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           Christian
           Magnanimity
           .
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           in
           the
           
             CATHEDRAL
             CHURCH
          
           AT
           WORCESTER
           AT
           THE
           
             Time
             of
             the
             Assizes
          
           .
           September
           21.
           1690.
           
           By
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           GOD
           ,
           EDWARD
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           Worcester
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Henry
             Mortclocke
          
           at
           the
           Phoenix
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           .
           1690.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           my
           Honoured
           Friends
           ,
           ROBERT
           BERKELY
           ,
           
             Esq
          
           High-Sheriff
           of
           the
           County
           of
           WORCESTER
           ,
           AND
           The
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           Grand-Jury
           .
        
         
           
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
        
         
           IT
           is
           at
           Your
           Request
           ,
           that
           I
           Publish
           this
           Sermon
           ,
           which
           You
           were
           Pleased
           to
           think
           might
           be
           Usefull
           to
           others
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           those
           who
           heard
           it
           .
           And
           I
           could
           not
           deny
           the
           First
           Request
           that
           was
           made
           to
           me
           by
           the
           Gentlemen
           of
           this
           Country
           ,
           in
           which
           I
           have
           found
           so
           much
           Civility
           and
           Kindness
           .
           I
           thank
           God
           ,
           I
           came
           hither
           with
           no
           other
           Intention
           but
           to
           do
           as
           much
           Good
           as
           I
           could
           ;
           and
           I
           hope
           I
           shall
           always
           pursue
           that
           Design
           with
           a
           sincere
           and
           vigorous
           Mind
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           I
           have
           Health
           and
           Opportunity
           .
           I
           thought
           I
           could
           not
           do
           my
           Duty
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           without
           Representing
           the
           Evil
           and
           Mischief
           of
           some
           very
           unseasonable
           Heats
           and
           Animosities
           ,
           
           among
           those
           who
           pretend
           to
           the
           same
           Common
           Interest
           ,
           as
           to
           Religion
           and
           Laws
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           most
           certain
           Standard
           of
           our
           
             Publick
             Good
          
           ;
           and
           none
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           are
           Enemies
           to
           it
           ,
           can
           understand
           it
           otherwise
           .
        
         
           May
           God
           Almighty
           Bless
           this
           Country
           and
           the
           Whole
           Nation
           ,
           with
           a
           hearty
           Zeal
           and
           Concernment
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           
             I
             am
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             Your
             Faithfull
             Servant
             for
             the
             best
             Ends
             ,
             
               E.
               WIGORN
            
             .
          
           
             Worcester
             ,
             
               Sept.
               23
               ▪
               1690.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           The
           Assizes
           AT
           WORCESTER
           ,
           
             September
             21.
             1690.
             
          
        
         
           
             2
             TIM
             .
             I.
             7.
             
          
           
             For
             God
             hath
             not
             given
             us
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Fear
             ,
             but
             of
             Power
             ,
             and
             of
             Love
             and
             of
             a
             Sound
             Mind
             .
          
        
         
           IF
           we
           look
           into
           the
           Scope
           and
           Design
           of
           this
           Epistle
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           S.
           Paul
           at
           the
           time
           of
           writing
           it
           ,
           under
           more
           than
           ordinary
           Apprehensions
           of
           the
           sad
           Condition
           of
           the
           Christian
           Church
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           Himself
           ,
           he
           had
           great
           Satisfaction
           in
           the
           particular
           Care
           of
           Divine
           Providence
           towards
           Him
           :
           
           For
           ,
           God
           had
           not
           onely
           formerly
           delivered
           him
           out
           of
           many
           Persecutions
           ;
           
           but
           had
           lately
           Rescued
           him
           
             out
             of
             the
             Mouth
             of
             the
             Lion
             ,
          
           
           
             i.
             e.
          
           from
           a
           great
           and
           imminent
           Danger
           .
           And
           though
           he
           foresaw
           ,
           that
           
             the
             time
             of
             his
             Departure
             was
             at
             hand
          
           ;
           
           yet
           that
           was
           so
           far
           from
           giving
           him
           any
           Trouble
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           the
           Comfort
           of
           a
           Good
           Conscience
           in
           looking
           back
           ;
           
             I
             have
             fought
             a
             good
             fight
             ,
             I
             have
             finished
             my
             course
             ,
          
           
           
             I
             have
             kept
             the
             faith
          
           ;
           and
           in
           looking
           forward
           ,
           
           
             Henceforth
             there
             is
             laid
             up
             for
             me
             a
             Crown
             of
             Righteousness
             ,
             which
             the
             Lord
             the
             righteous
             Iudge
             shall
             give
             me
             at
             that
             Day
             .
          
        
         
           But
           all
           his
           Dissatisfaction
           did
           arise
           from
           looking
           about
           him
           ;
           
             For
             without
             were
             Fightings
             ,
             and
             within
             were
             Fears
             .
          
           The
           Persecutions
           abroad
           were
           indeed
           so
           sharp
           and
           severe
           ,
           that
           none
           could
           keep
           a
           Good
           Conscience
           without
           a
           share
           in
           them
           ;
           which
           makes
           him
           say
           ,
           
             Yea
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             will
             live
             godly
             in
             Christ
             Iesus
             shall
             suffer
             Persecutions
             .
          
           
           But
           this
           was
           not
           that
           which
           troubled
           him
           most
           ;
           for
           there
           were
           two
           things
           which
           seem
           to
           have
           made
           a
           deep
           and
           sad
           Impression
           upon
           his
           Mind
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           He
           observed
           a
           great
           Coldness
           and
           Indifferency
           among
           some
           who
           pretended
           a
           mighty
           Zeal
           for
           the
           common
           Interest
           of
           their
           Religion
           before
           .
           Of
           this
           he
           gives
           a
           strange
           Instance
           in
           his
           own
           Case
           .
           
             At
             my
             first
             
             Answer
          
           ,
           
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             no
             man
             stood
             with
             me
             ,
             but
             all
             men
             forsook
             me
             ;
             I
             pray
             God
             it
             be
             not
             laid
             to
             their
             Charge
             .
          
           They
           might
           think
           it
           Prudence
           and
           Caution
           at
           such
           a
           dangerous
           time
           ,
           but
           the
           Apostle
           certainly
           thought
           it
           a
           fault
           ,
           or
           else
           he
           would
           never
           have
           pray'd
           
             that
             it
             might
             not
             be
             laid
             to
             their
             Charge
             .
          
           Something
           might
           be
           said
           in
           Excuse
           of
           those
           who
           were
           so
           near
           danger
           ;
           but
           what
           can
           be
           said
           for
           the
           general
           Coldness
           of
           those
           at
           a
           Distance
           ?
           
           
             This
             thou
             knowest
             ,
             that
             all
             they
             which
             are
             in
             Asia
             be
             turned
             away
             from
             me
             .
          
           A
           sad
           Consideration
           to
           Timothy
           ,
           who
           was
           entrusted
           by
           him
           with
           the
           particular
           Care
           of
           those
           in
           Asia
           !
           For
           ,
           what
           Comfort
           could
           he
           hope
           for
           among
           them
           ,
           who
           were
           turned
           away
           from
           S.
           Paul
           ?
           Such
           a
           Defection
           as
           this
           must
           needs
           bring
           great
           dishonour
           to
           Religion
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           dissatisfaction
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           He
           observed
           a
           busie
           sort
           of
           Seducers
           ,
           who
           were
           crept
           in
           among
           them
           ;
           who
           were
           crafty
           ,
           restless
           and
           designing
           Men
           ;
           such
           as
           could
           not
           compass
           their
           own
           ends
           without
           taking
           upon
           them
           a
           pretence
           of
           Zeal
           for
           Religion
           .
           They
           were
           Men
           of
           as
           ill
           Tempers
           as
           we
           can
           well
           imagine
           Men
           to
           be
           ;
           
           
             They
             were
             lovers
             of
             themselves
             ,
             covetous
             ,
             boasters
             ,
             proud
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           But
           he
           concludes
           their
           Character
           
           with
           what
           one
           would
           have
           least
           expected
           from
           such
           a
           sort
           of
           Men
           ,
           
           
             that
             they
             had
             a
             Form
             of
             Godliness
             .
          
           They
           were
           such
           
             painted
             Sepulchres
          
           that
           made
           a
           more
           than
           ordinary
           Shew
           and
           Appearance
           ,
           but
           within
           there
           was
           nothing
           but
           Rottenness
           and
           Corruption
           .
           Men
           who
           pretended
           to
           Religion
           without
           Vertue
           ;
           and
           hoped
           to
           be
           accounted
           Godly
           without
           any
           real
           Goodness
           .
           They
           made
           a
           great
           Shew
           of
           Zeal
           about
           some
           things
           ,
           and
           were
           industrious
           in
           gaining
           Proselytes
           ;
           for
           which
           end
           
             they
             crept
             into
             Houses
          
           ,
           &c.
           but
           whatever
           they
           pretended
           ,
           their
           own
           Interest
           lay
           at
           bottom
           ;
           
             Supposing
             that
             gain
             is
             Godliness
          
           ;
           
           and
           they
           were
           so
           far
           from
           any
           hopes
           of
           Amendment
           ,
           that
           S.
           Paul
           gives
           that
           dreadfull
           character
           of
           them
           ,
           
             that
             they
             waxed
             worse
             and
             worse
             ,
          
           
           
             deceiving
             and
             being
             deceived
          
           .
        
         
           And
           what
           now
           should
           Timothy
           do
           under
           such
           a
           Complication
           of
           ill
           Circumstances
           ?
           Should
           he
           onely
           stand
           still
           and
           see
           which
           way
           things
           would
           go
           ?
           Or
           should
           he
           give
           way
           to
           Despondency
           and
           sink
           under
           the
           Burthen
           of
           his
           Fears
           ?
           No
           ,
           S.
           Paul
           ,
           although
           at
           a
           Distance
           ,
           and
           a
           Prisoner
           ,
           yet
           thinks
           fit
           to
           Rouse
           ,
           to
           Animate
           ,
           to
           Incourage
           him
           ;
           and
           not
           onely
           
             to
             put
             him
             in
             Mind
             of
             the
             Gift
             of
             God
             which
             was
             in
             him
          
           ;
           
           but
           of
           that
           Spirit
           and
           
           Temper
           ,
           which
           true
           Christianity
           possesses
           mens
           minds
           with
           .
        
         
           For
           God
           hath
           not
           given
           us
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Fear
           ,
           but
           of
           Power
           ,
           of
           Love
           and
           of
           a
           Sound
           Mind
           .
        
         
           Which
           words
           may
           be
           considered
           Two
           ways
           :
        
         
           I.
           With
           Respect
           to
           Difficulties
           and
           Troubles
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           is
           not
           
             a
             Spirit
             of
             Fear
             ,
             but
             of
             Power
             .
          
           Some
           render
           it
           
             Spiritum
             Timiditatis
          
           ,
           a
           timerous
           ,
           pusillanimous
           Spirit
           ;
           which
           is
           apt
           to
           be
           dejected
           with
           Fears
           ,
           so
           as
           not
           to
           have
           Courage
           and
           Resolution
           enough
           to
           do
           ones
           Duty
           for
           fear
           of
           Danger
           ;
           and
           
             a
             Spirit
             of
             Power
          
           is
           that
           which
           supports
           and
           bears
           up
           the
           Mind
           under
           a
           Prospect
           of
           Difficulties
           ,
           so
           as
           not
           to
           be
           hinder'd
           thereby
           from
           that
           Duty
           which
           lies
           upon
           us
           .
        
         
           II.
           With
           Respect
           to
           the
           Humours
           and
           Passions
           of
           Men
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           is
           
             a
             Spirit
             of
             Love
             and
             of
             a
             Sound
             Mind
             :
          
           Not
           a
           peevish
           ,
           froward
           ,
           exasperating
           ,
           provoking
           Spirit
           ,
           but
           
             a
             Spirit
             of
             Love
          
           ;
           Not
           a
           turbulent
           ,
           seditious
           ,
           unruly
           Spirit
           ,
           but
           
             of
             a
             Sound
             Mind
          
           .
        
         
           I.
           With
           Respect
           to
           Difficulties
           and
           Troubles
           .
           Which
           may
           be
           understood
           Two
           ways
           :
        
         
         
           1.
           
           As
           it
           may
           relate
           to
           such
           as
           S.
           Paul
           and
           
             Timothy
             ;
             We
             have
             not
             received
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           we
           that
           have
           an
           
             Apostolical
             Spirit
          
           given
           to
           us
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           As
           it
           may
           relate
           to
           all
           Christians
           ;
           We
           that
           own
           Christ
           sincerely
           and
           truely
           
             have
             not
             received
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           I
           shall
           consider
           the
           Words
           with
           Respect
           to
           the
           
             Apostolical
             Spirit
          
           ;
           because
           this
           day
           we
           commemorate
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           (
           S.
           
             Matthew
             .
          
           )
        
         
           Those
           who
           had
           the
           
             Apostolical
             Office
          
           committed
           to
           them
           ,
           (
           whether
           Primarily
           by
           Christ
           himself
           ,
           or
           Secondarily
           by
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           as
           Timothy
           and
           Titus
           and
           others
           )
           had
           great
           need
           of
           this
           
             Apostolical
             Spirit
          
           .
           For
           ,
           really
           ,
           the
           Difficulties
           were
           so
           great
           ,
           which
           they
           were
           to
           go
           through
           ,
           that
           no
           ordinary
           Measures
           of
           Courage
           and
           Resolution
           would
           serve
           them
           .
           When
           men
           fight
           with
           Enemies
           in
           the
           open
           Field
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           Multitude
           combined
           together
           ;
           among
           whom
           there
           is
           abundance
           of
           Noise
           and
           Heat
           and
           Examples
           ;
           and
           the
           Hopes
           of
           Present
           Victory
           ,
           and
           the
           Shame
           and
           Danger
           of
           running
           away
           ;
           which
           animate
           Persons
           in
           a
           Day
           of
           Battel
           :
           but
           it
           is
           another
           kind
           of
           Courage
           which
           is
           required
           to
           make
           men
           bear
           up
           against
           the
           Malice
           and
           Subtilty
           of
           the
           Devil
           and
           of
           Wicked
           Men
           ;
           for
           here
           the
           Combination
           
           is
           to
           all
           appearance
           much
           stronger
           on
           the
           Worse
           side
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           are
           to
           Judge
           of
           Success
           by
           Numbers
           ,
           those
           who
           promote
           Vertue
           and
           Goodness
           could
           never
           bear
           up
           against
           their
           Adversaries
           ;
           who
           were
           sure
           to
           carry
           it
           by
           the
           Poll.
           
        
         
           There
           were
           among
           the
           Heathens
           some
           few
           Great
           Men
           ,
           who
           endeavour'd
           to
           Reform
           the
           Vices
           of
           Mankind
           :
           but
           ,
           alas
           !
           what
           poor
           Success
           had
           they
           in
           their
           Attempts
           this
           way
           ?
           Although
           they
           wanted
           neither
           Wit
           ,
           nor
           Learning
           ,
           nor
           Address
           to
           carry
           on
           this
           Noble
           Design
           ;
           such
           as
           Socrates
           at
           Athens
           and
           Epictetus
           at
           Rome
           ,
           and
           some
           others
           ,
           who
           lived
           agreeably
           to
           their
           Doctrine
           ;
           yet
           how
           little
           Effect
           had
           both
           their
           Precepts
           and
           Example
           on
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           People
           either
           at
           Athens
           or
           
             Rome
             ?
             Socrates
          
           declared
           a
           mighty
           Resolution
           
             rather
             to
             die
             than
             to
             say
             or
             do
             any
             thing
             unbecoming
             the
             Station
             God
             placed
             him
             in
          
           ;
           and
           upon
           the
           Prosecution
           of
           two
           malicious
           Men
           ,
           the
           prevailing
           Party
           were
           resolved
           to
           try
           the
           Experiment
           ,
           and
           took
           him
           at
           his
           Word
           .
           After
           which
           ,
           his
           Disciples
           durst
           not
           deal
           so
           plainly
           and
           openly
           as
           he
           had
           done
           ;
           and
           the
           Artifice
           they
           were
           put
           to
           ,
           lost
           the
           force
           of
           the
           best
           Part
           of
           their
           Philosophy
           ;
           which
           they
           so
           mixed
           with
           Numbers
           and
           Figures
           and
           Abstracted
           
           Speculations
           ,
           that
           it
           became
           a
           Mystery
           ,
           instead
           of
           a
           plain
           Design
           to
           Reform
           the
           Manners
           of
           Men.
           The
           best
           and
           wisest
           of
           them
           seem
           to
           have
           taken
           more
           pains
           to
           Satisfie
           themselves
           ,
           than
           to
           have
           Instructed
           others
           ;
           or
           if
           they
           did
           ,
           they
           were
           some
           few
           chosen
           Disciples
           ,
           whom
           they
           initiated
           with
           as
           much
           Care
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           wont
           to
           do
           in
           their
           Solemn
           Mysteries
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           Apostles
           undertook
           to
           Reform
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           to
           two
           things
           ,
           which
           Mankind
           are
           the
           hardest
           brought
           off
           from
           ,
           and
           those
           are
           Idolatry
           and
           Vice.
           And
           they
           went
           plainly
           and
           roundly
           to
           Work
           ,
           which
           men
           can
           the
           least
           bear
           ;
           as
           we
           see
           by
           the
           Persecutions
           they
           underwent
           almost
           in
           every
           Place
           assoon
           as
           their
           Design
           was
           understood
           .
           There
           was
           a
           general
           Clamour
           against
           them
           as
           the
           Disturbers
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           
           as
           
             those
             who
             turned
             the
             World
             upside
             down
          
           ;
           which
           in
           some
           Sense
           was
           true
           ,
           but
           not
           as
           they
           meant
           it
           with
           Respect
           to
           Order
           and
           Government
           .
           But
           when
           Men
           have
           no
           mind
           to
           be
           Reformed
           ,
           they
           must
           have
           some
           Terms
           of
           Reproach
           to
           fasten
           upon
           those
           who
           go
           about
           to
           do
           it
           .
           It
           being
           Natural
           for
           them
           to
           put
           Pictures
           of
           Devils
           on
           those
           ,
           whom
           they
           have
           a
           Mind
           to
           Execute
           .
           And
           when
           they
           undeavour'd
           to
           Convince
           them
           of
           their
           Immoralities
           ,
           
           they
           were
           very
           Impatient
           ;
           of
           which
           we
           have
           a
           clear
           Instance
           in
           S.
           
           Paul's
           Preaching
           to
           
             Felix
             concerning
             Righteousness
             and
             Temperance
             and
             Iudgment
             to
             come
             :
          
           
           which
           were
           excellent
           Subjects
           ,
           but
           they
           went
           too
           near
           him
           ;
           he
           was
           too
           much
           concerned
           ,
           to
           be
           willing
           to
           hear
           any
           more
           of
           them
           .
           The
           Discourse
           of
           S.
           Paul
           had
           too
           much
           Force
           in
           it
           for
           him
           to
           bear
           it
           any
           longer
           ;
           for
           it
           caused
           such
           a
           disorder
           in
           his
           Mind
           as
           affected
           his
           Body
           ,
           for
           ,
           
             Felix
             trembled
          
           :
           And
           then
           he
           thought
           it
           best
           to
           dismiss
           him
           to
           
             a
             more
             convenient
             Season
          
           ,
           which
           never
           came
           ,
           that
           we
           reade
           of
           .
           Which
           shews
           ,
           how
           much
           more
           willing
           men
           are
           to
           continue
           in
           their
           Faults
           ,
           than
           to
           hear
           them
           reproved
           in
           order
           to
           Amendment
           .
           
           
             Am
             I
             therefore
             become
             your
             Enemy
             ,
          
           saith
           S.
           
             Paul
             ,
             because
             I
             tell
             you
             the
             Truth
             ?
          
           No
           doubt
           of
           it
           :
           For
           ,
           no
           Truths
           can
           be
           so
           uneasie
           and
           provoking
           as
           those
           which
           gaul
           the
           Consciences
           of
           men
           .
        
         
           The
           false
           Teachers
           whom
           S.
           Paul
           complains
           so
           much
           of
           ,
           were
           sensible
           of
           the
           Inconveniencies
           which
           follow'd
           Plain
           Truth
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           to
           avoid
           Persecution
           ,
           they
           so
           mixed
           and
           adulterated
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           true
           Apostles
           ,
           that
           it
           lost
           its
           main
           Force
           and
           Efficacy
           .
           And
           although
           by
           their
           shifts
           and
           compliances
           with
           Iews
           and
           Gentiles
           ,
           they
           escaped
           the
           hard
           Usage
           
           which
           others
           underwent
           ;
           yet
           the
           Effect
           of
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           their
           Doctrine
           took
           no
           deep
           rooting
           in
           the
           World
           :
           For
           ,
           in
           
           Origen's
           time
           ,
           a
           very
           inconsiderable
           Number
           of
           their
           Disciples
           were
           left
           .
           But
           though
           the
           plain
           Simplicity
           of
           the
           Gospel
           met
           with
           Persecutions
           on
           all
           hands
           ;
           yet
           by
           the
           undaunted
           Courage
           of
           the
           Preachers
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           more
           it
           was
           opposed
           ,
           the
           more
           it
           prevailed
           ;
           and
           at
           last
           triumphed
           over
           its
           greatest
           Persecutors
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           These
           Words
           may
           be
           understood
           with
           Respect
           to
           all
           Christians
           ;
           and
           so
           they
           shew
           what
           the
           Temper
           and
           Spirit
           of
           Christianity
           is
           ,
           where
           it
           hath
           its
           due
           and
           proper
           Effect
           upon
           mens
           Minds
           .
        
         
           The
           Moralists
           speak
           much
           of
           an
           excellent
           Vertue
           ,
           which
           they
           call
           Magnanimity
           :
           which
           implies
           such
           a
           Greatness
           of
           Mind
           ,
           that
           it
           carries
           a
           man
           on
           in
           doing
           what
           becomes
           him
           ,
           without
           being
           discouraged
           by
           the
           Fears
           of
           what
           may
           befall
           him
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           our
           Saviour
           doth
           suppose
           to
           be
           so
           attainable
           by
           all
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           that
           he
           requires
           it
           from
           them
           .
           
           
             Fear
             not
             them
             which
             can
             kill
             the
             Body
             ,
             but
             are
             not
             able
             to
             kill
             the
             Soul
          
           ;
           or
           
             Be
             not
             afraid
             of
             them
             that
             kill
             the
             Body
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             after
             that
             have
             no
             more
             that
             they
             can
             do
             .
          
           i.
           e.
           Govern
           your
           Fears
           by
           the
           Consideration
           of
           another
           
           World
           and
           not
           of
           this
           .
           But
           is
           this
           possible
           ,
           to
           be
           rid
           of
           our
           Fears
           as
           to
           this
           World
           ?
           It
           may
           be
           some
           Heroical
           minds
           may
           attain
           to
           this
           ;
           or
           those
           on
           whom
           God
           bestows
           the
           extraordinary
           Gifts
           of
           his
           Spirit
           :
           but
           can
           any
           by
           the
           common
           Measures
           and
           Assistances
           of
           Grace
           reach
           to
           it
           ?
           Fear
           is
           a
           Natural
           and
           Violent
           Passion
           ;
           which
           is
           not
           easily
           dissembled
           ,
           much
           less
           cured
           ;
           and
           the
           weaker
           any
           are
           ,
           as
           to
           mind
           or
           body
           ,
           the
           more
           they
           are
           subject
           to
           the
           Power
           of
           it
           .
           There
           are
           some
           Constitutions
           by
           Reason
           of
           their
           dark
           and
           confused
           and
           melancholy
           Apprehensions
           of
           things
           ,
           can
           never
           get
           out
           of
           the
           Labyrinth
           of
           their
           own
           Fears
           .
           And
           where
           Suspicions
           and
           Jealousies
           find
           an
           easie
           entertainment
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           possible
           to
           cure
           such
           Persons
           Fears
           ;
           for
           they
           are
           afraid
           of
           all
           possible
           things
           .
           Such
           I
           must
           exclude
           as
           labouring
           under
           a
           Disease
           of
           Imagination
           ;
           as
           we
           do
           those
           who
           are
           under
           a
           Feaver
           ;
           And
           for
           whose
           
             Vnreasonable
             Fears
          
           I
           know
           no
           better
           Cure
           than
           there
           is
           of
           Madness
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           bring
           the
           Persons
           to
           the
           Use
           of
           Reason
           as
           well
           as
           we
           can
           ;
           and
           if
           Reason
           doth
           not
           cure
           them
           ,
           nothing
           else
           will.
           
        
         
           But
           let
           us
           suppose
           the
           Fears
           Reasonable
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           such
           as
           considering
           the
           State
           of
           the
           World
           a
           Prudent
           man
           may
           justly
           apprehend
           ;
           is
           it
           not
           
           possible
           to
           master
           these
           Fears
           ?
           Not
           to
           Cure
           our
           Apprehension
           when
           it
           is
           Reasonable
           ,
           but
           to
           take
           Care
           ,
           that
           it
           do
           not
           torment
           and
           disquiet
           our
           Minds
           ;
           but
           especially
           that
           it
           do
           not
           hinder
           us
           from
           doing
           our
           Duty
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           that
           Spirit
           of
           
             Christian
             Magnanimity
          
           which
           I
           design
           to
           speak
           of
           ;
           and
           to
           make
           the
           matter
           as
           clear
           as
           I
           can
           ;
           I
           shall
           ,
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           Enquire
           into
           those
           things
           which
           the
           Nature
           of
           Magnanimity
           requires
           in
           general
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           Shew
           the
           particular
           Measures
           of
           it
           according
           to
           Christianity
           .
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           Consider
           the
           Possibility
           of
           attaining
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           Means
           in
           order
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           As
           to
           Magnanimity
           in
           general
           ;
           It
           is
           not
           so
           much
           any
           one
           Vertue
           ,
           as
           a
           Result
           from
           several
           put
           together
           ;
           and
           especially
           these
           ,
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           Integrity
           of
           Mind
           :
           Which
           implies
           these
           things
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           A
           Freedom
           from
           any
           mean
           and
           sinister
           Ends
           in
           what
           we
           do
           .
           
           Aristotle
           ,
           who
           considered
           the
           Nature
           of
           Moral
           Vertues
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           any
           man
           ,
           saith
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           Magnanimity
           without
           Simplicity
           and
           Truth
           .
           
           And
           Cicero
           saith
           ,
           
             Men
             of
             Courage
             and
             Magnanimity
             ,
             are
             men
             of
             Simplicity
             and
             Truth
             ,
             and
             not
             given
             
             to
             Tricks
             .
          
           It
           is
           the
           Sense
           of
           its
           own
           Weakness
           which
           disposes
           any
           Living
           Creature
           to
           Craft
           and
           Cunning
           :
           The
           Lion
           knows
           his
           own
           strength
           and
           despises
           it
           ;
           the
           Fox
           is
           sensible
           he
           hath
           not
           strength
           enough
           for
           his
           own
           Security
           ,
           and
           therefore
           tries
           all
           other
           ways
           to
           compass
           his
           End.
           A
           Spirit
           of
           Magnanimity
           is
           above
           all
           little
           Arts
           and
           Shifts
           ,
           which
           tend
           onely
           to
           some
           mean
           and
           pitifull
           end
           ,
           not
           worthy
           to
           be
           regarded
           .
           Men
           of
           Artifice
           and
           Design
           may
           think
           it
           Weakness
           and
           Folly
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           really
           a
           Greatness
           of
           Mind
           which
           makes
           a
           Good
           and
           Wise
           Man
           despise
           such
           things
           as
           unbecoming
           that
           true
           Greatness
           which
           lies
           in
           a
           Generous
           Integrity
           :
           which
           cunning
           men
           can
           no
           more
           reach
           to
           ,
           even
           when
           they
           affect
           it
           ,
           than
           an
           Actor
           upon
           a
           Stage
           can
           the
           true
           Greatness
           of
           a
           Prince
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Sincere
           and
           unaffected
           Goodness
           .
           Which
           is
           that
           ,
           
           which
           Aristotle
           calls
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           and
           makes
           absolutely
           necessary
           to
           Magnanimity
           .
           The
           first
           thing
           in
           the
           Character
           of
           a
           Good
           Man
           among
           the
           Moralists
           is
           ,
           that
           he
           be
           inwardly
           so
           ;
           not
           taking
           upon
           him
           the
           Appearance
           and
           Shew
           of
           Vertue
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           others
           ;
           but
           forming
           his
           Mind
           and
           Temper
           according
           to
           the
           Principles
           and
           Rules
           of
           it
           .
           And
           when
           he
           hath
           done
           this
           ,
           the
           whole
           
           Course
           of
           his
           Actions
           will
           be
           agreeable
           thereto
           :
           he
           will
           not
           onely
           be
           just
           and
           temperate
           ,
           but
           kind
           and
           obliging
           ,
           ready
           to
           do
           Good
           to
           all
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           Circumstances
           ;
           and
           behaving
           himself
           under
           all
           ,
           as
           becomes
           a
           Good
           Man.
           
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           There
           must
           not
           onely
           be
           Integrity
           ,
           but
           Courage
           and
           Resolution
           ;
           without
           which
           ,
           in
           difficult
           times
           ,
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           maintain
           Integrity
           .
           I
           do
           not
           by
           this
           mean
           any
           sudden
           and
           violent
           Heats
           ,
           which
           rather
           shew
           the
           Greatness
           of
           the
           Passions
           than
           of
           the
           Mind
           ;
           but
           a
           calm
           and
           sedate
           Courage
           ,
           which
           exceeds
           the
           other
           ,
           as
           a
           man
           of
           true
           Valour
           doth
           one
           that
           is
           rash
           and
           fool-hardy
           .
           The
           latter
           may
           do
           bolder
           things
           than
           the
           other
           ;
           but
           none
           of
           the
           Moralists
           allow
           it
           to
           be
           
             true
             Fortitude
          
           ;
           for
           that
           must
           be
           guided
           by
           Reason
           and
           Discretion
           .
           The
           bold
           and
           daring
           man
           never
           considers
           what
           he
           doth
           ;
           but
           he
           is
           carried
           on
           by
           a
           sudden
           and
           violent
           Impetus
           ,
           or
           such
           an
           agitation
           of
           Spirits
           ,
           that
           suffer
           him
           not
           to
           Think
           ;
           but
           on
           he
           goes
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           meets
           with
           Success
           ,
           it
           is
           more
           owing
           to
           his
           Passion
           and
           Heat
           ,
           than
           to
           his
           Wisdom
           or
           Courage
           .
           Violent
           and
           furious
           Heats
           (
           although
           under
           a
           pretence
           of
           Zeal
           for
           Religion
           )
           are
           like
           the
           furious
           Onsets
           of
           undisciplined
           Souldiers
           ,
           which
           do
           more
           Mischief
           by
           
           their
           want
           of
           Order
           ,
           than
           they
           do
           Good
           by
           unseasonable
           Courage
           .
           True
           Courage
           must
           be
           a
           Regular
           thing
           ;
           it
           must
           have
           not
           onely
           a
           Good
           End
           ,
           but
           a
           wise
           choice
           of
           Means
           ;
           and
           then
           the
           Courage
           lies
           in
           the
           vigorous
           Pursuit
           of
           it
           :
           not
           being
           disheartned
           by
           difficulties
           ,
           nor
           giving
           over
           through
           despondency
           or
           disappointments
           .
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           There
           must
           be
           an
           Indifferency
           of
           Mind
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Event
           of
           doing
           our
           Duty
           .
           Not
           a
           perfect
           Indifferency
           ,
           which
           human
           Nature
           is
           hardly
           capable
           of
           ;
           but
           such
           as
           keeps
           a
           mans
           mind
           firm
           and
           constant
           so
           as
           not
           to
           be
           moved
           from
           the
           Dictates
           of
           a
           well-satisfied
           Conscience
           by
           the
           Motives
           of
           this
           World.
           It
           was
           a
           remarkable
           saying
           of
           Socrates
           ,
           which
           Antoninus
           takes
           notice
           of
           ,
           
           
             That
             man
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             is
             of
             no
             value
             ,
             who
             regards
             any
             thing
             so
             much
             as
             doing
             his
             Duty
             .
             It
             is
             not
             whether
             a
             man
             lives
             or
             dies
             ,
             but
             whether
             what
             he
             doth
             be
             just
             or
             unjust
             ,
             whether
             it
             becomes
             a
             Good
             man
             to
             do
             it
             ,
             or
             not
             ,
             which
             he
             is
             to
             look
             after
             .
          
        
         
           If
           thou
           canst
           not
           find
           any
           thing
           in
           Life
           ,
           
           
             saith
             that
             excellent
             Emperor
             himself
          
           ,
           better
           than
           Iustice
           and
           Truth
           ,
           a
           sound
           Mind
           (
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           
             the
             word
             here
             used
          
           )
           and
           a
           discreet
           Courage
           ;
           then
           make
           this
           thy
           great
           business
           and
           apply
           thy self
           to
           it
           with
           all
           thy
           heart
           .
           Let
           neither
           popular
           Applause
           ,
           nor
           Power
           ,
           
           nor
           Riches
           ,
           nor
           Sensual
           Pleasure
           draw
           thee
           off
           front
           it
           .
           Choose
           that
           which
           is
           best
           and
           pursue
           it
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           with
           simplicity
           of
           mind
           and
           the
           free
           Inclination
           of
           thy
           will.
           
        
         
           
             But
             the
             Roman
             Orator
             goes
             beyond
             them
             ,
             when
             he
             saith
             ,
          
           
           that
           Nothing
           argues
           so
           mean
           and
           narrow
           a
           mind
           ,
           as
           the
           Love
           of
           Riches
           ;
           nothing
           savours
           more
           of
           a
           great
           Mind
           ,
           than
           to
           contemn
           them
           ;
           and
           if
           Men
           enjoy
           them
           to
           bestow
           them
           in
           Beneficence
           and
           Liberality
           .
           
             And
             again
          
           ,
        
         
           To
           value
           Iustice
           and
           Honesty
           and
           Kindness
           and
           Liberality
           above
           Pleasure
           and
           Riches
           and
           Life
           it self
           ,
           and
           the
           Common
           Good
           above
           ones
           private
           Interest
           ,
           argues
           a
           truely
           Great
           Mind
           ,
           and
           is
           most
           agreeable
           to
           human
           Nature
           .
        
         
           These
           things
           I
           have
           mention'd
           ,
           not
           onely
           to
           clear
           the
           Nature
           of
           Magnanimity
           ;
           but
           to
           shew
           what
           generous
           Notions
           these
           Heathens
           had
           concerning
           the
           Practise
           of
           Vertue
           and
           Integrity
           ,
           even
           when
           it
           was
           accompanied
           with
           Losses
           and
           Hardships
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           what
           a
           mean
           Esteem
           they
           had
           in
           Comparison
           of
           that
           
             great
             Idol
          
           ,
           which
           the
           World
           still
           worships
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           Riches
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           I
           now
           come
           to
           shew
           the
           true
           Measures
           of
           Magnanimity
           according
           to
           the
           Christian
           Doctrine
           .
           And
           that
           consists
           in
           two
           things
           :
        
         
         
           1.
           
           In
           studying
           to
           Please
           God
           above
           all
           things
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           In
           choosing
           rather
           to
           Suffer
           than
           to
           Displease
           him
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           studying
           to
           Please
           God
           above
           all
           things
           .
           
           Aristotle
           hath
           observed
           that
           
             Magnanimity
             hath
             a
             particular
             Respect
             to
             Honour
             :
          
           the
           Question
           then
           is
           ,
           whether
           it
           relates
           to
           what
           gets
           Esteem
           and
           Honour
           among
           Men
           ;
           or
           ,
           to
           that
           Honour
           which
           comes
           from
           God.
           It
           's
           true
           ,
           the
           Heathen
           Moralists
           knew
           very
           little
           of
           this
           ;
           
           although
           Aristotle
           once
           mentions
           
             the
             Kindness
             which
             God
             hath
             for
             Persons
             of
             the
             most
             excellent
             and
             vertuous
             Minds
             ,
             as
             being
             nearest
             of
             Kindred
             to
             the
             Gods.
          
           But
           this
           was
           not
           settled
           as
           a
           Principle
           among
           them
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           the
           Foundation
           of
           all
           true
           Religion
           with
           us
           ,
           that
           our
           main
           Care
           ought
           to
           be
           to
           Please
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           value
           other
           things
           as
           they
           are
           most
           pleasing
           to
           him
           .
           The
           most
           Refined
           Atheists
           of
           this
           Age
           confess
           ,
           that
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Prophets
           and
           Apostles
           is
           very
           Pious
           and
           Vertuous
           ;
           although
           they
           look
           on
           them
           as
           deceived
           in
           their
           Imaginations
           .
           We
           take
           what
           they
           grant
           ,
           viz.
           that
           the
           Morals
           of
           Christianity
           are
           very
           Good
           ;
           but
           we
           say
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           heightning
           and
           improving
           of
           Moral
           Vertues
           to
           make
           them
           Divine
           Graces
           ;
           and
           not
           to
           practise
           them
           meerly
           
           as
           agreeable
           to
           Reason
           ,
           but
           as
           Pleasing
           to
           God.
           Those
           who
           allow
           a
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           wise
           and
           Powerfull
           ,
           do
           confess
           ,
           that
           no
           Sacrifices
           are
           so
           pleasing
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           a
           Pious
           ,
           devout
           and
           vertuous
           Mind
           :
           but
           then
           they
           were
           to
           seek
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Measures
           of
           Piety
           and
           Vertue
           .
           But
           that
           is
           the
           Infinite
           Advantage
           by
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           which
           we
           enjoy
           ,
           that
           by
           them
           we
           know
           what
           is
           most
           pleasing
           to
           God.
           
             He
             hath
             shewed
             thee
             ,
             O
             Man
             ,
          
           
           
             what
             is
             Good
             ,
             and
             what
             hath
             the
             Lord
             required
             of
             thee
             ;
             but
             to
             do
             justly
             ,
             and
             to
             love
             Mercy
             ,
             and
             to
             walk
             humbly
             with
             thy
             God.
          
           When
           God
           sheweth
           us
           our
           Duty
           ,
           we
           have
           no
           longer
           any
           ground
           to
           dispute
           it
           ;
           especially
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           so
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Divine
           Nature
           ,
           and
           our
           own
           .
           What
           can
           we
           do
           better
           with
           Respect
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           than
           
             to
             do
             justly
             and
             to
             love
             Mercy
             ?
          
           What
           can
           become
           us
           more
           with
           Respect
           to
           God
           ,
           than
           
             to
             walk
             humbly
             with
             our
             God
             ?
             To
             walk
             with
             God
             ,
          
           is
           to
           have
           a
           constant
           Regard
           to
           him
           in
           the
           Course
           of
           our
           Lives
           ;
           thus
           
             Enoch
             walked
             with
             God
          
           ,
           and
           Noah
           and
           Abraham
           :
           and
           
             to
             walk
             humbly
             with
             him
          
           ,
           is
           to
           maintain
           a
           due
           Sense
           of
           our
           Distance
           from
           him
           and
           our
           Dependence
           upon
           him
           .
           And
           this
           
             Humility
             of
             Mind
          
           doth
           not
           take
           off
           from
           true
           Magnanimity
           ;
           for
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           Magnanimity
           of
           Christians
           that
           I
           am
           speaking
           of
           .
           The
           Magnanimity
           of
           
           Philosophers
           carried
           them
           beyond
           the
           due
           bounds
           of
           their
           Dependence
           upon
           God
           ;
           for
           they
           presumed
           upon
           their
           own
           Sufficiency
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           the
           support
           of
           their
           Minds
           under
           Difficulties
           and
           the
           making
           themselves
           happy
           .
           In
           both
           which
           they
           were
           lamentably
           mistaken
           .
           But
           the
           Humility
           of
           Christians
           in
           depending
           upon
           God
           for
           Assistance
           and
           Happiness
           is
           so
           far
           from
           being
           inconsistent
           with
           Magnanimity
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           had
           without
           it
           .
           
           For
           ,
           saith
           S.
           
             Paul
             ,
             I
             can
             do
             all
             things
             .
          
           Can
           any
           thing
           be
           said
           greater
           than
           that
           ?
           But
           how
           ?
           
             Through
             Christ
             which
             strengtheneth
             me
          
           .
           And
           this
           Dependence
           upon
           God
           for
           his
           Grace
           is
           no
           more
           inconsistent
           with
           Magnanimity
           ,
           than
           a
           Favourites
           Greatness
           is
           with
           his
           Duty
           and
           Service
           to
           his
           Prince
           .
           The
           Christians
           Magnanimity
           lies
           in
           having
           but
           one
           to
           please
           ;
           but
           such
           a
           one
           ,
           as
           is
           the
           Greatest
           ,
           the
           Wisest
           ,
           the
           Happiest
           Being
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           But
           if
           he
           cannot
           Please
           God
           and
           the
           World
           together
           ,
           then
           this
           Magnanimity
           carries
           him
           rather
           to
           choose
           suffering
           under
           the
           World's
           Displeasure
           ,
           than
           to
           displease
           God.
           This
           seems
           a
           hard
           choice
           ;
           but
           there
           would
           be
           no
           Magnanimity
           without
           Difficulty
           .
           It
           may
           please
           God
           ,
           that
           our
           Duty
           and
           Interest
           may
           lye
           together
           ,
           and
           then
           it
           is
           Folly
           and
           Humour
           
           to
           choose
           to
           suffer
           when
           we
           need
           not
           .
           Where
           there
           is
           true
           Magnanimity
           in
           Suffering
           ,
           there
           is
           an
           impartial
           and
           prudent
           weighing
           and
           ballancing
           all
           Circumstances
           together
           ,
           before
           there
           can
           be
           a
           just
           Resolution
           of
           Suffering
           .
           And
           a
           mans
           Courage
           in
           suffering
           depends
           very
           much
           upon
           the
           Motives
           induced
           him
           to
           it
           ;
           which
           every
           Mans
           Conscience
           must
           judge
           of
           .
        
         
           But
           there
           are
           two
           sorts
           of
           Sufferings
           Magnanimity
           may
           shew
           it self
           in
           :
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           The
           Necessary
           and
           unavoidable
           Accidents
           and
           Calamities
           of
           Life
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           The
           Voluntary
           preferring
           a
           suffering
           Condition
           rather
           than
           sinning
           against
           God.
           
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           As
           to
           the
           Common
           Accidents
           of
           Life
           .
           It
           is
           observed
           by
           the
           Moralists
           ,
           
           
             that
             it
             is
             a
             harder
             thing
             to
             bear
             things
             that
             are
             troublesome
             ,
             than
             to
             abstain
             from
             things
             that
             are
             pleasant
             :
          
           the
           Sense
           of
           Pain
           and
           Suffering
           being
           much
           more
           uneasie
           ,
           than
           the
           forbearing
           what
           is
           delightfull
           ;
           which
           is
           onely
           crossing
           a
           Natural
           Inclination
           .
           And
           though
           many
           Persons
           choose
           rather
           to
           yield
           to
           their
           vicious
           Inclinations
           than
           to
           avoid
           the
           Pains
           and
           Diseases
           which
           follow
           them
           ;
           yet
           that
           is
           because
           they
           look
           on
           them
           as
           uncertain
           and
           at
           a
           Distance
           ,
           and
           hope
           they
           may
           escape
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           when
           it
           is
           certain
           and
           present
           ,
           human
           
           Nature
           is
           very
           tender
           and
           sensible
           of
           Pain
           and
           shrinks
           from
           it
           ;
           and
           requires
           inward
           Courage
           to
           support
           it self
           under
           it
           .
           It
           is
           observed
           by
           the
           Roman
           Orator
           ,
           that
           a
           peculiar
           kind
           of
           Courage
           is
           necessary
           for
           suffering
           Pains
           and
           Diseases
           ;
           for
           many
           that
           have
           been
           brave
           men
           in
           the
           Field
           ,
           yet
           could
           not
           
             virilitèr
             aegrotare
          
           ,
           behave
           themselves
           like
           Men
           when
           they
           came
           to
           be
           sick
           .
           The
           Truth
           is
           ,
           all
           Mankind
           abhor
           suffering
           so
           much
           ,
           that
           one
           of
           the
           great
           Inducements
           to
           the
           study
           of
           Morality
           of
           old
           ,
           was
           to
           find
           out
           some
           Antidotes
           against
           the
           Common
           Accidents
           of
           Life
           .
        
         
           For
           they
           soon
           found
           there
           were
           some
           Sufferings
           incident
           to
           human
           Nature
           ,
           which
           all
           the
           Art
           and
           Skill
           of
           the
           Wisest
           Men
           could
           never
           prevent
           .
           Our
           Bodies
           are
           continually
           subject
           to
           Pains
           ,
           to
           Diseases
           ,
           to
           Corruption
           and
           Dissolution
           .
           Our
           Estates
           to
           Violence
           ,
           Fraud
           and
           Misfortune
           .
           Our
           Houses
           and
           Cities
           to
           Flames
           ,
           to
           Earthquakes
           ,
           to
           Inundations
           .
           Our
           Friends
           and
           Relations
           are
           all
           liable
           to
           the
           same
           Calamities
           with
           our Selves
           ,
           and
           that
           makes
           our
           Trouble
           the
           greater
           .
        
         
           What
           now
           should
           Wise
           Men
           do
           ?
           Can
           they
           hope
           to
           stem
           the
           Tide
           ,
           and
           to
           turn
           back
           the
           Stream
           ?
           No
           ,
           that
           is
           too
           violent
           for
           them
           .
           Can
           they
           raise
           any
           Banks
           or
           Sea-Walls
           against
           them
           
           to
           keep
           them
           out
           ?
           All
           such
           are
           vain
           and
           fruitless
           .
           What
           then
           ?
           Shall
           they
           strip
           themselves
           of
           all
           the
           Comforts
           of
           Life
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           leave
           nothing
           to
           Misfortune
           ?
           So
           some
           did
           ,
           to
           no
           great
           purpose
           ,
           unless
           they
           could
           shake
           off
           their
           Passions
           too
           .
           But
           this
           doth
           not
           look
           like
           Magnanimity
           ,
           but
           Cowardize
           ;
           not
           overcoming
           an
           Enemy
           ,
           but
           running
           away
           from
           him
           .
           By
           the
           same
           Method
           ,
           they
           must
           go
           naked
           to
           avoid
           Robbery
           ;
           and
           live
           on
           the
           Tops
           of
           Mountains
           to
           escape
           a
           Deluge
           .
        
         
           But
           some
           thought
           these
           things
           look'd
           most
           terrible
           at
           a
           Distance
           ;
           whereas
           if
           they
           consider'd
           how
           common
           they
           were
           ,
           they
           would
           learn
           to
           bear
           them
           better
           .
           But
           Carneades
           said
           well
           ,
           
             Malevoli
             animi
             Solatium
             est
             turba
             miserorum
          
           ;
           it
           is
           a
           kind
           of
           ill-natur'd
           Comfort
           which
           one
           draws
           from
           the
           commoness
           of
           Calamities
           .
           And
           after
           all
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           real
           Satisfaction
           to
           a
           mans
           mind
           ,
           to
           think
           that
           so
           many
           suffer
           as
           he
           doth
           ;
           it
           is
           like
           the
           unnatural
           Pleasure
           of
           Revenge
           ,
           which
           one
           man
           takes
           in
           anothers
           Pain
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           one
           thing
           it
           serves
           well
           for
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           to
           shew
           the
           Folly
           of
           great
           Impatience
           under
           such
           things
           which
           the
           rest
           of
           Mankind
           bear
           .
           Thus
           Iulian
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           Amerius
           relates
           a
           Story
           of
           Democritus
           his
           dealing
           with
           Darius
           upon
           the
           loss
           of
           his
           beloved
           Wife
           .
           
           After
           
           several
           ineffectual
           Ways
           of
           comforting
           him
           ;
           at
           last
           he
           asked
           him
           ,
           whether
           bringing
           her
           to
           Life
           would
           not
           put
           an
           End
           to
           his
           Grief
           ?
           No
           doubt
           of
           it
           .
           But
           how
           should
           this
           be
           done
           ?
           Let
           me
           alone
           for
           that
           ,
           said
           the
           Philosopher
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           provide
           me
           all
           the
           things
           I
           shall
           desire
           in
           order
           to
           it
           .
           After
           great
           Care
           taken
           in
           providing
           many
           things
           for
           him
           ,
           Darius
           asked
           him
           if
           he
           had
           all
           he
           wanted
           ?
           No
           ,
           said
           he
           ;
           there
           is
           one
           thing
           more
           I
           must
           have
           ,
           and
           you
           are
           the
           most
           likely
           Person
           to
           furnish
           me
           with
           it
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           you
           must
           get
           me
           three
           Names
           to
           be
           put
           upon
           her
           Monument
           of
           such
           Persons
           who
           have
           gone
           to
           their
           Graves
           without
           Sorrow
           or
           Trouble
           ;
           and
           You
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           have
           very
           large
           and
           populous
           Dominions
           ,
           and
           no
           doubt
           if
           such
           a
           thing
           be
           to
           be
           had
           ,
           you
           can
           procure
           it
           .
           Darius
           was
           struck
           with
           this
           ,
           and
           after
           some
           consideration
           said
           ,
           
             he
             doubted
             he
             could
             not
             .
             Why
             then
             ,
          
           said
           the
           Philosopher
           smiling
           ,
           
             Are
             not
             You
             ashamed
             to
             be
             guilty
             of
             so
             much
             Folly
             as
             to
             be
             so
             exceedingly
             cast
             down
             under
             such
             a
             Calamity
             ,
             as
             though
             you
             were
             the
             onely
             Person
             in
             the
             World
             that
             underwent
             it
             ?
          
           This
           was
           agreeable
           enough
           to
           his
           Humour
           in
           Exposing
           the
           Folly
           of
           Mankind
           ;
           which
           was
           a
           Subject
           large
           enough
           for
           his
           whole
           Life
           ;
           but
           he
           was
           too
           pleasant
           upon
           it
           .
        
         
         
           I
           do
           not
           deny
           but
           the
           Moralists
           did
           find
           out
           some
           very
           Usefull
           Considerations
           to
           bear
           men
           up
           under
           the
           Common
           Accidents
           of
           Life
           ;
           but
           those
           of
           greatest
           Moment
           ,
           were
           such
           as
           are
           much
           improved
           by
           
             Christianity
             ;
             viz.
          
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           Providence
           ,
           the
           Usefulness
           of
           Trials
           ,
           the
           Benefit
           of
           Patience
           ,
           and
           the
           Expectation
           of
           a
           better
           State.
           
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           As
           to
           Voluntary
           and
           chosen
           Sufferings
           .
           We
           have
           in
           Scripture
           several
           extraordinary
           Instances
           of
           this
           kind
           of
           Magnanimity
           ;
           such
           was
           
           Abraham's
           leaving
           his
           Kindred
           and
           Country
           and
           going
           he
           knew
           not
           whither
           on
           God's
           Command
           ,
           and
           his
           readiness
           to
           Sacrifice
           his
           Son
           ;
           which
           argued
           an
           entire
           Sacrifice
           of
           himself
           to
           the
           Will
           of
           God.
           Such
           was
           Moses
           his
           
             Choosing
             rather
             to
             suffer
             Affliction
             with
             the
             People
             of
             God
             than
             to
             enjoy
             the
             Pleasures
          
           of
           
           Pharaoh's
           Court.
           Such
           was
           the
           Son
           of
           God's
           choosing
           to
           suffer
           for
           our
           sakes
           ,
           with
           admirable
           Resignation
           to
           the
           Divine
           Will
           ;
           and
           praying
           for
           his
           Persecutors
           under
           the
           greatest
           Agonies
           on
           the
           Cross.
           Such
           was
           the
           Apostles
           Resolution
           and
           Courage
           ,
           when
           
             they
             rejoyced
             to
             be
             accounted
             worthy
             to
             suffer
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             Christ
          
           ;
           when
           they
           were
           
             more
             than
             Conquerors
          
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           Persecutions
           .
           And
           truely
           the
           Magnanimity
           of
           Suffering
           rather
           than
           Sinning
           ,
           was
           
           never
           so
           much
           shewn
           to
           the
           World
           as
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           the
           
             Primitive
             Christians
          
           .
           There
           were
           some
           few
           Heroick
           Instances
           of
           Suffering
           for
           Truth
           among
           the
           Heathens
           ;
           but
           they
           were
           no
           more
           to
           be
           compared
           with
           the
           Numerous
           Examples
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           than
           the
           Miracles
           of
           the
           
             Vestal
             Virgins
          
           were
           with
           those
           of
           the
           Apostles
           .
        
         
           It
           could
           not
           but
           amaze
           the
           common
           sort
           of
           Spectators
           of
           Rome
           ,
           who
           were
           wont
           to
           see
           the
           Gladiators
           ,
           (
           who
           were
           either
           hired
           or
           condemned
           to
           that
           Cruel
           Entertainment
           of
           others
           with
           their
           blood
           )
           to
           behold
           a
           sort
           of
           Grave
           and
           Serious
           Persons
           expose
           themselves
           to
           so
           much
           Torment
           and
           Cruelty
           ,
           when
           so
           small
           a
           matter
           as
           burning
           a
           little
           Incense
           would
           set
           them
           free
           .
           This
           was
           a
           New
           Spectacle
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           it
           could
           not
           but
           put
           them
           upon
           thinking
           what
           strange
           sort
           of
           Philosophy
           this
           was
           ,
           which
           inspired
           ordinary
           Persons
           with
           such
           a
           Magnanimity
           in
           suffering
           .
           They
           had
           never
           found
           those
           who
           pretended
           to
           Philosophy
           among
           them
           very
           fond
           of
           Suffering
           for
           the
           Doctrine
           they
           taught
           .
           They
           rather
           liked
           the
           Example
           of
           Aristotle
           than
           Socrates
           ;
           who
           when
           the
           People
           of
           Athens
           were
           enraged
           against
           him
           ,
           withdrew
           to
           Chalcis
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           was
           upbraided
           with
           it
           ,
           made
           a
           witty
           Excuse
           ,
           
             that
             he
             
             had
             no
             mind
             the
             City
             of
          
           Athens
           
             should
             sin
             twice
             against
             Philosophy
          
           .
           Whereas
           the
           Christians
           were
           so
           forward
           to
           suffer
           for
           their
           Doctrine
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           imputed
           as
           a
           Fault
           to
           them
           ;
           and
           it
           appears
           by
           Tertullian
           that
           some
           out-went
           the
           bounds
           of
           Christianity
           in
           offering
           themselves
           too
           freely
           to
           it
           .
           
           This
           made
           such
           as
           Antoninus
           and
           others
           impute
           all
           their
           Sufferings
           to
           
             an
             invincible
             Obstinacy
             and
             a
             sort
             of
             Madness
             which
             possessed
             them
             :
          
           
           which
           had
           been
           easily
           confuted
           ,
           
           if
           they
           would
           have
           had
           the
           Patience
           to
           have
           examin'd
           the
           Reasons
           and
           Grounds
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           the
           peculiar
           Doctrines
           of
           the
           several
           Sects
           of
           Philosophers
           .
           But
           this
           is
           not
           all
           which
           
             Christian
             Magnanimity
          
           doth
           imply
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           not
           onely
           
             a
             Spirit
             of
             Power
             ,
             but
             of
             Love
             and
             of
             a
             Sound
             Mind
             .
          
           And
           so
           it
           hath
        
         
           II.
           A
           Respect
           to
           the
           Humours
           and
           Passions
           of
           Men.
           And
           truely
           ,
           there
           is
           such
           a
           Variety
           and
           Uncertainty
           in
           them
           ;
           so
           much
           Folly
           and
           Mistake
           ;
           so
           much
           Prejudice
           and
           Peevishness
           in
           some
           ;
           so
           much
           Wilfulness
           and
           Stiffness
           in
           others
           ;
           so
           little
           Regard
           to
           the
           true
           Interests
           of
           Religion
           and
           Vertue
           ,
           under
           all
           the
           pretences
           to
           it
           ;
           that
           those
           who
           sincerely
           desire
           to
           promote
           them
           had
           need
           of
           Magnanimity
           to
           
           bear
           them
           up
           against
           such
           Humours
           and
           Distempers
           of
           Mens
           Minds
           .
           Aristotle
           hath
           well
           observed
           that
           Magnanimity
           doth
           go
           beyond
           the
           Consideration
           of
           Dangers
           .
           
           
             It
             makes
             a
             man
             more
             ready
             to
             do
             Kindnesses
             than
             to
             receive
             them
             ;
             and
             to
             forget
             Injuries
             .
          
           I
           add
           ,
           
             and
             to
             forgive
             them
          
           ;
           for
           else
           ,
           it
           is
           rather
           want
           of
           Memory
           ,
           than
           Magnanimity
           .
           It
           is
           well
           he
           adds
           one
           thing
           ,
           viz.
           that
           he
           that
           hath
           Magnanimity
           is
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             Contented
             within
             himself
          
           ;
           so
           he
           had
           need
           to
           be
           ;
           for
           he
           will
           find
           very
           little
           Satisfaction
           abroad
           ,
           especially
           in
           an
           Age
           when
           Sincerity
           is
           almost
           lost
           :
           when
           men
           have
           used
           themselves
           to
           so
           much
           Hypocrisie
           and
           Dissimulation
           with
           God
           and
           Man
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           zealously
           pretend
           to
           Love
           what
           they
           would
           be
           glad
           to
           Ruine
           ,
           and
           cry
           up
           Peace
           and
           Unity
           onely
           to
           get
           an
           Opportunity
           to
           destroy
           them
           .
           But
           still
           true
           Magnanimity
           keeps
           a
           Mans
           own
           mind
           at
           Ease
           ,
           and
           
             makes
             him
             to
             govern
             himself
          
           ,
           as
           the
           same
           Philosopher
           observes
           ,
           
             with
             due
             Temper
             and
             Moderation
             in
             all
             things
             .
          
           Such
           a
           one
           is
           not
           onely
           Easie
           to
           himself
           ,
           but
           to
           all
           others
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           is
           consistent
           with
           his
           Duty
           .
           For
           a
           Mind
           truely
           Great
           ,
           hath
           nothing
           of
           Bitterness
           ,
           or
           Sowreness
           ;
           Peevishness
           ,
           or
           Ill
           Will
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           Mankind
           .
           All
           Malice
           and
           Cruelty
           argue
           a
           Mean
           and
           Base
           Spirit
           .
           The
           more
           noble
           
           and
           generous
           any
           Tempers
           are
           ,
           the
           more
           tender
           and
           compassionate
           they
           are
           ,
           the
           more
           ready
           to
           oblige
           ,
           the
           more
           easie
           to
           forgive
           ,
           the
           more
           willing
           to
           be
           Reconciled
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           be
           more
           particular
           ,
           there
           are
           two
           things
           implied
           in
           
             this
             Spirit
             of
             Love
             and
             of
             a
             Sound
             Mind
             .
          
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           The
           making
           all
           Reasonable
           Allowances
           for
           the
           Infirmities
           of
           others
           .
           It
           makes
           men
           to
           consider
           the
           Prejudices
           of
           Education
           ;
           the
           Variety
           and
           Weakness
           of
           most
           mens
           Judgments
           ;
           the
           Power
           of
           Perswasion
           ;
           the
           Bias
           of
           Parties
           ;
           and
           the
           Shame
           and
           Reproach
           which
           Persons
           undergo
           that
           break
           off
           from
           them
           ,
           after
           they
           have
           been
           once
           ensnared
           by
           them
           .
           On
           these
           Accounts
           it
           makes
           them
           rather
           Pity
           than
           Triumph
           over
           the
           Follies
           of
           Mankind
           .
           There
           are
           two
           things
           which
           a
           Great
           Mind
           doth
           most
           abhor
           in
           Religion
           ,
           and
           are
           most
           directly
           contrary
           to
           
             a
             Spirit
             of
             Love
             and
             a
             Sound
             Mind
          
           ;
           and
           these
           are
           Hypocrisie
           and
           Cruelty
           ;
           which
           make
           men
           false
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           Enemies
           to
           Mankind
           .
           These
           two
           often
           go
           together
           ;
           and
           although
           they
           are
           masked
           under
           a
           pretence
           of
           Religion
           ,
           yet
           there
           are
           no
           two
           things
           more
           opposite
           to
           the
           true
           Spirit
           and
           Design
           of
           it
           .
           S.
           Iohn
           concludes
           that
           man
           to
           have
           no
           true
           Love
           to
           God
           who
           doth
           not
           love
           
           his
           Brother
           .
           
           
             He
             that
             loveth
             not
             his
             Brother
             whom
             he
             hath
             seen
             ,
             how
             can
             he
             love
             God
             whom
             he
             hath
             not
             seen
             ?
          
           And
           we
           may
           argue
           the
           other
           way
           ;
           If
           a
           man
           doth
           not
           Love
           God
           ,
           how
           can
           he
           love
           his
           Brother
           ?
           When
           the
           Love
           of
           God
           is
           the
           best
           Foundation
           for
           Charity
           and
           Kindness
           to
           our
           Brethren
           ;
           who
           were
           at
           first
           made
           after
           the
           Image
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           have
           it
           again
           renewed
           in
           them
           by
           the
           Power
           of
           Divine
           Grace
           
             in
             Righteousness
             and
             true
             Holiness
          
           .
           
           And
           even
           where
           that
           doth
           not
           appear
           ,
           yet
           there
           is
           a
           Tenderness
           and
           Compassion
           due
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           is
           consistent
           with
           the
           Order
           and
           Government
           of
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           The
           Spirit
           
             of
             Love
             and
             of
             a
             Sound
             Mind
             ,
          
           consists
           in
           laying
           aside
           private
           Animosities
           and
           Heats
           for
           a
           Publick
           and
           General
           Good.
           That
           is
           a
           thing
           too
           great
           and
           too
           sacred
           ,
           to
           be
           exposed
           and
           ridiculed
           ,
           as
           though
           it
           were
           onely
           a
           Popular
           pretence
           for
           Faction
           and
           Sedition
           .
           Whereas
           Nothing
           is
           more
           directly
           opposite
           to
           it
           ;
           for
           therefore
           it
           is
           called
           Faction
           and
           Sedition
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           against
           it
           .
           If
           it
           hath
           been
           abused
           by
           men
           of
           ill
           Minds
           ,
           so
           have
           the
           best
           things
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           but
           they
           do
           not
           lose
           their
           Nature
           and
           Excellency
           by
           it
           .
           If
           there
           be
           not
           such
           a
           thing
           as
           a
           Common
           Good
           ,
           whence
           comes
           any
           Mans
           Obligation
           to
           preserve
           
           Order
           and
           Government
           ,
           and
           to
           seek
           the
           Safety
           and
           Welfare
           of
           his
           Country
           ,
           although
           it
           may
           be
           to
           the
           hazard
           of
           his
           own
           Life
           ?
           If
           there
           be
           such
           a
           thing
           ,
           it
           deserves
           our
           Regard
           in
           the
           first
           Place
           ,
           and
           we
           ought
           to
           lay
           aside
           all
           Prejudices
           ,
           and
           mutual
           Animosities
           and
           the
           Interests
           of
           particular
           Parties
           ,
           and
           heartily
           to
           promote
           that
           which
           is
           our
           true
           Common
           Interest
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           English
           Men
           and
           Protestants
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           great
           and
           considerable
           Part
           of
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           Chief
           of
           the
           Reformation
           .
           It
           is
           hard
           for
           any
           not
           to
           see
           that
           the
           whole
           Protestant
           Interest
           lies
           at
           Stake
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Preservation
           of
           it
           depends
           very
           much
           on
           our
           Conduct
           and
           Union
           at
           this
           time
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           we
           find
           any
           to
           be
           humoursome
           and
           peevish
           ,
           any
           to
           struggle
           more
           for
           the
           Interest
           of
           a
           Party
           to
           make
           it
           uppermost
           ,
           than
           for
           our
           Common
           Good
           ,
           although
           it
           be
           a
           very
           sad
           Consideration
           and
           bodes
           very
           ill
           to
           us
           all
           ;
           yet
           we
           have
           that
           poor
           Comfort
           left
           us
           ,
           that
           men
           were
           as
           ill
           disposed
           even
           in
           the
           Apostles
           times
           .
           
           For
           ,
           saith
           S.
           Paul
           ,
           (
           at
           a
           time
           when
           one
           would
           have
           thought
           they
           should
           have
           been
           much
           better
           inclined
           )
           
             All
             men
             seek
             their
             own
             ,
             not
             the
             things
             which
             are
             Iesus
             Christs
             .
          
           I
           hope
           it
           cannot
           be
           said
           of
           all
           now
           ;
           but
           I
           fear
           
           it
           is
           so
           true
           of
           too
           many
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           one
           of
           the
           worst
           Symptoms
           of
           the
           present
           State
           of
           our
           Affairs
           .
           And
           that
           which
           makes
           it
           more
           deplorable
           is
           ,
           that
           some
           Men
           have
           entertained
           such
           Suspicion
           and
           Jealousie
           of
           each
           other
           ,
           that
           he
           that
           goes
           about
           to
           Reconcile
           them
           ,
           instead
           of
           making
           them
           Friends
           ,
           is
           look'd
           on
           as
           a
           common
           Enemy
           .
           I
           am
           afraid
           there
           is
           not
           Sincerity
           and
           Integrity
           enough
           left
           to
           be
           a
           Foundation
           for
           uniting
           several
           Parties
           among
           us
           ;
           at
           least
           there
           wants
           an
           Opinion
           of
           it
           .
           And
           as
           long
           as
           there
           are
           such
           Mistrusts
           and
           Jealousies
           ,
           the
           greatest
           Integrity
           is
           so
           far
           useless
           .
        
         
           Some
           learned
           and
           good
           Men
           have
           been
           of
           late
           apt
           to
           perswade
           themselves
           and
           others
           ,
           that
           the
           Glorious
           and
           Happy
           times
           of
           the
           Church
           are
           coming
           on
           ;
           I
           could
           be
           glad
           to
           be
           of
           their
           opinion
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           a
           comfortable
           thing
           to
           a
           man
           who
           travels
           in
           an
           ill
           Road
           and
           with
           bad
           Company
           ,
           whom
           he
           is
           perpetually
           afraid
           of
           ,
           to
           see
           at
           a
           distance
           a
           pleasant
           and
           safe
           Country
           ,
           where
           he
           shall
           be
           rid
           of
           his
           Fears
           and
           Dangers
           .
           But
           I
           confess
           ,
           I
           cannot
           much
           please
           my self
           with
           such
           thoughts
           ,
           till
           I
           see
           the
           Tempers
           of
           Mens
           minds
           begin
           to
           change
           towards
           one
           another
           .
           If
           I
           could
           once
           see
           the
           
             Spirit
             of
             Love
             and
             a
             sound
             time
          
           prevail
           among
           us
           ;
           If
           men
           would
           be
           contented
           to
           
           Sacrifice
           their
           Humours
           and
           Piques
           to
           the
           Publick
           Interest
           ;
           in
           short
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           any
           hopes
           Men
           would
           be
           Wise
           and
           Good
           ,
           there
           were
           then
           a
           great
           Foundation
           for
           hope
           ,
           that
           all
           things
           would
           be
           settled
           among
           us
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           continue
           for
           succeeding
           Generations
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           Men
           will
           persist
           in
           their
           own
           Wilfull
           Humours
           ;
           If
           they
           had
           rather
           all
           should
           perish
           ,
           than
           they
           not
           compass
           their
           own
           Ends
           ;
           we
           need
           no
           foreign
           Enemies
           to
           come
           in
           upon
           us
           ,
           we
           shall
           soon
           come
           to
           that
           height
           of
           Animosity
           ,
           
           
             as
             to
             bite
             and
             devour
             one
             another
          
           ;
           and
           then
           it
           is
           an
           easie
           Inference
           ,
           
             that
             we
             shall
             be
             consumed
             one
             of
             another
             .
          
           I
           am
           far
           from
           thinking
           our
           Case
           desperate
           ;
           for
           I
           hope
           Men
           have
           not
           lost
           all
           their
           Sense
           and
           Zeal
           for
           our
           Common
           Interest
           ;
           but
           if
           Mens
           Heats
           and
           Passions
           increase
           and
           grow
           fiercer
           ,
           a
           Man
           needs
           not
           pretend
           to
           Prophecy
           to
           foretell
           what
           the
           dreadfull
           Consequence
           will
           be
           .
        
         
           The
           true
           Spirit
           of
           Religion
           seems
           to
           be
           buried
           in
           Mens
           warm
           Contentions
           about
           it
           ;
           and
           some
           have
           pretended
           to
           a
           sort
           of
           Zeal
           without
           Conscience
           ,
           to
           Religion
           without
           Faith
           ,
           and
           to
           Scruples
           without
           common
           Honesty
           .
        
         
           If
           ever
           God
           designs
           to
           doe
           us
           Good
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           a
           great
           Alteration
           in
           Mens
           Tempers
           and
           Manners
           .
           We
           must
           have
           more
           Sincerity
           
           and
           Integrity
           among
           us
           ;
           the
           want
           of
           which
           hath
           caused
           such
           a
           general
           Mistrust
           of
           one
           another
           ;
           that
           if
           Faith
           were
           to
           save
           the
           Nation
           ,
           I
           am
           afraid
           there
           is
           hardly
           enough
           left
           in
           it
           .
           And
           it
           looks
           like
           one
           of
           the
           Symptoms
           of
           the
           Day
           of
           Judgment
           upon
           us
           :
           For
           ,
           
             If
             the
             Son
             of
             Man
             should
             come
             ,
             he
             would
             hardly
             find
             Faith
             upon
             Earth
             .
          
        
         
           But
           instead
           of
           discoursing
           of
           Magnanimity
           ,
           I
           am
           sensible
           I
           have
           run
           into
           the
           Object
           and
           Reason
           of
           our
           Fears
           .
           But
           therefore
           to
           conclude
           all
           ,
           I
           shall
           speak
           briefly
           to
           the
           last
           Particular
           ,
           which
           was
           ,
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           To
           consider
           what
           Arguments
           and
           Means
           there
           are
           to
           support
           us
           against
           our
           Fears
           ;
           or
           to
           attain
           to
           that
           
             Christian
             Magnanimity
          
           I
           have
           been
           discoursing
           of
           .
           And
           there
           are
           two
           great
           Arguments
           which
           Christianity
           doth
           particularly
           recommend
           to
           us
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Let
           things
           go
           as
           ill
           as
           we
           can
           fear
           in
           this
           World
           ;
           if
           we
           are
           sincere
           Christians
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           far
           better
           State
           to
           come
           ;
           to
           which
           we
           shall
           be
           admitted
           when
           we
           are
           once
           out
           of
           this
           troublesome
           and
           sinfull
           World.
           There
           will
           be
           no
           Hurries
           and
           Confusions
           ,
           no
           Jealousies
           and
           Suspicions
           ,
           no
           Piques
           and
           Animosities
           .
           The
           highest
           Regions
           of
           the
           Air
           are
           the
           most
           calm
           and
           serene
           ;
           all
           the
           Clouds
           and
           
           Storms
           and
           blustering
           Winds
           are
           below
           and
           arise
           from
           the
           Atmosphere
           .
           If
           our
           Minds
           were
           more
           loose
           from
           the
           World
           we
           should
           be
           more
           at
           quiet
           :
           For
           ,
           at
           the
           bottom
           ,
           the
           Considerations
           of
           this
           World
           make
           Men
           so
           troublesome
           in
           it
           .
           It
           is
           Honour
           or
           Power
           or
           Riches
           which
           make
           them
           so
           unquiet
           ,
           and
           endeavouring
           to
           supplant
           and
           undermine
           one
           another
           .
           If
           Men
           could
           learn
           to
           be
           content
           with
           that
           which
           they
           pretend
           was
           all
           they
           so
           long
           and
           so
           impatiently
           desired
           ,
           there
           might
           be
           some
           hopes
           of
           seeing
           something
           like
           Peace
           and
           Unity
           among
           us
           :
           but
           if
           Liberty
           be
           thought
           to
           signifie
           nothing
           without
           Power
           ,
           it
           is
           Reasonable
           to
           suppose
           that
           Power
           will
           signifie
           nothing
           ,
           unless
           it
           be
           all
           in
           their
           own
           Hands
           .
           And
           what
           can
           they
           imagine
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Nation
           will
           do
           ?
           Will
           they
           suffer
           an
           established
           Church
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           one
           as
           ours
           is
           (
           which
           I
           think
           an
           
             Apostolical
             Church
          
           ,
           as
           to
           Doctrine
           ,
           Worship
           and
           Government
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           any
           now
           in
           the
           World
           )
           to
           be
           run
           down
           with
           the
           violent
           Heats
           of
           some
           men
           ,
           and
           look
           on
           as
           wholly
           unconcerned
           ?
           They
           are
           extremely
           mistaken
           in
           the
           Temper
           of
           the
           Nation
           who
           think
           so
           .
           But
           if
           men
           will
           not
           be
           quiet
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           all
           they
           pretended
           to
           desire
           ,
           what
           can
           we
           expect
           but
           further
           Animosities
           will
           Discourage
           our
           Friends
           ,
           
           Animate
           our
           common
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           Expose
           us
           all
           to
           Confusion
           ,
           if
           not
           to
           Ruine
           .
           If
           Men
           loved
           this
           World
           less
           and
           another
           better
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           more
           quiet
           here
           ,
           and
           be
           more
           carefull
           to
           prepare
           for
           that
           better
           State.
           
             If
             our
             Conversation
             were
             in
             Heaven
             ,
          
           as
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           with
           what
           Contempt
           should
           we
           look
           down
           upon
           the
           busie
           Designs
           ,
           the
           restless
           Cares
           ,
           the
           vain
           Hopes
           and
           the
           perplexing
           Fears
           of
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           Mankind
           ?
           Then
           we
           should
           have
           more
           Peace
           and
           Tranquillity
           in
           our
           minds
           while
           we
           live
           ,
           and
           greater
           Satisfaction
           when
           we
           come
           to
           die
           .
           For
           Integrity
           and
           Innocency
           will
           keep
           us
           most
           from
           giving
           disturbance
           to
           others
           ,
           and
           from
           finding
           any
           in
           our
           own
           Breasts
           .
           
           
             Whoso
             hearkeneth
             unto
             Wisdom
             ,
             shall
             dwell
             safely
             and
             shall
             be
             quiet
             from
             the
             Fear
             of
             Evil.
             
          
        
         
           2.
           
           We
           are
           assured
           that
           we
           are
           under
           the
           Constant
           Care
           of
           Divine
           Providence
           .
           The
           Tranquillity
           of
           our
           minds
           in
           this
           World
           depends
           very
           much
           upon
           the
           Esteem
           we
           have
           of
           Providence
           and
           the
           Trust
           we
           repose
           in
           God.
           What
           makes
           Children
           pass
           their
           time
           without
           solicitous
           thoughts
           about
           themselves
           ,
           but
           the
           Confidence
           they
           have
           in
           the
           Wisdom
           and
           Care
           of
           their
           Parents
           ?
           What
           makes
           Passengers
           lie
           down
           at
           rest
           in
           a
           Ship
           at
           Sea
           ,
           but
           because
           they
           
           trust
           to
           the
           Conduct
           of
           their
           Pilot
           ?
           We
           cannot
           alter
           the
           Methods
           of
           Providence
           by
           all
           our
           Solicitude
           ;
           God
           will
           govern
           the
           World
           by
           his
           own
           Measures
           and
           not
           by
           ours
           .
           The
           Government
           is
           his
           ▪
           the
           duty
           of
           Submission
           is
           ours
           .
           Let
           us
           not
           then
           be
           peevish
           and
           quarrelsome
           at
           what
           he
           doth
           ;
           but
           make
           the
           best
           Use
           of
           any
           extraordinary
           Instance
           of
           his
           Providence
           which
           seems
           to
           be
           intended
           for
           our
           Good
           ,
           unless
           we
           turn
           it
           another
           Way
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           not
           enough
           to
           be
           meerly
           Contented
           with
           Providence
           ;
           but
           we
           ought
           to
           be
           active
           and
           usefull
           in
           our
           own
           Places
           to
           promote
           the
           common
           Interest
           ;
           and
           not
           to
           Repine
           and
           Murmure
           at
           what
           is
           Necessary
           for
           the
           Support
           of
           it
           .
           Let
           us
           not
           torment
           our Selves
           with
           fears
           of
           what
           may
           and
           what
           may
           not
           happen
           ;
           but
           let
           us
           commit
           our Selves
           to
           God
           in
           well-doing
           as
           to
           our
           Creator
           and
           Preserver
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A61531-e300
           
             2
             Tim.
             iij.
             11.
             
          
           
             Ch.
             iv
             .
             17.
             
          
           
             Ch.
             iv
             .
             6.
             
          
           
             Vers.
             7.
             
          
           
             Vers.
             8.
             
          
           
             Vers.
             12.
             
          
           
             Ch.
             iv
             .
             16
             ▪
             
          
           
             Ch.
             i.
             15.
             
          
           
             Ch.
             iij.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             Vers.
             5.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             vj.
             5.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             iij.
             13.
             
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             i.
             6.
             
          
           
             Act.
             xvij
             .
             6.
             
          
           
             Act.
             xxiv
             .
             25.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             iv
             .
             16
             ▪
             
          
           
             Matth.
             x.
             28.
             
          
           
             Luke
             xij
             .
             5.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             Arist.
             de
             Virt.
             &
             Vitiis
             .
          
           
             Itaque
             Viros
             fortes
             ,
             magnanimos
             ,
             eosdémque
             bonos
             &
             simplices
             ,
             veritatis
             amicos
             ,
             miniméque
             fallaces
             esse
             volumus
             .
             Off.
             l.
             1.
             
          
           
             Nicom
             .
             l.
             4.
             c.
             3.
             
          
           
             Antonin
             .
             l.
             7.
             
             §.
             44.
             
          
           
             l.
             3.
             
             §.
             3.
             
          
           
             Off.
             l.
             1.
             
          
           
             Mor.
             l.
             4.
             c.
             3.
             
          
           
             l.
             10.
             
          
           
             Mic.
             vj.
             8.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             iv
             .
             13.
             
          
           
             Aristot.
             Mor.
             l.
             3.
             c.
             12.
             
             Aug.
             83.
             q.
             36.
             
          
           
             Epist.
             37.
             
          
           
             Tertull.
             ad
             Scap.
             
          
           
             Antonin
             .
             l.
             11.
             
             §.
             3.
             
          
           
             Arrian
             .
             l.
             4.
             c.
             7.
             
          
           
             Mor.
             l.
             4.
             c.
             3.
             
          
           
             1
             Joh.
             iv
             20.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             iv
             .
             24.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             ij
             .
             21.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             v.
             15.
             
          
           
             Pro.
             i.
             23.