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           THE
           FIXED
           SAINT
           Held
           forth
           in
           a
           Farwell
           SERMON
           PREACHED
           At
           
             Mary-Aldermanbury
             ,
             London
             .
             
               August
               17.
               1662.
               
            
          
        
         
           By
           Mr.
           
             EDMOND
             CALAMY
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           year
           1662.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           THe
           good
           acceptance
           that
           Mr.
           Calamy's
           
             work
             of
             faith
          
           and
           
             labour
             of
             love
          
           have
           found
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           success
           they
           have
           had
           among
           the
           people
           of
           God
           have
           encouraged
           us
           to
           the
           recommendation
           of
           these
           his
           last
           words
           (
           wherewith
           he
           commended
           his
           people
           to
           God
           ,
           
           and
           the
           word
           of
           his
           Grace
           ,
           
           which
           is
           able
           to
           build
           them
           further
           ,
           
           and
           give
           them
           an
           inheritance
           among
           them
           that
           are
           sanctified
           )
           to
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           
             There
             is
             something
             considerable
             in
             the
             last
             words
             of
             all
             men
             ;
             so
             there
             are
             two
             things
             useful
             and
             seasonable
             in
             these
             .
             1.
             
             The
          
           cause
           
             of
             affliction
             to
             humble
             us
             .
             2.
             
             The
          
           use
           
             of
             affliction
             to
             instruct
             us
             :
             by
             the
             one
             we
             learn
             ,
             That
             a
             living
          
           man
           should
           not
           complain
           ,
           
           a
           man
           for
           the
           punishment
           of
           his
           sin
           .
           
             By
             the
             other●
             we
             learn
             ,
             That
          
           though
           no
           affliction
           for
           the
           present
           seemeth
           joyous
           ,
           
           but
           is
           grievous
           :
           yet
           it
           may
           yield
           the
           peaceable
           fruit
           of
           righteousness
           to
           them
           who
           are
           exercised
           thereby
           ,
           wherein
           we
           rejoyce
           ,
           though
           now
           for
           a
           season
           we
           are
           
           in
           heaviness
           through
           manifold
           temptations
           ,
           that
           the
           tryal
           of
           our
           faith
           being
           much
           more
           precious●
           then
           that
           of
           gold
           ,
           might
           be
           found
           unto
           our
           praise
           ,
           and
           honour
           ,
           and
           glory
           at
           the
           appearing
           of
           Christ
           ,
           whom
           we
           have
           not
           seen
           ,
           yet
           love
           him
           ,
           in
           whom
           now
           ,
           though
           we
           see
           him
           not
           ,
           yet
           do
           we
           believe
           and
           rejoyce
           with
           joy
           unspeakable
           and
           full
           of
           glory
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Mr.
           Calamies
           FAREWELL
           SERMON
           .
           
             August
             17th
             Ann.
             Dom.
             1662.
             
          
        
         
           
             Sam.
             24.
             14.
             
          
           
             And
             David
             said
             unto
             Gad
             ,
             I
             am
             in
             a
             great
             strait
             ;
             let
             us
             fall
             now
             into
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             Lord
             (
             for
             his
             Mercies
             are
             great
             )
             and
             let
             me
             not
             fall
             into
             the
             hand
             of
             man.
             
          
        
         
           IN
           which
           words
           we
           have
           three
           parts
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             Davids
          
           great
           perplexity
           and
           distress
           ,
           
             I
             am
             in
             a
             great
             strait
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Davids
          
           resolution
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Affirmative
           ▪
           Let
           us
           fall
           into
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           Lord.
           
           
           
           
           
        
         
         
           2.
           
           
             Negative
             ,
          
           Let
           me
           not
           fall
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           man.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           We
           have
           the
           reason
           of
           
             Davids
          
           choice
           ,
           
             For
             the
             mercies
             of
             God
             are
             great
             ,
          
           the
           mercies
           of
           wicked
           men
           are
           cruel
           ,
           therefore
           
             let
             me
             not
             fall
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             men
             ;
          
           but
           the
           mercies
           of
           God
           are
           many
           and
           great
           ,
           therefore
           
             let
             us
             now
             fall
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           1.
           
           For
           the
           first
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           
             Davids
          
           great
           distress
           ,
           wherein
           we
           must
           speak
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             To
             the
             distress
             it self
             :
             Then
          
           
             2.
             
             To
             the
             person
             thus
             perplexed
             ,
             
               I
               am
               in
               a
               great
               strait
               :
               David
            
             a
             great
             man
             ,
             
               David
            
             a
             godly
             man.
             
          
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           the
           perplex●ty
           it self
           ,
           we
           shall
           consisider
           :
        
         
           
             1.
             
             The
             reality
             of
             this
             perplexity
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             greatness
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           For
           the
           reality
           of
           it
           :
           after
           
             David
          
           had
           sinned
           in
           numbring
           the
           people
           ,
           God
           sends
           the
           Prophet
           
             Gad
          
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           puts
           three
           things
           to
           his
           choice
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           read
           in
           
             ver
             .
          
           12.
           
           God
           was
           determined
           to
           make
           
             David
          
           smart
           for
           numbring
           the
           people
           ,
           but
           leaves
           it
           to
           
             Davids
          
           liberty
           ,
           whether
           he
           would
           have
           seven
           years
           famine
           ,
           or
           three
           months
           to
           flee
           before
           his
           enemies
           ,
           or
           three
           dayes
           pestilence
           :
           this
           was
           a
           posing
           Question
           ,
           
           and
           
             David
          
           had
           cause
           to
           be
           in
           a
           great
           strait
           ;
           for
           these
           objects
           are
           not
           amiable
           in
           their
           own
           nature
           ,
           they
           are
           objects
           to
           be
           avoided
           and
           declined
           ;
           in
           the
           first
           view
           of
           them
           they
           seem
           to
           be
           equally
           miserable
           ,
           therefore
           
             David
          
           had
           cause
           to
           say
           he
           was
           in
           a
           strait
           .
        
         
           This
           perplexity
           was
           not
           only
           real
           ,
           but
           exceeding
           great
           :
           
             I
             am
             in
             a
             great
             strait
             :
          
           and
           there
           are
           two
           things
           made
           this
           so
           great
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           greatness
           of
           the
           punishments
           proposed
           ,
           Famine
           ,
           Sword
           ,
           and
           Plague
           :
           these
           are
           the
           three
           besomes
           with
           which
           God
           sweeps
           mankind
           from
           off
           the
           earth
           :
           these
           are
           Gods
           three
           iron
           whips
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           chastiseth
           sinful
           man
           :
           these
           are
           the
           three
           arrows
           shot
           out
           of
           the
           quiver
           of
           Gods
           wrath
           ,
           for
           the
           punishment
           of
           man
           ,
           they
           are
           ,
           as
           one
           calleth
           them
           ,
           
             Tonsurae
             humani
             generis
             .
          
           In
           
             Revel
             .
          
           6.
           you
           shall
           read
           of
           four
           Horses
           ,
           when
           the
           four
           first
           Seals
           were
           opened
           :
           a
           white
           horse
           ,
           a
           red
           horse
           ,
           a
           black
           horse
           ,
           and
           a
           pale
           horse
           :
           after
           Christ
           had
           ridden
           on
           the
           white
           horse
           propagating
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           then
           follows
           the
           red
           horse
           ,
           a
           type
           of
           War
           ,
           then
           the
           black
           Horse
           ,
           an
           Hieroglyphick
           of
           Famine
           ;
           then
           the
           pale
           horse
           ,
           the
           emblem
           of
           Pestilence
           .
           Now
           God
           was
           resolved
           to
           ride
           on
           one
           of
           these
           horses
           ,
           and
           
             David
          
           must
           choose
           upon
           which
           God
           should
           ride
           ;
           this
           was
           a
           great
           strait
           :
           Let
           me
           present
           
             Davids
          
           lifting
           up
           his
           eyes
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           speaking
           to
           God
           thus
           :
           O
           my
           God
           ,
           what
           is
           this
           message
           thou
           hast
           sent
           me
           ?
           Thou
           offerest
           me
           three
           things
           :
           I
           am
           in
           a
           strait
           ,
           I
           know
           which
           to
           refuse
           ,
           but
           
           which
           to
           choose
           I
           know
           not
           :
           shall
           the
           Land
           of
           
             Canaan
             ,
          
           a
           Land
           flowing
           with
           milk
           and
           honey
           ,
           shall
           this
           Land
           endure
           seven
           years
           famine
           ,
           and
           be
           turned
           into
           a
           wilderness
           ,
           and
           dispeopled
           ?
           and
           shall
           I
           ,
           whose
           hands
           thou
           hast
           taught
           to
           fight
           ,
           and
           whose
           fingers
           to
           war
           ,
           shall
           I
           that
           have
           subdued
           all
           my
           enemies
           ,
           shall
           I
           in
           my
           old
           age
           ,
           and
           all
           my
           Captains
           ,
           fly
           three
           moneths
           before
           our
           enemies
           and
           be
           driven
           to
           Caves
           and
           Rocks
           to
           hide
           ourselves
           ?
           O
           thou
           my
           God
           ,
           who
           art
           my
           refuge
           ,
           shall
           I
           and
           my
           people
           be
           a
           prey
           to
           the
           pestilence
           that
           walketh
           in
           darkness
           and
           destruction
           ,
           that
           walketh
           at
           noon
           day
           ?
           O
           my
           God
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           what
           to
           do
           ,
           
             I
             am
             in
             a
             great
             strait
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           second
           reason
           why
           this
           strait
           was
           so
           great
           ,
           was
           because
           of
           the
           guilt
           of
           sin
           that
           lay
           on
           
             Davids
          
           spirit
           :
           for
           
             David
          
           knew
           that
           this
           severe
           message
           was
           the
           fruit
           of
           the
           sin
           he
           committed
           in
           numbring
           the
           people
           :
           but
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           why
           was
           it
           a
           sin
           in
           
             David
          
           to
           number
           the
           people
           ?
           
             Moses
          
           had
           often
           numbred
           the
           people
           ,
           three
           times
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           not
           counted
           sin
           ;
           
             Iosephus
          
           answereth
           ,
           the
           sin
           of
           
             David
          
           was
           ,
           because
           he
           did
           not
           require
           the
           halfe
           Shackle
           he
           was
           to
           have
           had
           from
           all
           were
           numbred
           
             Exod.
          
           30.
           12.
           13.
           
        
         
           Others
           said
           ,
           he
           sinned
           in
           numbring
           all
           ages
           ,
           whereas
           he
           was
           to
           number
           but
           from
           20
           years
           ;
           but
           these
           are
           but
           conjectural
           reasons
           :
           I
           conceive
           the
           sin
           of
           
             David
          
           was
           because
           he
           did
           it
           without
           a
           lawful
           call
           ,
           and
           for
           an
           unlawful
           end
           ,
           
             si●e
             causa
             Legitima
             :
          
           he
           sinned
           in
           the
           manner
           rather
           then
           in
           the
           matter
           ;
           for
           
           there
           was
           no
           cause
           for
           him
           to
           number
           the
           people
           but
           curiosity
           ,
           and
           no
           end
           but
           vain
           glory
           :
           of●srael
           ●srael
           
             and
             number
             the
             people
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             know
             the
             number
             of
             my
             people
             ,
          
           ver
           2.
           
           
             Davids
          
           heart
           was
           lifted
           up
           with
           pride
           ,
           and
           creature-confidence
           ;
           he
           begins
           to
           boast
           of
           the
           multitude
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           and
           to
           trust
           in
           an
           arm
           of
           flesh
           ;
           therefore
           God
           sends
           the
           Prophet
           to
           
             David
          
           to
           prick
           the
           bladder
           of
           his
           pride
           :
           as
           if
           God
           should
           say
           ,
           
             I
             will
             teach
             you
             to
             number
             the
             people
             ,
             by
             lessening
             the
             number
             of
             your
             people
             .
          
           Now
           the
           burden
           of
           his
           sin
           did
           add
           much
           to
           the
           burthen
           of
           his
           heavy
           message
           ;
           
             ver
             .
             13.
             
             After
             David
             had
             numbred
             the
             people
             ,
             his
             heart
             smote
             him
             :
          
           the
           message
           smites
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           heart
           smites
           him
           ,
           
             and
             he
             said
             ,
             I
             have
             sinned
             greatly
             in
             that
             which
             I
             have
             done
             :
             now
             I
             beseech
             thee
             take
             away
             the
             iniquity
             of
             thy
             servant
             ,
             for
             I
             have
             done
             very
             foolishly
             .
          
           If
           
             David
          
           had
           been
           to
           suffer
           this
           great
           punishment
           out
           of
           love
           to
           God
           ,
           or
           for
           a
           good
           conscience
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           have
           been
           so
           distressed
           :
           There
           are
           two
           sorts
           of
           straits
           in
           Scripture
           :
           some
           suffered
           for
           God
           and
           a
           good
           conscience
           :
           and
           there
           are
           straits
           suffered
           for
           sin
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           There
           are
           straits
           suffered
           for
           God
           and
           a
           good
           conscience
           .
           
             Heb.
          
           11.
           36
           ,
           37.
           those
           Martyrs
           there
           were
           driven
           to
           great
           straits
           :
           but
           these
           were
           straits
           for
           God
           and
           a
           good
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           these
           straits
           were
           the
           Saints
           greatest
           enlargements
           ,
           they
           were
           so
           sweetned
           to
           them
           by
           the
           consolations
           ,
           and
           supportations
           of
           Gods
           Spirit
           ;
           a
           prison
           was
           a
           paradise
           to
           them
           .
           
             Heb.
          
           10.
           34.
           they
           look
           joyfully
           at
           the
           spoiling
           of
           their
           goods
           .
           
             Acts
          
           5.
           41.
           they
           departed
           
           from
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           Council
           ,
           rejoycing
           that
           they
           were
           counted
           worthy
           to
           suffer
           shame
           for
           his
           name
           .
           Straits
           for
           a
           good
           conscience
           are
           greatest
           enlargements
           ;
           therefore
           
             Paul
          
           gloryeth
           in
           this
           strait
           ,
           
             Paul
             a
             prisoner
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           There
           are
           straits
           suffered
           for
           sin
           ,
           and
           these
           are
           envenomed
           by
           the
           guilt
           of
           sin
           :
           sin
           puts
           poyson
           into
           all
           our
           distresses
           and
           perplexitys
           Now
           such
           was
           the
           strait
           into
           which
           
             David
          
           was
           now
           driven
           :
           it
           was
           a
           strait
           caused
           by
           sin
           ,
           and
           that
           made
           it
           so
           unwelcome
           and
           uncomfortable
           :
           so
           that
           from
           hence
           I
           gather
           this
           Observation
           .
        
         
           
             Doct.
          
           That
           sin
           and
           iniquity
           brings
           persons
           and
           nations
           into
           marvelous
           labyrinths
           and
           perplexitys
           :
           into
           true
           real
           and
           great
           molestations
           :
           a
           man
           free
           from
           sin
           ,
           is
           free
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           straits
           :
           a
           man
           guilty
           of
           sin
           ,
           is
           in
           a
           strait
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           freedom
           .
        
         
           After
           
             Adam
          
           had
           sinned
           in
           eating
           of
           the
           forbidden
           fruit
           ,
           the
           whole
           world
           was
           a
           prison
           to
           him
           :
           Paradise
           it selfe
           was
           an
           Hell
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           knew
           not
           where
           to
           hide
           himselfe
           from
           the
           presence
           of
           God.
           After
           that
           
             Cain
          
           had
           murthered
           his
           Brother
           
             Abel
             ,
          
           he
           was
           brought
           into
           such
           a
           strait
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           afraid
           that
           every
           one
           that
           met
           him
           would
           slay
           him
           .
           Alass
           poor
           
             Cain
             ,
          
           how
           many
           was
           there
           then
           in
           the
           world
           ?
           we
           read
           but
           his
           father
           and
           mother
           ,
           yet
           such
           was
           his
           distress
           ,
           that
           he
           cryeth
           out
           ,
           every
           one
           that
           met
           him
           would
           slay
           him
           ,
           
             Gen
          
           4.
           14.
           
           Into
           what
           a
           strait
           did
           sin
           bring
           the
           old
           world
           ?
           the
           deluge
           
           of
           sin
           brought
           a
           deluge
           of
           water
           to
           drown
           them
           .
           Into
           what
           a
           strait
           did
           sin
           bring
           
             Sodom
          
           and
           
             Gomorrah
             ?
          
           the
           fire
           of
           lust
           raining
           in
           
             Sodom
          
           and
           
             Gomorrah
             ,
          
           brought
           down
           fire
           from
           Heaven
           to
           destroy
           them
           .
           Sin
           brings
           external
           ,
           internal
           ,
           and
           eternal
           straits
           upon
           persons
           and
           nations
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Sin
           brings
           external
           straits
           ;
           sin
           brings
           Famine
           :
           Sword
           ,
           and
           Plague
           ;
           Sin
           brings
           Agues
           and
           Feavours
           ,
           Gout
           and
           Stone
           ,
           and
           all
           manner
           of
           Diseases
           :
           yea
           ,
           sin
           brings
           death
           it selfe
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           wages
           of
           sin
           .
           Read
           
             Levit.
          
           26.
           and
           
             Deut.
          
           23.
           and
           you
           will
           see
           a
           black
           roul
           of
           courses
           ,
           which
           were
           the
           fruit
           of
           sin
           .
           Sin
           brought
           
             Sion
          
           into
           
             Babylon
             ;
          
           and
           when
           the
           Jews
           had
           murthered
           Christ
           ,
           forty
           years
           after
           they
           were
           brought
           into
           that
           distress
           ,
           when
           the
           City
           was
           besieged
           by
           
             Titus
             Vespatian
             ,
          
           that
           they
           did
           eat
           one
           another
           ,
           the
           Mother
           did
           eat
           her
           child
           ;
           that
           whereas
           
             David
          
           had
           a
           choice
           which
           of
           the
           three
           he
           would
           have
           ,
           either
           Famine
           ,
           Plague
           ,
           or
           Sword
           :
           the
           poor
           Jews
           had
           all
           three
           concatenated
           together
           in
           the
           siedge
           :
           sin
           brings
           all
           manner
           of
           external
           plagues
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Sin
           brought
           persons
           and
           Nations
           into
           internal
           st●aits
           :
           sin
           brings
           soul-plagues
           ,
           which
           are
           worse
           then
           bodily
           plagues
           :
           sin
           brings
           hardness
           of
           heart
           ,
           blindness
           of
           mind
           ,
           a
           spirit
           of
           slumber
           ,
           a
           reprobate
           sence
           ;
           sin
           brings
           a
           spiritual
           famine
           upon
           a
           Land
           ;
           it
           brings
           a
           famine
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           
             Amos
          
           8.
           11.
           sin
           causes
           God
           to
           take
           away
           the
           Gospel
           from
           a
           people
           :
           sin
           brings
           internal
           plagues
           :
           
           sin
           wakens
           conscience
           ,
           and
           fills
           it
           full
           of
           perplexities
           :
           Into
           what
           a
           strait
           did
           sin
           drive
           
             Judas
             ,
          
           after
           he
           had
           betrayed
           Christ
           ?
           Into
           what
           a
           strait
           did
           sin
           drive
           
             Spira
             ?
          
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           gloried
           in
           his
           tribulations
           for
           God
           :
           but
           when
           he
           speaks
           of
           his
           sin
           ,
           he
           cryeth
           out
           ,
           
             O
             miserable
             man
             that
             I
             am
             ,
             who
             shall
             deliver
             me
             from
             this
             body
             of
             death
             ?
             David
          
           a
           valiant
           man
           when
           he
           speaks
           of
           sin
           ,
           saith
           ,
           they
           are
           too
           heavy
           a
           burden
           for
           him
           to
           bear
           :
           
             A
             wounded
             conscience
             who
             can
             bear
             !
          
           saith
           the
           Wise-man
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Sin
           bringeth
           eternal
           straits
           :
           O
           the
           strait
           that
           a
           wicked
           man
           shall
           be
           brought
           into
           at
           the
           great
           and
           dreadful
           day
           of
           judgement
           ,
           when
           all
           the
           world
           shall
           be
           on
           fire
           about
           him
           ;
           when
           he
           shall
           call
           to
           the
           mountains
           to
           hide
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           rocks
           to
           cover
           him
           from
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           :
           then
           will
           he
           cry
           out
           with
           
             David
             ,
             I
             am
             O
             Lord
             ,
             in
             a
             great
             strait
             .
          
           And
           when
           the
           wicked
           shall
           be
           condemned
           to
           Hell
           ,
           who
           can
           express
           the
           straits
           they
           then
           shall
           be
           in
           ?
           
             Bind
             them
             hand
             and
             foot
             ,
             and
             cast
             them
             into
             everlasting
             darkness
             ,
             Matth.
          
           25.
           
           When
           a
           wicked
           man
           shall
           be
           bound
           with
           everlasting
           chains
           of
           darkness
           ,
           then
           he
           will
           cry
           out
           ,
           
             I
             am
             in
             a
             great
             strait
             .
          
           Consider
           what
           
             Dives
          
           saith
           to
           
             Abraham
             :
          
           he
           desires
           that
           
             Lazarus
          
           might
           but
           dip
           the
           tip
           of
           his
           finger
           in
           water
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           might
           cool
           his
           toung
           :
           not
           his
           whole
           body
           ,
           but
           his
           toung
           :
           but
           that
           would
           not
           be
           granted
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           impossible
           the
           toung
           of
           man
           should
           set
           out
           the
           great
           straits
           the
           damned
           suffer
           in
           Hell
           ,
           both
           in
           
           regard
           of
           the
           greatnesse
           and
           everlastingnesse
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           all
           I
           shall
           say
           for
           Explication
           .
        
         
           
             Use
          
           1.
           
           I
           chiefly
           aim
           at
           the
           Application
           :
           Doth
           sin
           bring
           Nations
           and
           Persons
           into
           external
           ,
           internal
           ,
           and
           eternal
           straits
           ?
           then
           this
           sadly
           reproves
           those
           that
           choose
           to
           commit
           sin
           to
           avoid
           perplexity
           .
           There
           are
           thousands
           in
           
             England
          
           guilty
           of
           this
           ,
           that
           to
           avoid
           poverty
           ,
           will
           lye
           ,
           cheat
           and
           cozen
           ,
           and
           to
           gain
           an
           estate
           will
           sell
           God
           and
           a
           good
           conscience
           :
           and
           to
           avoid
           the
           losse
           of
           estate
           and
           imprisonment
           ,
           will
           do
           any
           thing
           :
           they
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           be
           of
           that
           Religion
           which
           is
           uppermost
           :
           be
           it
           what
           it
           will.
           Now
           give
           me
           leave
           this
           morning
           to
           speak
           three
           things
           to
           these
           sort
           of
           men
           :
           and
           O
           that
           my
           words
           might
           prevail
           with
           them
           !
        
         
           1.
           
           Consider
           it
           is
           sin
           only
           that
           makes
           trouble
           to
           deserve
           the
           name
           of
           trouble
           ▪
           for
           when
           we
           suffer
           for
           Gods
           sake
           ,
           or
           a
           good
           Conscience
           ,
           these
           troubles
           are
           so
           sweetned
           by
           the
           consolations
           of
           heaven
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           no
           troubles
           at
           all
           :
           therefore
           in
           Queen
           
             Maries
          
           dayes
           the
           Martyrs
           wrote
           to
           their
           friends
           out
           of
           prison
           ,
           
             If
             you
             knew
             the
             Comforts
             we
             have
             in
             prison
             ,
             you
             would
             wish
             to
             be
             with
             us
             :
             I
             am
             in
             prison
             before
             I
             am
             in
             prison
             ,
          
           saith
           Mr.
           
             Sanders
             .
          
        
         
         
           Famous
           is
           the
           story
           of
           the
           three
           Children
           :
           they
           were
           in
           a
           great
           strait
           when
           cast
           into
           the
           fiery
           Furnace
           ;
           Binde
           them
           hand
           and
           foot
           ,
           and
           cast
           them
           into
           the
           Furnace
           :
           but
           when
           they
           were
           there
           they
           were
           unbound
           ,
           
             Dan.
          
           3.
           25.
           saith
           
             Nebuchadnezzar
             ,
             Did
             not
             we
             cast
             three
             men
             bound
             into
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             fire
             ?
             and
             lo
             I
             see
             foure
             men
             loose
             walking
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             fire
             ,
             and
             the
             form
             of
             the
             fourth
             is
             like
             the
             Son
             of
             God.
          
           I
           have
           often
           told
           you
           ,
           when
           three
           are
           cast
           into
           the
           fire
           for
           a
           good
           Conscience
           ,
           God
           will
           make
           the
           fourth
           :
           therefore
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           straits
           and
           sufferings
           for
           God
           are
           not
           worth
           the
           name
           of
           straits
           .
           
             David
          
           was
           often
           driven
           into
           straits
           ,
           1
           
             Sam.
          
           30.
           6.
           he
           was
           sore
           distressed
           when
           his
           Town
           was
           burnt
           ,
           and
           his
           Wives
           and
           Children
           taken
           captive
           by
           the
           
             Amalekites
             :
          
           I
           ,
           but
           that
           was
           a
           distress
           of
           danger
           ,
           not
           of
           sin
           :
           therefore
           he
           encourageth
           himself
           in
           the
           Lord
           his
           God.
           
             Iehosaphat
          
           was
           in
           a
           great
           strait
           ,
           
             2
             Chron.
             20.
             12.
             
             We
             know
             not
             what
             to
             do
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           :
           this
           was
           a
           strait
           of
           danger
           ,
           not
           caused
           by
           his
           sin
           ,
           and
           God
           quickly
           delivered
           him
           :
           but
           the
           strait
           that
           
             David
          
           was
           in
           ,
           was
           caused
           by
           his
           sin
           ,
           and
           that
           made
           it
           so
           bitter
           .
           I
           am
           loth
           to
           inlarge
           here
           :
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           was
           in
           a
           great
           strait
           ,
           
             Phil.
          
           3.
           23.
           but
           this
           was
           a
           blessed
           strait
           ,
           an
           Evangelical
           strait
           ,
           saith
           Saint
           
             Chrysostom
             ,
             He
             knew
             not
             whether
             to
             die
             for
             his
             own
             sake
             ,
             or
             to
             live
             for
             the
             Churches
             sake
             ,
             were
             best
             ;
          
           he
           was
           willing
           to
           adjourn
           his
           going
           to
           Heaven
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           people
           of
           God
           :
           Nay
           ,
           christ
           was
           in
           a
           strait
           ,
           
             Luke
          
           12.
           15
           ,
           I
           have
           a
           Baptism
           to
           be
           baptized
           withal
           ,
           
           and
           how
           am
           I
           straitned
           till
           it
           be
           accomplished
           ?
           I
           am
           to
           shed
           my
           blood
           for
           my
           Elect
           :
           that
           is
           the
           Baptisme
           he
           speaks
           of
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           a
           strait
           of
           dear
           affection
           to
           the
           Elect
           of
           God
           :
           all
           these
           were
           blessed
           straits
           :
           but
           now
           a
           strait
           caused
           by
           sin
           ,
           these
           are
           imbittered
           and
           envenomed
           by
           the
           guilt
           of
           sin
           ,
           and
           sense
           of
           Gods
           wrath
           .
           It
           is
           sin
           that
           maketh
           straits
           deserve
           the
           name
           of
           straits
           :
           therefore
           you
           are
           spiritually
           mad
           that
           commit
           sin
           to
           avoid
           straits
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           There
           is
           more
           evil
           in
           the
           least
           sin
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           greatest
           outward
           calamity
           whatsoever
           :
           this
           the
           world
           will
           not
           beleeve
           :
           therefore
           Saint
           
             Austin
          
           saith
           ,
           
             That
             a
             man
             ought
             not
             to
             tell
             a
             lye
             ,
             though
             he
             might
             save
             all
             the
             world
             from
             hell
             :
             for
             there
             is
             more
             evil
             in
             one
             lye
             ,
             then
             there
             is
             good
             in
             the
             salvation
             of
             all
             the
             world
             .
          
           I
           have
           often
           told
           you
           the
           story
           of
           Saint
           
             Austin
             :
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             If
             hell
             were
             on
             one
             side
             ,
             and
             sin
             on
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             I
             must
             choos
             one
             ,
             I
             would
             choos
             hell
             rather
             then
             sin
             :
             for
             God
             is
             the
             Author
             of
             hell
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             blasphemy
             to
             say
             he
             is
             the
             Author
             of
             sin
             .
          
           There
           is
           a
           famous
           story
           of
           
             Charles
          
           the
           ninth
           King
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           he
           sent
           a
           message
           to
           the
           Prince
           of
           
             Condy
          
           a
           zealous
           Protestant
           ,
           gives
           him
           three
           things
           to
           choose
           ,
           either
           to
           go
           to
           Mass
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           put
           to
           death
           ,
           or
           to
           suffer
           banishment
           all
           his
           life
           long
           :
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             Primum
             Deo
             juvante
             nunquam
             eligo
             :
             The
             first
             (
             God
             helping
             )
             I
             will
             never
             choose
             ,
             I
             abhor
             the
             idolatry
             of
             the
             Mass
             :
             
             but
             for
             the
             two
             other
             ,
             I
             leave
             it
             to
             the
             choice
             of
             the
             King
             to
             do
             as
             he
             pleases
             ,
             there
             is
             more
             evil
             in
             the
             least
             sin
             them
             the
             greatest
             misery
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           third
           thing
           I
           would
           have
           you
           consider
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           goeth
           out
           of
           Gods
           way
           to
           avoid
           danger
           ,
           shall
           certainly
           meet
           with
           greater
           danger
           .
           
             Balaam
          
           went
           out
           of
           Gods
           way
           ,
           
             Numb
             .
          
           22.
           22.
           and
           God
           sent
           an
           Angel
           with
           a
           drawn
           sword
           ,
           and
           he
           riding
           upon
           an
           Asse
           ,
           
             ver
             .
          
           26.
           the
           Angel
           stood
           in
           a
           narrow
           place
           ,
           where
           was
           no
           way
           to
           go
           from
           the
           right
           hand
           or
           from
           the
           left
           :
           if
           his
           Ass
           had
           not
           fallen
           under
           him
           ,
           he
           had
           been
           run
           through
           by
           the
           sword
           of
           the
           Angel.
           
             Ionah
          
           for
           fear
           of
           the
           King
           of
           
             Nineveh
          
           went
           out
           of
           Gods
           way
           ,
           but
           he
           met
           with
           a
           mighty
           Tempest
           ,
           he
           met
           with
           a
           Whale
           :
           What
           do
           you
           do
           when
           you
           commit
           sin
           ?
           you
           make
           way
           to
           be
           cast
           into
           the
           eternal
           prison
           of
           hell
           :
           you
           destroy
           your
           precious
           souls
           to
           save
           your
           perishing
           bodies
           .
        
         
           
             Use
          
           2.
           
           If
           sin
           be
           the
           father
           and
           mother
           of
           all
           perplexity
           and
           distresses
           ,
           then
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           let
           us
           above
           all
           things
           in
           the
           world
           abhor
           sin
           :
           all
           the
           curses
           of
           the
           Bible
           are
           all
           due
           only
           to
           a
           sinner
           ;
           and
           all
           the
           curses
           not
           named
           in
           the
           Bible
           :
           for
           that
           is
           observable
           ,
           
             Deut.
          
           28.
           36.
           every
           plague
           that
           is
           not
           written
           in
           the
           book
           shall
           light
           upon
           him
           :
           there
           are
           strange
           punishments
           to
           the
           workers
           of
           iniquity
           ,
           
             Iob.
          
           31.
           3
           ,
           Is
           not
           destruction
           to
           the
           wicked
           a
           
           strange
           punishment
           to
           the
           workers
           of
           iniquity
           ;
           sin
           it
           bringeth
           the
           sinner
           to
           little
           ease
           :
           little
           ease
           at
           death
           ,
           little
           ease
           at
           the
           day
           of
           judgement
           ,
           and
           little
           ease
           in
           hell
           ,
           tribulation
           and
           anguish
           :
           the
           word
           in
           the
           Greek
           is
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           little
           ease
           to
           every
           soul
           that
           doth
           iniquity
           .
           Oh
           my
           beloved
           ,
           will
           you
           promise
           me
           to
           look
           upon
           sin
           ,
           and
           consider
           it
           in
           all
           its
           woful
           consequents
           ,
           as
           the
           father
           ,
           mother
           ,
           and
           womb
           out
           of
           which
           come
           external
           ,
           eternal
           ,
           and
           internal
           straits
           ?
           more
           particularly
           there
           are
           twelve
           sins
           I
           especially
           command
           you
           to
           take
           heed
           of
           and
           avoid
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Take
           heed
           of
           covetousness
           :
           the
           love
           of
           the
           world
           will
           pierce
           you
           through
           with
           many
           sorrowes
           ;
           the
           love
           of
           money
           is
           the
           root
           of
           all
           evil
           ;
           the
           love
           of
           the
           world
           drowns
           men
           in
           perdition
           ,
        
         
           2
           Take
           heed
           of
           the
           sin
           of
           pride
           :
           into
           what
           woful
           strait
           did
           pride
           bring
           
             Haman
             !
          
           God
           crossed
           him
           in
           what
           he
           most
           desired
           :
           God
           made
           him
           hold
           the
           stirrop
           ,
           while
           
             Mordecai
          
           rode
           in
           triumph
           ;
           and
           God
           hanged
           him
           on
           the
           Gallows
           which
           he
           had
           made
           for
           
             Mordecai
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           Take
           heed
           of
           drunkennesse
           ;
           look
           not
           on
           the
           wine
           when
           it
           gives
           its
           colour
           in
           the
           cup
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           drunkennesse
           will
           bring
           you
           into
           snares
           ,
           it
           will
           bite
           like
           a
           Serpent
           ,
           and
           sting
           like
           an
           Adder
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
        
         
         
           4.
           
           Take
           heed
           of
           disobedience
           and
           rebellion
           against
           the
           Commandements
           of
           God
           :
           it
           brought
           
             Ionah
          
           to
           the
           three
           nights
           and
           three
           dayes
           in
           the
           Whales
           belly
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Take
           heed
           of
           fornication
           ,
           and
           adultery
           ,
           and
           all
           uncleanness
           ;
           this
           brought
           
             Sampson
          
           to
           a
           woful
           strait
           :
           this
           brought
           
             David
          
           and
           
             Solomon
          
           into
           great
           perplexity
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           Take
           heed
           of
           oppression
           ,
           and
           all
           acts
           of
           injustice
           :
           this
           brought
           
             Ahab
          
           into
           a
           great
           strait
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           the
           dogs
           licked
           his
           blood
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           Take
           heed
           of
           unnecessary
           familiarity
           with
           wicked
           men
           :
           this
           brought
           
             Iehoshaphat
          
           into
           a
           great
           strait
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           Take
           heed
           of
           mis-using
           the
           Prophets
           of
           God
           :
           this
           made
           God
           destroy
           the
           Children
           of
           
             Israel
          
           without
           remedy
           ,
           2
           
             Chron.
          
           36.
           15
           ,
           16.
           
        
         
           9.
           
           Take
           heed
           of
           coming
           prophanely
           to
           the
           Lords
           Table
           :
           this
           brought
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Corinth
          
           into
           a
           great
           distress
           ,
           insomuch
           as
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           ,
           
             For
             this
             cause
             many
             among
             you
             are
             sick
             ,
             and
             many
             weak
             ,
             and
             many
             fallen
             asleep
             .
          
        
         
           10.
           
           Take
           heed
           of
           loathing
           the
           Manna
           of
           your
           souls
           :
           this
           brought
           the
           people
           of
           
             Israel
          
           into
           woful
           
           misery
           ,
           that
           God
           destroyed
           all
           their
           carcasses
           in
           the
           wildernesse
           ,
           save
           
             Ioshua
          
           and
           
             Caleb
             .
          
        
         
           Take
           heed
           of
           slighting
           the
           Gospel
           :
           this
           brought
           Queen
           
             Maries
          
           persecution
           ,
           as
           many
           learned
           and
           godly
           men
           that
           fled
           for
           Religions
           sake
           out
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           have
           confessed
           their
           unthankfulnesse
           for
           ,
           and
           unfruitfulnesse
           under
           the
           Gospel
           in
           King
           
             Edward
          
           the
           sixth's
           time
           ,
           brought
           the
           persecution
           in
           Queen
           
             Maries
          
           time
           .
        
         
           11.
           
           Take
           heed
           of
           losing
           your
           first
           Love
           :
           that
           makes
           God
           threaten
           to
           take
           away
           his
           Candlestick
           .
        
         
           12.
           
           Take
           heed
           of
           prophaning
           the
           Christian
           Sabbath
           ,
           which
           is
           much
           prophaned
           every
           where
           ;
           a
           day
           that
           Christ
           by
           his
           resurrection
           from
           the
           dead
           hath
           consecrated
           ,
           to
           be
           kept
           holy
           to
           God
           :
           Certainly
           ,
           if
           the
           Jews
           were
           so
           severely
           punished
           for
           breaking
           the
           Sabbath
           ,
           which
           was
           set
           apart
           in
           memory
           of
           the
           Creation
           ,
           surely
           God
           will
           severely
           punish
           those
           that
           break
           the
           Sabbath
           set
           apart
           in
           memory
           of
           Christs
           Resurrection
           .
           May
           be
           some
           will
           say
           ,
           I
           have
           committed
           many
           of
           these
           sins
           ,
           but
           am
           not
           brought
           into
           any
           strait
           .
           Remember
           it
           was
           nine
           months
           after
           
             David
          
           had
           numbred
           the
           people
           ,
           before
           he
           was
           in
           this
           strait
           :
           but
           as
           sure
           as
           God
           is
           in
           heaven
           ,
           sin
           will
           bring
           straits
           sooner
           or
           later
           ;
           though
           a
           sinner
           a
           hundred
           yeares
           ,
           yet
           shall
           he
           be
           accursed
           :
           may
           be
           thy
           posterity
           makes
           way
           for
           thy
           damnation
           :
           and
           this
           is
           thy
           greatest
           distress
           ,
           
           that
           thou
           goest
           on
           in
           sin
           and
           prosperity
           .
        
         
           
             Use
          
           3.
           
           If
           sin
           bringeth
           a
           Nation
           into
           marvellous
           labyrinths
           ,
           learn
           what
           great
           caus
           we
           have
           to
           fear
           that
           God
           should
           bring
           this
           Nation
           into
           great
           distress
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           great
           abominations
           are
           committed
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           it
           ;
           our
           King
           and
           Sovereign
           was
           in
           great
           straits
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           his
           banishment
           ,
           but
           God
           hath
           delivered
           him
           ;
           God
           hath
           delivered
           this
           Nation
           out
           of
           great
           straits
           ,
           but
           alas
           ,
           we
           requite
           God
           evil
           for
           good
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           repenting
           for
           old
           sins
           ,
           we
           commit
           new
           sins
           .
           I
           am
           told
           there
           are
           new
           oathes
           invented
           ,
           oaths
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           named
           in
           any
           place
           ,
           much
           lesse
           here
           :
           Certainly
           the
           drunkenness
           and
           adultery
           ,
           the
           oppression
           and
           injustice
           ,
           the
           bribery
           and
           Sabbath
           breaking
           ,
           the
           vain
           and
           wicked
           swearing
           and
           for-swearing
           this
           Nation
           is
           guilty
           of
           ,
           must
           of
           necessity
           provoke
           God
           to
           say
           of
           us
           as
           he
           did
           of
           them
           in
           
             Ieremiah
             15
             29
             Shall
             I
             not
             visit
             for
             these
             things
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ?
             shall
             not
             my
             soul
             be
             avenged
             on
             such
             a
             Nation
             as
             this
             ?
          
           God
           will
           not
           only
           punish
           us
           ,
           but
           be
           avenged
           on
           us
           .
           There
           is
           no
           way
           to
           avoid
           a
           national
           desolation
           ,
           but
           by
           a
           national
           reformation
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           learn
           what
           cause
           you
           of
           this
           Congregation
           and
           Parish
           ,
           what
           cause
           you
           have
           to
           expect
           that
           God
           should
           bring
           you
           into
           great
           straits
           ,
           because
           of
           your
           great
           unthank●ulness
           and
           unfruitfulness
           under
           the
           means
           of
           Grace
           ,
           you
           that
           have
           so
           
           long
           enjoyed
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           you
           have
           had
           the
           Gospel
           in
           this
           place
           in
           great
           abundance
           ;
           Doctor
           
             Taylor
          
           he
           served
           an
           apprenticeship
           in
           this
           place
           ▪
           Doctor
           
             Staughton
          
           served
           another
           apprenticeship
           :
           and
           I
           ,
           through
           divine
           Mercy
           ,
           have
           served
           three
           apprenticeships
           ,
           and
           half
           another
           almost
           ,
           among
           you
           ;
           you
           have
           had
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           seven
           and
           thirty
           years
           in
           the
           faithful
           ministry
           of
           the
           Word
           ,
           knocking
           at
           the
           door
           of
           your
           hearts
           ,
           but
           many
           of
           you
           have
           hardened
           your
           hearts
           .
           Are
           there
           not
           some
           of
           you
           ,
           I
           only
           put
           the
           Question
           ,
           that
           begin
           to
           loath
           the
           Manna
           of
           your
           Souls
           ,
           and
           to
           look
           back
           towards
           
             Egypt
          
           again
           ?
           Are
           there
           not
           some
           of
           you
           have
           itching
           ears
           ,
           and
           would
           fain
           have
           Preachers
           that
           would
           feed
           you
           with
           dainty
           phrases
           ,
           and
           begin
           not
           to
           care
           for
           a
           Minister
           that
           unrips
           your
           Consciences
           ,
           speaks
           to
           your
           hearts
           and
           souls
           ,
           and
           would
           force
           you
           into
           heaven
           by
           frighting
           you
           out
           of
           your
           sins
           ?
           Are
           there
           not
           some
           of
           you
           ,
           that
           by
           often
           hearing
           Sermons
           ,
           are
           become
           Sermon-proof
           ,
           that
           know
           to
           sleep
           and
           scoffe
           away
           Sermons
           ?
           I
           would
           be
           glad
           to
           say
           there
           are
           but
           few
           such
           ;
           but
           the
           Lord
           knoweth
           there
           are
           too
           too
           many
           that
           by
           long
           preaching
           get
           little
           good
           by
           preaching
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           I
           have
           often
           said
           it
           ,
           and
           say
           it
           now
           again
           ,
           there
           is
           hardly
           any
           way
           to
           raise
           the
           p●ice
           of
           the
           Gospel-Ministry
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           want
           of
           it
           :
           And
           that
           I
           may
           not
           flatter
           you
           ,
           you
           have
           not
           profited
           under
           the
           means
           you
           have
           enjoyed
           ;
           therefore
           you
           may
           justly
           expect
           God
           
           may
           bring
           you
           into
           a
           strait
           ,
           and
           take
           away
           the
           Gospel
           from
           you
           :
           God
           may
           justly
           take
           away
           your
           Ministers
           by
           death
           or
           otherwise
           .
           Have
           you
           not
           lost
           your
           first
           love
           ?
           why
           did
           God
           take
           away
           the
           Gospel
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Ephesus
             ,
          
           but
           because
           they
           lost
           their
           first
           love
           ?
           Are
           you
           not
           like
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Laodicea
             ,
          
           that
           are
           neither
           hot
           nor
           cold
           ?
           therefore
           God
           may
           justly
           spew
           you
           out
           of
           his
           mouth
           ;
           what
           God
           will
           do
           with
           you
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           a
           few
           weeks
           will
           determine
           :
           God
           can
           make
           a
           great
           change
           in
           a
           little
           time
           :
           we
           leave
           all
           to
           God
           ;
           but
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           let
           me
           commend
           one
           Text
           of
           Scripture
           to
           you
           ,
           
             Ierem.
             13.
             16.
             
             Give
             glory
             to
             the
             Lord
             your
             God
             ,
             before
             he
             cause
             darkness
             ,
             an●
             before
             your
             feet
             stumble
             upon
             the
             dark
             mountains
             ,
             and
             while
             ye
             look
             for
             light
             ,
             he
             turn
             it
             into
             the
             shadow
             of
             death
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             grosse
             darkness
             .
          
           Verse
           17.
           
           
             But
             if
             you
             will
             not
             hear
             it
             ,
             my
             soul
             shall
             weep
             in
             secret
             places
             for
             your
             pride
             ,
             and
             mine
             eyes
             shall
             weep
             sore
             ,
             and
             run
             down
             with
             tears
             ,
             because
             the
             Lord's
             flock
             is
             c●rried
             away
             captive
             .
          
           Give
           glory
           to
           God
           by
           confessing
           and
           repenting
           of
           your
           sins
           ,
           by
           humbling
           your
           souls
           before
           the
           Lord
           ,
           before
           darkness
           come
           ,
           and
           who
           knoweth
           but
           this
           may
           pre●●nt
           darkness
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A31975-e80
           
             Causab
             .
             Enthus
             l.
             6.
             
          
           
             Cic.
             de
             Somn●
             l.
             2.
             
          
           
             Arist
             de
             vita●
             &
             Mor●
             .
             l.
             2.
             p.
             118.
             
          
           
             Lam.
             3.
             39●
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8
             ,