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           A
           Discourse
           of
           the
           Nature
           ,
           Offices
           and
           Measures
           of
           Friendship
           ,
           With
           Rules
           of
           conducting
           it
           .
        
         
           Written
           in
           answer
           to
           a
           Letter
           from
           the
           most
           ingenious
           and
           vertuous
           M.
           K.
           P.
           
        
         
           By
           
             J.
             T.
             D.D.
             
          
        
         
           
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             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
        
         
           Dion
           .
           orat
           .
           1.
           de
           regno
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             R.
             Royston
          
           at
           the
           Angel
           in
           
             Ivie-lane
             .
          
           1657.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           which
           are
           added
           Two
           Letters
           written
           to
           persons
           newly
           changed
           in
           their
           Religion
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           to
           a
           Gentlewoman
           seduced
           to
           the
           Roman
           Church
           ,
        
         
           The
           other
           to
           a
           person
           returning
           t
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             .
          
        
         
           By
           
             J.
             T.
             D.D.
             
          
        
         
           Volo
           Solidum
           Perenne
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           A
           Discourse
           of
           the
           Nature
           and
           Offices
           of
           Friendship
           .
           In
           a
           Letter
           to
           the
           most
           ingenious
           and
           excellent
           M.
           K.
           P.
           
        
         
           
             
               Madam
               ,
            
          
           
             THe
             wise
             
               Bensirach
            
             advised
             that
             we
             should
             not
             consult
             with
             a
             woman
             concerning
             her
             of
             whom
             she
             is
             jealous
             ,
             neither
             with
             a
             coward
             in
             matters
             of
             warr
             ,
             nor
             with
             a
             merchant
             concerning
             exchange
             ;
             and
             some
             other
             instances
             
             he
             gives
             of
             interested
             persons
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             would
             not
             have
             us
             hearken
             in
             any
             matter
             of
             Counsel
             .
             For
             where
             ever
             the
             interest
             is
             
               secular
            
             or
             
               vitious
               ,
            
             there
             the
             bias
             is
             not
             on
             the
             side
             of
             
               truth
            
             or
             
               reason
               ,
            
             because
             
               these
            
             are
             seldome
             serv'd
             by
             profit
             and
             low
             regards
             .
             But
             to
             consult
             with
             a
             friend
             in
             the
             matters
             of
             friendship
             is
             like
             consulting
             with
             a
             spiritual
             person
             in
             Religion
             ;
             they
             who
             understand
             the
             secrets
             of
             Religion
             ,
             or
             the
             interior
             beauties
             of
             friendship
             are
             the
             fittest
             to
             give
             answers
             in
             all
             inquiries
             concerning
             the
             respective
             subjects
             ;
             because
             
               reason
            
             and
             
               experience
            
             are
             on
             the
             side
             of
             
               interest
            
             ;
             and
             that
             which
             in
             friendship
             is
             most
             
               pleasing
               ,
            
             and
             most
             
               useful
            
             is
             also
             most
             
               reasonable
            
             and
             most
             
               true
            
             ;
             and
             a
             friends
             fairest
             interest
             is
             the
             best
             measure
             of
             the
             conducting
             friendships
             :
             and
             therefore
             you
             who
             are
             so
             eminent
             in
             friendships
             could
             also
             
             have
             given
             the
             best
             answer
             to
             your
             own
             inquiries
             ,
             and
             you
             could
             have
             trusted
             your
             own
             reason
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             not
             only
             greatly
             instructed
             by
             the
             direct
             notices
             of
             things
             ,
             but
             also
             by
             great
             experience
             in
             the
             matter
             of
             which
             you
             now
             inquire
             .
          
           
             But
             because
             I
             will
             not
             use
             any
             thing
             that
             shall
             look
             like
             an
             excuse
             ,
             I
             will
             rather
             give
             you
             such
             an
             account
             which
             you
             can
             easily
             reprove
             ,
             then
             by
             declining
             your
             commands
             ,
             seem
             more
             safe
             in
             my
             prudence
             ,
             then
             open
             and
             communicative
             in
             my
             friendship
             to
             you
             .
          
           
             You
             first
             inquire
             how
             far
             a
             Dear
             and
             a
             perfect
             friendship
             is
             authoriz'd
             by
             the
             principles
             of
             Christianity
             ?
          
           
             To
             this
             I
             answer
             ;
             that
             the
             word
             [
             
               Friendship
            
             ]
             in
             the
             sense
             we
             commonly
             mean
             by
             it
             ,
             is
             not
             so
             much
             as
             named
             in
             the
             New-Testament
             ;
             and
             our
             Religion
             takes
             no
             notice
             of
             
             it
             .
             You
             think
             it
             strange
             ;
             but
             read
             on
             before
             you
             spend
             so
             much
             as
             the
             beginning
             of
             a
             passion
             or
             a
             wonder
             upon
             it
             .
             There
             is
             mention
             of
             [
             
               friendship
               of
               the
               world
               ,
            
             ]
             and
             it
             is
             said
             to
             be
             
               enmity
               with
               God
            
             ;
             but
             the
             word
             is
             no where
             else
             named
             ,
             or
             to
             any
             other
             purpose
             in
             all
             the
             New-Testament
             .
             It
             speakes
             of
             friends
             often
             ;
             but
             by
             
               friends
            
             are
             meant
             ,
             our
             acquaintance
             ,
             or
             our
             Kindred
             ,
             the
             relatives
             of
             our
             family
             or
             our
             fortune
             ,
             or
             our
             sect
             ;
             something
             of
             society
             ,
             or
             something
             of
             kindness
             there
             is
             in
             it
             ;
             a
             tenderness
             of
             appellation
             and
             Civility
             ,
             a
             relation
             made
             by
             gifts
             ,
             or
             by
             duty
             ,
             by
             services
             and
             subjection
             ;
             and
             I
             think
             ,
             I
             have
             reason
             to
             be
             confident
             ,
             that
             the
             word
             
               friend
            
             (
             speaking
             of
             humane
             entercourse
             )
             is
             no
             otherwayes
             used
             in
             the
             Gospels
             or
             Epistles
             ,
             or
             Acts
             of
             the
             Apostles
             :
             and
             the
             reason
             of
             it
             is
             ,
             the
             word
             
             
               friend
            
             is
             of
             a
             large
             signification
             ;
             and
             means
             all
             relations
             and
             societies
             ,
             and
             whatsoever
             is
             not
             
               enemy
            
             ;
             but
             by
             
               friendships
               ,
            
             I
             suppose
             you
             mean
             ,
             
               the
               greatest
               love
               ,
               and
               the
               greatest
               usefulness
               ,
               and
               the
               most
               open
               communication
               ,
               and
               the
               noblest
               sufferings
               and
               the
               most
               exemplar
               faithfulness
               ,
               and
               the
               severest
               truth
               ,
               and
               the
               heartiest
               counsel
               ,
               and
               the
               greatest
               Union
               of
               mindes
               ,
            
             of
             which
             brave
             men
             and
             women
             are
             capable
             .
             But
             then
             I
             must
             tell
             you
             that
             Christianity
             hath
             new
             Christened
             it
             ,
             and
             calls
             this
             
               Charity
               .
            
             The
             Christian
             knows
             no
             enemy
             he
             hath
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             though
             persons
             may
             be
             injurious
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             unworthy
             in
             themselves
             ,
             yet
             he
             knows
             none
             whom
             he
             is
             not
             first
             bound
             to
             forgive
             which
             is
             indeed
             to
             make
             them
             on
             his
             part
             to
             be
             no
             enemies
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             make
             that
             the
             word
             
               enemy
            
             shall
             not
             be
             perfectly
             contrary
             to
             
               friend
               ,
            
             it
             shall
             not
             be
             a
             
             relative
             term
             and
             signifie
             something
             on
             each
             hand
             ,
             a
             
               relative
            
             and
             a
             
               correlative
            
             ;
             and
             then
             he
             knows
             none
             whom
             he
             is
             not
             bound
             to
             love
             and
             pray
             for
             ,
             to
             treat
             kindly
             and
             justly
             ,
             liberally
             and
             obligingly
             .
             Christian
             Charity
             is
             friendship
             to
             all
             the
             world
             ;
             and
             when
             friendships
             were
             the
             noblest
             things
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             charity
             was
             little
             ,
             like
             the
             sunne
             drawn
             in
             at
             a
             chinke
             ,
             or
             his
             beames
             drawn
             into
             the
             Centre
             of
             a
             burning-glass
             ;
             but
             Christian
             charity
             is
             friendship
             ,
             expanded
             like
             the
             face
             of
             the
             sunne
             when
             it
             mounts
             above
             the
             Eastern
             hills
             :
             and
             I
             was
             strangely
             pleas'd
             when
             I
             saw
             something
             of
             this
             in
             
               Cicero
            
             ;
             for
             I
             have
             been
             so
             push'd
             at
             by
             herds
             and
             flocks
             of
             people
             that
             follow
             any body
             that
             whistles
             to
             them
             ,
             or
             drives
             them
             to
             pasture
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             grown
             afraid
             of
             any
             truth
             that
             seems
             chargeable
             with
             singularity
             :
             but
             therefore
             I
             
             say
             ,
             glad
             I
             was
             when
             I
             saw
             
               Laelius
            
             in
             
               Cicero
            
             discourse
             thus
             .
             
               Amicitia
               ex
               infinitate
               generis
               humani
               quam
               conciliavit
               ipsa
               natura
               ,
               contracta
               res
               est
               ,
               &
               adducta
               in
               angustum
               ;
               ut
               omnis
               charitas
               ,
               aut
               inter
               duos
               ,
               aut
               inter
               paucos
               jungeretur
               .
            
             Nature
             hath
             made
             friendships
             ,
             and
             societies
             ,
             relations
             and
             endearments
             ;
             and
             by
             something
             or
             other
             we
             relate
             to
             all
             the
             world
             ;
             there
             is
             enough
             in
             every
             man
             that
             is
             willing
             ,
             to
             make
             him
             become
             our
             friend
             ;
             but
             when
             men
             contract
             friendships
             ,
             they
             inclose
             the
             Commons
             ;
             and
             what
             Nature
             intended
             should
             be
             every
             mans
             ,
             we
             make
             proper
             to
             two
             or
             three
             .
             Friendship
             is
             like
             rivers
             and
             the
             strand
             of
             seas
             ,
             and
             the
             ayre
             ,
             common
             to
             all
             the
             world
             ;
             but
             Tyrants
             ,
             and
             evil
             customes
             ,
             warrs
             ,
             and
             want
             of
             love
             have
             made
             them
             proper
             and
             peculiar
             .
             But
             when
             Christianity
             came
             to
             renew
             our
             nature
             ,
             
             and
             to
             restore
             our
             lawes
             ,
             and
             to
             increase
             her
             priviledges
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             her
             aptness
             to
             become
             religion
             ,
             then
             it
             was
             declared
             that
             our
             friendships
             were
             to
             be
             as
             universal
             as
             our
             conversation
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             
               actual
            
             to
             all
             with
             whom
             we
             converse
             ,
             and
             
               potentially
               extended
            
             unto
             those
             with
             whom
             we
             did
             not
             .
             For
             he
             who
             was
             to
             treat
             his
             enemies
             with
             forgiveness
             and
             prayers
             ,
             and
             love
             and
             beneficence
             was
             indeed
             to
             have
             no
             enemies
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             all
             friends
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             to
             your
             question
             ,
             how
             far
             a
             Dear
             and
             perfect
             friendship
             is
             authoris'd
             by
             the
             principles
             of
             Christianity
             ?
             The
             answer
             is
             ready
             and
             easy
             .
             It
             is
             warranted
             to
             extend
             to
             all
             mankind
             ;
             and
             the
             more
             we
             love
             ,
             the
             better
             we
             are
             ,
             and
             the
             greater
             our
             friendships
             are
             ,
             the
             dearer
             we
             are
             to
             God
             ;
             let
             them
             be
             as
             Dear
             ,
             and
             let
             them
             be
             as
             perfect
             ,
             and
             let
             them
             be
             as
             many
             as
             
             you
             can
             ;
             there
             is
             no
             danger
             in
             it
             ;
             only
             where
             the
             restraint
             begins
             ,
             there
             begins
             our
             imperfection
             ;
             it
             is
             not
             ill
             that
             you
             entertain
             brave
             friendships
             and
             worthy
             societies
             :
             it
             were
             well
             if
             you
             could
             
               love
               ,
            
             and
             if
             you
             could
             
               benefit
            
             all
             mankinde
             ;
             for
             I
             conceive
             that
             is
             the
             sum
             of
             all
             friendships
             .
          
           
             I
             confess
             this
             is
             not
             to
             be
             expected
             of
             us
             in
             this
             world
             ;
             but
             as
             all
             our
             graces
             here
             are
             but
             imperfect
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             at
             the
             best
             they
             are
             but
             tendencies
             to
             glory
             ,
             so
             our
             friendships
             are
             imperfect
             too
             ,
             and
             but
             beginnings
             of
             a
             celestial
             friendship
             ,
             by
             which
             we
             shall
             love
             every
             one
             as
             much
             as
             they
             can
             be
             loved
             .
             But
             then
             so
             we
             must
             here
             
               in
               our
               proportion
            
             ;
             and
             indeed
             that
             is
             it
             that
             can
             make
             the
             difference
             ;
             we
             must
             be
             friends
             to
             all
             :
             That
             is
             ,
             apt
             to
             do
             good
             ,
             loving
             them
             really
             ,
             and
             doing
             to
             them
             all
             the
             benefits
             which
             
             we
             can
             ,
             and
             which
             they
             are
             capable
             of
             .
             The
             friendship
             is
             equal
             to
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             of
             it selfe
             hath
             no
             difference
             ;
             but
             is
             differenc'd
             only
             by
             accidents
             and
             by
             the
             capacity
             or
             incapacity
             of
             them
             that
             receive
             it
             :
             
               Nature
            
             and
             the
             
               Religion
            
             are
             the
             
               bands
            
             of
             friendships
             ;
             
               excellency
            
             and
             
               usefulness
            
             are
             its
             great
             
               indearments
               :
               society
            
             and
             
               neighbourhood
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             possibilities
             and
             the
             circumstances
             of
             converse
             are
             the
             
               determinations
            
             and
             
               actualities
            
             of
             it
             .
             Now
             when
             men
             either
             are
             unnatural
             ,
             or
             irreligious
             ,
             they
             
               will
               not
            
             be
             friends
             ;
             when
             they
             are
             neither
             excellent
             nor
             useful
             ,
             
               they
               are
               not
               worthy
            
             to
             be
             friends
             ;
             when
             they
             are
             strangers
             or
             unknown
             ,
             they
             
               cannot
               be
               friends
            
             actually
             and
             practically
             ;
             but
             yet
             ,
             as
             any
             man
             hath
             any
             thing
             of
             the
             good
             ,
             contrary
             to
             those
             evils
             ,
             so
             he
             can
             have
             and
             must
             have
             his
             share
             of
             friendship
             .
             For
             thus
             the
             
             Sun
             is
             the
             eye
             of
             the
             World
             ;
             and
             he
             is
             indifferent
             to
             the
             Negro
             ,
             or
             the
             cold
             Russian
             ,
             to
             them
             that
             dwell
             under
             the
             line
             ,
             and
             them
             that
             stand
             neer
             the
             Tropicks
             ,
             the
             scalded
             Indian
             or
             the
             poor
             boy
             that
             shakes
             at
             the
             foot
             of
             the
             Riphean
             hills
             ;
             but
             the
             fluxures
             of
             the
             heaven
             and
             the
             earth
             ,
             the
             conveniency
             of
             aboad
             ,
             and
             the
             approaches
             to
             the
             North
             or
             South
             respectively
             change
             the
             emanations
             of
             his
             beams
             ;
             not
             that
             they
             do
             not
             pass
             alwayes
             from
             him
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             are
             not
             equally
             received
             below
             ,
             but
             by
             periods
             and
             changes
             ,
             by
             little
             inlets
             and
             reflections
             ,
             they
             receive
             what
             they
             can
             ;
             and
             some
             have
             only
             a
             dark
             day
             and
             a
             long
             night
             from
             him
             ,
             snowes
             and
             white
             cattel
             ,
             a
             miserable
             life
             ,
             and
             a
             perpetual
             harvest
             of
             Catarrhes
             and
             consumptions
             ,
             apoplexies
             and
             dead-palsies
             ;
             but
             some
             have
             splendid
             
             fires
             ,
             and
             aromatick
             spices
             ,
             rich
             wines
             ,
             and
             well
             digested
             fruits
             ,
             great
             wit
             and
             great
             courage
             ;
             because
             they
             dwell
             in
             his
             eye
             ,
             and
             look
             in
             his
             face
             ,
             and
             are
             the
             Courtiers
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             and
             wait
             upon
             him
             in
             his
             Chambers
             of
             the
             East
             ;
             just
             so
             is
             it
             in
             friendships
             :
             some
             are
             worthy
             ,
             and
             some
             are
             necessary
             ;
             some
             dwell
             hard
             by
             and
             are
             fitted
             for
             converse
             ;
             Nature
             joyns
             some
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             Religion
             combines
             us
             with
             others
             ;
             society
             and
             accidents
             ,
             parity
             of
             fortune
             ,
             and
             equal
             dispositions
             do
             actuate
             our
             friendships
             :
             which
             of
             themselves
             and
             in
             their
             prime
             disposition
             are
             prepared
             for
             all
             mankind
             according
             as
             any
             one
             can
             receive
             them
             .
             We
             see
             this
             best
             exemplified
             by
             two
             instances
             and
             expressions
             of
             friendships
             and
             charity
             :
             
               viz.
               Almes
            
             and
             
               Prayers
            
             ;
             Every
             one
             that
             needs
             relief
             is
             equally
             the
             object
             of
             our
             charity
             ;
             
             but
             though
             to
             all
             mankind
             in
             equal
             needs
             we
             ought
             to
             be
             alike
             in
             charity
             ;
             yet
             we
             signifie
             this
             severally
             and
             by
             limits
             ,
             and
             distinct
             measures
             :
             the
             poor
             man
             that
             is
             near
             me
             ,
             he
             whom
             I
             meet
             ,
             he
             whom
             I
             love
             ,
             he
             whom
             I
             fancy
             ,
             he
             who
             did
             me
             benefit
             ,
             he
             who
             relates
             to
             my
             family
             ,
             he
             rather
             then
             another
             ,
             because
             my
             expressions
             being
             finite
             and
             narrow
             ,
             and
             cannot
             extend
             to
             all
             in
             equal
             significations
             ,
             must
             be
             appropriate
             to
             those
             whose
             circumstances
             best
             fit
             me
             :
             and
             yet
             even
             to
             all
             I
             give
             my
             almes
             :
             to
             all
             the
             world
             that
             needs
             them
             ;
             I
             pray
             for
             all
             mankind
             ,
             I
             am
             grieved
             at
             every
             sad
             story
             I
             hear
             ;
             I
             am
             troubled
             when
             I
             hear
             of
             a
             pretty
             bride
             murdered
             in
             her
             bride-chamber
             by
             an
             ambitious
             and
             enrag'd
             Rival
             ;
             I
             shed
             a
             tear
             when
             I
             am
             told
             that
             a
             brave
             King
             was
             misunderstood
             ,
             then
             slandered
             ,
             then
             imprisoned
             ,
             
             and
             then
             put
             to
             death
             by
             evil
             men
             :
             and
             I
             can
             never
             read
             the
             story
             of
             the
             Parisian
             Massacre
             ,
             or
             the
             Sicilian
             vespers
             ,
             but
             my
             blood
             curdles
             and
             I
             am
             disorder'd
             by
             two
             or
             three
             affections
             .
             A
             good
             man
             is
             a
             friend
             to
             all
             the
             world
             ;
             and
             he
             is
             not
             truly
             charitable
             that
             does
             not
             wish
             well
             ,
             and
             do
             good
             to
             all
             mankind
             in
             what
             he
             can
             ;
             but
             though
             we
             must
             pray
             for
             all
             men
             ,
             yet
             we
             say
             speciall
             Letanies
             for
             brave
             Kings
             and
             holy
             Prelates
             ,
             and
             the
             wise
             Guides
             of
             souls
             ;
             for
             our
             Brethren
             and
             Relations
             ,
             our
             Wives
             and
             Children
             .
          
           
             The
             effect
             of
             this
             consideration
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             Universal
             friendship
             of
             which
             I
             speak
             ,
             must
             be
             
               limited
               ,
            
             because
             
               we
               are
               so
            
             :
             In
             those
             things
             where
             we
             stand
             next
             to
             immensity
             and
             infinity
             ,
             as
             in
             good
             wishes
             and
             prayers
             ,
             and
             a
             
               readiness
            
             to
             benefit
             all
             mankind
             ,
             in
             these
             our
             friendships
             
             must
             not
             be
             limited
             ;
             but
             in
             other
             things
             which
             pass
             under
             our
             hand
             or
             eye
             ,
             our
             voices
             and
             our
             material
             exchanges
             ,
             our
             hands
             can
             reach
             no
             further
             but
             to
             our
             arms
             end
             ,
             and
             our
             voices
             can
             but
             sound
             till
             the
             next
             air
             be
             quiet
             ,
             and
             therefore
             they
             can
             have
             entercourse
             but
             within
             the
             sphere
             of
             their
             own
             activity
             ;
             our
             needs
             and
             our
             conversations
             are
             served
             by
             a
             few
             ,
             and
             they
             cannot
             reach
             to
             all
             ;
             where
             they
             can
             ,
             they
             must
             ;
             but
             
               where
               it
               is
               impossible
               it
               cannot
               be
               necessary
               .
            
             It
             must
             therefore
             follow
             ,
             that
             our
             friendships
             to
             mankinde
             may
             admit
             variety
             as
             does
             our
             conversation
             ;
             and
             as
             by
             nature
             we
             are
             made
             
               sociable
            
             to
             all
             ,
             so
             we
             are
             
               friendly
            
             ;
             but
             as
             all
             cannot
             actually
             be
             of
             our
             society
             ,
             so
             neither
             can
             all
             be
             admitted
             to
             a
             speciall
             ,
             actuall
             friendship
             ;
             Of
             
               some
               entercourses
            
             all
             men
             are
             capable
             ,
             but
             
               not
               of
               all
            
             ;
             Men
             
             can
             pray
             for
             one
             another
             ,
             and
             abstain
             from
             doing
             injuries
             to
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             be
             desirous
             to
             do
             all
             mankinde
             good
             ,
             and
             love
             all
             men
             ;
             Now
             this
             friendship
             we
             must
             pay
             to
             all
             because
             we
             can
             ,
             but
             if
             we
             can
             do
             no
             more
             to
             all
             ,
             we
             must
             shew
             our
             readinesse
             to
             do
             more
             good
             to
             all
             by
             actually
             doing
             more
             good
             to
             all
             them
             to
             whom
             we
             can
             .
          
           
             To
             some
             we
             can
             ,
             and
             therefore
             there
             are
             nearer
             friendships
             to
             some
             then
             to
             others
             ,
             according
             as
             there
             are
             natural
             or
             civil
             nearnesses
             ,
             relations
             and
             societies
             ;
             and
             as
             I
             cannot
             expresse
             my
             friendships
             to
             all
             in
             equal
             measures
             and
             significations
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             as
             I
             cannot
             do
             benefits
             to
             all
             alike
             ,
             so
             neither
             am
             I
             tied
             to
             love
             all
             alike
             :
             for
             although
             there
             is
             much
             reason
             to
             love
             every
             man
             ;
             yet
             there
             are
             more
             reasons
             to
             love
             ,
             some
             then
             others
             ,
             and
             if
             I
             
             must
             love
             because
             there
             is
             reason
             I
             should
             ;
             then
             I
             must
             
               love
               more
               ,
            
             where
             there
             is
             
               more
               reason
            
             ;
             and
             where
             ther
             's
             a
             special
             affection
             and
             a
             great
             readiness
             to
             do
             good
             and
             to
             delight
             in
             certain
             persons
             towards
             each
             other
             ,
             there
             is
             that
             special
             charity
             and
             indearment
             which
             Philosophy
             calls
             
               friendships
            
             ;
             but
             our
             Religion
             calls
             
               love
            
             or
             
               charity
               .
            
             Now
             if
             the
             inquiry
             be
             concerning
             this
             special
             friendship
             .
             1.
             
               how
               it
               can
               be
               appropriate
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             who
             to
             be
             chosen
             to
             it
             ;
             2
             
               how
               far
               it
               may
               extend
            
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             with
             what
             expressions
             signified
             ;
             3
             
               how
               conducted
               ?
            
             The
             answers
             will
             depend
             upon
             such
             considerations
             which
             will
             be
             nei●her
             useless
             nor
             unpleasant
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             There
             may
             be
             a
             special
             friendship
             contracted
             for
             any
             special
             excellency
             whatsoever
             ,
             because
             
               friendships
               are
               nothing
               but
               love
               and
               society
               mixt
               together
            
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             
               a
               conversing
               
               with
               them
               whom
               we
               love
            
             ;
             now
             for
             whatsoever
             we
             can
             love
             any
             one
             ,
             for
             that
             we
             can
             be
             his
             friend
             ;
             and
             since
             every
             excellency
             is
             a
             degree
             of
             amability
             ,
             every
             such
             worthiness
             is
             a
             just
             and
             proper
             motive
             of
             friendship
             ,
             or
             loving
             conversation
             .
             But
             yet
             in
             these
             things
             there
             is
             an
             order
             and
             proportion
             .
             Therefore
          
           
             2.
             
             A
             Good
             man
             is
             the
             best
             friend
             ,
             and
             therefore
             soonest
             to
             be
             chosen
             ,
             longer
             to
             be
             retain'd
             ;
             and
             indeed
             never
             to
             be
             parted
             with
             ;
             unless
             he
             cease
             to
             be
             that
             for
             which
             he
             was
             chosen
             .
             
               
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
              
               
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
                 .
              
               
                 Where
                 vertue
                 dwells
                 there
                 friendships
                 make
                 ,
              
               
                 But
                 evil
                 neighbourhoods
                 forsake
                 .
              
            
             
             But
             although
             vertue
             alone
             is
             the
             worthiest
             cause
             of
             amability
             ,
             and
             can
             weigh
             down
             any
             one
             consideration
             ;
             and
             therefore
             to
             a
             man
             that
             is
             vertuous
             every
             man
             ought
             to
             be
             a
             friend
             ;
             yet
             I
             doe
             not
             mean
             the
             severe
             ,
             and
             philosophical
             excellencies
             of
             some
             morose
             persons
             who
             are
             indeed
             wise
             unto
             themselves
             and
             exemplar
             to
             others
             :
             by
             
               vertue
            
             here
             I
             do
             not
             mean
             
               justice
            
             and
             
               temperance
               ,
               charity
            
             and
             
               devotion
            
             ;
             for
             these
             I
             am
             to
             love
             the
             man
             ,
             but
             friendship
             is
             something
             more
             then
             that
             :
             
               Friendship
               is
               the
               nearest
               love
               and
               the
               nearest
               society
            
             of
             which
             the
             persons
             are
             capable
             :
             Now
             justice
             is
             a
             good
             entercourse
             for
             Merchants
             ,
             as
             all
             men
             are
             that
             buy
             and
             sell
             ;
             and
             temperance
             makes
             a
             Man
             good
             company
             ,
             and
             helps
             to
             make
             a
             wise
             man
             ;
             but
             a
             perfect
             friendship
             requires
             something
             else
             ,
             these
             must
             be
             in
             him
             that
             is
             chosen
             to
             be
             my
             
             friend
             ;
             but
             for
             these
             I
             do
             not
             make
             him
             my
             
               privado
            
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             my
             special
             and
             peculiar
             friend
             :
             but
             if
             he
             be
             
               a
               good
               man
               ,
            
             then
             he
             is
             properly
             fitted
             to
             be
             my
             correlative
             in
             the
             noblest
             combination
             .
          
           
             And
             for
             this
             we
             have
             the
             best
             warrant
             in
             the
             world
             :
             
               For
               a
               just
               man
               scarcely
               will
               a
               man
               die
            
             ;
             the
             Syriac
             interpreter
             reads
             it
             ,
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               for
               an
               unjust
               man
               scarcely
               will
               a
               man
               die
            
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             a
             wicked
             man
             is
             at
             no
             hand
             fit
             to
             receive
             the
             expression
             of
             the
             greatest
             friendship
             ;
             but
             all
             the
             Greek
             copies
             that
             ever
             I
             saw
             ,
             or
             read
             of
             ,
             read
             it
             as
             we
             doe
             ;
             
               for
               a
               righteous
               man
               or
               a
               just
               man
            
             that
             is
             ,
             justice
             and
             righteousness
             is
             not
             the
             nearest
             indearment
             of
             friendship
             ;
             but
             for
             
               a
               good
               man
            
             some
             will
             even
             dare
             to
             die
             :
             that
             is
             ,
             for
             a
             man
             that
             is
             sweetly
             disposed
             ,
             ready
             to
             doe
             acts
             of
             goodnesse
             and
             to
             oblige
             others
             ,
             to
             do
             things
             useful
             and
             profitable
             ,
             
             for
             a
             loving
             man
             ,
             a
             beneficent
             ,
             bountiful
             man
             ,
             one
             who
             delights
             in
             doing
             good
             to
             his
             friend
             ,
             such
             a
             man
             may
             have
             the
             highest
             friendship
             ;
             he
             may
             have
             a
             friend
             that
             will
             die
             for
             him
             .
             And
             this
             is
             the
             meaning
             of
             
               Laelius
               :
            
             Vertue
             may
             be
             despised
             ,
             so
             may
             Learning
             and
             Nobility
             ;
             
               at
               una
               est
               amicitia
               in
               rebus
               humanis
               de
               cujus
               utilitate
               omnes
               consentiunt
            
             :
             only
             friendship
             is
             that
             thing
             ,
             which
             because
             all
             know
             to
             be
             useful
             and
             profitable
             ,
             no
             man
             can
             despise
             ;
             that
             is
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             or
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             goodnesse
             or
             beneficence
             makes
             friendships
             .
             For
             if
             he
             be
             a
             good
             man
             he
             will
             love
             where
             he
             is
             beloved
             ,
             and
             that
             's
             the
             first
             tie
             of
             friendship
             .
             
               
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
                 .
              
            
             That
             was
             the
             commendation
             of
             the
             bravest
             friendship
             in
             
               Theocritus
            
             
             
               
                 
                   They
                   lov'd
                   each
                   other
                   with
                   a
                   love
                
                 
                   That
                   did
                   in
                   all
                   things
                   equal
                   prove
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   —
                   
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                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
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                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   The
                   world
                   was
                   under
                   Saturns
                   reign
                
                 
                   Wen
                   he
                   that
                   lov'd
                   was
                   lov'd
                   again
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             For
             it
             is
             impossible
             this
             neerness
             of
             friendship
             can
             be
             where
             there
             is
             not
             mutual
             love
             ;
             but
             this
             is
             secured
             if
             I
             choose
             a
             good
             man
             ;
             for
             he
             that
             is
             apt
             enough
             to
             begin
             alone
             ,
             will
             never
             be
             behinde
             in
             the
             relation
             and
             correspondency
             ;
             and
             therefore
             I
             like
             the
             Gentiles
             Letany
             well
             .
             
               
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
              
               
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
              
               
               
                 Let
                 God
                 give
                 friends
                 to
                 me
                 for
                 my
                 reward
                 ,
              
               
                 Who
                 shall
                 my
                 love
                 with
                 equal
                 love
                 regard
                 ;
              
               
                 Happy
                 are
                 they
                 ,
                 who
                 when
                 they
                 give
                 their
                 heart
                 ,
              
               
                 Find
                 such
                 as
                 in
                 exchange
                 their
                 own
                 impart
                 .
              
            
             But
             there
             is
             more
             in
             it
             then
             this
             felicity
             amounts
             to
             .
             For
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               the
               good
               man
            
             is
             a
             profitable
             ,
             useful
             person
             ,
             and
             that
             's
             the
             band
             of
             an
             effective
             friendship
             .
             For
             I
             do
             not
             think
             that
             friendships
             are
             Metaphysical
             nothings
             ,
             created
             for
             contemplation
             ,
             or
             that
             men
             or
             women
             should
             stare
             upon
             each
             others
             faces
             ,
             and
             make
             dialogues
             of
             news
             and
             prettinesses
             ,
             and
             look
             babies
             in
             one
             anothers
             eyes
             .
             Friendship
             is
             the
             allay
             of
             our
             sorrows
             ,
             the
             ease
             of
             our
             passions
             ,
             the
             discharge
             of
             our
             oppressions
             ,
             the
             sanctuary
             to
             our
             
             calamities
             ,
             the
             counsellor
             of
             our
             doubts
             ,
             the
             clarity
             of
             our
             minds
             ,
             the
             emission
             of
             our
             thoughts
             ,
             the
             exercise
             and
             improvement
             of
             what
             we
             meditate
             :
             And
             although
             I
             love
             my
             friend
             because
             he
             is
             worthy
             ,
             yet
             he
             is
             not
             worthy
             if
             he
             can
             do
             no
             good
             .
             I
             do
             not
             speak
             of
             accidental
             hinderances
             and
             misfortunes
             by
             which
             the
             bravest
             man
             may
             become
             unable
             to
             help
             his
             Childe
             ;
             but
             of
             the
             natural
             and
             artificial
             capacities
             of
             the
             man
             .
             He
             only
             is
             fit
             to
             be
             chosen
             for
             a
             friend
             ,
             who
             can
             do
             those
             offices
             for
             which
             friendship
             is
             excellent
             .
             For
             (
             mistake
             not
             )
             no
             man
             can
             be
             loved
             for
             himselfe
             ;
             our
             perfections
             in
             this
             world
             cannot
             reach
             so
             high
             ;
             it
             is
             well
             if
             we
             would
             love
             God
             at
             that
             rate
             ,
             and
             I
             very
             much
             fear
             ,
             that
             if
             God
             did
             us
             no
             good
             ,
             we
             might
             admire
             his
             Beauties
             ,
             but
             we
             should
             have
             but
             a
             small
             proportion
             of
             love
             
             towards
             him
             ;
             and
             therefore
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             God
             to
             endear
             
               the
               obedience
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             
               the
               love
            
             of
             his
             servants
             signifies
             what
             benefits
             he
             gives
             us
             ,
             what
             great
             good
             things
             he
             does
             for
             us
             .
             
               I
               am
               the
               Lord
               God
               that
               brought
               thee
               out
               of
               the
               Land
               of
               Egypt
            
             :
             and
             
               does
            
             Job
             
               serve
               God
               for
               nought
               ?
            
             And
             
               he
               that
               comes
               to
               God
               ,
               must
               believe
               that
               he
               is
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               is
               a
               rewarder
               :
            
             all
             his
             other
             greatnesses
             are
             objects
             of
             fear
             and
             wonder
             ,
             it
             is
             his
             goodness
             that
             makes
             him
             lovely
             :
             and
             so
             it
             is
             in
             friendships
             .
             He
             only
             is
             fit
             to
             be
             chosen
             for
             a
             friend
             who
             can
             give
             me
             counsel
             ,
             or
             defend
             my
             cause
             ,
             or
             guide
             me
             right
             ,
             or
             relieve
             my
             need
             ,
             or
             can
             and
             will
             ,
             when
             I
             need
             it
             ,
             do
             me
             good
             :
             only
             this
             I
             adde
             :
             into
             the
             heaps
             of
             doing
             good
             ,
             I
             will
             reckon
             [
             
               loving
               me
            
             ]
             for
             it
             is
             a
             pleasure
             to
             be
             beloved
             ;
             but
             when
             his
             love
             signifies
             nothing
             but
             Kissing
             my
             Cheek
             or
             talking
             kindly
             ,
             
             and
             can
             goe
             no
             further
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             prostitution
             of
             the
             bravery
             of
             friendship
             to
             spend
             it
             upon
             impertinent
             people
             who
             are
             (
             it
             may
             be
             )
             loads
             to
             their
             families
             ,
             but
             can
             never
             ease
             my
             loads
             :
             but
             my
             friend
             is
             a
             worthy
             person
             when
             he
             can
             become
             to
             me
             instead
             of
             God
             ,
             a
             guide
             or
             a
             support
             ,
             an
             eye
             ,
             or
             a
             hand
             ;
             a
             staffe
             ,
             or
             a
             rule
             :
             There
             must
             be
             in
             friendship
             something
             to
             distinguish
             it
             from
             a
             Companion
             ,
             and
             a
             Countryman
             ,
             from
             a
             School-fellow
             or
             a
             Gossip
             ,
             from
             a
             Sweet-heart
             or
             a
             Fellow-traveller
             :
             Friendship
             may
             look
             in
             at
             any
             one
             of
             these
             doors
             ,
             but
             it
             stayes
             not
             anywhere
             till
             it
             come
             to
             be
             the
             best
             thing
             in
             the
             world
             :
             and
             when
             we
             consider
             that
             one
             man
             is
             not
             better
             then
             another
             ,
             neither
             towards
             God
             nor
             Man
             ,
             but
             by
             doing
             better
             and
             braver
             things
             ,
             we
             shall
             also
             see
             ,
             that
             that
             which
             is
             most
             beneficent
             is
             also
             
             most
             excellent
             ;
             and
             therefore
             those
             friendships
             must
             needs
             be
             most
             perfect
             ,
             where
             the
             friends
             can
             be
             most
             useful
             .
             For
             men
             cannot
             be
             useful
             but
             by
             worthinesses
             in
             the
             several
             instances
             :
             a
             fool
             cannot
             be
             relied
             upon
             for
             counsel
             ;
             nor
             a
             vitious
             person
             for
             the
             advantages
             of
             vertue
             ,
             nor
             a
             beggar
             for
             relief
             ,
             nor
             a
             stranger
             for
             conduct
             ,
             nor
             a
             tatler
             to
             keep
             a
             secret
             ,
             nor
             a
             pittiless
             person
             trusted
             with
             my
             complaint
             ,
             nor
             a
             covetous
             man
             with
             my
             childes
             fortune
             ,
             nor
             a
             false
             person
             without
             a
             witness
             ,
             nor
             a
             suspicious
             person
             with
             a
             private
             design
             ;
             nor
             him
             that
             I
             fear
             with
             the
             treasures
             of
             my
             love
             :
             But
             he
             that
             is
             wise
             and
             vertuous
             ,
             rich
             and
             at
             hand
             ,
             close
             and
             mercifull
             ,
             free
             of
             his
             money
             and
             tenacious
             of
             a
             secret
             ,
             open
             and
             ingenuous
             ,
             true
             and
             honest
             ,
             is
             of
             himself
             an
             excellent
             man
             ;
             and
             therefore
             fit
             to
             be
             
             lov'd
             ;
             and
             he
             can
             do
             good
             to
             me
             in
             all
             capacities
             where
             I
             can
             need
             him
             ,
             and
             therefore
             is
             fit
             to
             be
             a
             friend
             .
             I
             confess
             we
             are
             forced
             in
             our
             friendships
             to
             abate
             some
             of
             these
             ingredients
             ;
             but
             full
             measures
             of
             friendship
             ,
             would
             have
             full
             measures
             of
             worthiness
             ;
             and
             according
             as
             any
             defect
             is
             in
             the
             foundation
             ;
             in
             the
             relation
             also
             there
             may
             be
             imperfection
             :
             and
             indeed
             I
             shall
             not
             blame
             the
             friendship
             so
             it
             be
             worthy
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             not
             perfect
             ;
             not
             only
             because
             friendship
             is
             charity
             ,
             which
             cannot
             be
             perfect
             here
             ,
             but
             because
             there
             is
             not
             in
             the
             world
             a
             perfect
             cause
             of
             perfect
             friendship
             .
          
           
             If
             you
             can
             suspect
             that
             this
             discourse
             can
             suppose
             friendship
             to
             be
             mercenary
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             defective
             in
             the
             greatest
             worthiness
             of
             it
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             love
             our
             friend
             for
             our
             friends
             sake
             (
             for
             so
             
               Scipio
            
             said
             ,
             
             that
             it
             was
             against
             friendship
             to
             say
             ,
             
               ita
               amare
               oportere
               ut
               aliquando
               esset
               usurus
               ,
            
             that
             we
             ought
             so
             to
             love
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             also
             some
             times
             make
             use
             of
             a
             friend
             :
             )
             I
             shall
             easily
             be
             able
             to
             defend
             my self
             ;
             because
             I
             speak
             of
             the
             election
             and
             reasons
             of
             choosing
             friends
             :
             after
             he
             is
             chosen
             do
             as
             nobly
             as
             you
             talke
             ,
             and
             love
             as
             purely
             as
             you
             dream
             ,
             and
             let
             your
             conversation
             be
             as
             metaphysical
             as
             your
             discourse
             ,
             and
             proceed
             in
             this
             method
             ,
             till
             you
             be
             confuted
             by
             experience
             ;
             yet
             till
             then
             ,
             the
             case
             is
             otherwise
             when
             we
             speak
             of
             choosing
             one
             to
             be
             my
             friend
             :
             He
             is
             not
             my
             friend
             till
             I
             have
             chosen
             him
             ,
             or
             loved
             him
             ;
             and
             if
             any
             man
             enquires
             whom
             he
             shall
             choose
             or
             whom
             he
             should
             love
             ,
             I
             suppose
             it
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             answered
             ,
             that
             we
             should
             love
             him
             who
             hath
             least
             amability
             ;
             that
             we
             
             should
             choose
             him
             who
             hath
             least
             reason
             to
             be
             chosen
             :
             But
             if
             it
             be
             answered
             ,
             he
             is
             to
             be
             chosen
             to
             be
             my
             friend
             who
             is
             most
             worthy
             in
             himself
             ,
             not
             he
             that
             can
             do
             most
             good
             to
             me
             ;
             I
             say
             ,
             here
             is
             a
             distinction
             but
             no
             difference
             ;
             for
             he
             is
             most
             worthy
             in
             himself
             who
             can
             do
             most
             good
             ;
             and
             if
             he
             can
             love
             me
             too
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             if
             he
             will
             do
             me
             all
             the
             good
             he
             can
             ,
             or
             that
             I
             need
             ,
             then
             he
             is
             my
             friend
             and
             he
             deserves
             it
             .
             And
             it
             is
             impossible
             from
             a
             friend
             to
             separate
             a
             will
             to
             do
             me
             good
             :
             and
             therefore
             I
             do
             not
             choose
             well
             ,
             if
             I
             choose
             one
             that
             hath
             not
             power
             ;
             for
             if
             it
             may
             consist
             with
             the
             nobleness
             of
             friendship
             to
             desire
             that
             my
             friend
             be
             ready
             to
             do
             me
             benefit
             or
             support
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             sense
             to
             say
             ,
             it
             is
             ignoble
             to
             desire
             he
             should
             really
             do
             it
             when
             I
             need
             ;
             and
             if
             it
             were
             not
             for
             pleasure
             or
             profit
             ,
             we
             
             might
             as
             well
             be
             without
             a
             friend
             as
             have
             him
             .
          
           
             Among
             all
             the
             pleasures
             and
             profits
             ,
             the
             
               sensual
               pleasure
            
             and
             the
             
               matter
               of
               money
            
             are
             the
             lowest
             and
             the
             least
             ;
             and
             therefore
             although
             they
             may
             sometimes
             be
             used
             in
             friendship
             ,
             and
             so
             not
             wholly
             excluded
             from
             the
             consideration
             of
             him
             that
             is
             to
             choose
             ,
             yet
             of
             all
             things
             they
             are
             to
             be
             the
             least
             regarded
             ;
             
               
                 
                   
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   When
                   fortune
                   frowns
                   upon
                   a
                   man
                   ,
                
                 
                   A
                   friend
                   does
                   more
                   then
                   money
                   can
                   .
                
              
            
             For
             there
             are
             besides
             these
             ,
             many
             profits
             and
             many
             pleasures
             ;
             and
             because
             these
             only
             are
             sordid
             ,
             all
             the
             other
             are
             noble
             and
             fair
             and
             the
             
             expectations
             of
             them
             no
             disparagements
             to
             the
             best
             friendships
             .
             For
             can
             any
             wise
             or
             good
             man
             be
             angry
             if
             I
             say
             ,
             I
             chose
             this
             man
             to
             be
             my
             friend
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             able
             to
             give
             me
             counsel
             ,
             to
             restrain
             my
             wandrings
             ,
             to
             comfort
             me
             in
             my
             sorrows
             ;
             he
             is
             pleasant
             to
             me
             in
             private
             ,
             and
             useful
             in
             publick
             ;
             he
             will
             make
             my
             joyes
             double
             ,
             and
             divide
             my
             grief
             between
             himself
             and
             me
             ?
             For
             what
             else
             should
             I
             choose
             ?
             For
             being
             a
             fool
             ,
             and
             useless
             ;
             for
             a
             pretty
             face
             or
             a
             smooth
             chin
             ;
             I
             confess
             it
             is
             possible
             to
             be
             a
             friend
             to
             one
             that
             is
             ignorant
             ,
             and
             pitiable
             ,
             handsome
             and
             good
             for
             nothing
             ,
             that
             eats
             well
             ,
             and
             drinks
             deep
             :
             but
             he
             cannot
             be
             a
             friend
             to
             me
             ;
             and
             I
             love
             him
             with
             a
             fondness
             or
             a
             pity
             ,
             but
             it
             cannot
             be
             a
             noble
             friendship
             .
             
               
                 
                   
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                  
                
                 
                 
                   
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                  
                
                 
                   
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                  
                
                 
                   
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                     {non-Roman}
                  
                   .
                   said
                   
                     Menander
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   By
                   wine
                   and
                   mirth
                   and
                   every
                   dayes
                   delight
                
                 
                   We
                   choose
                   our
                   friends
                   ,
                   to
                   whom
                   we
                   think
                   we
                   might
                
                 
                   Our
                   souls
                   intrust
                   ;
                   but
                   fools
                   are
                   they
                   that
                   lend
                
                 
                   Their
                   bosome
                   to
                   the
                   shadow
                   of
                   a
                   friend
                   .
                
              
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               Plutarch
            
             calls
             such
             friendships
             ,
             the
             Idols
             and
             Images
             of
             friendship
             .
             True
             and
             brave
             friendships
             are
             between
             worthy
             persons
             ;
             and
             there
             is
             in
             mankind
             no
             degree
             of
             worthiness
             ,
             but
             is
             also
             a
             degree
             of
             usefulness
             ,
             and
             by
             every
             thing
             by
             which
             a
             man
             is
             excellent
             ,
             I
             may
             be
             profited
             :
             and
             
             because
             those
             are
             the
             bravest
             friends
             which
             can
             best
             serve
             the
             ends
             of
             friendships
             ,
             either
             we
             must
             suppose
             that
             friendships
             are
             not
             the
             greatest
             comforts
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             or
             else
             we
             must
             say
             ,
             he
             chooses
             his
             friend
             best
             ,
             that
             chooses
             such
             a
             one
             by
             whom
             he
             can
             receive
             the
             greatest
             comforts
             and
             assistances
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             This
             being
             the
             measure
             of
             all
             friendships
             ;
             they
             all
             partake
             of
             excellency
             ,
             according
             as
             they
             are
             fitted
             to
             this
             measure
             :
             a
             friend
             may
             be
             counselled
             well
             enough
             though
             his
             friend
             be
             not
             the
             wisest
             man
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             he
             may
             be
             pleased
             in
             his
             society
             though
             he
             be
             not
             the
             best
             natured
             man
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             but
             still
             it
             must
             be
             ,
             that
             something
             excellent
             is
             ,
             or
             is
             apprehended
             ,
             or
             else
             it
             can
             be
             no
             worthy
             friendship
             ;
             because
             the
             choice
             is
             imprudent
             and
             foolish
             .
             Choose
             for
             your
             friend
             him
             that
             is
             wise
             and
             good
             ,
             
             and
             secret
             and
             just
             ,
             ingenuous
             and
             honest
             ;
             and
             in
             those
             things
             which
             have
             a
             latitude
             ,
             use
             your
             own
             liberty
             ;
             but
             in
             such
             things
             which
             consist
             in
             an
             indivisible
             point
             ,
             make
             no
             abatements
             :
             That
             is
             ,
             you
             must
             not
             choose
             him
             to
             be
             your
             friend
             that
             is
             not
             honest
             and
             secret
             ,
             just
             and
             true
             to
             a
             tittle
             ;
             but
             if
             he
             be
             wise
             at
             all
             ,
             and
             useful
             in
             any
             degree
             ,
             and
             as
             good
             as
             you
             can
             have
             him
             ,
             you
             need
             not
             be
             ashamed
             to
             own
             your
             friendships
             ;
             though
             sometimes
             you
             may
             be
             ashamed
             of
             some
             imperfections
             of
             your
             friend
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             But
             if
             you
             yet
             enquire
             further
             ,
             whether
             fancy
             may
             be
             an
             ingredient
             in
             your
             choice
             ?
             I
             answer
             ,
             that
             fancy
             may
             minister
             to
             this
             as
             to
             all
             other
             actions
             in
             which
             there
             is
             a
             liberty
             and
             variety
             ;
             and
             we
             shall
             finde
             that
             there
             may
             be
             peculiarities
             and
             little
             partialities
             ,
             a
             
               friendship
               ,
               improperly
               so
               called
               ,
            
             entring
             
             upon
             accounts
             of
             an
             innocent
             passion
             and
             a
             pleas'd
             fancy
             ;
             even
             our
             Blessed
             Saviour
             himself
             loved
             S.
             
               Iohn
            
             and
             
               Lazarus
            
             by
             a
             special
             love
             ,
             which
             was
             signified
             by
             special
             treatments
             ;
             and
             of
             the
             young
             man
             that
             spake
             well
             and
             wisely
             to
             Christ
             ,
             it
             is
             affirmed
             ,
             
               Iesus
               loved
               him
            
             :
             that
             is
             ,
             he
             fancied
             the
             man
             ;
             and
             his
             soul
             had
             a
             certain
             cognation
             and
             similitude
             of
             temper
             and
             inclination
             .
             For
             in
             all
             things
             where
             there
             is
             a
             latitude
             ,
             every
             faculty
             will
             endeavour
             to
             be
             pleased
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             the
             meanest
             persons
             in
             a
             house
             have
             a
             festival
             ;
             even
             sympathies
             and
             natural
             inclinations
             to
             some
             persons
             ,
             and
             a
             conformity
             of
             humors
             ,
             and
             proportionable
             loves
             ,
             and
             the
             beauty
             of
             the
             face
             ,
             and
             a
             witty
             answer
             may
             first
             strike
             the
             flint
             and
             kindle
             a
             spark
             ,
             which
             if
             it
             falls
             upon
             tender
             and
             compliant
             natures
             may
             grow
             into
             a
             flame
             ;
             but
             
             this
             will
             never
             be
             maintained
             at
             the
             rate
             of
             friendship
             ,
             unless
             it
             be
             fed
             by
             pure
             materials
             ,
             by
             
               worthinesses
            
             which
             
               are
               the
               food
               of
               friendship
               .
            
             Where
             these
             are
             not
             ,
             men
             and
             women
             may
             be
             pleased
             with
             one
             anothers
             company
             ,
             and
             lie
             under
             the
             same
             roof
             ,
             and
             make
             themselves
             companions
             of
             equal
             prosperities
             ,
             and
             humour
             their
             friend
             ;
             but
             if
             you
             call
             this
             friendship
             ,
             you
             give
             a
             sacred
             name
             to
             humour
             or
             fancy
             ;
             for
             there
             is
             a
             Platonic
             friendship
             as
             well
             as
             a
             Platonic
             love
             ;
             but
             they
             being
             but
             the
             Images
             of
             more
             noble
             bodies
             are
             but
             like
             tinsell
             dressings
             ,
             which
             will
             shew
             bravely
             by
             candle-light
             ,
             and
             do
             excellently
             in
             a
             mask
             ,
             but
             are
             not
             fit
             for
             conversation
             ,
             and
             the
             material
             entercourses
             of
             our
             life
             .
             These
             are
             the
             prettinesses
             of
             prosperity
             and
             good
             natur'd
             wit
             ;
             but
             when
             we
             speak
             of
             friendship
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             best
             thing
             
             in
             the
             world
             (
             for
             it
             is
             love
             and
             beneficence
             ;
             it
             is
             charity
             that
             is
             fitted
             for
             society
             )
             we
             cannot
             suppose
             a
             brave
             pile
             should
             be
             built
             up
             with
             nothing
             ;
             and
             they
             that
             build
             Castles
             in
             the
             aire
             ,
             and
             look
             upon
             friendship
             ,
             as
             upon
             a
             fine
             Romance
             ,
             a
             thing
             that
             pleases
             the
             fancy
             ,
             but
             is
             good
             for
             nothing
             else
             ,
             will
             doe
             well
             when
             they
             are
             asleep
             ,
             or
             when
             they
             are
             come
             to
             Elysium
             ;
             and
             for
             ought
             I
             know
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             may
             be
             as
             much
             in
             love
             with
             
               Mandana
            
             in
             the
             
               Grand
               Cyrus
               ,
            
             as
             with
             the
             
               Countess
               of
               Exeter
            
             ;
             and
             by
             dreaming
             of
             perfect
             and
             abstracted
             friendships
             ,
             make
             them
             so
             immaterial
             that
             they
             perish
             in
             the
             handling
             and
             become
             good
             for
             nothing
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             know
             not
             whither
             I
             was
             going
             ;
             I
             did
             only
             mean
             to
             say
             that
             because
             friendship
             is
             that
             by
             which
             the
             world
             is
             most
             blessed
             and
             receives
             
             most
             good
             ,
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             chosen
             amongst
             the
             worthiest
             persons
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             amongst
             those
             that
             can
             do
             greatest
             benefit
             to
             each
             other
             ;
             and
             though
             in
             equal
             worthiness
             I
             may
             choose
             by
             my
             eye
             ,
             or
             ear
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             into
             the
             consideration
             of
             the
             essential
             I
             may
             take
             in
             also
             the
             accidental
             and
             extrinsick
             worthinesses
             ;
             yet
             I
             ought
             to
             give
             every
             one
             their
             just
             value
             ;
             when
             the
             internal
             beauties
             are
             equal
             ,
             these
             shall
             help
             to
             weigh
             down
             the
             scale
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             love
             a
             worthy
             friend
             that
             can
             delight
             me
             as
             well
             as
             profit
             me
             ,
             rather
             then
             him
             who
             cannot
             delight
             me
             at
             all
             ,
             and
             profit
             me
             
               no
               more
            
             ;
             but
             yet
             I
             will
             not
             weigh
             the
             gayest
             flowers
             ,
             or
             the
             wings
             of
             butterflies
             against
             wheat
             ;
             but
             when
             I
             am
             to
             choose
             wheat
             ,
             I
             may
             take
             that
             which
             looks
             the
             brightest
             :
             I
             had
             rather
             see
             Time
             and
             Roses
             ,
             Marjoram
             and
             July
             flowers
             that
             are
             fair
             and
             
             sweet
             and
             medicinal
             ,
             then
             the
             prettiest
             Tulips
             that
             are
             good
             for
             nothing
             :
             And
             my
             Sheep
             and
             Kine
             are
             better
             servants
             then
             race-Horses
             and
             Grayhounds
             :
             And
             I
             shall
             rather
             furnish
             my
             study
             with
             
               Plutarch
            
             and
             
               Cicero
               ,
            
             with
             
               Livy
            
             and
             
               Polybius
               ,
            
             then
             with
             
               Cassandra
            
             and
             
               Ibrahim
               Bassa
            
             ;
             and
             if
             I
             do
             give
             an
             hour
             to
             these
             for
             divertisement
             or
             pleasure
             ,
             yet
             I
             will
             dwell
             with
             them
             that
             can
             instruct
             me
             and
             make
             me
             wise
             ,
             and
             eloquent
             ,
             severe
             and
             useful
             to
             my selfe
             ,
             and
             others
             .
             I
             end
             this
             with
             the
             saying
             of
             
               Laelius
            
             in
             
               Cicero
               :
               Amicitia
               non
               debet
               consequi
               utilitatem
               ,
               sed
               amicitiam
               utilitas
               .
            
             When
             I
             choose
             my
             friend
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             stay
             till
             I
             have
             received
             a
             kindness
             ;
             but
             I
             will
             choose
             such
             a
             one
             that
             can
             doe
             me
             many
             if
             I
             need
             them
             :
             But
             I
             mean
             such
             kindnesses
             which
             make
             me
             wiser
             ,
             and
             which
             make
             me
             better
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             I
             will
             
             when
             I
             choose
             my
             friend
             ,
             choose
             him
             that
             is
             the
             bravest
             ,
             the
             worthiest
             and
             the
             most
             excellent
             person
             :
             and
             then
             your
             first
             Question
             is
             soon
             answered
             ;
             to
             love
             such
             a
             person
             and
             to
             contract
             such
             friendships
             is
             just
             so
             authorized
             by
             the
             principles
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             warranted
             to
             love
             wisdome
             and
             vertue
             ,
             goodness
             and
             beneficence
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             impresses
             of
             God
             upon
             the
             spirits
             of
             brave
             men
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             next
             inquiry
             is
             
               how
               far
               it
               may
               extend
               ?
            
             That
             is
             ,
             by
             what
             expressions
             it
             may
             be
             signified
             ?
             I
             finde
             that
             
               David
            
             and
             
               Ionathan
            
             loved
             at
             a
             strange
             rate
             ;
             they
             were
             both
             good
             men
             ;
             though
             it
             happened
             that
             
               Ionathan
            
             was
             on
             the
             obliging
             side
             ;
             but
             here
             the
             expressions
             were
             ;
             
               Ionathan
            
             watched
             for
             
               Davids
            
             good
             ;
             told
             him
             of
             his
             danger
             ,
             and
             helped
             him
             to
             escape
             ;
             took
             part
             with
             
               Davids
            
             innocence
             against
             his
             Fathers
             
             malice
             and
             injustice
             ;
             and
             beyond
             all
             this
             ,
             did
             it
             to
             his
             own
             prejudice
             ;
             and
             they
             two
             stood
             like
             two
             feet
             supporting
             one
             body
             ;
             though
             
               Ionathan
            
             knew
             that
             
               David
            
             would
             prove
             like
             the
             foot
             of
             a
             Wrastler
             ,
             and
             would
             supplant
             him
             ,
             not
             by
             any
             unworthy
             or
             unfriendly
             action
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             from
             God
             ;
             and
             he
             gave
             him
             his
             hand
             to
             set
             him
             upon
             his
             own
             throne
             .
          
           
             We
             finde
             his
             paralels
             in
             the
             Gentile
             stories
             :
             young
             
               Athenodorus
            
             having
             divided
             the
             estate
             with
             his
             Brother
             
               Xenon
            
             ;
             divided
             it
             again
             when
             
               Xenon
            
             had
             spent
             his
             own
             share
             ;
             and
             
               Lucullus
            
             would
             not
             take
             the
             Consulship
             till
             his
             younger
             brother
             had
             first
             enjoyed
             it
             for
             a
             year
             ;
             but
             
               Pollux
            
             divided
             with
             
               Castor
            
             his
             immortality
             ;
             and
             you
             know
             who
             offer'd
             himselfe
             to
             death
             being
             pledg
             for
             his
             friend
             ;
             and
             his
             friend
             by
             performing
             his
             word
             rescued
             him
             a
             
             bravely
             :
             and
             when
             we
             finde
             in
             Scripture
             that
             
               for
               a
               good
               man
               some
               will
               even
               dare
               to
               die
            
             ;
             and
             that
             
               Aquila
            
             and
             
               Priscilla
            
             laid
             their
             necks
             down
             for
             S.
             
               Paul
            
             ;
             and
             the
             
               Galatians
            
             would
             have
             given
             him
             their
             very
             eyes
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             every
             thing
             that
             was
             most
             dear
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             some
             others
             were
             neer
             unto
             death
             for
             his
             sake
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             is
             a
             precept
             of
             Christian
             charity
             ,
             to
             lay
             down
             our
             lives
             for
             our
             Brethren
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             those
             who
             were
             combined
             in
             a
             cause
             of
             Religion
             ,
             who
             were
             united
             with
             the
             same
             hopes
             ,
             and
             imparted
             to
             each
             other
             ready
             assistances
             ,
             and
             grew
             dear
             by
             common
             sufferings
             ,
             we
             need
             enquire
             no
             further
             for
             the
             expressions
             of
             friendships
             :
             
               Greater
               love
               then
               this
               hath
               no
               man
               ,
               then
               that
               he
               lay
               down
               his
               life
               for
               his
               friends
            
             ;
             and
             this
             we
             are
             oblig'd
             to
             do
             in
             some
             Cases
             for
             all
             Christians
             ;
             and
             therefore
             we
             may
             do
             it
             for
             those
             who
             are
             to
             us
             in
             this
             
             present
             and
             imperfect
             state
             of
             things
             ,
             that
             which
             all
             the
             good
             men
             and
             women
             in
             the
             world
             shall
             be
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             in
             the
             state
             of
             perfect
             friendships
             .
             This
             is
             the
             biggest
             ;
             but
             then
             it
             includes
             and
             can
             suppose
             all
             the
             rest
             ;
             and
             if
             this
             may
             be
             done
             for
             all
             ,
             and
             in
             some
             cases
             must
             for
             any
             one
             of
             the
             multitude
             ,
             we
             need
             not
             scruple
             whether
             we
             may
             do
             it
             ,
             for
             those
             who
             are
             better
             then
             a
             multitude
             .
             But
             as
             for
             the
             thing
             it selfe
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             easily
             and
             lightly
             to
             be
             done
             ;
             and
             a
             man
             must
             not
             die
             for
             humor
             ,
             nor
             expend
             so
             great
             a
             Jewel
             for
             a
             trifle
             :
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             :
             said
             
               Philo
            
             ;
             we
             will
             hardly
             die
             when
             it
             is
             for
             nothing
             ,
             when
             no
             good
             ,
             no
             worthy
             end
             is
             served
             ,
             and
             become
             a
             Sacrifice
             to
             redeem
             a
             foot-boy
             .
             But
             we
             may
             not
             give
             our
             life
             to
             redeem
             another
             :
             unless
             .
          
           
           
             1.
             
             The
             party
             for
             whom
             we
             die
             be
             a
             worthy
             and
             a
             useful
             person
             ;
             better
             for
             the
             publick
             or
             better
             for
             Religion
             ,
             and
             more
             useful
             to
             others
             then
             my selfe
             .
             Thus
             
               Ribischius
            
             the
             German
             died
             bravely
             when
             he
             became
             a
             Sacrifice
             for
             his
             Master
             ,
             
               Maurice
            
             Duke
             of
             
               Saxony
            
             ;
             Covering
             his
             Masters
             body
             with
             his
             own
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             escape
             the
             furie
             of
             the
             Turkish
             Souldiers
             .
             
               Succurram
               perituro
               ,
               sed
               ut
               ipse
               non
               peream
               ,
               nisi
               si
               futurus
               ero
               magni
               hominis
               ,
               aut
               magnae
               rei
               merces
            
             ;
             said
             
               Seneca
               .
            
             I
             will
             help
             a
             dying
             person
             if
             I
             can
             ;
             but
             I
             will
             not
             die
             my selfe
             for
             him
             ,
             unless
             by
             my
             death
             I
             save
             a
             brave
             man
             ,
             or
             become
             the
             price
             of
             a
             great
             thing
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             I
             will
             die
             for
             a
             Prince
             ,
             for
             the
             republick
             ,
             or
             to
             save
             an
             Army
             as
             
               David
            
             expos'd
             himself
             to
             combat
             with
             the
             Philistin
             for
             the
             redemption
             of
             the
             Host
             of
             Israel
             :
             And
             in
             this
             sense
             ,
             that
             is
             true
             ;
             
               Praestat
               ut
               pereat
               
               unus
               ,
               quam
               Unitas
               ,
            
             better
             that
             one
             perish
             then
             a
             multitude
             .
             2.
             
             A
             man
             dies
             bravely
             when
             he
             gives
             his
             temporal
             life
             to
             save
             the
             soul
             of
             any
             single
             person
             in
             the
             Christian
             world
             .
             It
             is
             a
             worthy
             exchange
             ,
             and
             the
             glorification
             of
             that
             love
             by
             which
             Christ
             gave
             his
             life
             for
             every
             soul
             .
             Thus
             he
             that
             reproves
             an
             erring
             Prince
             wisely
             and
             necessarily
             ,
             he
             that
             affirms
             a
             fundamental
             truth
             ,
             or
             stands
             up
             for
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             Divine
             attributes
             ,
             though
             he
             die
             for
             it
             ,
             becoms
             a
             worthy
             sacrifice
             .
             3.
             
             These
             are
             duty
             ,
             but
             it
             may
             be
             heroick
             and
             full
             of
             Christian
             bravery
             ,
             to
             give
             my
             life
             to
             rescue
             a
             noble
             and
             a
             brave
             friend
             ;
             though
             I
             my selfe
             be
             as
             worthy
             a
             man
             as
             he
             ;
             because
             the
             preference
             of
             him
             is
             an
             act
             of
             humility
             in
             me
             ;
             and
             of
             friendship
             towards
             him
             ;
             
               Humility
            
             and
             
               Charity
            
             making
             a
             pious
             difference
             where
             
               art
            
             and
             
               nature
            
             have
             made
             all
             equall
             .
          
           
           
             Some
             have
             fancied
             other
             measures
             of
             treating
             our
             friends
             .
             One
             sort
             of
             men
             say
             that
             we
             are
             to
             expect
             that
             our
             friends
             should
             value
             us
             as
             we
             value
             our selves
             :
             which
             if
             it
             were
             to
             be
             admitted
             ,
             will
             require
             that
             we
             make
             no
             friendships
             with
             a
             proud
             man
             ;
             and
             so
             farre
             indeed
             were
             well
             ;
             but
             then
             this
             proportion
             does
             exclude
             also
             humble
             men
             who
             are
             most
             to
             be
             valued
             ,
             and
             the
             rather
             because
             they
             undervalue
             themselves
             .
          
           
             Others
             say
             that
             a
             friend
             is
             to
             value
             his
             friend
             as
             much
             as
             his
             friend
             values
             him
             ;
             but
             neither
             is
             this
             well
             or
             safe
             ,
             wise
             or
             sufficient
             ;
             for
             it
             makes
             friendship
             a
             mere
             bargain
             ,
             and
             is
             something
             like
             the
             Country
             weddings
             in
             some
             places
             where
             I
             have
             been
             ;
             where
             the
             bridegroom
             and
             the
             bride
             must
             meet
             in
             the
             half
             way
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             fail
             a
             step
             ,
             they
             retire
             and
             break
             the
             match
             :
             It
             is
             
             not
             good
             to
             make
             a
             reckoning
             in
             friendship
             ;
             that
             's
             merchandise
             ,
             or
             it
             may
             be
             gratitude
             ,
             but
             not
             noble
             friendship
             ;
             in
             which
             each
             part
             strives
             to
             out-do
             the
             other
             in
             significations
             of
             an
             excellent
             love
             :
             And
             
               amongst
               true
               friends
               there
               is
               no
               fear
               of
               losing
               any
               thing
               .
            
          
           
             But
             that
             which
             amongst
             the
             old
             Philosophers
             comes
             nearest
             to
             the
             right
             ,
             is
             that
             we
             love
             our
             friends
             as
             we
             love
             our selves
             .
             If
             they
             had
             meant
             it
             as
             our
             Blessed
             Saviour
             did
             ,
             of
             that
             general
             friendship
             by
             which
             we
             are
             to
             love
             all
             mankind
             ,
             it
             had
             been
             perfect
             and
             well
             ;
             or
             if
             they
             had
             meant
             it
             of
             the
             inward
             affection
             ,
             or
             of
             outward
             justice
             ;
             but
             because
             they
             meant
             it
             of
             the
             most
             excellent
             friendships
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             outward
             significations
             of
             it
             ,
             it
             cannot
             be
             sufficient
             :
             for
             a
             friend
             may
             and
             must
             sometimes
             do
             more
             for
             his
             friend
             then
             he
             would
             doe
             for
             
             himself
             .
             Some
             men
             will
             perish
             before
             they
             will
             beg
             or
             petition
             for
             themselves
             to
             some
             certain
             persons
             ;
             but
             they
             account
             it
             noble
             to
             doe
             it
             for
             their
             friend
             ,
             and
             they
             will
             want
             rather
             then
             their
             friend
             shall
             want
             ;
             and
             they
             will
             be
             more
             earnest
             in
             praise
             or
             dispraise
             respectively
             for
             their
             friend
             then
             for
             themselves
             .
             And
             indeed
             I
             account
             
               that
            
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             demonstrations
             of
             real
             friendship
             is
             ,
             that
             a
             friend
             can
             really
             endeavour
             to
             have
             his
             friend
             advanced
             in
             honour
             ,
             in
             reputation
             ,
             in
             the
             opinion
             of
             wit
             or
             learning
             before
             himselfe
             .
             
               
                 
                 Aurum
                 &
                 opes
                 ,
                 &
                 rura
                 frequens
                 donabit
                 amicus
                 :
              
               
                 Qui
                 velit
                 ingenio
                 cedere
                 rarus
                 erit
                 .
              
               
                 Sed
                 tibi
                 tantus
                 inest
                 veteris
                 respectus
                 amici
              
               
                 Carior
                 ut
                 mea
                 sit
                 quam
                 tua
                 fama
                 tibi
                 .
              
               
               
                 Lands
                 ,
                 gold
                 and
                 trifles
                 many
                 give
                 or
                 lend
                 ;
              
               
                 But
                 he
                 that
                 stoops
                 in
                 fame
                 is
                 a
                 rare
                 friend
                 :
              
               
                 In
                 friendships
                 orbe
                 thou
                 art
                 the
                 brightest
                 starre
              
               
                 Before
                 thy
                 fame
                 mine
                 thou
                 preferrest
                 far
                 .
              
            
             But
             then
             be
             pleas'd
             to
             think
             that
             therefore
             I
             so
             highly
             value
             this
             signification
             of
             friendship
             ,
             because
             I
             so
             highly
             value
             humility
             .
             Humility
             and
             Charity
             are
             the
             two
             greatest
             graces
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             and
             these
             are
             the
             greatest
             ingredients
             which
             constitute
             friendship
             and
             expresse
             it
             .
          
           
             But
             there
             needs
             no
             other
             measures
             of
             friendship
             but
             that
             it
             may
             be
             as
             great
             as
             you
             can
             express
             it
             ;
             beyond
             death
             it
             cannot
             goe
             ,
             to
             death
             it
             may
             ,
             when
             the
             cause
             is
             reasonable
             
             and
             just
             ,
             charitable
             and
             religious
             :
             and
             yet
             if
             there
             be
             any
             thing
             greater
             then
             to
             suffer
             death
             (
             and
             pain
             and
             shame
             to
             some
             are
             more
             insufferable
             )
             a
             true
             and
             noble
             friendship
             shrinks
             not
             at
             the
             greatest
             trials
             .
          
           
             And
             yet
             there
             is
             a
             limit
             even
             to
             friendship
             .
             It
             must
             be
             as
             great
             as
             our
             friend
             fairely
             needs
             in
             all
             things
             where
             we
             are
             not
             tied
             up
             by
             a
             former
             duty
             ,
             to
             God
             ,
             to
             our selves
             ,
             or
             some
             pre-obliging
             relative
             .
             When
             
               Pollux
            
             heard
             some
             body
             whisper
             a
             reproach
             against
             his
             Brother
             
               Castor
               ,
            
             he
             kill'd
             the
             slanderer
             with
             his
             fist
             :
             That
             was
             a
             zeal
             which
             his
             friendship
             could
             not
             warrant
             .
             
               Nulla
               est
               excusatio
               si
               amiei
               causâ
               peccaveris
            
             said
             
               Cicero
               .
            
             No
             friendship
             can
             excuse
             a
             sinne
             :
             And
             this
             the
             braver
             Romans
             instanced
             in
             the
             matter
             of
             duty
             to
             their
             Country
             .
             It
             is
             not
             lawful
             to
             fight
             on
             
             our
             friends
             part
             against
             our
             Prince
             or
             Country
             ;
             and
             therefore
             when
             
               Caius
               Blosius
            
             of
             
               Cuma
            
             in
             the
             sedition
             of
             
               Gracchus
            
             appeared
             against
             his
             Country
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             taken
             he
             answered
             ,
             that
             he
             loved
             
               Tiberius
               Gracchus
            
             so
             dearly
             ,
             that
             he
             thought
             fit
             to
             follow
             him
             whithersoever
             he
             lead
             ;
             and
             begg'd
             pardon
             upon
             that
             account
             .
             They
             who
             were
             his
             Judges
             were
             so
             noble
             ,
             that
             though
             they
             knew
             it
             no
             fair
             excuse
             :
             yet
             for
             the
             honour
             of
             friendship
             they
             did
             not
             directly
             reject
             his
             motion
             :
             but
             put
             him
             to
             death
             ,
             because
             he
             did
             not
             follow
             ,
             but
             led
             on
             
               Gracchus
            
             and
             brought
             his
             friend
             into
             the
             snare
             :
             For
             so
             they
             preserved
             the
             honours
             of
             friendship
             on
             either
             hand
             ,
             by
             neither
             suffering
             it
             to
             be
             sullied
             by
             a
             foul
             excuse
             ,
             nor
             yet
             rejected
             in
             any
             fair
             pretence
             .
             A
             man
             may
             not
             be
             perjured
             for
             his
             friend
             .
             I
             remember
             to
             have
             read
             
             in
             the
             History
             of
             the
             Low-countreys
             ,
             that
             
               Grimston
            
             and
             
               Redhead
               ,
            
             when
             
               Bergenapzoom
            
             was
             besieged
             by
             the
             Duke
             of
             
               Parma
            
             acted
             for
             the
             interest
             of
             the
             Queen
             of
             
               Englands
            
             forces
             a
             notable
             design
             ;
             but
             being
             suspected
             and
             put
             for
             their
             acquittance
             to
             take
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             the
             Altar
             ,
             they
             dissembled
             their
             persons
             ,
             and
             their
             interest
             ,
             their
             design
             and
             their
             Religion
             ,
             and
             did
             for
             the
             Queens
             service
             (
             as
             one
             wittily
             wrote
             to
             her
             )
             give
             not
             only
             their
             bodies
             but
             their
             souls
             ,
             and
             so
             deserved
             a
             reward
             greater
             then
             she
             could
             pay
             them
             :
             I
             cannot
             say
             this
             is
             a
             thing
             greater
             then
             a
             friendship
             can
             require
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             not
             great
             at
             all
             ,
             but
             a
             great
             villany
             ,
             which
             hath
             no
             name
             ,
             and
             no
             order
             in
             worthy
             entercourses
             ;
             and
             no
             obligation
             to
             a
             friend
             can
             reach
             as
             high
             as
             our
             Duty
             to
             God
             :
             And
             he
             that
             does
             a
             base
             thing
             in
             zeal
             for
             his
             friend
             ,
             
             burns
             the
             golden
             thred
             that
             ties
             their
             hearts
             together
             ;
             it
             is
             a
             
               conspiracy
               ,
            
             but
             no
             longer
             
               friendship
               .
            
             And
             when
             
               Cato
            
             lent
             his
             wife
             to
             
               Hortensius
               ,
            
             and
             
               Socrates
            
             lent
             his
             to
             a
             merry
             Greek
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             amongst
             wise
             persons
             obtain
             so
             much
             as
             the
             fame
             of
             being
             worthy
             friends
             ,
             neither
             could
             those
             great
             Names
             legitimate
             an
             unworthy
             action
             under
             the
             most
             plausible
             title
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             certain
             that
             amongst
             friends
             their
             estates
             are
             common
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             by
             whatsoever
             I
             can
             rescue
             my
             friend
             from
             calamity
             ,
             I
             am
             to
             serve
             him
             ,
             or
             not
             to
             call
             him
             friend
             ;
             and
             there
             is
             a
             great
             latitude
             in
             this
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             to
             be
             restrained
             by
             no
             prudence
             ,
             but
             when
             there
             is
             on
             the
             other
             side
             a
             great
             necessity
             neither
             vitious
             nor
             avoidable
             :
             A
             man
             may
             choose
             ,
             whether
             he
             will
             or
             no
             ;
             and
             he
             does
             not
             sin
             in
             not
             doing
             
             it
             ,
             unless
             he
             have
             bound
             himself
             to
             it
             :
             
               But
               certainly
               friendship
               is
               the
               greatest
               band
               in
               the
               world
               ,
            
             and
             if
             he
             have
             professed
             a
             great
             friendship
             ,
             he
             hath
             a
             very
             great
             obligation
             to
             do
             that
             and
             more
             ;
             and
             he
             can
             no
             wayes
             be
             disobliged
             but
             by
             the
             care
             of
             his
             Natural
             relations
             .
          
           
             I
             said
             ,
             [
             
               Friendship
               is
               the
               greatest
               bond
               in
               the
               world
               ,
            
             ]
             and
             I
             had
             reason
             for
             it
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             all
             the
             bands
             that
             this
             world
             hath
             ;
             and
             there
             is
             no
             society
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             no
             relation
             that
             is
             worthy
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             made
             so
             by
             the
             communications
             of
             friendship
             and
             by
             partaking
             some
             of
             its
             excellencies
             .
             For
             friendship
             is
             a
             transcendent
             ,
             and
             signifies
             as
             much
             as
             
               Unity
            
             can
             mean
             ,
             and
             every
             consent
             ,
             and
             every
             pleasure
             ,
             and
             every
             benefit
             ,
             and
             every
             society
             is
             the
             Mother
             or
             the
             Daughter
             of
             friendship
             .
             Some
             friendships
             are
             
             made
             by
             
               nature
               ,
            
             some
             by
             
               contract
               ,
            
             some
             by
             
               interest
               ,
            
             and
             some
             by
             
               souls
               .
            
             And
             in
             proportion
             to
             these
             wayes
             of
             Uniting
             ,
             so
             the
             friendships
             are
             greater
             or
             less
             ,
             vertuous
             or
             natural
             ,
             profitable
             or
             holy
             ,
             or
             all
             this
             together
             .
             Nature
             makes
             excellent
             friendships
             ,
             of
             which
             we
             observe
             something
             in
             social
             plants
             ;
             growing
             better
             in
             each
             others
             neighbourhood
             then
             where
             they
             stand
             singly
             :
             And
             in
             animals
             it
             is
             more
             notorious
             ,
             whose
             friendships
             extend
             so
             far
             as
             to
             herd
             and
             dwell
             together
             ,
             to
             play
             ,
             and
             feed
             ,
             to
             defend
             and
             fight
             for
             one
             another
             ,
             and
             to
             cry
             in
             absence
             ,
             and
             to
             rejoyce
             in
             one
             anothers
             presence
             .
             But
             these
             friendships
             have
             other
             names
             less
             noble
             ,
             they
             are
             
               sympathy
               ,
            
             or
             they
             are
             
               instinct
               .
            
             But
             if
             to
             this
             natural
             friendship
             there
             be
             reason
             superadded
             ,
             something
             will
             come
             in
             upon
             the
             stock
             of
             reason
             which
             will
             enoble
             
             it
             ;
             but
             because
             no
             Rivers
             can
             rise
             higher
             then
             Fountains
             ,
             reason
             shall
             draw
             out
             all
             the
             dispositions
             which
             are
             in
             Nature
             and
             establish
             them
             into
             friendships
             ,
             but
             they
             cannot
             surmount
             the
             communications
             of
             Nature
             ;
             Nature
             can
             make
             no
             friendships
             greater
             then
             her
             own
             excellencies
             .
             Nature
             is
             the
             way
             of
             contracting
             necessary
             friendships
             :
             that
             is
             ,
             by
             nature
             such
             friendships
             are
             contracted
             without
             which
             we
             cannot
             live
             ,
             and
             be
             educated
             ,
             or
             be
             well
             ,
             or
             be
             at
             all
             .
             In
             this
             scene
             ,
             that
             of
             Parents
             and
             Children
             is
             the
             greatest
             ,
             which
             indeed
             is
             begun
             in
             nature
             ,
             but
             is
             actuated
             by
             society
             and
             mutual
             endearments
             .
             For
             Parents
             love
             their
             Children
             because
             they
             love
             themselves
             ,
             Children
             being
             but
             like
             emissions
             of
             water
             ,
             symbolical
             ,
             or
             indeed
             the
             same
             with
             the
             fountain
             ;
             and
             they
             in
             their
             posterity
             see
             the
             images
             and
             instrument
             of
             
             a
             civil
             immortality
             ;
             but
             if
             Parents
             and
             Children
             do
             not
             live
             together
             ,
             we
             see
             their
             friendships
             and
             their
             loves
             are
             much
             abated
             ,
             and
             supported
             only
             by
             fame
             and
             duty
             ,
             by
             customes
             and
             religion
             which
             to
             nature
             are
             but
             artificial
             pillars
             ,
             and
             make
             this
             friendship
             to
             be
             complicated
             ,
             and
             to
             pass
             from
             its
             own
             kind
             to
             another
             .
             That
             of
             Children
             to
             their
             Parents
             is
             not
             properly
             friendship
             ,
             but
             gratitude
             and
             interest
             ,
             and
             religion
             ,
             and
             what
             ever
             can
             supervene
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             friendship
             comes
             in
             upon
             another
             account
             ;
             upon
             society
             and
             worthiness
             and
             choice
             .
          
           
             This
             relation
             on
             either
             hand
             makes
             great
             Dearnesses
             :
             But
             it
             hath
             special
             and
             proper
             significations
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             a
             special
             duty
             incumbent
             on
             each
             other
             respectively
             .
             This
             friendship
             and
             social
             relation
             is
             not
             equal
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             
             too
             much
             authority
             on
             one
             side
             ,
             and
             too
             much
             fear
             on
             the
             other
             to
             make
             equal
             friendships
             ;
             and
             therefore
             although
             this
             is
             one
             of
             the
             kindes
             of
             friendship
             ,
             that
             is
             of
             a
             social
             and
             relative
             love
             and
             conversation
             ,
             yet
             in
             the
             more
             proper
             use
             of
             the
             word
             ;
             [
             Friendship
             ]
             does
             doe
             some
             things
             which
             Father
             and
             Son
             do
             not
             ;
             I
             instance
             in
             the
             free
             and
             open
             communicating
             counsels
             ,
             and
             the
             evenness
             and
             pleasantnesse
             of
             conversation
             ;
             and
             consequently
             the
             significations
             of
             the
             paternal
             and
             filial
             love
             as
             they
             are
             divers
             in
             themselves
             and
             Unequal
             ,
             and
             therefore
             another
             kinde
             of
             friendship
             then
             we
             mean
             in
             our
             inquiry
             ,
             so
             they
             are
             such
             a
             duty
             which
             no
             other
             friendship
             can
             annul
             :
             because
             their
             mutual
             duty
             is
             bound
             upon
             them
             by
             religion
             long
             before
             any
             other
             friendships
             can
             be
             contracted
             ;
             and
             therefore
             having
             first
             possession
             
             must
             abide
             for
             ever
             .
             The
             duty
             and
             love
             to
             Parents
             must
             not
             yeeld
             to
             religion
             ,
             much
             less
             to
             any
             new
             friendships
             :
             and
             our
             Parents
             are
             to
             be
             preferred
             before
             the
             Corban
             ;
             and
             are
             at
             no
             hand
             to
             be
             laid
             aside
             but
             when
             they
             engage
             against
             God
             :
             That
             is
             ,
             in
             the
             rights
             which
             this
             relation
             and
             kind
             of
             friendship
             challenges
             as
             its
             propriety
             ,
             it
             is
             supreme
             and
             cannot
             give
             place
             to
             any
             other
             friendships
             ;
             till
             the
             Father
             gives
             his
             right
             away
             ,
             and
             God
             or
             the
             Laws
             consent
             to
             it
             ;
             as
             in
             the
             case
             of
             marriage
             ,
             emancipation
             ,
             and
             adoption
             to
             another
             family
             :
             in
             which
             cases
             though
             love
             and
             gratitude
             are
             still
             obliging
             ,
             yet
             the
             societies
             and
             duties
             of
             relation
             are
             very
             much
             altered
             ,
             which
             in
             the
             proper
             and
             best
             friendships
             can
             never
             be
             at
             all
             .
             But
             then
             this
             also
             is
             true
             :
             that
             the
             social
             relations
             of
             Parents
             and
             Children
             not
             having
             in
             them
             all
             the
             capacities
             
             of
             a
             proper
             friendship
             ,
             cannot
             challenge
             all
             the
             significations
             of
             it
             :
             that
             is
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             prejudice
             to
             the
             duty
             I
             owe
             there
             ,
             to
             pay
             all
             the
             dearnesses
             which
             are
             due
             here
             ,
             and
             to
             friends
             there
             are
             somethings
             due
             which
             the
             other
             cannot
             challenge
             :
             I
             mean
             ,
             
               my
               secret
               ,
            
             and
             
               my
               equal
               conversation
               ,
            
             and
             the
             pleasures
             and
             interests
             of
             these
             ,
             and
             the
             consequents
             of
             all
             .
          
           
             Next
             to
             this
             is
             the
             society
             and
             dearness
             of
             Brothers
             and
             Sisters
             :
             which
             usually
             is
             very
             great
             amongst
             worthy
             persons
             ;
             but
             if
             it
             be
             considered
             what
             it
             is
             in
             it self
             ,
             it
             is
             but
             very
             little
             ;
             there
             is
             very
             often
             a
             likenesse
             of
             natural
             temper
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             a
             social
             life
             under
             the
             same
             roof
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             commanded
             to
             love
             one
             another
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             equals
             in
             many
             instances
             ,
             and
             are
             endeared
             by
             conversation
             when
             it
             is
             merry
             and
             pleasant
             ,
             innocent
             
             and
             simple
             ,
             without
             art
             and
             without
             design
             .
             But
             Brothers
             pass
             not
             into
             noble
             friendships
             upon
             the
             stock
             of
             that
             relation
             :
             they
             have
             fair
             dispositions
             and
             advantages
             ,
             and
             are
             more
             easie
             and
             ready
             to
             ferment
             into
             the
             greatest
             dearnesses
             ,
             if
             all
             things
             else
             be
             answerable
             .
             Nature
             disposes
             them
             well
             towards
             it
             ,
             but
             in
             this
             inquiry
             if
             we
             aske
             what
             duty
             is
             passed
             upon
             a
             Brother
             to
             a
             Brother
             even
             for
             being
             so
             ?
             I
             answer
             ,
             that
             religion
             and
             our
             parents
             and
             God
             and
             the
             laws
             appoint
             what
             measures
             they
             please
             ;
             but
             nature
             passes
             but
             very
             little
             ,
             and
             friendship
             less
             ;
             and
             this
             we
             see
             apparently
             in
             those
             Brothers
             who
             live
             asunder
             ,
             and
             contract
             new
             relations
             ,
             and
             dwell
             in
             other
             societies
             :
             There
             is
             no
             love
             ,
             no
             friendship
             without
             the
             entercourse
             of
             conversation
             :
             Friendships
             indeed
             may
             last
             longer
             then
             our
             abode
             together
             ,
             
             but
             they
             were
             first
             contracted
             by
             it
             ,
             and
             established
             by
             pleasure
             and
             benefit
             ,
             and
             unless
             it
             be
             the
             best
             kind
             of
             friendship
             (
             which
             that
             of
             Brothers
             in
             that
             meer
             capacity
             is
             not
             )
             it
             dies
             when
             it
             wants
             the
             proper
             nutriment
             and
             support
             :
             and
             to
             this
             purpose
             is
             that
             which
             was
             spoken
             by
             Solomon
             :
             [
             
               better
               is
               a
               neighbour
               that
               is
               near
               ,
               then
               a
               Brother
               that
               is
               far
               off
            
             :
             
             ]
             that
             is
             ,
             although
             ordinarily
             ,
             Brothers
             are
             first
             possessed
             of
             the
             entries
             and
             fancies
             of
             friendship
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             of
             the
             first
             societies
             and
             conversations
             ,
             yet
             when
             that
             ceases
             and
             the
             Brother
             goes
             away
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             does
             no
             advantage
             ,
             no
             benefit
             of
             entercourse
             ;
             the
             neighbour
             that
             dwells
             by
             me
             ,
             with
             whom
             if
             I
             converse
             at
             all
             ,
             either
             he
             is
             my
             enemy
             and
             does
             ,
             and
             receives
             evil
             ;
             or
             if
             we
             converse
             in
             worthinesses
             and
             benefit
             and
             pleasant
             communication
             ,
             
             he
             is
             better
             in
             the
             laws
             and
             measures
             of
             friendship
             then
             my
             distant
             Brother
             .
             And
             it
             is
             observable
             that
             [
             
               Brother
            
             ]
             is
             indeed
             a
             word
             of
             friendship
             and
             charity
             and
             of
             mutual
             endearment
             ,
             and
             so
             is
             a
             title
             of
             the
             bravest
             society
             ;
             yet
             in
             all
             the
             Scripture
             there
             are
             no
             precepts
             given
             of
             any
             duty
             and
             comport
             which
             Brothers
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             descendents
             of
             the
             same
             parents
             are
             to
             have
             one
             towards
             another
             in
             that
             capacity
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             not
             because
             their
             nearness
             is
             such
             that
             they
             need
             none
             :
             For
             parents
             and
             children
             are
             neerer
             and
             yet
             need
             tables
             of
             duty
             to
             be
             described
             ;
             and
             for
             Brothers
             ,
             certainly
             they
             need
             it
             infinitely
             if
             there
             be
             any
             peculiar
             duty
             ;
             
               Cain
            
             and
             
               Abel
            
             are
             the
             great
             probation
             of
             that
             ,
             and
             you
             know
             who
             said
             ,
             
               
                 Fratrum
                 quoque
                 gratia
                 rara
                 est
                 :
              
               
               
                 It
                 is
                 not
                 often
                 you
                 shall
                 see
              
               
                 Two
                 Brothers
                 live
                 in
                 amity
                 .
              
            
             But
             the
             Scripture
             which
             often
             describes
             the
             duty
             of
             Parents
             and
             Children
             ,
             never
             describes
             the
             duty
             of
             Brothers
             ;
             except
             where
             by
             
               Brethren
            
             are
             meant
             all
             that
             part
             of
             mankind
             who
             are
             tied
             to
             us
             by
             any
             vicinity
             and
             endearment
             of
             religion
             or
             country
             ,
             of
             profession
             and
             family
             ,
             of
             contract
             or
             society
             ,
             of
             love
             and
             the
             noblest
             friendships
             ;
             the
             meaning
             is
             ,
             that
             though
             fraternity
             alone
             be
             the
             endearment
             of
             some
             degrees
             of
             friendship
             ,
             without
             choice
             and
             without
             excellency
             ;
             yet
             the
             relation
             it selfe
             is
             not
             friendship
             and
             does
             not
             naturally
             infer
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             is
             procured
             by
             it
             ,
             is
             but
             limited
             and
             little
             ;
             and
             though
             it
             may
             pass
             into
             it
             ,
             as
             other
             conversations
             may
             ,
             yet
             the
             friendship
             is
             accidental
             to
             it
             ;
             
             enters
             upon
             other
             accounts
             ,
             as
             it
             does
             between
             strangers
             ;
             with
             this
             only
             difference
             that
             Brotherhood
             does
             oftentimes
             assist
             the
             valuation
             of
             those
             excellencies
             for
             which
             we
             entertain
             our
             friendships
             .
             Fraternity
             is
             the
             opportunity
             and
             the
             preliminary
             dispositions
             to
             friendship
             ,
             and
             no
             more
             .
             For
             if
             my
             Brother
             be
             a
             fool
             or
             a
             vitious
             person
             ,
             the
             love
             to
             which
             nature
             and
             our
             first
             conversation
             disposes
             me
             ,
             does
             not
             end
             in
             friendship
             ,
             but
             in
             pity
             and
             fair
             provisions
             ,
             and
             assistances
             ;
             which
             is
             a
             demonstration
             that
             Brotherhood
             is
             but
             the
             inclination
             and
             address
             to
             friendship
             ;
             and
             though
             I
             will
             love
             a
             worthy
             Brother
             more
             then
             a
             worthy
             stanger
             ;
             if
             the
             worthiness
             be
             equal
             ,
             because
             the
             relation
             is
             something
             ,
             and
             being
             put
             into
             the
             scales
             against
             an
             equal
             worthiness
             must
             needs
             turn
             the
             ballance
             ,
             as
             every
             grain
             will
             do
             
             in
             an
             even
             weight
             ;
             yet
             when
             the
             relation
             is
             all
             the
             worthiness
             that
             is
             pretended
             ,
             it
             cannot
             stand
             in
             competition
             with
             a
             friend
             :
             for
             though
             a
             
               friend-Brother
            
             is
             better
             then
             a
             
               friend-stranger
               ,
            
             where
             the
             friend
             is
             equal
             ,
             but
             the
             Brother
             is
             not
             :
             yet
             a
             Brother
             is
             not
             better
             then
             a
             friend
             ;
             but
             as
             
               Solomons
            
             expression
             is
             ,
             [
             there
             is
             a
             friend
             that
             is
             better
             then
             a
             Brother
             ,
             ]
             and
             to
             be
             born
             of
             the
             same
             parents
             is
             so
             accidental
             and
             extrinsick
             to
             a
             mans
             pleasure
             or
             worthiness
             ,
             or
             spiritual
             advantages
             ,
             that
             though
             it
             be
             very
             pleasing
             and
             usefull
             that
             a
             Brother
             should
             be
             a
             friend
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             no
             great
             addition
             to
             a
             friend
             that
             he
             also
             is
             a
             Brother
             :
             there
             is
             something
             in
             it
             ,
             but
             not
             much
             .
             But
             in
             short
             ,
             the
             case
             is
             thus
             .
             The
             first
             beginnings
             of
             friendship
             serve
             the
             necessities
             ;
             but
             choice
             and
             worthiness
             are
             the
             excellencies
             of
             its
             
             endearment
             and
             its
             bravery
             ;
             and
             between
             a
             Brother
             that
             is
             no
             friend
             ,
             and
             a
             friend
             that
             is
             no
             Brother
             ;
             there
             is
             the
             same
             difference
             as
             between
             the
             disposition
             ,
             and
             the
             act
             or
             habit
             :
             a
             Brother
             if
             he
             be
             worthy
             is
             the
             readiest
             and
             the
             nearest
             to
             be
             a
             friend
             ,
             but
             till
             he
             be
             so
             ,
             he
             is
             but
             the
             twi-light
             of
             the
             day
             ,
             and
             but
             the
             blossom
             to
             the
             fairest
             fruit
             of
             Paradise
             .
             A
             Brother
             does
             not
             alwayes
             make
             a
             friend
             ,
             but
             a
             friend
             ever
             makes
             a
             Brother
             and
             more
             :
             And
             although
             nature
             sometimes
             findes
             the
             tree
             ,
             yet
             friendship
             engraves
             the
             Image
             ;
             the
             first
             relation
             places
             him
             in
             the
             garden
             ,
             but
             friendship
             sets
             it
             in
             the
             Temple
             ,
             and
             then
             only
             it
             is
             venerable
             and
             sacred
             :
             and
             so
             is
             Brother-hood
             when
             it
             hath
             the
             soul
             of
             friendship
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             if
             it
             be
             asked
             which
             are
             most
             to
             be
             valued
             ,
             Brothers
             or
             
             friends
             ;
             the
             answer
             is
             very
             easie
             ;
             Brotherhood
             is
             or
             may
             be
             one
             of
             the
             kinds
             of
             friendship
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             onely
             hath
             its
             value
             ,
             and
             therefore
             if
             it
             be
             compared
             with
             a
             greater
             friendship
             must
             give
             place
             :
             But
             then
             it
             is
             not
             to
             be
             asked
             which
             is
             to
             be
             preferred
             ,
             a
             
               Brother
            
             or
             a
             
               Friend
               ,
            
             but
             which
             is
             the
             better
             friend
             ;
             
               Memnon
            
             or
             my
             
               Brother
               ?
            
             For
             if
             my
             Brother
             sayes
             I
             ought
             to
             love
             him
             best
             ,
             then
             he
             ought
             to
             love
             me
             best
             ;
             
               *
            
             if
             he
             does
             ,
             then
             there
             is
             a
             great
             friendship
             and
             he
             possibly
             is
             to
             be
             preferred
             ;
             if
             he
             can
             be
             that
             friend
             which
             he
             pretends
             to
             be
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             if
             he
             be
             equally
             worthy
             :
             but
             if
             he
             sayes
             ,
             I
             must
             love
             him
             only
             because
             he
             is
             my
             Brother
             ,
             whether
             he
             loves
             me
             or
             no
             ,
             he
             is
             ridiculous
             ;
             and
             it
             will
             be
             a
             strange
             relation
             
             which
             hath
             no
             correspondent
             :
             but
             suppose
             it
             ,
             and
             adde
             this
             also
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             equally
             his
             Brother
             as
             he
             is
             mine
             ,
             and
             then
             he
             also
             must
             love
             me
             whether
             I
             love
             him
             or
             no
             ,
             and
             if
             he
             does
             not
             ;
             he
             sayes
             ,
             I
             must
             love
             him
             though
             he
             be
             my
             Enemy
             ;
             and
             so
             I
             must
             ;
             but
             I
             must
             not
             love
             my
             Enemy
             though
             he
             be
             my
             Brother
             more
             then
             I
             love
             my
             Friend
             ;
             and
             at
             last
             if
             he
             does
             love
             me
             for
             being
             his
             Brother
             ,
             I
             confess
             that
             this
             love
             deserves
             love
             again
             ;
             but
             then
             I
             consider
             ,
             that
             he
             loves
             me
             upon
             an
             incompetent
             reason
             :
             for
             he
             that
             loves
             me
             only
             because
             I
             am
             his
             Brother
             ,
             loves
             me
             for
             that
             which
             is
             no
             worthiness
             ,
             and
             I
             must
             love
             him
             as
             much
             as
             that
             comes
             to
             ,
             and
             for
             as
             little
             reason
             ;
             unlesse
             this
             be
             added
             ,
             that
             he
             loves
             me
             first
             :
             but
             whether
             choice
             and
             union
             of
             souls
             ,
             and
             worthiness
             of
             manners
             and
             greatness
             of
             understanding
             ,
             
             and
             usefulness
             of
             conversation
             ,
             and
             the
             benefits
             of
             Counsel
             and
             all
             those
             endearments
             which
             make
             our
             lives
             pleasant
             and
             our
             persons
             Dear
             ,
             are
             not
             better
             and
             greater
             reasons
             of
             love
             and
             Dearness
             then
             to
             be
             born
             of
             the
             same
             flesh
             ,
             I
             think
             amongst
             wise
             persons
             needs
             no
             great
             enquiry
             .
             For
             fraternity
             is
             but
             a
             Cognation
             of
             bodies
             ,
             but
             friendship
             is
             an
             Union
             of
             souls
             which
             are
             confederated
             by
             more
             noble
             ligatures
             .
             My
             Brother
             ,
             if
             he
             be
             no
             more
             ,
             shall
             have
             my
             hand
             to
             help
             him
             ,
             but
             unless
             he
             be
             my
             friend
             too
             ,
             he
             cannot
             challenge
             my
             heart
             :
             and
             if
             his
             being
             my
             friend
             be
             the
             greater
             nearnesse
             ;
             then
             
               friend
            
             is
             more
             then
             
               Brother
               ,
            
             and
             I
             suppose
             no
             man
             doubts
             but
             that
             
               David
            
             lov'd
             
               Ionathan
            
             far
             more
             then
             he
             lov'd
             his
             Brother
             
               Eliab
               .
            
          
           
             One
             inquiry
             more
             there
             may
             be
             in
             this
             affair
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             whether
             
             a
             friend
             may
             be
             more
             then
             Husband
             or
             Wife
             ?
             To
             which
             I
             answer
             ,
             that
             it
             can
             never
             be
             reasonable
             or
             just
             ,
             prudent
             or
             lawful
             :
             but
             the
             reason
             is
             ,
             because
             Marriage
             is
             the
             Queen
             of
             friendships
             ,
             in
             which
             there
             is
             a
             communication
             of
             all
             that
             can
             be
             communicated
             by
             friendship
             :
             and
             it
             being
             made
             sacred
             by
             vows
             and
             love
             ,
             by
             bodies
             and
             souls
             ,
             by
             interest
             and
             custome
             ,
             by
             religion
             and
             by
             laws
             ,
             by
             common
             counsels
             ,
             and
             common
             fortunes
             ;
             it
             is
             the
             principal
             in
             the
             kind
             of
             friendship
             ,
             and
             the
             measure
             of
             all
             the
             rest
             :
             And
             there
             is
             no
             abatement
             to
             this
             consideration
             ,
             but
             that
             there
             may
             be
             some
             allay
             in
             this
             as
             in
             other
             lesser
             friendships
             by
             the
             incapacity
             of
             the
             persons
             :
             if
             I
             have
             not
             chosen
             my
             friend
             wisely
             or
             fortunately
             ,
             he
             cannot
             be
             the
             correlative
             in
             the
             best
             Union
             ;
             but
             then
             the
             friend
             lives
             as
             the
             soul
             does
             after
             
             death
             ,
             it
             is
             in
             the
             state
             of
             separation
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             soul
             strangely
             loves
             the
             body
             and
             longs
             to
             be
             reunited
             ,
             but
             the
             body
             is
             an
             useless
             trunk
             and
             can
             do
             no
             ministeries
             to
             the
             soul
             ;
             which
             therefore
             prayes
             to
             have
             the
             body
             reformed
             and
             restored
             and
             made
             a
             brave
             and
             a
             fit
             companion
             :
             So
             must
             these
             best
             friends
             ,
             when
             one
             is
             useless
             or
             unapt
             to
             the
             braveries
             of
             the
             princely
             friendship
             ,
             they
             must
             love
             ever
             ,
             and
             pray
             ever
             ,
             and
             long
             till
             the
             other
             be
             perfected
             and
             made
             fit
             ;
             in
             this
             case
             there
             wants
             only
             the
             body
             ,
             but
             the
             soul
             is
             still
             a
             relative
             and
             must
             be
             so
             for
             ever
             .
          
           
             A
             Husband
             and
             a
             Wife
             are
             the
             best
             friends
             ,
             but
             they
             cannot
             alwayes
             signifie
             all
             that
             to
             each
             other
             which
             their
             friendships
             would
             ;
             as
             the
             Sun
             shines
             not
             upon
             a
             Valley
             which
             sends
             up
             a
             thick
             vapour
             to
             cover
             his
             face
             ;
             and
             though
             
             his
             beams
             are
             eternal
             ,
             yet
             the
             emission
             is
             intercepted
             by
             the
             intervening
             cloud
             .
             But
             however
             ,
             all
             friendships
             are
             but
             parts
             of
             this
             ;
             a
             man
             must
             leave
             Father
             and
             Mother
             and
             cleave
             to
             his
             Wife
             ,
             that
             is
             [
             
               the
               dearest
               thing
               in
               Nature
               is
               not
               comparable
               to
               the
               dearest
               thing
               of
               friendship
               :
            
             ]
             and
             I
             think
             this
             is
             argument
             sufficient
             to
             prove
             friendship
             to
             be
             the
             greatest
             band
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             Adde
             to
             this
             ,
             that
             other
             friendships
             are
             parts
             of
             this
             ,
             they
             are
             marriages
             too
             ,
             less
             indeed
             then
             the
             other
             ,
             because
             they
             cannot
             ,
             must
             not
             be
             all
             that
             endearment
             which
             the
             other
             is
             ;
             yet
             that
             being
             the
             principal
             ,
             is
             the
             measure
             of
             the
             rest
             ,
             and
             are
             all
             to
             be
             honoured
             by
             like
             dignities
             ,
             and
             measured
             by
             the
             same
             rules
             ,
             and
             conducted
             by
             their
             portion
             of
             the
             same
             Laws
             :
             But
             as
             friendships
             are
             
               Marriages
            
             of
             the
             soul
             ,
             and
             of
             fortunes
             and
             interests
             ,
             
             and
             counsels
             ;
             so
             they
             are
             
               brotherhoods
            
             too
             ;
             and
             I
             often
             think
             of
             the
             excellencies
             of
             friendships
             in
             the
             words
             of
             
               David
               ,
            
             who
             certainly
             was
             the
             best
             friend
             in
             the
             world
             [
             
               Ecce
               quam
               bonum
               &
               quam
               jucundum
               fratres
               habitare
               in
               unum
               :
            
             ]
             It
             is
             good
             and
             it
             is
             pleasant
             that
             Brethren
             should
             live
             like
             friends
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             they
             who
             are
             any
             wayes
             relative
             ,
             and
             who
             are
             any
             wayes
             sociall
             and
             confederate
             should
             also
             dwell
             in
             Unity
             and
             loving
             society
             ,
             for
             that
             is
             the
             meaning
             of
             the
             word
             [
             Brother
             ]
             in
             Scripture
             [
             It
             was
             my
             Brother
             
               Ionathan
               ,
            
             said
             
               David
               :
            
             such
             Brothers
             contracting
             such
             friendships
             are
             the
             beauties
             of
             society
             ,
             and
             the
             pleasure
             of
             life
             ,
             and
             the
             festivity
             of
             minds
             :
             and
             whatsoever
             can
             be
             spoken
             of
             love
             ,
             which
             is
             Gods
             eldest
             daughter
             ,
             can
             be
             said
             of
             vertuous
             friendships
             ;
             and
             though
             
               Carneades
            
             made
             an
             eloquent
             
             oration
             at
             
               Rome
            
             against
             justice
             ,
             yet
             never
             saw
             a
             Panegyrick
             of
             malice
             ,
             or
             ever
             read
             that
             any
             man
             was
             witty
             against
             friendship
             .
             Indeed
             it
             is
             probable
             that
             some
             men
             ,
             finding
             themselves
             by
             the
             peculiarities
             of
             friendship
             excluded
             from
             the
             participation
             of
             those
             beauties
             of
             society
             which
             enamel
             and
             adorn
             the
             wise
             and
             the
             vertuous
             might
             suppose
             themselves
             to
             have
             reason
             to
             speak
             the
             evill
             words
             of
             envie
             and
             detraction
             ;
             I
             wonder
             not
             for
             all
             those
             unhappy
             souls
             which
             shall
             find
             heaven
             gates
             shut
             against
             them
             ,
             will
             think
             they
             have
             reason
             to
             murmur
             and
             blaspheme
             :
             The
             similitude
             is
             apt
             enough
             ,
             for
             that
             is
             the
             region
             of
             friendship
             ;
             and
             love
             is
             the
             light
             of
             that
             glorious
             Countrey
             ,
             but
             so
             bright
             that
             it
             needs
             no
             Sun
             :
             Here
             we
             have
             fine
             and
             bright
             rayes
             of
             that
             celestiall
             flame
             ,
             and
             though
             to
             all
             mankinde
             
             the
             light
             of
             it
             is
             in
             some
             measure
             to
             be
             extended
             ,
             like
             the
             treasures
             of
             light
             dwelling
             in
             the
             South
             ,
             yet
             a
             little
             do
             illustrate
             and
             beautifie
             the
             North
             ,
             yet
             some
             live
             under
             the
             line
             ,
             and
             the
             beams
             of
             friendship
             in
             that
             position
             are
             imminent
             and
             perpendicular
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             but
             one
             thing
             more
             in
             which
             the
             Communications
             of
             friendship
             can
             be
             restrained
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             in
             Friends
             and
             Enemies
             :
             
               Amicus
               amici
               ,
               amicus
               meus
               non
               est
            
             :
             My
             friends
             friend
             is
             not
             alwayes
             my
             friend
             ;
             nor
             his
             enemy
             mine
             ;
             for
             if
             my
             friend
             quarrell
             with
             a
             third
             person
             with
             whom
             he
             hath
             had
             no
             friendships
             ,
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             interest
             ;
             if
             that
             third
             person
             be
             my
             friend
             ,
             the
             nobleness
             of
             our
             friendships
             despises
             such
             a
             quarrel
             ;
             and
             what
             may
             be
             reasonable
             in
             him
             ,
             would
             be
             ignoble
             in
             me
             ;
             sometimes
             it
             may
             be
             
             otherwise
             ,
             and
             friends
             may
             marry
             one
             anothers
             loves
             and
             hatreds
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             by
             chance
             if
             it
             can
             be
             just
             ,
             and
             therefore
             
               because
               it
               is
               not
               alwayes
               right
               it
               cannot
               be
               ever
               necessary
               .
            
          
           
             In
             all
             things
             else
             ,
             let
             friendships
             be
             as
             high
             and
             expressive
             till
             they
             become
             an
             Union
             ,
             or
             that
             friends
             like
             the
             Molionidae
             be
             so
             the
             same
             that
             the
             flames
             of
             their
             dead
             bodies
             make
             but
             one
             Pyramis
             ;
             no
             charity
             can
             be
             reproved
             ,
             and
             such
             friendships
             which
             are
             more
             then
             shadows
             ,
             are
             nothing
             else
             but
             the
             rayes
             of
             that
             glorious
             grace
             drawn
             into
             one
             centre
             ,
             and
             made
             more
             active
             by
             the
             Union
             ;
             and
             the
             proper
             significations
             are
             well
             represented
             in
             the
             old
             Hieroglyphick
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             antients
             depicted
             friendship
             :
             
               In
               the
               beauties
               and
               strength
               of
               a
               young
               man
               ,
               bare-headed
               ,
               rudely
               clothed
               ,
               to
               signifie
               
               its
               activity
               ,
               and
               lastingness
               ,
               readiness
               of
               action
               ,
               and
               aptnesses
               to
               doe
               service
               ;
               Upon
               the
               fringes
               of
               his
               garment
               was
               written
               
                 Mors
                 &
                 vita
                 ,
              
               as
               signifying
               that
               
                 in
                 life
                 and
                 death
              
               the
               friendship
               was
               the
               same
               ;
               on
               the
               forehead
               was
               written
               ,
               
                 Summer
                 and
                 Winter
                 ,
              
               that
               is
               ,
               prosperous
               and
               adverse
               accidents
               and
               states
               of
               life
               ;
               the
               left
               arm
               and
               shoulder
               was
               bare
               and
               naed
               down
               to
               the
               heart
               to
               which
               the
               finger
               pointed
               ,
               and
               there
               was
               written
               
                 longè
                 &
                 propè
              
               :
            
             by
             all
             which
             we
             know
             that
             friendship
             does
             good
             farre
             and
             neer
             :
             in
             Summer
             and
             in
             Winter
             ,
             in
             life
             and
             death
             ,
             and
             knowes
             no
             difference
             of
             state
             or
             accident
             but
             by
             the
             variety
             of
             her
             services
             :
             and
             therefore
             ask
             no
             more
             to
             what
             we
             can
             be
             obliged
             by
             friendship
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             every
             thing
             that
             can
             be
             
               honest
            
             and
             
               prudent
               ,
               useful
            
             and
             
               necessary
               .
            
          
           
           
             For
             this
             is
             all
             the
             allay
             of
             this
             Universality
             ,
             we
             may
             do
             any
             thing
             or
             suffer
             any
             thing
             ,
             that
             is
             
               wise
            
             or
             
               necessary
               ,
            
             or
             
               greatly
               beneficial
            
             to
             my
             friend
             ,
             and
             that
             
               in
               any
               thing
               ,
            
             in
             which
             I
             am
             
               perfect
               master
            
             of
             my
             
               person
            
             and
             
               fortunes
               .
            
             But
             I
             would
             not
             in
             bravery
             visit
             my
             friend
             when
             he
             is
             sick
             of
             the
             plague
             ,
             unless
             I
             can
             do
             him
             good
             equall
             at
             least
             to
             my
             danger
             ,
             but
             I
             will
             procure
             him
             Physicians
             and
             prayers
             ,
             all
             the
             assistances
             that
             he
             can
             receive
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             can
             desire
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             in
             my
             power
             :
             and
             when
             he
             is
             dead
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             run
             into
             his
             grave
             and
             be
             stifled
             with
             his
             earth
             ;
             but
             I
             will
             mourn
             for
             him
             ,
             and
             perform
             his
             will
             ,
             and
             take
             care
             of
             his
             relatives
             ,
             and
             doe
             for
             him
             as
             if
             he
             were
             alive
             ,
             and
             I
             think
             that
             is
             the
             meaning
             of
             that
             hard
             saying
             of
             a
             Greek
             Poet
             
             
               
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
              
               
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 me
                 though
                 distant
                 let
                 thy
                 friendship
                 fly
                 ,
              
               
                 Though
                 men
                 be
                 mortal
                 ,
                 friendships
                 must
                 not
                 die
                 .
              
               
                 Of
                 all
                 things
                 else
                 ther
                 's
                 great
                 satiety
                 .
              
            
             Of
             such
             immortal
             abstracted
             pure
             friendships
             indeed
             there
             is
             no
             great
             plenty
             ,
             and
             to
             see
             brothers
             hate
             each
             other
             ,
             is
             not
             so
             rare
             as
             to
             see
             them
             love
             at
             this
             rate
             .
             
               The
               dead
               and
               the
               absent
               have
               but
               few
               friends
               ,
            
             say
             the
             Spaniards
             ;
             but
             they
             who
             are
             the
             same
             to
             their
             friend
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             when
             he
             is
             in
             another
             Countrey
             ,
             or
             in
             another
             World
             ,
             these
             are
             they
             who
             are
             fit
             to
             preserve
             
             the
             sacred
             fire
             for
             eternal
             sacrifices
             ,
             and
             to
             perpetuate
             the
             memory
             of
             those
             exemplar
             friendships
             of
             the
             best
             men
             which
             have
             filled
             the
             world
             with
             history
             and
             wonder
             :
             for
             in
             no
             other
             sense
             but
             this
             ,
             can
             it
             be
             true
             ;
             that
             friendships
             are
             pure
             loves
             ,
             regarding
             to
             do
             good
             more
             then
             to
             receive
             it
             :
             He
             that
             is
             a
             friend
             after
             death
             ,
             hopes
             not
             for
             a
             recompense
             from
             his
             friend
             ,
             and
             makes
             no
             bargain
             either
             for
             fame
             or
             love
             ;
             but
             is
             rewarded
             with
             the
             conscience
             and
             satisfaction
             of
             doing
             bravely
             :
             but
             then
             this
             is
             demonstration
             that
             they
             choose
             Friends
             best
             who
             take
             persons
             so
             worthy
             that
             can
             and
             will
             do
             so
             :
             This
             is
             the
             profit
             and
             usefulnesse
             of
             friendship
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             contracts
             such
             a
             noble
             Union
             ;
             must
             take
             care
             that
             his
             friend
             be
             such
             who
             can
             and
             will
             ;
             but
             hopes
             that
             himselfe
             shall
             be
             first
             used
             ,
             and
             put
             
             to
             act
             it
             :
             I
             will
             not
             have
             such
             a
             friendship
             that
             is
             good
             for
             nothing
             ,
             but
             I
             hope
             that
             I
             shall
             be
             on
             the
             giving
             and
             assisting
             part
             ;
             and
             yet
             if
             both
             the
             friends
             be
             so
             noble
             and
             hope
             and
             strive
             to
             doe
             the
             benefit
             ,
             I
             cannot
             well
             say
             which
             ought
             to
             yield
             ,
             and
             whether
             that
             friendship
             were
             braver
             that
             could
             be
             content
             to
             be
             unprosperous
             so
             his
             friend
             might
             have
             the
             glory
             of
             assisting
             him
             ;
             or
             that
             which
             desires
             to
             give
             assistances
             in
             the
             greatest
             measures
             of
             friendship
             :
             but
             he
             that
             chooses
             a
             worthy
             friend
             that
             himself
             in
             the
             dayes
             of
             sorrow
             and
             need
             might
             receive
             the
             advantage
             ,
             hath
             no
             excuse
             ,
             no
             pardon
             ,
             unless
             himself
             be
             as
             certain
             to
             do
             assistances
             when
             evil
             fortune
             shall
             require
             them
             .
             The
             summe
             of
             this
             answer
             to
             this
             enquiry
             I
             give
             you
             in
             a
             pair
             of
             Greek
             verses
             .
          
           
           
             
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
            
             
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               .
            
             
               Friends
               are
               to
               friends
               as
               lesser
               Gods
               ,
               while
               they
            
             
               Honour
               and
               service
               to
               each
               other
               pay
               .
            
             
               But
               when
               a
               dark
               cloud
               comes
               ,
               grudge
               not
               to
               lend
            
             
               Thy
               head
               ,
               thy
               heart
               ,
               thy
               fortune
               to
               thy
               friend
               .
            
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             last
             inquiry
             is
             ,
             
               how
               friendships
               are
               to
               be
               conducted
               ?
            
             That
             is
             ,
             what
             are
             
               the
               duties
               in
               presence
               and
               in
               absence
               ;
               whether
               the
               friend
               may
               not
               desire
               to
               enjoy
               his
               friend
               as
               well
               as
               his
               friendship
               ?
            
             The
             answer
             to
             which
             in
             a
             great
             measure
             depends
             upon
             what
             I
             have
             said
             already
             :
             and
             if
             friendship
             be
             a
             charity
             in
             society
             ,
             
             and
             is
             not
             for
             contemplation
             and
             noise
             ,
             but
             for
             materiall
             comforts
             and
             noble
             treatments
             and
             usages
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             peradventure
             ,
             but
             that
             if
             I
             buy
             land
             ,
             I
             may
             eat
             the
             fruits
             ,
             and
             if
             I
             take
             a
             house
             .
             I
             may
             dwell
             in
             it
             ;
             and
             if
             I
             love
             a
             worthy
             person
             ,
             I
             may
             please
             my selfe
             in
             his
             society
             :
             and
             in
             this
             there
             is
             no
             exception
             ,
             unless
             the
             friendship
             be
             between
             persons
             of
             a
             different
             sex
             :
             for
             then
             not
             only
             the
             interest
             of
             their
             religion
             ,
             and
             the
             care
             of
             their
             honour
             ,
             but
             the
             worthiness
             of
             their
             friendship
             requires
             that
             their
             entercourse
             be
             prudent
             and
             free
             from
             suspicion
             and
             reproach
             :
             and
             if
             a
             friend
             is
             obliged
             to
             bear
             a
             calamity
             ,
             so
             he
             secure
             the
             honour
             of
             his
             friend
             ,
             it
             will
             concern
             him
             to
             conduct
             his
             entercourse
             in
             the
             lines
             of
             a
             vertuous
             prudence
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             shall
             rather
             lose
             much
             of
             
               his
               own
               comfort
               ,
            
             then
             she
             any
             thing
             
             of
             
               her
               honour
            
             ;
             and
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             the
             noises
             of
             people
             are
             so
             to
             be
             regarded
             ,
             that
             next
             to
             innocence
             they
             are
             the
             principal
             .
             But
             when
             by
             caution
             and
             prudence
             and
             severe
             conduct
             ,
             a
             friend
             hath
             done
             all
             that
             he
             or
             she
             can
             to
             secure
             fame
             and
             honourable
             reports
             ;
             after
             this
             ,
             their
             noises
             are
             to
             be
             despised
             ;
             they
             must
             not
             fright
             us
             from
             our
             friendships
             ,
             nor
             from
             her
             fairest
             entercourses
             ;
             
               I
               may
               lawfully
               pluck
               the
               clusters
               from
               my
               own
               vine
               ,
               though
               he
               that
               walks
               by
               ,
               calls
               me
               thief
               .
            
          
           
             But
             by
             the
             way
             (
             Madam
             )
             you
             may
             see
             how
             much
             I
             differ
             from
             the
             morosity
             of
             those
             Cynics
             who
             would
             not
             admit
             your
             sex
             into
             the
             communities
             of
             a
             noble
             friendship
             .
             I
             believe
             some
             Wives
             have
             been
             the
             best
             friends
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             and
             few
             stories
             can
             out-do
             the
             nobleness
             and
             piety
             of
             that
             Lady
             that
             
             suck'd
             the
             poisonous
             ,
             purulent
             matter
             from
             the
             wound
             of
             our
             brave
             Prince
             in
             the
             holy
             Land
             ,
             when
             an
             Assasine
             had
             pierc'd
             him
             with
             a
             venom'd
             arrow
             ;
             and
             if
             it
             be
             told
             that
             women
             cannot
             retain
             counsell
             ,
             and
             therefore
             can
             be
             no
             brave
             friends
             ;
             I
             can
             best
             confute
             them
             by
             the
             story
             of
             
               Porcia
               ,
            
             who
             being
             fearful
             of
             the
             weakness
             of
             her
             sex
             ,
             stabb'd
             her self
             into
             the
             thigh
             to
             try
             how
             she
             could
             bear
             pain
             ;
             and
             finding
             her selfe
             constant
             enough
             to
             that
             sufferance
             ,
             gently
             chid
             her
             
               Brutus
            
             for
             not
             daring
             to
             trust
             her
             ,
             since
             now
             she
             perceived
             that
             no
             torment
             could
             wrest
             that
             secret
             from
             her
             ,
             which
             she
             hoped
             might
             be
             intrusted
             to
             her
             .
             If
             there
             were
             not
             more
             things
             to
             be
             said
             for
             your
             satisfaction
             ,
             I
             could
             have
             made
             it
             disputable
             whether
             have
             been
             more
             illustrious
             in
             their
             friendships
             men
             
             or
             women
             ?
             I
             cannot
             say
             that
             Women
             are
             capable
             of
             all
             those
             excellencies
             by
             which
             men
             can
             oblige
             the
             world
             ;
             and
             therefore
             a
             femal
             friend
             in
             some
             cases
             is
             not
             so
             good
             a
             counsellor
             as
             a
             wise
             man
             ,
             and
             cannot
             so
             well
             defend
             my
             honour
             ;
             nor
             dispose
             of
             reliefs
             and
             assistances
             if
             she
             be
             under
             the
             power
             of
             another
             :
             but
             a
             woman
             can
             love
             as
             passionately
             ,
             and
             converse
             as
             pleasantly
             ,
             and
             retain
             a
             secret
             as
             faithfully
             ,
             and
             be
             useful
             in
             her
             proper
             ministeries
             ;
             and
             she
             can
             die
             for
             her
             friend
             as
             well
             as
             the
             bravest
             Roman
             Knight
             ;
             and
             we
             find
             that
             some
             persons
             have
             engag'd
             themselves
             as
             farre
             as
             death
             upon
             a
             less
             interest
             then
             all
             this
             amounts
             to
             :
             such
             were
             the
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             as
             the
             Greeks
             call
             them
             ,
             the
             Devoti
             of
             a
             Prince
             or
             General
             ,
             the
             assassins
             amongst
             the
             
               Saracens
               ,
            
             the
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             amongst
             the
             old
             
               Galatians
            
             :
             
             they
             did
             as
             much
             as
             a
             friend
             could
             do
             ;
             and
             if
             the
             greatest
             services
             of
             a
             friend
             can
             be
             paid
             for
             by
             an
             ignoble
             price
             ,
             we
             cannot
             grudge
             to
             vertuous
             and
             brave
             women
             that
             they
             be
             partners
             in
             a
             noble
             friendship
             ,
             since
             their
             conversation
             and
             returns
             can
             adde
             so
             many
             moments
             to
             the
             felicity
             of
             our
             lives
             :
             and
             therefore
             ,
             though
             a
             Knife
             cannot
             enter
             as
             farre
             as
             a
             Sword
             ,
             yet
             a
             Knife
             may
             be
             more
             useful
             to
             some
             purposes
             ;
             and
             in
             every
             thing
             ,
             except
             it
             be
             against
             an
             enemy
             .
             A
             man
             is
             the
             best
             friend
             in
             trouble
             ,
             but
             a
             woman
             may
             be
             equal
             to
             him
             in
             the
             dayes
             of
             joy
             :
             a
             woman
             can
             as
             well
             increase
             our
             comforts
             ,
             but
             cannot
             so
             well
             lessen
             our
             sorrows
             :
             and
             therefore
             we
             do
             not
             carry
             women
             with
             us
             when
             we
             go
             to
             fight
             ;
             but
             in
             peacefull
             Cities
             and
             times
             ,
             vertuous
             women
             are
             the
             beauties
             
             of
             society
             and
             the
             prettinesses
             of
             friendship
             .
             And
             when
             we
             consider
             that
             few
             persons
             in
             the
             world
             have
             all
             those
             excellencies
             by
             which
             friendship
             can
             be
             usefull
             and
             illustrious
             ,
             we
             may
             as
             well
             allow
             women
             as
             men
             to
             be
             friends
             ;
             since
             
               they
            
             can
             have
             all
             that
             which
             can
             be
             necessary
             and
             essentiall
             to
             friendships
             ,
             and
             
               these
            
             cannot
             have
             all
             by
             which
             friendships
             can
             be
             accidentally
             improved
             ;
             in
             all
             some
             abatements
             will
             be
             made
             ;
             and
             we
             shall
             do
             too
             much
             honour
             to
             women
             ,
             if
             we
             reject
             them
             from
             friendships
             because
             they
             are
             not
             perfect
             :
             for
             if
             to
             friendships
             we
             admit
             imperfect
             men
             ,
             because
             no
             man
             is
             perfect
             :
             he
             that
             rejects
             women
             does
             finde
             fault
             with
             them
             because
             they
             are
             not
             more
             perfect
             then
             men
             ,
             which
             either
             does
             secretly
             affirm
             that
             they
             ought
             and
             can
             be
             perfect
             ,
             or
             else
             it
             openly
             accuses
             men
             
             of
             injustice
             and
             partiality
             .
          
           
             I
             hope
             you
             will
             pardon
             me
             that
             I
             am
             a
             little
             gone
             from
             my
             undertaking
             ,
             I
             went
             aside
             to
             wait
             upon
             the
             women
             and
             to
             do
             countenance
             to
             their
             tender
             vertues
             :
             I
             am
             now
             return'd
             ,
             and
             ,
             if
             I
             were
             to
             do
             the
             office
             of
             a
             guide
             to
             uninstructed
             friends
             ,
             would
             adde
             the
             particulars
             following
             ;
             Madam
             ,
             you
             need
             not
             read
             them
             now
             ,
             but
             when
             any
             friends
             come
             to
             be
             taught
             by
             your
             precept
             and
             example
             how
             to
             converse
             in
             the
             noblest
             Conjugations
             ,
             you
             may
             put
             these
             into
             better
             words
             and
             tell
             them
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             the
             first
             law
             of
             friendship
             is
             ,
             they
             must
             neither
             ask
             of
             their
             friend
             what
             is
             Undecent
             ;
             nor
             grant
             it
             if
             themselves
             be
             askt
             .
             For
             it
             is
             no
             good
             office
             to
             make
             my
             friend
             more
             vitious
             or
             more
             a
             fool
             ;
             I
             will
             restrain
             his
             folly
             ,
             but
             not
             
             nurse
             it
             ;
             I
             will
             not
             make
             my
             groom
             the
             officer
             of
             my
             lust
             and
             vanity
             .
             There
             are
             Villains
             who
             sell
             their
             souls
             for
             bread
             ,
             that
             offer
             sin
             and
             vanity
             at
             a
             price
             :
             I
             should
             be
             unwilling
             my
             friend
             should
             know
             I
             am
             vitious
             ;
             but
             if
             he
             could
             be
             brought
             to
             minister
             to
             it
             ;
             he
             is
             not
             worthy
             to
             be
             my
             friend
             :
             and
             if
             I
             could
             offer
             it
             to
             him
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             deserve
             to
             claspe
             hands
             with
             a
             vertuous
             person
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Let
             no
             man
             choose
             him
             for
             his
             friend
             whom
             it
             shall
             be
             possible
             for
             him
             ever
             after
             to
             hate
             ,
             for
             though
             the
             
               society
            
             may
             justly
             be
             interrupted
             ,
             yet
             
               love
            
             is
             an
             immortal
             thing
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             never
             despise
             him
             whom
             I
             could
             once
             think
             worthy
             of
             my
             love
             .
             A
             friend
             that
             proves
             not
             good
             is
             rather
             to
             be
             suffered
             ,
             then
             any
             enmities
             be
             entertained
             :
             and
             there
             are
             some
             outer
             offices
             of
             friendship
             and
             little
             
             drudgeries
             in
             which
             the
             less
             worthy
             are
             to
             be
             imployed
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             better
             that
             he
             be
             below
             stairs
             then
             quite
             thrown
             out
             of
             doors
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             There
             are
             two
             things
             which
             a
             friend
             can
             never
             pardon
             ,
             a
             treacherous
             blow
             and
             the
             revealing
             of
             a
             secret
             ,
             because
             these
             are
             against
             the
             Nature
             of
             friendship
             ;
             they
             are
             the
             adulteries
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             dissolve
             the
             Union
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             matters
             of
             friendship
             which
             is
             the
             marriage
             of
             souls
             ;
             these
             are
             the
             proper
             causes
             of
             divorce
             :
             and
             therefore
             I
             shall
             adde
             this
             only
             ,
             that
             
               secrecy
            
             is
             the
             
               chastity
               of
               friendship
               ,
            
             and
             the
             publication
             of
             it
             is
             a
             prostitution
             and
             direct
             debauchery
             ;
             but
             a
             secret
             ,
             treacherous
             wound
             is
             a
             perfect
             and
             unpardonable
             Apostacy
             .
             I
             remember
             a
             pretty
             apologue
             that
             
               Bromiard
            
             tells
             .
             A
             Fowler
             in
             a
             sharp
             frosty
             morning
             having
             taken
             many
             little
             birds
             for
             which
             he
             
             had
             long
             watched
             ,
             began
             to
             take
             up
             his
             nets
             ;
             and
             nipping
             the
             birds
             on
             the
             head
             laid
             them
             down
             .
             A
             young
             thrush
             espying
             the
             tears
             trickling
             down
             his
             cheeks
             by
             the
             reason
             of
             the
             extreme
             cold
             ,
             said
             to
             her
             Mother
             ,
             that
             certainly
             the
             man
             was
             very
             merciful
             and
             compassionate
             that
             wept
             so
             bitterly
             over
             the
             calamity
             of
             the
             poor
             Birds
             .
             But
             her
             Mother
             told
             her
             more
             wisely
             ,
             that
             she
             might
             better
             judge
             of
             the
             mans
             disposition
             by
             his
             hand
             then
             by
             his
             eye
             ;
             and
             if
             the
             hands
             do
             strike
             treacherously
             ,
             he
             can
             never
             be
             admitted
             to
             friendship
             ,
             who
             speaks
             fairly
             and
             weeps
             pittifully
             .
             Friendship
             is
             the
             greatest
             honesty
             and
             ingenuity
             in
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Never
             accuse
             thy
             friend
             ,
             nor
             believe
             him
             that
             does
             :
             if
             thou
             dost
             ,
             thou
             hast
             broken
             the
             skin
             ;
             but
             he
             that
             is
             angry
             with
             every
             little
             
             fault
             breaks
             the
             bones
             of
             friendship
             :
             and
             when
             we
             consider
             that
             in
             society
             and
             the
             accidents
             of
             every
             day
             ,
             in
             which
             no
             man
             is
             constantly
             pleased
             or
             displeased
             with
             the
             same
             things
             ;
             we
             shall
             finde
             reason
             to
             impute
             the
             change
             unto
             our selves
             ;
             and
             the
             emanations
             of
             the
             Sun
             are
             still
             glorious
             ,
             when
             our
             eyes
             are
             sore
             :
             and
             we
             have
             no
             reason
             to
             be
             angry
             with
             an
             eternal
             light
             ,
             because
             we
             have
             a
             changeable
             and
             a
             mortal
             faculty
             .
             But
             however
             ,
             do
             not
             think
             thou
             didst
             contract
             alliance
             with
             an
             Angel
             ,
             when
             thou
             didst
             take
             thy
             friend
             into
             thy
             bosome
             ;
             he
             may
             be
             weak
             as
             well
             as
             thou
             art
             ,
             and
             thou
             mayest
             need
             pardon
             as
             well
             as
             he
             ,
             and
             
               
                 
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                 .
              
               
                 Theog
                 .
              
            
             
             
               that
               man
               loves
               flattery
               more
               then
               friendship
               ,
               who
               would
               not
               only
               have
               his
               friend
               ,
               but
               all
               the
               contingencies
               of
               his
               friend
               to
               humour
               him
               .
            
          
           
             5.
             
             Give
             thy
             friend
             counsel
             wisely
             and
             charitably
             ,
             but
             leave
             him
             to
             his
             liberty
             whether
             he
             will
             follow
             thee
             or
             no
             :
             and
             be
             not
             angry
             if
             thy
             counsel
             be
             rejected
             :
             for
             ,
             
               advice
               is
               no
               Empire
               ,
            
             and
             he
             is
             not
             my
             friend
             that
             will
             be
             my
             Judge
             whether
             I
             will
             or
             no
             .
             
               Neoptolemus
            
             had
             never
             been
             honoured
             with
             the
             victory
             and
             spoiles
             of
             
               Troy
            
             if
             he
             had
             attended
             to
             the
             tears
             and
             counsel
             of
             
               Lycomedes
               ,
            
             who
             being
             afraid
             to
             venture
             the
             young
             man
             ,
             fain
             would
             have
             had
             him
             sleep
             at
             home
             safe
             in
             his
             little
             Island
             .
             He
             that
             gives
             advice
             to
             his
             friend
             and
             
               exacts
               obedience
            
             to
             it
             ,
             does
             not
             the
             kindnesse
             and
             ingenuity
             of
             a
             friend
             but
             the
             office
             and
             pertness
             of
             a
             Schoolmaster
             .
          
           
           
             6.
             
             Never
             be
             a
             Judge
             between
             thy
             friends
             in
             any
             matter
             where
             both
             set
             their
             hearts
             upon
             the
             victory
             :
             If
             st●angers
             or
             enemies
             be
             litigants
             ,
             what
             ever
             side
             thou
             favourest
             ,
             thou
             gettest
             a
             friend
             ,
             but
             when
             friends
             are
             the
             parties
             thou
             losest
             one
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             Never
             comport
             thy self
             so
             ,
             as
             that
             thy
             friend
             can
             be
             afraid
             of
             thee
             :
             for
             then
             the
             state
             of
             the
             relation
             alters
             when
             a
             new
             and
             troublesome
             passion
             supervenes
             .
             
               ODERUNT
               quos
               METUUNT
               .
               Perfect
               love
               casteth
               out
               fear
               ,
            
             and
             no
             man
             is
             friend
             to
             a
             Tyrant
             ;
             but
             that
             friendship
             is
             Tyranny
             where
             the
             love
             is
             changed
             into
             fear
             ,
             equality
             into
             empire
             ,
             society
             into
             obedience
             ;
             for
             then
             all
             my
             kindness
             to
             him
             also
             will
             be
             no
             better
             then
             flattery
             .
          
           
           
             8.
             
             When
             you
             admonish
             your
             friend
             ,
             let
             it
             be
             without
             bitternesse
             ;
             when
             you
             chide
             him
             ,
             let
             it
             be
             without
             reproach
             ;
             when
             you
             praise
             him
             ,
             let
             it
             be
             with
             worthy
             purposes
             and
             for
             just
             ca●ses
             ,
             and
             in
             friendly
             measures
             ;
             too
             much
             of
             that
             is
             flattery
             ,
             too
             little
             is
             envy
             ;
             if
             you
             doe
             it
             justly
             you
             teach
             him
             true
             measures
             :
             but
             when
             others
             praise
             him
             ,
             rejoyce
             ,
             though
             they
             praise
             not
             thee
             ,
             and
             remember
             that
             if
             thou
             esteemest
             his
             praise
             to
             be
             thy
             disparagement
             ,
             thou
             art
             envious
             ,
             but
             neither
             just
             nor
             kind
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             When
             all
             things
             else
             are
             equal
             preferre
             an
             old
             friend
             before
             a
             new
             .
             If
             thou
             meanest
             to
             spend
             thy
             friend
             ,
             and
             make
             a
             gain
             of
             him
             till
             he
             be
             weary
             ,
             thou
             wilt
             esteem
             him
             as
             a
             beast
             of
             burden
             ,
             the
             worse
             for
             his
             age
             ;
             
             But
             if
             thou
             esteemest
             him
             by
             noble
             measures
             ,
             he
             will
             be
             better
             to
             thee
             by
             thy
             being
             used
             to
             him
             ,
             by
             tryall
             and
             experience
             ,
             by
             reciprocation
             of
             indearments
             ,
             and
             an
             habitual
             worthiness
             .
             An
             old
             friend
             is
             like
             old
             wine
             ,
             which
             when
             a
             man
             hath
             drunk
             ,
             he
             doth
             not
             desire
             new
             ,
             because
             he
             saith
             the
             old
             is
             better
             .
             But
             every
             old
             friend
             was
             new
             once
             ;
             and
             if
             he
             be
             worthy
             keep
             the
             new
             one
             till
             he
             become
             old
             .
          
           
             10.
             
             After
             all
             this
             ,
             treat
             thy
             friend
             nobly
             ,
             love
             to
             be
             with
             him
             ,
             do
             to
             him
             all
             the
             worthinesses
             of
             love
             and
             fair
             endearment
             ,
             according
             to
             thy
             capacity
             and
             his
             ;
             Bear
             with
             his
             infirmities
             till
             they
             approach
             towards
             being
             criminal
             ;
             but
             never
             dissemble
             with
             him
             ,
             never
             despise
             him
             ,
             never
             leave
             him
             .
          
           
           
             
               *
            
             Give
             him
             gifts
             and
             upbraid
             him
             not
             ,
             
               †
            
             and
             refuse
             not
             his
             kindnesses
             ,
             and
             be
             sure
             never
             to
             despise
             the
             smallness
             or
             the
             impropriety
             of
             them
             .
             
               Confirmatur
               amor
               beneficio
               accepto
            
             :
             A
             gift
             (
             saith
             
               Solomon
            
             )
             fastneth
             friendships
             ;
             for
             as
             an
             eye
             that
             dwells
             long
             upon
             a
             starre
             must
             be
             refreshed
             with
             lesser
             beauties
             and
             strengthened
             with
             greens
             and
             looking-glasses
             ,
             lest
             the
             sight
             become
             amazed
             with
             too
             great
             a
             splendor
             ;
             so
             must
             the
             love
             of
             friends
             sometimes
             be
             refreshed
             with
             material
             and
             low
             Caresses
             ;
             lest
             by
             
             striving
             to
             be
             
               too
               divine
            
             it
             becomes
             
               less
               humane
            
             :
             It
             must
             be
             allowed
             its
             share
             of
             
               both
            
             :
             It
             is
             
               humane
            
             in
             giving
             pardon
             and
             fair
             construction
             ,
             and
             opennesse
             and
             ingenuity
             ,
             and
             keeping
             secrets
             ;
             it
             hath
             
               something
            
             that
             is
             
               Divine
               ,
            
             because
             it
             is
             
               beneficent
            
             ;
             but
             
               much
            
             because
             it
             is
             
               Eternall
               .
            
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Postscript
             .
          
           
             
               MADAM
               ,
            
          
           
             IF
             you
             shall
             think
             it
             fit
             that
             these
             papers
             pass
             further
             then
             your
             own
             eye
             and
             Closet
             ,
             I
             desire
             they
             may
             be
             consign'd
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             my
             worthy
             friend
             Dr.
             
               Wedderburne
            
             :
             For
             I
             do
             not
             only
             expose
             all
             my
             sickness
             to
             his
             cure
             ,
             but
             
               I
            
             submit
             my
             weaknesses
             to
             his
             censure
             ,
             being
             as
             confident
             
             to
             finde
             of
             him
             charity
             for
             what
             is
             pardonable
             ,
             as
             remedy
             for
             what
             is
             curable
             :
             but
             indeed
             Madam
             
               I
            
             look
             upon
             that
             worthy
             man
             as
             an
             
               Idea
            
             of
             Friendship
             ,
             and
             if
             
               I
            
             had
             no
             other
             notices
             of
             Friendship
             or
             conversation
             to
             instruct
             me
             then
             his
             ,
             it
             were
             sufficient
             :
             For
             whatsoever
             
               I
            
             can
             say
             of
             Friendship
             ,
             
               I
            
             can
             say
             of
             his
             ,
             and
             as
             all
             that
             know
             him
             reckon
             him
             amongst
             the
             best
             Physicians
             ,
             so
             I
             knew
             
             him
             worthy
             to
             be
             reckoned
             amongst
             the
             best
             friends
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           Two
           Letters
           to
           Persons
           changed
           in
           their
           Religion
           .
        
         
           
             A
             Copy
             of
             the
             First
             Letter
             written
             to
             a
             Gentlewoman
             newly
             seduced
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Rome
               .
            
          
           
             
               M.
               B.
               
            
          
           
             I
             Was
             desirous
             of
             an
             opportunity
             in
             
               London
            
             to
             have
             discoursed
             with
             you
             concerning
             something
             of
             nearest
             concernment
             to
             you
             ,
             but
             the
             multitude
             of
             my
             little
             affairs
             hindred
             me
             ,
             and
             have
             brought
             upon
             you
             
             this
             trouble
             to
             reade
             a
             long
             Letter
             ,
             which
             yet
             I
             hope
             you
             will
             be
             more
             willing
             to
             do
             ,
             because
             it
             comes
             from
             one
             who
             hath
             a
             great
             respect
             to
             your
             person
             ,
             and
             a
             very
             great
             charity
             to
             your
             soul
             :
             I
             must
             confesse
             I
             was
             on
             your
             behalf
             troubled
             when
             I
             heard
             you
             were
             fallen
             from
             the
             Communion
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             and
             entred
             into
             a
             voluntary
             ,
             unnecessary
             schism
             ,
             and
             departure
             from
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             the
             Communion
             of
             those
             with
             whom
             you
             have
             alwaies
             lived
             in
             charity
             ,
             going
             against
             those
             Laws
             in
             the
             defence
             and
             profession
             of
             which
             your
             Husband
             died
             ,
             going
             from
             the
             Religion
             in
             which
             you
             were
             baptized
             ,
             in
             which
             for
             so
             many
             years
             you
             lived
             piously
             and
             hoped
             for
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             all
             this
             without
             any
             sufficient
             reason
             ,
             without
             necessity
             or
             just
             scandall
             ministred
             to
             you
             ;
             and
             to
             aggravate
             
             all
             this
             ,
             you
             did
             it
             in
             a
             time
             when
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
            
             was
             persecuted
             ,
             when
             she
             was
             marked
             with
             the
             Characterismes
             of
             her
             Lord
             ,
             the
             marks
             of
             the
             Crosse
             of
             Jesus
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             when
             she
             suffered
             for
             a
             holy
             cause
             and
             a
             holy
             conscience
             ,
             when
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
            
             was
             more
             glorious
             then
             at
             any
             time
             before
             ;
             Even
             when
             she
             could
             shew
             more
             Martyrs
             and
             Confessors
             then
             any
             Church
             this
             day
             in
             Christendome
             ,
             even
             then
             when
             a
             King
             died
             in
             the
             profession
             of
             her
             Religion
             ,
             and
             thousands
             of
             Priests
             ,
             learned
             and
             pious
             men
             suffered
             the
             spoiling
             of
             their
             goods
             rather
             then
             they
             would
             forsake
             one
             Article
             of
             so
             excellent
             a
             Religion
             ;
             So
             that
             serioufly
             it
             is
             not
             easily
             to
             be
             imagined
             that
             any
             thing
             should
             move
             you
             ,
             unless
             it
             be
             that
             which
             troubled
             the
             perverse
             Jews
             ,
             and
             the
             Heathen
             Greeks
             ,
             
               Scandalum
               
               crucis
               ,
            
             the
             scandall
             of
             the
             Crosse
             ;
             You
             stumbled
             at
             that
             Rock
             of
             offence
             ,
             You
             left
             us
             because
             we
             were
             afflicted
             ,
             lessened
             in
             outward
             circumstances
             and
             wrapped
             in
             a
             cloud
             ;
             but
             give
             me
             leave
             only
             to
             reminde
             you
             of
             that
             sad
             saying
             of
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             avoid
             the
             consequent
             of
             it
             ;
             
               They
               that
               fall
               on
               this
               stone
               shall
               be
               broken
               in
               pieces
               ,
               but
               they
               on
               whom
               it
               shall
               fall
               shall
               be
               grinded
               to
               powder
               .
            
             And
             if
             we
             should
             consider
             things
             but
             prudently
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             great
             argument
             that
             the
             sons
             of
             our
             Church
             are
             very
             conscientious
             and
             just
             in
             their
             perswasions
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             evident
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             no
             temporall
             end
             to
             serve
             ,
             nothing
             but
             the
             great
             end
             of
             our
             souls
             ,
             all
             our
             hopes
             of
             preferment
             are
             gone
             ,
             all
             secular
             regards
             ,
             only
             we
             still
             have
             truth
             on
             our
             sides
             ,
             and
             we
             are
             not
             willing
             with
             the
             losse
             of
             truth
             to
             change
             from
             a
             persecuted
             to
             a
             
             prosperous
             Church
             ,
             from
             a
             Reformed
             to
             a
             Church
             that
             will
             not
             be
             reformed
             ;
             lest
             we
             give
             scandall
             to
             good
             people
             that
             suffer
             for
             a
             holy
             conscience
             ,
             and
             weaken
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             afflicted
             ;
             of
             which
             if
             you
             had
             been
             more
             carefull
             you
             would
             have
             remained
             much
             more
             innocent
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             pray
             ,
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             consider
             for
             you
             ,
             because
             you
             in
             your
             change
             considered
             so
             little
             for
             your self
             ,
             what
             fault
             ,
             what
             false
             doctrine
             ,
             what
             wicked
             or
             dangerous
             proposition
             ,
             what
             defect
             ,
             what
             amiss
             did
             you
             finde
             in
             the
             Doctrine
             and
             Liturgy
             and
             Discipline
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
            
             ?
          
           
             
               For
               its
               doctrine
               ,
            
             It
             is
             certain
             it
             professes
             the
             belief
             of
             all
             that
             is
             written
             in
             the
             Old
             and
             New
             Testament
             ,
             all
             that
             which
             is
             in
             the
             three
             Creeds
             ,
             the
             Apostolical
             ,
             the
             
             Nicene
             ,
             and
             that
             of
             
               Athanasius
               ,
            
             and
             whatsoever
             was
             decreed
             in
             the
             four
             General
             Councels
             ,
             or
             many
             other
             truly
             such
             ,
             and
             whatsoever
             was
             condemned
             in
             these
             ,
             our
             Church
             hath
             legally
             declared
             it
             to
             be
             Heresie
             .
             And
             upon
             these
             accounts
             above
             four
             whole
             ages
             of
             the
             Church
             went
             to
             Heaven
             ;
             they
             baptized
             all
             their
             Catechumens
             into
             this
             faith
             ,
             their
             hopes
             of
             heaven
             was
             upon
             this
             and
             a
             good
             life
             ,
             their
             Saints
             and
             Martyrs
             lived
             and
             died
             in
             this
             alone
             ,
             they
             denied
             Communion
             to
             none
             that
             professed
             this
             faith
             .
             This
             is
             the
             Catholick
             faith
             ,
             so
             saith
             the
             Creed
             of
             
               Athanasius
            
             ;
             and
             unless
             a
             company
             of
             men
             have
             power
             to
             alter
             the
             faith
             of
             God
             ,
             whosoever
             live
             and
             die
             in
             this
             faith
             ,
             are
             intirely
             
               Catholick
            
             and
             
               Christian
               .
            
             So
             that
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
            
             hath
             the
             same
             faith
             without
             dispute
             that
             the
             
             Church
             had
             for
             400
             or
             500
             years
             ;
             and
             therefore
             there
             could
             be
             nothing
             wanting
             here
             to
             saving
             faith
             ,
             if
             we
             live
             according
             to
             our
             beleef
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             
               For
               the
               Liturgy
            
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             I
             shall
             not
             need
             to
             say
             much
             ,
             because
             the
             case
             will
             be
             very
             evident
             ;
             First
             ,
             Because
             the
             disputers
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Rome
            
             have
             not
             been
             very
             forward
             to
             object
             any
             thing
             against
             it
             ,
             they
             cannot
             charge
             it
             with
             any
             evil
             :
             2.
             
             Because
             for
             all
             the
             time
             of
             K.
             
               Edw.
            
             6.
             and
             till
             the
             11th
             year
             of
             Q.
             
               Elizabeth
               ,
            
             your
             people
             came
             to
             our
             Churches
             and
             prayed
             with
             us
             till
             the
             Bull
             of
             
               Pius
               Quintus
            
             came
             out
             upon
             temporal
             regards
             ,
             and
             made
             a
             Schism
             by
             forbidding
             the
             Queens
             Subjects
             to
             pray
             as
             by
             Law
             was
             here
             appointed
             ,
             though
             the
             prayers
             were
             good
             and
             holy
             ,
             as
             themselves
             did
             beleeve
             .
             That
             Bull
             enjoyned
             
             recusancy
             ,
             and
             made
             that
             which
             was
             as
             an
             act
             of
             rebellion
             and
             disobedience
             ,
             and
             schisme
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             Character
             of
             your
             Roman
             Catholikes
             .
             And
             after
             this
             ,
             what
             can
             be
             supposed
             wanting
             in
             order
             to
             salvation
             ?
             We
             have
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             faith
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             the
             Creeds
             of
             the
             Primitive
             Church
             ,
             the
             Articles
             of
             the
             four
             first
             generall
             Councels
             ,
             a
             holy
             Liturgy
             ,
             excellent
             prayers
             ,
             perfect
             Sacraments
             ,
             Faith
             and
             Repentance
             ,
             the
             ten
             Commandements
             ,
             and
             the
             Sermons
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             precepts
             and
             counsels
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ;
             We
             teach
             the
             necessity
             of
             good
             works
             ,
             and
             require
             and
             strictly
             exact
             the
             severity
             of
             a
             holy
             life
             ;
             We
             live
             in
             obedience
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             are
             ready
             to
             die
             for
             him
             ,
             and
             do
             so
             when
             he
             requires
             us
             so
             to
             do
             ;
             We
             speak
             honour
             of
             his
             most
             holy
             Name
             ,
             we
             worship
             him
             at
             the
             
             mention
             of
             his
             Name
             ,
             we
             confess
             his
             Attributes
             ,
             we
             love
             his
             Servants
             ,
             we
             pray
             for
             all
             men
             ,
             we
             love
             all
             Christians
             ,
             even
             our
             most
             erring
             Brethren
             ,
             we
             confess
             our
             sinnes
             to
             God
             and
             to
             our
             Brethren
             whom
             we
             have
             offended
             ,
             and
             to
             Gods
             Ministers
             in
             cases
             of
             scandall
             ,
             or
             of
             a
             troubled
             Conscience
             ,
             We
             communicate
             often
             ,
             We
             are
             enjoyned
             to
             receive
             the
             holy
             Sacrament
             thrice
             every
             year
             at
             least
             ;
             Our
             Priests
             absolve
             the
             penitent
             ,
             our
             Bishops
             ordain
             Priests
             and
             confirm
             baptized
             persons
             ,
             and
             blesse
             their
             people
             and
             intercede
             for
             them
             ;
             and
             what
             could
             here
             be
             wanting
             to
             Salvation
             ?
             what
             necessity
             forced
             you
             from
             us
             ?
             I
             dare
             not
             suspect
             it
             was
             a
             temporal
             regard
             that
             drew
             you
             away
             ,
             but
             I
             am
             sure
             it
             could
             be
             no
             spirituall
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             that
             I
             have
             told
             you
             ,
             and
             made
             you
             to
             consider
             from
             
             whence
             you
             went
             ,
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             represent
             to
             you
             ,
             and
             tell
             you
             whither
             you
             are
             gone
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             understand
             the
             nature
             and
             conditions
             of
             your
             change
             :
             For
             do
             not
             think
             your self
             safe
             ,
             because
             they
             tell
             you
             that
             you
             are
             come
             to
             the
             Church
             ;
             You
             are
             indeed
             gone
             from
             one
             Church
             to
             another
             ,
             from
             a
             better
             to
             a
             worse
             ,
             as
             will
             appear
             in
             the
             induction
             ,
             the
             particular
             of
             which
             before
             I
             reckon
             ,
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             give
             you
             this
             advice
             ;
             if
             you
             mean
             in
             this
             affair
             to
             understand
             what
             you
             do
             ;
             it
             were
             better
             you
             enquired
             what
             your
             Religion
             is
             ,
             then
             what
             your
             Church
             is
             ;
             for
             that
             which
             is
             a
             true
             Religion
             to
             day
             ,
             will
             be
             so
             to
             morrow
             and
             for
             ever
             ;
             but
             that
             which
             is
             a
             holy
             Church
             to
             day
             ,
             may
             be
             heretical
             at
             the
             next
             change
             ,
             or
             may
             betray
             her
             trust
             ,
             or
             obtrude
             new
             Articles
             in
             contradiction
             to
             the
             old
             ,
             or
             by
             
             new
             interpretations
             may
             elude
             ancient
             truths
             ,
             or
             may
             change
             your
             Creed
             ,
             or
             may
             pretend
             to
             be
             the
             Spouse
             of
             Christ
             when
             she
             is
             idolatrous
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             adulterous
             to
             God
             :
             Your
             Religion
             is
             that
             which
             you
             must
             ,
             and
             therefore
             may
             competently
             understand
             ;
             You
             must
             live
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             grow
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             govern
             all
             the
             actions
             of
             your
             life
             by
             it
             ;
             and
             in
             all
             questions
             concerning
             the
             Church
             you
             are
             to
             choose
             your
             Church
             by
             the
             Religion
             ,
             and
             therefore
             this
             ought
             first
             and
             last
             to
             be
             enquired
             after
             .
             Whether
             the
             Romane
             Church
             be
             the
             Catholique
             Church
             ,
             must
             depend
             upon
             so
             many
             uncertain
             enquiries
             ,
             is
             offered
             to
             be
             proved
             by
             so
             long
             ,
             so
             tedious
             a
             method
             ,
             hath
             in
             it
             so
             many
             intrigues
             and
             Labyrinths
             of
             Question
             ,
             and
             is
             (
             like
             a
             long
             line
             )
             so
             impossible
             to
             be
             perfectly
             strait
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             no
             declination
             in
             it
             
             when
             it
             is
             held
             by
             such
             a
             hand
             as
             yours
             ,
             that
             unless
             it
             be
             by
             material
             enquiries
             into
             the
             Articles
             of
             the
             Religion
             ,
             you
             can
             never
             hope
             to
             have
             just
             grounds
             of
             confidence
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             you
             can
             consider
             this
             ;
             if
             the
             Romane
             Church
             were
             the
             Catholike
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             exclude
             all
             that
             are
             not
             of
             her
             communion
             ,
             then
             the
             Greek
             Churches
             had
             as
             good
             turn
             Turks
             as
             remain
             damned
             Christians
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             are
             in
             the
             communion
             of
             all
             the
             other
             Patriarchal
             Churches
             in
             Christendome
             ,
             must
             also
             perish
             like
             Heathens
             ,
             which
             thing
             before
             any
             man
             can
             beleeve
             ,
             he
             must
             have
             put
             off
             all
             reason
             ,
             and
             all
             modesty
             ,
             and
             all
             charity
             ;
             And
             who
             can
             with
             any
             probability
             think
             that
             
               the
               Communion
               of
               Saints
            
             in
             the
             Creed
             is
             nothing
             but
             the
             
               Communion
               of
               Roman
               Subjects
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Article
             of
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             was
             made
             to
             
             dispark
             the
             inclosures
             of
             
               Ierusalem
               ,
            
             but
             to
             turn
             them
             into
             the
             pale
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Church
             is
             as
             limited
             as
             ever
             it
             was
             ,
             save
             only
             that
             the
             Synagogue
             is
             translated
             to
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             which
             I
             think
             you
             will
             easily
             beleeve
             was
             a
             Proposition
             the
             Apostles
             understood
             not
             .
             But
             though
             it
             be
             hard
             to
             trust
             to
             it
             ,
             it
             is
             also
             so
             hard
             to
             prove
             it
             ,
             that
             you
             shall
             never
             be
             able
             to
             understand
             the
             measures
             of
             that
             question
             ,
             and
             therefore
             your
             salvation
             can
             never
             depend
             upon
             it
             .
             For
             no
             good
             or
             wise
             person
             can
             beleeve
             that
             God
             hath
             tied
             our
             Salvation
             to
             impossible
             measures
             ,
             or
             bound
             us
             to
             an
             Article
             that
             is
             not
             by
             us
             cognoscible
             ,
             or
             intends
             to
             have
             us
             conducted
             by
             that
             which
             we
             cannot
             understand
             ,
             and
             when
             you
             shall
             know
             that
             Learned
             men
             ,
             even
             of
             the
             Romane
             party
             are
             not
             agreed
             concerning
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             that
             is
             
             infallibly
             to
             guide
             you
             ,
             some
             saying
             that
             it
             is
             the
             virtual
             Church
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             Pope
             ;
             some
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             the
             representative
             Church
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             a
             Councel
             ;
             Some
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             the
             Pope
             and
             the
             Councel
             ,
             the
             virtual
             Church
             and
             the
             representative
             Church
             together
             ;
             Some
             ,
             that
             neither
             of
             these
             ,
             nor
             both
             together
             are
             infallible
             ;
             but
             only
             ,
             the
             essential
             Church
             ,
             or
             the
             diffusive
             Church
             is
             the
             Catholique
             ,
             from
             whom
             we
             must
             at
             no
             hand
             dissent
             ;
             you
             will
             quickly
             finde
             your self
             in
             a
             Wood
             ,
             and
             uncertain
             whether
             you
             have
             more
             then
             a
             word
             in
             exchange
             for
             your
             soul
             ,
             when
             you
             are
             told
             you
             are
             in
             the
             Catholike
             Church
             .
             But
             I
             will
             tell
             you
             what
             you
             may
             understand
             ,
             and
             see
             ,
             and
             feel
             ,
             something
             that
             your self
             can
             tell
             whether
             I
             say
             true
             or
             no
             concerning
             it
             .
             You
             are
             now
             gone
             to
             a
             Church
             that
             protects
             it self
             by
             arts
             of
             subtlety
             
             and
             arms
             ,
             by
             violence
             and
             persecuting
             all
             that
             are
             not
             of
             their
             mindes
             ,
             to
             a
             Church
             in
             which
             you
             are
             to
             be
             a
             Subject
             of
             the
             King
             so
             long
             as
             it
             pleases
             the
             Pope
             :
             In
             which
             you
             may
             be
             absolved
             from
             your
             Vows
             made
             to
             God
             ,
             your
             Oaths
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             your
             promises
             to
             men
             ,
             your
             duty
             to
             your
             Parents
             in
             some
             cases
             :
             a
             Church
             in
             which
             men
             pray
             to
             God
             and
             to
             Saints
             in
             the
             same
             Form
             of
             words
             in
             which
             they
             pray
             to
             God
             ,
             as
             you
             may
             see
             in
             the
             Offices
             of
             Saints
             ,
             and
             particularly
             of
             our
             Lady
             :
             a
             Church
             in
             which
             men
             are
             taught
             by
             most
             of
             the
             principal
             Leaders
             to
             worship
             Images
             with
             the
             same
             worship
             with
             which
             they
             worship
             God
             and
             Christ
             ,
             or
             him
             or
             her
             whose
             Image
             it
             is
             ,
             and
             in
             which
             they
             usually
             picture
             God
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             the
             holy
             Trinity
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             dishonour
             of
             that
             sacred
             
             mystery
             ,
             against
             the
             doctrine
             and
             practise
             of
             the
             Primitive
             Church
             ,
             against
             the
             express
             doctrine
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             against
             the
             honour
             of
             a
             divine
             attribute
             ;
             I
             mean
             ,
             the
             immensity
             and
             spirituality
             of
             the
             divine
             Nature
             ;
             You
             are
             gone
             to
             a
             Church
             that
             pretends
             to
             be
             infallible
             ,
             and
             yet
             is
             infinitely
             deceived
             in
             many
             particulars
             ,
             and
             yet
             endures
             no
             contradiction
             ,
             and
             is
             impatient
             her
             children
             should
             enquire
             into
             any
             thing
             her
             Priests
             obtrude
             .
             You
             are
             gone
             from
             receiving
             the
             whole
             Sacrament
             to
             receive
             it
             but
             half
             ;
             from
             Christs
             Institution
             to
             a
             humane
             invention
             ,
             from
             Scripture
             to
             uncertain
             Traditions
             ,
             and
             from
             ancient
             Tradition
             to
             new
             pretences
             ,
             from
             prayers
             which
             ye
             understood
             to
             prayers
             which
             ye
             understand
             not
             ,
             from
             confidence
             in
             God
             to
             rely
             upon
             creatures
             ,
             from
             intire
             dependance
             
             upon
             inward
             acts
             to
             a
             dangerous
             temptation
             of
             resting
             too
             much
             in
             outward
             ministeries
             ,
             in
             the
             external
             work
             of
             Sacraments
             and
             of
             Sacramentals
             :
             You
             are
             gone
             from
             a
             Church
             whose
             worshipping
             is
             simple
             ,
             Christian
             and
             Apostolical
             ,
             to
             a
             Church
             where
             mens
             consciences
             are
             loaden
             with
             a
             burthen
             of
             Ceremonies
             greater
             then
             that
             in
             the
             dayes
             of
             the
             Jewish
             Religion
             (
             for
             the
             Ceremonial
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Rome
            
             is
             a
             great
             Book
             in
             Folio
             )
             greater
             I
             say
             then
             all
             the
             Ceremonies
             of
             the
             Jews
             contained
             in
             
               Leviticus
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             You
             are
             gone
             from
             a
             Church
             where
             you
             were
             exhorted
             to
             reade
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             from
             whence
             you
             found
             instruction
             ,
             institution
             ,
             comfort
             ,
             reproof
             ,
             a
             treasure
             of
             all
             excellencies
             ,
             to
             a
             Church
             that
             seals
             up
             that
             fountain
             from
             you
             ,
             and
             gives
             you
             drink
             by
             drops
             out
             of
             
             such
             Cisterns
             as
             they
             first
             make
             ,
             and
             then
             stain
             ,
             and
             then
             reach
             out
             :
             and
             if
             it
             be
             told
             you
             that
             some
             men
             abuse
             Scripture
             ,
             it
             is
             true
             ,
             for
             if
             your
             Priests
             had
             not
             abused
             Scripture
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             thus
             have
             abused
             you
             ,
             but
             there
             is
             no
             necessity
             they
             should
             ,
             and
             you
             need
             not
             ,
             unless
             you
             list
             ;
             any
             more
             then
             you
             need
             to
             abuse
             the
             Sacraments
             or
             decrees
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             or
             the
             messages
             of
             your
             friend
             ,
             or
             the
             Letters
             you
             receive
             ,
             or
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             all
             which
             are
             liable
             to
             be
             abused
             by
             evil
             persons
             ,
             but
             not
             by
             good
             people
             and
             modest
             understandings
             .
             It
             is
             now
             become
             a
             part
             of
             your
             Religion
             to
             be
             ignorant
             ,
             to
             walk
             in
             blindeness
             ,
             to
             beleeve
             the
             man
             that
             hears
             your
             Confessions
             ,
             to
             hear
             none
             but
             him
             ,
             not
             to
             hear
             God
             speaking
             but
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             so
             you
             are
             liable
             to
             be
             abused
             by
             him
             ,
             as
             he
             please
             ,
             without
             remedy
             .
             
             You
             are
             gone
             from
             us
             ,
             where
             you
             were
             only
             taught
             to
             worship
             God
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             and
             now
             you
             are
             taught
             to
             worship
             Saints
             and
             Angels
             with
             a
             worship
             at
             least
             dangerous
             ,
             and
             in
             some
             things
             proper
             to
             God
             ;
             for
             your
             Church
             worships
             the
             Virgin
             
               Mary
            
             with
             burning
             incense
             and
             candles
             to
             her
             ,
             and
             you
             give
             her
             presents
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             consent
             of
             all
             Nations
             used
             to
             be
             esteemed
             a
             worship
             peculiar
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             the
             same
             thing
             which
             was
             condemned
             for
             Heresie
             in
             the
             
               Collyridians
               ,
            
             who
             offered
             a
             Cake
             to
             the
             Virgin
             
               Mary
            
             :
             A
             Candle
             and
             a
             Cake
             make
             no
             difference
             in
             the
             worship
             ;
             and
             your
             joyning
             God
             and
             the
             Saints
             in
             your
             worship
             and
             devotions
             ,
             is
             like
             the
             device
             of
             them
             that
             fought
             for
             King
             and
             Parliament
             ,
             the
             latter
             destroys
             the
             former
             :
             I
             will
             trouble
             you
             with
             no
             
             more
             particulars
             ,
             because
             if
             these
             move
             you
             not
             to
             consider
             better
             ,
             nothing
             can
             .
          
           
             But
             yet
             I
             have
             two
             things
             more
             to
             adde
             of
             another
             nature
             ,
             one
             of
             which
             at
             least
             may
             prevail
             upon
             you
             ,
             whom
             I
             suppose
             to
             have
             a
             tender
             and
             a
             religious
             Conscience
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             is
             ,
             That
             all
             the
             points
             of
             difference
             between
             us
             and
             your
             Church
             are
             such
             as
             do
             evidently
             serve
             the
             ends
             of
             covetousness
             and
             ambition
             ,
             of
             power
             and
             riches
             ,
             and
             so
             stand
             vehemently
             suspected
             of
             design
             ,
             and
             art
             ,
             rather
             then
             truth
             of
             the
             Article
             and
             designs
             upon
             Heaven
             .
             I
             instance
             in
             the
             Popes
             power
             over
             Princes
             and
             all
             the
             world
             ;
             his
             power
             of
             dispensation
             ,
             The
             exemption
             of
             the
             Clergy
             from
             jurisdiction
             of
             Princes
             ,
             The
             doctrine
             of
             Purgatory
             and
             Indulgences
             which
             was
             once
             made
             means
             
             to
             raise
             a
             portion
             for
             a
             Lady
             ,
             the
             Neece
             of
             Pope
             
               Leo
            
             the
             tenth
             ;
             The
             Priests
             power
             advanced
             beyond
             authority
             of
             any
             warrant
             from
             Scripture
             ,
             a
             doctrine
             apt
             to
             bring
             absolute
             obedience
             to
             the
             Papacy
             ;
             but
             because
             this
             is
             possibly
             too
             nice
             for
             you
             to
             suspect
             or
             consider
             ,
             that
             which
             I
             am
             sure
             ought
             to
             move
             you
             is
             this
             .
          
           
             That
             you
             are
             gone
             to
             a
             Religion
             in
             which
             though
             through
             Gods
             grace
             prevailing
             over
             the
             follies
             of
             men
             ,
             there
             are
             I
             hope
             ,
             and
             charitably
             suppose
             many
             pious
             men
             that
             love
             God
             ,
             and
             live
             good
             lives
             ,
             yet
             there
             are
             very
             many
             doctrines
             taught
             by
             your
             men
             ,
             which
             are
             very
             ill
             Friends
             to
             a
             good
             life
             .
             I
             instance
             in
             your
             Indulgences
             and
             pardons
             ,
             In
             which
             vitious
             men
             put
             a
             great
             confidence
             ,
             and
             rely
             greatly
             upon
             them
             .
             The
             doctrine
             of
             Purgatory
             which
             gives
             countenance
             
             to
             a
             sort
             of
             Christians
             who
             live
             half
             to
             God
             and
             half
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             for
             them
             this
             doctrine
             hath
             found
             out
             a
             way
             that
             they
             may
             go
             to
             Hell
             and
             to
             Heaven
             too
             .
             The
             Doctrine
             that
             the
             Priests
             absolution
             can
             turn
             a
             trifling
             repentance
             into
             a
             perfect
             and
             a
             good
             ,
             and
             that
             suddenly
             too
             ,
             and
             at
             any
             time
             ,
             even
             on
             our
             death-bed
             ,
             or
             the
             minute
             before
             your
             death
             ,
             is
             a
             dangerous
             heap
             of
             falshoods
             ,
             and
             gives
             licence
             to
             wicked
             people
             ,
             and
             teaches
             men
             to
             reconcile
             a
             wicked
             debauched
             life
             ,
             with
             the
             hopes
             of
             Heaven
             .
             And
             then
             for
             penances
             and
             temporal
             satisfaction
             ,
             which
             might
             seem
             to
             be
             as
             a
             plank
             after
             the
             shipwrack
             of
             the
             duty
             of
             Repentance
             ,
             to
             keep
             men
             in
             awe
             ,
             and
             to
             preserve
             them
             from
             sinking
             in
             an
             Ocean
             of
             Impiety
             ,
             it
             comes
             to
             just
             nothing
             by
             your
             doctrine
             ;
             for
             there
             are
             so
             many
             easie
             waies
             
             of
             Indulgences
             and
             getting
             pardons
             ,
             so
             many
             con-fraternities
             ,
             stations
             ,
             priviledg'd
             Altars
             ,
             little
             Offices
             ,
             
               Agnus
               Dei's
               ,
            
             amulets
             ,
             hallowed
             devices
             ,
             swords
             ,
             roses
             ,
             hats
             ,
             Churchyards
             ,
             and
             the
             fountain
             of
             these
             annexed
             indulgences
             the
             Pope
             himself
             ,
             and
             his
             power
             of
             granting
             what
             ,
             and
             when
             ,
             and
             to
             whom
             he
             list
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             a
             very
             unfortunate
             man
             that
             needs
             to
             smart
             with
             penances
             ;
             and
             after
             all
             ,
             he
             may
             choose
             to
             suffer
             any
             at
             all
             ,
             for
             he
             may
             pay
             them
             in
             Purgatory
             if
             he
             please
             ,
             and
             he
             may
             come
             out
             of
             Purgatory
             upon
             reasonable
             terms
             ,
             in
             case
             he
             should
             think
             it
             fit
             to
             go
             thither
             ;
             So
             that
             all
             the
             whole
             duty
             of
             
               Repentance
            
             seems
             to
             be
             destroyed
             with
             devices
             of
             men
             that
             seek
             power
             and
             gain
             ,
             and
             finde
             errour
             and
             folly
             ;
             insomuch
             that
             if
             I
             had
             a
             minde
             to
             live
             an
             evil
             Life
             ,
             and
             yet
             hope
             for
             Heaven
             at
             
             last
             ,
             I
             would
             be
             of
             your
             religion
             above
             any
             in
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             forget
             I
             am
             writing
             a
             Letter
             :
             I
             shall
             therefore
             desire
             you
             to
             consider
             upon
             the
             premises
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             safer
             way
             .
             For
             surely
             it
             is
             lawful
             for
             a
             man
             to
             serve
             God
             without
             Images
             ;
             but
             that
             to
             worship
             Images
             is
             lawful
             is
             not
             so
             sure
             .
             It
             is
             Lawful
             to
             pray
             to
             God
             alone
             ,
             to
             confess
             him
             to
             be
             true
             and
             every
             man
             a
             Liar
             ,
             to
             call
             no
             man
             Master
             upon
             Earth
             ,
             but
             to
             rely
             upon
             God
             teaching
             us
             ;
             But
             it
             is
             at
             least
             hugely
             disputable
             and
             not
             at
             all
             certain
             that
             any
             man
             ,
             or
             society
             of
             men
             can
             be
             infallible
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             put
             our
             trust
             in
             Saints
             ,
             in
             certain
             extraordinary
             Images
             ,
             or
             burne
             incense
             and
             offer
             consumptive
             oblations
             to
             the
             Virgin
             
               Mary
               ,
            
             or
             make
             vows
             to
             persons
             of
             whose
             state
             or
             place
             or
             Capacities
             ,
             or
             Condition
             we
             have
             no
             certain
             revelation
             :
             we
             are
             sure
             
             we
             do
             well
             when
             in
             the
             holy
             Communion
             we
             worship
             God
             and
             Jesus
             Christ
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             but
             they
             who
             also
             worship
             what
             seems
             to
             be
             bread
             ,
             are
             put
             to
             strange
             shifts
             to
             make
             themselves
             believe
             it
             to
             be
             Lawful
             .
             It
             is
             certainly
             Lawful
             to
             believe
             what
             we
             see
             and
             feel
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             an
             unnatural
             thing
             upon
             pretence
             of
             faith
             to
             disbelieve
             our
             eyes
             ,
             when
             our
             sense
             and
             our
             faith
             can
             better
             be
             reconciled
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             in
             the
             question
             of
             the
             real
             presence
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             taught
             by
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
             So
             that
             unless
             you
             mean
             to
             prefer
             a
             danger
             before
             safety
             ,
             temptation
             to
             unholiness
             before
             a
             severe
             and
             a
             holy
             religion
             ,
             unless
             you
             mean
             to
             lose
             the
             Benefit
             of
             your
             prayers
             by
             praying
             what
             you
             perceive
             not
             ,
             and
             the
             Benefit
             of
             the
             sacrament
             in
             great
             degrees
             by
             falling
             from
             Christs
             Institution
             ,
             
             and
             taking
             halfe
             instead
             of
             all
             ;
             unless
             you
             desire
             to
             provoke
             God
             to
             jealousie
             by
             Images
             and
             Man
             to
             jealousie
             in
             professing
             a
             religion
             in
             which
             you
             may
             in
             many
             cases
             have
             leave
             to
             forfeit
             your
             faith
             and
             lawful
             trust
             ,
             unless
             you
             will
             still
             continue
             to
             give
             scandal
             to
             those
             good
             people
             with
             whom
             you
             have
             lived
             in
             a
             common
             religion
             and
             weaken
             the
             hearts
             of
             Gods
             afflicted
             ones
             ,
             unless
             you
             will
             choose
             a
             Catechism
             without
             the
             second
             Commandment
             and
             a
             faith
             that
             grows
             bigger
             or
             less
             as
             men
             please
             ,
             and
             a
             hope
             that
             in
             many
             degrees
             relyes
             on
             men
             and
             vain
             confidences
             ,
             and
             a
             Charity
             that
             damns
             all
             the
             world
             but
             your selves
             ,
             unless
             you
             will
             do
             all
             this
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             suffer
             an
             abuse
             in
             your
             prayers
             ,
             in
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             in
             the
             Commandments
             ,
             in
             faith
             ,
             in
             hope
             ,
             in
             Charity
             ,
             in
             the
             Communion
             of
             saints
             ,
             and
             your
             duty
             to
             
             your
             supreme
             ,
             you
             must
             return
             to
             the
             bosome
             of
             your
             Mother
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
            
             from
             whence
             you
             have
             fallen
             ,
             rather
             weakly
             then
             maliciously
             ,
             and
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             you
             will
             find
             the
             Comfort
             of
             it
             all
             your
             Life
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Day
             of
             your
             Death
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             day
             of
             Judgment
             .
             If
             you
             will
             not
             ,
             yet
             I
             have
             freed
             mine
             own
             soul
             ,
             and
             done
             an
             act
             of
             duty
             and
             Charity
             ,
             which
             at
             least
             you
             are
             bound
             to
             take
             kindely
             if
             you
             will
             not
             entertain
             it
             obediently
             .
          
           
             Now
             let
             me
             adde
             this
             ,
             that
             although
             most
             of
             these
             objections
             are
             such
             things
             which
             are
             the
             open
             and
             avowed
             doctrines
             or
             practises
             of
             your
             Church
             ;
             and
             need
             not
             to
             be
             proved
             as
             being
             either
             notorious
             or
             confessed
             ;
             yet
             if
             any
             of
             your
             Guides
             shall
             seem
             to
             question
             any
             thing
             of
             it
             ,
             I
             will
             bind
             my selfe
             to
             verify
             it
             ,
             to
             a
             tittle
             and
             in
             that
             
             sense
             too
             which
             I
             intend
             them
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             be
             an
             objection
             obliging
             you
             to
             return
             ,
             under
             the
             pain
             of
             folly
             or
             heresy
             ,
             or
             disobedience
             according
             to
             the
             subject
             matter
             .
             And
             though
             I
             have
             propounded
             these
             things
             now
             to
             your
             consideration
             ,
             yet
             if
             it
             be
             desired
             I
             shall
             represent
             them
             to
             your
             eye
             ,
             so
             that
             even
             your self
             shall
             be
             able
             to
             give
             sentence
             in
             the
             behalfe
             of
             truth
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             tell
             you
             of
             how
             much
             folly
             you
             are
             guilty
             in
             being
             moved
             by
             such
             mock-arguments
             as
             your
             men
             use
             when
             they
             meet
             with
             women
             and
             tender
             consciences
             and
             weaker
             understandings
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             is
             ;
             where
             was
             your
             Church
             before
             
               Luther
               ?
            
             Now
             if
             you
             had
             called
             upon
             them
             to
             speak
             something
             against
             your
             religion
             from
             Scripture
             ,
             or
             right
             reason
             or
             Universal
             Tradition
             ,
             you
             had
             been
             
             secure
             as
             a
             Tortoise
             in
             her
             shell
             ;
             a
             cart
             pressed
             with
             sheavs
             could
             not
             have
             oppressed
             your
             cause
             or
             person
             ;
             though
             you
             had
             confessed
             you
             understood
             nothing
             of
             the
             mysteries
             of
             succession
             doctrinal
             or
             personal
             .
             For
             if
             we
             can
             make
             it
             appear
             that
             our
             religion
             was
             that
             which
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             taught
             ,
             let
             the
             truth
             suffer
             what
             eclipses
             or
             prejudices
             can
             be
             supposed
             ,
             let
             it
             be
             hid
             like
             the
             holy
             fire
             in
             the
             captivity
             ,
             yet
             what
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             taught
             us
             is
             eternally
             true
             ,
             and
             shall
             by
             some
             means
             or
             other
             be
             conveyed
             to
             us
             ;
             even
             the
             enemies
             of
             truth
             have
             been
             conservators
             of
             that
             truth
             by
             which
             we
             can
             confute
             their
             errors
             .
             But
             if
             you
             still
             aske
             where
             it
             was
             before
             
               Luther
            
             ?
             I
             answer
             it
             was
             there
             where
             it
             was
             after
             ;
             even
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             of
             the
             Old
             &
             New
             Testament
             ;
             and
             I
             know
             no
             warrant
             for
             any
             other
             
             religion
             ;
             and
             if
             you
             will
             expect
             I
             should
             shew
             any
             society
             of
             men
             who
             professed
             all
             the
             doctrines
             which
             are
             now
             expressed
             in
             the
             confession
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
            
             ;
             I
             shall
             tell
             you
             it
             is
             unreasonable
             ;
             because
             some
             of
             our
             truths
             are
             now
             brought
             into
             our
             publick
             confessions
             that
             they
             might
             be
             oppos'd
             against
             your
             errors
             ;
             before
             the
             occasion
             of
             which
             there
             was
             no
             need
             of
             any
             such
             confessions
             ,
             till
             you
             made
             many
             things
             necessary
             to
             be
             professed
             ,
             which
             are
             not
             lawful
             to
             be
             believed
             .
             For
             if
             we
             believe
             your
             superinduc'd
             follies
             we
             shall
             do
             unreasonably
             ;
             unconscionably
             ,
             and
             wickedly
             ;
             but
             the
             questions
             themselves
             are
             so
             useless
             abstracting
             from
             the
             accidental
             necessity
             which
             your
             follies
             have
             brought
             upon
             us
             ,
             that
             it
             had
             been
             happy
             if
             we
             had
             never
             heard
             of
             them
             more
             then
             the
             Saints
             and
             Martyrs
             did
             in
             
             the
             first
             ages
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             but
             because
             your
             Clergy
             have
             invaded
             the
             liberty
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             multiplyed
             the
             dangers
             of
             damnation
             ,
             and
             pretend
             new
             necessities
             ,
             and
             have
             introduc'd
             new
             articles
             ,
             and
             affright
             the
             simple
             upon
             new
             pretensions
             ,
             and
             slight
             the
             very
             institution
             and
             the
             Commands
             of
             Christ
             and
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             invent
             new
             sacramentals
             constituting
             ceremonies
             of
             their
             own
             head
             ,
             and
             promise
             grace
             along
             with
             the
             use
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             not
             Ministers
             but
             Lords
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             teach
             for
             doctrines
             the
             Commandments
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             make
             void
             the
             Commandment
             of
             God
             by
             their
             tradition
             ,
             and
             have
             made
             a
             strange
             body
             of
             Divinity
             ,
             therefore
             it
             is
             necessary
             that
             we
             should
             immure
             our
             faith
             by
             the
             refusal
             of
             such
             vain
             and
             superstitious
             dreams
             :
             but
             our
             faith
             was
             compleated
             at
             first
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             other
             
             then
             that
             which
             was
             delivered
             to
             the
             saints
             ,
             and
             can
             be
             no
             more
             for
             ever
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             it
             is
             a
             foolish
             demand
             to
             require
             that
             we
             should
             shew
             before
             
               Luther
            
             a
             systeme
             of
             Articles
             declaring
             our
             sense
             in
             these
             questions
             :
             It
             was
             long
             before
             they
             were
             questions
             at
             all
             ;
             and
             when
             they
             were
             made
             questions
             ,
             they
             remained
             so
             ,
             a
             long
             time
             ,
             and
             when
             by
             their
             several
             pieces
             they
             were
             determined
             ,
             this
             part
             of
             the
             Church
             was
             oppressed
             with
             a
             violent
             power
             ;
             and
             when
             God
             gave
             opportunity
             then
             the
             yoke
             was
             broken
             ;
             and
             this
             is
             the
             whole
             progress
             of
             this
             affair
             .
             But
             if
             you
             will
             still
             insist
             upon
             it
             ;
             then
             let
             the
             matter
             be
             put
             into
             equal
             ballances
             ,
             and
             let
             them
             shew
             any
             Church
             whose
             confession
             of
             faith
             was
             such
             as
             was
             obtruded
             upon
             you
             at
             
               Trent
            
             :
             and
             if
             your
             religion
             be
             
               Pius
               quartus
            
             his
             Creed
             
             at
             
               Trent
               ,
            
             then
             we
             also
             have
             a
             question
             to
             aske
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             
               where
               was
               your
               religion
               before
               Trent
            
             ?
          
           
             The
             Councel
             of
             
               Trent
            
             determined
             that
             the
             souls
             departed
             before
             the
             day
             of
             judgement
             enjoy
             the
             beatifical
             vision
             .
             It
             is
             certain
             this
             Article
             could
             not
             be
             shown
             in
             the
             confession
             of
             any
             of
             the
             antient
             Churches
             ;
             for
             most
             of
             the
             Fathers
             were
             of
             another
             opinion
             .
             But
             that
             which
             is
             the
             greatest
             offence
             of
             Christendom
             is
             not
             only
             that
             these
             doctrines
             which
             we
             say
             are
             false
             were
             yet
             affirmed
             ,
             but
             that
             those
             things
             which
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             did
             alwayes
             reject
             ,
             or
             held
             as
             Uncertain
             should
             be
             made
             Articles
             of
             faith
             ;
             and
             so
             become
             parts
             of
             your
             religion
             ;
             and
             of
             these
             it
             is
             that
             I
             again
             aske
             the
             question
             which
             none
             of
             your
             side
             shall
             ever
             be
             able
             to
             answer
             for
             you
             ,
             where
             was
             your
             religion
             before
             
               Trent
               ?
            
             I
             could
             instance
             
             in
             many
             particulars
             ;
             but
             I
             shall
             name
             one
             to
             you
             which
             because
             the
             thing
             of
             it selfe
             is
             of
             no
             great
             consequence
             ,
             it
             will
             appear
             the
             more
             unreasonable
             and
             intolerable
             that
             your
             Church
             should
             adopt
             it
             into
             the
             things
             of
             necessary
             belief
             ,
             especially
             since
             it
             was
             only
             a
             matter
             of
             fact
             ,
             and
             they
             took
             the
             false
             part
             too
             .
             For
             in
             the
             21.
             
             Session
             ,
             the
             fourth
             Chapter
             it
             is
             affirmed
             ,
             that
             
               although
               the
               holy
               Fathers
               did
               give
               the
               Sacrament
               of
               the
               Eucharist
               to
               Infants
               ,
               yet
               they
               did
               it
               without
               any
               necessity
               of
               salvation
            
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             they
             did
             not
             believe
             it
             necessary
             to
             their
             salvation
             ,
             which
             is
             notoriously
             false
             ,
             and
             the
             contrary
             is
             marked
             out
             with
             the
             black-lead
             of
             every
             man
             almost
             that
             reads
             their
             works
             ;
             and
             yet
             your
             Councel
             sayes
             this
             is
             
               sine
               controversiâ
               credendum
            
             ;
             to
             be
             believed
             without
             all
             controversie
             :
             and
             all
             Christians
             forbidden
             to
             believe
             
             or
             teach
             otherwise
             .
             So
             that
             here
             it
             is
             made
             an
             Article
             of
             faith
             amongst
             you
             that
             a
             man
             shall
             neither
             believe
             his
             reason
             nor
             his
             eyes
             :
             and
             who
             can
             shew
             any
             confession
             of
             faith
             in
             which
             all
             the
             
               Trent
            
             doctrine
             was
             professed
             and
             enjoyned
             under
             pain
             of
             damnation
             ?
             
             and
             before
             the
             Councel
             of
             
               Constance
               ,
            
             the
             doctrine
             touching
             the
             Popes
             power
             was
             so
             new
             ,
             so
             decried
             ,
             that
             as
             
               Gerson
            
             says
             he
             hardly
             should
             have
             escaped
             the
             note
             of
             heresy
             that
             would
             have
             said
             so
             much
             as
             was
             there
             defined
             :
             so
             that
             in
             that
             Article
             which
             now
             makes
             a
             great
             part
             of
             your
             belief
             ,
             where
             was
             your
             religion
             before
             the
             Councel
             of
             
               Constance
            
             ?
             and
             it
             is
             notorious
             that
             your
             Councel
             of
             
               Constance
            
             determined
             the
             doctrine
             of
             the
             halfe
             communion
             with
             a
             
               Non
               obstante
            
             to
             Christs
             institution
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             with
             a
             defiance
             to
             it
             ,
             or
             a
             noted
             ,
             
             observed
             neglect
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             profession
             it
             was
             otherwise
             in
             the
             primitive
             Church
             .
             Where
             then
             was
             your
             religion
             before
             
               Iohn
               Hus
            
             and
             
               Hierom
            
             of
             
               Pragues
            
             time
             ;
             against
             whom
             that
             Councel
             was
             convened
             ?
             But
             by
             this
             instance
             it
             appears
             most
             certainly
             that
             your
             Church
             cannot
             shew
             her
             confessions
             immediately
             after
             Christ
             ,
             and
             therefore
             if
             we
             could
             not
             shew
             ours
             immediately
             before
             
               Luther
               ,
            
             it
             were
             not
             halfe
             so
             much
             ;
             for
             since
             you
             receded
             from
             Christs
             Doctrine
             we
             might
             well
             recede
             from
             yours
             ;
             and
             it
             matters
             not
             who
             or
             how
             many
             or
             how
             long
             they
             professed
             your
             doctrine
             ,
             if
             neither
             Christ
             nor
             his
             Apostles
             did
             teach
             it
             :
             so
             that
             if
             these
             Articles
             constitute
             your
             Church
             ,
             your
             Church
             was
             invisible
             at
             the
             first
             ,
             and
             if
             ours
             was
             invisible
             afterwards
             it
             matters
             not
             ;
             
               For
               yours
               was
               invisible
               
               in
               the
               dayes
               of
               light
               ,
               and
               ours
               was
               invisible
               in
               the
               dayes
               of
               darkness
               .
            
             For
             our
             Church
             was
             alwayes
             visible
             in
             the
             reflections
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             had
             his
             eyes
             of
             faith
             &
             reason
             might
             easily
             have
             seen
             these
             truths
             all
             the
             way
             which
             constitute
             our
             Church
             .
             But
             I
             adde
             yet
             further
             ,
             that
             our
             Church
             before
             
               Luther
            
             was
             there
             where
             your
             Church
             was
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             place
             and
             in
             the
             same
             persons
             ;
             for
             divers
             of
             the
             errors
             which
             have
             been
             amongst
             us
             reformed
             ,
             were
             not
             the
             constituent
             Articles
             of
             your
             Church
             before
             
               Luthers
            
             time
             ;
             for
             before
             the
             last
             Councels
             of
             your
             Church
             a
             man
             might
             have
             been
             of
             your
             Communion
             upon
             easier
             terms
             ;
             &
             indulgences
             were
             indeed
             a
             practise
             but
             no
             Article
             of
             faith
             before
             your
             men
             made
             it
             so
             ,
             and
             that
             very
             lately
             ,
             and
             so
             were
             many
             other
             things
             besides
             .
             So
             that
             although
             your
             
             men
             cosen
             the
             credulous
             and
             the
             simple
             by
             calling
             yours
             the
             old
             religion
             ,
             yet
             the
             difference
             is
             vast
             between
             truth
             and
             their
             affirmative
             even
             as
             much
             as
             between
             old
             errors
             and
             new
             Articles
             .
             For
             although
             ignorance
             and
             superstition
             had
             prepared
             the
             oare
             ,
             yet
             the
             Councels
             of
             
               Constance
            
             and
             
               Basil
               ,
            
             and
             
               Trent
            
             especially
             ,
             were
             the
             forges
             and
             the
             mint
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             if
             your
             men
             had
             not
             by
             all
             the
             vile
             and
             violent
             arts
             of
             the
             world
             stopped
             the
             mouths
             of
             dissenters
             ,
             the
             question
             would
             quickly
             have
             been
             answered
             ,
             or
             our
             Articles
             would
             have
             been
             so
             confessed
             ,
             so
             owned
             and
             so
             publick
             ,
             that
             the
             question
             could
             never
             have
             been
             asked
             ;
             but
             in
             despite
             of
             all
             opposition
             ,
             there
             were
             great
             numbers
             of
             confessors
             who
             did
             protest
             and
             profess
             and
             practise
             our
             doctrines
             contrary
             to
             your
             Articles
             ;
             as
             it
             is
             
             demonstrated
             by
             the
             Divines
             of
             
               Germany
            
             in
             
               Illyricus
            
             his
             
               Catalogus
               testium
               veritatis
               ,
            
             and
             in
             BP.
             
               Mortons
            
             appeal
             .
          
           
             But
             with
             your
             next
             objection
             you
             are
             better
             pleased
             and
             your
             men
             make
             most
             noise
             with
             it
             .
             For
             you
             pretend
             that
             by
             our
             confession
             salvation
             may
             be
             had
             in
             your
             Church
             ;
             but
             your
             men
             deny
             it
             to
             us
             ;
             and
             therefore
             by
             the
             confession
             of
             both
             sides
             you
             may
             be
             safe
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             no
             question
             concerning
             you
             ;
             but
             of
             us
             there
             is
             great
             question
             ,
             for
             none
             but
             our selves
             say
             that
             we
             can
             be
             saved
             .
          
           
             I
             answer
             ;
             1.
             
             That
             salvation
             may
             be
             had
             in
             your
             Church
             ,
             is
             it
             ever
             the
             truer
             because
             we
             say
             it
             ?
             If
             it
             be
             not
             ,
             it
             can
             adde
             no
             confidence
             to
             you
             ,
             for
             the
             proposition
             gets
             no
             strength
             by
             our
             affirmative
             .
             But
             if
             it
             be
             ,
             then
             our
             authority
             is
             good
             or
             else
             our
             reason
             ;
             and
             if
             
             either
             be
             ,
             then
             we
             have
             more
             reason
             to
             be
             believed
             speaking
             of
             our selves
             ;
             because
             we
             are
             concerned
             to
             see
             that
             our selves
             may
             be
             in
             a
             state
             of
             hope
             ;
             and
             therefore
             we
             would
             not
             venture
             on
             this
             side
             if
             we
             had
             not
             greater
             reason
             to
             believe
             well
             of
             our selves
             then
             of
             you
             .
             And
             therefore
             believe
             us
             when
             it
             is
             more
             likely
             that
             we
             have
             greater
             reason
             ,
             because
             we
             have
             greater
             concernments
             ,
             and
             therefore
             greater
             consideration
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             As
             much
             charity
             as
             your
             men
             pretend
             us
             to
             speak
             of
             you
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             a
             clear
             case
             our
             hopes
             of
             your
             salvation
             is
             so
             little
             that
             we
             dare
             not
             venture
             our selves
             on
             your
             side
             .
             The
             Burger
             of
             
               Oldwater
            
             being
             to
             pass
             a
             river
             in
             his
             journey
             to
             
               Daventry
               ,
            
             bad
             his
             man
             try
             the
             ford
             ;
             telling
             him
             he
             hoped
             he
             should
             not
             be
             drowned
             for
             though
             he
             was
             afraid
             the
             River
             was
             too
             deep
             yet
             
             he
             thought
             his
             horse
             would
             carry
             him
             out
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             ,
             the
             boats
             would
             fetch
             him
             off
             .
             Such
             a
             confidence
             we
             may
             have
             of
             you
             ,
             but
             you
             will
             find
             that
             but
             little
             warranty
             ,
             if
             you
             remember
             how
             great
             an
             interest
             it
             is
             that
             you
             venture
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             It
             would
             be
             remembred
             that
             though
             the
             best
             ground
             of
             your
             hope
             is
             not
             the
             goodness
             of
             your
             own
             faith
             ,
             but
             the
             greatness
             of
             our
             charity
             ;
             yet
             we
             that
             charitably
             hope
             well
             of
             you
             ,
             have
             a
             fulness
             of
             assurance
             of
             the
             truth
             and
             certainty
             of
             our
             own
             way
             ;
             and
             however
             you
             can
             please
             your selves
             with
             Images
             of
             things
             as
             having
             no
             firm
             footing
             for
             your
             trifling
             confidence
             ,
             yet
             you
             can
             never
             with
             your
             tricks
             outface
             us
             of
             just
             and
             firme
             adherencies
             ;
             and
             if
             you
             were
             not
             empty
             of
             supports
             ,
             and
             greedy
             of
             bulrushes
             snatching
             at
             any
             thing
             to
             support
             your
             sinking
             cause
             ,
             you
             
             would
             with
             fear
             and
             trembling
             consider
             the
             direct
             dangers
             which
             we
             demonstrate
             to
             you
             to
             be
             in
             your
             religion
             rather
             then
             flatter
             your selves
             with
             collateral
             ,
             weak
             ,
             and
             deceitful
             hopes
             of
             accidental
             possibilities
             ,
             that
             some
             of
             you
             may
             escape
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             If
             we
             be
             more
             charitable
             to
             you
             then
             you
             are
             to
             us
             ,
             acknowledge
             in
             us
             the
             beauty
             and
             essential
             form
             of
             Christian
             Religion
             ;
             be
             sure
             you
             love
             as
             well
             as
             make
             use
             of
             our
             charity
             ;
             but
             if
             you
             make
             our
             charity
             an
             argument
             against
             us
             ,
             remember
             that
             you
             render
             us
             evil
             in
             exchange
             for
             good
             ;
             and
             let
             it
             be
             no
             brag
             to
             you
             that
             you
             have
             not
             that
             charity
             to
             us
             ;
             for
             therefore
             the
             Donatists
             were
             condemned
             for
             Hereticks
             and
             Schismaticks
             because
             they
             damn'd
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             afforded
             no
             charity
             to
             any
             that
             was
             not
             of
             their
             Communion
             .
          
           
           
             5.
             
             But
             that
             our
             charity
             may
             be
             such
             indeed
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             do
             you
             a
             real
             benefit
             ,
             and
             not
             turn
             into
             Wormwood
             and
             Colliquintida
             ,
             I
             pray
             take
             notice
             in
             what
             sense
             it
             is
             that
             we
             allow
             salvation
             may
             possibly
             be
             had
             in
             your
             Church
             .
             We
             warrant
             it
             not
             to
             any
             ,
             we
             only
             hope
             it
             for
             some
             ,
             we
             allow
             it
             to
             them
             as
             to
             the
             Sadduces
             in
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Corinthians
             in
             the
             Gospel
             who
             denied
             the
             resurrection
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             till
             they
             were
             sufficiently
             instructed
             ,
             and
             competently
             convinced
             ,
             and
             had
             time
             and
             powers
             to
             out-wear
             their
             prejudices
             and
             the
             impresses
             of
             their
             education
             and
             long
             perswasion
             .
             But
             to
             them
             amongst
             you
             who
             can
             and
             do
             consider
             and
             yet
             determine
             for
             error
             and
             interest
             ,
             we
             have
             a
             greater
             charity
             ,
             even
             so
             much
             as
             to
             labour
             and
             pray
             for
             their
             conversion
             ,
             but
             not
             so
             much
             
             fondness
             as
             to
             flatter
             them
             into
             boldness
             and
             pertinacious
             adherencies
             to
             matters
             of
             so
             great
             danger
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             But
             in
             all
             this
             affair
             though
             your
             men
             are
             very
             bold
             with
             God
             and
             leap
             into
             his
             judgment-seat
             before
             him
             ,
             and
             give
             wild
             sentences
             concerning
             the
             salvation
             of
             your
             own
             party
             and
             the
             damnation
             of
             all
             that
             disagree
             ,
             yet
             that
             which
             is
             our
             charity
             to
             you
             ,
             is
             indeed
             the
             fear
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             reverence
             of
             his
             judgments
             ;
             we
             do
             not
             say
             that
             all
             Papists
             are
             certainly
             damn'd
             ;
             we
             wish
             and
             desire
             vehemently
             that
             none
             of
             you
             may
             perish
             ;
             but
             then
             this
             charity
             of
             judgment
             relates
             not
             to
             you
             ,
             or
             is
             derived
             from
             any
             probability
             which
             we
             see
             in
             your
             doctrines
             that
             differ
             from
             ours
             ;
             but
             because
             we
             know
             not
             what
             rate
             and
             value
             God
             puts
             upon
             the
             article
             ;
             It
             concerns
             neither
             you
             nor
             us
             to
             say
             ,
             this
             or
             
             that
             man
             shall
             be
             damn'd
             for
             his
             opinion
             ;
             for
             besides
             that
             this
             is
             a
             bold
             intrusion
             into
             that
             secret
             of
             God
             which
             shall
             not
             be
             opened
             till
             the
             day
             of
             judgement
             ,
             and
             besides
             that
             we
             know
             not
             what
             allayes
             and
             abatements
             are
             to
             be
             made
             by
             the
             good
             meaning
             and
             the
             ignorance
             of
             the
             man
             ;
             all
             that
             can
             concern
             us
             is
             to
             tell
             you
             that
             you
             are
             in
             error
             ,
             that
             you
             depart
             from
             Scripture
             ,
             that
             you
             exercise
             tyranny
             over
             souls
             ,
             that
             you
             leave
             the
             Divine
             institution
             ,
             and
             prevaricate
             Gods
             Commandement
             ,
             that
             you
             divide
             the
             Church
             without
             truth
             and
             without
             necessity
             ,
             that
             you
             tie
             men
             to
             believe
             things
             under
             pain
             of
             damnation
             which
             cannot
             be
             made
             very
             probable
             much
             less
             certain
             ;
             and
             therefore
             that
             you
             sin
             against
             God
             and
             are
             in
             danger
             of
             his
             eternal
             displeasure
             ;
             but
             in
             giving
             the
             final
             sentence
             
             as
             we
             have
             no
             more
             to
             do
             then
             your
             men
             have
             ,
             yet
             so
             we
             refuse
             to
             follow
             your
             evil
             example
             ;
             and
             we
             follow
             the
             glorious
             precedent
             of
             our
             Blessed
             Lord
             ;
             who
             decreed
             and
             declared
             against
             the
             crime
             ,
             but
             not
             against
             the
             Criminal
             before
             the
             day
             .
             He
             that
             does
             this
             ,
             or
             that
             ,
             is
             in
             danger
             of
             the
             Councel
             ,
             or
             in
             danger
             of
             judgment
             ,
             or
             liable
             and
             obnoxious
             to
             the
             danger
             of
             hell
             fire
             ;
             so
             we
             say
             of
             your
             greatest
             errors
             ;
             they
             put
             you
             in
             the
             danger
             of
             perishing
             ;
             but
             that
             you
             shall
             or
             shall
             not
             perish
             ,
             we
             leave
             it
             to
             your
             Judge
             ,
             and
             if
             you
             call
             this
             charity
             ,
             it
             is
             well
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             it
             is
             piety
             and
             the
             fear
             of
             God
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             Whether
             you
             may
             be
             saved
             ,
             or
             whether
             you
             shall
             be
             damned
             for
             your
             errors
             ,
             does
             neither
             depend
             upon
             our
             affirmative
             nor
             your
             negative
             ,
             but
             according
             to
             the
             
             rate
             and
             value
             which
             God
             sets
             upon
             things
             .
             Whatever
             we
             talke
             ,
             things
             are
             as
             they
             are
             ,
             not
             as
             we
             dispute
             ,
             or
             grant
             ,
             or
             hope
             ;
             and
             therefore
             it
             were
             well
             if
             your
             men
             would
             leave
             abusing
             you
             &
             themselves
             with
             these
             litle
             arts
             of
             indirect
             support
             .
             For
             many
             men
             that
             are
             warranted
             ,
             yet
             do
             eternally
             perish
             ,
             and
             you
             in
             your
             Church
             damne
             millions
             who
             I
             doubt
             not
             shall
             reign
             with
             Jesus
             eternally
             in
             the
             Heavens
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             I
             wish
             you
             would
             consider
             ,
             that
             if
             any
             of
             our
             men
             say
             salvation
             may
             be
             had
             in
             your
             Church
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             for
             the
             goodness
             of
             your
             new
             propositions
             ,
             but
             only
             because
             you
             do
             keep
             so
             much
             of
             that
             which
             is
             our
             Religion
             ,
             that
             upon
             the
             confidence
             of
             that
             we
             hope
             well
             concerning
             you
             .
             And
             we
             do
             not
             hope
             any
             thing
             at
             all
             that
             is
             good
             of
             you
             or
             your
             Religion
             as
             it
             distinguishes
             
             from
             us
             and
             ours
             :
             we
             hope
             that
             the
             good
             which
             you
             have
             common
             with
             us
             may
             obtain
             pardon
             directly
             or
             indirectly
             ,
             or
             may
             be
             an
             antidote
             of
             the
             venome
             ,
             and
             an
             amulet
             against
             the
             danger
             of
             your
             very
             great
             errors
             ,
             so
             that
             if
             you
             can
             derive
             any
             confidence
             from
             our
             concession
             ,
             you
             must
             remember
             where
             it
             takes
             root
             ;
             not
             upon
             any
             thing
             of
             yours
             ,
             but
             wholly
             upon
             the
             excellency
             of
             ours
             ;
             you
             are
             not
             at
             all
             safe
             ,
             or
             warranted
             for
             being
             Papists
             ,
             but
             we
             hope
             well
             of
             some
             of
             you
             ,
             for
             having
             so
             much
             of
             the
             Protestant
             :
             and
             if
             that
             will
             do
             you
             any
             good
             ,
             proceed
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             follow
             it
             whither
             soever
             it
             leads
             you
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             The
             safety
             that
             you
             dream
             of
             which
             we
             say
             to
             be
             on
             your
             side
             is
             nothing
             of
             allowance
             ,
             or
             warranty
             ,
             but
             a
             hope
             that
             is
             collateral
             ,
             indirect
             and
             relative
             ;
             we
             do
             not
             say
             any
             thing
             whereby
             you
             can
             
             conclude
             yours
             to
             be
             safer
             then
             ours
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             not
             safe
             at
             all
             ,
             but
             extremely
             dangerous
             ;
             we
             affirm
             those
             errors
             in
             themselves
             to
             be
             damnable
             ,
             some
             to
             contain
             in
             them
             impiety
             ,
             some
             to
             have
             sacriledge
             ,
             some
             idolatry
             ,
             some
             superstition
             ,
             some
             practifes
             to
             be
             conjuring
             and
             charming
             and
             very
             like
             to
             witchcraft
             ,
             as
             in
             your
             hallowing
             of
             water
             and
             baptizing
             bels
             and
             exorcizing
             demoniacs
             ;
             and
             what
             safety
             there
             can
             be
             in
             these
             ,
             or
             what
             you
             can
             fancy
             we
             should
             allow
             to
             you
             ,
             I
             suppose
             you
             need
             not
             boast
             of
             .
             Now
             because
             we
             hope
             some
             are
             saved
             amongst
             you
             ,
             you
             must
             not
             conclude
             yours
             to
             be
             safe
             ;
             for
             our
             hope
             relies
             upon
             this
             .
             There
             are
             many
             of
             your
             propositions
             in
             which
             we
             differ
             from
             you
             ,
             that
             thousands
             amongst
             you
             understand
             and
             know
             nothing
             of
             ,
             it
             is
             to
             them
             as
             if
             they
             were
             not
             ,
             it
             is
             to
             them
             
             now
             as
             it
             was
             before
             the
             councel
             ,
             they
             hear
             not
             of
             it
             .
             And
             though
             your
             Priests
             have
             taken
             a
             course
             that
             the
             most
             ignorant
             do
             practise
             some
             of
             your
             abhominations
             most
             grossely
             ,
             yet
             we
             hope
             this
             will
             not
             be
             laid
             upon
             them
             who
             (
             as
             S.
             
               Austin's
            
             expression
             is
             )
             
               caut
               â
               sollicitudine
               quaerunt
               veritatem
               ,
               corrigi
               parati
               cum
               invenerint
            
             :
             do
             according
             as
             they
             are
             able
             warily
             and
             diligently
             seek
             for
             truth
             ,
             and
             are
             ready
             to
             swallow
             it
             when
             they
             finde
             it
             ;
             men
             who
             live
             good
             lives
             ,
             and
             repent
             of
             all
             their
             evils
             known
             and
             unknown
             .
             Now
             if
             we
             are
             not
             deceived
             in
             our
             hopes
             ,
             these
             men
             shall
             rejoyce
             in
             the
             eternal
             goodness
             of
             God
             which
             prevails
             over
             the
             malice
             of
             them
             that
             misguide
             you
             ;
             but
             if
             we
             be
             deceived
             in
             our
             hopes
             of
             you
             ,
             your
             guides
             have
             abus'd
             you
             ,
             and
             the
             blind
             leaders
             of
             the
             blind
             will
             fall
             together
             .
             For
             ,
          
           
           
             10.
             
             If
             you
             will
             have
             the
             secret
             of
             this
             whole
             affair
             ,
             this
             it
             is
             .
             The
             hopes
             we
             have
             of
             any
             of
             you
             ,
             (
             as
             it
             is
             known
             )
             principally
             relies
             upon
             the
             hopes
             of
             your
             repentance
             .
             Now
             we
             say
             that
             a
             man
             may
             repent
             of
             an
             error
             which
             he
             knows
             not
             of
             ;
             as
             he
             that
             prayes
             heartily
             for
             the
             pardon
             of
             all
             his
             sins
             and
             errors
             known
             and
             unknown
             ;
             by
             his
             general
             repentance
             may
             obtain
             many
             degrees
             &
             instances
             of
             mercy
             .
             Now
             thus
             much
             also
             your
             men
             allow
             to
             us
             ;
             these
             who
             live
             well
             ,
             and
             die
             in
             a
             true
             though
             but
             general
             repentance
             of
             their
             sins
             and
             errors
             even
             amongst
             us
             your
             best
             &
             wisest
             men
             pronounce
             to
             be
             in
             a
             saveable
             condition
             .
             Here
             then
             we
             are
             equal
             ,
             and
             we
             are
             as
             safe
             by
             your
             confession
             as
             you
             are
             by
             ours
             .
             But
             because
             there
             are
             some
             Bigots
             of
             your
             faction
             fierce
             and
             fiery
             who
             say
             that
             a
             general
             
             repentance
             will
             not
             serve
             our
             turns
             ,
             but
             it
             must
             be
             a
             particular
             renunciation
             of
             Protestancy
             ;
             these
             men
             deny
             not
             only
             to
             us
             but
             to
             themselves
             too
             ,
             all
             that
             comfort
             which
             they
             derive
             from
             our
             Concession
             ,
             and
             indeed
             which
             they
             can
             hope
             for
             from
             the
             mercies
             of
             God
             .
             For
             be
             you
             sure
             we
             think
             as
             ill
             of
             your
             errors
             as
             you
             can
             suppose
             of
             our
             Articles
             ;
             and
             therefore
             if
             for
             errors
             (
             be
             they
             on
             which
             side
             it
             chances
             )
             a
             general
             repentance
             will
             not
             serve
             the
             turn
             without
             an
             actual
             dereliction
             ,
             then
             flatter
             not
             your selves
             by
             any
             thing
             of
             our
             kindness
             to
             your
             party
             ;
             for
             you
             must
             have
             a
             particular
             if
             a
             general
             be
             not
             sufficient
             .
             But
             if
             it
             be
             sufficient
             for
             you
             ,
             it
             is
             so
             for
             us
             ,
             in
             case
             we
             be
             in
             error
             as
             your
             men
             suppose
             us
             ;
             but
             if
             it
             will
             not
             suffice
             us
             for
             remedy
             to
             those
             errors
             you
             charge
             us
             with
             ,
             neither
             will
             it
             suffice
             you
             ;
             for
             
             the
             case
             must
             needs
             be
             equall
             as
             to
             the
             value
             of
             repentance
             and
             the
             malignity
             of
             the
             error
             :
             and
             therefore
             these
             men
             condemn
             themselves
             and
             will
             not
             allow
             us
             to
             hope
             well
             of
             them
             ,
             but
             if
             they
             will
             allow
             us
             to
             hope
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             by
             affirming
             the
             value
             of
             a
             general
             repentance
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             allow
             that
             ,
             they
             must
             hope
             as
             well
             of
             ours
             as
             we
             of
             theirs
             :
             but
             if
             they
             deny
             it
             to
             us
             ,
             they
             deny
             it
             to
             themselves
             ,
             and
             then
             they
             can
             no
             more
             brag
             of
             any
             thing
             of
             our
             concession
             .
             This
             only
             I
             adde
             to
             this
             consideration
             ;
             that
             your
             men
             does
             not
             ,
             cannot
             charge
             upon
             us
             any
             doctrine
             that
             is
             in
             its
             matter
             and
             effect
             impious
             ;
             there
             is
             nothing
             positive
             in
             our
             doctrine
             ,
             but
             is
             either
             true
             or
             innocent
             ,
             but
             we
             are
             accus'd
             for
             denying
             your
             super-structures
             :
             ours
             therefore
             (
             if
             we
             be
             deceived
             )
             is
             but
             like
             a
             sin
             of
             
             omission
             ;
             yours
             are
             sins
             of
             commission
             in
             case
             you
             are
             in
             the
             wrong
             (
             as
             we
             believe
             you
             to
             be
             )
             &
             therefore
             you
             must
             needs
             be
             in
             the
             greater
             danger
             then
             we
             can
             be
             supposed
             ,
             by
             how
             much
             sins
             of
             omission
             are
             less
             then
             sins
             of
             commission
             .
          
           
             11.
             
             Your
             very
             way
             of
             arguing
             from
             our
             charity
             is
             a
             very
             fallacy
             and
             a
             trick
             that
             must
             needs
             deceive
             you
             if
             you
             rely
             upon
             it
             .
             For
             whereas
             your
             men
             argue
             thus
             .
             The
             Protestants
             say
             we
             Papists
             may
             be
             saved
             ;
             and
             so
             say
             we
             too
             :
             but
             we
             Papists
             say
             that
             you
             Protestants
             cannot
             ,
             therefore
             it
             is
             safest
             to
             be
             a
             Papist
             ;
             consider
             that
             of
             this
             argument
             if
             it
             shall
             be
             accepted
             ,
             any
             bold
             heretick
             can
             make
             use
             ,
             against
             any
             modest
             Christian
             of
             a
             true
             perswasion
             .
             For
             ,
             if
             he
             can
             but
             out-face
             the
             modesty
             of
             the
             good
             man
             ,
             and
             tell
             him
             he
             shall
             
             be
             damn'd
             ;
             unless
             that
             modest
             man
             say
             as
             much
             of
             him
             ,
             you
             see
             impudence
             shall
             get
             the
             better
             of
             the
             day
             .
             But
             it
             is
             thus
             in
             every
             error
             .
             Fifteen
             Bishops
             of
             
               Ierusalem
            
             in
             immediate
             succession
             were
             circumcised
             ,
             believing
             it
             to
             be
             necessary
             so
             to
             be
             :
             with
             these
             other
             Christian
             Churches
             who
             were
             of
             the
             uncircumcision
             did
             communicate
             :
             Suppose
             now
             that
             these
             Bishops
             had
             not
             onely
             thought
             it
             necessary
             for
             themselves
             but
             for
             others
             too
             ;
             this
             argument
             you
             see
             was
             ready
             :
             you
             of
             the
             Uncircumcision
             who
             do
             communicate
             with
             us
             ,
             think
             that
             we
             may
             be
             saved
             though
             we
             are
             circumcised
             ,
             but
             we
             do
             not
             think
             that
             you
             who
             are
             not
             circumcised
             can
             be
             saved
             ,
             therefore
             it
             is
             the
             safest
             way
             to
             be
             circumcised
             :
             I
             suppose
             you
             would
             not
             have
             thought
             their
             argument
             good
             ,
             neither
             would
             you
             have
             had
             
             your
             children
             circumcised
             .
             But
             this
             argument
             may
             serve
             the
             Presbyterians
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Papists
             .
             We
             are
             indeed
             very
             kinde
             to
             them
             in
             our
             sentences
             concerning
             their
             salvation
             ;
             and
             they
             are
             many
             of
             them
             as
             unkind
             to
             us
             ;
             If
             they
             should
             argue
             so
             as
             you
             do
             ;
             and
             say
             ,
             you
             Episcopal
             men
             think
             we
             Presbyterians
             though
             in
             errors
             can
             be
             saved
             ,
             and
             we
             say
             so
             too
             :
             but
             we
             think
             you
             Episcopal
             men
             are
             Enemies
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ;
             and
             therefore
             we
             think
             you
             in
             a
             damnable
             condition
             ,
             therefore
             it
             is
             safer
             to
             be
             a
             Presbyterian
             ;
             I
             know
             not
             what
             your
             men
             would
             think
             of
             the
             argument
             in
             their
             hands
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             we
             had
             reason
             to
             complain
             that
             we
             are
             used
             very
             ill
             on
             both
             hands
             for
             no
             other
             cause
             but
             because
             we
             are
             charitable
             .
             But
             it
             is
             not
             our
             case
             alone
             ;
             but
             the
             old
             Catholicks
             were
             
             used
             just
             so
             by
             the
             Donatists
             in
             this
             very
             argument
             ,
             as
             we
             are
             used
             by
             your
             men
             .
             The
             Donatists
             were
             so
             fierce
             against
             the
             Catholicks
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             rebaptize
             all
             them
             who
             came
             to
             their
             Churches
             from
             the
             other
             :
             But
             the
             Catholicks
             ,
             as
             knowing
             the
             Donatists
             did
             give
             right
             baptisme
             ,
             admitted
             their
             converts
             to
             repentance
             ,
             but
             did
             not
             rebaptize
             them
             .
             Upon
             this
             score
             ,
             the
             Donatists
             triumphed
             ,
             saying
             ;
             you
             Catholicks
             confess
             our
             Baptism
             to
             be
             good
             ,
             and
             so
             say
             we
             :
             But
             we
             Donatists
             deny
             your
             Baptism
             to
             be
             good
             ;
             therefore
             it
             is
             safer
             to
             be
             of
             our
             side
             then
             yours
             .
             Now
             what
             should
             the
             Catholicks
             say
             or
             do
             ?
             should
             they
             lie
             for
             God
             and
             for
             religion
             ,
             and
             to
             serve
             the
             ends
             of
             truth
             say
             the
             Donatists
             baptism
             was
             not
             good
             ?
             That
             they
             ought
             not
             .
             Should
             they
             damne
             all
             the
             Donatists
             ,
             and
             make
             the
             
             rent
             wider
             ?
             It
             was
             too
             great
             already
             .
             What
             then
             ?
             They
             were
             quiet
             and
             knew
             that
             the
             Donatists
             sought
             advantages
             by
             their
             own
             fierceness
             ,
             and
             trampled
             upon
             the
             others
             charity
             ;
             but
             so
             they
             hardned
             themselves
             in
             error
             ,
             and
             became
             evill
             ,
             because
             the
             others
             were
             good
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             trouble
             you
             no
             further
             now
             ,
             but
             desire
             you
             to
             consider
             of
             these
             things
             with
             as
             much
             caution
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             written
             with
             charity
             .
          
           
             Till
             I
             hear
             from
             you
             ,
             I
             shall
             pray
             to
             God
             to
             open
             your
             heart
             and
             your
             understanding
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             return
             f●●m
             whence
             you
             are
             fallen
             ,
             and
             repent
             ,
             and
             do
             your
             first
             work
             ,
             which
             that
             you
             may
             do
             ,
             is
             the
             hearty
             desire
             of
          
           
             
               Your
               very
               affectionate
               Friend
               and
               Servant
               ,
               
                 I●●●
                 Taylor
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             The
             Second
             Letter
             :
             Written
             to
             a
             Person
             newly
             converted
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
             
               Madam
               ,
            
          
           
             I
             Bless
             God
             I
             am
             safely
             arrived
             where
             I
             〈…〉
             after
             my
             unwilling
             departure
             from
             the
             place
             of
             your
             abode
             and
             danger
             ,
             and
             now
             because
             I
             can
             have
             no
             other
             expression
             of
             my
             tenderness
             ,
             I
             account
             that
             I
             have
             a
             treble
             Obligation
             to
             signifie
             it
             by
             my
             care
             of
             your
             biggest
             and
             eternal
             interest
             .
             And
             because
             it
             hath
             pleased
             God
             to
             make
             me
             an
             Instrument
             of
             making
             you
             to
             understand
             
             in
             some
             fair
             measure
             the
             excellencies
             of
             a
             true
             and
             holy
             Religion
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             have
             pointed
             out
             such
             follies
             and
             errours
             in
             the
             Romane
             Church
             ,
             at
             which
             your
             understanding
             being
             forward
             and
             pregnant
             ,
             did
             of
             it self
             start
             as
             at
             imperfect
             ill-looking
             Propositions
             ,
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             do
             that
             now
             which
             is
             the
             purpose
             of
             my
             Charity
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             teach
             you
             to
             turn
             this
             to
             the
             advantage
             of
             a
             holy
             life
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             not
             only
             be
             changed
             but
             converted
             .
             For
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
            
             whither
             you
             are
             now
             come
             is
             not
             in
             condition
             to
             boast
             her self
             in
             the
             reputation
             of
             changing
             the
             opinion
             of
             a
             single
             person
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             excellent
             ;
             She
             hath
             no
             temporal
             ends
             to
             serve
             which
             must
             stand
             upon
             fame
             and
             noises
             ;
             all
             that
             she
             can
             design
             ,
             is
             to
             serve
             God
             ,
             to
             advance
             the
             honour
             of
             her
             Lord
             ,
             and
             the
             good
             
             of
             souls
             ,
             and
             to
             rejoyce
             in
             the
             Cross
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             Therefore
             I
             desire
             you
             to
             remember
             that
             as
             now
             you
             are
             taught
             to
             pray
             both
             publikely
             and
             privately
             ,
             in
             a
             Language
             understood
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             intended
             your
             affections
             should
             be
             forward
             ,
             in
             proportion
             to
             the
             advantages
             which
             your
             prayer
             hath
             in
             the
             understanding
             part
             .
             For
             though
             you
             have
             been
             often
             told
             and
             have
             heard
             ,
             that
             ignorance
             is
             the
             Mother
             of
             devotion
             ,
             you
             will
             finde
             that
             the
             proposition
             is
             unnatural
             and
             against
             common
             sense
             and
             experience
             ;
             because
             it
             is
             impossible
             to
             desire
             that
             of
             which
             we
             know
             nothing
             ,
             unless
             the
             desire
             it self
             be
             fantasticall
             and
             illusive
             :
             it
             is
             necessary
             that
             in
             the
             same
             proportion
             in
             which
             we
             understand
             any
             good
             thing
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             we
             shall
             also
             desire
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             particular
             
             and
             minute
             your
             notices
             are
             ,
             the
             more
             passionate
             and
             materiall
             also
             your
             affections
             will
             be
             towards
             it
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             be
             good
             things
             for
             which
             we
             are
             taught
             to
             pray
             ,
             the
             more
             you
             know
             them
             the
             more
             reason
             you
             have
             to
             love
             them
             ;
             It
             is
             monstrous
             to
             think
             that
             devotion
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             passionate
             desires
             of
             religious
             things
             ,
             and
             the
             earnest
             prosecutions
             of
             them
             should
             be
             produced
             by
             any
             thing
             of
             ignorance
             or
             less
             perfect
             notices
             in
             any
             sence
             .
             Since
             therefore
             you
             are
             taught
             to
             pray
             ,
             so
             that
             your
             understanding
             is
             the
             praecentor
             or
             the
             Master
             of
             the
             Quire
             ,
             and
             you
             know
             what
             you
             say
             ;
             your
             desires
             are
             made
             humane
             ,
             religious
             ,
             express
             ,
             material
             (
             for
             these
             are
             the
             advantages
             of
             prayers
             and
             Liturgies
             well
             understood
             )
             be
             pleased
             also
             to
             remember
             ,
             that
             now
             if
             you
             be
             not
             also
             passionate
             and
             devout
             
             for
             the
             things
             you
             mention
             ,
             you
             will
             want
             the
             Spirit
             of
             prayer
             ,
             and
             be
             more
             inexcusable
             then
             before
             .
             In
             many
             of
             your
             prayers
             before
             (
             especially
             the
             publique
             )
             you
             heard
             a
             voice
             but
             saw
             and
             perceived
             nothing
             of
             the
             sence
             ,
             and
             what
             you
             understood
             of
             it
             was
             like
             the
             man
             in
             the
             Gospel
             that
             was
             half
             blinde
             ,
             he
             saw
             men
             walking
             like
             Trees
             ,
             and
             so
             you
             possibly
             might
             perceive
             the
             meaning
             of
             it
             in
             generall
             ;
             You
             knew
             when
             they
             came
             to
             the
             Epistle
             ,
             when
             to
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             when
             the
             Introit
             ,
             when
             the
             
               Pax
               ,
            
             when
             any
             of
             the
             other
             more
             generall
             periods
             were
             ;
             but
             you
             could
             have
             nothing
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             prayer
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             nothing
             of
             the
             devotion
             and
             the
             holy
             affections
             to
             the
             particular
             excellencies
             which
             could
             or
             ought
             there
             to
             have
             been
             represented
             ;
             but
             now
             you
             are
             taught
             how
             you
             may
             be
             really
             devout
             ,
             it
             
             is
             made
             facil
             and
             easie
             ,
             and
             there
             can
             want
             nothing
             but
             your
             consent
             and
             observation
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Whereas
             now
             you
             are
             taken
             off
             from
             all
             humane
             confidences
             ,
             from
             relying
             wholly
             and
             almost
             ultimately
             upon
             the
             Priests
             power
             and
             external
             act
             ,
             from
             reckoning
             prayers
             by
             numbers
             ,
             from
             forms
             and
             out-sides
             ,
             you
             are
             not
             to
             think
             that
             the
             Priests
             power
             is
             less
             ,
             that
             the
             Sacraments
             are
             not
             effective
             ,
             that
             your
             prayers
             may
             not
             be
             repeated
             frequently
             ;
             but
             you
             are
             to
             remember
             ,
             that
             all
             outward
             things
             and
             Ceremonies
             ,
             all
             Sacraments
             and
             Institutions
             work
             their
             effect
             in
             the
             vertue
             of
             Christ
             ,
             by
             some
             morall
             Instrument
             ;
             The
             Priests
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
            
             can
             absolve
             you
             as
             much
             as
             the
             Romane
             Priests
             could
             fairly
             pretend
             ;
             but
             then
             we
             teach
             that
             you
             must
             first
             be
             a
             penitent
             and
             a
             returning
             
             person
             ,
             and
             our
             absolution
             does
             but
             manifest
             the
             work
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             comfort
             and
             instruct
             your
             Conscience
             ,
             direct
             and
             manage
             it
             ;
             You
             shall
             be
             absolved
             here
             ,
             but
             not
             unless
             you
             live
             a
             holy
             life
             ;
             So
             that
             in
             this
             you
             will
             finde
             no
             change
             but
             to
             the
             advantage
             of
             a
             strict
             life
             ;
             we
             will
             not
             flatter
             you
             and
             cozen
             your
             dear
             soul
             by
             pretended
             ministeries
             ,
             but
             we
             so
             order
             our
             discourses
             and
             directions
             that
             all
             our
             ministrations
             may
             be
             really
             effective
             ,
             and
             when
             you
             receive
             the
             holy
             Sacrament
             of
             the
             Eucharist
             ,
             or
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             ,
             it
             does
             more
             good
             here
             then
             they
             do
             there
             ,
             because
             if
             they
             consecrate
             ritely
             ,
             yet
             they
             do
             not
             communicate
             you
             fully
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             offer
             the
             whole
             representative
             Sacrifice
             ,
             yet
             they
             do
             not
             give
             you
             the
             whole
             Sacrament
             ;
             )
             only
             we
             enjoyn
             that
             you
             come
             with
             so
             much
             holiness
             ,
             
             that
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             in
             your
             heart
             may
             be
             the
             principal
             ,
             and
             the
             Sacrament
             in
             our
             hands
             may
             be
             the
             ministring
             and
             assisting
             part
             :
             we
             do
             not
             promise
             great
             effects
             to
             easie
             trifling
             dispositions
             ,
             because
             we
             would
             not
             deceive
             ,
             but
             really
             procure
             to
             you
             great
             effects
             ;
             and
             therefore
             you
             are
             now
             to
             come
             to
             our
             offices
             with
             the
             same
             expectations
             as
             before
             ,
             of
             pardon
             ,
             of
             grace
             ,
             of
             sanctification
             ;
             but
             you
             must
             do
             something
             more
             of
             the
             work
             your self
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             not
             do
             lesse
             in
             effect
             then
             you
             have
             in
             your
             expectation
             ;
             We
             will
             not
             to
             advance
             the
             reputation
             of
             our
             power
             deceive
             you
             into
             a
             less
             blessing
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Be
             careful
             that
             you
             do
             not
             flatter
             your self
             ,
             that
             in
             our
             Communion
             you
             may
             have
             more
             ease
             and
             liberty
             of
             life
             ;
             for
             though
             I
             know
             your
             pious
             soule
             desires
             
             passionately
             to
             please
             God
             and
             to
             live
             religiously
             ,
             yet
             I
             ought
             to
             be
             careful
             to
             prevent
             a
             temptation
             ,
             lest
             it
             at
             any
             time
             should
             discompose
             your
             severity
             :
             Therefore
             as
             to
             confession
             to
             a
             Priest
             (
             which
             how
             it
             is
             usually
             practised
             amongst
             the
             Romane
             party
             ,
             your self
             can
             very
             well
             account
             ,
             and
             you
             have
             complain'd
             sadly
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             made
             an
             ordinary
             act
             ,
             easie
             and
             transient
             ,
             sometime
             matter
             of
             temptation
             ,
             often
             times
             impertinent
             ,
             but
             )
             suppose
             it
             free
             from
             such
             scandal
             to
             which
             some
             mens
             folly
             did
             betray
             it
             ,
             yet
             the
             same
             severity
             you
             'l
             finde
             among
             us
             ;
             for
             though
             we
             will
             not
             tell
             a
             lye
             to
             help
             a
             sinner
             ,
             and
             say
             that
             is
             necessary
             which
             is
             only
             appointed
             to
             make
             men
             do
             themselves
             good
             ,
             yet
             we
             advise
             and
             commend
             it
             ,
             and
             do
             all
             the
             work
             of
             souls
             to
             all
             those
             people
             that
             will
             be
             saved
             by
             all
             means
             ;
             to
             devout
             
             persons
             ,
             that
             make
             Religion
             the
             business
             of
             their
             lives
             ,
             and
             they
             that
             do
             not
             so
             in
             the
             Churches
             of
             the
             Roman
             Communion
             ,
             as
             they
             finde
             but
             little
             advantage
             by
             peridiocal
             confessions
             ,
             so
             they
             feel
             but
             little
             awfulness
             and
             severity
             by
             the
             injunction
             ;
             you
             must
             confess
             to
             God
             all
             your
             secret
             actions
             ,
             you
             must
             advise
             with
             a
             holy
             man
             in
             all
             the
             affairs
             of
             your
             soul
             ,
             you
             will
             be
             but
             an
             ill
             friend
             to
             your self
             if
             you
             conceal
             from
             him
             the
             state
             of
             your
             spiritual
             affairs
             :
             We
             desire
             not
             to
             hear
             the
             circumstance
             of
             every
             sinne
             ,
             but
             when
             matter
             of
             justice
             is
             concerned
             ,
             or
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             sinne
             is
             changed
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             when
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             made
             a
             Question
             ;
             and
             you
             will
             finde
             that
             though
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
            
             gives
             you
             much
             liberty
             from
             the
             bondage
             of
             innumerable
             Ceremonies
             and
             humane
             devices
             ,
             yet
             
             in
             the
             matter
             of
             holiness
             you
             will
             be
             tied
             to
             very
             great
             service
             ,
             but
             such
             a
             service
             as
             is
             perfect
             freedom
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             service
             of
             God
             and
             the
             love
             of
             the
             holy
             Jesus
             ,
             and
             a
             very
             strict
             religious
             life
             ;
             for
             we
             do
             not
             promise
             heaven
             ,
             but
             upon
             the
             same
             terms
             it
             is
             promised
             us
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             
               Repentance
               towards
               God
               and
               Faith
               in
               our
               Lord
               Iesus
               :
            
             and
             as
             in
             faith
             we
             make
             no
             more
             to
             be
             necessary
             then
             what
             is
             made
             so
             in
             holy
             Scripture
             ,
             so
             in
             the
             matter
             of
             Repentance
             we
             give
             you
             no
             easie
             devices
             ,
             and
             suffer
             no
             lessening
             definitions
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             oblige
             you
             to
             that
             strictness
             which
             is
             the
             condition
             of
             being
             saved
             ,
             and
             so
             expressed
             to
             be
             by
             the
             infallible
             Word
             of
             God
             ;
             but
             such
             as
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Rome
            
             they
             do
             not
             so
             much
             stand
             upon
             .
          
           
             Madam
             ,
             I
             am
             weary
             of
             my
             Journey
             ,
             and
             although
             I
             did
             purpose
             to
             have
             spoken
             many
             things
             
             more
             ,
             yet
             I
             desire
             that
             my
             not
             doing
             it
             may
             be
             laid
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             my
             weariness
             ,
             all
             that
             I
             shall
             adde
             to
             the
             main
             businese
             is
             this
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Reade
             the
             Scriptures
             diligently
             ,
             and
             with
             an
             humble
             spirit
             ,
             and
             in
             it
             observe
             what
             is
             plain
             ,
             and
             beleeve
             and
             live
             accordingly
             .
             Trouble
             not
             your self
             with
             what
             is
             difficult
             ,
             for
             in
             that
             your
             duty
             is
             not
             described
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             Pray
             frequently
             and
             effectually
             ;
             I
             had
             rather
             your
             prayers
             should
             be
             often
             then
             long
             .
             It
             was
             well
             said
             of
             
               Petrarch
               ,
               Magno
               verborum
               freno
               uti
               decet
               cum
               superiore
               colloquentem
               .
            
             When
             you
             speak
             to
             your
             superiour
             you
             ought
             to
             have
             a
             bridle
             upon
             your
             tongue
             ,
             much
             more
             when
             you
             speak
             to
             God
             .
             I
             speak
             of
             what
             is
             decent
             in
             respect
             of
             our selves
             and
             our
             infinite
             distances
             from
             God
             :
             but
             if
             love
             makes
             you
             speak
             ,
             speak
             on
             ,
             so
             
             shall
             your
             prayer
             be
             full
             of
             charity
             and
             devotion
             ,
             
               Nullus
               est
               amore
               superior
               ,
               ille
               te
               coget
               ad
               veniam
               ,
               qui
               me
               ad
               multiloquium
            
             ;
             Love
             makes
             God
             to
             be
             our
             friend
             ,
             and
             our
             approaches
             more
             united
             and
             acceptable
             ;
             and
             therefore
             you
             may
             say
             to
             God
             ,
             
               the
               same
               love
               which
               made
               me
               speak
               ,
               will
               also
               move
               thee
               to
               hear
               and
               pardon
            
             :
             Love
             and
             devotion
             may
             enlarge
             your
             Letanies
             ,
             but
             nothing
             else
             can
             ,
             unless
             Authority
             does
             interpo●e
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             Be
             curious
             not
             to
             communicate
             but
             with
             the
             true
             Sonnes
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             lest
             if
             you
             follow
             them
             that
             were
             amongst
             us
             ,
             but
             are
             gone
             out
             from
             us
             ,
             because
             they
             were
             not
             of
             us
             )
             you
             be
             offended
             and
             tempted
             to
             impute
             their
             follies
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
               .
            
          
           
             7.
             
             Trouble
             your self
             with
             no
             controversies
             willingly
             ,
             but
             how
             
             you
             may
             best
             please
             God
             by
             a
             strict
             and
             severe
             conversation
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             If
             any
             Protestant
             live
             loosely
             ,
             remember
             that
             he
             dishonours
             an
             excellent
             Religion
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             may
             be
             no
             more
             laid
             upon
             the
             charge
             of
             our
             Church
             ,
             then
             the
             ill
             lives
             of
             most
             Christians
             may
             upon
             the
             whole
             Religion
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             Let
             no
             man
             or
             woman
             affright
             you
             with
             declamations
             and
             scaring
             words
             of
             
               Heretick
               ,
            
             and
             
               Damnation
               ,
            
             and
             
               Changeable
            
             ;
             for
             these
             words
             may
             be
             spoken
             against
             them
             that
             return
             to
             light
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             to
             those
             that
             go
             to
             darkness
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             men
             of
             all
             sides
             can
             say
             ,
             it
             can
             be
             of
             effect
             to
             no
             side
             upon
             its
             own
             strength
             or
             pretension
             .
          
           
             The
             End
             .
          
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A63784e-240
           
             Martial
             .
             l.
             8.
             ep.
             18.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             27.
             10.
             
          
           
             *
             
               
                 Vt
                 praestem
                 Pyladen
                 ,
                 aliquis
                 mihi
                 praestet
                 Oresten
              
            
             
               
                 Hoc
                 non
                 fit
                 verbis
                 ,
                 Maree
                 ut
                 ameris
                 ,
                 ama
                 .
              
               Mart.
               l.
               6.
               ep.
               11.
               
            
          
           
             *
             
               Extra
               fortunam
               est
               quicquid
               donatur
               amicis
            
             
               Quas
               dederis
               solas
               semper
               habebis
               opes
               .
            
             
               Mart.
               l.
               5.
               ep.
               43.
               
            
             
               Et
               tamen
               hoc
               vitium
               ,
               sed
               non
               leve
               ,
               sit
               licet
               unum
               ,
            
             
               Quod
               colit
               ingratas
               pauper
               amicitias
               .
            
             
               Quis
               largitur
               opes
               veteri
               ,
               fidoque
               sodali
               .
            
             
               ep.
               19.
               
            
          
           
             †
             
               Non
               bellè
               quaedam
               faciunt
               duo
               :
               sufficit
               unus
            
             
               Huic
               operi
               :
               si
               vis
               ut
               loquar
               ipse
               tace
               .
            
             
               Crede
               mihi
               quamvis
               ingentia
               Posthume
               dones
            
             
               Authoris
               pereunt
               garrulitate
               sui
               .
            
             
               ep.
               53.
               
            
          
        
         
           Notes for div A63784e-4710
           
             De
             potest
             .
             Eccles.
             cons.
             12.