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             A sermon preach'd at the Church of St. Mary le Bow to the Societies for Reformation of Manners, June 26, 1699 by Edward Lord Bishop of Gloucester.
             Fowler, Edward, 1632-1714.
          
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           The
           Bishop
           of
           
           Gloucester's
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           SOCIETIES
           FOR
           
             Reformation
             of
             Manners
          
           .
           June
           26.
           1699.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preach'd
           at
           the
           Church
           of
           St.
           
             MARY
             le
             Bow
          
           ,
           TO
           THE
           SOCIETIES
           FOR
           
             Reformation
             of
          
           Manners
           .
           June
           26.
           1699.
           
        
         
           By
           EDWARD
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           Gloucester
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             B.
             Aylmer
          
           ,
           at
           the
           
             Three
             Pigeons
          
           in
           Cornhil
           ,
           1699.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             Ephes.
             vi
             .
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             With
             good
             Will
             doing
             Service
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             LORD
             ,
             and
             not
             unto
             Men
             :
             Knowing
             that
             whatsoever
             good
             thing
             any
             man
             doth
             ,
             the
             same
             shall
             he
             receive
             of
             the
             Lord
             ;
             whether
             he
             be
             Bond
             or
             Free.
             
          
        
         
           THE
           Design
           of
           these
           Quarterly
           Sermons
           being
           to
           Encourage
           those
           Worthy
           Persons
           ,
           who
           are
           Entred
           into
           
             Societies
             for
             Reformation
             of
             Manners
          
           ,
           to
           persevere
           and
           abound
           more
           and
           more
           ,
           in
           the
           Extraordinary
           good
           Work
           they
           are
           Engaged
           in
           ;
           as
           also
           to
           Excite
           others
           ,
           in
           their
           respective
           Stations
           ,
           to
           follow
           their
           Example
           :
           And
           it
           being
           moreover
           very
           Seasonable
           ,
           to
           Discourse
           at
           this
           time
           of
           
           the
           Principle
           ,
           by
           which
           we
           ought
           to
           be
           acted
           in
           
             all
             our
          
           Services
           ;
           and
           especially
           in
           a
           Service
           of
           this
           high
           Nature
           ,
           I
           thought
           I
           could
           not
           make
           Choice
           of
           a
           more
           proper
           Subject
           for
           this
           Occasion
           ,
           than
           the
           Words
           now
           read
           .
        
         
           I.
           We
           meet
           with
           in
           them
           a
           great
           
             Duty
             :
             With
             good
             will
             doing
             Service
             ;
             as
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             not
             unto
             Men.
             
          
        
         
           II.
           A
           most
           Perswasive
           Motive
           thereto
           :
           
             Knowing
             that
             whatsoever
             good
             thing
             any
             Man
             doth
             ,
             the
             same
             shall
             he
             receive
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           I.
           As
           to
           the
           Duty
           .
           We
           find
           an
           Injunction
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           
             Col.
             3.
             23.
             
             Whatsoever
             you
             do
             ,
             do
             it
             heartily
             ;
             as
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             not
             unto
             Men.
             
          
        
         
           
             With
             good
             Will
          
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           as
           't
           is
           in
           the
           foregoing
           words
           ,
           
             from
             the
             Soul
          
           ,
           i.
           e.
           most
           freely
           and
           chearfully
           .
        
         
         
           
             Doing
             Service
          
           ,
           or
           any
           Service
           you
           do
           ,
           whether
           Sacred
           or
           Civil
           .
           
             Whatsoever
             you
             do
          
           ,
           as
           't
           is
           in
           the
           parallel
           Text.
           And
           these
           Words
           do
           immediately
           relate
           to
           Services
           of
           a
           mere
           Civil
           Nature
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           in
           both
           places
           directed
           to
           Servants
           of
           Men
           ,
           for
           their
           Instruction
           in
           reference
           to
           their
           mean
           Services
           particularly
           .
           But
           if
           even
           these
           are
           to
           be
           done
           
             as
             to
             the
             Lord
          
           ,
           much
           more
           should
           far
           higher
           Services
           ;
           and
           most
           of
           all
           those
           which
           immediately
           relate
           to
           Almighty
           God.
           
        
         
           
             As
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             not
             unto
             Men
          
           ;
           or
           ,
           not
           as
           to
           Men.
           
             i.
             e.
          
           Having
           a
           greater
           Regard
           to
           the
           Lord
           than
           to
           Men.
           This
           is
           an
           Hebreism
           ,
           which
           expresseth
           what
           is
           not
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           certain
           limited
           Sence
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           not
           to
           be
           done
           at
           all
           :
           Of
           which
           Forms
           of
           Speech
           there
           are
           in
           Scripture
           abundance
           of
           Instances
           .
           I
           will
           name
           but
           one
           ,
           viz.
           those
           Words
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           
             Labour
             not
             for
             the
          
           
           
             Meat
             which
             perisheth
             ,
             but
             for
             that
             Meat
             which
             endureth
             to
             Eternal
             Life
             .
          
        
         
           
             And
             not
             unto
             Men
          
           ,
           i.
           e.
           for
           the
           pleasing
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           obtaining
           from
           them
           a
           Reward
           for
           your
           Service
           .
        
         
           We
           will
           ,
           in
           discoursing
           on
           these
           Words
           ,
           shew
        
         
           I.
           What
           is
           Implyed
           in
           thus
           doing
           our
           Services
           .
        
         
           II.
           Under
           what
           Obligations
           we
           are
           thus
           to
           do
           them
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           defer
           speaking
           to
           the
           Motive
           ,
           to
           the
           Application
           .
        
         
           I.
           What
           is
           Implyed
           in
           this
           
             doing
             our
             Services
             as
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           These
           three
           things
           are
           herein
           implyed
           ,
           Having
           a
           respect
           to
           God's
           Command
           :
           And
           to
           his
           Glory
           :
           And
           to
           both
           Chiefly
           and
           Principally
           .
        
         
         
           1.
           
           Having
           in
           our
           Services
           a
           Respect
           to
           God's
           Command
           .
           To
           His
           Command
           either
           particularly
           or
           in
           general
           ,
           expresly
           or
           by
           evident
           Consequence
           ,
           requiring
           them
           .
           And
           therefore
           in
           the
           two
           Verses
           before
           the
           Text
           ,
           Servants
           are
           enjoyned
           to
           perform
           their
           Services
           
             in
             Singleness
          
           ,
           or
           Simplicity
           and
           Sincerity
           ,
           
             of
             Heart
             ,
             as
             unto
             Christ.
             Not
             with
             Eye
             service
             as
             Men
             Pleasers
             ,
             but
             as
             the
             Servants
             of
             Christ
             ,
             doing
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             from
             the
             Heart
             .
          
           Which
           is
           exprest
           in
           the
           Verse
           before
           the
           other
           Text
           by
           
             fearing
             God
             ,
             —
             in
             Singleness
             of
             Heart
             ,
             fearing
          
           (
           or
           as
           fearing
           )
           God.
           Whatsoever
           Service
           we
           are
           employed
           in
           without
           any
           Consideration
           of
           the
           Divine
           Law
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           therein
           obedient
           to
           God
           :
           Obedience
           to
           Him
           being
           not
           a
           mere
           doing
           what
           He
           requires
           ,
           but
           doing
           it
           because
           He
           requires
           it
           ;
           under
           the
           Notion
           of
           its
           being
           required
           by
           Him.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           Herein
           is
           implyed
           doing
           our
           Services
           ,
           with
           Respect
           also
           to
           the
           
           Glory
           of
           God.
           To
           have
           Respect
           to
           God's
           Command
           ,
           and
           to
           His
           Glory
           ,
           are
           different
           things
           ;
           so
           different
           ,
           that
           the
           one
           may
           be
           without
           the
           other
           .
           As
           when
           a
           Man
           obeys
           God
           from
           a
           slavish
           Dread
           of
           Him
           ,
           as
           the
           poor
           Americans
           worship
           the
           Devil
           .
           Or
           when
           Obedience
           to
           the
           Divine
           Majesty
           proceeds
           from
           no
           higher
           a
           Motive
           ,
           than
           hopes
           to
           obtain
           thereby
           temporal
           Blessings
           ,
           or
           a
           sensual
           Happiness
           in
           the
           other
           World
           ;
           such
           a
           Sort
           of
           Heaven
           as
           is
           the
           Turkish
           Paradise
           .
           But
           that
           our
           Services
           ought
           to
           have
           Regard
           to
           God's
           Glory
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           His
           Command
           ,
           must
           necessarily
           be
           implyed
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           in
           that
           our
           Apostle
           expresseth
           it
           in
           that
           Injunction
           of
           his
           ,
           
             Whether
             you
             eat
             or
             drink
             ,
             or
             whatsoever
             you
             do
             ,
             do
             all
             to
             the
             Glory
             of
             God.
          
           Or
           ,
           make
           all
           your
           Actions
           subservient
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           they
           are
           capable
           of
           being
           so
           ,
           to
           the
           Honouring
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           The
           
             Glory
             of
             God
          
           ,
           which
           we
           so
           often
           
           read
           of
           in
           the
           H.
           Scriptures
           ,
           is
           the
           displaying
           of
           some
           or
           other
           of
           His
           Glorious
           Perfections
           ;
           or
           the
           making
           Reasonable
           Beings
           to
           feel
           or
           observe
           them
           in
           their
           Effects
           .
           And
           We
           are
           said
           to
           Glorifie
           Him
           ,
           when
           we
           are
           His
           Instruments
           herein
           ;
           and
           when
           his
           Moral
           Perfections
           do
           shine
           in
           our selves
           ;
           which
           are
           those
           alone
           wherein
           we
           are
           inabled
           to
           imitate
           Him
           ,
           and
           which
           are
           called
           His
           Image
           .
           These
           are
           His
           
             Loving
             Kindness
             ,
             Righteousness
          
           and
           Holiness
           ;
           and
           may
           be
           all
           comprised
           in
           this
           one
           Word
           Goodness
           .
           To
           do
           good
           consequently
           from
           the
           Love
           of
           Goodness
           ,
           is
           an
           Instance
           of
           designing
           God's
           Glory
           in
           the
           good
           we
           do
           ;
           as
           also
           to
           do
           good
           with
           a
           Design
           to
           be
           like
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           by
           this
           means
           to
           be
           qualified
           for
           the
           Enjoyment
           of
           Him.
           
        
         
           God
           glorifieth
           Himself
           by
           Exerting
           His
           Goodness
           ,
           or
           His
           Power
           and
           Wisdom
           in
           doing
           good
           ,
           from
           the
           Delight
           he
           takes
           therein
           .
           
             I
             am
             the
          
           
           
             Lord
             ,
             which
             Exerciseth
             Loving-kindness
             ,
             Judgement
             and
             Righteousness
             in
             the
             Earth
             ;
             for
             ,
          
           or
           because
           ,
           
             in
             these
             things
             I
             delight
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord.
          
           Jer.
           9.
           24.
           
           
             Who
             is
             a
             God
             like
             unto
             Thee
             ,
             that
             pardon●th
             Iniquity
             ,
             and
             passeth
             by
             the
             Transgression
             of
             the
             Remnant
             of
             His
             Heritage
             !
             He
             retaineth
             not
             His
             Anger
             for
             ever
             ,
             because
             He
          
           Delighteth
           in
           Mercy
           ,
           Mic.
           7.
           18.
           
           
             Thou
             art
             good
          
           ,
           saith
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           
             and
             dost
             good
          
           ;
           or
           ,
           therefore
           thou
           dost
           good
           .
           because
           Thou
           art
           good
           ;
           and
           what
           is
           God's
           being
           good
           ,
           but
           His
           delighting
           in
           Goodness
           ?
           Loving-kindness
           &
           Righteousness
           are
           too
           Excellent
           things
           ,
           to
           be
           Exercised
           as
           a
           mere
           means
           to
           a
           farther
           End
           ;
           for
           these
           are
           the
           very
           best
           things
           (
           as
           Tully
           discourseth
           admirably
           in
           his
           Book
           
             de
             Naturâ
             Deorum
          
           )
           and
           as
           they
           are
           in
           God
           they
           are
           the
           Divine
           Nature
           it self
           ,
           not
           as
           qualities
           in
           their
           Subject
           .
           It
           may
           be
           said
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           may
           be
           affirmed
           of
           the
           Divine
           Power
           and
           Wisdom
           :
           That
           's
           certain
           ,
           but
           these
           Perfections
           do
           
           concur
           to
           the
           Constituting
           of
           the
           Divine
           Nature
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           necessarily
           determined
           to
           the
           Serving
           of
           the
           Ends
           of
           Loving
           kindness
           and
           Righteousness
           ;
           as
           it
           is
           easie
           to
           demonstrate
           .
           And
           in
           saying
           ,
           that
           God
           Glorifieth
           Himself
           in
           Exerting
           His
           Perfections
           in
           doing
           good
           ,
           from
           the
           Delight
           he
           takes
           therein
           ,
           I
           say
           also
           ,
           that
           We
           do
           glorifie
           Him
           in
           herein
           resembling
           Him.
           
        
         
           So
           that
           ,
           in
           short
           ,
           to
           have
           Respect
           to
           God's
           Glory
           in
           our
           Services
           ,
           is
           the
           same
           thing
           with
           being
           acted
           from
           a
           Principle
           of
           Love
           to
           God
           and
           Goodness
           .
           Of
           Love
           to
           God
           ,
           not
           considered
           meerly
           as
           good
           to
           us
           or
           ours
           ,
           but
           chiefly
           as
           infinitely
           good
           in
           Himself
           ,
           &
           as
           unspeakable
           good
           to
           His
           whole
           Creation
           .
           And
           he
           who
           loves
           Goodness
           as
           such
           ,
           with
           what
           is
           implyed
           therein
           ,
           will
           so
           as
           we
           now
           said
           love
           God
           ;
           as
           he
           who
           so
           loves
           God
           ,
           will
           necessarily
           love
           Goodness
           as
           Goodness
           .
        
         
         
           3.
           
           To
           have
           Regard
           to
           the
           Command
           and
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           
             chiefly
             and
             principally
          
           ,
           must
           needs
           also
           be
           implyed
           in
           doing
           Service
           
             as
             to
             the
             Lord.
          
           This
           rather
           is
           expressed
           ,
           in
           that
           it
           is
           said
           
             as
             to
             the
             Lord
             and
             not
             unto
             Men
             ,
          
           or
           more
           to
           the
           Lord
           than
           to
           Men.
           But
           indeed
           it
           is
           too
           little
           a
           thing
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           our
           Services
           we
           are
           obliged
           to
           a
           
             merely
             greater
          
           Regard
           to
           God
           than
           to
           Men
           ;
           or
           than
           to
           the
           Serving
           of
           any
           selfish
           worldly
           Interest
           ;
           for
           nothing
           is
           more
           undoubted
           (
           as
           will
           be
           shewn
           presently
           )
           than
           that
           the
           Serving
           and
           Glorifying
           of
           God
           must
           be
           so
           the
           Principal
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           the
           Ultimate
           End
           of
           all
           our
           Services
           :
           Such
           an
           End
           ,
           as
           that
           whatsoever
           other
           Ends
           we
           propose
           to
           our selves
           in
           them
           ,
           should
           be
           intended
           to
           be
           subservient
           thereunto
           ;
           should
           be
           designed
           as
           Means
           to
           the
           promoting
           thereof
           .
           For
           instance
           ,
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           saith
           ,
           
             Let
             your
             Light
             so
             shine
             before
             Men
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             see
             your
             good
             Works
          
           ;
           or
           let
           the
           immediate
           
           End
           of
           your
           doing
           good
           Works
           publickly
           be
           ,
           that
           Men
           may
           take
           Notice
           of
           them
           :
           But
           in
           what
           follows
           ,
           he
           saith
           ,
           that
           their
           being
           taken
           Notice
           of
           should
           be
           wholly
           designed
           as
           means
           to
           the
           Glorifying
           of
           God
           ,
           
             and
             glorifie
             your
             Father
             which
             is
             in
             Heaven
             .
          
           Not
           to
           the
           having
           the
           Praise
           of
           Men
           ,
           but
           to
           glorifie
           God
           ,
           by
           doing
           Credit
           to
           your
           Religion
           ,
           and
           so
           bringing
           the
           Observers
           of
           your
           good
           Works
           ,
           to
           the
           embracing
           thereof
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           following
           of
           your
           Example
           ;
           whereby
           they
           will
           bring
           Glory
           to
           God
           too
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           the
           Praise
           of
           Men
           ,
           or
           a
           
             good
             Name
          
           ,
           may
           very
           lawfully
           be
           designed
           in
           doing
           good
           Works
           ;
           but
           then
           it
           is
           a
           bad
           End
           ,
           a
           very
           bad
           one
           ,
           when
           our
           Motive
           thereto
           is
           the
           gratifying
           of
           fond
           Imagination
           ,
           and
           an
           Ambitious
           Humour
           (
           for
           which
           our
           Saviour
           so
           condemned
           the
           Pharisees
           )
           and
           not
           from
           a
           Desire
           to
           be
           enabled
           to
           do
           the
           more
           good
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           by
           
           the
           means
           of
           our
           good
           Name
           ,
           or
           the
           more
           to
           Glorifie
           God.
           I
           proceed
           to
           shew
           ,
        
         
           II.
           Under
           what
           Obligations
           we
           are
           thus
           to
           perform
           our
           Services
           
             as
             to
             the
             Lord.
          
           I
           shall
           speak
           to
           three
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           the
           greatest
           imaginable
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           We
           are
           obliged
           hereunto
           ,
           in
           that
           all
           we
           have
           ,
           or
           are
           ,
           is
           from
           God.
           All
           the
           Faculties
           ,
           Abilities
           and
           Powers
           ,
           both
           bodily
           and
           spiritual
           ,
           whereby
           we
           are
           fitted
           for
           any
           Service
           ;
           all
           the
           Means
           ,
           Opportunities
           &
           Advatages
           we
           have
           for
           the
           doing
           of
           good
           ;
           nay
           ,
           our
           very
           Willingness
           to
           improve
           them
           for
           that
           purpose
           :
           These
           are
           all
           from
           God.
           What
           a
           devout
           Acknowledgment
           doth
           K.
           David
           make
           of
           this
           !
           1
           Chron.
           29.
           14.
           
           
             But
             who
             am
             I
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             my
             People
             ,
             that
             we
             should
             be
             able
             to
             offer
             so
             willingly
             after
             this
             sort
             ?
             For
             all
             things
             come
             of
             Thee
             ,
             and
             of
             Thine
             own
             have
             we
             given
             Thee
             .
          
           And
           once
           more
           ,
           All
           the
           good
           Success
           
           of
           our
           Endeavours
           is
           from
           God
           too
           .
           
             O
             Lord
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           )
           
             I
             know
             that
             the
             way
             of
             Man
             ,
             is
             not
             in
             himself
             ;
             it
             is
             not
             in
             Man
             that
             walketh
             to
             direct
             his
             Steps
             .
          
           It
           is
           not
           in
           Man
           ,
           either
           to
           do
           what
           is
           most
           eligible
           ,
           for
           the
           bringing
           about
           this
           or
           that
           good
           Design
           ;
           nor
           ,
           when
           he
           is
           directed
           to
           the
           best
           and
           fittest
           Means
           ,
           to
           bring
           his
           Affairs
           to
           a
           good
           Issue
           .
           Paul
           can
           but
           
             Plant
             ,
             Apollos
          
           but
           Water
           ;
           it
           is
           God
           alone
           
             that
             giveth
             the
             Increase
          
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           who
           is
           not
           able
           ,
           at
           first
           fight
           ,
           to
           perceive
           the
           mighty
           Force
           of
           the
           Obligation
           which
           ariseth
           from
           hence
           ,
           to
           do
           all
           his
           Services
           
             as
             to
             the
             Lord
          
           ?
           Are
           we
           our Selves
           ,
           all
           our
           Powers
           ,
           all
           our
           Opportunities
           for
           the
           Doing
           of
           them
           ,
           from
           God
           ?
           
             Are
             we
             not
             sufficient
             of
             our selves
             ,
             so
             much
             as
             to
             think
             any
             thing
             as
             of
             our selves
          
           (
           as
           the
           Apostle
           speaks
           )
           
             but
             our
             Sufficiency
             is
             of
             God
             ?
          
           Is
           our
           very
           Willingnefs
           to
           endeavour
           owing
           to
           the
           Grace
           (
           tho'
           
           not
           the
           irresistible
           Grace
           )
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           is
           all
           our
           Success
           from
           his
           Blessing
           ;
           and
           can
           any
           thing
           then
           be
           more
           evident
           ,
           than
           that
           we
           are
           bound
           to
           have
           principally
           ,
           and
           ultimately
           ,
           an
           Eye
           to
           Him
           in
           them
           ?
        
         
           There
           is
           no
           
             First
             Principle
          
           more
           apparent
           ,
           than
           that
           the
           Glory
           of
           Him
           who
           is
           our
           
             First
             Cause
          
           ,
           and
           who
           is
           All
           in
           All
           to
           us
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           our
           
             last
             End.
             Of
             Him
             and
             through
             Him
             ,
             and
             to
             Him
             are
             all
             things
             :
             To
             whom
             be
             Glory
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
             ,
             Amen
             .
          
           Rom.
           11.
           ult
           .
           Or
           ,
           therefore
           to
           Him
           be
           given
           Glory
           by
           the
           whole
           Universe
           
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
          
           .
           There
           is
           so
           inseparable
           a
           Connexion
           between
           that
           Premise
           and
           this
           Inference
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           not
           be
           parted
           by
           the
           Divine
           Power
           it self
           .
           Especially
           since
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           We
           are
           farther
           obliged
           hereunto
           ,
           in
           that
           God
           made
           us
           and
           all
           things
           belonging
           to
           us
           ,
           for
           the
           glorifying
           of
           Himself
           ;
           the
           exerting
           and
           
           displaying
           of
           His
           glorious
           Perfections
           .
           This
           Consideration
           doth
           very
           much
           heighten
           our
           Obligation
           to
           do
           all
           our
           Services
           
             as
             to
             the
             Lord.
          
           Had
           He
           only
           made
           us
           ,
           and
           placed
           us
           in
           the
           Circumstances
           in
           which
           we
           are
           ;
           and
           then
           left
           it
           free
           to
           us
           (
           which
           't
           is
           impossible
           he
           should
           )
           whether
           we
           would
           serve
           Him
           ,
           or
           not
           serve
           Him
           ,
           with
           our
           Souls
           and
           Bodies
           ,
           His
           own
           Gifts
           and
           Blessings
           ,
           we
           should
           notwithstanding
           be
           eternally
           Obliged
           hereto
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Gratitude
           :
           But
           when
           He
           hath
           given
           us
           our
           Being
           ,
           and
           all
           we
           enjoy
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           glorifie
           Him
           ,
           we
           contradict
           the
           Design
           of
           our
           Great
           Creator
           and
           Benefactor
           in
           making
           us
           what
           we
           are
           ,
           and
           doing
           as
           He
           hath
           done
           for
           us
           .
           I
           need
           not
           tell
           those
           who
           are
           acquainted
           with
           the
           Divine
           Oracles
           ,
           that
           there
           had
           been
           no
           such
           Creatures
           as
           our selves
           ,
           but
           for
           this
           End.
           But
           were
           this
           never
           revealed
           ,
           we
           are
           assured
           of
           nothing
           more
           from
           
             natural
             Light
          
           ,
           than
           that
           it
           must
           necessarily
           
           be
           so
           .
           For
           He
           who
           is
           infinite
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           can
           not
           but
           have
           the
           best
           of
           Designs
           in
           all
           His
           Actings
           ;
           but
           what
           Design
           can
           be
           Comparable
           to
           this
           ,
           of
           making
           His
           Creatures
           to
           observe
           and
           teel
           ,
           how
           Glorious
           He
           is
           in
           His
           Power
           ,
           Wisdom
           and
           Goodness
           ;
           and
           those
           of
           them
           to
           be
           His
           Instruments
           in
           setting
           forth
           the
           Glory
           of
           these
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           made
           capable
           of
           being
           so
           ?
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           Óbjected
           ,
           that
           the
           Brutes
           and
           inanimate
           Creatures
           are
           made
           to
           Glorifie
           God
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           
             Men
             and
             Angels
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           Designing
           His
           Glory
           is
           not
           necessarily
           implyed
           in
           Glorifying
           Him
           :
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           God
           aims
           at
           His
           own
           Glory
           ,
           in
           a
           far
           higher
           and
           more
           excellent
           Manner
           ,
           in
           rational
           Agents
           ,
           than
           in
           Creatures
           void
           of
           Reason
           .
           That
           is
           ,
           He
           hath
           made
           those
           so
           to
           Glorifie
           Him
           ,
           as
           to
           Intend
           and
           Design
           the
           Glorifying
           of
           Him.
           And
           farther
           ,
           we
           can
           not
           conceive
           ,
           how
           Brutes
           ,
           and
           insensible
           
           Creatures
           ,
           can
           be
           said
           otherwaies
           to
           Glorifie
           their
           Maker
           ,
           than
           as
           they
           give
           occasion
           to
           Reasonable
           ones
           so
           to
           do
           .
           Origen
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           was
           of
           Opinion
           ,
           that
           because
           the
           
             Sun
             ,
             Moon
          
           and
           Stars
           are
           called
           upon
           by
           the
           Psalmist
           
             to
             praise
             the
             Lord
             ,
             they
          
           are
           endued
           with
           Reason
           as
           well
           as
           our selves
           :
           But
           he
           might
           for
           the
           self-same
           reason
           as
           well
           have
           asserted
           ,
           that
           Cattle
           ,
           and
           Fowls
           ,
           and
           
             all
             creeping
          
           things
           ;
           nay
           ,
           Mountains
           and
           
             Hills
             ,
             Fire
          
           and
           
             Hail
             ,
             Snow
          
           and
           Vapours
           ,
           and
           
             all
             God's
             Works
          
           ,
           are
           reasonable
           Creatures
           too
           ;
           these
           also
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           the
           same
           Psalm
           ,
           being
           called
           upon
           to
           
             praise
             Him.
          
           But
           Plato
           was
           ,
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           a
           better
           Divine
           than
           that
           holy
           Father
           ;
           for
           having
           stiled
           the
           World
           
             God's
             Temple
             ,
             wherein
             all
             His
             Creatures
             do
             joyn
             together
             in
             the
             Worshiping
             of
             Him
             ,
          
           he
           calls
           
             Mankind
             His
             Priests
             ,
             by
             whom
             the
             Worship
             of
             the
             Universe
             is
             Performed
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           Our
           Obligation
           to
           the
           Duty
           in
           
           the
           Text
           ,
           is
           also
           founded
           upon
           our
           own
           Interest
           ;
           our
           infinitely
           greatest
           Interest
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           as
           it
           appears
           from
           the
           two
           former
           Considerations
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           the
           most
           disingenuous
           and
           the
           most
           unjust
           thing
           ,
           not
           to
           make
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           the
           chief
           and
           ultimate
           End
           of
           all
           our
           Services
           ;
           so
           this
           Consideration
           speaks
           it
           to
           be
           the
           most
           unkind
           thing
           to
           our selves
           :
           Since
           it
           is
           only
           
             our
             good
          
           God
           aims
           at
           ,
           in
           desiring
           to
           be
           Glorified
           by
           us
           :
           For
           none
           can
           accrue
           to
           himself
           from
           any
           thing
           without
           Him
           ,
           nor
           the
           smallest
           drop
           added
           to
           His
           Fountain-Fulness
           .
           If
           there
           could
           ,
           He
           could
           not
           be
           God
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           a
           Being
           of
           Absolute
           ,
           Infinite
           Perfection
           .
        
         
           The
           Apostate
           Emperour
           was
           much
           disgusted
           at
           the
           Second
           Commandment
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           had
           it
           struck
           out
           of
           the
           Decalogue
           (
           as
           the
           Romish
           Church
           ,
           for
           a
           reason
           too
           well
           known
           ,
           hath
           left
           it
           out
           of
           her
           daily
           Offices
           )
           because
           God
           in
           that
           Commandment
           
           expresseth
           so
           great
           Jealousy
           for
           His
           own
           Honour
           ;
           which
           he
           would
           have
           to
           be
           very
           unworthy
           of
           the
           Divine
           Majesty
           :
           But
           St.
           Cyril
           well
           answered
           him
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           by
           no
           means
           so
           ,
           
             Because
             Man's
             greatest
             Happiness
             consisteth
             in
             the
             due
             Apprehension
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             giving
             Glory
             to
             Him.
             
          
        
         
           God
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           is
           not
           more
           Glorious
           in
           Himself
           ,
           by
           means
           of
           the
           Glory
           His
           Creatures
           give
           Him
           ,
           but
           all
           the
           Gain
           thereof
           is
           their
           own
           ;
           they
           by
           this
           means
           becoming
           like
           to
           Him
           ,
           and
           therefore
           qualified
           for
           everlasting
           Communion
           with
           Him.
           
        
         
           I
           will
           farther
           observe
           to
           you
           suitably
           to
           the
           two
           former
           Considerations
           ,
           That
           God
           Almighty
           must
           needs
           also
           expect
           our
           designing
           His
           Glory
           in
           all
           our
           Services
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           a
           
             necessary
             Act
             of
             Righteousness
          
           ,
           it
           being
           (
           as
           has
           been
           shewed
           )
           most
           highly
           reasonable
           ,
           sit
           and
           just
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           have
           such
           a
           Sense
           of
           His
           infinite
           
           Goodness
           ,
           as
           thus
           to
           do
           ,
           He
           cannot
           but
           look
           for
           it
           for
           this
           reason
           from
           us
           ,
           and
           oblige
           us
           thereto
           .
           So
           that
           ,
           as
           God
           exerciseth
           Goodness
           and
           Righteousness
           because
           He
           delights
           therein
           ,
           so
           will
           He
           have
           us
           to
           exercise
           the
           same
           ,
           because
           He
           delights
           in
           our
           so
           doing
           .
           Not
           (
           as
           we
           said
           )
           in
           regard
           of
           any
           Advantage
           that
           He
           can
           reap
           thereby
           ,
           but
           because
           the
           Exercise
           of
           Goodness
           &
           Righteousness
           wheresoever
           it
           is
           ,
           is
           as
           such
           most
           highly
           pleasing
           to
           Him
           ;
           and
           the
           contrary
           thereto
           ,
           as
           abhorrent
           to
           His
           Holy
           Nature
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           to
           make
           Application
           of
           what
           hath
           been
           discoursed
           ,
           To
           You
           ,
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           who
           are
           Members
           of
           of
           our
           Societies
           
             for
             Reformation
             of
             Manners
          
           :
           The
           Service
           in
           which
           you
           have
           engaged
           your selves
           ,
           is
           incomparably
           the
           most
           Noble
           ,
           the
           most
           highly
           Praise-worthy
           ,
           that
           it
           could
           be
           possible
           for
           you
           to
           be
           employed
           in
           .
           So
           it
           is
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           Publick
           and
           General
           
           Good
           is
           the
           Design
           of
           it
           ;
           not
           the
           Good
           of
           some
           particular
           Persons
           ,
           or
           Bodies
           of
           Men
           ,
           or
           onely
           of
           this
           Great
           City
           ,
           but
           of
           our
           whole
           Nation
           :
           In
           several
           Parts
           of
           which
           a
           good
           Progress
           is
           made
           therein
           .
           Nor
           is
           this
           Design
           confined
           within
           our
           own
           Country
           ,
           but
           it
           hath
           taken
           in
           that
           of
           Ireland
           too
           ;
           where
           (
           thanks
           be
           to
           God
           )
           it
           hath
           had
           as
           good
           Success
           ,
           as
           could
           reasonably
           have
           so
           soon
           been
           hoped
           fer
           .
           And
           to
           what
           People
           may
           not
           the
           Influence
           thereof
           reach
           ,
           sooner
           or
           later
           ,
           according
           as
           it
           prospers
           where
           it
           is
           undertaken
           ?
           And
           the
           setting
           it
           on
           foot
           hitherto
           is
           ,
           under
           God
           ,
           wholly
           owing
           in
           every
           Place
           to
           your
           worthy
           Example
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Directions
           they
           have
           received
           from
           Some
           of
           you
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           this
           is
           a
           Service
           of
           the
           most
           
             Publick
             Nature
          
           ,
           so
           is
           it
           of
           the
           greatest
           Concernment
           imaginable
           to
           the
           Publick
           ;
           as
           highly
           conducing
           to
           both
           the
           Temporal
           and
           Spiritual
           Interest
           
           thereof
           .
           He
           knows
           not
           what
           this
           Phrase
           
             Spiritual
             Interest
          
           signifies
           ,
           who
           can
           question
           ,
           whether
           
             a
             Reformation
             of
             Manners
          
           be
           absolutely
           necessary
           thereunto
           .
           And
           he
           must
           be
           sunk
           below
           Paganism
           ,
           who
           can
           doubt
           of
           its
           being
           necessary
           also
           to
           the
           Temporal
           Wellfare
           ,
           both
           of
           particular
           Persons
           ,
           and
           of
           Nations
           as
           Nations
           .
           Even
           that
           Atheist
           Epicurus
           (
           as
           Tully
           has
           demonstrated
           him
           to
           have
           been
           ,
           as
           much
           better
           Thoughts
           as
           many
           since
           have
           had
           of
           him
           )
           as
           he
           forbad
           Adultery
           to
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           great
           Mischiefs
           which
           he
           saw
           attended
           that
           Vice
           ;
           so
           he
           condemned
           the
           indulging
           of
           any
           unreasonable
           and
           vicious
           Appetite
           ,
           as
           inconsistent
           with
           all
           Tranquillity
           of
           Mind
           ,
           and
           Self-Enjoyment
           .
           And
           as
           to
           Nations
           ,
           the
           wise
           King
           Solomon
           hath
           observed
           ,
           that
           
             Righteousness
             exalteth
             a
             Nation
             ,
             but
             Sin
             is
             a
             Reproach
             to
             any
             People
             .
          
           And
           't
           is
           easy
           to
           shew
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           one
           Maxim
           wherein
           the
           wisest
           of
           Pagans
           are
           
           more
           agreed
           .
           That
           excellent
           Tully
           hath
           this
           very
           remarkable
           Saying
           ,
           
             Omnia
             Prospera
             eveniunt
             colentibus
             Deos
             ,
             sed
             Adversa
             spernentibus
             .
             All
             things
             happen
             well
             to
             those
             People
             ,
             who
             have
             a
             Care
             of
             Religion
             ;
             but
             as
             ill
             to
             the
             Contemners
             thereof
             .
          
           And
           those
           who
           are
           acquainted
           with
           Divine
           Revelation
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           have
           only
           Natural
           Light
           ,
           together
           with
           Experience
           and
           Observation
           ,
           for
           their
           Instruction
           ,
           are
           very
           unanimous
           in
           declaring
           the
           Toleration
           of
           Vice
           to
           be
           the
           most
           pernicious
           thing
           to
           Bodies
           Politique
           ,
           both
           in
           regard
           of
           its
           Natural
           Consequents
           ,
           and
           the
           Provocation
           it
           gives
           to
           the
           Divine
           Majesty
           severely
           to
           visit
           for
           it
           .
           Surely
           therefore
           those
           among
           our selves
           ,
           who
           have
           no
           Sense
           of
           the
           fatal
           Consequence
           of
           a
           general
           Corruption
           of
           Manners
           ,
           upon
           both
           those
           Accounts
           ,
           must
           either
           have
           little
           more
           of
           Men
           than
           the
           Figure
           and
           Shape
           ;
           or
           (
           which
           is
           infinitely
           worse
           )
           
             be
             given
             over
             to
             a
             Reprobate
             Mind
             .
          
        
         
         
           Now
           ,
           notwithstanding
           God
           Almighty
           has
           constituted
           one
           Order
           of
           Men
           ,
           whose
           whole
           Business
           it
           is
           ,
           to
           turn
           Sinners
           (
           with
           the
           Assistance
           of
           His
           Grace
           )
           to
           Righteousness
           ;
           and
           to
           Advance
           Piety
           and
           Virtue
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           by
           inlightning
           Men
           in
           the
           Principles
           of
           Natural
           and
           Revealed
           Religion
           ;
           by
           instructing
           them
           in
           the
           Divine
           Laws
           ,
           and
           exciting
           them
           to
           the
           Observance
           of
           them
           ,
           by
           the
           Glorious
           Promises
           ,
           and
           Terrible
           Threats
           annexed
           to
           them
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           Exercise
           of
           Spiritual
           Discipline
           :
           Yet
           such
           is
           the
           Depravation
           of
           Humane
           Nature
           ,
           that
           He
           saw
           it
           moreover
           necessary
           ,
           to
           ordain
           Civil
           Magistrates
           
             for
             the
             Punishment
             of
             Evil-Doers
          
           ,
           (
           as
           St.
           Peter
           speaks
           )
           
             and
             for
             the
             Praise
          
           ,
           or
           Incouragement
           ,
           
             of
             those
             that
             do
             well
             .
             For
             the
             Punishment
             of
             Evil-Doers
             ,
          
           by
           inforcing
           their
           Creators
           Laws
           ,
           with
           Laws
           of
           their
           own
           Enacting
           ,
           with
           the
           Sanction
           of
           Corporal
           and
           Pecuniary
           Penalties
           ;
           and
           the
           due
           inflicting
           of
           them
           on
           those
           
           who
           are
           too
           much
           hardned
           in
           their
           wicked
           Practices
           ,
           to
           be
           reformed
           by
           the
           Menaces
           of
           Punishment
           in
           another
           Life
           ;
           and
           by
           Spiritual
           Methods
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           being
           the
           Business
           of
           the
           foresaid
           Societies
           ,
           to
           do
           their
           utmost
           to
           Awaken
           the
           good
           Laws
           of
           our
           Land
           against
           Prophaneness
           and
           Immorality
           ,
           which
           have
           for
           the
           most
           part
           a
           long
           time
           lain
           a
           sleep
           ,
           and
           served
           to
           little
           better
           purpose
           ,
           than
           the
           reproaching
           of
           those
           (
           too
           generally
           speaking
           )
           who
           have
           been
           intrusted
           with
           the
           Execution
           of
           them
           :
           What
           more
           worthy
           Enterprize
           ,
           or
           of
           greater
           ,
           or
           so
           great
           Importance
           ,
           could
           enter
           into
           the
           hearts
           os
           you
           ,
           my
           Worthy
           Brethren
           ,
           who
           have
           entered
           into
           these
           Societies
           ,
           to
           undertake
           !
           And
           the
           method
           you
           have
           pitched
           upon
           for
           the
           carrying
           on
           of
           this
           Blessed
           Work
           ,
           is
           so
           excellently
           well
           contrived
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           succeeded
           ,
           by
           the
           Blessing
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           Admiration
           ,
           
           in
           and
           about
           this
           City
           .
           This
           hath
           been
           a
           great
           Age
           for
           Projects
           ;
           but
           this
           of
           Yours
           (
           tho'
           I
           undervalue
           it
           in
           so
           calling
           it
           )
           doth
           infinitely
           excell
           them
           all
           ;
           as
           very
           beneficial
           as
           some
           of
           them
           are
           found
           to
           be
           .
        
         
           It
           must
           be
           Acknowledged
           ,
           that
           no
           Man
           is
           the
           more
           Religious
           for
           abstaining
           from
           the
           Practice
           of
           any
           Vice
           ,
           merely
           for
           fear
           of
           temporal
           Penalties
           :
           Yet
           those
           on
           whom
           this
           fear
           works
           an
           outward
           Reformation
           ,
           are
           in
           a
           much
           more
           hopeful
           way
           to
           a
           thorow
           Conversion
           from
           Religious
           Motives
           ,
           than
           the
           more
           hardy
           Sinners
           .
           Besides
           ,
           by
           the
           vigorous
           Execution
           of
           the
           Laws
           ,
           wicked
           wretches
           are
           restrained
           from
           doing
           open
           dishonour
           to
           Almighty
           God
           ;
           that
           dishonour
           to
           his
           Authority
           ,
           which
           may
           well
           be
           called
           National
           ,
           when
           Connived
           at
           ,
           and
           as
           such
           deservedly
           punished
           :
           And
           ,
           by
           this
           means
           they
           are
           forced
           to
           give
           over
           offending
           Scandalously
           ,
           and
           debauching
           
           others
           by
           their
           infectious
           Example
           ,
           and
           insnaring
           Practices
           .
           Whereupon
           will
           necessarily
           follow
           ,
           that
           our
           Youth
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           will
           be
           nothing
           so
           liable
           to
           be
           corrupted
           ;
           and
           a
           happy
           stop
           will
           be
           put
           to
           that
           propagation
           of
           Vice
           ,
           which
           for
           so
           many
           Years
           hath
           been
           greatly
           encreasing
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           nothing
           is
           more
           evident
           ,
           than
           that
           this
           your
           Undertaking
           is
           the
           most
           excellent
           one
           considered
           in
           it self
           ;
           so
           we
           ought
           not
           in
           the
           least
           to
           doubt
           but
           that
           it
           is
           likewise
           so
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           Principle
           by
           which
           you
           are
           acted
           .
           For
           what
           Motive
           can
           you
           have
           thereto
           ,
           besides
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           and
           an
           earnest
           desire
           to
           promote
           both
           the
           Temporal
           and
           Eternal
           Wellfare
           of
           your
           Fellow
           Citizens
           and
           Country-Men
           ;
           together
           with
           the
           hope
           of
           being
           qualified
           thereby
           for
           greater
           degrees
           of
           that
           Happiness
           which
           our
           Blessed
           Lord
           has
           promised
           to
           
           his
           faithful
           Servants
           ,
           and
           chiefly
           confisteth
           in
           Likeness
           to
           GOD
           ,
           and
           the
           Eternal
           Enjoyment
           of
           him
           ?
           Which
           hope
           must
           as
           much
           proceed
           from
           Love
           to
           God
           ,
           as
           to
           your selves
           .
        
         
           Can
           you
           design
           any
           Secular
           Advantage
           ,
           by
           being
           thus
           employed
           ?
           Expense
           it
           brings
           upon
           you
           ;
           but
           can
           it
           make
           you
           a
           Recompence
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           for
           all
           your
           pains
           ,
           by
           bringing
           in
           what
           the
           World
           calls
           Profit
           ?
           I
           must
           be
           an
           idle
           Man
           ,
           if
           I
           seriously
           asked
           you
           these
           Questions
           .
           There
           is
           a
           Reward
           from
           Men
           ,
           which
           you
           could
           not
           but
           expect
           ,
           when
           you
           entred
           into
           this
           Service
           ;
           and
           you
           have
           accordingly
           found
           it
           :
           But
           I
           verily
           believe
           this
           was
           no
           Motive
           to
           you
           .
           I
           mean
           ,
           the
           Reward
           of
           hard
           Censures
           ,
           as
           a
           Company
           of
           Busy-bodies
           ,
           and
           Medlers
           in
           Matters
           that
           don't
           concern
           you
           ;
           tho'
           if
           they
           concern
           not
           you
           ,
           they
           can
           concern
           no
           body
           .
           But
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           nothing
           is
           more
           evident
           ,
           than
           that
           every
           Man
           
           without
           Exception
           ,
           is
           obliged
           to
           Concern
           himself
           in
           this
           great
           Work
           ,
           suitably
           to
           the
           Circumstances
           in
           which
           Providence
           hath
           placed
           him
           .
           And
           none
           can
           accuse
           those
           of
           you
           who
           are
           not
           Magistrates
           ,
           as
           Seizing
           upon
           their
           Office.
           The
           best
           of
           it
           is
           ,
           you
           cannot
           be
           Censured
           ,
           as
           
             Exercising
             your selves
             in
             things
             too
             high
             for
             you
          
           (
           tho'
           you
           do
           in
           
             great
             Matters
          
           )
           this
           your
           Success
           demonstrates
           .
        
         
           Brow-beatings
           also
           from
           too
           many
           ,
           who
           ought
           to
           have
           given
           you
           the
           greatest
           Encouragement
           ,
           is
           a
           Reward
           which
           I
           suppose
           did
           not
           neither
           come
           unlookt
           for
           ;
           nor
           yet
           that
           of
           
             Vexatious
             Prosecutions
          
           ;
           nor
           that
           of
           running
           imminent
           dangers
           from
           Lewd
           Mobs
           :
           Neither
           these
           ,
           nor
           worse
           things
           can
           surprize
           those
           ,
           who
           are
           bent
           upon
           doing
           their
           utmost
           towards
           the
           Overthrowing
           of
           the
           Devils
           Kingdom
           ;
           who
           express
           the
           greatest
           Emnity
           to
           the
           darling
           Lusts
           of
           his
           Children
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Ungodly
           
           Trades
           of
           a
           great
           number
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           whether
           you
           Expected
           them
           or
           no
           ,
           you
           cannot
           be
           ignorant
           what
           Reflections
           upon
           your
           proceedings
           ,
           many
           Sober
           People
           have
           been
           too
           forward
           to
           make
           ;
           and
           some
           who
           have
           the
           Repute
           (
           and
           very
           justly
           I
           doubt
           not
           )
           of
           
             truly
             Religious
          
           People
           too
           ;
           thro'
           their
           rash
           Credulity
           ,
           and
           lending
           too
           favourable
           an
           Ear
           to
           idle
           Tales
           ;
           and
           from
           jealousies
           of
           what
           Consequence
           such
           Combinations
           may
           in
           time
           prove
           to
           be
           to
           our
           Constitution
           in
           Church
           and
           State.
           On
           which
           Topick
           I
           never
           yet
           heard
           one
           wise
           word
           ;
           and
           do
           perswade
           my self
           I
           never
           shall
           .
           And
           since
           Experience
           assures
           us
           of
           nothing
           more
           ,
           than
           that
           no
           great
           Undertaking
           can
           be
           managed
           with
           any
           considerable
           Advantage
           ,
           otherwise
           than
           by
           Societies
           ;
           and
           therefore
           in
           all
           Professions
           they
           are
           found
           to
           be
           necessary
           :
           It
           is
           very
           wonderful
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           the
           least
           danger
           to
           either
           of
           these
           
           Constitutions
           can
           be
           suspected
           from
           such
           Societies
           ,
           as
           are
           formed
           wholly
           for
           the
           promoting
           of
           the
           
             grand
             Design
             of
             both
          
           ;
           as
           I
           need
           not
           say
           the
           
             Reformation
             and
             Regulation
             of
             Manners
          
           is
           .
           But
           it
           will
           be
           well
           for
           those
           Regular
           Persons
           ,
           who
           are
           so
           forward
           to
           find
           fault
           with
           these
           Societies
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           nothing
           of
           Envy
           at
           the
           bottom
           ,
           arising
           from
           their
           Consciousness
           of
           being
           much
           out
           done
           by
           them
           ,
           in
           Concern
           for
           the
           Publick
           Weal
           ,
           in
           Activity
           in
           doing
           good
           ,
           and
           in
           Zeal
           for
           the
           Honour
           of
           Almighty
           God.
           And
           ,
           mentioning
           their
           Zeal
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           observe
           ,
           that
           were
           it
           not
           as
           Prudent
           as
           Pious
           ,
           their
           Adversaries
           would
           never
           have
           been
           baffled
           in
           Courts
           of
           Judicature
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           been
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           ,
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           you
           might
           reasonably
           have
           made
           account
           of
           far
           worse
           requitals
           for
           your
           Pains
           ,
           than
           any
           of
           you
           have
           found
           hitherto
           ,
           through
           the
           special
           protection
           of
           the
           
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           and
           yet
           you
           would
           run
           the
           Venture
           ;
           so
           have
           I
           not
           heard
           ,
           that
           the
           furious
           Rage
           which
           some
           have
           met
           with
           ,
           for
           giving
           informations
           against
           Impious
           and
           Profligate
           People
           ,
           hath
           in
           the
           least
           discouraged
           any
           of
           them
           .
           And
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           none
           but
           such
           as
           are
           either
           wicked
           ,
           or
           very
           silly
           ,
           can
           look
           upon
           this
           as
           a
           base
           Employment
           ;
           as
           infamous
           as
           the
           Trade
           of
           Informing
           was
           against
           another
           sort
           of
           Men
           ,
           we
           know
           when
           .
           For
           since
           Crimes
           must
           ever
           go
           unpunished
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           no
           Informations
           ;
           and
           therefore
           no
           care
           can
           be
           taken
           ,
           either
           of
           the
           Honour
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           the
           Honour
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           the
           Welfare
           of
           the
           Publick
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Souls
           of
           Obdurate
           Sinners
           ;
           this
           cannot
           be
           a
           more
           necessary
           than
           Honourable
           Service
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           return
           to
           what
           I
           was
           now
           saying
           ,
           the
           principle
           of
           this
           your
           Zeal
           may
           not
           ,
           without
           great
           Uncharitableness
           ,
           
           nor
           apparent
           Injustice
           ,
           be
           called
           in
           question
           :
           Since
           ,
           considering
           what
           has
           been
           said
           ,
           you
           must
           be
           the
           Weakest
           Men
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           if
           you
           do
           not
           this
           Service
           ,
           
             as
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             not
             as
             to
             Men
             :
          
           Considering
           likewise
           ,
           how
           not
           only
           Atheism
           and
           
             Deism
             ,
             speculative
             Prophaneness
          
           ,
           and
           
             Contempt
             of
             Religion
          
           ,
           but
           also
           a
           
             Gallio
             like
          
           indifferency
           in
           such
           as
           retain
           the
           Profession
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           have
           gotten
           ground
           amo●g
           us
           ;
           and
           how
           much
           the
           very
           
             form
             of
             Godliness
          
           is
           grown
           out
           of
           fashion
           among
           such
           as
           may
           not
           be
           accused
           of
           being
           irreligious
           in
           their
           Principles
           .
           So
           that
           there
           can
           be
           very
           little
           Temptation
           now
           ,
           what
           so
           ever
           was
           heretofore
           ,
           to
           the
           vice
           of
           Hipocrisy
           :
           It
           being
           become
           also
           very
           Modish
           ,
           to
           give
           jerks
           at
           all
           Zeal
           as
           a
           fanatical
           ,
           enthusiastical
           ,
           and
           hot-brain'd
           thing
           .
           As
           indeed
           Zeal
           is
           ,
           when
           
             it
             is
             not
             according
             to
             Knowledge
          
           ;
           and
           the
           World
           hath
           had
           lamenrable
           Experience
           ,
           and
           particularly
           our
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           
           of
           the
           horrible
           Mischievousness
           of
           such
           a
           Zeal
           .
           But
           this
           is
           a
           Superstitious
           ,
           it
           may
           by
           no
           means
           be
           called
           a
           Religious
           Zeal
           .
        
         
           But
           doth
           not
           St.
           Paul
           say
           ,
           
             It
             is
             good
             to
             be
             always
             zealously
             affected
             in
             a
             good
             thing
             ?
          
           And
           it
           is
           the
           Best
           of
           things
           ,
           in
           the
           Opinion
           of
           all
           but
           the
           worst
           of
           Men
           ,
           in
           which
           these
           Societies
           are
           zealously
           affected
           .
           To
           be
           inspired
           with
           a
           Zeal
           in
           things
           of
           this
           weighty
           Importance
           ,
           which
           is
           well
           Principled
           and
           well
           Governed
           ,
           is
           the
           most
           Blessed
           Thing
           we
           can
           pray
           for
           .
           The
           more
           we
           have
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           more
           shall
           we
           be
           
             filled
             with
             all
             the
             Fruits
             of
             Righteousness
             ,
             unto
             the
             Praise
             and
             Glory
             of
             God.
          
           The
           more
           like
           shall
           we
           be
           to
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           whose
           Zeal
           for
           His
           Father's
           Glory
           ,
           and
           the
           Salvation
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           their
           bodily
           Welfare
           too
           ,
           did
           put
           Him
           upon
           
             always
             going
             up
             and
             down
             doing
             good
             .
          
           And
           I
           need
           not
           stand
           to
           shew
           ,
           that
           the
           greatest
           
           Blessings
           that
           ever
           have
           accrued
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           the
           Ministry
           of
           Men
           ,
           have
           been
           the
           Effects
           of
           a
           warm
           Zeal
           :
           Nor
           was
           ever
           GOD
           much
           glorified
           ,
           nor
           the
           publick
           well
           served
           without
           it
           ;
           let
           our
           Fleerers
           at
           Zeal
           think
           what
           they
           please
           .
           And
           therefore
           to
           be
           called
           Zealots
           in
           such
           a
           Cause
           as
           you
           ,
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           have
           espoused
           ,
           is
           so
           far
           from
           a
           Disparagement
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           Name
           to
           be
           
             glorified
             in
          
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           I
           once
           more
           say
           ,
           Your
           doing
           this
           Service
           
             as
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             not
             as
             to
             Men
             ,
          
           may
           not
           be
           in
           the
           least
           doubted
           of
           ;
           and
           the
           less
           may
           it
           ,
           for
           what
           was
           now
           sadly
           observed
           ,
           viz.
           That
           the
           prevailing
           Humour
           of
           the
           present
           Age
           ,
           is
           such
           ,
           as
           gives
           as
           little
           Temptation
           as
           can
           be
           ,
           to
           affect
           Popularity
           by
           Undertakings
           of
           this
           Nature
           .
        
         
           And
           having
           reflected
           upon
           the
           
           deplorable
           Degeneracy
           of
           the
           Age
           ,
           I
           can
           not
           forbear
           professing
           to
           you
           ,
           That
           the
           greatest
           Hope
           I
           have
           ,
           that
           God
           hath
           still
           Mercy
           in
           store
           for
           us
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           intolerable
           Returns
           we
           have
           made
           to
           as
           mighty
           Obligations
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           ever
           laid
           upon
           any
           People
           ,
           is
           ,
           from
           the
           excellent
           Spirit
           with
           which
           He
           hath
           of
           late
           indued
           so
           great
           a
           number
           of
           good
           Christians
           among
           us
           ,
           for
           the
           running
           down
           of
           Wickedness
           ,
           by
           the
           most
           justifiable
           Means
           ,
           in
           their
           respective
           Stations
           :
           And
           from
           His
           Majesty's
           having
           given
           them
           so
           great
           Encouragement
           ,
           by
           his
           late
           Proclamation
           ,
           
             For
             the
             more
             effectual
             Suppressing
             of
             Immorality
             and
             Prophaneness
          
           ;
           and
           his
           recommending
           this
           great
           Work
           ,
           again
           and
           again
           ,
           to
           the
           special
           Care
           of
           the
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           pray
           God
           ,
           they
           may
           comply
           with
           the
           King's
           Desire
           the
           next
           Session
           ;
           by
           preparing
           for
           the
           Royal
           
           Assent
           as
           effectual
           a
           Bill
           or
           Bills
           ,
           against
           the
           other
           Reigning
           Vices
           of
           the
           Age
           ,
           as
           is
           the
           late
           
             Act
             against
             Prophane
             Swearing
             and
             Cursing
             .
          
           And
           who
           were
           the
           Contrivers
           ,
           and
           chief
           Promoters
           of
           this
           Act
           ,
           some
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           chief
           of
           these
           Societies
           do
           best
           know
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           must
           not
           forget
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           Another
           most
           Pious
           and
           Charitable
           Design
           ,
           which
           hath
           for
           some
           time
           been
           carrying
           on
           with
           very
           great
           Industry
           ,
           by
           these
           Societies
           ,
           viz.
           The
           Setting
           up
           of
           
             Free
             Schools
          
           in
           the
           great
           Parishes
           within
           and
           without
           this
           City
           ;
           for
           the
           Teaching
           of
           poor
           Children
           to
           Read
           and
           Write
           ,
           and
           
             cast
             Account
          
           ,
           to
           enable
           them
           for
           honest
           Callings
           ;
           and
           especially
           for
           the
           imprinting
           in
           them
           the
           Principles
           of
           Christianity
           ;
           and
           the
           forming
           of
           them
           to
           true
           Piety
           and
           Goodness
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           several
           of
           these
           Schools
           
           already
           set
           up
           by
           them
           ;
           particularly
           in
           the
           Parishes
           of
           Aldgate
           and
           Wapping
           ,
           and
           St.
           
             Margarets
             Westminster
          
           .
           And
           an
           Account
           will
           be
           shortly
           published
           of
           the
           Progress
           of
           their
           Endeavours
           ;
           and
           their
           Methods
           and
           Orders
           for
           the
           Securing
           ,
           and
           rightly
           applying
           what
           is
           and
           shall
           be
           given
           ,
           for
           the
           promoting
           of
           so
           excellent
           a
           Design
           .
        
         
           And
           surely
           't
           is
           impossible
           that
           any
           good
           Christian
           ,
           should
           not
           freely
           contribute
           according
           to
           his
           Ability
           ,
           to
           such
           a
           Work
           as
           this
           .
           Nay
           all
           such
           ,
           certainly
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           very
           glad
           of
           the
           opportunity
           now
           given
           them
           ,
           of
           being
           engaged
           in
           the
           best
           of
           all
           Charities
           ;
           and
           of
           having
           such
           faithful
           and
           skilful
           Hands
           at
           their
           Service
           ,
           for
           the
           imploying
           and
           Management
           of
           this
           their
           Charity
           .
        
         
           Now
           for
           your
           Encouragement
           ,
           my
           worthy
           Brethren
           ,
           to
           persevere
           
           in
           doing
           these
           incomparable
           publick
           Services
           
             as
             to
             the
             Lord
          
           ;
           and
           the
           more
           powerfully
           to
           excite
           us
           all
           thus
           to
           do
           all
           our
           Services
           ,
           of
           what
           Nature
           soever
           ,
           I
           shall
           lay
           before
           you
           a
           few
           Considerations
           ;
           upon
           which
           I
           want
           time
           to
           enlarge
           ,
           as
           I
           would
           do
           .
        
         
           I.
           This
           doing
           our
           Services
           
             as
             to
             the
             Lord
          
           ,
           will
           make
           those
           very
           pleasant
           and
           delightful
           ,
           which
           would
           otherwise
           be
           as
           grievous
           and
           burthensome
           .
           You
           have
           heard
           ,
           that
           
             thus
             to
             do
          
           ,
           is
           to
           Act
           from
           a
           principle
           of
           Love
           to
           GOD
           and
           Goodness
           :
           And
           who
           knows
           not
           ,
           that
           Love
           is
           an
           Affection
           most
           highly
           Pleasing
           ?
           And
           therefore
           
             how
             much
          
           there
           is
           of
           it
           in
           any
           performance
           ,
           
             so
             much
          
           of
           delight
           there
           must
           needs
           be
           .
           Now
           ,
           if
           Love
           ,
           whatsoever
           is
           its
           Object
           ,
           carrys
           pleasure
           with
           it
           ;
           what
           Pleasure
           must
           necessarily
           arise
           from
           that
           Love
           which
           is
           placed
           upon
           the
           Infinitely
           most
           Lovely
           Object
           ,
           
           GOD
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           is
           the
           next
           Lovely
           ,
           Goodness
           ;
           or
           rather
           ,
           which
           is
           scarcely
           to
           be
           distinguished
           from
           Him
           ;
           and
           no
           otherwise
           at
           most
           ,
           than
           as
           Rayes
           from
           the
           Sun
           ,
           or
           streams
           from
           their
           Fountain
           .
        
         
           II.
           This
           will
           greatly
           Dignifie
           our
           Services
           ,
           and
           therefore
           our selves
           .
           'T
           will
           make
           all
           Acts
           of
           Justice
           and
           Charity
           ,
           Acts
           of
           Piety
           :
           '
           i
           will
           hallow
           all
           our
           Civil
           Employments
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           Sacred
           ;
           it
           will
           make
           even
           
             drugery
             Divine
          
           ,
           saith
           our
           devout
           Poet
           Mr.
           Herbert
           .
           The
           meanest
           Servant
           of
           Men
           ,
           by
           having
           respect
           to
           God
           in
           his
           Services
           ,
           becomes
           HIS
           Servant
           ,
           and
           a
           Fellow-Minister
           with
           the
           Glorious
           Angels
           :
           For
           ,
           
             the
             doing
             God's
             will
             on
             Earth
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             done
             in
             Heaven
          
           ;
           for
           which
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           hath
           taught
           us
           to
           Pray
           ,
           consisteth
           in
           doing
           it
           from
           This
           Principle
           ;
           many
           of
           the
           Services
           of
           Angels
           being
           ,
           for
           the
           Matter
           
           of
           them
           ,
           such
           as
           We
           are
           utterly
           uncapable
           of
           performing
           ,
           in
           This
           state
           at
           least
           .
        
         
           The
           Angels
           ,
           considering
           the
           Dignity
           of
           their
           Nature
           ,
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           more
           meanly
           employed
           than
           the
           meanest
           of
           Men
           ;
           as
           being
           Attendants
           on
           us
           poor
           Worms
           ,
           who
           are
           mueh
           more
           their
           Inferiors
           ,
           than
           the
           poorest
           Peasant
           is
           the
           greatest
           Peers
           :
           But
           they
           designing
           their
           Great
           Creators
           Service
           ,
           in
           being
           serviceable
           to
           us
           ,
           makes
           them
           to
           be
           employed
           Honourably
           ,
           and
           like
           themselves
           .
        
         
           III.
           Nothing
           but
           this
           hearty
           Regard
           to
           God
           in
           our
           Services
           ,
           will
           secure
           our
           Constancy
           in
           well-doing
           .
           The
           discouragements
           we
           shall
           therein
           find
           ,
           upon
           the
           failing
           of
           our
           expectations
           ,
           will
           sooner
           or
           later
           quire
           dishearten
           us
           ,
           when
           we
           chiefly
           propose
           to
           our selves
           the
           poor
           low
           ends
           of
           Gain
           or
           Credit
           ;
           but
           
           especially
           ,
           upon
           our
           meeting
           with
           a
           quite
           contrary
           Reward
           to
           what
           we
           hoped
           for
           .
           We
           shall
           be
           ready
           then
           to
           say
           ,
           with
           those
           profane
           
             Jews
             ,
             It
             is
             vain
             to
             Serve
             God
             ;
             and
             what
             profit
             is
             it
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             kept
             His
             Ordinances
             ?
          
        
         
           IV.
           This
           will
           be
           consequently
           a
           great
           Support
           to
           our
           Spirits
           ,
           when
           we
           find
           our
           good
           Services
           not
           accepted
           by
           Men
           ;
           or
           not
           to
           have
           their
           desired
           success
           .
           When
           we
           do
           good
           Offices
           either
           to
           the
           Bodies
           or
           Souls
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           find
           our selves
           unworthily
           requited
           ,
           it
           goes
           to
           our
           Hearts
           :
           But
           we
           are
           soon
           easy
           again
           ,
           when
           we
           can
           thus
           Reflect
           ,
           I
           did
           these
           Services
           
             as
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             more
             than
             to
             Men
             ;
             and
             God
             is
             not
             Unrighteous
             to
             forget
             my
             Work
             and
             Labour
             of
             Love
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             shewed
             to
             His
             Name
          
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           Encouragement
           Given
           by
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           Heb.
           6.
           10.
           and
           was
           that
           which
           enabled
           him
           ,
           to
           express
           
           himself
           so
           bravely
           as
           he
           did
           .
           2
           Cor.
           12.
           15.
           
           
             I
             will
             very
             gladly
             spend
             ,
             and
             be
             spent
             for
             you
             ,
             tho'
             the
             more
             abundantly
             I
             love
             you
             ,
             the
             less
             I
             be
             loved
             .
          
        
         
           V.
           Nothing
           will
           secure
           to
           us
           the
           
             Divine
             Assistance
          
           in
           difficult
           Services
           ,
           but
           being
           governed
           by
           this
           
             Divine
             Principle
          
           .
           Nor
           can
           we
           reasonably
           have
           the
           least
           suspicion
           ,
           of
           Gods
           readiness
           to
           go
           along
           with
           us
           in
           those
           Services
           ,
           to
           which
           we
           are
           induced
           by
           the
           love
           of
           Himself
           ,
           and
           a
           generous
           desire
           of
           doing
           good
           .
        
         
           VI.
           This
           is
           that
           only
           which
           can
           give
           us
           a
           well
           -
           grounded
           hope
           of
           Success
           in
           any
           good
           undertaking
           .
           I
           know
           no
           Argument
           that
           Man
           can
           urge
           ,
           to
           encline
           God
           Almighty
           to
           give
           a
           Blessing
           to
           his
           Endeavours
           ,
           who
           is
           chiefly
           acted
           by
           little
           private
           selfish
           ends
           .
        
         
         
           VII
           The
           successes
           those
           have
           who
           Chiefly
           design
           themselves
           ,
           or
           the
           gratifying
           of
           their
           Animal
           Appetites
           ,
           will
           prove
           more
           unhappy
           to
           them
           ,
           than
           their
           greatest
           disappointments
           :
           They
           will
           help
           to
           make
           them
           so
           much
           the
           more
           miserable
           ,
           both
           here
           and
           hereafter
           .
           Hereafter
           ,
           as
           they
           will
           aggravate
           their
           Punishment
           ,
           by
           aggravating
           their
           Sins
           ;
           and
           here
           ,
           as
           they
           will
           more
           and
           more
           Encourage
           them
           in
           those
           gratifications
           .
        
         
           The
           Self-designer
           who
           obtaineth
           that
           Credit
           ,
           that
           Profit
           ,
           or
           Sensual
           Pleasure
           ,
           he
           hunteth
           after
           ,
           becomes
           by
           this
           means
           more
           uneasy
           than
           he
           was
           before
           :
           For
           the
           more
           any
           Lust
           is
           pampered
           ,
           the
           stronger
           it
           grows
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           nothing
           a
           Man's
           Observation
           ,
           Experience
           and
           Feeling
           ,
           do
           more
           fully
           prove
           to
           him
           ,
           than
           that
           all
           Lusts
           are
           very
           troublesome
           things
           ;
           and
           therefore
           no
           wonder
           that
           Perturbationes
           was
           
           the
           common
           Philosophical
           Name
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           There
           may
           also
           be
           given
           not
           a
           few
           Instances
           of
           Outward
           Mischiefs
           ,
           that
           attend
           on
           Mens
           prosperous
           Successes
           in
           Selfish
           Designs
           :
           But
           I
           proceed
           to
           our
           last
           Consideration
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           VIII
           .
           By
           principally
           designing
           the
           
             Glory
             of
             God
          
           in
           all
           our
           Services
           ,
           we
           infinitely
           best
           consult
           our
           own
           Interest
           .
           This
           was
           touched
           upon
           in
           the
           
             Doctrinal
             part
          
           .
           By
           
             our
             own
          
           interest
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           understand
           the
           interest
           of
           our
           Souls
           :
           Our
           Souls
           being
           our selves
           ,
           our
           Bodies
           ours
           not
           our selves
           ;
           as
           some
           of
           the
           Philosophers
           ,
           both
           Greek
           and
           Latine
           ,
           have
           observed
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           interest
           of
           our
           Bodies
           ,
           is
           no
           otherwise
           Our
           interest
           ,
           than
           as
           it
           is
           subservient
           to
           that
           of
           our
           Souls
           .
           The
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           our
           Happiness
           are
           so
           inseparably
           conjoyned
           ,
           that
           
           in
           promoting
           the
           one
           ,
           we
           promote
           the
           other
           also
           .
           So
           that
           he
           loves
           himself
           best
           ,
           who
           loves
           God
           most
           ;
           and
           he
           who
           chiefly
           designeth
           His
           Glory
           ,
           in
           the
           best
           and
           truest
           sence
           is
           the
           most
           Selfish
           Man.
           
        
         
           And
           thus
           are
           we
           come
           to
           the
           
             Motive
             in
             the
             Text
             ,
             knowing
             that
          
           whatsoever
           good
           thing
           any
           Man
           doth
           ,
           (
           viz.
           
             as
             to
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             not
             unto
             Men
             )
             the
             same
             shall
             he
             receive
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           Or
           (
           as
           we
           have
           it
           in
           the
           parallel
           place
           )
           
             Knowing
             that
             of
             the
             Lord
             you
             shall
             receive
             the
             Reward
             of
             the
             Inheritance
             .
          
           And
           this
           
             Reward
             of
             the
             Inheritance
          
           ,
           we
           find
           in
           our
           Text
           shall
           be
           proportioned
           to
           the
           Services
           we
           do
           :
           To
           our
           Services
           ,
           not
           to
           our
           Successes
           ;
           Endeavour
           only
           being
           our
           Work.
           This
           the
           Prophet
           Isaiah
           did
           ●●mfort
           himself
           withall
           .
           Chap.
           49.
           
           ●●
           .
           5.
           
           
             Then
             said
             I
             ,
             I
             have
             laboured
             in
             vain
             ;
             I
             have
             spent
             my
             Strength
             for
             nought
             ,
             and
             in
             vain
             :
          
           
           
             Yet
             surely
             my
             Judgment
             is
             with
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             my
             Work
          
           (
           or
           Reward
           )
           
             is
             with
             my
             God.
             And
             now
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             who
             formed
             me
             from
             the
             Womb
             ,
             to
             be
             his
             Servant
             ,
             to
             bring
          
           Jacob
           
             again
             unto
             Him
             ;
             tho'
             Israel
             be
             not
             gathered
             ,
             yet
             shall
             I
             be
             Glorious
             in
             the
             Eyes
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             my
             God
             shall
             be
             my
             Srength
             .
          
        
         
           Oh
           how
           Admirable
           ,
           how
           Astonishing
           ,
           are
           the
           Expressions
           by
           which
           this
           
             Reward
             of
             the
             Inheritance
          
           is
           set
           forth
           to
           us
           !
           It
           is
           called
           
             an
             Inheritance
             incorruptible
             and
             undefiled
             ,
             reserved
             in
             Heaven
             for
             us
             :
             A
             Building
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             an
             House
             not
             made
             with
             hands
             ,
             Eternal
             in
             the
             Heavens
             :
             A
             Crown
             of
             Life
             ,
          
           of
           Righteousness
           and
           of
           
             Glory
             :
             A
             Kingdom
             prepared
             from
             the
             Beginning
             of
             the
             World
             :
             A
             being
             with
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           
             beholding
             the
             Glory
             which
             the
             Father
             hath
             given
             Him
             :
             A
             Sitting
             with
             Him
             upon
             his
             Throne
             ,
             even
             as
             he
             Sits
             on
             his
             Father's
             Throne
             :
          
           A
           
           
             transcendently
             transcendent
          
           (
           as
           the
           Words
           may
           be
           rendred
           )
           
             and
             everlasting
             weight
             of
             Glory
          
           .
           By
           these
           and
           more
           such
           Amazing
           Words
           ,
           is
           this
           Reward
           expressed
           by
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           Himself
           ,
           and
           His
           holy
           Apostles
           .
        
         
           But
           by
           
             our
             interest
          
           ,
           I
           understand
           likewise
           the
           interest
           of
           our
           Souls
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           Bodies
           with
           which
           they
           shall
           be
           Cloathed
           :
           Since
           the
           happiness
           of
           the
           other
           Life
           is
           set
           forth
           by
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           by
           
             having
             our
             vile
             Body
             so
             changed
          
           by
           Christ
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           
             fashioned
             like
             unto
             his
             Glorious
             Body
             .
          
           And
           our
           Saviour
           might
           have
           a
           special
           reference
           to
           the
           Glorified
           Bodies
           of
           the
           Righteous
           ,
           in
           saying
           ,
           that
           
             They
             shall
             Shine
             forth
             like
             the
             Sun
             ,
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             the
             Father
             .
          
        
         
           And
           by
           the
           
             Exceeding
             great
             and
             precious
             promises
          
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           as
           St
           ,
           Peter
           calls
           them
           ,
           viz.
           The
           
           Promises
           of
           so
           unspeakable
           a
           Happiness
           as
           is
           therein
           described
           ,
           What
           may
           we
           not
           be
           Encouraged
           to
           do
           ,
           for
           the
           Glorifying
           of
           our
           most
           Blessed
           Creator
           ,
           Redeemer
           and
           Sanctifier
           !
           And
           What
           may
           we
           not
           be
           Encouraged
           to
           Suffer
           too
           ,
           for
           the
           same
           end
           !
           The
           
             Sufferings
             of
             this
             present
             Life
          
           ,
           being
           
             not
             Worthy
             to
             be
             Compared
             with
             the
             Glory
             ,
             that
             shall
             be
             revealed
             in
             us
          
           ;
           as
           saith
           St.
           Paul.
           
        
         
           And
           
             therefore
             ,
             my
             beloved
             Brethren
          
           (
           to
           conclude
           with
           the
           Exhortation
           of
           that
           great
           Apostle
           )
           
             be
             ye
             stedfast
             ,
             immoveable
             ,
             alwaies
             abounding
             in
             the
             Work
             of
             the
             Lord
             ;
             for
             as
             much
             as
             you
             know
             ,
             that
             your
             Labour
             is
             not
             in
             vain
             in
             the
             Lord
             :
          
           Our
           Labour
           will
           be
           so
           far
           from
           being
           
             in
             vain
          
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           now
           heard
           our
           Reward
           will
           infinitely
           exceed
           the
           greatest
           Services
           ,
           we
           can
           ever
           be
           capable
           of
           performing
           :
           Through
           the
           Merits
           of
           
           our
           Dear
           Lord
           and
           Saviour
           ,
           Christ
           Jesus
           ;
           to
           whom
           ,
           with
           the
           Father
           and
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           be
           Ascribed
           by
           Us
           and
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           all
           Honour
           and
           Glory
           ,
           now
           and
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Published
           at
           the
           Request
           of
           the
           Societies
           ,
           
             Which
             should
             have
             been
             plac'd
             in
             the
             Title
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           PAge
           13.
           line
           14.
           read
           sight
           .
           Page
           35.
           line
           13.
           read
           gloryed
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           
             Some
             BOOKS
             Printed
             for
          
           B.
           Aylmer
           
             at
             the
          
           Three
           Pigeons
           in
           Cornhill
           .
        
         
           AN
           Account
           of
           the
           Societies
           for
           Reformation
           of
           Manners
           in
           London
           and
           Westminster
           ,
           and
           other
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           with
           a
           Perswasive
           to
           Persons
           of
           all
           Ranks
           ,
           to
           be
           zealous
           and
           diligent
           in
           promoting
           the
           Execution
           of
           the
           Laws
           against
           Prophaneness
           and
           Debauchery
           ,
           for
           the
           effecting
           a
           National
           Reformation
           :
           Published
           with
           the
           Approbation
           of
           these
           Lords
           ,
           with
           many
           more
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   Lords
                   Temporal
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Lords
                   Spiritual
                
                 ,
              
               
                 Judges
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 Pembroke
                 P.
                 
              
               
                 T.
                 Carliol
                 .
              
               
                 Ed.
                 Ward
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Lonsdale
                 .
              
               
                 H.
                 Bangor
                 .
              
               
                 Ed.
                 Nevill
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Leeds
                 .
              
               
                 N.
                 Cestriens
                 .
              
               
                 Nic.
                 Lechmere
                 .
              
            
             
               
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                 .
              
               
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                 Eliens
                 .
              
               
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                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Lindsey
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                 Turton
                 .
              
            
             
               
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                 .
              
               
                 E.
                 Gloucestr
                 .
              
               
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                 Blencowe
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bridgwater
                 .
              
               
                 R.
                 Bath
                 &
                 Wells
                 .
              
               
                 Hen
                 Hatsell
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Thanet
                 .
              
               
                 J.
                 Bristol
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Guilford
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 J.
                 Cicestriens
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           A
           Discourse
           of
           the
           Great
           Disingenuity
           and
           Unreasonableness
           of
           Repining
           at
           afflicting
           Providences
           ;
           and
           of
           the
           Influence
           which
           they
           ought
           to
           have
           upon
           us
           ,
           Job
           2.
           10.
           
           Published
           upon
           Occasion
           of
           the
           Death
           of
           our
           gracious
           Sovereign
           Queen
           Mary
           of
           Blessed
           Memory
           ;
           with
           a
           Preface
           containing
           some
           Observations
           ,
           touching
           her
           excellent
           Endowments
           ,
           and
           exemplary
           Life
           .
        
         
         
           Certain
           Propositions
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Holy
           Trinity
           ,
           is
           so
           explain'd
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           ancient
           Fathers
           ,
           as
           to
           speak
           it
           not
           Contradictory
           to
           Natural
           Reason
           ,
           together
           with
           a
           defence
           of
           them
           ;
           in
           Answer
           to
           the
           Objections
           of
           a
           Socinian
           Writer
           ,
           in
           his
           newly
           printed
           Considerations
           on
           the
           Explications
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Trinity
           ;
           occasioned
           by
           these
           Propositions
           among
           other
           Discourses
           ,
           4to
           .
        
         
           A
           second
           Defence
           of
           the
           Propositions
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Holy
           Trinity
           is
           so
           explained
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Ancient
           Fathers
           ,
           as
           to
           speak
           it
           not
           Contradictory
           to
           Natural
           Reason
           ;
           in
           Answer
           to
           a
           Socinian
           Manuscript
           ,
           in
           a
           Letter
           to
           a
           Friend
           .
           Together
           with
           a
           third
           defence
           of
           those
           Propositions
           ,
           in
           Answer
           to
           the
           newly
           published
           Reflections
           contained
           in
           a
           Pamphlet
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           
             A
             Letter
             to
             the
             Reverend
             Clergy
             of
             Both
             Universities
             ,
          
           in
           4to
           .
           All
           three
           by
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           Edward
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           Gloucester
           .
        
         
           A
           Sermon
           Preach'd
           at
           St.
           
             Mary
             le
             Bow
          
           ,
           to
           the
           Societies
           for
           Reformation
           of
           Manners
           ;
           by
           
             Lilly
             Butler
          
           Minister
           of
           St.
           
             Mary
             Aldermanbury
          
           .
        
         
           A
           Sermon
           Preach'd
           at
           St
           
             Mary
             le
             Bow
          
           ,
           to
           the
           Societies
           for
           Reformation
           of
           Manners
           ;
           by
           
             Samuel
             Bradford
          
           Rector
           of
           the
           said
           Parish
           .
        
         
           A
           Sermon
           Preach'd
           at
           St.
           
             Mary
             le
             Bow
          
           ,
           to
           the
           Societies
           for
           Reformation
           of
           Manners
           ;
           by
           
             John
             Hancock
          
           D.
           D.
           and
           Chaplain
           to
           his
           Grace
           the
           Duke
           of
           Bedford
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .