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             Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715. Royal martyr lamented.
             Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715. Subjection for conscience-sake asserted.
          
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               THE
               Royal
               Martyr
               ,
               AND
               THE
               DUTIFUL
               SUBJECT
               ,
               IN
               TWO
               SERMONS
               .
            
             
               By
               G.
               BVRNET
               .
            
             
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               for
               
                 R.
                 Royston
              
               ,
               Bookseller
               to
               his
               most
               Sacred
               Majesty
               ,
               at
               the
               Angel
               in
               Amen-Corner
               ,
               1675.
               
            
          
           
             
             
             
               THE
               Royal
               Martyr
               Lamented
               ,
               in
               a
               SERMON
               Preached
               at
               the
               SAVOY
               ,
               ON
               King
               CHARLES
               the
               MARTYR'S
               Day
               ,
               1674
               /
               5.
               
            
             
               By
               Gilbert
               Burnet
               .
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               for
               
                 R.
                 Royston
              
               ,
               Bookseller
               to
               his
               most
               Sacred
               Majesty
               ,
               at
               the
               Angel
               in
               Amen-Corner
               ,
               1675.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               THE
               Royal
               Martyr
               Lamented
               ,
               in
               a
               SERMON
               Preached
               at
               the
               SAVOY
               ,
               on
               King
               CHARLES
               the
               MARTYR'S
               Day
               ,
               1674
               /
               5
            
             
               
                 2
                 SAM
                 .
                 2.
                 12.
                 
              
               
                 And
                 they
                 mourned
                 and
                 wept
                 ,
                 and
                 fasted
                 until
                 even
                 for
                 Saul
                 and
                 for
                 Ionathan
                 his
                 Son
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 the
                 people
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 the
                 house
                 of
                 Israel
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 were
                 fallen
                 by
                 the
                 sword
                 .
              
            
             
               THere
               is
               no
               Maxim
               so
               general
               ,
               or
               so
               constant
               ,
               but
               that
               it
               may
               allow
               of
               some
               exception
               ;
               and
               therefore
               though
               the
               Wiseman
               after
               all
               his
               experience
               ,
               his
               most
               searching
               Observations
               ,
               and
               the
               great
               prospect
               he
               
               had
               of
               the
               order
               of
               second
               Causes
               ,
               and
               the
               temper
               of
               mens
               minds
               ,
               does
               pronounce
               ,
               
                 there
                 was
                 nothing
                 new
                 under
                 the
                 Sun
                 :
              
               Yet
               this
               day
               ,
               and
               that
               never-enough-lamented
               Villany
               we
               now
               remember
               ,
               must
               put
               in
               for
               an
               exception
               from
               that
               rule
               ,
               which
               did
               indeed
               exceed
               all
               the
               common
               measures
               of
               wickedness
               so
               far
               ;
               that
               as
               there
               is
               nothing
               in
               any
               History
               like
               it
               ,
               so
               when
               the
               World
               is
               some
               Ages
               older
               (
               if
               such
               an
               action
               be
               not
               an
               Omen
               that
               its
               end
               is
               near
               )
               this
               will
               scarce
               gain
               credit
               ,
               but
               be
               looked
               on
               as
               the
               Tragical
               contrivance
               of
               some
               deeply-Melancholy
               wit.
               Some
               Princes
               have
               been
               by
               their
               prevailing
               Conquerors
               put
               to
               death
               ,
               others
               have
               been
               assassinated
               by
               their
               own
               Subjects
               .
               But
               to
               see
               a
               Soveraign
               Prince
               brought
               to
               the
               Pageantry
               of
               a
               Mock-trial
               ,
               and
               by
               a
               Court
               made
               up
               of
               his
               own
               Subjects
               on
               a
               pretence
               of
               Justice
               sentenced
               to
               lose
               his
               life
               ;
               not
               in
               the
               corner
               of
               some
               private
               Prison
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               chief
               City
               of
               his
               Dominions
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               most
               eminent
               place
               of
               it
               ,
               is
               an
               evidence
               of
               the
               degeneracy
               of
               the
               age
               we
               live
               in
               ,
               that
               would
               dare
               to
               act
               what
               in
               former
               ages
               none
               would
               have
               thought
               on
               .
            
             
               What
               Phocas
               did
               to
               the
               Emperour
               Mauritius
               
               is
               the
               nearest
               parallel
               to
               it
               which
               History
               offers
               ,
               but
               comes
               far
               short
               of
               matching
               it
               ;
               for
               neither
               were
               the
               Rights
               of
               the
               Roman
               Emperours
               derived
               by
               so
               clear
               a
               Title
               ,
               nor
               so
               long
               a
               Descent
               as
               our
               Royal
               Martyr's
               were
               ;
               and
               so
               no
               wonder
               if
               those
               who
               rose
               by
               the
               sword
               did
               also
               fall
               by
               it
               .
               Nor
               did
               Phocas
               so
               far
               affront
               Justice
               as
               to
               pretend
               to
               put
               his
               Master
               to
               a
               Trial
               ,
               and
               Mauritius
               had
               by
               so
               base
               an
               avarice
               exposed
               so
               many
               of
               his
               Soldiers
               to
               be
               cut
               off
               ,
               and
               used
               the
               rest
               so
               ill
               ,
               that
               no
               wonder
               they
               in
               their
               fury
               against
               him
               were
               guilty
               of
               so
               foul
               a
               Conspiracy
               .
               But
               how
               much
               more
               exquisitly
               wicked
               was
               the
               crime
               we
               now
               remember
               ,
               when
               a
               Prince
               (
               whose
               Rights
               were
               devolved
               on
               him
               ,
               by
               so
               many
               Titles
               ,
               the
               British
               ,
               the
               Saxon
               ,
               the
               Norman
               ,
               and
               the
               Scotish
               Races
               ,
               having
               all
               united
               in
               him
               ,
               (
               who
               had
               also
               in
               his
               whole
               Government
               shewed
               that
               deep
               sense
               of
               Religion
               with
               a
               most
               tender
               regard
               to
               the
               good
               and
               quiet
               of
               his
               Subjects
               )
               was
               against
               all
               the
               rules
               of
               Justice
               ,
               and
               yet
               upon
               some
               colours
               of
               it
               brought
               to
               so
               publick
               a
               death
               .
               But
               as
               Phocas
               as
               basely
               treacherous
               and
               wicked
               as
               he
               was
               ,
               was
               most
               ignominiously
               and
               shamefully
               courted
               by
               Pope
               Gregory
               the
               Great
               ,
               
               who
               writes
               to
               him
               in
               a
               stile
               of
               so
               mean
               and
               servile
               flattery
               ,
               that
               it
               justly
               stains
               all
               the
               other
               good
               Qualities
               of
               that
               Prelate
               .
               And
               his
               Successor
               Boniface
               did
               yet
               more
               meanly
               comply
               ,
               and
               got
               himself
               declared
               by
               him
               the
               Universal
               Bishop
               of
               the
               Church
               .
               From
               which
               we
               may
               judg
               of
               that
               See
               ,
               by
               vvhat
               arts
               they
               are
               resolved
               to
               rise
               and
               to
               make
               use
               of
               the
               worst
               of
               men
               if
               they
               can
               but
               serve
               their
               turn
               .
               So
               in
               this
               Regicide
               ,
               Religion
               was
               vouched
               ,
               and
               God
               appealed
               to
               .
               And
               indeed
               it
               was
               no
               wonder
               that
               these
               treated
               his
               Vicegerents
               so
               coarsely
               ,
               that
               made
               so
               bold
               with
               God
               himself
               ,
               as
               to
               pretend
               he
               was
               their
               Patron
               and
               warrant
               in
               what
               they
               did
               .
               And
               perhaps
               if
               these
               actors
               had
               as
               fully
               complied
               with
               him
               that
               pretend
               to
               be
               Christs
               Vicegerent
               as
               Phocas
               did
               ,
               he
               had
               as
               plainly
               justified
               their
               actions
               as
               Gregory
               and
               Boniface
               did
               ,
               which
               might
               have
               been
               far
               rather
               looked
               for
               now
               ,
               after
               all
               the
               opinions
               some
               of
               their
               Emissaries
               have
               broached
               ,
               of
               murdering
               Princes
               ,
               then
               at
               that
               time
               when
               their
               corruptions
               were
               but
               a-forming
               ,
               and
               their
               ambition
               was
               beginning
               to
               fly
               at
               Supremacy
               and
               Universal
               Jurisdiction
               .
            
             
               But
               is
               all
               our
               work
               only
               to
               reflect
               with
               
               some
               horrour
               on
               this
               infamous
               action
               ?
               have
               we
               no
               other
               concern
               in
               this
               Day
               ?
               The
               Collect
               tells
               us
               ,
               
                 That
                 the
                 sins
                 of
                 this
                 Nation
                 have
                 been
                 the
                 cause
                 which
                 hath
                 brought
                 this
                 heavy
                 judgment
                 upon
                 us
                 .
              
               We
               also
               pray
               ,
               
                 That
                 this
                 our
                 land
                 be
                 freed
                 from
                 the
                 vengeance
                 of
                 his
                 blood
                 .
              
               And
               indeed
               had
               not
               our
               sins
               been
               great
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               cup
               of
               our
               iniquities
               was
               quite
               full
               ,
               it
               could
               not
               have
               run
               over
               in
               a
               tract
               of
               a
               long
               Civil
               War
               ,
               which
               brought
               along
               with
               it
               so
               much
               bloodshed
               ,
               rapine
               and
               contempt
               of
               all
               things
               sacred
               and
               humane
               ;
               and
               all
               was
               compleated
               in
               this
               crime
               ,
               beyond
               which
               wickedness
               could
               go
               no
               higher
               .
               Those
               who
               were
               so
               nobly
               and
               generously
               loyal
               as
               to
               serve
               his
               late
               Majesty
               of
               most
               blessed
               memory
               ,
               do
               with
               a
               just
               glorying
               rejoyce
               in
               the
               reflection
               on
               their
               past
               Services
               ;
               yet
               let
               me
               crave
               leave
               to
               offer
               even
               to
               them
               how
               far
               they
               ought
               to
               be
               concerned
               in
               mourning
               and
               fasting
               on
               this
               Occasion
               .
               It
               was
               our
               contempt
               of
               God
               and
               Religion
               ,
               our
               being
               purely
               formal
               in
               our
               Religious
               Worship
               ,
               our
               forgetting
               to
               acknowledg
               God
               the
               author
               of
               our
               Peace
               and
               Plenty
               ,
               our
               abusing
               these
               by
               excess
               and
               riot
               ,
               that
               brought
               on
               those
               sad
               and
               unheard-of
               Judgments
               .
               Among
               the
               much-abused
               words
               of
               the
               late
               
               time
               were
               Incendiary
               and
               Incendiarism
               ;
               but
               those
               were
               the
               great
               Incendiaries
               that
               kindled
               Gods
               wrath
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               from
               such
               that
               we
               may
               justly
               fear
               the
               like
               ,
               or
               rather
               severer
               Judgments
               ,
               if
               our
               sins
               now
               be
               greater
               than
               they
               were
               then
               :
               Therefore
               the
               lamenting
               and
               repenting
               of
               these
               sins
               ,
               by
               which
               what
               is
               past
               may
               be
               forgiven
               ,
               and
               what
               may
               be
               feared
               be
               prevented
               ,
               being
               the
               proper
               work
               of
               this
               day
               ;
               I
               come
               now
               to
               consider
               my
               Text
               ,
               and
               what
               reflections
               may
               be
               drawn
               from
               it
               ,
               though
               in
               a
               case
               so
               much
               without
               a
               precedent
               as
               this
               is
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               to
               be
               imagined
               that
               a
               Text
               wholly
               pertinent
               can
               be
               pickt
               up
               .
               But
               we
               shall
               make
               the
               most
               of
               this
               we
               can
               ,
               and
               consider
               three
               things
               in
               it
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               This
               King
               whose
               Death
               was
               so
               much
               lamented
               ,
               and
               in
               what
               particulars
               he
               was
               a
               Parallel
               ,
               and
               in
               what
               not
               ,
               of
               our
               Royal
               Martyr
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               What
               reason
               David
               with
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               people
               of
               Israel
               had
               to
               mourn
               for
               his
               Death
               ,
               and
               how
               far
               that
               agrees
               with
               our
               case
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               How
               they
               expressed
               their
               sorrow
               ,
               and
               how
               far
               their
               example
               calls
               on
               us
               to
               imitate
               it
               .
            
             
             
               For
               the
               first
               ,
               it
               was
               Saul
               the
               Son
               of
               Kish
               ,
               whom
               God
               had
               by
               the
               hands
               of
               Samuel
               designed
               to
               be
               King
               of
               Israel
               ,
               for
               whom
               David
               had
               that
               respect
               ,
               that
               even
               when
               he
               was
               most
               unjustly
               hunting
               his
               life
               ,
               yet
               he
               would
               not
               stretch
               forth
               his
               hand
               against
               him
               ,
               seeing
               he
               was
               
                 the
                 anointed
                 of
                 the
                 Lord.
              
               And
               in
               this
               our
               Royal
               Martyr
               was
               his
               Parallel
               ,
               since
               he
               was
               ,
               by
               a
               tract
               of
               an
               undisputed
               Succession
               ,
               that
               which
               Saul
               was
               by
               immediate
               Revelation
               ,
               the
               
                 Lord
                 's
                 Anointed
              
               .
               And
               indeed
               he
               looked
               on
               himself
               as
               having
               his
               Authority
               from
               God
               ,
               as
               will
               appear
               from
               the
               following
               instances
               ,
               (
               which
               before
               I
               mention
               I
               must
               preface
               with
               this
               )
               that
               I
               will
               not
               enlarge
               on
               the
               whole
               field
               of
               that
               Murdered
               Princes
               Vertues
               ;
               for
               that
               were
               both
               endless
               ,
               they
               being
               so
               many
               ,
               and
               needless
               ,
               they
               being
               so
               well
               known
               :
               But
               having
               by
               a
               great
               happiness
               seen
               not
               a
               few
               (
               I
               may
               add
               hundreds
               of
               )
               Papers
               under
               his
               own
               Royal
               Pen
               ;
               I
               shall
               only
               now
               offer
               divers
               passages
               drawn
               out
               of
               those
               that
               vvill
               give
               some
               Characters
               of
               his
               great
               Soul.
               And
               as
               in
               the
               Indies
               the
               Art
               of
               Painting
               is
               only
               the
               putting
               together
               little
               Plumes
               of
               several
               colours
               in
               such
               method
               as
               to
               give
               a
               representation
               of
               vvhat
               they
               design
               ;
               vvhich
               though
               
               it
               be
               but
               coarse
               vvork
               yet
               the
               Colours
               are
               lively
               ;
               so
               I
               can
               promise
               no
               exact
               vvork
               ,
               but
               true
               and
               lively
               Colours
               I
               vvill
               offer
               ,
               being
               those
               mixed
               by
               our
               Martyr
               himself
               ,
               though
               perhaps
               unskilfully
               placed
               by
               me
               .
               And
               as
               the
               Popish
               Legend
               tells
               of
               tvvo
               Pictures
               of
               our
               Saviour
               done
               by
               himself
               ,
               one
               particularly
               vvhich
               he
               left
               in
               
               Veronica's
               Handkercher
               vvhen
               he
               vviped
               his
               face
               vvith
               it
               ;
               so
               from
               the
               svveat
               of
               our
               Royal
               Martyr
               some
               Lineaments
               of
               his
               Face
               shall
               be
               offered
               .
               And
               to
               return
               to
               make
               good
               the
               character
               of
               our
               late
               Soveraign
               ,
               he
               ovvned
               all
               his
               Authority
               to
               be
               derived
               from
               God
               ;
               and
               therefore
               in
               one
               of
               his
               Papers
               I
               find
               these
               vvords
               ,
               vvhen
               he
               is
               acknovvledging
               the
               
                 great
                 blessings
                 ,
                 and
                 eminent
                 protection
                 he
                 had
                 received
                 from
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 the
                 Almighty
                 ,
                 he
                 adds
                 ;
                 To
                 whom
                 we
                 know
                 we
                 must
                 yield
                 a
                 dear
                 account
                 for
                 any
                 breach
                 of
                 trust
                 ,
                 or
                 failing
                 of
                 our
                 duty
                 towards
                 our
                 People
                 .
              
               And
               in
               another
               Paper
               reflecting
               on
               the
               Demand
               concerning
               the
               Militia
               ,
               he
               gives
               the
               reason
               vvhy
               he
               could
               not
               consent
               to
               it
               as
               it
               vvas
               proposed
               ;
               
                 Because
                 thereby
                 he
                 wholly
                 divested
                 himself
                 (
                 as
                 he
                 conceived
                 )
                 of
                 the
                 power
                 of
                 the
                 Sword
                 intrusted
                 to
                 him
                 by
                 God
                 and
                 the
                 Laws
                 of
                 the
                 Land
                 for
                 the
                 Protection
                 and
                 Government
                 
                 of
                 his
                 People
                 ,
                 thereby
                 at
                 once
                 disinheriting
                 his
                 Posterity
                 of
                 that
                 Right
                 and
                 Prerogative
                 of
                 the
                 Crown
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 absolutely
                 necessary
                 for
                 the
                 Kingly-Office
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 weakening
                 Monarchy
                 in
                 this
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 that
                 little
                 more
                 than
                 the
                 name
                 and
                 shadow
                 of
                 it
                 will
                 remain
                 .
              
               In
               another
               Paper
               he
               expresses
               his
               zeal
               to
               preserve
               the
               Lavvs
               ,
               as
               became
               Gods
               Vicegerent
               ,
               in
               these
               vvords
               :
               
                 If
                 we
                 wanted
                 the
                 Conscience
                 we
                 cannot
                 the
                 discretion
                 ,
                 to
                 tempt
                 God
                 in
                 au
                 unjust
                 quarrel
                 ,
                 the
                 Laws
                 of
                 our
                 Kingdom
                 shall
                 be
                 sacred
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 we
                 shall
                 refuse
                 no
                 hazard
                 to
                 defend
                 them
                 ,
                 but
                 sure
                 we
                 shall
                 run
                 none
                 to
                 invade
                 them
                 .
              
               And
               that
               Paper
               vvhich
               is
               very
               long
               ,
               he
               thus
               concludes
               ,
               
                 God
                 so
                 deal
                 with
                 us
                 and
                 our
                 Posterity
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 shall
                 inviolably
                 observe
                 the
                 Laws
                 and
                 Statutes
                 of
                 our
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Protestations
                 we
                 have
                 so
                 often
                 made
                 for
                 the
                 Defence
                 of
                 the
                 true
                 Reformed
                 Protestant
                 Religion
                 ,
                 the
                 Laws
                 of
                 the
                 Land
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 just
                 Priviledges
                 and
                 Freedom
                 of
                 Parliaments
                 .
              
            
             
               From
               these
               Evidences
               it
               will
               appear
               what
               severe
               thoughts
               he
               had
               of
               the
               Obligations
               he
               lay
               under
               to
               Almighty
               God
               ,
               from
               whom
               he
               had
               his
               power
               ,
               and
               to
               whom
               he
               knew
               he
               was
               to
               give
               account
               of
               his
               Administration
               .
            
             
             
               2.
               
               We
               find
               it
               is
               said
               of
               Saul
               ,
               that
               after
               he
               was
               anointed
               ,
               God
               gave
               him
               another
               heart
               ,
               and
               that
               meeting
               a
               company
               of
               Prophets
               he
               prophesied
               to
               the
               astonishment
               of
               those
               that
               beheld
               him
               .
               How
               much
               of
               this
               Divine
               Spirit
               rested
               on
               our
               Blessed
               Martyr
               ,
               all
               those
               Meditations
               which
               were
               his
               Exercises
               in
               his
               retirement
               do
               abundantly
               declare
               .
               If
               by
               
               Saul's
               prophesying
               be
               meant
               the
               foretelling
               what
               was
               to
               come
               ,
               I
               meet
               somewhat
               very
               near
               it
               from
               his
               Royal
               Pen
               ,
               Anno
               1642
               ,
               in
               a
               Letter
               ,
               wherein
               he
               writes
               these
               words
               ;
               
                 I
                 have
                 set
                 up
                 my
                 rest
                 on
                 the
                 justice
                 of
                 my
                 cause
                 ,
                 being
                 resolved
                 that
                 no
                 extremity
                 or
                 misfortune
                 shall
                 make
                 me
                 yield
                 ;
                 for
                 I
                 will
                 either
                 be
                 a
                 Glorious
                 King
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 Patient
                 Martyr
                 ;
                 and
                 as
                 yet
                 not
                 being
                 the
                 first
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 present
                 not
                 apprehending
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 I
                 think
                 it
                 now
                 no
                 unfit
                 time
                 to
                 express
                 this
                 my
                 resolution
                 to
                 you
                 .
              
               A
               very
               overly
               observer
               will
               see
               much
               in
               these
               words
               ,
               even
               without
               a
               Commentaty
               .
               Or
               ,
               if
               by
               prophesying
               be
               to
               be
               understood
               an
               elevated
               way
               of
               trusting
               in
               God
               ,
               and
               adoring
               him
               ,
               then
               I
               shall
               add
               what
               I
               find
               under
               the
               same
               Sacred
               Pen
               ,
               when
               he
               was
               at
               Newcastle
               ,
               in
               a
               Letter
               to
               one
               of
               his
               Subjects
               :
               
                 Know
                 that
                 I
                 rather
                 expect
                 the
                 worse
                 than
                 the
                 better
                 event
                 of
                 things
                 ;
                 being
                 
                 resolved
                 (
                 by
                 the
                 Grace
                 of
                 God
                 and
                 without
                 the
                 least
                 repining
                 at
                 him
                 )
                 to
                 suffer
                 any
                 thing
                 that
                 injury
                 can
                 put
                 upon
                 me
                 rather
                 than
                 sin
                 against
                 my
                 Conscience
                 .
              
               And
               in
               another
               Letter
               ,
               
                 Now
                 for
                 the
                 sad
                 consequences
                 I
                 know
                 no
                 so
                 good
                 antidote
                 as
                 a
                 good
                 Conscience
                 ,
                 which
                 by
                 the
                 Grace
                 of
                 God
                 I
                 will
                 preserve
                 whatever
                 else
                 happen
                 to
                 me
                 .
              
            
             
               A
               third
               Character
               we
               have
               of
               Saul
               is
               that
               he
               was
               very
               careful
               to
               protect
               his
               Subjects
               when
               in
               danger
               ;
               as
               appears
               both
               by
               his
               haste
               to
               relieve
               Iabish-Gilead
               when
               sore
               pur
               to
               it
               by
               the
               King
               of
               Ammon
               ,
               and
               by
               his
               engaging
               against
               the
               Philistines
               with
               so
               much
               Personal
               danger
               to
               himself
               and
               his
               Family
               .
               Now
               what
               our
               Martyrs
               zeal
               for
               protecting
               his
               Subjects
               was
               ,
               (
               I
               speak
               not
               of
               his
               care
               in
               protecting
               the
               oppressed
               Protestants
               in
               Germany
               and
               France
               ,
               which
               I
               leave
               to
               the
               Historians
               )
               I
               shall
               make
               appear
               from
               the
               following
               Evidences
               .
               What
               vast
               Concessions
               he
               made
               to
               his
               native
               Kingdom
               every
               body
               knows
               ;
               and
               therefore
               he
               concluded
               a
               Paper
               he
               signed
               on
               his
               Pacification
               with
               them
               in
               these
               words
               :
               
                 And
                 as
                 we
                 have
                 just
                 reason
                 to
                 believe
                 that
                 to
                 our
                 peaceable
                 and
                 well-affected
                 Subjects
                 this
                 will
                 be
                 satisfactory
                 ;
                 so
                 we
                 take
                 God
                 and
                 the
                 World
                 to
                 witness
                 that
                 whatever
                 
                 Calamities
                 shall
                 ensue
                 by
                 our
                 necessitated
                 suppressing
                 of
                 the
                 Insolencies
                 of
                 such
                 as
                 shall
                 continue
                 in
                 their
                 disobedient
                 Courses
                 ,
                 is
                 not
                 occasioned
                 by
                 us
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 their
                 own
                 procurement
                 .
              
               And
               in
               a
               Letter
               to
               one
               of
               his
               Commissioners
               ,
               there
               he
               writes
               :
               
                 But
                 if
                 the
                 madness
                 of
                 our
                 Subjects
                 be
                 such
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 will
                 not
                 rest
                 satisfied
                 with
                 what
                 we
                 have
                 given
                 you
                 power
                 to
                 condescend
                 to
                 ;
                 which
                 notwithstanding
                 all
                 their
                 Insolencies
                 we
                 still
                 allow
                 you
                 to
                 make
                 good
                 to
                 them
                 ;
                 We
                 take
                 God
                 to
                 witness
                 that
                 what
                 misery
                 soever
                 fall
                 to
                 that
                 Country
                 hereafter
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 no
                 fault
                 of
                 ours
                 but
                 their
                 own
                 procurement
                 .
              
               And
               in
               another
               Letter
               at
               that
               same
               time
               :
               
                 We
                 take
                 God
                 to
                 witness
                 we
                 have
                 permitted
                 them
                 to
                 do
                 many
                 things
                 for
                 establishing
                 of
                 Peace
                 contrary
                 to
                 our
                 own
                 judgment
                 .
              
               How
               far
               he
               complied
               with
               their
               most
               unreasonable
               desires
               to
               the
               very
               great
               diminutions
               of
               his
               Royal
               Authority
               is
               well
               enough
               known
               .
            
             
               
                 When
                 he
                 saw
                 them
                 inclined
                 to
                 engage
                 in
                 the
                 Civil
                 War
                 in
                 this
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 he
                 left
                 no
                 mean
                 unessayed
                 to
                 satisfie
                 even
                 all
                 their
                 jealousies
                 and
                 fears
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 in
                 a
                 Paper
                 under
                 his
                 own
                 Pen
                 he
                 writes
                 these
                 words
                 :
              
               We
               do
               conjure
               all
               our
               good
               Subjects
               of
               that
               our
               Native
               Kingdom
               ,
               by
               the
               long
               happy
               
               and
               uninterrupted
               Government
               of
               us
               and
               our
               Royal
               Progenitors
               over
               them
               ,
               by
               the
               memory
               of
               these
               many
               large
               and
               publick
               Blessings
               they
               enjoyed
               under
               our
               dear
               Father
               ,
               by
               these
               ample
               favours
               and
               benefits
               they
               have
               received
               from
               us
               ,
               not
               to
               suffer
               themselves
               to
               be
               misled
               and
               corrupted
               in
               their
               affections
               and
               duty
               to
               us
               by
               the
               cunning
               malice
               and
               industry
               of
               these
               Incendiaries
               .
            
             
               And
               when
               he
               heard
               these
               dismal
               news
               of
               that
               most
               barbarous
               Rebellion
               in
               Ireland
               ,
               with
               what
               zeal
               he
               set
               about
               the
               sending
               relief
               to
               them
               may
               appear
               from
               the
               following
               words
               of
               one
               of
               his
               Letters
               to
               one
               in
               his
               Native
               Kingdom
               after
               he
               had
               lamented
               the
               miseries
               and
               afflictions
               ,
               to
               which
               his
               
                 good
                 Subjects
                 in
              
               Ireland
               
                 were
                 reduced
                 through
                 the
                 inhumane
                 and
                 unheard-of
                 cruelties
                 of
                 the
                 Rebels
                 there
              
               ;
               and
               had
               regrated
               the
               delays
               of
               sending
               supplies
               to
               them
               through
               the
               distractions
               of
               England
               ;
               he
               adds
               :
               
                 So
                 that
                 if
                 some
                 extraordinary
                 course
                 be
                 not
                 taken
                 for
                 their
                 present
                 supply
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 like
                 their
                 miseries
                 will
                 end
                 sooner
                 their
                 days
                 .
              
               Therefore
               he
               required
               them
               to
               haste
               the
               sending
               over
               their
               Forces
               ,
               assuring
               them
               ,
               That
               if
               the
               Parliament
               of
               England
               did
               not
               punctually
               pay
               them
               ,
               he
               would
               engage
               his
               own
               Revenue
               ,
               
               rather
               than
               delay
               so
               good
               and
               so
               necessary
               a
               work
               ;
               and
               that
               he
               would
               issue
               out
               such
               Warrants
               under
               the
               Great
               Seal
               of
               England
               ,
               and
               grant
               all
               their
               other
               desires
               which
               in
               reason
               could
               be
               demanded
               for
               the
               advancement
               of
               it
               .
               And
               after
               that
               ,
               seeing
               that
               work
               went
               on
               slowly
               ,
               he
               was
               resolved
               to
               have
               gone
               in
               person
               to
               have
               carried
               it
               on
               more
               vigorously
               ,
               and
               to
               have
               hazarded
               himself
               that
               he
               might
               preserve
               his
               People
               .
               But
               finding
               that
               Resolution
               gave
               great
               Jealousies
               to
               those
               who
               censured
               him
               whatever
               he
               did
               ,
               he
               gave
               it
               over
               .
            
             
               
                 How
                 careful
                 he
                 was
                 to
                 prevent
                 a
                 Rupture
                 in
                 this
                 Nation
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 his
                 great
                 Concessions
                 prove
                 ,
                 but
                 his
                 constant
                 offers
                 of
                 Treaty
                 ,
                 even
                 when
                 things
                 went
                 prosperously
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 do
                 demonstrate
                 ,
                 therefore
                 reflecting
                 on
                 this
                 in
                 a
                 Paper
                 (
                 under
                 his
                 own
                 Pen
                 )
                 he
                 writes
              
               ;
               We
               denied
               not
               any
               thing
               ,
               but
               what
               by
               the
               known
               Law
               was
               unquestionably
               our
               own
               ,
               we
               earnestly
               desired
               and
               pressed
               a
               Treaty
               ,
               that
               so
               we
               might
               but
               know
               at
               what
               price
               we
               might
               prevent
               the
               miseries
               and
               desolations
               that
               was
               threatned
               ;
               but
               this
               was
               absolutely
               and
               scornfully
               refused
               and
               rejected
               .
               
                 And
                 in
                 a
                 Message
                 ,
                 which
                 though
                 it
                 was
                 never
                 sent
                 ,
                 yet
                 remains
                 under
                 his
                 hand
                 ,
                 he
                 writes
                 these
                 
                 words
                 :
              
               And
               now
               he
               conjures
               his
               two
               Houses
               of
               Parliament
               as
               they
               are
               Englishmen
               ,
               Christians
               ,
               and
               lovers
               of
               Peace
               ,
               by
               the
               duty
               they
               owe
               their
               King
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               bowels
               of
               Compassion
               they
               have
               towards
               their
               fellow-subjects
               ,
               that
               they
               will
               accept
               of
               these
               offers
               ,
               whereby
               the
               joyful
               news
               of
               Peace
               may
               be
               again
               restored
               to
               this
               languishing
               Kingdom
               .
            
             
               And
               thus
               far
               the
               Parallel
               of
               Saul
               and
               our
               
                 Martyred
                 King
              
               hath
               held
               good
               ,
               but
               now
               they
               must
               depart
               from
               one
               another
               ;
               and
               it
               shall
               appear
               how
               our
               late
               Soveraign
               was
               on
               many
               accounts
               hugely
               preferable
               to
               the
               King
               lamented
               in
               my
               Text
               ;
               yet
               I
               shall
               name
               one
               particular
               in
               which
               Saul
               had
               the
               better
               of
               him
               .
            
             
               Saul
               had
               by
               his
               rash
               Oath
               endangered
               
               Ionathan's
               life
               ,
               which
               he
               seemed
               resolved
               to
               execute
               ,
               but
               the
               earnest
               intercessions
               of
               his
               People
               prevailed
               on
               him
               to
               change
               these
               his
               severe
               and
               cruel
               resolutions
               .
               But
               alas
               !
               our
               Martyr
               having
               firmly
               resolved
               to
               save
               a
               person
               he
               judged
               innocent
               ,
               and
               clear
               of
               the
               Treason
               charged
               on
               him
               ,
               did
               to
               comply
               with
               the
               most
               pressing
               desires
               of
               his
               People
               ,
               consent
               to
               the
               putting
               him
               to
               death
               :
               We
               have
               seen
               his
               fault
               and
               the
               specious
               colours
               that
               led
               him
               to
               it
               ,
               next
               let
               
               me
               lay
               before
               you
               his
               Repentance
               ,
               expressed
               by
               himself
               in
               a
               Letter
               ,
               
                 Anno
                 1642.
                 
                 One
                 thing
                 more
                 ,
                 which
                 but
                 for
                 the
                 Messenger
                 were
                 too
                 much
                 to
                 trust
                 to
                 Paper
                 ,
                 the
                 failing
                 to
                 one
                 friend
                 hath
                 indeed
                 gone
                 very
                 near
                 me
                 ;
                 wherefore
                 I
                 am
                 resolved
                 that
                 no
                 consideration
                 whatsoever
                 shall
                 ever
                 make
                 me
                 do
                 the
                 like
                 upon
                 this
                 ground
                 .
                 I
                 am
                 certain
                 that
                 God
                 hath
                 either
                 so
                 totally
                 forgiven
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 will
                 still
                 bless
                 this
                 good
                 cause
                 in
                 my
                 hands
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 all
                 my
                 punishment
                 shall
                 be
                 in
                 this
                 world
                 ,
                 which
                 without
                 performing
                 what
                 I
                 have
                 resolved
              
               I
               
                 cannot
                 flatter
                 my self
                 will
                 end
                 here
                 .
              
               And
               he
               ends
               that
               Letter
               thus
               :
               
                 Beside
                 generosity
                 ,
                 to
                 which
              
               I
               
                 pretend
                 a
                 little
                 ,
                 my
                 Conscience
                 will
                 make
                 me
                 stick
                 to
                 my
                 friends
                 .
              
               How
               deep
               his
               sense
               of
               that
               sin
               ,
               how
               great
               his
               apprehensions
               of
               the
               Judgments
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               how
               true
               his
               notion
               of
               Repentance
               was
               ,
               cannot
               but
               easily
               appear
               upon
               the
               first
               hearing
               these
               words
               .
            
             
               But
               for
               this
               one
               advantage
               ,
               the
               King
               in
               my
               Text
               had
               of
               the
               King
               of
               the
               Day
               ,
               we
               shall
               find
               many
               great
               and
               noble
               Characters
               in
               which
               he
               excelled
               him
               .
            
             
               And
               first
               ,
               Saul
               pretended
               some
               zeal
               for
               God
               ,
               he
               built
               an
               Altar
               for
               him
               ;
               he
               honoured
               Samuel
               his
               Prophet
               ,
               he
               went
               and
               destroyed
               
               the
               Amalekites
               ;
               but
               when
               it
               might
               serve
               his
               turn
               he
               did
               not
               stick
               to
               disobey
               God
               ,
               he
               saved
               Agag
               ,
               and
               much
               of
               the
               spoil
               of
               the
               Amalekites
               ,
               pretending
               it
               was
               preserved
               for
               offering
               Sacrifices
               .
               He
               had
               not
               patience
               to
               stay
               for
               Samuel
               ,
               but
               did
               sacrilegiously
               offer
               the
               Sacrifice
               himself
               .
               But
               our
               Martyr
               did
               not
               only
               express
               great
               regard
               to
               God
               in
               his
               Prosperity
               by
               many
               high
               marks
               of
               his
               zeal
               and
               constant
               attendance
               on
               the
               Worship
               of
               God
               ;
               his
               great
               esteem
               of
               all
               worthy
               and
               deserving
               Churchmen
               ,
               and
               his
               Royal
               bounty
               to
               the
               advancing
               all
               pious
               and
               religious
               purposes
               :
               But
               by
               his
               constant
               and
               firm
               adhering
               to
               those
               Rights
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               to
               all
               he
               judged
               himself
               bound
               in
               Conscience
               to
               maintain
               ;
               therefore
               it
               was
               that
               he
               did
               choose
               to
               bear
               the
               greatest
               dangers
               rather
               than
               sin
               against
               his
               Conscience
               .
               When
               the
               violence
               of
               his
               Native
               Subjects
               against
               the
               Order
               of
               Bishops
               had
               brought
               things
               to
               that
               pass
               that
               it
               could
               not
               be
               maintained
               without
               much
               blood
               and
               confusion
               ,
               he
               judged
               that
               God
               loved
               mercy
               better
               than
               sacrifice
               ,
               did
               give
               way
               to
               their
               fury
               ;
               but
               with
               that
               tender
               care
               that
               became
               a
               man
               of
               so
               severe
               and
               exact
               a
               Conscience
               ;
               and
               this
               shall
               appear
               by
               some
               evidences
               I
               
               go
               to
               mention
               .
               Having
               signed
               a
               Paper
               of
               Concessions
               ,
               wherein
               he
               had
               used
               the
               word
               ,
               
                 it
                 pleased
                 him
              
               ,
               reflecting
               on
               the
               importance
               of
               that
               ,
               he
               wrote
               the
               following
               words
               in
               a
               Letter
               to
               him
               that
               had
               the
               managing
               of
               that
               business
               :
               
                 I
                 must
                 desire
                 you
                 to
                 alter
                 one
                 word
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 should
                 not
                 be
                 thought
                 to
                 desire
                 the
                 abolishing
                 of
                 that
                 in
              
               Scotland
               ,
               
                 which
                 I
                 approve
                 and
                 maintain
                 in
              
               England
               .
               
                 Now
                 the
                 word
              
               content
               
                 expresses
                 enough
                 my
                 consent
                 to
                 have
                 them
                 surcease
                 for
                 the
                 present
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 word
                 ,
              
               pleased
               ,
               
                 methinks
                 imports
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 if
                 I
                 desired
                 them
                 to
                 take
                 them
                 away
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 that
                 I
                 were
                 well
                 pleased
                 they
                 should
                 do
                 so
                 :
                 But
                 I
                 leave
                 it
                 to
                 your
                 ordering
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 you
                 make
                 it
                 be
                 clearly
                 understood
                 that
                 though
                 I
                 permit
                 ,
                 yet
                 I
                 would
                 be
                 better
                 pleased
                 they
                 let
                 them
                 alone
                 .
              
               And
               in
               the
               Instructions
               he
               gave
               his
               Commissioner
               for
               consenting
               to
               the
               abolition
               of
               the
               Order
               of
               Bishops
               ,
               he
               wrote
               thus
               :
               
                 Carry
                 the
                 Disputes
                 so
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 conclusion
                 seem
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 in
                 prejudice
                 of
                 Episcopacy
                 as
                 unlawful
                 ,
                 but
                 only
                 in
                 satisfaction
                 to
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 setling
                 the
                 present
                 disorders
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 other
                 reasons
                 of
                 State.
              
               And
               he
               likewise
               ordered
               him
               to
               take
               care
               ,
               
                 that
                 Episcopacy
                 should
                 not
                 be
                 abjured
                 as
                 a
                 point
                 of
                 Popery
                 ,
                 contrary
                 to
                 Gods
                 Law
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Protestant
                 Religion
                 .
              
               
               And
               at
               the
               same
               time
               in
               a
               Letter
               to
               the
               Primate
               of
               that
               Church
               he
               wrote
               thus
               :
               
                 We
                 do
                 assure
                 you
                 that
                 it
                 shall
                 be
                 still
                 one
                 of
                 our
                 chiefest
                 studies
                 ,
                 how
                 to
                 rectifie
                 and
                 establish
                 the
                 Government
                 of
                 that
                 Church
                 aright
                 .
              
               And
               he
               adds
               a
               little
               after
               ,
               
                 You
                 may
                 rest
                 secure
                 ,
                 that
                 though
                 perhaps
                 we
                 give
                 way
                 for
                 the
                 present
                 to
                 that
                 which
                 will
                 be
                 prejudicial
                 ,
                 both
                 to
                 the
                 Church
                 and
                 our
                 own
                 Government
                 ,
                 yet
                 we
                 will
                 not
                 leave
                 thinking
                 in
                 time
                 how
                 to
                 remedy
                 both
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 After
                 God
                 in
                 his
                 wise
                 and
                 holy
                 ,
                 though
                 to
                 us
                 unaccountable
                 Counsels
                 ,
                 suffered
                 the
                 Rebellious
                 Arms
                 of
                 his
                 Enemies
                 so
                 far
                 to
                 prevail
                 ,
                 that
                 nothing
                 did
                 promise
                 any
                 hopes
                 of
                 his
                 being
                 re-established
                 on
                 his
                 Throne
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 consenting
                 to
                 all
                 the
                 demands
                 of
                 these
                 in
                 whose
                 hands
                 he
                 had
                 cast
                 himself
                 ,
                 then
                 did
                 the
                 strict
                 care
                 he
                 had
                 to
                 keep
                 a
                 good
                 Conscience
                 appear
                 ,
                 by
                 his
                 hazarding
                 all
                 things
                 rather
                 than
                 endanger
                 his
                 inward
                 quiet
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 he
                 told
                 them
                 :
              
               That
               when
               he
               was
               satisfied
               in
               his
               Conscience
               with
               the
               lawfulness
               of
               what
               they
               desired
               ,
               then
               ,
               but
               not
               till
               then
               ,
               could
               he
               grant
               their
               demands
               ;
               
                 and
                 was
                 willing
                 to
                 enter
                 in
                 conference
                 with
                 any
                 they
                 would
                 appoint
                 about
                 these
                 two
                 Points
                 ,
                 the
                 one
                 being
                 the
                 Divine
                 Appointment
                 
                 of
                 Bishops
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 his
                 being
                 obliged
                 to
                 defend
                 them
                 by
                 his
                 Oath
                 of
                 Coronation
                 .
                 And
                 the
                 account
                 of
                 one
                 of
                 his
                 Discourses
                 I
                 have
                 seen
                 ,
                 is
                 thus
                 :
              
               That
               he
               would
               run
               the
               hazard
               of
               all
               his
               Crowns
               below
               ,
               rather
               than
               endanger
               that
               above
               ;
               and
               that
               though
               the
               quiet
               of
               his
               Kingdoms
               ,
               and
               the
               settlement
               of
               his
               Throne
               were
               very
               valuable
               ,
               yet
               the
               peace
               of
               his
               Conscience
               must
               be
               preferred
               by
               him
               to
               all
               things
               .
               
                 And
                 in
                 a
                 Discourse
                 he
                 had
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 wrote
                 with
                 his
                 own
                 Pen
                 ,
                 he
                 used
                 these
                 words
                 :
              
               Not
               to
               stay
               you
               too
               long
               upon
               so
               unpleasing
               a
               subject
               ;
               I
               assure
               you
               that
               nothing
               but
               the
               preservation
               of
               that
               which
               is
               dearer
               to
               me
               than
               my
               life
               ,
               could
               have
               hindered
               me
               from
               giving
               you
               full
               satisfaction
               ;
               for
               upon
               my
               word
               all
               the
               dangers
               and
               inconveniences
               which
               you
               have
               laid
               before
               me
               do
               not
               so
               much
               trouble
               me
               ,
               as
               that
               I
               cannot
               give
               full
               satisfaction
               to
               the
               desires
               of
               my
               native
               Country
               ;
               especially
               being
               so
               earnestly
               pressed
               upon
               me
               :
               And
               yet
               here
               again
               I
               must
               tell
               you
               (
               for
               in
               this
               case
               repetitions
               are
               not
               impertinent
               )
               that
               I
               do
               not
               give
               you
               a
               denial
               ;
               nay
               ,
               I
               protest
               against
               it
               ,
               and
               remember
               it
               is
               your
               King
               that
               desires
               to
               be
               heard
               .
               
                 And
                 in
                 another
                 Paper
                 he
                 sent
                 to
                 those
                 that
                 governed
                 then
                 in
                 his
                 Native
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 he
                 writes
                 
                 these
                 words
                 :
              
               If
               it
               be
               so
               clear
               ,
               as
               you
               believe
               ,
               that
               Episcopacy
               is
               unlawful
               ,
               I
               doubt
               not
               but
               God
               shall
               so
               enlighten
               mine
               eyes
               ,
               that
               I
               shall
               soon
               perceive
               it
               ;
               and
               then
               I
               
                 promise
                 you
                 to
                 concur
              
               with
               you
               fully
               in
               matters
               of
               Religion
               ;
               
                 and
                 therefore
                 he
                 subjoyns
              
               ,
               He
               hopes
               they
               would
               not
               press
               him
               to
               do
               that
               which
               was
               yet
               against
               his
               Conscience
               ,
               until
               he
               might
               do
               it
               without
               sinning
               .
               
                 And
                 he
                 concluded
                 that
                 Paper
                 with
                 a
                 Postscript
                 to
                 the
                 Ministers
                 :
              
               That
               he
               hoped
               they
               ,
               as
               Ministers
               of
               Gods
               Word
               ,
               would
               not
               press
               upon
               him
               untimeously
               the
               matter
               of
               Church-government
               ,
               until
               (
               
                 he
                 adds
              
               )
               I
               may
               have
               leisure
               to
               be
               so
               perswaded
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               comply
               with
               what
               they
               desire
               without
               breach
               of
               Conscience
               ;
               which
               I
               am
               confident
               they
               ,
               as
               Church-men
               cannot
               press
               me
               to
               do
               .
               
                 And
                 in
                 these
                 conscientious
                 Resolutions
                 he
                 was
                 so
                 firm
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 a
                 private
                 Letter
                 he
                 writes
                 thus
                 :
              
               For
               Gods
               sake
               do
               not
               so
               much
               as
               expect
               ,
               much
               less
               linger
               after
               any
               other
               or
               further
               matter
               from
               me
               ;
               for
               upon
               the
               faith
               of
               a
               Christian
               you
               shall
               have
               no
               more
               than
               what
               is
               now
               laid
               before
               you
               .
               
                 And
                 in
                 another
                 Letter
              
               :
               As
               for
               your
               Covenant
               ,
               when
               ,
               and
               not
               before
               ,
               that
               I
               shall
               be
               satisfied
               in
               my
               Conscience
               that
               I
               may
               allow
               it
               ,
               I
               will.
               
                 He
                 going
                 on
                 grounds
                 so
                 strict
                 and
                 well-pleasing
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 no
                 
                 wonder
                 he
                 maintained
                 that
                 serenity
                 of
                 mind
                 ,
                 that
                 when
                 he
                 got
                 Letters
                 that
                 told
                 him
                 how
                 he
                 was
                 to
                 be
                 used
                 ,
                 being
                 engaged
                 at
                 Chess
                 ,
                 he
                 continued
                 to
                 play
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 read
                 his
                 Letters
                 ,
                 without
                 shew
                 of
                 any
                 commotion
                 or
                 disturbance
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 have
                 seen
                 under
                 the
                 hand
                 of
                 an
                 eye-witness
                 .
                 And
                 in
                 the
                 Moneth
                 of
              
               March
               
                 before
                 his
                 Martyrdom
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 was
                 almost
                 out
                 of
                 all
                 hopes
                 ;
                 yet
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 depart
                 from
                 these
                 Christian
                 Resolutions
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 find
                 thus
                 expressed
                 by
                 his
                 own
                 Pen
                 :
              
               For
               any
               enlargement
               concerning
               Church-affairs
               I
               desire
               you
               not
               to
               expect
               it
               from
               me
               ,
               for
               such
               expectations
               have
               been
               a
               great
               cause
               of
               this
               my
               present
               condition
               ,
               which
               I
               assure
               you
               I
               am
               still
               resolved
               rather
               to
               suffer
               than
               to
               wrong
               my
               Conscience
               or
               Honour
               ,
               which
               I
               must
               do
               if
               I
               enlarge
               my self
               any
               thing
               in
               these
               points
               .
               
                 These
                 are
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 true
                 Characters
                 of
                 a
                 Defender
                 of
                 the
                 Faith
                 ;
                 of
                 one
                 that
                 did
                 approve
                 himself
                 to
                 be
                 under
                 God
                 and
                 Christ
                 ,
                 the
                 Supreme
                 over
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 one
                 that
                 was
                 indeed
                 fitted
                 to
                 bear
                 all
                 things
                 ,
                 rather
                 than
                 sin
                 against
                 God
                 or
                 his
                 Conscience
                 .
              
            
             
               2.
               
               Another
               Character
               of
               Saul
               is
               his
               cruelty
               ,
               which
               was
               so
               enraged
               that
               he
               spared
               neither
               Son-in-law
               nor
               Son
               ,
               but
               threw
               his
               darts
               at
               them
               to
               have
               killed
               them
               ,
               and
               his
               
               cruelty
               against
               David
               was
               also
               joined
               with
               perfidy
               and
               breach
               of
               trust
               ;
               for
               after
               he
               had
               given
               him
               the
               most
               sacred
               assurances
               ,
               he
               still
               continued
               to
               pursue
               him
               ,
               and
               caused
               to
               be
               murdered
               fourscore
               and
               five
               Priests
               for
               the
               pretended
               fault
               of
               one
               which
               he
               believed
               upon
               the
               delation
               of
               an
               Edomite
               .
               This
               was
               a
               fact
               both
               so
               cruel
               and
               so
               impious
               ,
               that
               he
               could
               find
               none
               to
               execute
               it
               ,
               but
               that
               uncircumcised
               Alien
               ,
               and
               all
               this
               was
               the
               effect
               of
               that
               evil
               Spirit
               was
               let
               loose
               upon
               him
               ,
               when
               by
               his
               sins
               he
               had
               driven
               away
               the
               good
               Spirit
               of
               God.
               But
               our
               Royal
               Martyr
               did
               daily
               shew
               more
               and
               more
               Evidences
               of
               a
               truly
               Divine
               and
               Christian
               Spirit
               :
               What
               full
               Indemnity
               and
               Oblivion
               did
               he
               offer
               his
               Enemies
               !
               even
               though
               they
               would
               not
               allow
               any
               Indemnity
               to
               his
               Friends
               .
               And
               how
               much
               he
               was
               against
               all
               cruel
               or
               severe
               practices
               may
               appear
               from
               these
               Evidences
               ;
               one
               is
               under
               his
               own
               hand
               ,
               in
               these
               words
               :
               
                 The
                 present
                 distractions
                 about
                 Religion
                 are
                 so
                 great
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 that
                 nature
                 ,
                 that
                 perswasion
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 power
                 must
                 be
                 used
                 to
                 restore
                 that
                 happy
                 tranquillity
                 which
                 the
                 Church
                 of
              
               England
               
                 hath
                 lately
                 and
                 miserably
                 lost
                 ;
                 for
                 certainly
                 violence
                 and
                 persecution
                 never
                 was
                 nor
                 will
                 be
                 found
                 a
                 right
                 way
                 to
                 
                 settle
                 peoples
                 Consciences
                 .
              
               And
               this
               went
               so
               far
               with
               him
               ,
               as
               to
               give
               him
               a
               strong
               aversion
               to
               the
               excuting
               sanguinary
               Laws
               against
               even
               the
               Emissaries
               of
               Rome
               ,
               which
               I
               find
               he
               thus
               expresses
               in
               a
               Paper
               written
               with
               his
               own
               Pen
               :
               Concerning
               Goodman
               
                 the
                 Priest
                 ,
                 the
                 reason
                 why
                 I
                 reprieved
                 him
                 is
                 ,
                 that
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 am
                 informed
                 ,
                 neither
                 Queen
              
               Elizabeth
               ,
               
                 nor
                 my
                 Father
                 ,
                 did
                 ever
                 allow
                 that
                 any
                 Priest
                 in
                 their
                 times
                 was
                 executed
                 meerly
                 for
                 Religion
                 ;
                 which
                 to
                 me
                 seems
                 to
                 be
                 this
                 particular
                 case
                 ;
                 yet
                 seeing
                 I
                 am
                 pressed
                 by
                 both
                 Houses
                 to
                 give
                 way
                 to
                 his
                 Execution
                 ,
                 because
                 I
                 will
                 avoid
                 the
                 inconvenience
                 of
                 giving
                 so
                 great
                 a
                 discontentment
                 to
                 my
                 People
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 perceive
                 this
                 mercy
                 may
                 produce
                 ,
                 I
                 remit
                 this
                 particular
                 case
                 to
                 both
                 Houses
                 ;
                 but
                 I
                 desire
                 you
                 to
                 take
                 unto
                 your
                 serious
                 consideration
                 the
                 inconveniences
                 which
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 conceive
                 ,
                 may
                 upon
                 this
                 occasion
                 fall
                 upon
                 my
                 Subjects
                 and
                 other
                 Protestants
                 abroad
                 ;
                 especially
                 since
                 it
                 may
                 seem
                 to
                 other
                 States
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 severity
                 with
                 surprize
                 ;
                 which
                 I
                 ,
                 having
                 thus
                 represented
                 ,
                 do
                 think
                 my self
                 discharged
                 from
                 all
                 ill
                 consequences
                 ,
                 that
                 may
                 ensue
                 upon
                 the
                 execution
                 of
                 this
                 person
                 .
              
               For
               his
               fidelity
               in
               observing
               his
               Treaties
               ,
               I
               have
               already
               in
               another
               branch
               of
               this
               Discourse
               mentioned
               some
               passages
               that
               shew
               
               how
               religiously
               he
               resolved
               to
               observe
               them
               ;
               and
               his
               refusing
               to
               serve
               his
               Interests
               by
               Promises
               ,
               which
               how
               useful
               soever
               they
               might
               have
               been
               to
               him
               ,
               yet
               since
               he
               could
               not
               with
               a
               good
               Conscience
               observe
               them
               ,
               he
               would
               not
               make
               them
               ,
               shews
               how
               sacred
               he
               accounted
               all
               his
               Promises
               ;
               and
               his
               offering
               to
               quit
               the
               command
               of
               the
               Militia
               ,
               either
               for
               a
               determinate
               number
               of
               years
               ,
               or
               for
               his
               whole
               life
               ,
               shews
               how
               carefully
               he
               intended
               to
               observe
               all
               he
               promised
               ;
               since
               he
               was
               willing
               to
               give
               such
               a
               security
               ,
               which
               as
               it
               was
               strong
               ,
               so
               it
               diminished
               his
               Authority
               in
               the
               most
               tender
               and
               most
               sacred
               part
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 I
                 shall
                 to
                 these
                 add
                 only
                 one
                 instance
                 .
                 When
                 he
                 saw
                 those
                 of
                 his
                 Native
                 Kingdom
                 engaging
                 in
                 the
                 War
                 against
                 him
                 ,
                 in
                 this
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 obvious
                 enough
                 how
                 much
                 the
                 securing
              
               Berwick
               
                 might
                 have
                 advanced
                 his
                 service
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Armies
                 in
                 the
                 North
                 could
                 easily
                 have
                 done
                 it
                 ;
                 yet
                 since
                 by
                 the
                 Treaty
                 with
                 that
                 Kingdom
                 it
                 was
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 garrisoned
                 ;
                 so
                 religiously
                 did
                 he
                 observe
                 the
                 Treaty
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 put
                 a
                 Garrison
                 in
                 it
                 :
                 But
                 that
                 fidelity
                 was
                 not
                 minded
                 by
                 those
                 who
                 conspired
                 against
                 him
                 ,
                 who
                 did
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 the
                 Treaty
                 ,
                 Garrison
                 
                 the
                 place
                 ;
                 upon
                 which
                 occasion
                 he
                 wrote
                 what
                 follows
                 :
              
               No
               industry
               hitherto
               could
               have
               so
               far
               prevailed
               with
               us
               as
               to
               have
               gained
               any
               belief
               that
               our
               
               Scotch-Subjects
               would
               countenance
               ,
               much
               less
               assist
               this
               bloody
               Rebellion
               in
               England
               ;
               yet
               we
               know
               not
               how
               to
               understand
               the
               levying
               Forces
               both
               Foot
               and
               Horse
               within
               our
               Native
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               their
               entering
               the
               Town
               of
               Berwick
               in
               a
               hostile
               manner
               .
               Our
               most
               malicious
               Enemies
               must
               bear
               us
               witness
               ,
               how
               religiously
               we
               have
               observed
               these
               Articles
               on
               our
               part
               ;
               whereas
               if
               we
               had
               not
               been
               more
               tender
               ,
               than
               the
               advisers
               of
               this
               breach
               have
               been
               ,
               of
               the
               Publick
               Faith
               ,
               it
               is
               obvious
               to
               any
               how
               easily
               we
               could
               have
               secured
               that
               Town
               from
               all
               Rebels
               .
               
                 And
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 refuted
                 the
                 Pretence
                 they
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 ,
                 he
                 adds
                 :
              
               Such
               then
               as
               shelter
               themselves
               under
               that
               pretext
               ,
               will
               find
               from
               thence
               but
               a
               slender
               warrant
               before
               God
               ,
               who
               knows
               the
               integrity
               of
               our
               heart
               ,
               and
               how
               inviolably
               we
               intend
               to
               preserve
               all
               that
               we
               have
               granted
               that
               Kingdom
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               they
               suffer
               themselves
               to
               be
               capable
               of
               our
               Protection
               ,
               and
               those
               favours
               .
               
                 He
                 likewise
                 wrote
                 in
                 another
                 Letter
                 at
                 that
                 same
                 time
                 these
                 words
                 :
              
               Such
               high
               indignities
               to
               us
               ,
               and
               to
               our
               Authority
               make
               us
               believe
               they
               have
               forgot
               they
               have
               a
               
               King
               ,
               and
               their
               Oaths
               in
               preserving
               us
               in
               our
               just
               power
               ,
               as
               their
               King.
               But
               God
               will
               discover
               and
               punish
               such
               undutiful
               thoughts
               ,
               how
               closely
               soever
               they
               be
               clouded
               with
               pretences
               of
               safety
               to
               Religion
               and
               Liberty
               ,
               which
               they
               know
               will
               be
               ever
               dearer
               to
               us
               than
               our
               own
               preservation
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               And
               to
               close
               up
               this
               Parallel
               ,
               Saul
               when
               in
               danger
               ,
               betook
               himself
               to
               the
               basest
               Arts
               ,
               and
               went
               to
               the
               
                 Witch
                 at
                 Endor
              
               ,
               to
               ask
               Responses
               about
               the
               event
               of
               that
               Battel
               he
               was
               to
               give
               the
               Philistines
               ,
               not
               considering
               how
               he
               had
               provoked
               God
               to
               withdraw
               his
               protection
               from
               him
               ,
               and
               that
               all
               the
               powers
               of
               Hell
               ,
               and
               evil
               Spirits
               were
               no
               longer
               able
               to
               preserve
               him
               ;
               and
               having
               got
               a
               sad
               answer
               to
               his
               over-curious
               Question
               ,
               (
               the
               common
               fate
               of
               all
               who
               will
               by
               these
               forbidden
               Arts
               thrust
               into
               the
               secrets
               of
               the
               Divine
               Councels
               )
               ,
               we
               find
               him
               wofully
               faint-hearted
               ,
               sore
               afraid
               ,
               fall
               flat
               on
               the
               ground
               and
               refuse
               to
               eat
               .
               And
               after
               that
               fatal
               Battel
               he
               had
               neither
               the
               courage
               to
               out-live
               it
               ,
               nor
               the
               strength
               to
               finish
               his
               desperate
               design
               upon
               himself
               ;
               but
               after
               he
               had
               fallen
               on
               his
               own
               Sword
               ,
               he
               called
               an
               Amalekite
               to
               compleat
               that
               Self-murder
               ,
               which
               he
               begun
               by
               his
               falling
               on
               his
               Sword
               ,
               
               and
               finished
               by
               these
               cruel
               Orders
               he
               gave
               .
               But
               nothing
               of
               all
               this
               belongs
               to
               our
               Royal
               Martyr
               ,
               who
               depended
               on
               God
               ,
               and
               submitted
               to
               his
               will
               in
               the
               course
               of
               all
               his
               Councels
               ,
               both
               of
               Peace
               and
               War
               ;
               And
               when
               it
               pleased
               God
               for
               the
               punishment
               of
               his
               People
               ,
               to
               expose
               him
               to
               the
               malice
               and
               cruelty
               of
               his
               Enemies
               ,
               even
               then
               he
               proved
               more
               than
               Conquerour
               ;
               and
               according
               to
               the
               prospect
               he
               had
               of
               it
               long
               before
               ,
               he
               was
               a
               
                 Patient
                 Martyr
              
               :
               Nor
               did
               he
               express
               the
               least
               meanness
               of
               spirit
               when
               brought
               lowest
               ,
               he
               would
               neither
               give
               up
               the
               Rights
               of
               the
               Church
               nor
               the
               Crown
               ,
               of
               People
               nor
               Parliaments
               ,
               to
               their
               insulting
               pride
               ,
               who
               trampling
               on
               all
               Laws
               Sacred
               and
               Humane
               ,
               had
               made
               themselves
               the
               sacrilegious
               Masters
               of
               his
               Person
               and
               Power
               .
               And
               as
               he
               was
               not
               cowardly
               or
               languid
               under
               all
               his
               misfortunes
               ,
               so
               he
               maintained
               his
               Authority
               as
               long
               as
               he
               was
               able
               ,
               and
               did
               not
               faintly
               despond
               ,
               nor
               abandon
               his
               own
               Rights
               ,
               or
               the
               Protection
               of
               his
               People
               .
               But
               this
               leads
               me
               to
               the
               sad
               part
               of
               my
               Discourse
               ,
               wherein
               I
               am
               to
               compare
               the
               Reasons
               we
               have
               for
               mourning
               ,
               with
               these
               David
               and
               the
               People
               of
               Israel
               had
               on
               this
               Occasion
               ,
               and
               it
               will
               be
               easily
               allowed
               ,
               ours
               
               must
               be
               by
               so
               much
               the
               greater
               ,
               by
               how
               much
               our
               Royal
               Martyr
               did
               exceed
               their
               King
               ,
               which
               hath
               been
               demonstrated
               in
               the
               Parallel
               I
               have
               given
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               This
               Kings
               Death
               was
               his
               own
               Deed
               ;
               and
               though
               the
               Victory
               his
               Enemies
               got
               ,
               drave
               him
               to
               that
               despair
               ,
               yet
               none
               of
               the
               People
               were
               of
               accession
               to
               it
               :
               and
               for
               the
               Amalekite
               (
               if
               his
               relation
               was
               true
               )
               as
               it
               was
               an
               Alien
               from
               their
               Commonwealth
               that
               did
               it
               ;
               so
               Saul
               was
               well
               served
               for
               not
               destroying
               the
               Amalekites
               ,
               as
               Samuel
               had
               commanded
               him
               ;
               therefore
               they
               had
               no
               particular
               reason
               to
               be
               sorry
               ,
               but
               only
               because
               they
               had
               lost
               a
               King
               ,
               who
               as
               he
               was
               none
               of
               the
               worst
               ,
               so
               he
               was
               far
               from
               being
               one
               of
               the
               best
               Princes
               .
               Perhaps
               David
               had
               some
               more
               reason
               to
               fast
               and
               mourn
               ,
               and
               as
               his
               Conscience
               did
               before
               accuse
               him
               for
               cutting
               off
               the
               Hem
               of
               his
               Garment
               ;
               so
               now
               the
               Arms
               he
               bare
               against
               him
               did
               trouble
               his
               Conscience
               .
               For
               though
               much
               may
               be
               said
               for
               David
               in
               that
               case
               ,
               he
               was
               the
               designed
               heir
               of
               the
               Crown
               by
               Gods
               appointment
               ;
               he
               was
               very
               unjustly
               and
               perfidiously
               used
               by
               Saul
               ;
               he
               had
               kept
               himself
               on
               a
               pure
               defensive
               ,
               and
               
               Saul's
               being
               frenetick
               and
               possessed
               with
               an
               evil
               spirit
               ,
               
               are
               great
               justifications
               of
               
               David's
               little
               Army
               ,
               or
               rather
               Guard
               ;
               and
               his
               being
               a
               Man
               according
               to
               Gods
               heart
               ,
               ought
               to
               possess
               all
               with
               that
               esteem
               for
               him
               ,
               as
               not
               easily
               to
               find
               fault
               with
               him
               ,
               or
               with
               any
               of
               his
               actions
               ;
               yet
               his
               Army
               being
               made
               up
               of
               men
               distressed
               ,
               in
               debt
               ,
               and
               discontented
               ,
               is
               a
               shrewd
               Indication
               ,
               that
               the
               Cause
               was
               not
               over-good
               when
               he
               had
               such
               a
               following
               .
               Besides
               ,
               his
               going
               to
               live
               at
               Gath
               with
               the
               Uncircumcised
               ,
               his
               cutting
               off
               the
               Amalekites
               ,
               and
               pretending
               to
               Achish
               that
               he
               had
               destroyed
               his
               own
               People
               by
               an
               unjustifiable
               deceit
               ;
               and
               finally
               his
               going
               out
               with
               the
               Armies
               of
               the
               Philistines
               ,
               and
               professing
               a
               great
               desire
               to
               fight
               against
               the
               Enemies
               of
               Achish
               ,
               who
               were
               no
               other
               but
               Saul
               ,
               his
               natural
               liege-Lord
               ,
               and
               the
               Armies
               of
               Israel
               (
               wherein
               he
               either
               acted
               a
               very
               unsincere
               part
               ,
               or
               did
               really
               resolve
               to
               have
               engaged
               against
               them
               )
               are
               things
               so
               manifestly
               contrary
               to
               the
               Laws
               of
               God
               ,
               that
               they
               give
               a
               strong
               presumption
               ,
               that
               the
               whole
               business
               of
               his
               taking
               Armes
               was
               contrary
               to
               Law
               and
               Religion
               .
               But
               I
               shall
               not
               enter
               further
               into
               the
               Dispute
               ,
               and
               so
               leave
               it
               ;
               inclining
               rather
               to
               believe
               ,
               that
               
               David's
               Conscience
               did
               accuse
               him
               ,
               of
               having
               
               failed
               in
               his
               Duty
               to
               Saul
               .
            
             
               But
               after
               all
               this
               our
               Case
               is
               much
               more
               justly
               deplorable
               ,
               who
               did
               not
               lose
               our
               King
               by
               the
               prevailing
               power
               of
               a
               hostile
               Invasion
               ,
               but
               by
               the
               unnatural
               hands
               of
               his
               own
               Subjects
               ,
               who
               were
               (
               both
               by
               the
               tye
               of
               Subjection
               ,
               by
               their
               Oaths
               of
               Allegiance
               ,
               which
               many
               of
               them
               had
               sworn
               ,
               and
               by
               their
               constant
               professions
               of
               fighting
               for
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               in
               defence
               of
               his
               Authority
               ,
               as
               they
               gave
               it
               out
               ,
               for
               training
               in
               the
               multitude
               by
               so
               deceitful
               a
               bait
               )
               ,
               tyed
               to
               the
               preservation
               of
               his
               person
               ,
               and
               yet
               did
               wash
               their
               hands
               in
               his
               blood
               ;
               and
               by
               their
               pretending
               Religion
               and
               Justice
               ,
               in
               a
               Fact
               so
               contrary
               to
               both
               ,
               did
               (
               as
               much
               as
               in
               them
               lay
               )
               bring
               the
               foulest
               imputations
               on
               both
               that
               could
               be
               .
               How
               did
               this
               open
               the
               mouths
               of
               the
               Adversaries
               of
               our
               Religion
               ,
               (
               whom
               we
               had
               justly
               charged
               for
               their
               seditious
               and
               treasonable
               Doctrines
               )
               to
               insult
               over
               us
               ;
               but
               without
               all
               cause
               :
               for
               as
               all
               the
               Reasons
               pretended
               ,
               were
               but
               upon
               the
               matter
               the
               same
               with
               those
               their
               Doctors
               have
               published
               ,
               allowing
               but
               a
               small
               change
               ;
               so
               those
               of
               our
               true
               and
               soundly
               reformed
               Church
               did
               abominate
               so
               foul
               a
               Crime
               ,
               with
               all
               possible
               horrour
               ;
               and
               ,
               as
               was
               most
               just
               ,
               
               did
               both
               in
               publick
               and
               private
               declare
               against
               it
               ;
               and
               with
               a
               generous
               and
               truly
               Christian
               constancy
               ,
               endured
               Sequestrations
               ,
               Imprisonments
               ,
               and
               every
               thing
               which
               that
               insulting
               Power
               put
               them
               to
               ,
               rather
               than
               comply
               with
               so
               vile
               an
               Action
               and
               its
               vile
               Actors
               .
            
             
               But
               to
               all
               this
               it
               may
               be
               said
               ,
               Let
               these
               mourn
               who
               were
               of
               accession
               to
               it
               ,
               that
               concerns
               not
               us
               .
               To
               which
               I
               must
               answer
               ,
               That
               such
               publick
               Crimes
               leave
               a
               guilt
               upon
               the
               whole
               Nation
               ,
               which
               therefore
               must
               be
               expiated
               with
               a
               publick
               universal
               Repentance
               .
               And
               if
               in
               the
               Law
               of
               Moses
               God
               declared
               ,
               that
               Blood
               was
               a
               crying
               sin
               which
               called
               to
               Heaven
               for
               vengeance
               ,
               and
               therefore
               when
               a
               Murder
               was
               discovered
               ,
               and
               the
               Murderer
               was
               not
               known
               ,
               there
               was
               to
               be
               a
               Sacrifice
               for
               the
               whole
               People
               to
               expiate
               the
               guilt
               ;
               how
               much
               more
               in
               a
               Crime
               ,
               attended
               with
               so
               many
               foul
               and
               black
               Circumstances
               ,
               ought
               we
               by
               earnest
               Prayers
               to
               study
               to
               avert
               these
               Judgments
               ,
               which
               we
               may
               but
               too
               justly
               apprehend
               !
            
             
               And
               to
               this
               let
               me
               add
               ,
               that
               there
               are
               not
               so
               many
               innocent
               as
               those
               perhaps
               imagine
               ;
               for
               as
               David
               here
               did
               (
               it
               is
               probable
               )
               charge
               himself
               for
               arming
               against
               the
               Lords
               
               Anointed
               ;
               so
               what
               reason
               have
               these
               who
               engaged
               in
               Opposition
               ,
               and
               Arms
               to
               our
               Royal
               Martyr
               ,
               to
               charge
               and
               judg
               themselves
               ,
               that
               they
               be
               not
               judged
               of
               the
               Lord
               ;
               who
               not
               being
               satisfied
               with
               those
               great
               and
               large
               Concessions
               ,
               he
               freely
               and
               willingly
               offered
               ,
               did
               pursue
               his
               Person
               and
               Life
               in
               the
               Field
               ;
               after
               which
               it
               was
               no
               wonder
               others
               learned
               to
               pursue
               him
               to
               the
               Scaffold
               .
               May
               not
               the
               one
               be
               said
               to
               have
               killed
               the
               King
               that
               robbed
               him
               of
               his
               Revenue
               ,
               Power
               and
               Authority
               ,
               and
               every
               thing
               was
               necessary
               for
               the
               maintenance
               of
               the
               Royal
               Dignity
               ;
               whereas
               the
               other
               did
               but
               murther
               Charles
               ,
               after
               he
               was
               spoiled
               of
               his
               Royal
               Power
               ,
               and
               the
               Government
               taken
               out
               of
               his
               hands
               :
               Though
               in
               a
               formal
               Pageantry
               Writs
               were
               issued
               in
               his
               Name
               .
               And
               thus
               we
               find
               the
               grounds
               of
               our
               mourning
               grow
               larger
               ,
               and
               take
               ,
               or
               rather
               call
               in
               ,
               more
               mourners
               .
            
             
               But
               in
               fine
               ,
               by
               another
               advance
               ,
               a
               great
               many
               more
               will
               be
               comprized
               within
               this
               Duty
               ,
               even
               all
               those
               who
               did
               not
               with
               the
               most
               vigorous
               opposition
               was
               possible
               prevent
               this
               barbarous
               Regicide
               ;
               which
               made
               a
               foreign
               Historian
               ,
               giving
               account
               of
               it
               ,
               say
               ,
               it
               was
               a
               wonder
               how
               Englishmen
               could
               
               look
               on
               and
               behold
               so
               barbarous
               and
               unexampled
               a
               Crime
               :
               Where
               were
               the
               hearts
               and
               hands
               of
               the
               brave
               English
               ,
               whose
               loyal
               and
               noble
               valour
               appearing
               on
               this
               occasion
               ,
               had
               been
               a
               Subject
               to
               be
               celebrated
               by
               all
               the
               highest
               and
               most
               grateful
               Remembrances
               Posterity
               could
               dedicate
               to
               so
               glorious
               an
               action
               ?
               Did
               a
               pusillanimous
               fear
               freez
               their
               courage
               ,
               when
               their
               Head
               was
               thus
               struck
               at
               ?
               Did
               the
               care
               of
               their
               Fortunes
               prevail
               ,
               when
               they
               could
               expect
               no
               longer
               to
               live
               secure
               in
               the
               Possession
               of
               any
               of
               their
               Rights
               ,
               when
               all
               was
               in
               this
               one
               Act
               unhinged
               ?
               Did
               the
               atrocity
               of
               the
               Fact
               astonish
               them
               so
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               not
               recovered
               out
               of
               this
               amazing
               surprize
               till
               it
               was
               too
               late
               ?
               Or
               did
               the
               suddenness
               of
               the
               Crime
               prevent
               their
               diligence
               ?
               Or
               were
               they
               so
               charitable
               to
               their
               Country-men
               as
               not
               to
               think
               any
               could
               be
               capable
               of
               committing
               this
               Crime
               ,
               till
               they
               were
               convinced
               of
               it
               by
               an
               unanswerable
               Argument
               ?
               yet
               all
               these
               palliations
               or
               excuses
               will
               not
               serve
               turn
               ,
               they
               should
               have
               put
               all
               to
               hazard
               when
               they
               saw
               the
               Case
               so
               desperate
               ,
               and
               all
               like
               to
               be
               lost
               .
               And
               thus
               it
               appears
               many
               are
               concerned
               to
               mourn
               on
               this
               Occasion
               ,
               who
               perhaps
               think
               themselves
               far
               from
               any
               guilt
               .
            
             
             
               Finally
               ,
               there
               be
               yet
               others
               concerned
               ,
               who
               (
               may
               be
               )
               do
               not
               so
               much
               as
               imagin
               how
               it
               may
               come
               to
               their
               door
               ,
               and
               these
               be
               the
               present
               Generation
               ,
               who
               either
               were
               not
               born
               then
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               of
               that
               age
               that
               nothing
               could
               be
               expected
               from
               them
               ;
               but
               even
               they
               must
               consider
               that
               God
               visits
               the
               sins
               of
               the
               Fathers
               upon
               the
               Children
               ;
               and
               though
               no
               Child
               is
               guilty
               of
               his
               Fathers
               fact
               ,
               unless
               he
               concurred
               in
               it
               ,
               or
               did
               afterwards
               approve
               it
               ,
               yet
               many
               times
               the
               Judgments
               of
               God
               in
               Temporal
               things
               do
               overtake
               them
               for
               their
               Fathers
               faults
               ;
               which
               is
               no
               more
               unjust
               than
               for
               the
               Law
               to
               deny
               the
               Child
               any
               of
               the
               Privileges
               of
               Subjects
               for
               the
               Fathers
               faults
               .
               From
               all
               this
               then
               it
               will
               appear
               how
               much
               more
               reason
               we
               have
               to
               mourn
               ,
               than
               the
               People
               of
               Israel
               had
               on
               this
               occasion
               ,
               who
               have
               (
               to
               the
               scorn
               and
               insultings
               of
               our
               Enemies
               )
               been
               one
               way
               or
               other
               so
               generally
               guilty
               in
               the
               Death
               of
               so
               religious
               and
               pious
               a
               Prince
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               But
               the
               People
               of
               Israel
               had
               this
               great
               allay
               to
               their
               grief
               that
               they
               had
               a
               Prince
               designed
               by
               God
               for
               the
               Succession
               ,
               who
               had
               given
               such
               approved
               Evidences
               of
               his
               great
               Piety
               ,
               Wisdom
               ,
               Valour
               and
               Conduct
               ,
               that
               their
               Government
               was
               presently
               
               to
               take
               a
               settlement
               ;
               though
               it
               is
               true
               Abner
               set
               up
               Ishbosheth
               ,
               Saul's
               Son
               ,
               who
               was
               followed
               by
               all
               Israel
               ,
               only
               
                 Iudah
                 ,
                 Davids
              
               own
               Tribe
               ,
               adhered
               to
               him
               :
               But
               this
               was
               after
               two
               years
               War
               decided
               ,
               and
               all
               Israel
               received
               David
               for
               their
               King
               ;
               and
               still
               the
               Government
               was
               steady
               and
               even
               ,
               and
               therefore
               they
               had
               not
               that
               reason
               to
               afflict
               them
               which
               we
               had
               on
               the
               occasion
               we
               now
               remember
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               true
               the
               right
               of
               Succession
               was
               clear
               and
               undisputed
               ,
               but
               those
               who
               killed
               the
               Father
               continued
               their
               Crimes
               by
               pursuing
               the
               Son
               ,
               and
               not
               only
               driving
               him
               from
               his
               Rights
               ,
               but
               when
               one
               of
               the
               Tribes
               of
               our
               Israel
               ,
               even
               that
               which
               justly
               glories
               in
               a
               nearer
               Interest
               in
               our
               Soveraigns
               Person
               ,
               had
               adhered
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               crowned
               him
               ,
               though
               with
               very
               unjustifiable
               reserves
               ,
               then
               did
               that
               party
               ,
               bathed
               in
               the
               Fathers
               Blood
               ,
               thirst
               likewise
               for
               the
               Son
               's
               ,
               and
               carried
               the
               War
               into
               that
               Kingdom
               ;
               and
               when
               the
               Righteous
               Heir
               of
               our
               Murthered
               Martyr
               came
               into
               this
               ,
               then
               again
               did
               carnal
               wisdom
               ,
               and
               the
               care
               of
               mens
               Lives
               and
               Estates
               prevail
               over
               those
               strong
               tyes
               of
               Loyalty
               and
               Subjection
               ;
               God
               having
               reserved
               the
               establishing
               him
               on
               his
               Fathers
               Throne
               to
               his
               own
               
               immediate
               Arm
               ;
               wherein
               there
               should
               be
               a
               clear
               declaration
               of
               his
               wise
               and
               wonderful
               Providence
               ,
               in
               turning
               about
               the
               hearts
               of
               the
               Nation
               to
               him
               ;
               so
               that
               to
               Posterity
               it
               will
               be
               a
               Problem
               ,
               which
               of
               the
               two
               is
               the
               more
               astonishing
               ,
               either
               the
               Rebellion
               against
               the
               Father
               ,
               or
               the
               recalling
               the
               Son
               ,
               and
               that
               some
               of
               the
               very
               same
               persons
               should
               have
               been
               instrumental
               in
               both
               ,
               by
               the
               latter
               action
               expressing
               their
               true
               and
               sincere
               Repentance
               for
               the
               former
               .
            
             
               But
               alas
               !
               the
               Interval
               was
               long
               ;
               it
               was
               not
               only
               a
               two-years
               War
               ,
               like
               that
               betwixt
               
               Saul's
               Son
               and
               David
               ,
               but
               a
               ten-years
               Thraldom
               ;
               wherein
               those
               that
               had
               complained
               of
               some
               small
               incroachments
               on
               Liberty
               before
               ,
               did
               totally
               overturn
               all
               the
               Freedoms
               both
               of
               Parliament
               and
               People
               ;
               but
               to
               colour
               this
               a
               little
               ,
               gave
               a
               large
               and
               unrestrained
               Liberty
               in
               matters
               of
               Religion
               ,
               by
               which
               all
               sense
               of
               Order
               and
               Regular
               Government
               being
               quite
               cast
               off
               ,
               many
               by
               the
               custom
               of
               an
               unbounded
               Lawlesness
               ,
               became
               habitually
               
                 Sons
                 of
                 Belial
              
               ;
               and
               as
               Heifers
               unaccustomed
               to
               the
               yoke
               ,
               cannot
               again
               be
               brought
               under
               these
               necessary
               Restraints
               and
               Regularities
               of
               Religion
               and
               Law.
               Nay
               ,
               which
               is
               worse
               ,
               though
               
               but
               the
               effect
               of
               the
               former
               ,
               many
               youthful
               and
               extravagant
               spirits
               being
               once
               delivered
               from
               all
               obligation
               to
               any
               piece
               of
               Religious
               Worship
               ,
               come
               by
               degrees
               to
               lose
               all
               sense
               of
               it
               ;
               and
               seeing
               those
               irregular
               and
               ungoverned
               Practices
               of
               many
               pretenders
               to
               Religion
               ,
               who
               were
               visibly
               advancing
               their
               own
               Designs
               under
               the
               colours
               of
               Piety
               ,
               they
               came
               to
               imagin
               Religion
               was
               only
               a
               pretence
               by
               which
               ambitious
               men
               carried
               on
               their
               own
               Ends
               ;
               and
               the
               many
               Subdivisions
               and
               different
               Parties
               they
               observed
               about
               matters
               of
               Religion
               ,
               made
               them
               also
               judg
               there
               could
               be
               no
               certainty
               where
               there
               was
               so
               much
               debate
               and
               dispute
               .
               And
               to
               all
               this
               may
               be
               added
               ,
               that
               by
               Oaths
               and
               counter-Oaths
               ,
               which
               they
               often
               took
               ,
               (
               having
               passed
               from
               the
               Oath
               of
               Allegiance
               to
               the
               Covenant
               ,
               and
               from
               that
               to
               the
               Engagement
               )
               their
               Consciences
               became
               seared
               ,
               and
               past
               feeling
               ;
               or
               ,
               being
               much
               wounded
               by
               such
               swearing
               ,
               to
               avoid
               the
               smart
               of
               that
               ,
               they
               took
               themselves
               to
               these
               cursed
               arts
               of
               getting
               quiet
               in
               their
               impious
               Practices
               ,
               by
               throwing
               off
               all
               sense
               of
               God
               and
               Religion
               ,
               and
               setting
               up
               professedly
               for
               Atheism
               ;
               which
               is
               so
               natural
               a
               result
               of
               what
               has
               been
               said
               ,
               that
               I
               think
               it
               cannot
               be
               
               doubted
               to
               have
               sprung
               from
               it
               .
               And
               hitherto
               I
               suppose
               it
               is
               unquestionably
               clear
               ,
               that
               we
               have
               much
               more
               reason
               to
               lament
               the
               matter
               now
               before
               us
               ,
               than
               those
               had
               who
               are
               in
               my
               Text.
               
            
             
               3.
               
               And
               now
               I
               advance
               to
               the
               third
               and
               last
               Part
               of
               my
               Discourse
               ,
               to
               consider
               what
               this
               mourning
               was
               ,
               and
               what
               ours
               ought
               to
               be
               ;
               they
               upon
               so
               sad
               news
               and
               so
               great
               a
               loss
               ,
               were
               both
               very
               tenderly
               affected
               for
               the
               Death
               of
               a
               King
               that
               had
               so
               many
               good
               Qualities
               ,
               that
               he
               being
               dead
               they
               had
               reason
               to
               forget
               his
               bad
               ones
               ;
               the
               loss
               also
               of
               so
               noble
               a
               Prince
               as
               Ionathan
               ,
               (
               who
               may
               justly
               pass
               for
               one
               of
               the
               bravest
               Hero's
               ,
               and
               the
               most
               generous
               Friends
               that
               ever
               was
               )
               could
               not
               but
               be
               very
               sad
               ,
               especially
               to
               David
               ,
               whose
               Friendship
               with
               Ionathan
               was
               beyond
               what
               is
               either
               in
               History
               or
               Romance
               :
               and
               as
               hitherto
               all
               the
               generous
               parts
               of
               the
               Friendship
               were
               on
               Ionathans
               side
               ,
               though
               we
               find
               
               David's
               returns
               were
               as
               tender
               ,
               and
               rather
               more
               ;
               for
               at
               their
               parting
               when
               their
               mutual
               Friendship
               set
               them
               both
               a-crying
               ,
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               David
               exceeded
               .
               But
               now
               when
               David
               was
               to
               have
               made
               returns
               suitable
               to
               what
               he
               had
               received
               from
               Ionathan
               ,
               he
               is
               snatched
               away
               
               by
               the
               Sword
               of
               the
               Philistines
               ,
               they
               had
               also
               many
               brave
               Country-men
               that
               were
               killed
               :
               To
               this
               was
               to
               be
               added
               the
               sad
               condition
               the
               House
               of
               Israel
               was
               in
               by
               so
               great
               a
               defeat
               ;
               all
               which
               concurring
               ,
               could
               not
               but
               make
               a
               deep
               impression
               on
               the
               hearts
               of
               David
               ,
               and
               the
               People
               with
               him
               ,
               which
               did
               set
               them
               to
               their
               Tears
               and
               Prayers
               ,
               both
               for
               their
               own
               sins
               ,
               and
               perhaps
               they
               reckoned
               their
               arming
               against
               Saul
               one
               ,
               and
               with
               these
               they
               also
               mourned
               for
               the
               sins
               of
               Israel
               ,
               praying
               God
               to
               avert
               his
               Judgments
               ,
               to
               prevent
               the
               mischief
               might
               follow
               ,
               and
               to
               recover
               his
               People
               from
               the
               ignominy
               of
               so
               bad
               a
               loss
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               end
               to
               settle
               David
               so
               on
               the
               Throne
               of
               Saul
               ,
               that
               their
               might
               be
               under
               his
               Reign
               ,
               Justice
               and
               Truth
               ,
               Plenty
               and
               Peace
               ,
               both
               at
               home
               and
               abroad
               .
               This
               is
               a
               clear
               fair
               account
               of
               the
               work
               of
               those
               with
               David
               in
               my
               Text.
               
            
             
               And
               after
               this
               the
               Application
               will
               be
               easie
               ;
               from
               which
               I
               shall
               not
               digress
               by
               proving
               the
               lawfulness
               and
               fitness
               of
               Anniversaries
               ,
               that
               being
               so
               well
               done
               by
               others
               ,
               but
               refer
               my
               Hearers
               to
               Zachary
               ,
               by
               whom
               we
               find
               the
               People
               of
               God
               fasted
               during
               the
               Seventy
               years
               of
               the
               Captivity
               ,
               the
               fifth
               and
               7th
               Month
               ;
               he
               also
               mentions
               their
               Fasts
               of
               the
               4th
               &
               10
               Month
               ;
               though
               it
               is
               plain
               there
               are
               
               no
               such
               Fasts
               commanded
               in
               the
               Old
               Testament
               ;
               and
               yet
               the
               Prophet
               is
               so
               far
               from
               blaming
               these
               stated
               returns
               that
               he
               only
               blames
               their
               being
               formal
               and
               regardless
               of
               God
               in
               them
               ,
               and
               gives
               them
               directions
               how
               they
               should
               have
               ordered
               them
               .
               But
               leaving
               this
               unreasonable
               Objection
               ,
               which
               is
               made
               by
               none
               but
               those
               who
               have
               the
               chief
               reason
               to
               mourn
               and
               fast
               on
               this
               Occasion
               ;
               I
               go
               next
               to
               propose
               what
               the
               Nature
               and
               Ends
               of
               our
               Mourning
               and
               Fasting
               should
               be
               ,
               which
               I
               shall
               lay
               open
               briefly
               in
               two
               Points
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               The
               one
               is
               to
               mourn
               before
               God
               for
               the
               guilt
               of
               this
               atrocious
               Sin
               ,
               that
               if
               any
               of
               us
               have
               been
               (
               as
               was
               before
               laid
               open
               )
               involved
               in
               the
               guilt
               ,
               we
               may
               wash
               off
               the
               stain
               of
               this
               Sin
               ,
               which
               is
               of
               so
               deep
               a
               dye
               ,
               and
               if
               we
               our selves
               be
               on
               all
               accounts
               clear
               of
               it
               ,
               at
               least
               we
               are
               to
               pray
               for
               Pardon
               to
               those
               who
               were
               guilty
               ,
               that
               God
               may
               open
               their
               eyes
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               confess
               and
               mourn
               for
               their
               sins
               ;
               and
               in
               this
               we
               follow
               the
               example
               of
               our
               Royal
               Martyr
               ,
               who
               looking
               to
               Jesus
               the
               Author
               and
               Finisher
               of
               his
               Salvation
               ,
               who
               endured
               the
               Cross
               ,
               despising
               the
               shame
               ,
               and
               prayed
               for
               his
               Enemies
               ,
               did
               with
               Patience
               run
               the
               Race
               set
               before
               him
               ,
               
               and
               humbly
               imitate
               his
               King
               and
               Saviour
               in
               pardoning
               and
               praying
               for
               his
               Enemies
               .
               We
               are
               also
               on
               our
               own
               accounts
               to
               pray
               God
               to
               deliver
               the
               whole
               Land
               from
               this
               guilt
               ,
               lest
               when
               God
               shall
               come
               and
               make
               inquisition
               for
               this
               Innocent
               Blood
               ,
               we
               be
               involved
               in
               the
               common
               Judgments
               ,
               which
               cannot
               fall
               on
               the
               Land
               so
               ,
               but
               all
               concerned
               in
               it
               must
               bear
               their
               share
               .
               But
               we
               must
               not
               only
               mourn
               for
               this
               particular
               Crime
               ,
               though
               it
               be
               so
               foul
               as
               to
               need
               the
               expiation
               of
               many
               Tears
               and
               Prayers
               ,
               but
               we
               must
               go
               higher
               ,
               and
               look
               to
               the
               first
               beginnings
               of
               the
               late
               Troubles
               ;
               and
               see
               what
               provoked
               God
               then
               to
               plague
               us
               so
               sadly
               ,
               and
               whether
               we
               have
               not
               re-acted
               these
               very
               Abominations
               which
               then
               stirred
               up
               Gods
               wrath
               against
               us
               .
               I
               need
               not
               enter
               into
               a
               particular
               enumeration
               of
               our
               sins
               before
               the
               year
               40
               ,
               and
               compare
               them
               with
               these
               that
               now
               abound
               ;
               the
               comparison
               would
               be
               as
               invidious
               as
               it
               is
               obvious
               .
               Let
               every
               one
               then
               call
               himself
               to
               an
               account
               ,
               how
               guilty
               he
               is
               of
               undervaluing
               Gods
               mercies
               ,
               and
               the
               great
               deliverance
               he
               gave
               to
               his
               Anointed
               ,
               and
               by
               that
               to
               his
               whole
               People
               ;
               how
               he
               abuses
               our
               Peace
               and
               Plenty
               into
               Licentiousness
               ,
               profanity
               ,
               and
               brutal
               ungoverned
               
               and
               avowed
               impiety
               ;
               and
               how
               he
               abuses
               the
               protection
               and
               security
               Law
               gives
               to
               Insolence
               ,
               Faction
               and
               Boldness
               ;
               how
               he
               despises
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               affronts
               Religion
               ,
               and
               the
               Worship
               of
               God
               ,
               either
               by
               an
               impious
               contempt
               of
               it
               ,
               a
               factious
               separating
               from
               it
               ,
               or
               a
               bare
               formal
               coming
               to
               it
               ,
               without
               any
               serious
               or
               devout
               consideration
               of
               that
               Majesty
               he
               scorns
               ,
               by
               a
               pretended
               drawing
               near
               him
               with
               his
               lips
               ,
               when
               in
               his
               heart
               he
               is
               far
               from
               him
               .
               These
               and
               a
               great
               deal
               more
               of
               that
               nature
               (
               with
               which
               our
               Consciences
               will
               certainly
               charge
               us
               ,
               if
               we
               return
               our
               thoughts
               ,
               and
               call
               our selves
               to
               a
               severe
               account
               for
               what
               is
               past
               )
               ought
               to
               be
               now
               mourned
               for
               ;
               otherwise
               the
               formal
               observing
               these
               Annual
               Returns
               does
               but
               add
               to
               our
               other
               sins
               ,
               and
               enhance
               our
               guilt
               ,
               when
               we
               mock
               God
               by
               a
               pretended
               Mourning
               and
               Fasting
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               And
               the
               only
               evidence
               of
               the
               Sincerity
               of
               our
               Mourning
               is
               ,
               our
               departing
               from
               these
               sinful
               courses
               which
               may
               provoke
               Gods
               wrath
               ,
               and
               from
               all
               seditious
               Inclinations
               which
               may
               be
               fewel
               for
               new
               or
               worse
               calamities
               ;
               for
               we
               may
               with
               good
               reason
               apprehend
               ,
               if
               the
               late
               Wars
               and
               other
               Plagues
               have
               not
               taught
               us
               to
               repent
               of
               our
               sins
               ,
               and
               
               amend
               our
               ways
               ,
               that
               according
               to
               the
               gradation
               we
               find
               always
               used
               in
               Scriptures
               ,
               when
               Judgments
               are
               denounced
               ,
               the
               next
               shall
               be
               much
               sadder
               than
               any
               we
               have
               seen
               or
               heard
               of
               .
               But
               God
               is
               merciful
               and
               gracious
               ,
               slow
               to
               anger
               and
               ready
               to
               forgive
               ,
               if
               we
               turn
               to
               him
               with
               all
               our
               hearts
               ;
               let
               us
               therefore
               from
               the
               deep
               sense
               of
               our
               sins
               ,
               and
               the
               just
               apprehensions
               of
               the
               deserved
               Judgment
               ,
               turn
               unfeignedly
               to
               God
               ,
               who
               hath
               both
               by
               the
               gentler
               methods
               of
               Love
               ,
               and
               the
               severer
               executions
               of
               Judgments
               been
               calling
               on
               us
               to
               Repentance
               ;
               let
               us
               throw
               off
               our
               impious
               and
               debauching
               Practices
               ,
               by
               which
               we
               make
               war
               against
               Heaven
               ,
               daring
               God
               by
               unparallel'd
               wickedness
               ,
               and
               defying
               him
               by
               our
               unheard-of
               stoutness
               against
               him
               :
               But
               do
               we
               think
               to
               prevail
               against
               God
               ,
               are
               we
               stronger
               than
               he
               ?
               Can
               we
               resist
               his
               Thunders
               or
               his
               Plagues
               ,
               Fire
               and
               Famine
               ?
               And
               though
               we
               were
               strong
               enough
               to
               resist
               the
               impressions
               and
               injuries
               of
               all
               our
               Neighbours
               ,
               yet
               how
               easily
               can
               God
               plague
               us
               with
               a
               Division
               of
               Hearts
               ,
               &
               such
               disjointed
               Affections
               ,
               that
               as
               a
               body
               paralytick
               we
               fall
               to
               ruin
               and
               misery
               with
               our
               own
               weight
               ,
               &
               without
               any
               enemy
               .
            
             
               And
               for
               the
               avoiding
               this
               ,
               next
               to
               the
               appeasing
               the
               Divine
               displeasure
               ,
               let
               us
               express
               
               our
               horrour
               of
               this
               Fact
               by
               a
               constant
               ,
               humble
               and
               dutiful
               Obedience
               and
               Loyalty
               to
               his
               Majesty
               who
               new
               Reigns
               ,
               and
               study
               to
               abstain
               from
               (
               not
               only
               all
               these
               disloyal
               and
               unchristian
               courses
               ,
               which
               ended
               so
               tragically
               ,
               but
               even
               from
               )
               the
               first
               beginnings
               of
               these
               Disorders
               ,
               which
               as
               sparks
               of
               fire
               blown
               on
               by
               some
               seditious
               Incendiaries
               ,
               did
               set
               us
               all
               in
               a
               flame
               ;
               and
               a
               serious
               Review
               of
               the
               late
               Times
               ,
               will
               demonstrate
               ,
               that
               the
               wicked
               Designs
               of
               those
               Enemies
               to
               Monarchy
               could
               never
               have
               become
               so
               strong
               ,
               if
               they
               had
               not
               wrought
               on
               the
               more
               innocent
               ,
               the
               inconsiderate
               zeal
               of
               some
               (
               who
               afterwards
               proved
               both
               good
               Subjects
               and
               faithful
               Patriots
               )
               ,
               who
               complaining
               over-severely
               of
               some
               Errors
               of
               Government
               ,
               did
               (
               though
               as
               afterwards
               it
               appeared
               contrary
               to
               their
               Designs
               )
               give
               both
               strength
               and
               credit
               to
               a
               Faction
               which
               did
               soon
               scornfully
               disdain
               them
               ,
               whom
               at
               first
               they
               owned
               to
               be
               their
               leaders
               .
               So
               dangerous
               it
               is
               to
               nourish
               Factions
               ,
               which
               will
               quickly
               pass
               all
               Bounds
               .
               This
               ,
               I
               hope
               ,
               will
               teach
               all
               in
               the
               time
               to
               come
               ,
               how
               carefully
               and
               religiously
               they
               ought
               to
               guard
               against
               the
               cherishing
               of
               Discontents
               ,
               or
               the
               possessing
               the
               Subjects
               with
               Jealousies
               and
               Fears
               ,
               and
               a
               contempt
               
               of
               their
               Governours
               ,
               or
               their
               Government
               ;
               and
               as
               no
               man
               can
               guard
               against
               any
               sin
               ,
               without
               he
               consider
               well
               all
               these
               subtle
               temptations
               that
               lead
               him
               to
               it
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               smaller
               and
               less
               discerned
               ,
               or
               observed
               beginnings
               of
               it
               ;
               so
               if
               we
               truly
               mourn
               and
               fast
               for
               the
               Sin
               committed
               this
               day
               ,
               we
               must
               consider
               and
               watch
               against
               all
               these
               lesser
               and
               more
               unheeded
               Motions
               ,
               Jealousies
               ,
               Fears
               ,
               undutiful
               Discourses
               and
               Censures
               ,
               which
               do
               insensibly
               make
               way
               and
               prepare
               men
               to
               all
               manner
               of
               Sedition
               and
               Disloyalty
               ,
               at
               least
               ,
               so
               weakens
               their
               dutiful
               respect
               to
               Governours
               ,
               that
               faint
               Services
               are
               to
               be
               expected
               from
               so
               cold
               affections
               .
            
             
               But
               I
               hope
               past
               experience
               will
               teach
               us
               more
               wisdom
               ,
               and
               that
               this
               Nation
               which
               with
               so
               Religious
               a
               zeal
               designs
               to
               expiate
               what
               is
               past
               ,
               will
               with
               the
               same
               care
               study
               the
               preventing
               every
               thing
               may
               lead
               to
               the
               re-acting
               these
               sad
               Calamities
               ,
               of
               which
               we
               have
               still
               among
               us
               many
               doleful
               Remembrances
               ,
               besides
               this
               day
               of
               Mourning
               and
               Fasting
               .
               In
               which
               God
               of
               his
               infinite
               mercy
               grant
               we
               may
               so
               repent
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               deliver
               us
               from
               Blood-guiltiness
               ,
               and
               from
               all
               other
               Judgments
               our
               sins
               have
               most
               justly
               deserved
               .
               To
               this
               God
               be
               Glory
               for
               ever
               &
               ever
               .
               Amen
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
             
          
        
         
      
       
         
           
             
             
             
               SUBJECTION
               FOR
               Conscience-sake
               ASSERTED
               :
               IN
               A
               SERMON
               Preached
               at
               
               COVENT-GARDEN-Church
               ,
               December
               the
               Sixth
               ,
               1674.
               
            
             
               By
               Gilbert
               Burnet
               .
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               for
               
                 R.
                 Royston
              
               ,
               Bookseller
               to
               his
               most
               Sacred
               Majesty
               ,
               at
               the
               Angel
               in
               Amen-Corner
               ,
               1675.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               Subjection
               for
               Conscience-sake
               Asserted
               :
               IN
               A
               SERMON
               Preached
               at
               COVENT-GARDEN-Church
               
                 the
                 Sixth
                 of
                 December
                 ,
                 1674.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 ROM
                 .
                 13.
                 5.
                 
              
               
                 Wherefore
                 ye
                 must
                 needs
                 be
                 subject
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 for
                 Wrath
                 ,
                 but
                 for
                 Conscience-sake
                 .
              
            
             
               IT
               is
               the
               great
               and
               just
               Glory
               of
               our
               most
               holy
               Faith
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               no
               less
               the
               Interest
               than
               the
               Duty
               of
               all
               men
               to
               embrace
               it
               ,
               and
               live
               according
               to
               its
               Precepts
               :
               For
               if
               we
               examine
               either
               the
               Complex
               of
               the
               whole
               Christian
               Religion
               in
               gross
               ,
               or
               the
               several
               parcels
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               
                 the
                 Duties
                 it
                 enjoyns
                 ;
                 we
                 must
                 confess
              
               all
               the
               Laws
               of
               Solon
               and
               Lycurgus
               ,
               of
               Greece
               and
               
               Rome
               come
               infinitely
               short
               of
               the
               excellent
               provisions
               it
               gives
               for
               the
               Peace
               of
               Mankind
               ,
               and
               the
               Order
               of
               Societies
               :
               So
               that
               it
               plainly
               appears
               ,
               the
               Author
               of
               it
               was
               a
               Lover
               of
               Men.
               What
               Rule
               of
               Justice
               can
               match
               that
               
                 of
                 doing
                 to
                 others
                 what
                 we
                 would
                 have
                 others
                 do
                 to
                 us
                 ,
              
               
               which
               is
               so
               home
               ,
               so
               easily
               remembred
               ,
               and
               readily
               applied
               ,
               that
               no
               wonder
               the
               very
               Heathens
               admired
               it
               ?
               But
               ,
               not
               content
               with
               the
               strictest
               rigors
               of
               Justice
               ,
               our
               Saviour
               hath
               also
               obliged
               us
               to
               the
               supererogatings
               (
               if
               I
               may
               so
               speak
               )
               of
               Charity
               ,
               and
               hath
               commanded
               us
               to
               love
               one
               another
               as
               Brethren
               ;
               nor
               must
               our
               brotherly
               Love
               be
               confined
               within
               the
               narrow
               bounds
               of
               a
               Party
               ,
               but
               extend
               it self
               to
               all
               Men
               whom
               it
               takes
               within
               its
               Verge
               ,
               forgiving
               Injuries
               and
               loving
               Enemies
               .
               And
               for
               the
               security
               of
               Order
               and
               Government
               ,
               what
               means
               are
               like
               those
               our
               Religion
               offers
               ?
               This
               is
               even
               confessed
               by
               its
               declared
               Enemies
               ,
               who
               charge
               it
               as
               the
               contrivance
               of
               designing
               men
               for
               securing
               their
               Power
               and
               Authority
               ;
               and
               indeed
               all
               the
               Arts
               of
               Statesmen
               ,
               the
               Cunnings
               of
               Policy
               ,
               the
               Closeness
               of
               Councils
               ,
               the
               Exactness
               of
               Intelligence
               ,
               the
               strength
               of
               Armies
               or
               Navies
               ,
               the
               strictness
               of
               Guards
               ,
               regular
               Fortifications
               ,
               great
               Treasures
               and
               vast
               Magazines
               ,
               are
               but
               Ineffectual
               Means
               ,
               compared
               to
               this
               
               which
               Religion
               offers
               for
               the
               security
               of
               a
               State
               ,
               by
               setting
               up
               Conscience
               as
               a
               Sentinel
               to
               watch
               in
               every
               man's
               Breast
               ,
               that
               shall
               not
               let
               pass
               through
               it
               one
               thought
               contrary
               to
               the
               Peace
               of
               the
               Society
               .
               Wise
               Statesmen
               hold
               it
               for
               a
               Maxim
               ,
               That
               the
               chief
               security
               of
               a
               Sovereign
               is
               in
               his
               being
               Master
               of
               the
               Hearts
               and
               Affections
               of
               his
               Subjects
               ,
               which
               will
               draw
               with
               them
               their
               Hands
               and
               Purses
               as
               need
               shall
               require
               .
               But
               Mankind
               being
               so
               subject
               to
               a
               variety
               of
               Passions
               ,
               which
               by
               an
               unruly
               vicissitude
               possess
               the
               Minds
               ,
               especially
               of
               the
               giddy
               multitude
               ,
               there
               can
               be
               no
               assurance
               in
               this
               ,
               unless
               somewhat
               that
               is
               more
               fixed
               and
               better
               grounded
               ,
               tye
               subjects
               to
               the
               Duty
               they
               owe
               the
               Sovereign
               Power
               .
               And
               therefore
               those
               who
               have
               attempted
               God
               and
               designed
               to
               discharge
               Men
               of
               the
               sense
               of
               a
               Deity
               ,
               or
               the
               apprehensions
               of
               another
               Life
               ,
               are
               the
               greatest
               Enemies
               to
               Authority
               :
               Their
               Bloud
               and
               Extraction
               may
               perhaps
               entitle
               them
               to
               Honour
               and
               a
               high
               Quality
               ,
               but
               their
               Maxims
               destroy
               all
               Honour
               ,
               and
               would
               quickly
               bring
               on
               a
               levelling
               of
               all
               Qualities
               .
               He
               were
               ,
               by
               the
               confession
               of
               all
               ,
               highly
               criminal
               ,
               who
               would
               question
               the
               King's
               Title
               to
               the
               Crown
               ,
               or
               offer
               to
               void
               his
               Right
               ;
               and
               yet
               this
               is
               the
               Crime
               of
               those
               Insulting
               Hectors
               :
               For
               if
               there
               
               be
               no
               God
               ,
               then
               that
               Sacred
               and
               Royal
               Reputation
               of
               Sovereign
               Power
               ,
               which
               Princes
               derive
               from
               him
               ,
               who
               is
               the
               Original
               of
               it
               ,
               
                 by
                 whom
                 Kings
                 Reign
              
               ,
               is
               out
               of
               doors
               :
               This
               levels
               the
               Prince
               with
               the
               Subject
               ,
               and
               gives
               the
               Usurper
               as
               good
               a
               Title
               as
               the
               lawful
               Sovereign
               can
               claim
               .
            
             
               I
               shall
               not
               now
               engage
               in
               a
               long
               discourse
               of
               Policy
               ,
               nor
               examine
               the
               Original
               of
               Power
               ,
               nor
               the
               Measures
               and
               Limits
               of
               it
               ,
               nor
               the
               Nature
               and
               Extent
               of
               the
               Subjection
               we
               owe
               Authority
               ;
               much
               less
               run
               out
               in
               a
               long
               Digression
               of
               the
               Obligation
               of
               Conscience
               :
               but
               shall
               limit
               my
               Discourse
               to
               one
               single
               point
               ,
               That
               Conscience
               is
               the
               great
               security
               of
               a
               State
               ,
               the
               Spring
               of
               Obedience
               ,
               and
               the
               sure
               basis
               of
               Submission
               .
               And
               in
               opening
               up
               this
               I
               shall
               ,
            
             
               1.
               
               Shew
               that
               Conscience
               doth
               choak
               and
               stifle
               the
               occasions
               and
               causes
               of
               Commotions
               in
               their
               first
               Conceptions
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               That
               it
               drives
               the
               sense
               of
               Duty
               and
               the
               obligation
               to
               Obedience
               deeper
               on
               our
               Minds
               than
               any
               other
               consideration
               whatsoever
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               That
               it
               gives
               the
               strongest
               Arguments
               for
               convincing
               our
               Reason
               ,
               and
               the
               most
               engaging
               Motives
               for
               prevailing
               on
               our
               Affections
               ,
               to
               pay
               the
               Duties
               of
               Subjection
               to
               those
               God
               hath
               set
               over
               us
               .
               And
               ,
            
             
             
               4.
               
               I
               shall
               encounter
               and
               put
               out
               of
               the
               way
               a
               formidable
               Objection
               ,
               which
               may
               offer
               it self
               in
               prejudice
               of
               what
               I
               am
               to
               deliver
               .
            
             
               For
               the
               first
               ,
               it
               is
               certain
               ,
               that
               as
               the
               great
               Diseases
               of
               our
               Bodies
               are
               not
               so
               much
               the
               Effects
               of
               outward
               Accidents
               as
               of
               bad
               Humours
               ,
               to
               which
               a
               crisis
               may
               be
               given
               by
               some
               foreign
               Impression
               ,
               which
               may
               put
               them
               in
               a
               ferment
               ,
               and
               so
               endanger
               our
               Health
               :
               Thus
               the
               distempers
               of
               the
               Body
               Politick
               owe
               their
               beginnings
               and
               growth
               to
               some
               ill
               Humours
               in
               it
               ,
               and
               the
               real
               Causes
               of
               Commotions
               are
               seldom
               the
               same
               with
               these
               that
               are
               pretended
               for
               training
               in
               and
               engaging
               a
               Multitude
               ;
               for
               ,
               
               
                 from
                 whence
                 come
                 wars
                 and
                 fightings
                 among
                 us
                 ,
                 but
                 from
                 our
                 lusts
                 that
                 war
                 in
                 our
                 members
                 ?
              
               I
               shall
               therefore
               consider
               some
               of
               those
               Lusts
               and
               distempered
               Affections
               from
               which
               Commotions
               may
               arise
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               shew
               how
               Religion
               ,
               and
               it
               only
               ,
               can
               secure
               Government
               from
               their
               bad
               Effects
               .
               Time
               will
               not
               allow
               me
               to
               make
               good
               all
               I
               am
               to
               say
               from
               History
               ;
               but
               those
               who
               know
               Mankind
               will
               easily
               see
               the
               dependence
               of
               these
               Effects
               from
               the
               Causes
               I
               go
               to
               name
               ,
               and
               such
               as
               have
               read
               History
               will
               find
               the
               Confirmation
               of
               it
               so
               clear
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               well
               be
               excused
               the
               labour
               of
               adducing
               particular
               proofs
               in
               so
               plain
               a
               case
               .
            
             
             
               1.
               
               But
               to
               stand
               no
               longer
               on
               Generals
               :
               One
               great
               occasion
               of
               Commotions
               is
               an
               unbounded
               and
               aspiring
               Ambition
               which
               makes
               many
               swell
               big
               in
               their
               own
               conceit
               ,
               and
               they
               measuring
               themselves
               by
               what
               they
               appear
               in
               the
               glass
               of
               their
               own
               inchanted
               Imagination
               ,
               which
               both
               multiplies
               and
               magnifies
               all
               that
               is
               eminent
               in
               them
               ,
               expect
               that
               all
               the
               World
               should
               court
               them
               with
               the
               same
               admiration
               which
               they
               pay
               themselves
               .
               Now
               it
               is
               a
               hard
               thing
               to
               satisfie
               the
               pretensions
               of
               all
               these
               lofty
               Aspirers
               ,
               nor
               can
               any
               State
               be
               able
               to
               gratifie
               them
               all
               ;
               since
               nothing
               falls
               ,
               to
               which
               many
               several
               Competitors
               do
               not
               put
               in
               a
               claim
               :
               And
               though
               there
               be
               many
               Corrivals
               ,
               only
               one
               carries
               the
               prize
               ,
               the
               rest
               being
               all
               big
               with
               a
               good
               opinion
               of
               themselves
               ,
               and
               provoked
               at
               the
               unjust
               preference
               ,
               as
               they
               imagine
               it
               ,
               do
               upon
               that
               think
               how
               to
               make
               themselves
               considerable
               at
               their
               cost
               ,
               who
               they
               judge
               consider
               them
               too
               little
               ,
               and
               set
               up
               for
               some
               pretence
               to
               draw
               a
               Party
               ,
               and
               make
               a
               Faction
               .
               But
               those
               mighty
               men
               in
               their
               own
               conceits
               are
               not
               at
               quiet
               when
               they
               have
               gained
               what
               they
               did
               at
               first
               pretend
               to
               ,
               as
               that
               which
               would
               terminate
               their
               ambition
               ,
               but
               make
               use
               of
               it
               as
               a
               step
               to
               mount
               them
               higher
               ;
               and
               thus
               creep
               up
               through
               all
               Degrees
               ;
               and
               perhaps
               when
               they
               
               are
               as
               high
               as
               can
               consist
               with
               the
               character
               of
               a
               Subject
               ,
               
               do
               not
               rest
               there
               ,
               but
               when
               they
               are
               become
               first
               Ministers
               ,
               will
               next
               design
               to
               justle
               their
               Master
               from
               his
               Throne
               .
               For
               Ambition
               is
               as
               the
               Grave
               unsatisfied
               ,
               but
               ever
               says
               ,
               
                 Give
                 ,
                 give
              
               .
               This
               being
               so
               great
               an
               evil
               ,
               let
               us
               see
               what
               curb
               can
               be
               found
               for
               stopping
               its
               career
               .
               It
               will
               soon
               appear
               ,
               that
               all
               the
               Arts
               of
               Government
               cannot
               do
               it
               ;
               Religion
               is
               that
               alone
               which
               teaches
               us
               to
               discharge
               our selves
               of
               this
               Tympany
               ,
               whose
               swellings
               are
               so
               incurable
               .
               
               Our
               Saviour
               hath
               commanded
               us
               
                 to
                 learn
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 lowly
                 in
                 heart
              
               ;
               his
               Apostles
               charge
               us
               ,
               
               
                 That
                 in
                 lowliness
                 of
                 mind
                 we
                 esteem
                 others
                 better
                 than
                 our selves
                 ,
              
               
               
                 That
                 we
                 humble
                 our selves
                 in
                 the
                 sight
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 clothed
                 with
                 humility
                 as
                 with
                 a
                 garment
                 .
              
               And
               indeed
               this
               blessed
               Doctrine
               does
               no
               sooner
               prevail
               on
               us
               ,
               but
               it
               changes
               that
               blind
               value
               and
               fondness
               we
               have
               for
               our selves
               ,
               into
               a
               profound
               unaffected
               Humility
               ,
               that
               represents
               our
               Faults
               and
               Defects
               as
               clear
               to
               us
               ,
               as
               our
               former
               Vanity
               did
               our
               supposed
               Excellencies
               ;
               and
               instead
               of
               vast
               towerings
               ,
               brings
               us
               under
               great
               Contrition
               ,
               deep
               Self-denial
               ,
               and
               an
               humble
               mistrust
               of
               our selves
               ;
               and
               thus
               Conscience
               obliges
               us
               to
               be
               subject
               ,
               by
               setting
               out
               of
               the
               way
               this
               great
               provocation
               to
               disorder
               .
            
             
             
               2.
               
               Another
               Cause
               to
               which
               not
               a
               few
               of
               the
               Distempers
               of
               Societies
               owe
               their
               Rise
               and
               Growth
               ,
               is
               the
               heat
               and
               fury
               of
               mens
               Passions
               ,
               which
               being
               once
               kindled
               by
               their
               pride
               ,
               and
               blown
               on
               by
               many
               outward
               accidents
               ,
               at
               length
               become
               so
               fierce
               and
               violent
               ,
               that
               no
               Banks
               can
               resist
               their
               torrent
               ,
               but
               they
               sweep
               all
               before
               them
               .
               Some
               are
               born
               under
               the
               disadvantage
               of
               ill
               Nature
               and
               a
               Cholerick
               Disposition
               ;
               and
               if
               these
               meet
               any
               provocation
               (
               which
               must
               needs
               fall
               out
               often
               ;
               for
               as
               a
               tender
               Body
               doth
               soon
               feel
               pain
               ,
               so
               an
               ill
               disposed
               Mind
               is
               quickly
               disquieted
               )
               their
               heated
               Spirits
               are
               all
               in
               a
               Fever
               ,
               and
               they
               either
               swell
               with
               Rage
               ,
               fret
               with
               Envy
               ,
               or
               boil
               with
               Revenge
               :
               And
               thus
               are
               their
               thoughts
               set
               to
               work
               ,
               how
               to
               drudge
               happily
               under
               the
               severe
               bondage
               of
               their
               tyrannical
               Passions
               .
               One
               perhaps
               to
               be
               revenged
               on
               some
               triumphing
               Favorite
               ,
               whom
               he
               can
               overtake
               no
               easier
               way
               ,
               will
               be
               ready
               to
               drive
               all
               to
               confusion
               ,
               to
               comply
               with
               his
               disquieting
               Malice
               :
               Another
               that
               is
               not
               so
               much
               in
               bondage
               himself
               to
               those
               ill-natured
               Passions
               ,
               yet
               being
               captivated
               with
               the
               Charms
               of
               a
               fair
               ,
               but
               imperious
               and
               spiteful
               Mistress
               ,
               must
               give
               himself
               up
               as
               the
               instrument
               of
               all
               her
               ill
               Nature
               ,
               and
               ,
               being
               distracted
               with
               the
               extravagant
               Notions
               of
               Knight-errantry
               ,
               
               thinks
               himself
               bravely
               gallant
               ,
               when
               he
               has
               sacrificed
               all
               things
               to
               her
               wicked
               Resentments
               .
               Private
               Animosities
               are
               known
               to
               have
               had
               a
               larger
               share
               in
               publick
               distempers
               ,
               than
               any
               will
               willingly
               own
               ;
               and
               this
               must
               needs
               be
               so
               still
               ,
               if
               there
               be
               no
               assured
               means
               for
               qualifying
               the
               heat
               ,
               and
               tempering
               the
               Passions
               of
               Men
               :
               For
               no
               Government
               can
               be
               so
               well
               ballanced
               ,
               but
               that
               many
               will
               find
               themselves
               aggrieved
               by
               it
               ,
               or
               by
               those
               who
               manage
               it
               ;
               and
               if
               upon
               these
               irritations
               we
               ask
               counsel
               at
               our
               blinded
               and
               misled
               Passions
               ,
               we
               may
               be
               well
               assured
               they
               will
               ever
               drive
               us
               into
               all
               the
               excesses
               of
               Fury
               and
               Confusion
               .
               How
               excellent
               then
               must
               this
               Divine
               Discipline
               be
               ,
               which
               tames
               the
               wildness
               ,
               and
               smooths
               the
               roughness
               of
               our
               unpolished
               Natures
               ,
               teaching
               us
               
                 to
                 put
                 off
                 wrath
                 ,
                 anger
                 ,
                 malice
                 ,
                 blasphemy
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 evil
                 communication
                 out
                 of
                 our
                 mouths
              
               ;
               and
               ,
               instead
               of
               those
               ,
               moulds
               us
               into
               a
               Divine
               temper
               ,
               like
               our
               meek
               Master
               ,
               
               obliging
               us
               
                 to
                 forbear
                 one
                 another
                 ,
                 and
                 forgive
                 one
                 another
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 has
                 done
                 us
                 :
              
               For
               that
               Divine
               Wisdom
               which
               he
               taught
               the
               World
               ,
               
                 is
                 first
                 pure
                 ,
                 then
                 peaceable
                 ,
              
               
               
                 gentle
                 and
                 easie
                 to
                 be
                 entreated
                 .
              
               It
               no
               sooner
               gets
               into
               our
               breasts
               ,
               but
               it
               dulcifies
               our
               Choler
               ,
               qualifies
               the
               bitterness
               of
               our
               Gall
               ,
               and
               gives
               us
               the
               possession
               of
               our
               Minds
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               nothing
               
               can
               turn
               us
               ;
               and
               transforms
               us
               from
               that
               ravenous
               Temper
               into
               a
               Dove-like
               disposition
               ,
               and
               ,
               instead
               of
               these
               boiling
               thoughts
               ,
               which
               do
               ferment
               ,
               gives
               the
               quiet
               serenities
               of
               a
               good
               Conscience
               and
               fervent
               Charity
               ;
               so
               that
               we
               are
               no
               more
               Sons
               of
               Thunder
               ,
               but
               Children
               of
               Love
               ,
               and
               do
               no
               more
               bluster
               out
               in
               Passion
               ,
               but
               from
               the
               Calm
               of
               a
               cool
               Spirit
               do
               breathe
               out
               soft
               and
               gentle
               Affections
               :
               And
               if
               of
               a
               sudden
               a
               storm
               arise
               within
               us
               ,
               our
               Consciences
               will
               at
               once
               both
               arraign
               ,
               condemn
               and
               kill
               these
               Passions
               that
               raise
               it
               ,
               and
               thus
               teacheth
               us
               to
               be
               subject
               ,
               by
               destroying
               these
               passions
               that
               do
               both
               marre
               our
               own
               Quiet
               ,
               and
               endanger
               the
               Publick
               Peace
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               Another
               Occasion
               that
               hath
               engaged
               many
               into
               seditious
               Courses
               ,
               hath
               been
               the
               narrowness
               of
               their
               Fortunes
               ;
               to
               which
               they
               ,
               not
               understanding
               the
               Philosophy
               of
               contracting
               their
               desires
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               safer
               and
               easier
               course
               ,
               studied
               by
               all
               means
               whatsoever
               to
               enlarge
               them
               so
               as
               to
               satisfie
               the
               Vanities
               and
               Prodigalities
               of
               an
               undiscreet
               Expence
               .
               As
               the
               turbulent
               Youth
               of
               Athens
               advised
               his
               Uncle
               ,
               finding
               him
               busied
               to
               prepare
               his
               accounts
               ,
               rather
               to
               study
               how
               to
               make
               none
               at
               all
               .
               Those
               people
               think
               they
               drive
               a
               sure
               Trade
               ,
               for
               they
               can
               lose
               little
               ,
               and
               may
               gain
               much
               ;
               therefore
               
               are
               ready
               to
               embark
               in
               the
               most
               desperate
               Designs
               ,
               hoping
               to
               fish
               some
               advantage
               from
               troubled
               waters
               .
               Their
               Small
               Fortunes
               joyned
               with
               their
               gaping
               desires
               ,
               are
               ever
               setting
               a
               new
               edge
               on
               their
               ulcerated
               Spirits
               ,
               and
               none
               are
               so
               furious
               as
               these
               ,
               who
               pinched
               with
               want
               and
               cold
               ,
               and
               armed
               by
               despair
               ,
               must
               do
               or
               die
               :
               If
               the
               ordinary
               Course
               of
               Law
               and
               Justice
               go
               on
               ,
               they
               are
               undone
               ;
               but
               the
               disordering
               these
               ,
               does
               both
               reprieve
               them
               from
               ruine
               ,
               and
               feed
               them
               with
               some
               hopes
               .
               Now
               no
               treasure
               can
               answer
               the
               demands
               of
               all
               ravenous
               devourers
               ,
               who
               
                 cannot
                 dig
                 ,
                 and
                 are
                 ashamed
                 to
                 beg
              
               ;
               nor
               can
               the
               greatest
               exactness
               of
               care
               reach
               every
               Individual
               of
               a
               State
               ;
               or
               oblige
               them
               to
               an
               expence
               proportioned
               to
               their
               Fortune
               ,
               much
               less
               to
               limit
               their
               desires
               to
               it
               ;
               but
               still
               there
               be
               many
               Prodigals
               ,
               who
               out-run
               themselves
               ,
               and
               those
               are
               often
               men
               of
               brisk
               Tempers
               and
               ungoverned
               Appetites
               :
               In
               what
               disorder
               then
               must
               Government
               be
               ,
               if
               this
               cannot
               be
               repressed
               ?
               Perhaps
               in
               an
               evener
               Tract
               of
               Peace
               and
               Plenty
               ,
               when
               Order
               and
               Authority
               maintain
               their
               Reputation
               ,
               such
               dissolute
               wasters
               of
               their
               Fortunes
               cannot
               prove
               so
               considerable
               ,
               as
               to
               disturb
               the
               Peace
               of
               a
               Nation
               :
               But
               all
               States
               are
               subject
               to
               Accidents
               that
               weaken
               them
               ,
               and
               the
               Censures
               of
               an
               unruly
               
               multitude
               will
               often
               blast
               the
               Reputation
               of
               the
               best
               Government
               .
               And
               at
               some
               such
               disadvantage
               these
               untoward
               Male-contents
               may
               catch
               an
               opportunity
               of
               doing
               much
               mischief
               ;
               how
               great
               a
               happiness
               then
               is
               it
               to
               any
               Nation
               to
               embrace
               and
               obey
               that
               Religion
               which
               teaches
               us
               ,
               
               
                 Not
                 to
                 take
                 thought
                 what
                 we
                 shall
                 eat
                 ,
                 drink
                 ,
                 or
                 put
                 on
                 ,
              
               that
               disbands
               the
               solicitudes
               about
               to
               morrow
               ,
               and
               the
               anxious
               cares
               that
               oppress
               weaker
               minds
               ;
               our
               holy
               Faith
               teaching
               us
               ,
               that
               
                 we
                 are
                 pilgrims
                 on
                 Earth
                 ,
                 as
                 all
                 our
                 Fathers
                 were
                 ,
              
               calls
               up
               our
               thoughts
               above
               the
               depressions
               of
               sense
               ,
               to
               seed
               our selves
               with
               the
               assured
               hopes
               of
               approaching
               Glory
               and
               Happiness
               in
               another
               state
               ,
               which
               does
               so
               entirely
               swallow
               up
               the
               sense
               of
               any
               present
               Trouble
               ,
               that
               it
               leaves
               no
               other
               impression
               on
               us
               ,
               but
               to
               make
               us
               long
               to
               be
               gone
               beyond
               these
               shadows
               of
               Mortality
               and
               false
               appearances
               of
               Happiness
               ,
               which
               do
               now
               impose
               on
               our
               bewitched
               minds
               ,
               and
               seduce
               us
               into
               a
               thousand
               Errors
               and
               Follies
               .
               And
               thus
               again
               we
               see
               how
               Conscience
               stifles
               the
               very
               first
               motions
               of
               disorder
               ,
               and
               teaches
               us
               to
               be
               subject
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               A
               fourth
               Occasion
               of
               disorder
               ,
               is
               a
               busie
               medling
               Temper
               ,
               that
               cannot
               contain
               its
               self
               within
               its
               own
               Limits
               and
               Sphere
               ,
               but
               will
               engage
               in
               things
               beyond
               its
               understanding
               ,
               and
               
               above
               its
               reach
               :
               Some
               cannot
               stay
               at
               home
               and
               do
               their
               own
               business
               ,
               but
               must
               ramble
               abroad
               ,
               and
               insinuate
               themselves
               on
               all
               Affairs
               and
               Company
               ,
               and
               are
               ever
               gaping
               for
               some
               change
               ,
               hoping
               it
               may
               make
               way
               for
               their
               appearing
               in
               another
               figure
               :
               These
               are
               ever
               sucking
               in
               ill
               Reports
               ,
               which
               they
               are
               sure
               to
               belch
               up
               again
               in
               all
               Companies
               ,
               not
               without
               additions
               .
               They
               delight
               to
               asperse
               Governours
               and
               Government
               ,
               and
               either
               to
               find
               or
               make
               faults
               in
               every
               thing
               that
               is
               done
               ,
               and
               a
               volatile
               unfixedness
               of
               disposition
               makes
               them
               weary
               of
               established
               Laws
               and
               Customs
               ,
               and
               gape
               for
               Changes
               through
               a
               fond
               affectation
               of
               Novelty
               .
               Now
               these
               Vermine
               creeping
               into
               all
               Companies
               ,
               must
               certainly
               weaken
               the
               Nerves
               and
               Sinews
               of
               Government
               :
               and
               most
               attempts
               for
               repressing
               this
               humour
               make
               it
               boil
               with
               the
               greater
               vehemence
               :
               But
               ,
               as
               the
               Wiseman
               instructed
               us
               of
               old
               ,
               
                 To
                 fear
                 God
              
               ,
               
               
                 and
                 honour
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 to
                 meddle
                 with
                 those
                 that
                 were
                 given
                 to
                 change
              
               ;
               and
               not
               to
               say
               ,
               
               
                 Why
                 were
                 the
                 former
                 days
                 better
                 than
                 these
                 ,
                 for
                 we
                 do
                 not
                 enquire
                 wisely
                 concerning
                 that
                 matter
                 :
              
               
               So
               the
               doctrine
               of
               the
               Gospel
               commands
               every
               man
               ,
               
                 To
                 do
                 his
                 own
                 business
                 ,
                 to
                 stay
                 at
                 home
                 ,
              
               
               
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 busie-body
                 ,
                 nor
                 meddle
                 in
                 other
                 mens
                 affairs
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 pay
                 tribute
                 to
                 whom
                 tribute
                 is
                 due
                 ;
                 fear
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 fear
                 ;
                 and
                 honour
                 ,
                 to
                 
                 whom
                 honour
                 is
                 due
                 .
              
               These
               being
               the
               Rules
               of
               Religion
               ,
               I
               may
               appeal
               all
               the
               World
               to
               shew
               anything
               can
               so
               settle
               Order
               and
               Authority
               ,
               as
               this
               which
               guards
               against
               the
               first
               appearances
               of
               Clouds
               and
               Storms
               .
            
             
               But
               as
               Conscience
               doth
               meet
               the
               earliest
               beginnings
               of
               disorders
               in
               their
               less
               discernible
               and
               more
               plausible
               colours
               ,
               so
               it
               ties
               a
               man
               to
               that
               severe
               conduct
               of
               himself
               ,
               that
               he
               cannot
               embark
               in
               Designs
               which
               must
               be
               managed
               with
               so
               much
               fraud
               and
               dissimulation
               ,
               as
               the
               contrivers
               of
               wicked
               courses
               must
               needs
               carry
               along
               with
               them
               in
               all
               their
               practices
               :
               Pretending
               the
               highest
               respect
               ,
               when
               they
               mean
               worst
               ,
               lying
               ,
               and
               forswearing
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               assassinating
               ,
               as
               it
               may
               serve
               their
               ends
               ,
               and
               never
               meaning
               what
               they
               say
               ,
               nor
               saying
               what
               they
               mean
               ,
               but
               shuffling
               and
               warping
               as
               Interest
               carries
               them
               .
               Nor
               can
               wicked
               Projects
               appear
               at
               first
               barefaced
               ,
               lest
               they
               should
               be
               entertained
               with
               horrour
               by
               all
               to
               whom
               they
               are
               proposed
               ,
               but
               must
               go
               masked
               ,
               till
               they
               be
               so
               strong
               ,
               as
               to
               dare
               to
               throw
               off
               the
               disguise
               :
               Nay
               ,
               Religion
               will
               be
               perhaps
               called
               in
               to
               serve
               a
               turn
               ,
               and
               Scriptures
               wrested
               to
               a
               favourable
               construction
               ;
               all
               this
               base
               and
               foul
               dealing
               will
               so
               wound
               a
               tender
               and
               sincere
               Conscience
               ,
               that
               it
               will
               either
               contract
               a
               hardness
               
               and
               callus
               ,
               and
               become
               proof
               against
               all
               these
               awakenings
               ;
               or
               pull
               a
               man
               out
               of
               these
               base
               Courses
               that
               must
               be
               carried
               on
               by
               so
               bad
               Methods
               ;
               for
               there
               is
               nothing
               so
               candid
               as
               Conscience
               ,
               and
               therefore
               S.
               Paul
               chargeth
               us
               
                 not
                 to
                 lye
                 one
                 to
                 another
                 ,
              
               
               
                 since
                 we
                 have
                 put
                 off
                 the
                 old
                 man
                 with
                 his
                 deeds
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 put
                 on
                 the
                 new
                 man
              
               ;
               for
               he
               that
               does
               all
               things
               as
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               God
               ,
               can
               do
               nothing
               that
               he
               fears
               should
               be
               seen
               or
               known
               of
               men
               .
               And
               thus
               I
               have
               dispatched
               the
               First
               part
               of
               my
               Design
               ,
               that
               Conscience
               obliges
               us
               to
               Subjection
               ,
               by
               resisting
               all
               the
               first
               Motions
               that
               lead
               to
               Disorder
               or
               Confusion
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Nor
               does
               it
               only
               put
               out
               of
               the
               way
               those
               dangerous
               Stumbling-blocks
               ,
               but
               it
               drives
               the
               sense
               of
               Duty
               deep
               into
               our
               Minds
               .
               Law
               and
               Government
               can
               only
               watch
               over
               the
               Actions
               and
               Words
               of
               Subjects
               ,
               but
               can
               neither
               discover
               nor
               over-rule
               their
               Thoughts
               ,
               which
               a
               cautious
               man
               wrapping
               up
               within
               himself
               can
               reserve
               to
               a
               fit
               opportunity
               ;
               but
               Conscience
               insinuates
               the
               Duty
               we
               owe
               the
               Sovereign
               Power
               upon
               our
               secretest
               thoughts
               ;
               
               and
               Religion
               obliges
               us
               
                 not
                 to
                 curse
                 the
                 King
                 in
                 our
                 thoughts
              
               ;
               and
               has
               made
               the
               Duty
               we
               pay
               Authority
               a
               part
               of
               its
               self
               ,
               and
               of
               these
               returns
               of
               the
               holy
               Fear
               and
               humble
               Obedience
               ,
               we
               owe
               the
               great
               King
               
               of
               Kings
               .
               But
               this
               must
               not
               be
               so
               far
               carried
               ,
               as
               if
               those
               who
               are
               vested
               with
               the
               Sovereign
               Power
               ,
               had
               Authority
               to
               command
               us
               to
               embrace
               whatever
               Religion
               they
               enjoyn
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               pestiferous
               spawn
               of
               that
               Infernal
               Leviathan
               ,
               who
               by
               this
               Assertion
               doth
               at
               once
               destroy
               both
               Religion
               and
               Government
               .
               For
               that
               base
               Flatterer
               of
               Princes
               ,
               pretending
               to
               offer
               them
               more
               than
               was
               due
               to
               them
               ,
               hath
               struck
               at
               the
               Root
               of
               their
               Authority
               ,
               and
               at
               once
               robbed
               them
               of
               all
               their
               Rights
               :
               For
               we
               are
               either
               bound
               to
               obey
               the
               Sovereign
               by
               some
               obligation
               the
               Law
               of
               God
               brings
               on
               us
               ,
               or
               not
               ;
               If
               not
               ,
               then
               all
               the
               Sacredness
               of
               Authority
               is
               gone
               ,
               and
               the
               Prince
               has
               nothing
               but
               Force
               to
               maintain
               his
               Right
               ,
               and
               every
               Usurper
               that
               Masters
               him
               shall
               have
               a
               better
               Right
               ,
               by
               how
               much
               more
               Power
               he
               has
               to
               strengthen
               his
               ambitious
               Pretensions
               .
               But
               if
               we
               be
               bound
               by
               the
               Laws
               of
               God
               to
               obey
               the
               Supreme
               Power
               ,
               then
               these
               Laws
               had
               a
               prior
               Title
               to
               our
               Obedience
               ,
               and
               infer
               the
               Duties
               of
               Subjects
               as
               a
               particular
               Effect
               of
               their
               Doctrine
               :
               Therefore
               these
               Laws
               having
               the
               first
               Right
               to
               our
               Obedience
               must
               oblige
               us
               .
               Nor
               can
               we
               be
               allowed
               to
               pick
               out
               that
               one
               ,
               of
               obeying
               the
               Magistrate
               ,
               and
               leave
               the
               rest
               behind
               us
               ;
               for
               all
               the
               Laws
               of
               God
               being
               enacted
               by
               the
               same
               
               Authority
               must
               equally
               bind
               us
               ;
               and
               as
               no
               deputed
               Magistrate
               can
               void
               the
               Laws
               of
               the
               Supreme
               Power
               ,
               so
               neither
               can
               Princes
               void
               the
               Laws
               of
               God
               without
               sopping
               the
               Foundations
               of
               their
               own
               Authority
               .
               But
               none
               of
               these
               magnifyings
               of
               Magistracy
               are
               necessary
               to
               make
               it
               great
               ;
               it
               being
               by
               God
               himself
               exalted
               to
               so
               culminating
               a
               height
               ,
               and
               the
               rendring
               to
               God
               the
               things
               that
               are
               God's
               ,
               does
               not
               prejudice
               Caesar
               in
               the
               things
               that
               are
               
               Caesar's
               :
               But
               Religion
               ingages
               us
               to
               so
               full
               an
               Obedience
               to
               the
               Laws
               ,
               that
               our
               violating
               them
               ,
               when
               they
               contradict
               no
               Command
               of
               God's
               ,
               makes
               us
               guilty
               in
               his
               sight
               ;
               and
               though
               we
               disguise
               what
               we
               do
               with
               so
               much
               cunning
               ,
               that
               the
               Secular
               Power
               can
               fix
               no
               Censure
               on
               us
               ,
               yet
               our
               Consciences
               will
               accuse
               us
               before
               God
               for
               those
               secret
               Transgressions
               which
               no
               humane
               Care
               can
               discover
               .
               There
               is
               a
               Tribunal
               set
               up
               by
               God
               for
               the
               Magistrate
               in
               all
               our
               Breasts
               ,
               which
               will
               pass
               Sentence
               severely
               ,
               and
               not
               be
               put
               off
               by
               the
               tricks
               of
               Law
               ,
               the
               boldness
               of
               Denials
               ,
               the
               cunning
               of
               Excuses
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               Arts
               that
               may
               impose
               upon
               ,
               or
               abuse
               such
               Judges
               ,
               who
               must
               proceed
               upon
               clear
               evidence
               ,
               and
               not
               on
               dubious
               conjectures
               :
               But
               when
               a
               man
               is
               retired
               inward
               ,
               and
               his
               Conscience
               takes
               him
               to
               task
               ,
               then
               all
               these
               visors
               
               are
               pulled
               off
               ,
               and
               he
               must
               needs
               appear
               in
               the
               foul
               colours
               of
               guilt
               .
               Another
               Method
               by
               which
               Conscience
               binds
               on
               us
               the
               sense
               of
               Duty
               and
               Subjection
               to
               those
               set
               over
               us
               ,
               is
               the
               Obligation
               to
               pray
               for
               them
               ,
               according
               to
               that
               great
               Rubrick
               of
               Prayer
               S.
               Paul
               gives
               ,
               
               I
               
                 exhort
                 therefore
                 that
                 first
                 of
                 all
                 supplications
                 ,
                 prayers
                 ,
                 intercessions
                 ,
                 and
                 giving
                 of
                 thanks
                 be
                 made
                 for
                 all
                 men
                 ,
                 for
                 Kings
                 and
                 all
                 that
                 are
                 in
                 authority
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 may
                 lead
                 a
                 quiet
                 and
                 peaceable
                 life
                 in
                 all
                 godliness
                 and
                 honesty
                 :
              
               which
               whosoever
               is
               a
               Christian
               must
               needs
               observe
               .
               This
               then
               must
               every
               day
               awaken
               and
               keep
               alive
               the
               sense
               of
               Duty
               to
               those
               over
               us
               ,
               so
               that
               if
               we
               have
               been
               prevailed
               on
               to
               undutiful
               courses
               ,
               when
               we
               retire
               to
               our
               Devotions
               ,
               this
               must
               certainly
               open
               our
               eyes
               to
               discern
               and
               repent
               of
               our
               faults
               ;
               for
               if
               we
               pray
               ,
               and
               act
               contradictions
               ,
               then
               we
               either
               mock
               God
               ,
               by
               praying
               for
               that
               we
               do
               not
               desire
               ,
               and
               which
               we
               study
               to
               destroy
               ;
               or
               we
               act
               most
               impiously
               in
               opposition
               to
               that
               we
               judge
               our selves
               bound
               to
               pray
               for
               :
               And
               every
               man
               ,
               whose
               Conscience
               is
               not
               strangely
               asleep
               ,
               will
               soon
               discover
               this
               double
               dealing
               in
               himself
               ,
               if
               he
               pray
               against
               what
               he
               acts
               ,
               and
               be
               acting
               against
               his
               Prayers
               .
               Thus
               it
               appears
               ,
               that
               Conscience
               brings
               the
               sense
               of
               our
               Duty
               to
               the
               Sovereign
               Power
               nearer
               us
               ,
               and
               to
               closer
               conflicts
               with
               our
               daily
               
               thoughts
               ,
               and
               forceth
               upon
               us
               a
               frequent
               review
               of
               them
               .
               Nor
               is
               this
               a
               blind
               and
               brutish
               Subjection
               to
               which
               Conscience
               ties
               us
               ,
               but
               it
               binds
               it
               on
               us
               with
               the
               fullest
               evidence
               of
               Reason
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               And
               this
               is
               the
               third
               Particular
               ,
               to
               which
               my
               Design
               now
               leads
               me
               ,
               wherein
               I
               am
               to
               lay-out
               those
               Arguments
               that
               Conscience
               and
               the
               Doctrines
               of
               Christianity
               offer
               for
               this
               Subjection
               we
               must
               pay
               the
               Magistrates
               .
               I
               shall
               not
               meddle
               with
               those
               Reasons
               that
               may
               be
               drawn
               from
               the
               Rules
               of
               Humane
               Policy
               ,
               the
               Nature
               of
               Societies
               ,
               the
               Origine
               and
               Ends
               of
               Magistracy
               ,
               but
               shall
               confine
               my
               Discourse
               to
               those
               which
               natural
               and
               revealed
               Religion
               do
               offer
               for
               obliging
               us
               to
               Subjection
               to
               the
               higher
               Powers
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               And
               first
               of
               all
               ,
               we
               are
               taught
               that
               these
               Powers
               are
               of
               God
               ,
               
               that
               they
               are
               
                 the
                 Ordinance
                 of
                 God
              
               ,
               his
               Deputies
               ,
               Ministers
               and
               Vicegerents
               ,
               
                 That
                 have
                 the
                 Sword
                 of
                 Iustice
                 put
                 in
                 their
                 hands
                 by
                 him
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 punishment
                 of
                 evil
                 doers
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 encouragement
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 do
                 well
              
               ;
               and
               he
               himself
               hath
               said
               ,
               
                 They
                 are
                 Gods
              
               ;
               
               a
               strain
               of
               speech
               ,
               that
               ,
               if
               Divine
               Authority
               did
               not
               warrant
               it
               ,
               would
               pass
               for
               impudent
               and
               blasphemous
               Flattery
               :
               Though
               then
               the
               Powers
               that
               are
               over
               us
               be
               clothed
               with
               our
               Natures
               ,
               and
               are
               
               subject
               to
               like
               Passions
               and
               Infirmities
               with
               us
               ,
               and
               live
               and
               die
               like
               men
               ,
               yet
               for
               all
               that
               we
               must
               look
               on
               them
               as
               Sacred
               and
               Divine
               by
               their
               Character
               .
               The
               severe
               Respect
               that
               Conscience
               enjoyns
               us
               to
               pay
               Authority
               appears
               in
               the
               Instance
               of
               David
               ,
               who
               ,
               though
               pursued
               by
               Saul
               with
               all
               the
               violence
               and
               injustice
               of
               Oppression
               and
               Cruelty
               ,
               yet
               when
               he
               had
               him
               in
               his
               hands
               ,
               and
               offered
               him
               the
               small
               affront
               of
               
                 cutting
                 off
                 the
                 hem
                 of
                 his
                 garment
                 ,
              
               
               
                 his
                 heart
                 smote
                 him
                 for
                 it
                 :
              
               This
               was
               a
               Character
               of
               a
               man
               according
               to
               God's
               heart
               ,
               Deputed
               Powers
               are
               only
               accountable
               to
               those
               from
               whom
               they
               derive
               their
               Authority
               ;
               so
               the
               higher
               Powers
               ,
               being
               deputed
               by
               God
               ,
               must
               indeed
               render
               to
               him
               a
               severe
               account
               of
               their
               administration
               ,
               but
               not
               to
               others
               ;
               we
               are
               therefore
               
                 to
                 obey
                 them
                 for
                 the
                 Lords
                 sake
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 subject
                 to
                 them
                 for
                 Conscience-sake
                 .
              
            
             
               2.
               
               Another
               consideration
               that
               obligeth
               to
               Subjection
               ,
               which
               Religion
               offers
               ,
               is
               the
               steady
               and
               firm
               belief
               of
               the
               Government
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               by
               that
               Unerring
               Providence
               that
               wisely
               maintains
               that
               great
               Fabrick
               and
               vast
               Frame
               of
               Beings
               ,
               which
               it self
               raised
               out
               of
               nothing
               .
               We
               are
               apt
               upon
               the
               first
               appearances
               of
               things
               to
               judge
               rashly
               ,
               even
               before
               we
               have
               seen
               all
               the
               sides
               and
               secrets
               of
               humane
               
               Counsels
               ,
               which
               would
               often
               alter
               our
               thoughts
               very
               much
               from
               our
               over-forward
               Judgments
               :
               But
               the
               secrets
               of
               the
               Divine
               Counsels
               lie
               hid
               from
               all
               the
               living
               ,
               and
               yet
               the
               long
               experience
               which
               the
               Oeconomy
               of
               the
               World
               offers
               us
               ,
               may
               justly
               convince
               us
               ,
               that
               we
               are
               not
               to
               pass
               sentence
               hastily
               ,
               and
               that
               often
               those
               things
               which
               did
               look
               most
               cloudy
               ,
               and
               threatned
               some
               dismal
               Consequences
               ,
               did
               by
               the
               secret
               Governings
               of
               that
               Supreme
               Mind
               ,
               produce
               Effects
               very
               different
               from
               those
               that
               not
               without
               great
               probabilities
               were
               feared
               :
               This
               therefore
               must
               clear
               the
               Melancholy
               of
               our
               discouraged
               and
               dejected
               minds
               ,
               and
               dissipate
               those
               thick
               mists
               of
               fears
               and
               jealousies
               which
               might
               otherwise
               damp
               and
               dishearten
               us
               .
               He
               that
               gave
               the
               Laws
               to
               Day
               and
               Night
               ,
               and
               can
               reverse
               these
               when
               he
               will
               ;
               that
               taught
               the
               whole
               Frame
               of
               Nature
               those
               Motions
               they
               observe
               ,
               and
               yet
               can
               force
               the
               Sun
               both
               to
               stop
               and
               to
               give
               ground
               when
               he
               will
               ;
               and
               can
               make
               the
               Sea
               to
               rise
               up
               in
               hills
               ,
               is
               able
               to
               extricate
               the
               darkest
               and
               most
               involved
               Ravelings
               of
               Second
               Causes
               .
               We
               are
               therefore
               secure
               ,
               
               knowing
               ,
               
                 That
                 all
                 things
                 work
                 together
                 for
                 good
                 to
                 them
                 that
                 love
                 God
                 ,
              
               believing
               that
               his
               
                 Providence
                 watcheth
                 over
                 his
                 Church
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 that
                 trust
                 in
                 him
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 not
                 a
                 hair
                 of
                 their
                 head
                 falls
                 
                 to
                 the
                 ground
                 without
                 his
                 care
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 hath
                 given
                 his
                 Angels
                 charge
                 to
                 encamp
                 about
              
               and
               
                 Minister
                 to
                 the
                 heirs
                 of
                 Salvation
              
               ;
               and
               this
               may
               well
               supersede
               our
               fears
               ,
               and
               throw
               off
               the
               anxieties
               of
               all
               perplexing
               thoughts
               ,
               and
               compose
               our
               minds
               to
               an
               humble
               Subjection
               to
               those
               God
               hath
               brought
               us
               under
               .
               I
               know
               some
               may
               think
               I
               plead
               here
               the
               stupidity
               of
               Fate
               ,
               which
               must
               needs
               dishearten
               and
               slacken
               all
               good
               Intentions
               and
               Designs
               ;
               but
               we
               are
               to
               consider
               the
               Order
               God
               hath
               fixed
               in
               the
               Government
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               the
               particular
               station
               wherein
               he
               hath
               placed
               and
               posted
               us
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               we
               are
               not
               to
               stir
               on
               the
               pretence
               of
               heroical
               excitations
               ;
               which
               ,
               when
               examined
               ,
               will
               be
               found
               the
               heats
               of
               a
               warm
               Fancy
               ,
               or
               the
               swellings
               of
               an
               elevated
               Mind
               that
               distrust
               the
               Providence
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               were
               not
               able
               to
               compass
               his
               designs
               ,
               and
               therefore
               he
               must
               stretch
               out
               his
               hands
               to
               help
               him
               ,
               labouring
               under
               too
               great
               a
               load
               ;
               which
               is
               indeed
               the
               language
               of
               all
               those
               who
               pretending
               zeal
               for
               his
               Service
               ,
               do
               step
               out
               of
               their
               station
               ,
               and
               meddle
               with
               matters
               that
               are
               too
               high
               for
               them
               .
               The
               fate
               of
               Uzzah
               should
               have
               taught
               us
               both
               more
               Wisdom
               and
               Religion
               ,
               who
               seeing
               the
               Ark
               of
               God
               shake
               ,
               
               and
               considering
               how
               dismal
               an
               Omen
               the
               overturning
               that
               sacred
               Repository
               had
               
               been
               ,
               and
               how
               disgraceful
               and
               impious
               it
               would
               be
               to
               see
               those
               precious
               Symbols
               of
               the
               Divine
               Presence
               laid
               in
               the
               dust
               ;
               and
               ,
               not
               remembring
               that
               none
               but
               the
               Family
               of
               Aaron
               might
               touch
               those
               holy
               Mysteries
               ,
               put
               out
               his
               hand
               to
               hold
               them
               ,
               but
               was
               struck
               dead
               on
               the
               place
               .
               We
               are
               rather
               to
               look
               on
               and
               adore
               the
               hidden
               Traces
               and
               Methods
               of
               the
               Divine
               Counsels
               ,
               and
               patiently
               to
               wait
               for
               that
               Issue
               of
               things
               ,
               which
               notwithstanding
               of
               all
               the
               disorders
               may
               at
               any
               time
               appear
               in
               humane
               affairs
               ,
               the
               Eternal
               Wisdom
               of
               that
               Architectonical
               Mind
               will
               in
               due
               time
               bring
               forth
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               mean
               while
               rest
               satisfied
               in
               all
               he
               does
               ,
               commending
               things
               in
               our
               prayers
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               doing
               every
               thing
               that
               befits
               our
               Condition
               for
               preserving
               Peace
               ,
               Order
               and
               Religion
               ,
               but
               going
               no
               further
               ,
               
               for
               the
               
                 wrath
                 of
                 man
                 doth
                 not
                 work
                 out
                 the
                 righteousness
                 of
                 God.
              
               And
               thus
               Conscience
               ,
               fixing
               our
               Subjection
               on
               the
               unshaken
               basis
               of
               our
               Faith
               and
               Confidence
               in
               God
               ,
               binds
               us
               by
               the
               strongest
               Ties
               to
               our
               Duty
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               A
               third
               Argument
               Conscience
               offers
               to
               oblige
               us
               to
               be
               subject
               and
               quiet
               ,
               is
               the
               servent
               and
               extended
               Charity
               it
               possesseth
               us
               with
               to
               all
               Mankind
               ,
               which
               must
               needs
               hold
               us
               from
               engaging
               in
               courses
               that
               will
               prove
               destructive
               to
               a
               great
               part
               of
               it
               :
               Where
               we
               consider
               what
               
               the
               mischiefs
               of
               Rebellion
               and
               Civil
               War
               are
               ,
               what
               Dissolution
               of
               Government
               and
               Confusion
               of
               Justice
               it
               brings
               after
               it
               ,
               how
               much
               Bloud
               and
               Rapine
               ,
               Oppression
               ,
               Plunder
               and
               Profanation
               of
               the
               most
               Sacred
               things
               ,
               are
               the
               certain
               Effects
               of
               Commotions
               ,
               if
               they
               be
               long-lived
               ,
               what
               Lover
               of
               Mankind
               or
               Person
               truly
               charitable
               will
               engage
               in
               courses
               so
               black
               ,
               whose
               Catastrophe
               may
               prove
               so
               tragical
               ,
               and
               run
               far
               beyond
               what
               was
               at
               first
               designed
               ,
               and
               produce
               Effects
               far
               more
               mischievous
               than
               those
               that
               were
               complained
               of
               ?
               How
               many
               dispeopled
               Cities
               ,
               depopulated
               and
               burnt
               Villages
               ;
               what
               Tears
               of
               Widows
               and
               Orphans
               ,
               and
               of
               Aged
               Persons
               bereft
               of
               their
               Children
               ,
               who
               were
               the
               comfort
               and
               support
               of
               their
               Age
               must
               follow
               on
               such
               courses
               ,
               when
               the
               fields
               are
               covered
               with
               the
               Carkases
               of
               the
               dead
               ,
               and
               the
               Scaffolds
               smoak
               with
               the
               bloud
               of
               Innocents
               ,
               and
               that
               not
               only
               with
               common
               Gore
               ,
               but
               Royal
               and
               Sacred
               Bloud
               ?
               A
               pathetick
               and
               florid
               Eloquence
               could
               easily
               manage
               this
               Theme
               with
               those
               advantages
               ,
               as
               to
               raise
               horror
               in
               all
               at
               Courses
               so
               barbarous
               and
               unchristian
               ,
               which
               the
               common
               Sentiments
               of
               Humanity
               will
               make
               those
               of
               softer
               and
               relenting
               Tempers
               hate
               ,
               much
               more
               the
               meek
               and
               peaceable
               Christians
               .
               And
               that
               these
               are
               not
               the
               Melancholy
               
               representations
               of
               a
               troubled
               Fancy
               ,
               a
               little
               Reflexion
               on
               what
               we
               have
               seen
               and
               known
               ,
               and
               a
               penetrating
               prospect
               into
               what
               may
               be
               before
               us
               will
               easily
               make
               out
               to
               all
               considering
               Minds
               :
               Therefore
               strong
               and
               fervent
               Charity
               to
               Mankind
               will
               prove
               a
               certain
               curb
               to
               repress
               new
               attempts
               at
               those
               disorders
               ,
               the
               Effects
               whereof
               are
               not
               yet
               old
               ,
               nor
               out
               of
               mind
               .
               And
               here
               again
               Conscience
               obliges
               us
               to
               be
               subject
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               The
               last
               Consideration
               which
               I
               shall
               propose
               ,
               by
               which
               Conscience
               binds
               us
               to
               Subjection
               ,
               
                 is
                 the
                 Practice
                 and
                 Example
                 of
                 our
                 great
                 Master
                 ,
              
               
               
                 who
                 was
                 made
                 perfect
                 through
                 sufferings
              
               ;
               the
               whole
               course
               of
               his
               Life
               was
               a
               perpetual
               Tract
               of
               doing
               good
               and
               bearing
               ill
               ;
               he
               paid
               the
               Tribute
               ,
               when
               demanded
               ,
               and
               charged
               the
               
                 Iews
                 to
                 render
                 to
                 Caesar
                 the
                 things
                 that
                 were
                 Caesars
                 :
              
               
               And
               when
               he
               was
               to
               lay
               down
               his
               life
               for
               us
               ,
               he
               submitted
               himself
               patiently
               ,
               not
               only
               to
               the
               will
               of
               his
               Heavenly
               Father
               ,
               but
               to
               the
               Civil
               Powers
               which
               then
               governed
               in
               Iudaea
               :
               Though
               he
               ,
               as
               the
               Heir
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               might
               have
               claimed
               the
               Empires
               of
               the
               World
               as
               his
               Right
               ,
               yet
               since
               he
               humbled
               himself
               so
               as
               to
               be
               born
               in
               the
               low
               character
               of
               a
               Subject
               ,
               he
               in
               that
               ,
               as
               in
               all
               other
               things
               ,
               became
               a
               perfect
               Pattern
               to
               us
               of
               all
               Righteousness
               .
               When
               the
               
               accursed
               Band
               came
               out
               against
               him
               ,
               though
               he
               could
               have
               brought
               down
               Legions
               of
               Angels
               for
               his
               relief
               ,
               yet
               he
               not
               only
               submitted
               himself
               to
               them
               ,
               but
               both
               rejected
               and
               reproved
               S.
               
               Peter's
               too
               forward
               zeal
               ,
               and
               told
               him
               ,
               
               That
               
                 such
                 as
                 drew
                 the
                 sword
                 should
                 perish
                 by
                 the
                 sword
              
               ;
               and
               when
               the
               ill-guided
               fervour
               of
               that
               great
               Apostle
               had
               misled
               him
               to
               the
               excess
               of
               smiting
               with
               the
               Sword
               ,
               our
               Saviour
               expressed
               his
               displeasure
               at
               it
               ,
               by
               his
               miraculous
               piecing
               the
               Ear
               again
               with
               the
               maimed
               Head.
               And
               when
               he
               was
               accused
               to
               Pilate
               of
               being
               an
               Enemy
               to
               Caesar
               ,
               and
               pretending
               to
               set
               up
               another
               Kingdom
               ,
               he
               did
               in
               the
               plainest
               stile
               was
               possible
               condemn
               all
               
                 practisings
                 against
                 Government
                 upon
                 pretence
                 of
                 Religion
                 ,
              
               
               by
               saying
               ,
               
                 My
                 Kingdom
                 is
                 not
                 of
                 this
                 world
                 ;
                 if
                 my
                 Kingdom
                 were
                 of
                 this
                 world
                 ,
                 then
                 would
                 my
                 servants
                 fight
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 should
                 not
                 be
                 delivered
                 to
                 the
                 Iews
                 ,
                 but
                 now
                 is
                 my
                 Kingdom
                 not
                 from
                 hence
                 :
              
               This
               doth
               so
               expresly
               discharge
               all
               busling
               and
               fighting
               on
               the
               pretence
               of
               Religion
               ,
               that
               we
               must
               either
               set
               up
               for
               another
               Gospel
               ,
               or
               utterly
               reject
               what
               is
               so
               formally
               condemned
               by
               the
               Author
               of
               this
               we
               profess
               to
               believe
               .
               And
               never
               Cause
               of
               Religion
               was
               of
               so
               great
               concern
               ,
               as
               the
               preserving
               the
               Head
               and
               Author
               of
               it
               ,
               whom
               with
               equal
               mixtures
               of
               Injustice
               and
               Violence
               his
               enraged
               Enemies
               were
               against
               all
               colours
               
               of
               Equity
               ,
               and
               contrary
               to
               Law
               and
               Religion
               ,
               dragging
               to
               that
               death
               ,
               which
               ,
               though
               it
               proved
               the
               happiest
               thing
               to
               Mankind
               ,
               yet
               on
               their
               part
               who
               acted
               it
               ,
               was
               the
               foulest
               Crime
               the
               Sun
               ever
               saw
               .
            
             
               The
               blessed
               Apostles
               followed
               their
               Masters
               steps
               in
               this
               ,
               as
               in
               all
               other
               things
               ;
               and
               therefore
               having
               learned
               of
               our
               Saviour
               that
               lesson
               of
               bearing
               the
               Cross
               ,
               and
               suffering
               patiently
               ,
               when
               Injustly
               persecuted
               ,
               counted
               it
               their
               glory
               to
               be
               conformable
               to
               him
               in
               his
               sufferings
               ;
               and
               indeed
               ,
               if
               we
               examine
               the
               Nature
               and
               Design
               of
               that
               holy
               Religion
               our
               Saviour
               delivered
               ,
               we
               will
               find
               nothing
               more
               diametrically
               opposite
               to
               all
               its
               Rules
               ,
               than
               the
               distempered
               fury
               of
               these
               misguided
               Zealots
               ,
               who
               being
               carried
               on
               by
               the
               fierceness
               of
               their
               Ungoverned
               Passions
               ,
               have
               ,
               upon
               colours
               of
               Religion
               ,
               filled
               the
               World
               with
               Bloud
               and
               Confusion
               .
               Otherwise
               does
               S.
               Paul
               teach
               the
               Romans
               in
               this
               Chapter
               ,
               though
               then
               groaning
               under
               the
               severest
               rigours
               of
               Bondage
               and
               Tyranny
               ;
               and
               S.
               Peter
               doth
               at
               full
               length
               once
               and
               again
               call
               on
               all
               Christians
               to
               prepare
               for
               sufferings
               ,
               
               and
               to
               bear
               them
               patiently
               ;
               and
               though
               the
               bondage
               of
               the
               slaves
               was
               heavy
               and
               highly
               contrary
               to
               all
               the
               freedoms
               of
               the
               humane
               Nature
               ,
               yet
               he
               exhorts
               them
               to
               bear
               the
               severities
               ,
               
                 even
                 
                 of
                 their
                 froward
                 and
                 unjust
                 Masters
                 ,
              
               with
               this
               Argument
               ,
               
                 That
                 Christ
                 suffered
                 for
                 them
                 ,
                 leaving
                 them
                 an
                 example
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 follow
                 his
                 steps
                 .
              
               From
               these
               unerring
               Practises
               and
               Precepts
               must
               all
               true
               Christians
               take
               the
               measures
               of
               their
               Actions
               ,
               and
               the
               Rules
               of
               their
               Life
               :
               And
               indeed
               the
               first
               Converts
               to
               Christianity
               embraced
               the
               Cross
               ,
               and
               bore
               it
               not
               only
               with
               Patience
               ,
               but
               Joy
               ;
               and
               as
               long
               as
               Christianity
               continued
               pure
               and
               unallayed
               ,
               this
               Doctrine
               of
               patient
               suffering
               was
               not
               only
               a
               big
               and
               empty
               boast
               ,
               but
               gave
               proofs
               of
               its
               Reality
               ,
               by
               the
               unexempled
               Patience
               and
               Sufferings
               of
               the
               Christians
               in
               a
               succession
               of
               Three
               Ages
               and
               Ten
               Persecutions
               .
               These
               blessed
               Witnesses
               of
               our
               Faith
               were
               burning
               and
               shining
               Lights
               ,
               as
               well
               by
               the
               Purity
               of
               their
               Lives
               ,
               as
               by
               the
               Stakes
               and
               Flames
               of
               their
               Martyrdom
               .
               Nero
               unpalled
               them
               ,
               and
               clothing
               them
               with
               Pitch-coats
               ,
               made
               burn
               them
               as
               Torches
               in
               the
               night
               ;
               but
               these
               Fires
               scattered
               the
               darkness
               of
               that
               Night
               of
               Idolatry
               in
               which
               Rome
               lay
               buried
               ,
               and
               both
               enlightned
               and
               inflamed
               many
               that
               lay
               freezing
               in
               darkness
               .
               It
               was
               the
               astonishment
               of
               the
               World
               to
               see
               such
               numbers
               of
               all
               Ages
               ,
               Sexes
               ,
               and
               Qualities
               ,
               with
               that
               alacrity
               and
               chearfulness
               of
               Submission
               ,
               offer
               up
               their
               Lives
               for
               the
               Faith
               ;
               and
               neither
               the
               Cruelty
               of
               their
               unrelenting
               
               Persecutors
               ,
               nor
               the
               continued
               Tract
               of
               their
               Miseries
               ,
               which
               did
               not
               end
               but
               with
               their
               days
               ,
               prevailed
               on
               them
               either
               to
               renounce
               the
               Faith
               ,
               or
               do
               that
               which
               is
               next
               degree
               to
               it
               ,
               throw
               off
               the
               Cross
               ,
               and
               betake
               themselves
               to
               seditious
               Practices
               for
               their
               preservation
               ,
               but
               continued
               stedfast
               both
               in
               their
               Faith
               and
               Patience
               ,
               by
               which
               they
               inherited
               the
               Promises
               .
               Nor
               was
               Christianity
               endamaged
               by
               all
               that
               fury
               ;
               on
               the
               contrary
               ,
               the
               Bloud
               of
               the
               Martyrs
               was
               the
               Seed
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               whose
               Field
               being
               thus
               fatned
               ,
               did
               spring
               up
               thirty
               ,
               sixty
               and
               a
               hundred
               sold
               ;
               so
               that
               for
               every
               new
               harvest
               of
               a
               persecution
               ,
               there
               was
               a
               plentiful
               crop
               of
               Christians
               .
               And
               there
               is
               no
               reason
               to
               think
               these
               blessed
               Martyrs
               endured
               all
               their
               sufferings
               ,
               constrained
               by
               necessity
               ,
               because
               they
               could
               do
               do
               no
               other
               ;
               for
               as
               we
               find
               in
               the
               inspired
               History
               ,
               that
               at
               two
               Sermons
               there
               were
               Eight
               thousand
               Converts
               ,
               so
               Profane
               as
               well
               as
               Ecclesiastical
               Writers
               assure
               us
               ,
               the
               numbers
               of
               the
               Christians
               became
               very
               soon
               so
               vast
               ,
               that
               nothing
               but
               the
               Conscience
               of
               the
               Duty
               they
               owed
               the
               Supreme
               Powers
               obliged
               them
               to
               be
               subject
               .
               Pliny
               ,
               
               who
               lived
               a
               hundred
               years
               after
               our
               Saviour
               wrote
               to
               
                 Trajan
                 ,
                 That
                 in
              
               Pontus
               and
               Bithynia
               
                 there
                 were
                 great
                 numbers
                 of
                 Christians
                 of
                 all
                 Ranks
                 ,
                 both
                 in
                 Cities
                 and
                 Villages
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 Temples
                 
                 of
                 their
                 Gods
                 were
                 by
                 the
                 prevailing
                 Growth
                 of
                 Christianity
                 ,
                 left
                 desolate
                 .
              
               A
               little
               after
               him
               
                 Marcus
                 Aurelius
              
               had
               a
               Legion
               of
               Christians
               in
               his
               Army
               ,
               of
               whom
               he
               gives
               this
               Character
               in
               his
               Edict
               ,
               
                 That
                 they
                 carried
                 God
                 in
                 their
                 Consciences
              
               ;
               and
               when
               there
               were
               so
               many
               in
               the
               Army
               ,
               we
               may
               on
               a
               fair
               computation
               reckon
               their
               numbers
               to
               have
               been
               very
               great
               .
               Not
               long
               after
               that
               does
               Tertullian
               plead
               for
               those
               in
               his
               days
               ,
               
               in
               his
               admired
               Apologetick
               ,
               and
               tells
               the
               
                 Romans
                 ,
                 That
                 if
                 they
                 would
                 stand
                 to
                 their
                 own
                 defence
                 ,
                 they
                 wanted
                 not
                 the
                 strength
                 of
                 Numbers
                 and
                 Armies
                 ,
                 that
                 neither
                 the
              
               Moors
               nor
               Parthians
               ,
               
                 nor
                 any
                 other
                 of
                 the
                 Nations
                 that
                 fought
                 with
                 the
              
               Romans
               
                 could
                 match
                 them
                 ,
                 who
                 filled
                 the
                 whole
                 World
                 ,
                 all
                 their
                 places
                 ,
                 Towns
                 ,
                 Islands
                 ,
                 Castles
                 ,
                 Villages
                 ,
                 Councils
                 ,
                 Camps
                 ,
                 Tribes
                 ,
                 Senate
                 and
                 Market-places
                 ;
                 only
                 they
                 abandoned
                 their
                 Temples
                 to
                 them
              
               ;
               adding
               ,
               
                 That
                 to
                 what
                 War
                 were
                 they
                 not
                 both
                 fit
                 and
                 ready
                 ,
                 even
                 though
                 they
                 were
                 less
                 numerous
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 butchered
                 so
                 willingly
                 ,
                 if
                 their
                 Discipline
                 did
                 not
                 allow
                 them
                 rather
                 to
                 be
                 killed
                 than
                 to
                 kill
                 ?
              
               
               And
               elsewhere
               he
               vindicates
               the
               Christians
               ,
               
                 That
                 none
                 of
                 them
                 were
                 ever
                 found
                 guilty
                 of
                 conspiracies
                 against
                 the
                 Emperors
                 ,
                 whom
                 they
                 acknowledged
                 to
                 be
                 set
                 up
                 by
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 judged
                 themselves
                 bound
                 to
                 love
                 ,
                 reverence
                 and
                 honour
                 them
                 .
              
               But
               as
               the
               Christian
               Religion
               continued
               to
               spread
               by
               a
               vast
               and
               prodigious
               increase
               ,
               so
               did
               the
               spite
               of
               the
               Infernal
               Furies
               
               grow
               fierce
               against
               it
               by
               the
               same
               proportion
               ;
               and
               in
               the
               last
               Persecution
               ,
               which
               continued
               about
               twenty
               years
               ,
               we
               find
               the
               Martyrs
               of
               one
               Province
               (
               Egypt
               )
               reckoned
               to
               be
               betwixt
               eight
               and
               nine
               hundred
               thousand
               ;
               and
               yet
               no
               tumults
               were
               raised
               against
               all
               this
               Tyranny
               and
               Injustice
               :
               And
               though
               after
               that
               the
               Emperors
               turned
               Christian
               ,
               and
               established
               the
               Faith
               by
               Law
               ,
               yet
               neither
               did
               the
               subtil
               attempts
               of
               Iulian
               the
               Apostate
               ,
               nor
               the
               open
               Persecutions
               of
               some
               Arrian
               Emperors
               ,
               who
               did
               with
               great
               violence
               prosecute
               the
               Orthodox
               ,
               occasion
               any
               seditious
               Combinations
               against
               Authority
               .
               These
               are
               the
               great
               Precedents
               this
               holy
               Doctrine
               of
               the
               Cross
               hath
               in
               the
               first
               and
               purest
               Ages
               ,
               and
               though
               Religion
               suffered
               great
               Decays
               in
               the
               succession
               of
               many
               Ages
               ,
               yet
               for
               the
               first
               ten
               Centuries
               no
               Father
               or
               Doctor
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               nor
               any
               Assembly
               of
               Church-men
               ,
               did
               ever
               teach
               ,
               maintain
               or
               justifie
               any
               Rebellions
               or
               seditious
               Doctrines
               or
               Practises
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               And
               thus
               I
               have
               made
               good
               what
               I
               undertook
               to
               evince
               ,
               That
               Conscience
               doth
               with
               the
               greatest
               evidence
               of
               Reason
               and
               Authority
               ,
               bind
               us
               to
               an
               absolute
               Subjection
               to
               the
               Higher
               Powers
               ;
               and
               have
               observed
               what
               was
               the
               Path
               our
               blessed
               Saviour
               himself
               followed
               ,
               the
               Traces
               whereof
               are
               to
               be
               known
               by
               those
               bloudy
               
               steps
               he
               hath
               left
               behind
               him
               for
               our
               Example
               and
               Instruction
               .
               We
               have
               also
               seen
               a
               glorious
               Cloud
               of
               Witnesses
               following
               him
               in
               the
               same
               way
               he
               both
               opened
               up
               and
               consecrated
               to
               them
               .
               But
               after
               all
               this
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               perhaps
               objected
               ,
               That
               all
               Christians
               ,
               at
               least
               all
               pretenders
               to
               it
               ,
               have
               not
               followed
               the
               same
               Rule
               ,
               and
               that
               some
               Divisions
               of
               Christendom
               ,
               which
               in
               all
               other
               things
               run
               very
               wide
               from
               one
               another
               ,
               yet
               meet
               in
               this
               Doctrine
               of
               resisting
               the
               Supreme
               Authority
               ,
               and
               not
               only
               so
               ,
               but
               they
               vouch
               Religion
               for
               their
               Warrant
               and
               their
               Quarrel
               both
               ,
               and
               pretend
               a
               Zeal
               for
               God
               ,
               his
               Church
               ,
               and
               his
               Cause
               in
               all
               they
               do
               :
               This
               is
               the
               last
               part
               of
               my
               Discourse
               ,
               to
               which
               I
               obliged
               my self
               in
               the
               beginning
               ;
               and
               I
               will
               handle
               it
               with
               the
               round
               plainness
               that
               such
               a
               Point
               ,
               how
               tender
               soever
               some
               may
               think
               it
               ,
               requires
               .
               It
               is
               true
               ,
               about
               the
               end
               of
               the
               Eleventh
               Century
               this
               pestiferous
               Doctrine
               took
               its
               Rise
               ,
               and
               was
               first
               broached
               and
               vented
               by
               Pope
               Gregory
               the
               Seventh
               ,
               commonly
               called
               Hildebrand
               ,
               the
               first
               Pope
               of
               that
               name
               ;
               though
               a
               far
               better
               man
               had
               basely
               and
               shamefully
               courted
               the
               cruel
               and
               perfidious
               Phocas
               ,
               and
               treated
               him
               in
               a
               stile
               of
               mean
               and
               sordid
               Flattery
               that
               misbecame
               any
               man
               ,
               much
               more
               so
               great
               a
               Bishop
               .
               But
               the
               Pope
               I
               now
               speak
               of
               went
               
               more
               briskly
               to
               work
               ,
               and
               begun
               that
               insolent
               and
               bold
               pretension
               of
               the
               Temporal
               power
               of
               the
               Popes
               over
               all
               Kings
               and
               Princes
               ;
               that
               they
               being
               Christ's
               Vicars
               on
               Earth
               ,
               must
               have
               all
               Power
               in
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               deputed
               to
               them
               ,
               and
               that
               as
               S.
               
               Peter's
               Successors
               they
               had
               the
               two
               Swords
               ,
               the
               Spiritual
               and
               the
               Temporal
               put
               in
               their
               hands
               .
               Upon
               this
               he
               aspired
               and
               exalted
               himself
               above
               those
               whom
               the
               Scripture
               calleth
               Gods.
               Nor
               did
               this
               rest
               in
               a
               bare
               speculation
               ,
               but
               any
               that
               will
               read
               his
               Epistles
               ,
               and
               knows
               the
               History
               of
               his
               Life
               ,
               will
               see
               what
               dismal
               confusions
               he
               brought
               on
               Germany
               and
               Italy
               ,
               and
               laid
               the
               Foundations
               of
               those
               bloudy
               Wars
               which
               followed
               and
               continued
               for
               some
               Ages
               :
               Then
               did
               the
               Factions
               of
               the
               Guelphs
               and
               Gibellins
               divide
               Nations
               ,
               Towns
               and
               Families
               ,
               and
               fill
               all
               places
               with
               bloud
               and
               confusion
               .
               How
               other
               Popes
               did
               afterwards
               set
               the
               same
               pretensions
               on
               foot
               ,
               both
               in
               
                 France
                 ,
                 England
              
               ,
               and
               in
               many
               other
               places
               ,
               is
               well
               enough
               known
               to
               all
               that
               are
               acquainted
               with
               History
               ;
               and
               for
               two
               or
               three
               Ages
               the
               Tyranny
               of
               this
               was
               so
               heavy
               ,
               that
               any
               Insolent
               Church-man
               was
               able
               to
               disturb
               Government
               ,
               by
               carrying
               Complaints
               to
               Rome
               of
               some
               pretended
               Incroachments
               on
               the
               Ecclesiastical
               Immunity
               ;
               upon
               which
               Monitory
               
               Breves
               and
               Bulls
               were
               dispatched
               from
               Rome
               ,
               and
               every
               Prince
               was
               either
               to
               obey
               these
               ,
               how
               much
               soever
               they
               might
               prejudice
               his
               Government
               ,
               or
               to
               look
               for
               the
               Thunders
               of
               Excommunication
               ,
               Deposition
               ,
               absolving
               his
               Subjects
               from
               their
               Oaths
               of
               Fidelity
               ,
               and
               the
               transferring
               his
               Dominions
               on
               some
               other
               more
               zealous
               Votary
               of
               that
               See.
               And
               any
               that
               will
               read
               the
               Decretals
               ,
               Bulls
               and
               Breves
               of
               many
               of
               the
               aspiring
               Popes
               ,
               will
               find
               that
               these
               were
               not
               only
               ambitious
               and
               disclaimed
               practises
               ,
               the
               guilt
               of
               which
               being
               personal
               ,
               died
               with
               themselves
               ;
               but
               they
               founded
               them
               on
               the
               Rights
               of
               the
               See
               of
               Rome
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               stile
               of
               an
               Universal
               Pastor
               imposed
               the
               belief
               of
               that
               on
               the
               World.
               Now
               I
               would
               presume
               to
               ask
               any
               of
               that
               Communion
               ,
               if
               they
               believe
               these
               Popes
               were
               Infallible
               in
               those
               Decisions
               and
               Instructions
               they
               imposed
               on
               the
               World
               ,
               or
               not
               ?
               If
               any
               say
               they
               were
               Infallible
               in
               them
               ,
               they
               are
               without
               more
               ceremony
               of
               words
               ,
               Traitors
               ,
               who
               subject
               our
               Sovereign's
               Rights
               ,
               which
               he
               derives
               from
               God
               only
               ,
               to
               a
               foreign
               Superior
               Power
               :
               If
               they
               were
               not
               Infallible
               in
               these
               Decisions
               ,
               then
               what
               is
               become
               of
               the
               Pope's
               Infallibility
               ?
               For
               the
               present
               Pope
               can
               have
               no
               more
               than
               his
               Predecessors
               had
               ;
               and
               if
               they
               erred
               ,
               he
               may
               likewise
               erre
               .
               But
               I
               must
               advance
               
               this
               a
               little
               farther
               ,
               to
               shew
               that
               those
               of
               that
               Communion
               ,
               though
               they
               reject
               the
               Popes
               Infallibility
               ,
               yet
               if
               they
               submit
               to
               the
               Infallibility
               of
               their
               General
               Councils
               ,
               are
               still
               in
               the
               same
               hazards
               of
               being
               Rebels
               :
               For
               the
               Council
               of
               Lateran
               ,
               which
               in
               the
               Roman
               Church
               is
               held
               General
               and
               Oecumenical
               ,
               that
               first
               decreed
               Transubstantiation
               ,
               did
               also
               by
               the
               Third
               of
               its
               Canons
               decree
               ,
               
                 That
                 all
                 temporal
                 Princes
                 should
                 exterminate
              
               (
               I
               shall
               not
               critically
               examine
               that
               word
               which
               must
               amount
               to
               banishment
               at
               least
               )
               
                 all
                 Hereticks
              
               ;
               adding
               ,
               
                 That
                 if
                 any
                 Temporal
                 Lord
                 ,
                 being
                 admonished
                 by
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 did
                 neglect
                 to
                 purge
                 his
                 Lands
                 ,
                 he
                 should
                 be
                 first
                 excommunicated
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 he
                 continued
                 in
                 his
                 contempt
                 and
                 contumacy
                 ,
                 a
                 years
                 notice
                 was
                 to
                 be
                 given
                 of
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 Pope
                 ,
                 who
                 thenceforth
                 should
                 declare
                 his
                 Vassals
                 absolved
                 from
                 the
                 Fidelity
                 they
                 owed
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 expose
                 his
                 Lands
                 to
                 be
                 Invaded
                 by
                 Catholicks
                 ,
                 who
                 might
                 possess
                 it
                 without
                 any
                 contradiction
                 ,
                 having
                 exterminated
                 the
                 Hereticks
                 out
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 preserve
                 it
                 in
                 the
                 Purity
                 of
                 the
                 Faith.
              
               This
               is
               so
               plain
               ,
               that
               I
               suppose
               without
               any
               hesitation
               it
               may
               be
               called
               a
               down-right
               Conspiracy
               against
               all
               Sovereign
               Princes
               ;
               and
               this
               being
               decreed
               by
               a
               General
               Council
               ,
               must
               either
               be
               Infallibly
               true
               ,
               or
               the
               Foundation
               on
               which
               they
               have
               raised
               all
               their
               Superstructure
               of
               the
               Infallibility
               of
               their
               General
               Councils
               ,
               is
               overturned
               .
            
             
             
               But
               the
               same
               Equality
               of
               Justice
               and
               Freedom
               ,
               that
               obliged
               me
               to
               lay
               open
               this
               ,
               ties
               me
               to
               tax
               also
               those
               who
               pretend
               a
               great
               heat
               against
               Rome
               ,
               and
               value
               themselves
               on
               their
               abhorring
               all
               the
               Doctrines
               and
               Practises
               of
               that
               Church
               ,
               and
               yet
               have
               carried
               along
               with
               them
               one
               of
               their
               most
               pestiferous
               Opinions
               ,
               pretending
               Reformation
               when
               they
               would
               bring
               all
               under
               Confusion
               ,
               and
               vouching
               the
               Cause
               and
               Work
               of
               God
               ,
               when
               they
               were
               destroying
               that
               Authority
               he
               had
               set
               up
               ,
               and
               opposing
               those
               impowred
               by
               him
               :
               And
               the
               more
               Piety
               and
               Devotion
               such
               daring
               pretenders
               put
               on
               ,
               it
               still
               brings
               the
               greater
               stain
               and
               imputation
               on
               Religion
               ,
               as
               if
               it
               gave
               a
               Patrociny
               to
               those
               Practises
               it
               so
               plainly
               condemns
               .
               This
               is
               
               Iudas-like
               ,
               to
               kiss
               our
               Master
               when
               we
               betray
               him
               ,
               and
               to
               own
               a
               Zeal
               for
               Religion
               when
               we
               engage
               in
               courses
               that
               disgrace
               and
               destroy
               it
               .
            
             
               But
               ,
               blessed
               be
               God
               ,
               our
               Church
               hates
               and
               condemns
               this
               Doctrine
               from
               what
               hand
               soever
               it
               come
               ,
               and
               hath
               established
               the
               Rights
               and
               Authority
               of
               Princes
               on
               sure
               and
               unalterable
               Foundations
               ,
               enjoyning
               an
               entire
               Obedience
               to
               all
               the
               lawful
               Commands
               of
               Authority
               ,
               and
               an
               absolute
               Submission
               to
               that
               Supreme
               Power
               God
               hath
               put
               in
               our
               Sovereign's
               hands
               .
               This
               Doctrine
               we
               justly
               glory
               in
               ,
               and
               if
               any
               that
               had
               
               their
               Baptism
               and
               Education
               in
               our
               Church
               have
               turned
               Renegades
               from
               this
               ,
               they
               proved
               no
               less
               enemies
               to
               the
               Church
               her self
               ,
               than
               to
               the
               Civil
               Authority
               .
               So
               that
               their
               Apostasie
               leaves
               no
               blame
               on
               our
               Church
               ,
               which
               glories
               in
               nothing
               more
               than
               in
               a
               well-tempered
               Reformation
               from
               the
               later
               Corruptions
               which
               the
               dark
               Ages
               brought
               in
               ,
               to
               the
               pure
               and
               Primitive
               Doctrines
               which
               our
               Saviour
               and
               his
               Apostles
               taught
               ,
               and
               the
               first
               Christians
               retained
               and
               practised
               for
               many
               Ages
               .
            
             
               To
               Resume
               all
               then
               :
               Let
               us
               adorn
               our
               holy
               Profession
               with
               a
               Life
               suitable
               to
               it
               ,
               and
               let
               us
               shew
               to
               the
               World
               ,
               that
               we
               take
               not
               up
               ,
               nor
               maintain
               our
               Religion
               upon
               Interest
               ,
               but
               found
               it
               on
               sure
               and
               unmoveable
               Foundations
               ,
               which
               ,
               being
               the
               same
               always
               ,
               will
               ever
               oblige
               us
               to
               the
               same
               Duties
               and
               Practises
               .
               Let
               us
               study
               to
               empty
               our selves
               of
               all
               big
               self-conceiting
               Thoughts
               ,
               of
               all
               hot
               and
               inflamed
               Passions
               and
               Appetites
               ,
               of
               all
               unruly
               and
               unbounded
               Desires
               ,
               of
               all
               Levity
               and
               unstayedness
               of
               mind
               ;
               that
               with
               humble
               Hearts
               ,
               calm
               Minds
               ,
               contented
               Spirits
               ,
               and
               steady
               Thoughts
               ,
               every
               one
               may
               follow
               the
               Duties
               of
               his
               Station
               ,
               and
               contain
               himself
               within
               it
               as
               becomes
               a
               Christian
               ,
               paying
               inwardly
               in
               our
               very
               thoughts
               that
               reverence
               we
               owe
               the
               Higher
               Powers
               ,
               and
               offering
               up
               to
               
               God
               the
               constant
               Tribute
               of
               our
               Prayers
               for
               them
               ;
               considering
               they
               are
               God's
               Vicegerents
               ,
               and
               by
               his
               own
               warrant
               are
               called
               Gods
               :
               And
               if
               the
               Conduct
               of
               Affairs
               do
               not
               suit
               our
               wishes
               or
               desires
               ,
               yet
               for
               all
               that
               we
               are
               to
               trust
               to
               and
               depend
               on
               God's
               Providence
               ,
               not
               daring
               once
               to
               think
               of
               attempting
               against
               the
               Lord's
               anointed
               ,
               nor
               to
               engage
               in
               courses
               that
               may
               bring
               on
               so
               much
               mischief
               and
               confusion
               ,
               but
               let
               us
               ever
               set
               before
               our
               eyes
               our
               blessed
               Saviour
               ,
               
                 Who
                 endured
                 the
                 Cross
                 and
                 despised
                 the
                 shame
                 ;
                 who
                 when
                 he
                 was
                 reviled
                 ,
                 reviled
                 not
                 again
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 he
                 suffered
                 ,
                 he
                 threatned
                 not
                 ,
                 but
                 committed
                 himself
                 to
                 him
                 that
                 judgeth
                 righteously
                 :
              
               And
               let
               us
               also
               consider
               that
               Cloud
               of
               Witnesses
               that
               followed
               him
               ;
               
                 That
                 so
                 we
                 may
                 run
                 with
                 patience
                 the
                 race
                 that
                 is
                 set
                 before
                 us
                 ,
              
               and
               not
               look
               to
               or
               imitate
               the
               later
               practises
               of
               some
               distempered
               and
               degenerated
               Christians
               .
               And
               then
               we
               shall
               be
               an
               honour
               to
               our
               Profession
               ,
               and
               give
               a
               credit
               to
               that
               Church
               wherein
               we
               were
               Born
               ,
               Baptised
               and
               Instructed
               ;
               when
               we
               shew
               that
               we
               are
               
                 subject
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 for
                 Wrath
                 ,
                 but
                 for
                 Conscience-sake
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               to
               end
               as
               I
               begun
               ;
               Let
               us
               with
               astonishment
               and
               wonder
               ,
               contemplate
               the
               shining
               glories
               of
               our
               most
               holy
               Faith
               ,
               which
               tends
               to
               raise
               Mankind
               to
               the
               highest
               pitch
               of
               true
               Greatness
               that
               his
               limited
               Nature
               can
               ascend
               to
               ,
               
               and
               as
               far
               excels
               all
               the
               attempts
               of
               Philosophy
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               Religion
               whatsoever
               ,
               as
               the
               bright
               Splendor
               of
               the
               Day
               doth
               the
               fainter
               Shinings
               of
               the
               Night
               .
               For
               nothing
               can
               be
               more
               the
               Interest
               of
               all
               men
               ,
               than
               the
               receiving
               this
               Faith
               ,
               which
               both
               secures
               a
               man
               in
               all
               his
               Rights
               ,
               and
               obliges
               all
               others
               to
               pay
               him
               what
               ever
               is
               due
               from
               the
               Relations
               they
               stand
               in
               .
               Does
               a
               Father
               desire
               dutiful
               Children
               ,
               or
               Children
               an
               affectionate
               Father
               ?
               Make
               them
               good
               Christians
               ,
               and
               they
               are
               sure
               of
               what
               they
               desire
               .
               Do
               Husband
               and
               Wife
               expect
               the
               Fidelity
               and
               Sacred
               performance
               of
               the
               Ties
               of
               Wedlock
               ?
               This
               must
               certainly
               follow
               on
               their
               being
               good
               Christians
               .
               Do
               Masters
               desire
               honest
               and
               careful
               Servants
               ,
               and
               Servants
               a
               just
               and
               gentle
               Master
               ?
               Make
               them
               good
               Christians
               and
               they
               will
               prove
               such
               .
               Do
               all
               men
               desire
               to
               live
               by
               honest
               well-natured
               and
               affectionate
               Neighbours
               ?
               Their
               being
               good
               Christians
               will
               certainly
               make
               them
               such
               .
               Do
               Subjects
               desire
               a
               good
               King
               ?
               Let
               them
               pray
               that
               he
               be
               a
               good
               Christian
               ,
               and
               then
               he
               shall
               certainly
               govern
               well
               ;
               And
               do
               Kings
               desire
               good
               and
               obedient
               Subjects
               ?
               Let
               them
               take
               care
               that
               they
               be
               good
               Christians
               ,
               and
               then
               they
               will
               be
               Subject
               ,
               
                 Not
                 only
                 for
                 Wrath
                 ,
                 but
                 for
                 Conscience-sake
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Now
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 Kings
                 ,
                 and
                 Lord
                 of
                 Lords
                 ,
                 be
                 all
                 Honour
                 ,
                 Praise
                 and
                 Glory
                 ,
                 for
                 ever
                 and
                 ever
                 .
              
               Amen
               .
            
             
               THE
               END
               .
            
          
        
         
      
    
     
       
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           Notes for div A30414-e2580
           
             Matth.
             7.
             12.
             
          
           
             S.
             Jam.
             4.
             2.
             
          
           
             The
             Case
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             Guise
             in
             Henry
             the
             Thirds
             time
             ,
          
           
             S.
             Matth
             11.
             29.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             2.
             3.
             
          
           
             1
             S.
             Pet.
             5.
             5.
             
          
           
             Col.
             3.
             8.
             
          
           
             Col.
             3
             13.
             
          
           
             S.
             Jam.
             3.
             17.
             
          
           
             S
             Matth.
             5.
             25
             ,
             34.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             24.
             26.
             
          
           
             Eccles.
             7.
             10.
             
          
           
             1
             Thess.
             4.
             11.
             
          
           
             1
             S.
             Pet.
             4.
             15.
             
          
           
             Col.
             3.
             9.
             
          
           
             Eccles.
             11.
             20.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Tim.
             2.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
          
           
             Ver.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             82.
             6.
             
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             24.
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             S.
             Pet
             2.
             13.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             28
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             6
             7
             
          
           
             S.
             Jam.
             1.
             20.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             2.
             10.
             
          
           
             S.
             Matth.
             22.
             21.
             
          
           
             S.
             Matth.
             26.
             5.
             
          
           
             S.
             John
             18.
             36.
             
          
           
             1
             S.
             Pet.
             2.
             13.
             ver
             .
             to
             the
             end
             ,
             and
             3.
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             16
             ,
             17.
             verses
             .
          
           
             Lib.
             10.
             
             Ep.
             97.
             
          
           
             Cap.
             37.
             
          
           
             Ad
             Scap.
             c.
             2.