           to
           
             religion
          
           with
           other
           
             policies
             ,
          
           fell
           ever
           short
           of
           their
           own
           designs
           ,
           which
           they
           pursued
           ,
           under
           the
           veil
           ,
           or
           mask
           of
           hypocrisie
           ;
           as
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           and
           
             Jeroboam
             ,
          
           and
           
             Jehu
             ,
          
           and
           
             Amaziah
             ,
          
           and
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           Then
           comes
           another
           in
           ,
           with
           such
           a
           complaint
           as
           this
           ,
           to
           render
           this
           
             pretended
             prudence
          
           of
           ours
           to
           be
           but
           
             foolishnesse
          
           (
           according
           to
           their
           shallow
           reasonings
           )
           shall
           I
           part
           with
           a
           certainty
           for
           an
           uncertainty
           ?
           quit
           my
           delights
           ,
           and
           pleasures
           to
           embrace
           Melancholy
           ,
           and
           to
           solace
           my self
           with
           deaths-heads
           ,
           and
           Coffins
           set
           before
           me
           ,
           while
           I
           walk
           in
           youth
           ,
           or
           strength
           ?
           shall
           I
           bind
           a
           carcase
           to
           my
           living
           body
           ,
           and
           go
           about
           with
           it
           ,
           like
           a
           ghost
           ,
           through
           the
           terrour
           of
           a
           resurrection
           ,
           and
           a
           future
           judgment
           ,
           whilst
           it
           seems
           to
           common
           observation
           ,
           that
           death
           is
           but
           a
           meer
           extinction
           ;
           and
           as
           such
           ,
           despised
           by
           the
           bravest
           men
           ?
        
         
           First
           ,
           it
           is
           
             Popish
             superstition
             ,
          
           that
           hath
           painted
           out
           
             religion
          
           in
           solitudes
           ,
           and
           penances
           :
           and
           it
           is
           the
           modern
           
             Catharism
          
           only
           ,
           that
           hath
           sequestred
           it
           from
           society
           ,
           and
           
           civility
           ;
           wherein
           the
           highest
           satisfactions
           of
           life
           consist
           ;
           and
           certainly
           ,
           men
           are
           rendred
           the
           more
           civil
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           less
           ,
           by
           a
           right
           temper
           of
           
             religion
             ,
          
           which
           is
           
             wisdom
          
           dwelling
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           
             prudence
             ,
          
           the
           bond
           of
           all
           humanity
           .
           So
           that
           impiety
           doth
           but
           put
           an
           ugly
           visard
           on
           
             religion
             ,
          
           or
           cloath
           it
           in
           a
           Bears-skin
           ,
           to
           work
           its
           prejudice
           ,
           when
           it
           sets
           it
           forth
           after
           this
           manner
           .
           It
           is
           far
           from
           being
           sad
           ,
           and
           melancholy
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           rightly
           understood
           ;
           but
           is
           rather
           to
           be
           described
           ,
           
           as
           the
           
             Christian
             Philosopher
          
           describeth
           
             wisdom
             ,
          
           to
           be
           like
           a
           woman
           of
           a
           Matronly-look
           ,
           having
           piercing
           eyes
           ,
           and
           a
           lively
           colour
           ;
           and
           though
           far
           above
           our
           age
           ,
           seeming
           yet
           to
           retain
           the
           flower
           of
           her
           youth
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           certainty
           to
           be
           parted
           with
           by
           a
           religious
           life
           ,
           seeing
           all
           other
           things
           are
           uncertain
           here
           ,
           unless
           it
           be
           this
           truth
           ;
           that
           all
           good
           things
           are
           the
           certain
           free
           gifts
           of
           God
           ,
           dispensed
           much
           according
           to
           meet
           rewards
           of
           
             piety
             and
             vertue
             :
          
           and
           so
           it
           often
           goeth
           ,
           whilst
           all
           the
           superfluity
           of
           divine
           bounty
           ,
           being
           no
           way
           prodigal
           ,
           is
           unaccountable
           unto
           men
           .
           But
           uncertainty
           there
           can
           be
           none
           about
           the
           future
           hopes
           ,
           and
           fears
           ,
           till
           any
           man
           hath
           answered
           the
           evidence
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           given
           in
           before
           of
           the
           
             Christian
             religion
             .
          
           Which
           we
           also
           presume
           to
           be
           un
           answerable
           by
           all
           the
           wits
           of
           men
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           even
           granted
           a
           
             Bacchanalian
          
           liberty
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           cast
           up
           the
           compt
           (
           if
           you
           please
           )
           on
           either
           hand
           ,
           what
           mischief
           comes
           by
           
             irreligion
             ,
          
           and
           what
           benefits
           do
           accompany
           an
           unfeigned
           
             Christian
             Piety
             .
          
        
         
           First
           ,
           An
           
             irreligious
          
           life
           ,
           through
           private
           lusts
           ,
           and
           passions
           ,
           destroyeth
           bodies
           ,
           and
           estates
           ,
           and
           the
           publick
           
           weal
           ;
           which
           are
           all
           saved
           ,
           and
           advanced
           by
           the
           
             prudence
             ,
          
           and
           goodness
           of
           a
           
             Christian
          
           life
           ,
           how
           many
           bodies
           have
           been
           ruined
           by
           intemperance
           ,
           and
           lust
           ?
           but
           who
           was
           ever
           hurt
           by
           Continence
           and
           Abstinence
           ?
           How
           many
           men
           have
           perished
           by
           the
           persecution
           of
           revenge
           ?
           but
           who
           ever
           came
           to
           any
           great
           disaster
           by
           gentleness
           ,
           and
           patience
           ?
           How
           many
           estates
           have
           been
           confounded
           by
           a
           prodigal
           profusion
           upon
           vanities
           ?
           but
           what
           estate
           did
           ever
           suffer
           by
           frugality
           ,
           with
           an
           abhorrency
           from
           all
           vain-glory
           ,
           and
           impertinent
           delights
           ?
           what
           confusion
           hath
           it
           brought
           into
           States
           ,
           and
           Kingdomes
           ,
           when
           particular
           persons
           ,
           having
           power
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           have
           dis-regarded
           ,
           and
           hindred
           the
           publick
           good
           ,
           for
           their
           private
           ends
           ,
           and
           satisfactions
           ?
           but
           when
           was
           the
           State
           ever
           hurt
           by
           a
           publick
           spirit
           ,
           and
           by
           self-denyal
           ?
           the
           ungodly
           life
           of
           a
           few
           men
           bringeth
           judgments
           on
           the
           land
           ;
           but
           the
           Godly
           lie
           of
           fewer
           stinteth
           the
           divine
           wrath
           ,
           and
           bringeth
           blessings
           ,
           not
           only
           on
           themselves
           ,
           but
           on
           many
           more
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           An
           
             irreligious
          
           life
           bringeth
           men
           under
           great
           bondage
           ;
           but
           a
           religious
           life
           (
           according
           unto
           this
           
             prudence
          
           )
           doth
           set
           them
           free
           ,
           and
           far
           above
           all
           fears
           ,
           or
           the
           causes
           of
           them
           .
           The
           one
           is
           in
           bondage
           unto
           meats
           ,
           and
           drinks
           ,
           
             to
             make
             provision
             for
             the
             Flesh
             ;
          
           enough
           to
           furnish
           out
           a
           voyage
           :
           not
           (
           as
           it
           is
           usually
           pretended
           )
           for
           hospitality
           ,
           but
           because
           he
           wants
           them
           :
           whereas
           
             nature
          
           is
           contented
           with
           a
           little
           ,
           and
           
             piety
          
           with
           lesse
           .
           The
           one
           is
           tempted
           with
           the
           forbidden
           fruit
           ,
           and
           is
           in
           bondage
           ,
           because
           he
           will
           be
           satisfied
           ;
           though
           it
           be
           through
           dishonour
           ,
           and
           a
           cumble
           of
           inconveniences
           .
           But
           unto
           purer
           minds
           there
           ariseth
           little
           trouble
           of
           this
           kind
           :
           either
           their
           mind
           is
           free
           from
           the
           power
           of
           such
           temptations
           ;
           or
           else
           ,
           it
           is
           purged
           by
           repentance
           ,
           and
           every
           
           lust
           is
           mortified
           .
           The
           one
           cannot
           live
           comfortably
           (
           as
           he
           conceives
           )
           without
           his
           lusts
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           cannot
           live
           at
           all
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           weight
           of
           an
           ungodly
           mans
           bondage
           follows
           yet
           (
           as
           the
           wain
           must
           follow
           the
           wheels
           .
           )
           When
           an
           ungodly
           man
           hath
           pursued
           his
           ambition
           ,
           pride
           ,
           revenge
           ,
           covetize
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           his
           pleasures
           to
           the
           height
           ;
           he
           is
           still
           so
           far
           from
           being
           satisfyed
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           rather
           sad
           and
           discomposed
           ,
           partly
           through
           
             vanity
          
           of
           the
           Creature
           ,
           and
           partly
           through
           the
           remorse
           of
           his
           Conscience
           ,
           reflecting
           upon
           so
           much
           of
           the
           
             vanity
          
           of
           Sin
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           sensible
           of
           ,
           in
           the
           things
           that
           he
           hath
           acted
           ,
           or
           wherewithal
           he
           was
           affected
           for
           the
           time
           .
           So
           ,
           that
           instead
           of
           recovering
           himself
           by
           reason
           ,
           and
           by
           resolution
           ,
           he
           is
           usually
           re-mitted
           to
           the
           same
           disease
           to
           be
           healed
           ,
           as
           they
           say
           ,
           that
           a
           second
           burning
           of
           the
           finger
           will
           cure
           the
           first
           .
           Now
           ,
           if
           this
           part
           of
           a
           mans
           soul
           (
           if
           I
           may
           divide
           it
           into
           parts
           )
           troubled
           the
           
             Heathen
          
           themselves
           (
           as
           I
           cannot
           stand
           to
           cite
           sentences
           ,
           and
           instances
           ,
           that
           might
           be
           quoted
           out
           of
           Authors
           )
           how
           much
           more
           ,
           may
           I
           presume
           ,
           it
           may
           do
           in
           such
           ,
           as
           have
           heard
           the
           Gospel
           preached
           all
           their
           dayes
           ,
           from
           which
           they
           cannot
           choose
           ,
           but
           to
           have
           received
           some
           impressions
           ,
           howsoever
           impregnable
           they
           may
           pretend
           to
           be
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           whereas
           true
           
             religion
          
           pacifies
           the
           conscience
           ,
           and
           alone
           is
           able
           to
           render
           that
           tranquillity
           of
           mind
           ,
           which
           the
           
             Gentiles
          
           sought
           in
           vain
           ;
           an
           
             irreligious
          
           life
           maketh
           men
           
             meticulous
             ,
          
           as
           oft
           as
           the
           wind
           doth
           blow
           ,
           or
           the
           clouds
           are
           rent
           with
           thunder
           .
           A
           
             religious
          
           man
           is
           in
           peace
           at
           home
           ,
           
             impavidum
             ferient
             ruinae
             ;
          
           The
           end
           of
           the
           world
           will
           be
           no
           amazement
           to
           him
           ;
           though
           the
           heavens
           fall
           ,
           or
           glow
           with
           fervent
           fire
           ,
           as
           they
           must
           
           do
           at
           the
           last
           ,
           he
           is
           not
           to
           be
           dismayed
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           and
           Lastly
           ,
           There
           is
           as
           much
           latitude
           in
           
             Christian
             prudence
             ,
          
           as
           a
           
             wise
          
           man
           
             could
          
           wish
           :
           For
           there
           is
           nothing
           in
           
             religion
             ,
          
           that
           makes
           against
           a
           right
           
             prudence
             ;
          
           nay
           ,
           it
           comprehendeth
           all
           ,
           and
           far
           excelleth
           human
           
             prudence
             :
          
           you
           cannot
           instance
           in
           a
           case
           ,
           wherein
           you
           may
           not
           be
           ,
           the
           best
           resolved
           .
           Hence
           
             Philosophers
          
           have
           prescribed
           much
           austerity
           ,
           and
           
             Idolaters
          
           have
           used
           (
           and
           do
           use
           )
           great
           severity
           ,
           but
           the
           
             Christian
             Religion
          
           required
           nothing
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           gentle
           ,
           and
           agreeable
           unto
           nature
           ,
           and
           civility
           .
           There
           is
           enough
           in
           it
           to
           preserve
           the
           Temporal
           felicity
           ,
           and
           to
           augment
           it
           .
           Enjoy
           as
           much
           of
           the
           goods
           ,
           that
           God
           hath
           given
           you
           ,
           as
           will
           do
           you
           good
           :
           and
           be
           sure
           ,
           if
           God
           had
           not
           known
           better
           then
           we
           ,
           what
           was
           good
           for
           us
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           allowed
           to
           us
           the
           larger
           size
           .
        
         
           Some
           restraints
           indeed
           ,
           we
           must
           acknowledge
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           are
           for
           our
           greater
           priviledge
           ,
           and
           enlargement
           another
           way
           .
           Some
           think
           it
           a
           restraint
           if
           they
           may
           not
           riot
           ,
           but
           if
           they
           do
           ,
           it
           spoileth
           bodies
           ,
           and
           estates
           :
           others
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           Community
           ;
           but
           where
           there
           is
           most
           impunity
           for
           that
           ,
           the
           blood
           is
           most
           corrupted
           .
           Others
           ,
           that
           Polygamy
           (
           at
           least
           )
           is
           not
           permitted
           ;
           but
           where
           it
           is
           ,
           it
           engendreth
           unto
           feuds
           ,
           more
           then
           unto
           love
           .
           And
           when
           community
           was
           once
           too
           much
           indulged
           ,
           the
           
             Romans
          
           were
           fain
           to
           provide
           by
           law
           ,
           that
           every
           man
           of
           such
           a
           quality
           ,
           should
           have
           (
           at
           least
           )
           one
           wife
           .
           The
           Laws
           of
           God
           therefore
           are
           the
           
             basis
          
           of
           all
           other
           
             prudence
             ,
          
           the
           establishment
           of
           the
           earth
           ;
           such
           as
           far
           exceeded
           those
           of
           all
           other
           Nations
           ,
           to
           make
           both
           the
           publick
           ;
           and
           the
           private
           man
           the
           happier
           ,
           so
           that
           every
           way
           it
           is
           the
           better
           
             policy
             .
          
        
         
         
           I
           think
           our
           own
           Law
           approves
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           hath
           this
           rule
           ,
           
             Lex
             Dei
             est
             lex
             terrae
             ;
             The
             Law
             of
             God
             is
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Land
             :
          
           and
           that
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           such
           preamble
           to
           any
           of
           our
           Statutes
           ,
           as
           ,
           
             nos
             mitigantes
             regorem
             juris
             divini
             ,
          
           &c.
           do
           enact
           ,
           
           that
           it
           shall
           not
           be
           accounted
           murther
           in
           a
           Noble
           man
           ,
           if
           he
           kill
           a
           Paisan
           .
           If
           it
           were
           so
           ,
           it
           would
           not
           only
           be
           a
           violation
           of
           
             religion
             ,
          
           but
           much
           against
           the
           
             policy
          
           of
           
             ENGLAND
             .
          
        
         
           Certainly
           then
           this
           
             Christian
             prudence
          
           cannot
           interfere
           with
           the
           Civil
           ,
           because
           it
           doth
           not
           only
           farre
           surmount
           ,
           but
           comprehend
           it
           .
           
           .
           It
           hath
           been
           said
           ,
           that
           all
           
             vertue
          
           is
           comprised
           in
           justice
           :
           much
           more
           in
           
             piety
             ,
          
           which
           is
           not
           only
           the
           greatest
           motive
           unto
           justice
           ;
           but
           the
           
             primum
             mobile
             ,
          
           a
           superiour
           orbe
           ,
           that
           doth
           contain
           ,
           and
           carry
           it
           about
           with
           its
           own
           motion
           .
           Whatsoever
           therefore
           makes
           against
           
             piety
             ,
          
           makes
           as
           much
           against
           justice
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           vertues
           ,
           and
           as
           much
           against
           the
           felicity
           of
           mankind
           ,
           even
           in
           this
           civil
           life
           .
        
         
           Adde
           to
           this
           the
           
             vantage
             ,
          
           we
           have
           shew'd
           ,
           that
           true
           
             religion
          
           laies
           but
           few
           and
           light
           restraints
           ;
           but
           it
           opens
           such
           enlargements
           of
           happiness
           ,
           and
           fruition
           ,
           on
           another
           hand
           ,
           as
           are
           neither
           to
           be
           counted
           by
           curious
           observation
           ;
           nor
           yet
           to
           be
           exprest
           ,
           or
           uttered
           by
           the
           tongues
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           Angels
           ,
        
         
           What
           if
           I
           should
           resume
           my
           text
           (
           but
           that
           it
           is
           too
           late
           )
           to
           be
           expounded
           
             mystically
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           without
           an
           
             allegory
             ?
          
           you
           see
           that
           
             wisdom
          
           and
           
             prudence
          
           are
           here
           set
           forth
           as
           two
           persons
           :
           and
           
             prudence
          
           for
           her
           part
           as
           if
           she
           had
           an
           house
           large
           enough
           to
           entertain
           
             wisdom
             .
          
           What
           if
           I
           should
           say
           ,
           upon
           the
           whole
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           obscurely
           signified
           by
           this
           ;
           that
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           
           
             wisdom
          
           of
           the
           father
           ,
           dwelleth
           in
           them
           that
           do
           believe
           ,
           by
           his
           own
           spirit
           ?
           whereby
           he
           is
           as
           much
           the
           soul
           of
           their
           souls
           ,
           as
           their
           souls
           are
           the
           life
           of
           their
           bodies
           :
           and
           so
           doth
           prompt
           ,
           and
           inspire
           them
           by
           his
           grace
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           ,
           that
           they
           shall
           not
           only
           ,
           not
           lightly
           forego
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           slip
           any
           point
           ,
           that
           tendeth
           to
           their
           happiness
           temporal
           ,
           
           or
           eternal
           (
           for
           ,
           
             all
             things
             work
             together
             for
             good
             to
             them
             that
             love
             God
          
           )
           but
           doth
           also
           fill
           them
           full
           of
           such
           inward
           joys
           ,
           as
           
             carnal
             wisdom
          
           is
           not
           able
           to
           conceive
           .
        
         
           Such
           as
           have
           been
           addicted
           to
           their
           studies
           ,
           have
           placed
           the
           chiefest
           felicity
           of
           life
           in
           contemplation
           (
           we
           must
           suppose
           that
           a
           man
           be
           of
           sufficiency
           to
           be
           vacant
           to
           it
           ,
           
           and
           to
           make
           his
           choice
           of
           what
           he
           liketh
           )
           because
           this
           is
           the
           pleasure
           of
           the
           mind
           .
           So
           our
           master
           
             Aristotle
             ,
          
           although
           his
           own
           speculations
           were
           but
           dry
           (
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           )
           But
           
             Sencea
          
           distinguisheth
           betwixt
           that
           part
           of
           Philosophy
           ,
           which
           is
           conversant
           about
           the
           natural
           questions
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           riseth
           up
           to
           the
           researches
           ,
           that
           are
           concerning
           God
           ;
           speaking
           of
           this
           later
           as
           being
           above
           the
           other
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           the
           Heaven
           is
           above
           the
           Earth
           :
           yet
           he
           moveth
           only
           such
           remote
           questions
           of
           contemplation
           as
           these
           are
           ,
           what
           the
           nature
           of
           God
           is
           ;
           and
           whether
           he
           be
           wholly
           intent
           upon
           himself
           ,
           or
           hath
           sometimes
           regard
           to
           us
           :
           pronouncing
           (
           notwithstanding
           )
           of
           this
           later
           part
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           more
           *
           high
           ,
           and
           spritely
           then
           the
           other
           :
           and
           such
           as
           wraps
           us
           up
           above
           this
           darkness
           ,
           wherein
           we
           were
           mantled
           before
           as
           in
           thick
           clouds
           ,
           and
           brings
           us
           near
           unto
           that
           light
           ,
           
           from
           whence
           it self
           doth
           shine
           ,
           Such
           pleasures
           did
           they
           pretend
           to
           take
           in
           their
           poor
           ,
           and
           low
           sentiments
           of
           Philosophy
           ,
           the
           highest
           of
           which
           do
           hardly
           reach
           the
           threshold
           of
           Divinity
           !
        
         
           The
           Poets
           seemed
           to
           be
           full
           of
           one
           of
           the
           nine
           Goddesses
           ,
           the
           Muses
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           great
           pleasure
           in
           it
           ,
           when
           their
           
             Genius
          
           worked
           kindly
           towards
           verses
           :
           and
           therefore
           used
           to
           begin
           their
           poems
           with
           a
           prayer
           to
           one
           ,
           or
           other
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           was
           counted
           most
           propitious
           unto
           such
           a
           
             vein
             ,
          
           or
           
             strein
          
           of
           Poesy
           ,
           as
           they
           then
           intended
           .
           The
           Heathen
           Priests
           in
           their
           Temples
           gloryed
           in
           being
           possessed
           with
           the
           
             Daemon
             ,
          
           strutting
           in
           the
           
             Penetralia
             ,
          
           like
           the
           bird
           of
           
             Juno
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cicero
          
           delighted
           in
           the
           notion
           of
           immortality
           :
           but
           it
           was
           of
           name
           only
           :
           that
           of
           the
           Soul
           he
           accounted
           as
           a
           problem
           .
           Of
           death
           he
           therefore
           maketh
           the
           less
           account
           ,
           (
           as
           other
           of
           the
           Heathens
           )
           who
           thought
           it
           but
           indifferent
           ,
           
           because
           it
           brought
           as
           much
           good
           ,
           as
           evil
           with
           it
           .
        
         
           
             Cato
          
           was
           much
           taken
           with
           
             Socrates
          
           his
           discourses
           about
           the
           immortality
           of
           the
           soul
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           about
           to
           kill
           himself
           :
           
           and
           uttered
           strange
           ,
           and
           admirable
           sayings
           to
           the
           Heathen
           hearers
           :
           yet
           he
           dreamed
           not
           of
           a
           resurrection
           ,
           an
           Heaven
           ;
           or
           but
           only
           of
           
             Elysian
          
           fields
           ,
           or
           shades
           :
           and
           so
           he
           dyed
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           out
           of
           good-will
           ,
           as
           to
           save
           himself
           from
           falling
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           enemies
           ,
           which
           he
           thought
           would
           use
           him
           contumeliously
           .
        
         
         
           But
           when
           we
           come
           to
           contemplate
           one
           God
           ,
           distinguished
           (
           and
           not
           divided
           )
           into
           three
           persons
           ,
           for
           our
           sakes
           :
           in
           the
           workes
           of
           creation
           ,
           redemption
           ,
           and
           sanctification
           unto
           glory
           ;
           how
           infinitely
           farre
           is
           our
           contemplation
           enlarged
           beyond
           theirs
           ?
           when
           we
           meditate
           on
           the
           attributes
           of
           his
           glory
           ,
           as
           that
           he
           is
           merciful
           ,
           and
           bounteous
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           :
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           
             light
          
           and
           
             love
             ,
             ;
          
           which
           are
           unfolded
           only
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           :
           what
           an
           infinite
           of
           tenters
           arethere
           ,
           to
           extend
           this
           wooff
           ,
           untill
           there
           be
           no
           more
           place
           ,
           nor
           space
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           runs
           into
           eternity
           ?
        
         
           When
           we
           shall
           consider
           what
           he
           is
           in
           respect
           to
           us
           :
           
             In
             whom
             we
             live
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             move
             ,
             and
             have
             our
             beings
             :
             who
             covered
             us
             ,
             when
             we
             were
             made
             in
             secret
             ;
             and
             in
             whose
             book
             our
             members
             were
             all
             written
             ,
             being
             yet
             unperfect
             ,
          
           who
           was
           not
           only
           the
           Father
           of
           our
           Fathers
           ;
           but
           much
           more
           then
           a
           Father
           to
           every
           one
           of
           us
           in
           particular
           ;
           giving
           us
           all
           the
           good
           that
           ever
           we
           did
           enjoy
           ,
           and
           is
           never
           weary
           of
           it
           :
           but
           above
           all
           ,
           who
           is
           our
           redeemer
           ,
           and
           the
           Father
           of
           Our
           
             Lord
             ,
          
           and
           husband
           ,
           together
           with
           himself
           ,
           God
           blessed
           for
           
             ever
             .
          
           O
           admirable
           contemplations
           !
           O
           what
           peculiar
           pleasures
           do
           belong
           to
           this
           adoption
           !
           O
           the
           ecstasies
           of
           study
           ,
           love
           and
           wonder
           !
           what
           can
           there
           be
           wanting
           ,
           if
           we
           think
           but
           of
           the
           least
           of
           these
           ,
           to
           raise
           our
           soules
           up
           to
           a
           near
           alliance
           with
           the
           Angels
           ,
           that
           are
           in
           Heaven
           ?
           it
           is
           from
           this
           doctrine
           ,
           that
           the
           soul
           comes
           to
           have
           her
           wings
           full
           summed
           ,
           that
           were
           hardly
           impt
           before
           ,
           that
           did
           but
           hover
           about
           (
           indeed
           )
           in
           clouds
           of
           darkness
           .
        
         
         
           What
           though
           the
           Poets
           boast
           of
           raptures
           ?
           they
           terminate
           in
           a
           Woman
           :
           and
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           
           
             desinit
             in
             piscem
             mulier
             formosa
             superne
             .
          
           What
           though
           the
           heathen
           Priests
           seemed
           to
           have
           some
           familiarity
           with
           the
           Gods
           ,
           in
           whose
           Temples
           they
           did
           attend
           ,
           and
           serve
           ?
           they
           were
           usually
           deadly
           sick
           with
           it
           .
           Let
           
             Cicero
          
           please
           himself
           about
           an
           immortal
           name
           :
           we
           should
           not
           know
           him
           from
           another
           man
           ,
           though
           we
           should
           meet
           him
           :
           though
           we
           talk
           of
           him
           ,
           he
           cannot
           hear
           us
           :
           and
           if
           he
           be
           not
           ,
           what
           is
           he
           the
           nearer
           ,
           as
           
             Valla
          
           argueth
           .
           Let
           
             Cato
          
           speak
           bravely
           of
           the
           immortality
           of
           the
           soul
           it self
           ,
           since
           he
           thought
           it
           better
           to
           dye
           ,
           then
           to
           protract
           his
           misery
           :
           yet
           none
           of
           his
           admirers
           could
           sind
           in
           his
           heart
           to
           quit
           an
           indifferent
           life
           here
           ,
           for
           the
           best
           that
           they
           could
           make
           of
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           But
           since
           it
           is
           another
           kind
           of
           immortality
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Christian
          
           faith
           doth
           grasp
           ,
           and
           gaspe
           after
           :
           no
           wonder
           if
           the
           excellency
           of
           so
           sublime
           an
           object
           do
           draw
           them
           up
           far
           above
           the
           state
           of
           other
           men
           ,
           that
           seem
           to
           have
           more
           in
           them
           ,
           then
           themselves
           :
           and
           give
           them
           other
           manner
           of
           fruitions
           ,
           which
           are
           
             unspeakable
             and
             full
             of
             glory
             ,
          
           without
           deceit
           ,
           or
           stilt
           :
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           that
           it
           silleth
           them
           not
           only
           with
           a
           true
           contempt
           of
           death
           (
           which
           the
           other
           do
           but
           seign
           )
           but
           impelleth
           them
           to
           triumph
           over
           it
           ,
           and
           often
           to
           provoke
           it
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Martyrdome
           .
           Let
           us
           move
           yet
           but
           one
           step
           further
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           reach
           the
           goal
           .
        
         
           Others
           are
           not
           much
           addicted
           unto
           contemplation
           (
           but
           rather
           leave
           it
           as
           a
           fancy
           to
           them
           that
           like
           it
           better
           )
           yet
           they
           will
           not
           quit
           their
           own
           pretensions
           unto
           happinesse
           .
           
           They
           had
           rather
           have
           it
           placed
           in
           an
           active
           ,
           or
           a
           quiet
           life
           ,
           supported
           with
           such
           means
           ,
           and
           aides
           ,
           as
           may
           best
           administer
           unto
           either
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           they
           themselves
           should
           choose
           .
           Be
           it
           so
           ,
           we
           are
           at
           all
           points
           ready
           to
           shew
           where
           happiness
           is
           ,
           sooner
           then
           any
           other
           ,
           for
           
             Godliness
             is
             profitable
             unto
             all
             things
             ,
          
           
           
             having
             the
             promises
             of
             this
             life
             ,
             and
             of
             that
             which
             is
             to
             come
             .
          
        
         
           Carnal
           
             wisdom
          
           seems
           to
           teach
           how
           to
           enjoy
           ,
           and
           manage
           the
           goods
           of
           fortune
           but
           it
           cannot
           get
           them
           :
           whereas
           the
           true
           
             wisdom
          
           hath
           
             length
             of
             dayes
             in
             her
             right
             hand
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             in
             her
             left
             riches
             and
             honour
             .
          
        
         
           Carnal
           
             wisdom
          
           teacheth
           to
           enjoy
           them
           alone
           ,
           but
           this
           how
           to
           enjoy
           God
           together
           with
           them
           ,
           which
           is
           much
           more
           .
           
             Carnal
             Wisdom
          
           teacheth
           a
           pretended
           equanimity
           ,
           and
           indifference
           in
           adversity
           (
           which
           it
           cannot
           possibly
           prevent
           )
           but
           it
           can
           no
           more
           do
           it
           ,
           then
           it
           can
           satisfie
           thirst
           ,
           and
           hunger
           with
           dainty
           words
           ;
           whereas
           this
           
             wisdome
          
           and
           
             prudence
             ,
          
           whereof
           we
           speak
           ,
           affords
           such
           a
           true
           support
           within
           ,
           
           as
           hath
           really
           made
           many
           (
           and
           still
           doth
           )
           to
           
             rejoyce
             in
             tribulations
             .
          
        
         
           And
           if
           you
           ask
           me
           what
           this
           inward
           support
           is
           .
           I
           answer
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           spirit
           of
           Union
           ,
           through
           faith
           ,
           whereof
           I
           gave
           you
           but
           an
           hint
           before
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           how
           the
           Saints
           are
           united
           mystically
           unto
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           have
           thereby
           
             unspeakable
          
           enjoyments
           ,
           
           and
           
             full
             of
             glory
             :
          
           we
           cannot
           shew
           in
           Act
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           internal
           ,
           and
           a
           mystery
           :
           but
           it
           plainly
           appeareth
           by
           the
           effects
           :
           for
           ,
           they
           are
           oft
           transported
           in
           their
           private
           prayers
           ,
           who
           have
           
             Communion
             with
             the
             Father
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             with
             his
             Son
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           they
           have
           admirable
           gifts
           when
           they
           come
           abroad
           .
           That
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           we
           account
           as
           their
           higher
           souls
           or
           by
           way
           of
           
           
             eminence
             ,
          
           sheweth
           wonders
           ,
           when
           occasion
           draws
           it
           forth
           to
           outward
           observation
           .
           But
           it
           is
           
             not
             according
             to
             the
             will
             of
             man
             :
          
           neither
           of
           him
           that
           hath
           it
           ,
           always
           to
           exert
           the
           power
           of
           it
           ,
           nor
           of
           others
           to
           make
           collusion
           with
           it
           :
           but
           rather
           ,
           it
           makes
           but
           little
           shew
           to
           the
           world
           (
           till
           God
           himself
           do
           set
           it
           forth
           to
           action
           ,
           or
           to
           patience
           )
           because
           it
           aboundeth
           most
           in
           mortified
           men
           :
           who
           being
           
             filled
             with
             the
             Spirit
             ,
          
           look
           never
           the
           fuller
           for
           it
           ;
           
           and
           while
           they
           are
           invincible
           in
           the
           Faith
           ,
           do
           but
           shew
           to
           be
           the
           meekest
           men
           .
           And
           so
           each
           one
           doth
           acknowledge
           for
           himself
           ,
           when
           he
           professeth
           with
           St.
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           
           
             The
             Life
             which
             I
             seem
             to
             live
             in
             the
             stesh
             ,
             I
             live
             not
             ;
             but
             my
             life
             is
             hid
             with
             Christ
             in
             God.
             
          
        
         
           To
           conclude
           (
           since
           we
           must
           needs
           be
           reduced
           unto
           some
           bounds
           ,
           though
           our
           subject
           cannot
           )
           here
           is
           the
           highest
           pitch
           of
           this
           excellency
           ,
           which
           hath
           no
           pearch
           below
           the
           clouds
           ;
           but
           pierceth
           into
           the
           
             Empyrean
          
           heavens
           .
           This
           
             wisdom
          
           doth
           secure
           us
           of
           a
           better
           life
           (
           while
           it
           is
           so
           far
           from
           diminishing
           ,
           that
           it
           added
           unto
           this
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           shewed
           you
           )
           but
           
             irreligion
          
           hazzards
           both
           ,
           upon
           a
           fond
           supposition
           ;
           what
           if
           there
           be
           no
           resurrection
           ?
           yet
           ,
           by
           piety
           ,
           you
           shall
           live
           more
           happily
           here
           ,
           then
           without
           it
           .
           The
           mad-man
           that
           had
           great
           joys
           to
           go
           unto
           the
           Port
           ,
           and
           to
           see
           the
           Ships
           come
           in
           ,
           conceiting
           that
           they
           were
           all
           his
           own
           ,
           proved
           but
           melancholy
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           cured
           .
           Better
           it
           were
           to
           be
           deceived
           with
           
             godliness
             ,
             which
             is
             profitable
             unto
             all
             things
             ,
          
           then
           to
           be
           deluded
           by
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           yeildeth
           no
           security
           ,
           or
           felicity
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           stick
           the
           closest
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           if
           there
           be
           a
           
             resurrection
          
           at
           the
           last
           ?
           
             insipientis
             erit
             tum
             dicere
             ,
             non
             putaram
             .
          
           It
           will
           be
           but
           folly
           to
           plead
           then
           ;
           I
           had
           not
           thought
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           have
           
           proved
           so
           .
           And
           it
           will
           be
           too
           late
           to
           put
           in
           any
           other
           plea
           :
           for
           this
           very
           
             wisdom
          
           will
           then
           come
           in
           ,
           in
           evidence
           ;
           and
           after
           speak
           like
           a
           judge
           from
           the
           bench
           ,
           in
           this
           manner
           .
           
             Since
             ye
             have
             set
             at
             nought
             all
             my
             Counsel
             ,
             and
             would
             none
             of
             my
             reproof
             ,
          
           
           
             I
             also
             will
             laugh
             at
             your
             calamity
             ,
             I
             will
             mock
             when
             your
             fear
             cometh
             ;
             when
             your
             fear
             cometh
             as
             desolation
             ,
             and
             your
             destruction
             as
             a
             whirlwind
             ;
             when
             distresse
             ,
             and
             anguish
             cometh
             on
             you
             .
             Then
             shall
             they
             call
             upon
             me
             ,
             but
             I
             will
             not
             answer
             :
             they
             shall
             seek
             me
             early
             ,
             but
             they
             shall
             not
             find
             me
             .
          
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           summe
           of
           my
           exhortation
           ,
           and
           my
           argument
           .
           
             To
             day
             while
             it
             is
             called
             to
             day
             ,
          
           
           let
           us
           hearken
           to
           the
           voice
           of
           
             wisdom
             ,
          
           let
           us
           claspe
           this
           
             prudence
             ,
          
           and
           never
           part
           with
           it
           :
           but
           let
           us
           keep
           it
           so
           ,
           
             that
          
           it
           my
           keep
           us
           for
           ever
           .
           
           
             And
             the
             peace
             of
             God
             which
             passeth
             all
             understanding
             ,
             shall
             keep
             your
             hearts
             ,
             and
             minds
             through
             Christ
             Jesus
             .
          
           
           
             Now
             the
             God
             of
             peace
             ,
             that
             brought
             again
             from
             the
             dead
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             ,
             the
             great
             Shepherd
             of
             the
             Sheep
             ,
             through
             the
             Blood
             of
             the
             Everlasting
             Covenant
             ,
             make
             you
             perfect
             in
             every
             good
             work
             ,
             to
             do
             his
             will
             ,
             working
             in
             you
             that
             ,
             which
             is
             well-pleasing
             in
             his
             sight
             ,
             through
             Jesus
             Christ.
          
           To
           whom
           with
           the
           
             Father
          
           and
           
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           be
           praise
           and
           glory
           for
           ever
           and
           ever
           .
        
         
           AMEN
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A62741-e580
           
             Chap.
             2.
             4.
             
          
           
             Math.
             13.
             45.
             
          
           
             Job
             28.
             28.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ?
          
           
             Primus
             in
             orbe
             deos
             secit
             timor
             .
          
           
             Hesiod
             .
             &c.
             Quae
             est
             gens
             ,
             aut
             quod
             genus
             hominum
             ,
             quod
             non
             habeat
             sine
             doctrina
             ,
             anticipationem
             quandam
             deorum
             ,
             Cic.
             1.
             de
             nat
             .
             deorum
             ,
             Nulla
             gens
             tam
             fera
             ,
             cujusimentem
             non
             imbuerit
             deorum
             opinio
             .
             Tusc.
             qu.
             1.
             
          
           
             Nulla
             gens
             usquam
             est
             adeo
             extra
             leges
             ,
             moresque
             projecta
             ,
             ut
             non
             aliquos
             deos
             credat
             .
             Sen.
             Ep.
             117.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Arist
             ●
             de
             coelo
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Plut.
             in
             amator
             .
             &c.
             
          
           
             Plut.
             adv
             .
             epicur
             .
          
           
             Ut
             passim
             est
             videre
             in
             Lucretio
             .
          
           
             Lucan
             l.
             1.
             
          
           
             Plut.
             in
             vitis
             
          
           
             Livy
             .
          
           
             Act.
             5.
             37.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             13.
             10.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             2.
             1.
             2.
             
          
           
             *
             He
             began
             his
             reign
             A.
             D.
             310
             
          
           
             Zech.
             4.
             6.
             
          
           
             Mal.
             4.
             6.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             1.
             17.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             1.
             25.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             12.
             16.
             
          
           
             1
             Kings
             18.
             33.
             
          
           
             Libro
             de
             Djs
             Syris
             .
          
           
             Plut.
             de
             orac
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             11.
             25.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             3.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             10.
             34.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             16.
             18.
             
          
           
             Col.
             2.
             8.
             
          
           
             verse
             22.
             
          
           
             Acts
             7.
             22.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             2.
             2.
             
          
           
             *
             Qui
             praemia
             ,
             &
             triumphos
             decrevere
             ,
             secundum
             numerum
             hostium
             occisorum
             .
          
           
             Si
             violandum
             est
             jus
             ,
             regnandi
             causa
             .
             Caesar
             ex
             Eurip.
             
          
           
             de
             principe
             .
          
           
             Boeth
             .
             de
             consolat
             .
             philosophiae
             .
             l.
             1.
             
             Mulier
             reverendi
             admodum
             vultus
             ,
             oculis
             ardentibus
             ,
             colore
             vivido
             ,
             atque
             in
             exhausti
             vigoris
             ,
             quamvis
             ita
             aevi
             plena
             soret
             ,
             ut
             nullo
             modo
             nostrae
             crederetur
             aetatis
             .
          
           
             Referente
             mihi
             nobili
             Polono
             de
             ●ua
             gente
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             18.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Ad
             Nicom
             .
             l.
             10.
             cap.
             7.
             
          
           
             *
             Altior
             est
             haec
             ,
             &
             animosior
             ,
             &
             multo
             hanc
             caliginem
             in
             qua
             volutamur
             ,
             excedit
             ,
             &
             e
             tenebris
             creptos
             illo
             producit
             ,
             unde
             lucct
             .
             
               pri
               .
               nat
               .
               quaest
               .
            
          
           
             In
             Parad.
             
          
           
             
               Plutarch
            
             in
             vit
             .
             Cat.
             min.
             In
             Phaedone
             Platonio
             .
             Grandia
             morituri
             verba
             catonis
             discere
             ,
             ab
             insano
             multùm
             Laudanda
             Magistro
             ,
             
               Pers.
            
             Sat.
             3.
             
          
           
             Act.
             1●
             .
             Ps.
             139.
             15.
             
             &c.
             
          
           
             Sic
             
               Just.
               Mart.
            
             (
             ni
             malè
             memini
             )
             retundit
             Poetas
             Ethnicos
             ,
             quorum
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Horat.
             de
             art
             .
             poet
             .
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             4.
             8.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             3.
             16.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             6.
             10.
             74
             
             Rom.
             5.
             3.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             8.
             
          
           
             1
             Joh.
             1.
             3.
             4.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             5.
             18.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             2.
             20.
             
             Col
             3
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Prov
             ,
             1.
             24.
             
             &c.
             
          
           
             Heb
             3.
             15.
             4.
             7.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             4.
             7.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             13.
             20.
             
          
        
      
    
  

