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           THE
           ORIGINE
           OF
           ATHEISM
           IN
           THE
           Popish
           and
           Protestant
           CHURCHES
           ,
           SHEW'N
           BY
           
             DOROTHEVS
             SICVRVS
             ,
          
           1684.
           
           Made
           English
           ,
           and
           a
           Preface
           added
        
         
           By
           
             E.
             B.
          
           Esquire
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Walter
             Kettilby
             ,
          
           at
           the
           Bishops-Head
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           ,
           1684.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           TRANSLATOR
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           THE
           Author
           of
           This
           small
           Piece
           is
           altogether
           unknown
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           as
           to
           the
           Name
           I
           suppose
           it
           is
           a
           made
           one
           ;
           because
           neither
           the
           place
           where
           it
           is
           Printed
           is
           expressed
           ,
           nor
           the
           Printers
           name
           .
           I
           conjecture
           the
           Author
           of
           it
           to
           be
           a
           
             Calvinist
             ,
          
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           great
           kindness
           for
           that
           Religion
           ,
           as
           appears
           in
           his
           Title
           page
           ,
           and
           throughout
           the
           Book
           ,
           calling
           it
           every
           where
           the
           Evangelical
           Religion
           .
           Besides
           ,
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Third
           Section
           he
           falls
           very
           sharply
           upon
           the
           
             Lutherans
          
           and
           
             Arminians
             ,
          
           as
           if
           none
           had
           been
           guilty
           of
           the
           Crimes
           there
           charged
           but
           they
           .
           But
           be
           this
           as
           it
           will
           ,
           I
           am
           much
           better
           assured
           the
           Book
           was
           Printed
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           and
           imported
           into
           
             England
             ,
          
           both
           by
           the
           Paper
           ,
           Print
           ,
           and
           Person
           of
           whom
           I
           had
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           taken
           the
           pains
           to
           turn
           it
           as
           well
           as
           I
           can
           into
           English
           ,
           because
           I
           conceive
           it
           may
           be
           useful
           to
           some
           of
           my
           Countrey
           men
           who
           cannot
           read
           it
           in
           the
           Original
           ;
           and
           if
           I
           should
           happen
           to
           be
           mistaken
           ,
           the
           wonder
           will
           not
           be
           great
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           I
           cannot
           forbear
           taking
           a
           little
           more
           pains
           with
           it
           before
           I
           know
           what
           shall
           be
           the
           event
           of
           that
           which
           I
           have
           already
           undergone
           ,
           because
           I
           conceive
           there
           may
           be
           many
           other
           Causes
           of
           the
           encrease
           of
           the
           
           abominable
           and
           comprehensive
           sin
           of
           Atheism
           besides
           those
           my
           Author
           hath
           mentioned
           .
        
         
           It
           has
           been
           observed
           by
           many
           Learned
           men
           who
           have
           reflected
           on
           the
           tempers
           of
           the
           several
           Ages
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           the
           more
           ignorant
           times
           have
           been
           strongly
           prone
           to
           Superstition
           ;
           whence
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           was
           taken
           that
           common
           Proverb
           ,
           that
           
             Ignorance
             is
             the
             mother
             of
             Devotion
             .
          
           There
           being
           no
           people
           so
           seemingly
           Devout
           as
           the
           Superstitious
           .
           It
           would
           make
           a
           man
           amazed
           to
           see
           what
           ridiculous
           things
           our
           Ancestors
           believed
           in
           the
           dark
           times
           of
           Popery
           here
           in
           
             England
             .
          
           No
           man
           can
           read
           the
           story
           of
           the
           Monk
           of
           
             Evesham
          
           which
           fills
           three
           whole
           leaves
           in
           
             Matth.
          
           
           
             Paris
             ,
          
           wherein
           is
           a
           very
           exact
           account
           of
           all
           the
           Pains
           and
           Places
           of
           Purgatory
           .
           Or
           that
           in
           
             Gulielmus
             Newbrigensis
          
           concerning
           the
           two
           Green
           children
           that
           were
           found
           at
           
             Wolpet
          
           in
           
             Suffolk
             ,
          
           
           and
           came
           out
           of
           St.
           
             Martins
          
           Land
           ,
           where
           the
           Sun
           never
           shines
           ,
           and
           where
           they
           never
           see
           any
           greater
           light
           than
           that
           of
           a
           twilight
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           I
           say
           ,
           no
           man
           can
           read
           these
           passages
           in
           men
           of
           that
           great
           capacity
           that
           they
           were
           of
           in
           comparison
           of
           others
           who
           lived
           in
           the
           same
           times
           ,
           but
           he
           must
           admire
           the
           credulity
           and
           ignorance
           of
           those
           Ages
           :
           and
           if
           the
           great
           men
           and
           Scholars
           could
           swallow
           such
           things
           ,
           we
           may
           from
           thence
           conjecture
           how
           large
           the
           Faith
           and
           Belief
           of
           the
           meaner
           people
           was
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           
           the
           Age
           of
           
             Augustus
          
           (
           in
           which
           times
           our
           Saviour
           took
           upon
           him
           our
           Nature
           )
           were
           ,
           as
           Learned
           ,
           Polite
           and
           flourishing
           times
           as
           ever
           hapned
           since
           the
           Creation
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           but
           then
           they
           were
           the
           most
           corrupt
           too
           in
           point
           of
           Manners
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           Atheistical
           in
           point
           of
           Belief
           .
           
        
         
           That
           they
           were
           Learned
           will
           appear
           to
           any
           man
           that
           shall
           read
           the
           Works
           of
           
             Cicero
             ,
             Livy
             ,
             Virgil
             ,
             Horace
             ,
             Josephus
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           And
           we
           may
           be
           assured
           that
           all
           the
           more
           Antient
           Greek
           and
           Latin
           Books
           which
           are
           since
           
           lost
           ,
           were
           all
           then
           extant
           ,
           and
           how
           much
           the
           Romans
           in
           that
           Age
           envied
           the
           Grecians
           the
           reputation
           of
           Learning
           will
           thence
           appear
           too
           ,
           tho'
           as
           
             Ammianus
             Marcellinus
          
           acquaints
           us
           about
           three
           Centuries
           after
           they
           became
           wholly
           careless
           of
           Books
           and
           Learned
           men
           ,
           
           
             Bibliothecis
             in
             Sepulchrorum
             ritu
             in
             perpetuum
             clausis
             ,
          
           Their
           Libraries
           being
           like
           Sepulchres
           shut
           up
           never
           to
           be
           opened
           more
           .
           And
           a
           little
           higher
           .
           
             Pro
             Philosopho
             Cantor
             ;
             &
             in
             locum
             Oratoris
             Doctor
             artium
             ludicrarum
             Accitur
             ,
          
           They
           entertained
           instead
           of
           a
           Philosopher
           a
           Singing
           man
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           an
           Orator
           a
           Teacher
           of
           Ludicrous
           Arts
           ;
           but
           that
           it
           was
           not
           so
           in
           the
           times
           I
           mention
           ,
           is
           apparent
           from
           the
           great
           number
           of
           excellent
           Books
           that
           were
           then
           written
           .
        
         
           But
           then
           the
           same
           Books
           will
           sufficiently
           acquaint
           us
           with
           the
           Vniversal
           corruption
           of
           manners
           that
           then
           raged
           throughout
           the
           whole
           world
           ;
           and
           God
           be
           praised
           ,
           tho'
           our
           times
           seem
           to
           be
           equal
           in
           Learning
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           yet
           so
           bad
           as
           those
           were
           ,
           in
           point
           of
           Morality
           .
        
         
           Nor
           did
           Atheism
           and
           her
           Sister
           Hypocrisie
           rage
           less
           in
           that
           Age
           than
           debauchery
           .
           
           The
           Philosophy
           that
           was
           then
           in
           Vogue
           was
           the
           Epicurean
           ,
           of
           which
           Sect
           most
           of
           the
           great
           men
           of
           
             Rome
          
           in
           those
           times
           were
           ,
           as
           the
           Sect
           of
           the
           Sadduces
           prevailed
           upon
           the
           great
           men
           of
           the
           
             Jewish
          
           Nation
           at
           the
           same
           time
           which
           was
           not
           much
           better
           than
           the
           Epicurean
           Philosophy
           being
           but
           a
           sort
           of
           disguised
           Atheism
           .
           
        
         
           Nor
           was
           the
           covetous
           ,
           ambitious
           ,
           insolent
           and
           factious
           Hypocrisie
           of
           the
           Pharisees
           ,
           less
           odious
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           mischievous
           to
           all
           true
           Religion
           ,
           than
           the
           contrary
           sin
           of
           Atheism
           ;
           as
           appears
           by
           our
           Saviours
           conjoyning
           them
           always
           in
           his
           severe
           reprehensions
           and
           threats
           :
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           much
           of
           the
           Impiety
           of
           that
           age
           sprung
           from
           mens
           observing
           the
           Vanity
           of
           these
           outside
           Pretenders
           to
           piety
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           meer
           abhorrence
           of
           their
           Villanies
           many
           run
           into
           the
           other
           extream
           .
        
         
         
           Because
           it
           may
           seem
           a
           little
           strange
           to
           most
           men
           that
           these
           two
           effects
           should
           spring
           from
           such
           unlikely
           causes
           ,
           I
           will
           presume
           to
           offer
           something
           as
           the
           Causes
           of
           them
           ,
           tho'
           I
           shall
           perhaps
           please
           no
           body
           but
           my self
           by
           the
           attempt
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           first
           ,
           Ignorance
           alone
           never
           produced
           any
           Devotion
           in
           any
           man.
           But
           because
           in
           every
           Age
           God
           has
           exerted
           and
           manifested
           his
           Power
           and
           Providence
           ;
           those
           times
           that
           had
           least
           Natural
           Philosophy
           in
           them
           have
           attributed
           to
           him
           not
           only
           all
           those
           great
           things
           which
           he
           in
           reality
           did
           to
           demonstrate
           his
           Power
           and
           Care
           of
           men
           ,
           
           but
           all
           those
           Works
           of
           Nature
           too
           which
           they
           could
           not
           understand
           ,
           such
           as
           Eclipses
           and
           the
           like
           :
           by
           which
           means
           men
           became
           so
           Credulous
           that
           they
           easily
           believed
           any
           thing
           that
           was
           told
           them
           for
           want
           of
           ability
           to
           discern
           Truth
           from
           Falsehood
           ,
           and
           others
           that
           were
           more
           Crafty
           did
           work
           upon
           this
           temper
           and
           drive
           on
           the
           Cheat
           for
           their
           own
           advantage
           ,
           
           still
           more
           and
           more
           deluding
           the
           Superstitious
           and
           fearful
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           increase
           their
           own
           Wealth
           and
           Power
           by
           their
           needless
           Superstition
           and
           foolish
           fear
           .
        
         
           But
           on
           the
           other
           side
           in
           those
           times
           in
           which
           Natural
           Philosophy
           hath
           flourished
           ,
           
           men
           being
           by
           that
           enabled
           to
           search
           into
           the
           Natural
           and
           Second
           Causes
           of
           things
           ,
           have
           many
           times
           from
           their
           discoveries
           concluded
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           no
           God
           ,
           but
           that
           all
           things
           succeeded
           in
           a
           Regular
           and
           Natural
           course
           ;
           and
           if
           there
           happened
           some
           things
           which
           they
           could
           give
           no
           account
           of
           ,
           
           they
           either
           disbelieved
           them
           ,
           or
           thought
           there
           was
           a
           Natural
           Cause
           tho'
           they
           could
           not
           for
           the
           present
           find
           it
           out
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           the
           strange
           ,
           and
           to
           men
           unsearchable
           order
           of
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           in
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           has
           to
           Learned
           Men
           and
           Ages
           ,
           been
           very
           productive
           of
           Atheism
           ;
           it
           is
           observed
           by
           
             Lactantius
          
           
           that
           the
           prosperity
           of
           the
           Wicked
           ,
           
           and
           the
           misery
           and
           affliction
           of
           the
           Good
           and
           Virtuous
           was
           the
           thing
           that
           gave
           
             Epicurus
          
           the
           first
           hint
           of
           setting
           up
           his
           Atheistick
           Philosophy
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           if
           we
           please
           to
           add
           the
           pride
           of
           men
           who
           would
           be
           thought
           to
           understand
           every
           thing
           ,
           to
           have
           no
           dependance
           ,
           no
           not
           upon
           God
           himself
           ;
           and
           to
           be
           under
           no
           restraint
           or
           aw
           :
           It
           will
           somewhat
           mitigate
           the
           wonder
           .
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           observeth
           
             that
             Knowledge
             puffeth
             up
             .
          
           And
           there
           is
           nothing
           so
           certain
           as
           that
           the
           most
           Learned
           and
           prosperous
           times
           which
           have
           ever
           gone
           together
           have
           been
           the
           most
           proud
           and
           insolent
           ,
           and
           forgetful
           of
           God
           and
           all
           Goodness
           ,
           despising
           all
           Religion
           and
           Vertue
           ;
           whereas
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           times
           of
           great
           Afflictions
           ,
           Wars
           ,
           Famines
           ,
           
           Plagues
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           teach
           men
           their
           imbecillity
           ,
           make
           them
           humble
           ,
           and
           shew
           them
           how
           miserable
           and
           helpless
           they
           are
           without
           a
           God
           to
           protect
           and
           provide
           for
           them
           ;
           and
           I
           do
           truely
           believe
           that
           more
           of
           the
           Atheism
           of
           this
           and
           all
           former
           Ages
           have
           sprung
           from
           the
           Pride
           and
           Security
           of
           men
           who
           thought
           they
           stood
           in
           need
           of
           no
           God
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           wealth
           and
           greatness
           ,
           than
           from
           any
           other
           cause
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           Prosperity
           is
           not
           only
           the
           cause
           of
           Pride
           but
           of
           Sensuality
           and
           of
           all
           other
           sorts
           of
           debauchery
           ;
           
           men
           that
           have
           Wealth
           at
           their
           command
           ,
           and
           leisure
           and
           liberty
           to
           imploy
           it
           as
           they
           please
           ,
           do
           too
           often
           make
           a
           very
           bad
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           have
           multiplied
           their
           sins
           against
           heaven
           till
           they
           can
           scarce
           hope
           for
           Mercy
           from
           that
           infinite
           goodness
           that
           dwells
           there
           ,
           and
           debauched
           and
           corrupted
           their
           Natures
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           but
           little
           more
           of
           a
           man
           than
           the
           shape
           and
           speech
           left
           ,
           they
           then
           begin
           to
           think
           it
           their
           interest
           that
           there
           should
           be
           no
           God
           to
           punish
           them
           :
           and
           so
           endeavour
           to
           perswade
           themselves
           and
           others
           that
           indeed
           there
           is
           none
           .
           And
           I
           am
           perswaded
           ,
           God
           in
           his
           Justice
           gives
           up
           many
           of
           
           them
           to
           a
           mind
           void
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           become
           uncurable
           to
           all
           but
           God
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           are
           almost
           as
           miserable
           as
           the
           damned
           .
        
         
           To
           all
           this
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           add
           one
           Cause
           more
           that
           seems
           almost
           peculiar
           to
           our
           times
           ,
           the
           Factions
           and
           Divisions
           in
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           fierce
           disputes
           ,
           and
           fearful
           wars
           and
           devastations
           that
           have
           happened
           thereupon
           in
           Christendom
           ,
           within
           little
           more
           than
           a
           Century
           of
           years
           .
           Those
           men
           that
           are
           not
           very
           fond
           of
           Religion
           being
           in
           these
           disputes
           and
           quarrels
           a
           kind
           of
           Lookers
           on
           ,
           have
           remarked
           both
           the
           great
           mistakes
           and
           foul
           play
           of
           these
           Contenders
           ,
           and
           have
           sometimes
           been
           able
           to
           satisfie
           themselves
           that
           both
           sides
           were
           in
           the
           wrong
           ,
           and
           have
           much
           oftner
           suspected
           they
           might
           be
           so
           ,
           and
           have
           from
           thence
           drawn
           one
           general
           Conclusion
           ,
           that
           perhaps
           all
           this
           bustle
           was
           about
           a
           thing
           that
           had
           no
           real
           being
           in
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           And
           of
           those
           that
           have
           been
           engaged
           in
           Parties
           in
           these
           horrible
           Broils
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           when
           they
           have
           seen
           things
           fall
           out
           quite
           contrary
           to
           their
           expectation
           ,
           tho'
           some
           have
           thereby
           been
           weaned
           from
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           have
           inferred
           how
           vain
           it
           was
           to
           put
           their
           trust
           in
           man
           or
           any
           thing
           else
           on
           this
           side
           the
           grave
           :
           yet
           others
           have
           turn'd
           Atheists
           ,
           and
           called
           in
           question
           both
           that
           God
           and
           Providence
           that
           governs
           the
           World
           ,
           because
           things
           did
           not
           go
           just
           as
           they
           expected
           they
           should
           .
        
         
           The
           very
           difficulty
           of
           chusing
           the
           true
           Religion
           ,
           amidst
           the
           various
           and
           contrary
           pretences
           ,
           hath
           made
           others
           turn
           mere
           Atheists
           to
           save
           themselves
           the
           trouble
           of
           examining
           their
           several
           pretences
           .
        
         
           The
           very
           weariness
           and
           dissatisfaction
           that
           others
           have
           met
           with
           in
           frequent
           changing
           their
           Religion
           have
           reduced
           them
           at
           last
           to
           a
           perfect
           indifference
           for
           all
           ,
           and
           some
           have
           taken
           sanctuary
           in
           down-right
           infidelity
           and
           Atheism
           .
        
         
         
           The
           abominable
           Hypocrisie
           of
           the
           late
           times
           when
           all
           the
           Villanies
           that
           men
           could
           be
           guilty
           of
           ,
           were
           ushered
           in
           by
           Fasts
           and
           Sermon
           upon
           Sermon
           from
           morning
           till
           midnight
           with
           a
           prodigious
           Zeal
           ,
           and
           no
           less
           apparent
           Knavery
           and
           interest
           at
           the
           bottom
           ,
           have
           had
           a
           very
           ill
           effect
           upon
           others
           ,
           and
           made
           them
           conclude
           against
           all
           Religion
           for
           the
           sakes
           of
           these
           wicked
           Pretenders
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           horrid
           perjuries
           and
           abominable
           deceptions
           which
           have
           of
           later
           years
           been
           practised
           by
           our
           pretended
           godly
           men
           ,
           have
           had
           their
           share
           too
           in
           this
           mischief
           .
        
         
           When
           there
           have
           at
           any
           time
           happened
           differences
           in
           Religion
           ,
           they
           have
           not
           only
           excited
           men
           to
           use
           the
           utmost
           of
           their
           Reasons
           and
           Learning
           against
           each
           other
           ,
           but
           Passion
           and
           Wit
           too
           have
           found
           their
           admission
           ,
           and
           the
           bitter
           Sarcasms
           ,
           biting
           Jeers
           ,
           and
           sharp
           Scoffs
           that
           they
           have
           made
           use
           of
           each
           against
           other
           ,
           have
           by
           degrees
           made
           all
           Religion
           cheap
           and
           contemptible
           ,
           and
           exposed
           both
           the
           parties
           to
           the
           scorn
           of
           their
           common
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           especially
           of
           Atheists
           .
        
         
           A
           man
           that
           shall
           reflect
           seriously
           on
           all
           this
           ,
           will
           hardly
           wonder
           that
           there
           should
           be
           so
           much
           Atheism
           and
           Impiety
           as
           there
           is
           ,
           but
           rather
           that
           there
           is
           any
           thing
           else
           to
           be
           found
           amongst
           us
           ;
           and
           certainly
           if
           the
           Notion
           and
           Sense
           of
           a
           God
           were
           not
           woven
           into
           the
           Nature
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           engraven
           so
           deep
           in
           his
           mind
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           utterly
           impossible
           totally
           to
           deface
           it
           :
           And
           lastly
           ,
           if
           God
           himself
           had
           not
           interested
           himself
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           Religion
           ,
           it
           would
           ,
           it
           must
           have
           been
           long
           ere
           this
           time
           totally
           extirpated
           .
        
         
           Religion
           and
           Civil
           Government
           do
           mutually
           support
           each
           other
           ,
           he
           that
           has
           no
           Religion
           ,
           deserves
           no
           Faith
           nor
           Trust
           ,
           he
           that
           does
           not
           fear
           God
           truely
           ,
           will
           never
           honour
           his
           King
           heartily
           ,
           nor
           serve
           him
           stoutly
           and
           
           faithfully
           .
           It
           has
           not
           been
           much
           regarded
           perhaps
           ,
           but
           there
           is
           nothing
           so
           certain
           ,
           as
           that
           a
           Ranting
           ,
           Debauched
           ,
           godless
           Gallant
           is
           the
           worst
           of
           Subjects
           ;
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           he
           could
           be
           faithful
           (
           which
           when
           it
           shall
           become
           his
           interest
           to
           be
           otherwise
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           be
           expected
           )
           yet
           his
           Crimes
           are
           infectious
           ,
           and
           he
           carries
           Gods
           curse
           where
           ever
           he
           goes
           .
        
         
           I
           grant
           he
           that
           will
           rebel
           against
           his
           Prince
           for
           Conscience-sake
           is
           a
           dangerous
           Subject
           ,
           but
           then
           he
           that
           pretends
           to
           be
           Faithful
           and
           Loyal
           without
           it
           ,
           is
           no
           better
           .
           Now
           this
           is
           another
           ill
           effect
           of
           our
           Divisions
           ,
           that
           whilst
           some
           are
           seduced
           by
           Ill
           Principles
           into
           disobedience
           to
           our
           Laws
           ,
           and
           hatred
           of
           the
           Government
           ;
           others
           have
           taken
           the
           liberty
           to
           vent
           another
           sort
           of
           Principles
           that
           are
           destructive
           of
           Humane
           Society
           ,
           Virtue
           and
           all
           Government
           both
           Civil
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           ;
           so
           that
           betwixt
           them
           both
           we
           are
           fitted
           for
           Ruine
           .
        
         
           Now
           both
           these
           insufferable
           mischiefs
           have
           been
           spread
           and
           propagated
           by
           the
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Press
           ,
           which
           hath
           Midwiv'd
           into
           the
           World
           a
           number
           of
           Atheistical
           debauched
           Books
           as
           well
           as
           Factious
           and
           disloyal
           pieces
           ;
           and
           the
           former
           of
           these
           are
           as
           destructive
           to
           Government
           as
           they
           are
           to
           Religion
           and
           good
           manners
           ,
           without
           which
           no
           Government
           can
           subsist
           long
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           to
           apply
           all
           this
           to
           my
           purpose
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           worst
           thing
           that
           can
           betide
           a
           man
           on
           this
           side
           Hell
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           given
           up
           by
           God
           to
           vile
           and
           base
           Affections
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           the
           Apostle
           calls
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           
           ,
           
             the
             hatred
             of
             God
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           forerunner
           of
           Atheism
           ,
           is
           the
           worst
           and
           basest
           ,
           the
           most
           devilish
           affection
           that
           can
           take
           possession
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           but
           yet
           is
           too
           frequently
           the
           effect
           of
           Debauchery
           ,
           Schism
           ,
           Inconstancy
           and
           neglect
           of
           the
           Service
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           the
           interest
           of
           all
           those
           that
           have
           any
           spark
           of
           Goodness
           or
           Virtue
           left
           ,
           to
           desert
           the
           paths
           that
           lead
           to
           this
           Precipice
           ,
           to
           abhor
           all
           
           that
           company
           that
           may
           lead
           them
           insensibly
           into
           this
           Gulf
           of
           eternal
           Ruine
           ,
           and
           destroy
           all
           their
           Reputations
           and
           temporal
           happiness
           into
           the
           bargain
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           it
           is
           the
           interest
           of
           all
           that
           are
           exalted
           to
           any
           places
           of
           Power
           and
           Profit
           ,
           
           that
           have
           any
           share
           in
           the
           Government
           to
           be
           as
           tender
           of
           Religion
           as
           of
           the
           Apple
           of
           their
           Eye
           ;
           to
           discountenance
           Debauchery
           and
           Immorality
           ,
           and
           especially
           Atheism
           ,
           Blasphemy
           ,
           Perjury
           ,
           common
           Swearing
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           to
           the
           utmost
           of
           their
           powers
           ,
           and
           however
           never
           to
           employ
           or
           trust
           men
           of
           infamous
           lives
           or
           wicked
           Principles
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           it
           is
           the
           interest
           of
           all
           men
           to
           endeavour
           to
           put
           an
           end
           to
           our
           Factions
           in
           Religion
           by
           all
           the
           Lawful
           means
           that
           can
           be
           thought
           of
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Seeing
           all
           these
           miseries
           I
           have
           expressed
           have
           sprung
           from
           the
           abuse
           of
           Liberty
           and
           want
           of
           the
           execution
           of
           good
           Laws
           ,
           
           and
           that
           we
           see
           whither
           a
           licentious
           freedom
           will
           at
           last
           lead
           us
           ,
           let
           us
           heartily
           submit
           to
           the
           necessary
           restraints
           of
           Discipline
           and
           Government
           and
           dread
           no
           slavery
           like
           that
           of
           being
           the
           bondmen
           of
           Lust
           ,
           and
           the
           drudges
           of
           the
           Devil
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           to
           our
           Dissenters
           ,
           I
           desire
           they
           would
           seriously
           consider
           the
           State
           of
           the
           Churches
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           of
           which
           this
           Author
           hath
           given
           so
           exact
           an
           account
           ,
           and
           then
           reflect
           upon
           the
           little
           good
           they
           have
           got
           or
           done
           by
           all
           their
           oppositions
           to
           that
           Religion
           which
           God
           by
           his
           Providence
           has
           established
           amongst
           us
           ,
           how
           many
           horrid
           sins
           they
           have
           been
           guilty
           of
           under
           the
           mask
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           more
           out
           of
           ignorant
           Zeal
           than
           intentional
           Wickedness
           :
           and
           lastly
           ,
           how
           deeply
           they
           are
           concern'd
           in
           the
           Guilt
           of
           all
           the
           Debauchery
           and
           Atheism
           of
           the
           present
           Age
           ,
           by
           weakening
           the
           force
           and
           abating
           the
           reverence
           that
           is
           due
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           probability
           would
           otherwise
           have
           been
           paid
           to
           our
           Civil
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           Governours
           .
        
         
         
           And
           because
           the
           very
           root
           of
           all
           our
           Divisions
           is
           a
           quarrel
           about
           our
           Ceremonies
           ,
           I
           desire
           ,
           they
           would
           reflect
           seriously
           upon
           the
           last
           Section
           of
           this
           discourse
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           cannot
           be
           satisfied
           with
           the
           proceedings
           of
           their
           Superiours
           ,
           yet
           at
           least
           to
           abate
           somewhat
           of
           their
           hitherto
           inflexible
           stubbornness
           .
        
         
           And
           because
           the
           sence
           of
           Foreigners
           is
           like
           to
           be
           more
           prevalent
           with
           them
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           
             English
          
           men
           who
           are
           suspected
           to
           be
           interested
           ,
           I
           will
           give
           them
           for
           a
           Conclusion
           the
           sense
           of
           a
           Learned
           
             French
          
           Protestant
           in
           the
           same
           case
           .
           The
           person
           I
           mention
           is
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           History
           of
           Calvinism
           and
           Popery
           in
           Parallel
           ,
           or
           ,
           an
           Apology
           for
           the
           Reformers
           and
           Reformation
           written
           against
           M
           
             ur
          
           
             Maimbourg's
          
           History
           of
           Calvinism
           ,
           
             part
             .
             1.
             chap.
          
           20.
           
        
         
           
             It
             is
             fit
             to
             be
             known
             in
             the
             first
             place
             that
             We
             ,
             
               (
               saith
               he
               )
            
             would
             not
             enter
             into
             a
             Schism
             with
             a
             Church
             ,
             nor
             make
             any
             great
             controversie
             for
             a
             small
             number
             of
             Ceremonies
             :
             which
             being
             of
             no
             great
             use
             ,
             do
             yet
             do
             no
             great
             injury
             to
             Religion
             ;
             and
             for
             this
             Cause
             we
             cannot
             but
             be
             concerned
             to
             see
             a
             number
             of
             good
             and
             devout
             people
             beyond
             the
             Seas
             ,
             out
             of
             an
             excessive
             Zeal
             for
             the
             simplicity
             of
             Worship
             ,
             divorce
             themselves
             from
             the
             Religion
             Established
             by
             the
             Prince
             and
             State
             ,
             because
             of
             a
             few
             Ceremonies
             of
             small
             importance
             ,
             the
             use
             of
             which
             they
             will
             not
             endure
             .
             Schism
             is
             the
             greatest
             of
             all
             evils
             ;
             and
             if
             it
             were
             true
             that
             these
             Ceremonies
             did
             some
             harm
             ;
             yet
             they
             can
             never
             do
             so
             much
             mischief
             as
             the
             scandal
             of
             Separation
             and
             Division
             do
             .
             But
             yet
             after
             all
             this
             ,
             I
             believe
             these
             Ceremonies
             are
             innocent
             ,
             and
             that
             these
             men
             are
             very
             imprudently
             offended
             at
             them
             .
          
        
         
         
           This
           Gentleman
           is
           no
           friend
           to
           Ceremonies
           as
           appears
           by
           this
           ,
           and
           in
           what
           follows
           is
           very
           importunate
           with
           our
           Governours
           to
           lay
           them
           aside
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           Dissenters
           ;
           and
           yet
           he
           cannot
           but
           call
           the
           Separation
           made
           on
           that
           account
           a
           Schism
           ,
           and
           an
           imprudent
           and
           scandalous
           one
           too
           ,
           and
           pronounce
           our
           Ceremonies
           innocent
           ,
           which
           is
           enough
           to
           condemn
           our
           Dissenters
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           liable
           to
           answer
           to
           God
           and
           Man
           for
           all
           the
           misery
           ,
           sin
           and
           bloudshed
           that
           have
           already
           hapned
           in
           this
           quarrel
           or
           shall
           hereafter
           happen
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           the
           little
           Religion
           that
           is
           left
           in
           the
           World
           do
           with
           so
           much
           difficulty
           maintain
           it self
           against
           the
           Atheism
           that
           grows
           upon
           the
           age
           ,
           now
           that
           the
           Established
           Religion
           is
           defended
           by
           Laws
           ,
           made
           venerable
           by
           a
           few
           innocent
           Ceremonies
           ,
           and
           the
           Countenance
           of
           our
           King
           and
           Government
           ;
           I
           leave
           it
           to
           all
           men
           to
           judge
           what
           would
           follow
           upon
           the
           breaking
           down
           our
           Fences
           ,
           and
           exposing
           it
           naked
           and
           without
           Authority
           to
           all
           that
           please
           to
           put
           a
           helping
           hand
           to
           the
           pulling
           it
           down
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           ORIGINE
           OF
           ATHEISM
           Both
           in
           the
           Popish
           and
           Reformed
           CHURCHES
           ,
           Shew'n
           by
           DOROTHEVS
           SICVRVS
           .
        
         
           Translated
           out
           of
           Latin.
           
        
         
           HE
           that
           shall
           compare
           the
           Present
           Times
           with
           those
           that
           are
           Past
           ,
           shall
           hardly
           fall
           upon
           an
           Age
           of
           more
           solid
           Learning
           ,
           excellent
           discourse
           ,
           or
           ingenuous
           Arts
           ,
           than
           the
           Present
           .
           But
           then
           alas
           we
           find
           by
           experience
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           never
           any
           thing
           so
           great
           but
           it
           left
           room
           for
           its
           own
           Ruine
           :
           for
           by
           how
           much
           the
           more
           ,
           Learning
           and
           Arts
           have
           spread
           themselves
           ,
           into
           so
           much
           the
           narrower
           bounds
           is
           Piety
           contracted
           ;
           so
           that
           while
           the
           number
           of
           Learned
           men
           increaseth
           ,
           that
           of
           the
           Pious
           is
           daily
           diminished
           .
           Not
           only
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           but
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           other
           Orders
           ,
           though
           despised
           by
           the
           former
           in
           comparison
           of
           themselves
           ,
           do
           abundantly
           shew
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
          
           is
           replenished
           with
           many
           Learned
           men
           .
           Hence
           many
           have
           admired
           how
           it
           should
           come
           to
           pass
           that
           this
           Religion
           which
           is
           composed
           with
           so
           
           strict
           ,
           superstitious
           ,
           and
           artificial
           a
           respect
           to
           the
           well-being
           and
           Polity
           of
           the
           Pope
           and
           Jesuits
           should
           not
           only
           abound
           with
           Atheists
           ,
           but
           even
           seem
           to
           be
           the
           source
           of
           Atheism
           it self
           .
           Those
           famous
           men
           ,
           the
           Elegant
           
             Theophilus
             Spizelius
             ,
          
           the
           Religious
           
             Anthonius
             Reiserus
             ,
          
           the
           once
           most
           Reverend
           
             Joannes
             Mullerus
             ,
          
           the
           Zealous
           
             Gisbertus
             Voetius
             ,
          
           the
           Learned
           
             Josua
             Arndius
             ,
          
           though
           they
           have
           otherwise
           at
           large
           discoursed
           of
           Atheism
           ,
           yet
           they
           do
           not
           touch
           this
           business
           .
           But
           to
           him
           that
           rightly
           considers
           it
           ,
           the
           thing
           will
           not
           be
           obscure
           :
           for
           
             Italy
          
           where
           the
           Seat
           of
           the
           Popedom
           is
           ,
           produceth
           sublime
           and
           active
           Wits
           ,
           who
           when
           they
           grow
           up
           ,
           accustom
           themselves
           to
           humane
           Learning
           ,
           History
           ,
           Criticks
           ,
           Politicks
           ,
           and
           those
           other
           studies
           which
           belong
           to
           Publick
           affairs
           and
           the
           secrets
           of
           State
           ,
           who
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           despise
           the
           studies
           of
           Piety
           ,
           Scripture
           and
           Divinity
           as
           mean
           and
           easie
           things
           which
           will
           contribute
           very
           little
           to
           their
           Reputations
           in
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           And
           altho'
           
             Petrus
             Bembus
          
           is
           long
           since
           dead
           ,
           yet
           there
           is
           still
           some
           or
           other
           of
           the
           number
           of
           the
           holy
           Cardinals
           and
           Bishops
           who
           can
           suggest
           seasonably
           to
           a
           young
           Divine
           ,
           intent
           upon
           the
           Bible
           ,
           that
           
             those
             trifles
             do
             not
             become
             a
             grave
             man.
          
           So
           that
           these
           are
           only
           Divines
           in
           name
           ,
           while
           they
           pursue
           the
           aforesaid
           sorts
           of
           Learning
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           rather
           than
           Theology
           ;
           esteeming
           it
           fitter
           for
           men
           of
           small
           capacity
           ,
           and
           their
           Curates
           ,
           than
           for
           men
           of
           those
           Elevated
           parts
           they
           are
           of
           .
           The
           Jesuits
           whose
           supreme
           Law
           is
           their
           Interest
           ,
           do
           here
           dexterously
           lead
           their
           followers
           ;
           for
           being
           weary
           of
           Divinity
           and
           in
           our
           times
           very
           ignorant
           and
           unexpert
           in
           it
           ,
           they
           are
           very
           anxious
           and
           careful
           in
           the
           cultivating
           the
           Arts
           of
           Administring
           publick
           affairs
           to
           their
           own
           Ends
           ;
           raising
           and
           fomenting
           Wars
           ,
           searching
           into
           the
           secrets
           of
           State
           ,
           
           deceiving
           the
           minds
           of
           Princes
           ,
           in
           finding
           out
           curious
           things
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           may
           best
           serve
           to
           divert
           the
           Court
           Ladies
           ,
           and
           in
           conveying
           Gun-powder
           with
           a
           Godly
           simplicity
           under
           Kings
           ;
           and
           in
           other
           such
           like
           mysteries
           proper
           to
           this
           most
           useful
           sort
           of
           men
           .
           They
           will
           not
           like
           their
           Predecessors
           be
           troublesome
           to
           Printers
           in
           the
           publishing
           Commentaries
           and
           discourses
           on
           the
           Bible
           ,
           they
           have
           their
           
             Pererius
             ,
             Bonfrerius
             ,
             Cornelius
             Alapide
             ,
             Jansenius
             ,
             Lorinus
             ,
             Estius
             ,
             Justinianus
             ,
             Masius
             ,
             Sanctius
             ,
             Pintus
          
           and
           
             Tirinus
             ,
          
           and
           those
           that
           take
           pleasure
           in
           them
           ,
           may
           make
           use
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           who
           having
           nothing
           else
           to
           do
           ,
           may
           write
           more
           .
           The
           present
           life
           needs
           other
           studies
           ,
           
             Jeremias
             Drexelius
          
           and
           
             Carolus
             Scrivanius
          
           have
           written
           enough
           for
           Devotion
           :
           Now
           let
           the
           
             Italians
          
           help
           the
           
             Italians
             ,
          
           the
           books
           of
           
             Nicolas
             Machiavel
             ,
          
           and
           the
           discourses
           of
           
             Trajanus
             Boccalini
          
           on
           
             Parnassus
          
           are
           to
           be
           now
           imployed
           .
           The
           present
           Pope
           sets
           a
           good
           example
           to
           the
           Universal
           Church
           ;
           who
           that
           he
           may
           seasonably
           and
           prudently
           curb
           the
           forces
           of
           the
           great
           
             Turk
          
           which
           hang
           as
           a
           cloud
           over
           
             Italy
             ,
          
           the
           Seat
           of
           the
           Popedom
           ,
           spares
           neither
           Councel
           ,
           Labour
           ,
           nor
           charge
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           
             Vienna
          
           may
           be
           delivered
           ,
           but
           also
           that
           the
           Wars
           may
           be
           continued
           against
           the
           
             Turks
          
           by
           the
           Emperour
           and
           his
           Confederates
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           hindred
           by
           the
           
             French
          
           King.
           
        
         
           But
           then
           how
           the
           Great
           men
           ,
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           should
           be
           induced
           and
           persuaded
           to
           the
           true
           knowledge
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           study
           of
           Piety
           and
           good
           Works
           ,
           and
           diverted
           from
           Adulteries
           ,
           the
           too
           great
           oppression
           of
           their
           Subjects
           ,
           from
           coveting
           that
           which
           is
           not
           their
           own
           ,
           from
           rash
           and
           unjust
           wars
           ;
           these
           belong
           to
           others
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           the
           Pope
           ,
           though
           he
           be
           reputed
           the
           supreme
           Bishop
           .
           The
           Popedom
           is
           now
           upheld
           by
           Arms
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           things
           are
           trifles
           .
           I
           grant
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
          
           hath
           not
           had
           a
           better
           or
           wiser
           
           Pope
           than
           the
           present
           is
           ,
           in
           this
           last
           Age.
           But
           then
           all
           that
           love
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           and
           Christ
           ,
           cannot
           digest
           this
           ;
           that
           he
           so
           carelesly
           connives
           (
           that
           I
           may
           represent
           it
           smoothly
           )
           at
           the
           manifest
           and
           apparent
           sins
           which
           strike
           the
           eyes
           of
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           of
           his
           most
           Christian
           ,
           most
           Catholick
           Kings
           ,
           and
           the
           Protectors
           of
           the
           Faith
           ,
           and
           yet
           this
           good
           Pope
           ,
           if
           compared
           with
           others
           ,
           does
           not
           once
           frown
           ,
           but
           clearly
           dissembles
           at
           all
           things
           ,
           lest
           he
           should
           lose
           his
           Authority
           ,
           his
           Revenews
           ,
           and
           his
           very
           Kingdom
           ;
           which
           is
           not
           obscurely
           aimed
           at
           by
           some
           body
           .
           I
           know
           not
           whether
           it
           be
           the
           part
           of
           a
           wise
           man
           to
           retain
           the
           antiquated
           custom
           of
           sending
           Consecrated
           Clouts
           and
           Blankets
           ,
           with
           the
           great
           peril
           of
           his
           Reputation
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           be
           too
           Prodigal
           and
           careless
           of
           the
           Episcopal
           Correption
           and
           Admonition
           to
           the
           performance
           of
           our
           duties
           ,
           the
           amendment
           of
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           lastly
           of
           all
           those
           things
           which
           tend
           to
           the
           good
           of
           some
           whole
           Kingdoms
           Some
           esteem
           the
           dela●●…
           of
           this
           Pope
           in
           the
           conferring
           the
           Cardinals
           hats
           ,
           and
           other
           Ecclesiastical
           promotions
           as
           a
           principal
           part
           of
           his
           wisdom
           ;
           nor
           do
           I
           deny
           that
           there
           is
           in
           this
           a
           secret
           which
           I
           can
           easily
           conjecture
           the
           cause
           of
           :
           but
           to
           dispose
           of
           them
           at
           the
           Will
           and
           Recommendation
           of
           the
           Lord
           Protector
           of
           the
           Faith
           (
           which
           new
           title
           is
           now
           on
           the
           Anvil
           at
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           perhaps
           without
           the
           consent
           of
           the
           King
           of
           
             Poland
             )
          
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Lorrain
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Count
           of
           
             Starenburg
             ,
          
           may
           seem
           to
           the
           wiser
           part
           of
           mankind
           too
           too
           profane
           and
           remote
           from
           the
           Divine
           and
           Apostolical
           prudence
           .
           Alas
           whither
           does
           the
           Pope
           fall
           !
           how
           barefaced
           does
           Atheism
           approach
           this
           man
           !
           These
           great
           men
           have
           excellently
           plaid
           their
           parts
           against
           the
           common
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           done
           that
           which
           becomes
           such
           persons
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           Pope
           is
           bound
           to
           prefer
           their
           Clients
           ,
           and
           those
           they
           recommend
           ,
           
           in
           the
           most
           Holy
           Church
           redeemed
           with
           the
           very
           blood
           and
           Torments
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ?
           that
           so
           the
           Body
           and
           Spouse
           of
           Christ
           may
           pay
           that
           debt
           which
           the
           King
           of
           
             Italy
          
           owes
           to
           these
           Noble
           men
           for
           preventing
           the
           dangers
           which
           threatned
           his
           kingdom
           .
           But
           thus
           our
           Lords
           the
           Popes
           do
           always
           proceed
           where
           they
           dispose
           of
           Ecclesiastical
           preferments
           according
           to
           the
           pleasure
           of
           great
           men
           ,
           whatever
           becomes
           of
           the
           Edification
           and
           Salvation
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           its
           Members
           .
        
         
           II.
           The
           Youth
           of
           that
           Religion
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           being
           seasoned
           with
           these
           studies
           and
           examples
           (
           if
           they
           have
           any
           ,
           and
           have
           not
           forgot
           and
           lost
           all
           in
           the
           Camp
           ,
           )
           is
           imployed
           as
           occasion
           serves
           in
           those
           offices
           which
           become
           void
           ,
           and
           pursues
           the
           same
           course
           of
           life
           ;
           for
           the
           Church
           and
           Church
           affairs
           are
           either
           committed
           to
           some
           Curate
           ,
           who
           is
           for
           the
           most
           part
           very
           ignorant
           ,
           or
           are
           managed
           by
           these
           men
           so
           carelesly
           and
           negligently
           that
           they
           seem
           to
           mind
           nothing
           less
           .
           They
           are
           wholly
           taken
           up
           with
           the
           sublime
           Speculations
           of
           the
           Mathematicks
           ,
           Criticks
           ,
           the
           secrets
           of
           Polity
           ,
           the
           Rights
           of
           Majesty
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           but
           they
           have
           either
           never
           tasted
           at
           all
           ,
           or
           lapt
           like
           the
           dogs
           in
           the
           
             Nile
             ,
          
           the
           Institutions
           and
           Compendiums
           of
           Divinity
           ,
           the
           methods
           of
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           the
           Expressions
           and
           Phrases
           of
           the
           Bible
           and
           approved
           Classick
           Authors
           ;
           in
           the
           interim
           they
           are
           unconcern'd
           for
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           Religion
           of
           their
           forefathers
           ,
           and
           never
           attain
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Catechism
           ,
           in
           the
           course
           of
           their
           whole
           lives
           ;
           being
           oppressed
           with
           a
           multitude
           of
           Beautiful
           books
           ,
           which
           tend
           more
           to
           their
           Reputation
           and
           Advantage
           ,
           and
           the
           burthen
           of
           other
           affairs
           .
           I
           have
           seen
           many
           Libraries
           where
           the
           Catechism
           was
           not
           to
           be
           found
           .
           And
           from
           thence
           it
           proceeds
           that
           it
           is
           so
           scarce
           amongst
           them
           that
           I
           could
           not
           
           without
           much
           difficulty
           get
           a
           Copy
           of
           it
           for
           my
           own
           use
           .
           And
           thus
           they
           live
           from
           time
           to
           time
           till
           some
           Calamity
           ,
           Temptation
           or
           disease
           awake
           them
           ,
           and
           separate
           them
           a
           little
           from
           those
           vain
           tho'
           sublime
           studies
           ,
           and
           then
           in
           their
           distresses
           they
           seek
           solid
           comforts
           ,
           correspondent
           to
           their
           great
           Wits
           .
           For
           as
           for
           the
           Mass
           ,
           the
           Invocation
           of
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           ,
           Purgatory
           ,
           the
           infallibility
           of
           the
           Pope
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           those
           Whimsies
           they
           keep
           them
           in
           View
           ,
           but
           like
           Learned
           men
           despise
           and
           scorn
           them
           ,
           as
           not
           built
           upon
           so
           much
           as
           a
           rational
           foundation
           :
           for
           without
           doubt
           he
           must
           be
           rather
           an
           Ass
           than
           a
           Learned
           man
           ,
           that
           should
           from
           his
           heart
           believe
           these
           fooleries
           .
           They
           either
           have
           not
           the
           Works
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Divines
           ,
           or
           the
           Pope
           and
           Inquisition
           will
           not
           suffer
           them
           to
           read
           them
           .
           For
           they
           so
           severely
           prohibit
           the
           reading
           of
           them
           especially
           in
           
             Italy
          
           and
           
             Spain
             ,
          
           that
           they
           will
           not
           suffer
           their
           own
           Answers
           of
           our
           Books
           to
           be
           publickly
           sold
           ,
           lest
           men
           should
           detect
           the
           weakness
           and
           falshood
           of
           their
           Superstition
           ,
           from
           the
           opposite
           Arguments
           and
           their
           frivolous
           Replies
           ;
           tho'
           all
           our
           Arguments
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           custom
           of
           these
           men
           ,
           are
           represented
           with
           the
           utmost
           disadvantage
           ,
           being
           mutilated
           ,
           lamed
           ,
           feigned
           and
           falsified
           ;
           which
           was
           observed
           long
           since
           by
           a
           Learned
           man
           
             Edwin
             Sands
             .
          
           These
           men
           ,
           
           I
           say
           ,
           being
           overtaken
           by
           Temptations
           ,
           examining
           the
           whole
           frame
           of
           the
           Popish
           Religion
           ,
           as
           such
           ,
           with
           their
           acquired
           and
           experienced
           Judgment
           ,
           find
           at
           last
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           nothing
           but
           a
           pack
           of
           meer
           frauds
           ,
           introduced
           of
           purpose
           to
           delude
           the
           silly
           Rabble
           ,
           preserve
           the
           Majesty
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           uphold
           the
           Monasteries
           ,
           and
           in
           them
           especially
           the
           Idle
           ,
           Lazy
           Jesuites
           and
           Monks
           .
           Which
           things
           being
           thus
           dissected
           ,
           and
           survey'd
           with
           great
           care
           ,
           the
           summ
           is
           easily
           cast
           up
           ,
           and
           is
           no
           more
           than
           this
           ,
           
             All
             Religion
             is
             a
             
             meer
             cheat
             ,
          
           all
           seek
           their
           own
           Advantage
           ,
           some
           directly
           ,
           others
           obliquely
           ,
           What
           if
           at
           last
           in
           truth
           ,
           
             there
             is
             no
             God
             ?
          
           for
           I
           am
           fully
           convinced
           ,
           that
           no
           man
           of
           good
           Learning
           and
           sense
           ,
           ever
           entered
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Church
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           quieting
           of
           his
           Conscience
           without
           any
           other
           bye-ends
           :
           for
           the
           chiefest
           parts
           of
           Popery
           are
           so
           contrary
           not
           only
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           but
           to
           common
           sence
           almost
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           forced
           to
           patch
           up
           a
           parcel
           of
           Fables
           and
           Traditions
           of
           all
           sorts
           to
           recommend
           them
           to
           the
           most
           rude
           and
           ignorant
           part
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           which
           yet
           they
           will
           scarce
           allow
           to
           be
           true
           ;
           from
           whence
           it
           comes
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           neither
           understand
           nor
           teach
           any
           thing
           of
           more
           certainty
           than
           these
           false
           Principles
           ,
           which
           yet
           is
           absolutely
           necessary
           here
           ,
           when
           the
           Salvation
           of
           the
           Soul
           is
           under
           consideration
           ,
           and
           the
           business
           is
           to
           be
           transacted
           with
           the
           most
           perfect
           Rhetorician
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           with
           our
           own
           Conscience
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           need
           of
           the
           most
           certain
           maxims
           to
           enable
           us
           to
           resist
           the
           Devil
           ,
           when
           sin
           or
           our
           own
           Conscience
           of
           it
           tempts
           us
           .
           For
           in
           matters
           of
           Faith
           ,
           we
           cannot
           effectually
           make
           use
           of
           any
           other
           testimonies
           than
           those
           of
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           nor
           can
           any
           invented
           reasons
           be
           brought
           ,
           which
           the
           Animal
           man
           shall
           not
           find
           to
           be
           such
           ,
           except
           those
           of
           God.
           Therefore
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           because
           it
           only
           is
           certain
           ,
           doth
           most
           instruct
           and
           confirm
           the
           Conscience
           .
           If
           any
           thing
           besides
           this
           is
           feigned
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           uncertain
           ,
           it
           cannot
           secure
           and
           quiet
           the
           Conscience
           .
           And
           thus
           far
           for
           the
           present
           of
           the
           Popish
           Religion
           .
        
         
           III.
           I
           come
           now
           to
           the
           Protestant
           Churches
           ,
           and
           here
           if
           they
           who
           call
           themselves
           the
           Reformed
           
             Lutherans
          
           and
           
             Arminians
             ,
          
           did
           as
           much
           abhor
           and
           detest
           the
           thing
           ,
           as
           they
           do
           the
           name
           and
           profession
           of
           
             Epicures
          
           and
           
             Sadduces
             ,
          
           they
           would
           be
           no
           less
           careful
           of
           
           abstaining
           from
           Vice
           ,
           and
           industrious
           in
           the
           exercise
           of
           Virtue
           and
           Piety
           ;
           than
           they
           are
           now
           obstinately
           engaged
           in
           the
           wickedness
           and
           debauchery
           ,
           and
           an
           impious
           course
           of
           life
           .
           Nor
           would
           they
           be
           less
           careful
           of
           keeping
           of
           Commandments
           of
           the
           Best
           and
           greatest
           God
           ;
           than
           they
           are
           now
           fearless
           of
           the
           Deity
           .
           But
           to
           speak
           the
           truth
           ,
           almost
           all
           of
           us
           do
           rather
           fear
           the
           Envy
           ,
           and
           detest
           the
           Name
           ,
           than
           bear
           any
           Aversion
           in
           our
           minds
           for
           the
           thing
           ,
           which
           would
           otherwise
           be
           testified
           by
           our
           Lives
           ,
           Actions
           ,
           and
           Manners
           .
           For
           what
           shall
           I
           say
           ?
           as
           I
           live
           ,
           and
           as
           I
           desire
           Christ
           should
           shew
           me
           mercy
           ,
           I
           am
           ashamed
           and
           grieved
           to
           speak
           how
           we
           live
           .
           Can
           they
           believe
           the
           Immortality
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           who
           live
           little
           better
           than
           beasts
           ?
           or
           can
           they
           be
           throughly
           perswaded
           that
           there
           is
           a
           reward
           laid
           up
           in
           Heaven
           for
           the
           Righteous
           ,
           a
           punishment
           appointed
           in
           Hell
           for
           the
           Wicked
           ,
           who
           scarce
           fear
           to
           break
           the
           Commandments
           of
           God
           in
           any
           thing
           ;
           as
           if
           they
           thought
           GOD
           were
           an
           empty
           and
           vain
           sound
           ,
           and
           that
           their
           Souls
           should
           perish
           with
           their
           Bodies
           ?
           and
           altho'
           we
           should
           grant
           that
           there
           are
           some
           who
           fear
           God
           ,
           and
           doubt
           not
           but
           he
           will
           assign
           Rewards
           and
           inflict
           Punishments
           according
           as
           every
           man
           has
           deserved
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           certainly
           very
           few
           ,
           and
           scarce
           so
           many
           as
           the
           gates
           of
           
             Thebes
             ,
          
           and
           the
           mouths
           of
           the
           rich
           
             Nile
             :
          
           and
           yet
           how
           much
           less
           is
           the
           number
           of
           those
           whom
           the
           dread
           of
           the
           divine
           Justice
           can
           reclaim
           from
           Wickedness
           and
           mischief
           ,
           or
           perswade
           to
           amend
           their
           lives
           ?
           but
           what
           need
           is
           there
           of
           many
           words
           ?
           No
           man
           vigorously
           pursues
           heavenly
           things
           despising
           humane
           ,
           no
           man
           is
           sensible
           of
           the
           Anger
           of
           God
           against
           sin
           ,
           no
           man
           changes
           his
           Vices
           for
           Virtue
           ,
           no
           man
           cures
           his
           offences
           committed
           by
           the
           least
           acts
           of
           Charity
           ,
           no
           man
           is
           recalled
           from
           Baseness
           by
           Modesty
           ,
           or
           
           from
           sin
           by
           the
           fear
           of
           God
           ;
           the
           lives
           of
           all
           are
           so
           polluted
           with
           great
           and
           abominable
           crimes
           ,
           that
           I
           need
           say
           nothing
           of
           the
           less
           and
           almost
           daily
           faults
           ?
        
         
           IV.
           For
           altho'
           if
           we
           will
           judge
           rightly
           ,
           Luxury
           is
           the
           fault
           of
           every
           Age
           ,
           the
           over
           sumptuous
           expences
           in
           Diet
           ,
           the
           excessive
           magnificence
           of
           Dinners
           and
           Suppers
           ,
           Surfeits
           ,
           Revellings
           ,
           Whoredoms
           ,
           Adulteries
           ,
           Violence
           ,
           Injustice
           ,
           neglect
           of
           good
           manners
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           are
           charged
           ,
           as
           
             Seneca
          
           observes
           ,
           by
           the
           men
           of
           all
           Ages
           upon
           their
           own
           times
           ,
           nor
           was
           there
           ever
           yet
           any
           Generation
           of
           men
           without
           faults
           :
           and
           as
           the
           same
           Philosopher
           goes
           on
           ,
           of
           this
           our
           Ancestors
           have
           complained
           ,
           we
           do
           ,
           and
           our
           children
           shall
           ;
           that
           the
           Manners
           of
           men
           are
           totally
           subverted
           ,
           Villany
           reigns
           ,
           and
           the
           affairs
           of
           Mankind
           go
           on
           impairing
           and
           descending
           to
           all
           manner
           of
           Crimes
           :
           yet
           to
           speak
           but
           the
           truth
           ,
           in
           this
           Age
           of
           ours
           ,
           the
           liberty
           of
           committing
           any
           Villany
           is
           encreased
           to
           a
           prodigious
           height
           :
           The
           neglect
           of
           all
           Order
           and
           Discipline
           ,
           the
           Pest
           and
           Corruption
           of
           good
           manners
           ,
           and
           whatever
           else
           of
           Vice
           ,
           impiety
           and
           turpitude
           can
           be
           conceived
           ,
           have
           all
           of
           them
           so
           prevailed
           ,
           that
           Impiety
           and
           Atheism
           do
           almost
           seem
           to
           have
           invaded
           the
           lives
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           erected
           their
           kingdom
           in
           Christendom
           ;
           and
           to
           conclude
           ,
           there
           seems
           to
           be
           but
           little
           liberty
           allowed
           to
           Laws
           ,
           and
           the
           utmost
           that
           is
           possible
           to
           Lust
           .
           I
           durst
           Averr
           ,
           that
           in
           this
           corrupted
           and
           debauched
           Age
           ,
           all
           sorts
           of
           wickedness
           have
           prevailed
           to
           that
           degree
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           scarce
           possible
           to
           add
           any
           thing
           to
           it
           ,
           nor
           does
           any
           improvement
           seem
           possible
           .
           For
           what
           sort
           of
           Wickedness
           and
           Villany
           is
           wanting
           ,
           which
           if
           it
           were
           supposed
           to
           be
           thrown
           in
           ,
           would
           make
           our
           times
           worse
           and
           wickeder
           in
           any
           part
           ?
           seeing
           we
           are
           come
           to
           this
           ,
           that
           we
           cannot
           endure
           to
           be
           told
           of
           our
           Vices
           ,
           nor
           patiently
           bear
           the
           reproof
           
           that
           we
           have
           justly
           deserved
           ,
           or
           if
           there
           be
           some
           few
           that
           can
           endure
           it
           ,
           yet
           even
           there
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Proverb
           ,
           we
           do
           but
           sing
           and
           tell
           stories
           to
           the
           Deaf
           .
           Either
           I
           am
           deceived
           with
           the
           
             Tragedian
             ,
          
           or
           this
           is
           not
           the
           way
           to
           Heaven
           .
           Alas
           ,
           alas
           ,
           what
           is
           become
           of
           Christian
           Piety
           ?
        
         
           V.
           But
           omitting
           unprofitable
           complaints
           by
           which
           we
           shall
           gain
           nothing
           ,
           or
           very
           little
           ,
           having
           thought
           very
           often
           with
           my self
           ,
           from
           whence
           this
           foolishness
           ,
           and
           vast
           and
           boundless
           Calamity
           could
           proceed
           ,
           I
           resolved
           at
           last
           to
           inquire
           into
           the
           causes
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           why
           we
           should
           go
           on
           so
           inconsiderately
           ,
           negligently
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           with
           our
           eyes
           shut
           ,
           in
           a
           thing
           of
           that
           nature
           ,
           that
           only
           our
           safety
           depends
           upon
           it
           ;
           but
           it
           may
           seem
           to
           be
           safety
           it self
           .
           For
           the
           causes
           of
           this
           mischief
           being
           once
           found
           out
           and
           published
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           conceive
           )
           be
           difficult
           afterwards
           ,
           to
           find
           out
           some
           remedies
           for
           this
           evil
           ,
           which
           if
           they
           prevail
           not
           upon
           the
           obstinate
           ,
           what
           hope
           is
           left
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           and
           whether
           there
           is
           any
           or
           no
           ,
           God
           only
           knows
           .
        
         
           VI.
           And
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           I
           conceive
           ,
           the
           principal
           and
           chiefest
           cause
           of
           this
           ,
           to
           proceed
           from
           the
           neglect
           of
           Youth
           and
           Schools
           :
           for
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           and
           before
           all
           other
           things
           ,
           Magistrates
           ought
           to
           take
           care
           that
           parents
           should
           educate
           their
           children
           well
           ,
           and
           tincture
           them
           betimes
           with
           Christian
           Piety
           ,
           the
           knowledge
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           and
           holy
           manners
           .
           And
           certainly
           it
           is
           very
           much
           the
           interest
           of
           all
           Christian
           Societies
           ,
           that
           both
           the
           Civil
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           Governours
           should
           take
           care
           that
           the
           Youth
           be
           rightly
           and
           devoutly
           educated
           ,
           both
           by
           their
           Parents
           and
           School-masters
           and
           Tutors
           in
           the
           University
           ,
           because
           in
           this
           does
           almost
           the
           total
           safety
           of
           any
           Community
           consist
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           very
           diligent
           to
           see
           that
           these
           men
           do
           their
           duties
           in
           the
           Religious
           instructing
           
           of
           their
           children
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           improving
           their
           Scholars
           and
           Pupils
           by
           an
           excellent
           discipline
           .
           If
           this
           had
           been
           done
           or
           might
           yet
           be
           taken
           care
           of
           ;
           certainly
           ,
           Atheism
           and
           Vice
           had
           never
           grown
           to
           that
           height
           they
           now
           are
           at
           ,
           and
           without
           this
           ,
           no
           Laws
           will
           effectually
           prevail
           .
           For
           whereas
           Laws
           punish
           Villanies
           that
           are
           already
           committed
           ,
           a
           good
           Education
           prevents
           the
           perpetration
           of
           those
           crimes
           that
           may
           deserve
           a
           chastisement
           ;
           and
           whereas
           Laws
           correct
           Vices
           ,
           Education
           restrains
           them
           ,
           from
           whence
           we
           may
           take
           our
           measures
           to
           observe
           how
           much
           greater
           efficacy
           is
           in
           good
           Education
           ,
           than
           in
           the
           best
           Laws
           .
           That
           I
           may
           not
           add
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           are
           ill
           brought
           up
           ,
           do
           afterwards
           put
           off
           all
           fear
           and
           reverence
           of
           those
           Laws
           that
           are
           made
           to
           punish
           crimes
           .
           And
           therefore
           this
           was
           always
           one
           of
           the
           first
           cares
           of
           prudent
           Magistrates
           ;
           not
           what
           penalties
           they
           should
           inflict
           upon
           lewd
           and
           wicked
           men
           ,
           but
           how
           they
           might
           prevent
           their
           Subjects
           from
           doing
           ill
           things
           .
           And
           because
           they
           thought
           the
           most
           likely
           way
           to
           effect
           this
           ,
           was
           to
           accustom
           their
           Youth
           to
           live
           Well
           and
           Religiously
           from
           their
           Infancy
           ,
           and
           to
           see
           that
           their
           Parents
           did
           Institute
           and
           Educate
           their
           children
           as
           they
           ought
           ,
           they
           esteemed
           it
           no
           small
           part
           of
           their
           duty
           to
           take
           care
           of
           it
           .
           
           But
           how
           careless
           the
           
             Dutch
          
           parents
           are
           of
           performing
           this
           duty
           ,
           and
           how
           indulgent
           and
           remiss
           they
           are
           towards
           their
           off-spring
           ,
           is
           known
           to
           every
           body
           .
           Their
           children
           accustom
           themselves
           to
           delights
           and
           pleasures
           from
           their
           tenderest
           years
           ,
           neither
           do
           they
           abstain
           from
           filthy
           and
           obscene
           discourse
           ,
           or
           impious
           and
           blasphemous
           words
           against
           God.
           They
           wear
           Silk
           and
           rich
           cloaths
           of
           various
           colours
           ,
           Military
           ornaments
           ,
           Ingraven
           Breast-plates
           ,
           foreign
           habits
           ,
           and
           great
           sleeves
           :
           they
           do
           all
           things
           fiercely
           ,
           confidently
           and
           impudently
           ,
           and
           nothing
           
           with
           modesty
           and
           shamefacedness
           ;
           they
           revere
           not
           their
           Parents
           :
           for
           here
           ,
           to
           the
           amazement
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           the
           children
           have
           acquired
           an
           absolute
           dominion
           over
           their
           Parents
           ,
           and
           are
           in
           possession
           of
           a
           liberty
           not
           to
           reverence
           the
           Ancient
           ,
           nor
           bear
           patiently
           with
           their
           equals
           ;
           and
           to
           conclude
           ,
           they
           do
           not
           so
           much
           desire
           as
           in
           fact
           shew
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           do
           what
           they
           list
           :
           they
           are
           neither
           deterred
           from
           evil
           by
           the
           reverence
           of
           men
           ,
           nor
           fear
           of
           God
           ,
           of
           which
           last
           they
           scarce
           ever
           heard
           :
           they
           take
           no
           notice
           of
           Religion
           and
           Piety
           ,
           and
           less
           of
           Virtue
           and
           Honesty
           .
           And
           to
           what
           purpose
           are
           many
           words
           ?
           Parents
           in
           our
           times
           do
           so
           corrupt
           their
           Children
           by
           their
           own
           lewd
           examples
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           correct
           them
           with
           any
           Authority
           :
           for
           he
           that
           teacheth
           that
           in
           his
           own
           manners
           which
           he
           detesteth
           in
           his
           children
           ,
           accuseth
           himself
           of
           his
           own
           crimes
           ,
           whilst
           he
           chides
           them
           for
           theirs
           .
           With
           what
           face
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           can
           a
           man
           blame
           his
           child
           which
           he
           hath
           corrupted
           by
           his
           ill
           example
           ?
           when
           yet
           notwithstanding
           a
           Parent
           ought
           to
           speak
           nothing
           before
           his
           children
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           spoken
           ,
           nor
           to
           do
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           indecent
           or
           dishonest
           to
           be
           done
           :
           but
           should
           rather
           live
           so
           honestly
           and
           religiously
           ,
           that
           his
           children
           may
           propound
           his
           way
           of
           living
           as
           a
           pattern
           to
           be
           imitated
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           example
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           glass
           ,
           learn
           from
           their
           Infancy
           what
           to
           pursue
           and
           what
           to
           avoid
           .
           Let
           Parents
           therefore
           remember
           that
           they
           are
           under
           a
           necessity
           of
           living
           well
           and
           honestly
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           the
           utmost
           care
           that
           not
           the
           least
           footstep
           of
           disorder
           and
           turpitude
           may
           appear
           in
           their
           lives
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           with
           the
           greater
           Authority
           correct
           the
           manners
           of
           their
           children
           ,
           lest
           those
           vices
           they
           reprehend
           in
           them
           ,
           should
           be
           found
           in
           themselves
           ,
           and
           so
           their
           reproofs
           lose
           their
           weight
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           own
           defaults
           the
           Authority
           of
           a
           Parent
           should
           become
           vile
           and
           light
           with
           their
           own
           children
           .
        
         
         
           VII
           .
           And
           now
           when
           children
           are
           grown
           up
           and
           fit
           to
           be
           disposed
           of
           to
           Masters
           ,
           to
           be
           especially
           then
           accustomed
           to
           all
           right
           and
           honest
           Actions
           ;
           and
           be
           instructed
           in
           Piety
           ,
           good
           manners
           ,
           and
           learning
           :
           what
           then
           ?
           Why
           I
           am
           both
           ashamed
           and
           unwilling
           to
           speak
           ,
           but
           yet
           I
           will
           do
           it
           ,
           rather
           because
           I
           must
           ,
           than
           because
           I
           would
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           there
           is
           hardly
           any
           Schools
           to
           be
           found
           with
           us
           ,
           but
           then
           how
           few
           good
           Schools
           in
           
             Curland
             ,
             Lithuania
             ,
             Livonia
             ,
             Swedeland
             ,
             Denmark
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Dukedom
           and
           Marquisate
           of
           
             Cleave
             ,
          
           and
           in
           other
           Countries
           professing
           the
           Evangelical
           Religion
           ,
           God
           knows
           ,
           I
           found
           in
           my
           travels
           ?
           yea
           ,
           and
           how
           few
           of
           those
           which
           are
           to
           be
           found
           in
           
             Holland
             ,
          
           can
           bear
           the
           scrutiny
           of
           Religious
           and
           Pious
           men
           ,
           who
           seek
           the
           welfare
           of
           that
           Common-wealth
           ,
           and
           of
           Religion
           ,
           without
           any
           respect
           of
           Persons
           ;
           many
           besides
           my self
           can
           be
           my
           witnesses
           .
           Without
           doubt
           our
           Religion
           had
           made
           a
           greater
           progress
           ,
           if
           we
           had
           taken
           care
           to
           found
           more
           Schools
           .
           For
           ,
           we
           can
           never
           ascribe
           the
           great
           barbarity
           and
           ignorance
           of
           the
           Boors
           of
           
             Livonia
          
           and
           
             Curland
             ,
          
           that
           I
           may
           not
           call
           it
           their
           Atheism
           ,
           to
           any
           other
           cause
           than
           the
           want
           of
           Schools
           .
           And
           the
           Devil
           and
           his
           Instruments
           did
           not
           in
           any
           thing
           so
           much
           contradict
           the
           Eminent
           Lord
           
             John
             Fisher
             ,
          
           Superintendent
           general
           of
           
             Livonia
             ,
          
           as
           in
           his
           introducing
           Schools
           and
           Catechising
           .
           And
           the
           Lord
           
             Spencer
             ,
          
           and
           Lord
           
             Horly
             ,
          
           have
           since
           experienced
           and
           perhaps
           do
           still
           experience
           the
           like
           Diabolical
           stratagems
           ,
           these
           excellent
           men
           being
           the
           greatest
           of
           all
           Enemies
           to
           their
           kingdom
           .
           The
           Jesuits
           have
           learned
           more
           wit
           at
           our
           charge
           ,
           and
           our
           neglects
           have
           afforded
           them
           a
           very
           plentiful
           harvest
           .
           But
           that
           which
           is
           yet
           more
           wonderful
           in
           this
           business
           is
           this
           ,
           that
           those
           in
           whose
           power
           it
           is
           to
           Erect
           Schools
           in
           the
           Villages
           ,
           altho'
           they
           have
           children
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           which
           for
           want
           
           of
           Orthodox
           Masters
           they
           are
           forced
           to
           commit
           to
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           
           and
           so
           run
           upon
           an
           apparent
           and
           visible
           mischief
           ;
           yet
           these
           ,
           upon
           certain
           unknown
           private
           and
           domestick
           interests
           ,
           hinder
           the
           effecting
           this
           most
           excellent
           and
           salutary
           counsel
           by
           all
           manner
           of
           ways
           ,
           upon
           certain
           and
           frivolous
           pretences
           .
           I
           do
           very
           much
           fear
           that
           in
           the
           great
           day
           of
           Judgment
           the
           famous
           and
           excellent
           virtues
           of
           the
           Heathens
           will
           condemn
           our
           base
           Avarice
           and
           improbity
           ;
           especially
           the
           Charity
           of
           
             Cimon
          
           towards
           the
           Poor
           ,
           and
           the
           honesty
           ,
           justice
           and
           fidelity
           of
           the
           two
           
             Cato's
             .
          
        
         
           VIII
           .
           But
           even
           where
           there
           are
           Schools
           ,
           many
           Masters
           (
           for
           I
           speak
           not
           this
           of
           all
           )
           do
           but
           prepare
           the
           way
           for
           Atheism
           .
           For
           they
           for
           the
           most
           part
           that
           they
           may
           win
           the
           love
           of
           the
           children
           ,
           and
           not
           offend
           the
           Parents
           ,
           treat
           their
           Scholars
           too
           remissly
           and
           softly
           ,
           and
           do
           as
           it
           were
           overmuch
           loosen
           the
           reins
           of
           discipline
           ,
           neither
           restraining
           them
           from
           Vice
           by
           chastisement
           ,
           nor
           reducing
           them
           to
           Virtue
           by
           good
           advice
           .
           The
           inquiry
           is
           not
           now
           ,
           what
           a
           Master
           should
           desire
           in
           his
           Scholar
           ,
           but
           the
           Scholar
           would
           have
           in
           the
           Master
           :
           They
           on
           the
           other
           side
           do
           not
           ground
           their
           Scholars
           in
           Christian
           Piety
           ,
           instruct
           them
           in
           the
           fear
           of
           God
           ;
           nor
           form
           them
           to
           Modesty
           and
           the
           other
           Virtues
           .
           They
           think
           they
           have
           mighty
           well
           and
           faithfully
           perform'd
           their
           parts
           ;
           if
           they
           have
           in
           some
           degree
           instructed
           them
           in
           Learning
           and
           Arts
           ;
           but
           as
           for
           the
           knowledge
           of
           Piety
           ,
           the
           sence
           of
           the
           Catechism
           ,
           the
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           ,
           with
           their
           foundations
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           as
           no
           body
           inquires
           after
           these
           things
           ,
           so
           no
           body
           delivers
           them
           ,
           nor
           in
           truth
           can
           they
           ;
           the
           Masters
           themselves
           being
           very
           ignorant
           of
           those
           holy
           things
           .
           I
           confess
           some
           begin
           and
           end
           with
           Prayers
           ,
           but
           with
           what
           fervour
           and
           devotion
           of
           mind
           it
           is
           not
           convenient
           to
           speak
           ▪
           Nor
           do
           they
           as
           they
           ought
           ,
           shew
           themselves
           innocent
           
           and
           affable
           as
           Parents
           ,
           but
           remiss
           and
           dissolute
           as
           companions
           .
           And
           hence
           it
           comes
           to
           pass
           that
           the
           Scholars
           despise
           their
           masters
           ,
           and
           become
           fierce
           and
           insolent
           ,
           loathing
           all
           that
           is
           good
           ,
           and
           of
           an
           insufferable
           stubbornness
           .
        
         
           IX
           .
           I
           wish
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           and
           Civil
           Governours
           could
           well
           consider
           the
           greatness
           of
           this
           affair
           ,
           and
           in
           chusing
           School-masters
           would
           yield
           nothing
           to
           their
           affections
           ,
           affinity
           ,
           relations
           ,
           domesticks
           ,
           servants
           or
           maids
           ,
           nothing
           to
           the
           recommendations
           or
           intreaties
           of
           their
           acquaintances
           ,
           or
           even
           to
           mercy
           ;
           and
           certainly
           every
           body
           is
           not
           to
           be
           made
           a
           School-master
           ,
           upon
           any
           bodies
           recommendation
           ,
           seeing
           the
           Common-wealth
           is
           so
           much
           concern'd
           and
           interested
           to
           have
           good
           and
           Learned
           masters
           set
           up
           ,
           who
           may
           inure
           the
           minds
           of
           children
           to
           Piety
           towards
           God
           ,
           Humanity
           towards
           men
           ,
           and
           adorn
           them
           with
           ingenuous
           manners
           and
           disciplines
           .
        
         
           X.
           And
           yet
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           represent
           how
           careless
           men
           now
           adays
           are
           in
           this
           great
           concern
           .
           I
           remember
           in
           my
           Travels
           ,
           I
           visited
           a
           fine
           City
           belonging
           to
           one
           of
           the
           States
           of
           
             Holland
             ,
          
           where
           I
           knew
           a
           man
           who
           by
           the
           favour
           of
           the
           Magistrates
           ,
           was
           constituted
           chief
           practick
           Physician
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           when
           his
           Pension
           would
           not
           maintain
           him
           and
           his
           Family
           ,
           the
           Magistrates
           as
           an
           Addition
           to
           it
           ,
           gave
           him
           the
           Government
           of
           their
           School
           ,
           though
           he
           was
           utterly
           incapable
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           very
           ignorant
           of
           those
           things
           that
           might
           fit
           him
           for
           that
           imployment
           .
           I
           speak
           nothing
           of
           the
           Book
           
             de
             Religione
             Medici
             ,
          
           this
           is
           enough
           for
           a
           wise
           man.
           On
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           the
           best
           and
           most
           Learned
           School-masters
           ,
           who
           are
           of
           approved
           Lives
           ,
           of
           commendable
           manners
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           known
           diligence
           in
           teaching
           ,
           scarce
           find
           any
           acceptance
           any
           where
           ,
           the
           unlearned
           having
           so
           insinuated
           themselves
           in
           the
           friendship
           
           and
           acquaintance
           of
           the
           great
           men
           ,
           and
           prevailed
           so
           far
           upon
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           think
           none
           are
           so
           fit
           to
           undertake
           the
           care
           of
           teaching
           children
           as
           these
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           not
           better
           fitted
           for
           it
           ,
           than
           an
           Ass
           is
           to
           be
           a
           Musician
           .
           Nor
           can
           they
           teach
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           worth
           one
           farthing
           :
           so
           great
           is
           their
           ignorance
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           have
           an
           excellent
           faculty
           of
           concealing
           it
           .
           Who
           knows
           not
           of
           what
           force
           kindred
           ,
           the
           marriage
           of
           a
           Kinswoman
           ,
           or
           maid
           servant
           if
           it
           so
           happen
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           disposing
           of
           these
           preferments
           ?
           and
           when
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           ignorance
           and
           want
           of
           experience
           ,
           they
           find
           themselves
           destitute
           of
           that
           Authority
           which
           for
           the
           most
           part
           attends
           Learning
           :
           to
           counterbalance
           the
           reputation
           of
           the
           other
           School-masters
           who
           are
           in
           some
           places
           numerous
           ,
           they
           do
           not
           only
           loosen
           the
           reins
           of
           discipline
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           by
           that
           means
           increase
           their
           Schools
           ,
           but
           promise
           marriages
           to
           some
           of
           the
           great
           men
           ;
           by
           which
           means
           they
           arrive
           at
           that
           reputation
           for
           Learning
           and
           Orthodoxy
           ,
           that
           whereas
           before
           they
           were
           truly
           thought
           the
           most
           silly
           ,
           wrangling
           heterodox
           fellows
           that
           could
           be
           ,
           in
           a
           moment
           they
           become
           most
           Learned
           ,
           Religious
           and
           Conformable
           .
           So
           much
           is
           the
           man
           changed
           !
           I
           will
           illustrate
           this
           by
           an
           example
           after
           the
           School-custom
           ;
           not
           long
           since
           two
           Students
           were
           call'd
           successively
           out
           of
           the
           University
           of
           
             Konigsberg
          
           to
           undertake
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           School
           of
           one
           of
           the
           principal
           Cities
           of
           
             Livonia
             .
          
           The
           first
           of
           these
           by
           the
           marriage
           of
           one
           of
           the
           great
           Church-mens
           daughters
           ,
           was
           promoted
           in
           the
           Cathedral
           Church
           without
           any
           difficulty
           ,
           and
           laid
           down
           his
           School-masters
           place
           with
           great
           reputation
           .
           The
           latter
           ,
           who
           brought
           with
           him
           a
           wife
           which
           he
           had
           married
           at
           
             Konigsberg
             ,
          
           tho'
           he
           left
           no
           stone
           unturned
           ,
           and
           was
           perhaps
           equal
           to
           the
           former
           in
           solid
           Learning
           ,
           could
           never
           to
           this
           day
           attain
           the
           
           honour
           of
           being
           a
           member
           of
           the
           Cathedral
           Church
           ,
           and
           I
           fear
           never
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           Of
           so
           much
           greater
           value
           are
           women
           than
           men
           ,
           that
           the
           husband
           shines
           by
           a
           light
           he
           derives
           from
           the
           wife
           .
        
         
           XI
           .
           Now
           when
           the
           School-masters
           suffer
           the
           youth
           committed
           to
           their
           trust
           ,
           to
           be
           debauched
           and
           run
           headlong
           into
           all
           kinds
           of
           Wickedness
           and
           Villany
           ,
           whose
           business
           it
           was
           with
           all
           possible
           care
           ,
           industry
           and
           severity
           to
           curb
           their
           boldness
           and
           impudence
           ,
           and
           correct
           their
           fierceness
           ,
           petulancy
           and
           youth
           ,
           prone
           to
           Luxury
           by
           seasonable
           instruction
           ,
           admonition
           and
           chastisement
           ;
           what
           hope
           is
           there
           when
           they
           become
           men
           ,
           and
           come
           to
           a
           greater
           age
           ,
           of
           reforming
           them
           !
           for
           when
           both
           their
           Parents
           and
           School-masters
           suffer
           them
           in
           all
           sorts
           of
           Vices
           ,
           and
           let
           them
           do
           what
           they
           list
           ,
           and
           never
           take
           any
           care
           to
           restrain
           their
           exorbitances
           ,
           what
           wonder
           is
           it
           if
           they
           become
           unable
           or
           hardly
           able
           to
           live
           without
           those
           Vices
           which
           they
           have
           been
           accustomed
           to
           from
           their
           very
           infancy
           ?
           so
           does
           custom
           become
           a
           second
           nature
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           at
           all
           probable
           ,
           that
           he
           that
           has
           lived
           loosely
           ,
           and
           ill
           in
           his
           youth
           ,
           should
           become
           honest
           and
           sober
           when
           he
           arrives
           at
           manhood
           ;
           nor
           that
           he
           that
           was
           wickedly
           brought
           up
           ,
           should
           be
           reformed
           when
           he
           is
           a
           man.
           So
           much
           is
           there
           in
           the
           habits
           that
           first
           are
           taken
           up
           by
           children
           ,
           and
           confirmed
           by
           a
           long
           use
           .
           From
           whence
           comes
           it
           that
           there
           are
           so
           many
           Adulterers
           ,
           debauchers
           of
           Women
           ,
           Knaves
           ,
           Drunkards
           ,
           desperate
           and
           prodigal
           Spend-thrifts
           and
           Gamesters
           ,
           so
           many
           Citizens
           contaminated
           with
           all
           manner
           of
           Villany
           and
           Wickedness
           ,
           but
           from
           this
           one
           fountain
           of
           the
           ill
           and
           perverse
           Education
           and
           Government
           of
           Children
           ?
           for
           they
           that
           attribute
           the
           debauchery
           of
           the
           Age
           to
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           do
           without
           doubt
           need
           Physick
           .
           That
           loose
           
           and
           impious
           Education
           and
           ill
           discipline
           ,
           which
           is
           now
           in
           use
           added
           to
           the
           negligence
           and
           dissoluteness
           of
           the
           Magistrates
           ,
           who
           are
           more
           intent
           upon
           their
           own
           private
           and
           domestick
           advantages
           than
           the
           publick
           good
           ;
           that
           I
           may
           make
           no
           complaints
           against
           the
           Princes
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           must
           certainly
           bear
           the
           blame
           of
           all
           this
           Wickedness
           .
           Thus
           you
           have
           the
           first
           and
           principal
           cause
           of
           the
           present
           Atheism
           in
           my
           opinion
           .
        
         
           XII
           .
           And
           now
           I
           come
           to
           the
           next
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           contempt
           of
           the
           Clergy
           and
           Church-men
           .
           I
           will
           not
           at
           large
           inquire
           into
           the
           Causes
           of
           this
           ,
           nor
           whether
           many
           of
           them
           have
           not
           brought
           this
           disesteem
           upon
           themselves
           by
           their
           own
           faults
           :
           tho'
           it
           is
           not
           possible
           that
           our
           Clergy
           should
           not
           be
           vile
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           men
           ,
           while
           they
           see
           how
           basely
           and
           poorly
           they
           seek
           Church
           Functions
           and
           Preferments
           :
           how
           careless
           they
           are
           of
           their
           people
           ,
           and
           unconcern'd
           for
           the
           Glory
           of
           God.
           Now
           I
           say
           ,
           when
           men
           see
           all
           this
           ,
           is
           it
           possible
           that
           they
           should
           not
           despise
           those
           who
           seek
           their
           own
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           things
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ?
           And
           the
           very
           Clergy
           too
           ,
           observe
           at
           time
           the
           small
           esteem
           the
           people
           have
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           their
           frequent
           complaints
           in
           their
           Pulpits
           ,
           tho'
           they
           either
           know
           not
           ,
           or
           are
           pleased
           to
           dissemble
           their
           knowledge
           of
           the
           Cause
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           abhorred
           the
           remedy
           more
           than
           the
           disease
           ,
           I
           will
           only
           add
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           contempt
           of
           the
           Person
           ,
           for
           the
           most
           part
           brings
           with
           it
           a
           contempt
           of
           the
           Office.
           Now
           how
           deep
           this
           is
           rooted
           in
           the
           minds
           of
           the
           men
           of
           this
           Age
           ,
           no
           man
           can
           be
           ignorant
           .
           I
           remember
           I
           heard
           a
           person
           of
           no
           mean
           consideration
           at
           
             Amsterdam
          
           use
           these
           words
           ,
           That
           he
           
             valued
             his
             Cat
             as
             much
             as
             he
             did
             his
             Minister
             .
          
           Thus
           did
           an
           Evangelical
           hearer
           speak
           of
           an
           Evangelical
           Pastor
           .
           If
           any
           that
           were
           not
           of
           the
           Established
           Church
           had
           
           thought
           a
           little
           under
           valuingly
           of
           them
           it
           might
           have
           been
           born
           ,
           provided
           it
           had
           not
           been
           attended
           with
           publick
           scandal
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           nothing
           to
           do
           with
           them
           ,
           as
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           bore
           with
           the
           
             Athenian
          
           Philosophers
           ,
           
           who
           call'd
           him
           
             Babler
             ,
             and
             a
             setter
             forth
             of
             strange
             Gods
             :
          
           but
           when
           the
           Auditors
           who
           are
           committed
           to
           his
           care
           despise
           his
           Admonitions
           and
           Doctrine
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           too
           good
           and
           learned
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           to
           be
           instructed
           by
           such
           a
           man
           ,
           as
           it
           does
           not
           seldom
           happen
           that
           those
           who
           have
           wealth
           and
           power
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           will
           hardly
           submit
           themselves
           to
           the
           Church-discipline
           and
           instruction
           :
           there
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           contempt
           is
           not
           to
           be
           indured
           ,
           because
           attended
           with
           the
           contempt
           of
           the
           Ministery
           ,
           and
           tending
           to
           the
           great
           damage
           of
           the
           hearers
           .
           And
           to
           this
           purpose
           is
           that
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
           
             let
             no
             man
             despise
             thee
             .
          
           For
           I
           cannot
           allow
           the
           Exposition
           of
           
             Chrysostom
          
           and
           others
           ,
           who
           think
           that
           
             Titus
          
           was
           admonished
           to
           behave
           himself
           so
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           his
           Doctrine
           and
           Life
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           deserve
           to
           be
           despised
           .
           For
           altho'
           it
           is
           most
           certain
           ,
           that
           integrity
           of
           manners
           does
           add
           to
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Teacher
           ,
           and
           render
           his
           Doctrine
           more
           acceptable
           ;
           and
           that
           a
           good
           life
           ,
           as
           
             Primasius
          
           saith
           ,
           makes
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           more
           Authority
           :
           yet
           the
           very
           sound
           and
           sense
           of
           the
           words
           shew
           ,
           that
           the
           Apostle
           here
           does
           not
           prescribe
           what
           
             Titus
          
           should
           do
           ,
           but
           what
           others
           should
           not
           do
           .
           
             Joh.
             Crocius
          
           upon
           this
           place
           take
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           Apostle
           did
           not
           here
           speak
           to
           
             Titus
             ,
          
           but
           to
           the
           whole
           Church
           of
           
             Crete
             ,
          
           and
           ordains
           ,
           that
           seeing
           
             Titus
          
           was
           commanded
           to
           encounter
           with
           their
           vices
           and
           errors
           ,
           and
           to
           defend
           the
           Truth
           and
           Religion
           ,
           no
           man
           should
           be
           so
           prodigal
           of
           his
           Salvation
           ,
           as
           to
           despise
           either
           his
           Person
           or
           his
           Office
           ,
           or
           prefer
           himself
           before
           him
           ,
           as
           better
           or
           more
           worthy
           .
           For
           the
           word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           here
           used
           
           as
           is
           observed
           by
           S.
           
             Hierom.
             Witteberg
             .
          
           and
           
             Fr.
             Baldwin
             .
             Comm.
             p.
             1501.
             
             B.
          
           signifies
           thus
           much
           .
           When
           any
           one
           being
           confident
           of
           himself
           that
           he
           is
           better
           than
           another
           ,
           despiseth
           him
           whom
           he
           thinks
           beneath
           him
           .
           And
           as
           being
           above
           him
           in
           wisdom
           ,
           thinks
           the
           inferiour
           person
           worthy
           to
           be
           despised
           .
           Therefore
           this
           is
           to
           be
           imprinted
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           in
           the
           minds
           of
           all
           that
           belong
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           of
           what
           Order
           or
           Dignity
           soever
           they
           are
           of
           ,
           that
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           subject
           to
           their
           Minister
           ,
           because
           all
           are
           sinners
           who
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           Instruction
           ,
           Exhortation
           ,
           reproof
           and
           Consolation
           ,
           all
           which
           are
           administred
           by
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           by
           the
           word
           of
           God
           commended
           to
           them
           ,
           &
           therefore
           they
           are
           to
           be
           heard
           of
           all
           ,
           
             [
             as
             the
             Ministers
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             Stewards
             of
             the
             Mysteries
             of
             God.
             ]
          
           But
           if
           there
           be
           any
           that
           will
           not
           hear
           ,
           as
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           men
           of
           this
           Age
           will
           not
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           not
           to
           be
           connived
           at
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           
             rebuked
             with
             all
             Authority
             .
          
           As
           the
           Apostle
           directs
           in
           the
           last
           cited
           place
           out
           of
           
             Titus
             ,
          
           that
           they
           may
           understand
           (
           saith
           the
           grave
           
             Balduinus
             )
          
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Ministery
           excells
           all
           worthly
           Power
           .
           We
           have
           already
           the
           heavy
           sentence
           revealed
           against
           these
           despisers
           ,
           
             Luk.
             X.
             16.
             
             Matth.
             X.
             40.
             
             Joh.
             XIII
             .
          
           20.
           
           But
           if
           there
           be
           any
           Drones
           and
           unworthy
           of
           the
           Ministery
           ,
           let
           them
           be
           driven
           out
           of
           the
           Hive
           .
           But
           as
           to
           those
           who
           teach
           the
           true
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Catechise
           in
           publick
           and
           in
           private
           ,
           and
           serve
           Christ
           and
           their
           people
           faithfully
           ,
           without
           any
           vain
           hopes
           of
           lucre
           out
           of
           love
           :
           these
           I
           say
           ,
           ought
           to
           have
           obedience
           ,
           liberality
           ,
           and
           reverence
           shewn
           towards
           them
           ;
           lest
           if
           we
           act
           otherwise
           ,
           by
           the
           just
           judgment
           of
           GOD
           we
           should
           be
           left
           so
           far
           to
           our selves
           ,
           as
           to
           maintain
           Seducers
           ,
           Hypocrites
           ,
           mercenary
           men
           ;
           those
           that
           are
           covetous
           of
           great
           Revenues
           ,
           carnal
           men
           who
           are
           totally
           
           unfit
           for
           that
           spiritual
           work
           ,
           idle
           bellies
           indeed
           of
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           wallow
           in
           the
           very
           mire
           of
           Pleasures
           and
           Riches
           ,
           which
           hath
           already
           hapned
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           our
           forefathers
           ,
           but
           to
           some
           of
           the
           most
           flourishing
           Churches
           of
           these
           times
           ,
           as
           we
           see
           with
           sorrowful
           hearts
           .
        
         
           XIII
           .
           The
           ill
           ,
           tho'
           frequent
           way
           of
           Preaching
           gives
           us
           the
           third
           cause
           of
           Atheism
           .
           The
           first
           duty
           of
           a
           Preacher
           ,
           is
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           Power
           and
           Nature
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           second
           is
           to
           perswade
           men
           to
           Faith
           and
           good
           works
           ,
           as
           all
           agree
           who
           know
           what
           it
           is
           .
           For
           it
           is
           in
           vain
           to
           exhort
           those
           men
           who
           are
           ignorant
           of
           the
           force
           and
           nature
           of
           true
           Positive
           Divinity
           and
           Religion
           .
           But
           a
           great
           sort
           of
           our
           Preachers
           having
           only
           lightly
           touched
           ,
           or
           rather
           for
           the
           most
           part
           totally
           neglected
           their
           Text
           ,
           fall
           presently
           to
           the
           exhortation
           ,
           which
           whoever
           does
           prosecute
           without
           the
           knowledge
           of
           Faith
           and
           true
           Religion
           ,
           does
           but
           play
           the
           Philosopher
           instead
           of
           preaching
           Christ
           ,
           as
           
             Philip
             Melancthon
          
           has
           plainly
           pronounced
           in
           this
           affair
           .
           I
           would
           not
           have
           the
           latter
           omitted
           ,
           but
           I
           had
           rather
           they
           would
           much
           oftner
           handle
           the
           former
           .
           For
           seeing
           the
           Gospel
           teacheth
           many
           things
           above
           our
           Reason
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           possible
           to
           know
           which
           is
           the
           true
           Worship
           of
           God
           and
           Religion
           ,
           unless
           we
           know
           what
           the
           Gospel
           teacheth
           .
           Therefore
           he
           will
           do
           most
           good
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           tho'
           he
           will
           not
           at
           first
           be
           so
           acceptable
           as
           an
           
             English
             Moralist
             ,
          
           who
           can
           best
           set
           forth
           the
           matter
           of
           Faith
           ,
           which
           many
           either
           totally
           neglect
           ,
           contenting
           themselves
           with
           inculcating
           the
           precepts
           concerning
           manners
           ,
           without
           delivering
           the
           summ
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           or
           do
           only
           lightly
           touching
           it
           ,
           and
           yet
           after
           all
           we
           wonder
           whence
           it
           comes
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           those
           that
           have
           so
           many
           years
           frequented
           our
           Sermons
           ,
           being
           asked
           concerning
           the
           
           heads
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           can
           give
           no
           account
           of
           them
           ,
           when
           yet
           they
           never
           in
           all
           their
           lives
           heard
           much
           ,
           if
           any
           thing
           ,
           of
           them
           .
           I
           lament
           the
           misery
           of
           these
           poor
           sheep
           ,
           but
           I
           shall
           never
           more
           wonder
           at
           the
           multitude
           of
           Atheists
           ,
           and
           of
           those
           that
           are
           ignorant
           of
           all
           Religion
           .
           But
           in
           short
           ,
           if
           the
           truth
           may
           be
           spoken
           ,
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Preachers
           never
           learned
           the
           
             Compendium
          
           and
           form
           of
           true
           Theologie
           ;
           and
           what
           more
           can
           be
           expected
           from
           such
           men
           ?
           But
           I
           know
           not
           how
           it
           comes
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           no
           Mechanick
           shall
           be
           suffered
           to
           exercise
           a
           Trade
           ,
           who
           hath
           not
           spent
           a
           great
           time
           in
           learning
           of
           it
           .
           But
           all
           are
           suffered
           to
           preach
           without
           distinction
           or
           choice
           ,
           nor
           do
           I
           at
           all
           regard
           the
           Certificates
           which
           are
           usually
           given
           to
           young
           beginners
           in
           some
           places
           ;
           for
           how
           ,
           and
           at
           what
           price
           they
           are
           purchased
           of
           the
           Professors
           is
           as
           clear
           as
           the
           light
           .
           But
           
           Paul's
           precept
           was
           ,
           
           that
           the
           Bishop
           should
           be
           
             apt
             to
             teach
             .
          
           And
           he
           only
           will
           be
           such
           who
           has
           a
           right
           notion
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           has
           by
           the
           assistance
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           had
           experience
           of
           the
           force
           and
           power
           of
           it
           in
           the
           various
           events
           of
           his
           life
           .
           For
           as
           a
           builder
           first
           forms
           the
           whole
           building
           in
           his
           mind
           .
           So
           the
           teachers
           of
           any
           Arts
           ,
           ought
           to
           have
           the
           whole
           Scheme
           of
           the
           Arts
           they
           profess
           to
           teach
           in
           their
           minds
           that
           they
           may
           be
           able
           to
           shew
           the
           beginning
           and
           Series
           ,
           or
           order
           of
           all
           the
           precepts
           .
           But
           all
           other
           Arts
           ,
           because
           they
           may
           be
           comprehended
           by
           reason
           may
           be
           more
           easily
           apprehended
           ,
           
           whereas
           the
           Gospel
           which
           contains
           many
           things
           above
           ,
           and
           
             against
          
           the
           judgment
           of
           reason
           ,
           is
           not
           apprehended
           without
           difficulty
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           Preacher
           is
           obliged
           to
           take
           the
           more
           pains
           that
           he
           may
           render
           the
           most
           obscure
           things
           plain
           .
           And
           he
           will
           then
           be
           able
           to
           do
           this
           ,
           when
           he
           has
           possessed
           his
           own
           mind
           with
           a
           comprehensive
           
           knowledge
           of
           all
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Religion
           before
           he
           begins
           to
           teach
           others
           .
           Therefore
           it
           will
           never
           be
           laborious
           or
           difficult
           to
           such
           a
           Preacher
           to
           invent
           what
           he
           should
           speak
           ;
           but
           rather
           his
           prudence
           is
           to
           be
           imployed
           in
           the
           chusing
           out
           of
           the
           great
           variety
           and
           plenty
           ,
           what
           may
           seem
           most
           profitable
           and
           useful
           ,
           for
           the
           whole
           Christian
           Religion
           is
           of
           a
           Divine
           Original
           ,
           and
           being
           delivered
           to
           us
           in
           writing
           by
           the
           Prophets
           and
           Apostles
           ,
           those
           writings
           are
           to
           be
           followed
           .
           Now
           in
           this
           ,
           the
           first
           thing
           is
           ,
           to
           understand
           rightly
           those
           things
           which
           he
           has
           undertaken
           to
           handle
           :
           for
           no
           man
           can
           clearly
           teach
           another
           that
           thing
           which
           he
           doth
           not
           throughly
           understand
           himself
           .
           That
           Verse
           of
           
             Horace
          
           is
           very
           common
           :
           
             
               Verbaque
               praevisam
               rem
               non
               invita
               sequentur
               .
            
             
               For
               unforc'd
               words
               wait
               on
               a
               well
               known
               thing
               .
            
          
        
         
           Nor
           does
           any
           man
           attain
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           by
           study
           only
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           necessary
           that
           by
           instruction
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           he
           should
           feel
           the
           force
           of
           them
           in
           his
           own
           mind
           ,
           and
           so
           be
           able
           by
           his
           own
           Experience
           and
           Practice
           to
           interpret
           them
           .
           The
           next
           things
           required
           in
           a
           good
           Preacher
           is
           ,
           that
           he
           have
           a
           good
           way
           and
           manner
           of
           interpreting
           or
           expressing
           himself
           ;
           which
           is
           delivered
           in
           those
           precepts
           by
           which
           youth
           is
           instructed
           in
           Eloquence
           or
           Rhetorick
           .
           For
           no
           man
           can
           ever
           know
           the
           way
           of
           teaching
           well
           if
           he
           be
           not
           well
           instructed
           in
           Eloquence
           in
           his
           youth
           :
           and
           be
           very
           much
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           while
           conversant
           with
           those
           Arts
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           precepts
           of
           Rhetorick
           are
           contained
           .
           And
           then
           an
           Interpreter
           ought
           to
           know
           the
           Genius
           of
           the
           language
           ,
           for
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           have
           a
           certain
           peculiar
           Idiom
           and
           Phrase
           ,
           which
           those
           that
           are
           not
           acquainted
           with
           it
           from
           their
           youth
           
           cannot
           understand
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           enough
           to
           have
           some
           degree
           of
           knowledge
           in
           the
           tongues
           ,
           but
           to
           enable
           a
           man
           to
           judge
           well
           ,
           Logick
           and
           Rhetorick
           are
           of
           great
           use
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           able
           to
           draw
           a
           summ
           ,
           or
           Compendium
           of
           the
           whole
           doctrine
           out
           of
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           he
           will
           then
           endeavour
           that
           the
           people
           also
           may
           comprehend
           the
           whole
           Christian
           Doctrine
           .
           The
           Primitive
           Church
           seems
           to
           have
           aimed
           at
           this
           heretofore
           ,
           when
           she
           took
           such
           care
           ,
           that
           the
           ignorant
           might
           be
           throughly
           instructed
           before
           they
           were
           admitted
           to
           Baptism
           ,
           whom
           she
           then
           called
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
           Catechumens
           .
           For
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           to
           Catechise
           ,
           doth
           not
           signifie
           to
           teach
           simply
           ,
           but
           to
           read
           to
           a
           person
           ,
           and
           make
           him
           repeat
           after
           the
           Teacher
           .
           And
           I
           wish
           the
           custom
           were
           retained
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           of
           exacting
           of
           every
           man
           once
           an
           account
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           ;
           for
           we
           do
           more
           diligently
           consider
           ,
           and
           deeply
           look
           into
           those
           things
           which
           we
           are
           bound
           to
           recite
           in
           other
           words
           without
           changing
           the
           sense
           .
        
         
           The
           last
           cause
           of
           Atheism
           ,
           we
           fetch
           from
           the
           total
           abolition
           of
           all
           Ceremonies
           ,
           for
           we
           see
           that
           Religion
           was
           never
           more
           despised
           than
           in
           those
           Churches
           where
           there
           is
           no
           Ceremonies
           .
           For
           there
           is
           an
           absolute
           necessity
           of
           some
           external
           shews
           which
           may
           recommend
           and
           render
           Religion
           more
           August
           and
           Venerable
           to
           the
           common
           people
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           able
           without
           them
           ,
           to
           see
           into
           the
           greatness
           and
           dignity
           of
           this
           thing
           ,
           and
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           undervalue
           that
           improvement
           which
           children
           make
           while
           they
           Sing
           the
           Psalms
           ,
           Read
           the
           Bible
           ,
           and
           repeat
           the
           Catechism
           aloud
           in
           the
           Church
           .
           For
           if
           Ceremonies
           are
           not
           impious
           ,
           (
           as
           they
           are
           ,
           which
           are
           instituted
           by
           the
           Papists
           for
           Justification
           ,
           )
           and
           if
           there
           be
           any
           use
           of
           them
           ,
           such
           as
           the
           recommending
           Religion
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           children
           for
           whose
           sake
           they
           
           were
           chiefly
           instituted
           ,
           and
           both
           which
           they
           retain
           and
           preserve
           in
           the
           word
           ,
           and
           teach
           ,
           I
           see
           no
           reason
           why
           they
           should
           be
           abolished
           .
           O
           how
           earnestly
           do
           I
           desire
           that
           those
           who
           govern
           our
           Church-affairs
           would
           more
           deeply
           consider
           this
           last
           cause
           which
           at
           first
           sight
           appears
           so
           light
           and
           contemptible
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           would
           understand
           what
           Ecclesiastical
           Prudence
           is
           .
           (
           concerning
           which
           we
           conjecture
           
             Nicolaus
             Videlius
          
           will
           with
           the
           assistance
           of
           God
           publish
           something
           in
           his
           Elegant
           book
           of
           the
           Prudence
           of
           the
           ancient
           Church
           )
           Tho'
           ours
           should
           at
           least
           be
           so
           unhappy
           as
           leave
           this
           thing
           very
           imperfect
           .
           It
           is
           a
           most
           impious
           thing
           ,
           to
           think
           that
           all
           Ceremonies
           were
           instituted
           by
           wicked
           Popes
           .
           There
           ever
           were
           some
           wise
           and
           holy
           men
           ,
           who
           throughly
           understood
           that
           the
           minds
           of
           the
           common
           people
           were
           so
           stupid
           and
           low
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           never
           apprehend
           the
           Dignity
           and
           Majesty
           of
           Religion
           ,
           unless
           their
           minds
           were
           fixed
           and
           detained
           with
           some
           outward
           and
           visible
           Rites
           ,
           till
           they
           might
           by
           that
           means
           by
           degrees
           be
           more
           and
           more
           lifted
           up
           ,
           and
           so
           learn
           to
           admire
           it
           .
           And
           yet
           I
           would
           not
           have
           too
           much
           haste
           made
           here
           ,
           because
           
             Abraham
             Scultetus
          
           a
           prudent
           Divine
           ,
           otherwise
           in
           this
           very
           Age
           left
           us
           a
           Tragical
           example
           of
           the
           ill
           effects
           that
           followed
           at
           
             Prague
             .
          
           And
           thus
           at
           length
           I
           have
           opened
           this
           putrid
           sore
           ;
           and
           now
           if
           the
           work
           might
           be
           acceptable
           ,
           and
           it
           might
           promote
           the
           cure
           of
           it
           ,
           O
           how
           great
           thanks
           should
           I
           give
           to
           our
           God
           ?
           but
           if
           the
           evil
           should
           happen
           to
           be
           only
           exasperated
           ,
           and
           the
           attempt
           should
           incense
           the
           Patients
           ;
           I
           shall
           comfort
           my self
           with
           the
           Conscience
           of
           my
           undertaking
           ,
           and
           the
           usual
           reward
           of
           a
           Physician
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A60211-e100
           
             Anno
             1196.
             
          
           
             Lib.
             1.
             c.
             26.
             
          
           
             Quin
             &
             videmus
             tempora
             ipsa
             ,
             in
             Atheismum
             procliviora
             (
             qualia
             fuerunt
             Augusti
             Caesaris
             )
             tranquilla
             fuisse
             .
          
           
             Bacon
             de
             superstitione
             
          
           
             L.
             16.
             c.
             6.
             p.
             27
             
          
           
             Cicero
             de
             fine
             bon
             .
             l.
             c.
             7.
             
             Lact.
             de
             falsa
             relig
             .
             l.
             3.
             c.
             16.
             
          
           
             Joseph
             .
             Ant.
             
               L.
            
             XVIII
             .
             cap.
             2.
             
          
           
             Apud
             imperitos
             prodigii
             loco
             accipiebatur
             ipsa
             aquarum
             penuria
             —
             quod
             in
             pace
             sors
             ,
             seu
             natura
             ;
             nunc
             fatum
             &
             Ira
             Dei
             vocabatur
             .
             
               Tact.
               H.
               l.
               4.
               c.
            
             26.
             
          
           
             Quibus
             quaestui
             sunt
             capti
             Superstitione
             Animi
             .
             
               Liv.
               l.
            
             4.
             
          
           
             Parum
             Philosophiae
             naturalis
             homines
             inclinat
             in
             Atheismum
             ,
             at
             Altiorem
             Scientiam
             eos
             ad
             Religionem
             circumagere
             .
          
           
             Baconis
             Ser.
             fidelis
             ,
             
               XVI
               .
            
          
           
             De
             falsa
             Sapientia
             ,
             l
             3.
             c.
             17.
             
          
           
             Adversae
             deinde
             res
             admonuerunt
             Religionum
             ;
             confugimus
             in
             capitolium
             ad
             ●eos
             ,
             ad
             sedem
             Jovis
             ,
             
               O.
               M.
               Liv.
               l.
            
             5.
             
          
           
             Nullum
             crimen
             abest
             facinusque
             libidinis
             ,
             ex
             quo
             Paupertas
             Romana
             perît
             —
             &
             turpi
             fregerunt
             secula
             Luxu
             .
             Diviti●●molles
             ,
             
               Juven
               .
               Sat.
            
             6.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             1.
             30.
             
          
           
             Principis
             est
             ea
             maximè
             curare
             quae
             ad
             Deos
             pertinent
             ,
             nam
             &
             metuunt
             minus
             ne
             quid
             injusti
             accipiunt
             à
             talibus
             —
             &
             minus
             insidiantur
             ,
             ut
             Deos
             habenti
             Socios
             ,
             
               Arist
               .
               Polit.
               l.
               5.
               c.
            
             11.
             
          
           
             Licentia
             urbium
             ,
             aliquando
             disciplinà
             metúque
             ,
             nunquam
             sponte
             considet
             .
             
               Sen.
               ep
               .
            
             97.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A60211-e1090
           
             Europae
             speculum
             ,
             or
             a
             View
             or
             survey
             of
             the
             State
             of
             Religion
             in
             the
             Western
             parts
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             
               p.
            
             121.
             
          
           
             This
             ,
             and
             several
             other
             passages
             make
             me
             think
             the
             Author
             was
             a
             
               Hollander
               .
            
          
           
             If
             our
             Laws
             〈…〉
             .
          
           
             Act.
             XVII
             .
             18.
             
          
           
             Tit.
             II.
             15.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             IV.
             1.
             
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             III.
             2.
             
          
           
             I
             cannot
             assent
             to
             my
             Author
             in
             this
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             that
             there
             is
             any
             thing
             in
             the
             Gospel
             against
             the
             judgment
             of
             Reason
             illuminated
             by
             Faith.
             
          
           
             If
             the
             Rite
             of
             Confirmation
             were
             duly
             put
             in
             execution
             with
             us
             ;
             no
             Church
             can
             take
             a
             better
             and
             more
             effectual
             care
             for
             this
             than
             ours
             has
             done
             .