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             A father's legacy. Sir Henry Slingsbey's instructions to his sonnes. Written a little before his death
             Slingsby, Henry, Sir, 1602-1658.
          
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             printed J. Grismond,
             London :
             1658.
          
           
             Caption title on p. 5 reads: A father's legacy to his sonnes.
             Caption title on p. 83 reads: His letter to a person of quality, and his late fellow-prisoner.
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             A
          
           FATHER'S
           
             LEGACY
             .
          
        
         
           Sir
           
             Henry
             Slingsbey's
          
           INSTRUCTIONS
           .
        
         
           To
           his
           
             SONNES
             .
          
        
         
           Written
           a
           little
           before
           his
           Death
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             Grismond
             ,
          
           1658.
           
        
        
         
         
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           A
           FATHER'S
           LEGACY
           To
           His
           
             SONNES
             .
          
        
         
           IT
           is
           not
           unknowne
           unto
           me
           (
           my
           dear
           Sonnes
           )
           how
           many
           persons
           of
           quality
           have
           bestow'd
           their
           Pens
           on
           this
           
             Subject
             ,
          
           wherein
           I
           am
           to
           address
           my self
           out
           of
           my
           fatherly
           and
           tender
           care
           towards
           you
           .
           The
           ground
           of
           my
           discourse
           shall
           be
           
             Instruction
             ;
          
           
           whereto
           ,
           I
           am
           confident
           you
           will
           be
           ready
           to
           give
           the
           more
           serious
           attention
           ,
           in
           regard
           it
           proceeds
           from
           his
           mouth
           ,
           and
           devotion
           of
           his
           heart
           ;
           who
           with
           a
           parental
           and
           tender
           affection
           ever
           loved
           you
           while
           he
           was
           living
           :
           and
           now
           dying
           leaves
           you
           this
           
             Memorial
          
           as
           my
           
             last
             Legacy
          
           for
           your
           future
           benefit
           ,
           improvement
           and
           direction
           .
           Our
           last
           expressions
           usually
           retain
           the
           deepest
           impression
           ;
           especially
           ,
           being
           uttered
           by
           a
           tongue
           whose
           relation
           did
           highly
           indear
           us
           ;
           and
           whose
           words
           are
           the
           very
           last
           he
           shall
           speak
           upon
           earth
           :
           being
           within
           few
           houres
           to
           pay
           his
           debt
           to
           Nature
           :
           and
           stand
           at
           
           that
           Barre
           ,
           and
           appear
           before
           that
           
             High
             Court
             of
             Justice
             ,
          
           from
           whence
           no
           
             Appeal
          
           will
           be
           admitted
           .
           But
           my
           
             Preamble
          
           must
           not
           be
           long
           ,
           seeing
           the
           definite
           
             Sentence
          
           of
           death
           hath
           limited
           my
           time
           so
           short
           .
        
         
           My
           beginning
           shall
           receive
           life
           from
           
             Him
             ,
          
           from
           whom
           we
           all
           derive
           our
           beginning
           ;
           whom
           you
           are
           above
           all
           things
           to
           fear
           :
           and
           that
           with
           no
           servile
           but
           filial
           fear
           ;
           not
           so
           much
           for
           
             fear
          
           of
           
             punishment
             ,
          
           or
           
             hope
          
           of
           
             reward
             ,
          
           as
           out
           of
           pure
           zeal
           and
           cordial
           love
           to
           his
           sacred
           Majesty
           ;
           who
           will
           recompence
           our
           momentany
           sufferings
           with
           Crownes
           of
           immortal
           glory
           :
           and
           cloath
           our
           constancy
           
           with
           incorruptible
           robes
           of
           beauty
           .
           But
           no
           
             combat
             ,
          
           no
           
             conquest
             ;
          
           you
           are
           to
           fight
           a
           
             good
             fight
          
           before
           your
           
             warfare
          
           become
           a
           
             triumph
             .
          
           And
           trust
           me
           ,
           my
           Dear
           Sons
           ,
           such
           influence
           has
           my
           long
           imprisonment
           wrought
           upon
           me
           :
           nay
           ,
           such
           divine
           operations
           has
           his
           powerful
           Spirit
           acted
           upon
           my
           poor
           Soul
           :
           as
           I
           hold
           him
           a
           weak-hearted
           souldier
           ,
           that
           faints
           under
           the
           conduct
           of
           such
           a
           Commander
           ;
           who
           patiently
           died
           for
           our
           sins
           :
           and
           victoriously
           rose
           for
           our
           justification
           .
           I
           must
           ingenuously
           confess
           ,
           that
           upon
           my
           first
           restraint
           ,
           my
           conflict
           was
           something
           difficult
           ;
           before
           I
           attained
           this
           Christian
           attemperature
           and
           composure
           
           to
           my
           resolves
           :
           I
           could
           not
           for
           a
           season
           ,
           but
           friendly
           converse
           with
           
             that
             ,
          
           which
           I
           now
           mortally
           hate
           .
           He
           that
           consorts
           with
           the
           
             Pelican
             ,
          
           cannot
           chuse
           but
           smell
           of
           the
           
             Wilderness
             .
          
        
         
           I
           begun
           by
           help
           of
           my
           solitude
           and
           long
           retirement
           (
           a
           place
           to
           me
           of
           infinite
           improvement
           )
           to
           recollect
           my self
           ,
           and
           seriously
           to
           meditate
           how
           my
           too
           near
           and
           familiar
           society
           with
           the
           
             world
             ,
          
           (
           though
           never
           deeply
           drenched
           in
           it
           )
           was
           the
           high
           way
           to
           procure
           a
           divorce
           with
           God
           .
           It
           was
           my
           study
           therefore
           to
           leave
           it
           with
           my
           affection
           ,
           before
           such
           time
           as
           I
           became
           enjoyned
           to
           leave
           it
           by
           a
           necessitated
           dissolution
           .
           
           I
           considered
           how
           the
           life
           of
           a
           wise
           man
           was
           to
           return
           to
           God
           ;
           and
           to
           hold
           all
           things
           under
           him
           as
           
             Secondaries
             :
          
           Him
           onely
           the
           
             Primary
             Good
             .
          
           This
           was
           the
           Mirror
           that
           flattered
           not
           .
        
         
           During
           my
           late
           privacy
           ,
           occasioned
           by
           my
           captivity
           ,
           store
           of
           vacant
           houres
           were
           reserved
           for
           me
           ;
           the
           expence
           whereof
           conduced
           more
           highly
           to
           my
           inward
           benefit
           and
           advantage
           ,
           then
           all
           my
           fore-past
           liberty
           .
           For
           before
           I
           knew
           not
           what
           it
           was
           to
           wrastle
           with
           my self
           ,
           till
           restraint
           (
           an
           useful
           ,
           though
           unwelcom
           Messenger
           )
           brought
           me
           to
           a
           due
           and
           exact
           consideration
           of
           my self
           ;
           and
           the
           present
           condition
           whereto
           I
           
           was
           reduced
           .
           Yet
           in
           this
           my
           retire
           and
           recesse
           from
           the
           world
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           chuse
           but
           encounter
           with
           some
           dangerous
           
             Remoraes
          
           to
           foreslow
           my
           passage
           and
           proficience
           .
           Assiduate
           Offices
           of
           profest
           amity
           ,
           visits
           of
           friends
           with
           other
           obligiug
           ties
           of
           relation
           were
           daily
           contriving
           new
           ,
           but
           affectionate
           wayes
           ,
           how
           to
           call
           me
           from
           my self
           ,
           and
           reduce
           my
           thoughts
           to
           a
           more
           familiar
           converse
           with
           the
           world
           :
           and
           considerable
           motives
           to
           induce
           ,
           and
           effectual
           enough
           to
           operate
           upon
           a
           meer
           humane
           fancy
           ,
           were
           presented
           to
           me
           :
           but
           none
           more
           powerfull
           acting
           ,
           then
           my
           tender
           reflexion
           upon
           your
           young
           and
           unexperienced
           
           condition
           ,
           my
           dearest
           children
           :
           whom
           ,
           as
           it
           had
           ever
           been
           my
           constant
           care
           to
           educate
           in
           a
           corresponsive
           way
           to
           your
           extraction
           :
           so
           it
           was
           my
           desire
           that
           my
           ancient
           and
           lineally
           descended
           estate
           ,
           might
           without
           incumbrance
           fall
           upon
           you
           my
           Elder
           Sonne
           :
           together
           with
           such
           a
           competent
           conferment
           upon
           your
           younger
           Brother
           ,
           as
           the
           conveniency
           of
           his
           fortunes
           might
           disingage
           him
           of
           that
           servile
           condition
           ;
           which
           too
           usually
           the
           young
           Gentry
           of
           our
           Land
           ,
           through
           neglect
           of
           timely
           provision
           ,
           become
           liable
           to
           ,
           I
           mean
           
             beholdingness
          
           or
           dependence
           on
           the
           Elder
           .
           The
           discussion
           of
           
           these
           ,
           seriously
           weighed
           ,
           brought
           me
           to
           consider
           ,
           what
           I
           could
           not
           forget
           with
           honour
           ;
           how
           you
           were
           those
           precious
           pledges
           wherein
           I
           had
           treasured
           all
           my
           inferior
           hopes
           ,
           being
           next
           in
           care
           to
           the
           eternity
           of
           my
           Soul
           .
           In
           this
           my
           Treaty
           with
           the
           World
           ,
           I
           bethought
           me
           likewise
           how
           your
           
             virtuous
             Sister
             ,
          
           whose
           pure
           and
           unblemished
           fame
           has
           conferred
           an
           high
           additament
           to
           my
           comfort
           :
           and
           incomparably
           revived
           me
           in
           this
           my
           irrevocable
           Sentence
           to
           the
           Scaffold
           ;
           how
           She
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           was
           not
           to
           be
           neglected
           ,
           but
           highly
           tendred
           :
           for
           though
           she
           appeared
           compleatly
           qualified
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           choicest
           ornaments
           
           of
           Nature
           richly
           furnished
           ;
           nay
           ,
           with
           Noble
           Relations
           sufficiently
           strengthned
           yet
           there
           is
           something
           more
           required
           to
           make
           a
           person
           of
           Honour
           ,
           be
           she
           never
           so
           personally
           accomplished
           ,
           a
           Mistress
           of
           great
           Fortunes
           .
        
         
           These
           were
           thoughts
           of
           a
           long
           discourse
           ,
           and
           strong
           debate
           :
           neither
           ,
           were
           they
           with
           less
           vehemency
           seconded
           by
           such
           ,
           whose
           setled
           and
           immutable
           affections
           (
           such
           was
           their
           integrious
           candor
           and
           intimacy
           to
           me
           in
           my
           greatest
           extremes
           )
           aimed
           no
           less
           in
           their
           prudent
           advice
           ,
           at
           the
           future
           success
           and
           advancemēt
           of
           mine
           then
           their
           own
           .
           And
           their
           Bosome-Counsels
           
           dispatched
           it
           ;
           so
           as
           ,
           what
           the
           
             constancy
          
           (
           or
           what
           others
           termed
           it
           ,
           
             pertinacy
          
           )
           of
           opinion
           would
           not
           assent
           to
           ,
           the
           amicable
           care
           of
           faithfull
           
             Trustees
          
           effected
           .
           This
           quieted
           my
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           brought
           me
           again
           to
           my self
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           found
           this
           calm
           and
           well
           setled
           composure
           ,
           a
           precious
           princely
           structure
           .
           I
           found
           no
           Billows
           dispassionately
           acting
           to
           endanger
           the
           passage
           of
           my
           late
           surcharged
           Vessell
           :
           All
           appeared
           to
           me
           as
           in
           a
           calm
           Sea
           :
           and
           as
           one
           in
           a
           safe
           harbour
           ,
           I
           begun
           to
           recall
           to
           mind
           those
           Divine
           Contemplations
           ;
           which
           my
           late
           converse
           with
           secular
           occasions
           ,
           had
           
           so
           prejudicially
           estranged
           from
           me
           .
           I
           begun
           to
           take
           a
           more
           serious
           view
           of
           what
           I
           had
           to
           my
           intellectual
           gain
           observed
           ,
           and
           what
           I
           had
           in
           my
           own
           default
           neglected
           ,
           I
           took
           my
           mark
           as
           by
           a
           Landskip
           ,
           how
           the
           world
           was
           a
           shop
           of
           disguises
           and
           false
           faces
           .
           And
           I
           concluded
           upon
           my
           review
           of
           these
           ,
           summing
           them
           up
           to
           their
           utmost
           period
           :
           How
           
             all
             things
             were
             vanity
             ,
             save
             onely
             to
             please
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             serve
             him
             .
          
           Make
           this
           your
           Anchor-hold
           ,
           and
           you
           may
           saile
           safely
           ;
           you
           shall
           manage
           your
           affections
           with
           that
           equal
           and
           discreet
           temper
           ,
           as
           nothing
           can
           be
           possibly
           acted
           by
           you
           to
           disparage
           you
           :
           or
           lay
           the
           least
           
           aspersion
           on
           your
           honour
           .
           It
           is
           not
           to
           be
           questioned
           ,
           but
           the
           high
           estimate
           that
           men
           set
           upon
           this
           world
           ,
           captives
           their
           affections
           :
           making
           them
           heavily
           leave
           what
           they
           did
           so
           heartily
           love
           .
           For
           what
           men
           enjoy
           with
           delight
           ,
           they
           must
           necessarily
           forgoe
           with
           grief
           .
           Be
           continent
           then
           in
           your
           desires
           ,
           and
           indifferent
           in
           your
           enjoyments
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           leave
           ,
           what
           you
           did
           so
           coolly
           love
           without
           disgust
           .
           But
           this
           would
           prove
           a
           receipt
           of
           hard
           digestion
           to
           their
           Stomachs
           ,
           on
           whom
           these
           inferiour
           contentments
           have
           taken
           seasure
           :
           make
           devotion
           then
           your
           complete
           Armour
           ,
           to
           secure
           you
           on
           the
           
           Main
           ,
           and
           conduct
           you
           to
           a
           peaceful
           Harbour
           .
           The
           only
           way
           to
           free
           you
           from
           this
           servitude
           ,
           is
           to
           bring
           the
           world
           to
           serve
           you
           ,
           and
           not
           you
           it
           .
           Being
           ever
           observed
           to
           be
           an
           imperious
           Mistress
           ,
           but
           a
           submissive
           Servant
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           now
           take
           occasion
           to
           make
           my
           recede
           from
           the
           World
           (
           as
           I
           find
           my
           enjoined
           houres
           neer
           approching
           )
           and
           take
           a
           turn
           or
           two
           in
           the
           Temple
           ;
           But
           fearful
           be
           my
           feet
           to
           enter
           into
           the
           Sanctuary
           with
           too
           much
           confidence
           :
           I
           shall
           not
           ,
           though
           you
           be
           mine
           own
           ,
           propose
           to
           you
           Rules
           of
           
             Religion
             :
          
           I
           hope
           your
           education
           by
           the
           assistance
           of
           Gods
           Spirit
           ,
           hath
           already
           initiated
           and
           
           grounded
           you
           in
           those
           Principles
           that
           may
           not
           only
           inform
           your
           knowledge
           how
           to
           believe
           ;
           but
           for
           the
           practive
           part
           too
           ,
           what
           to
           do
           that
           you
           may
           eternally
           live
           ;
           yet
           excuse
           my
           fears
           ,
           I
           cannot
           leave
           you
           so
           :
           though
           my
           desires
           have
           ever
           gone
           along
           with
           an
           humble
           fervour
           of
           being
           rather
           an
           
             Hearer
             ,
          
           then
           a
           
             Teacher
             :
          
           my
           tender
           zeal
           to
           your
           proficience
           and
           progress
           in
           Christs
           School
           ,
           will
           not
           suffer
           me
           to
           omit
           any
           thing
           that
           may
           necessarily
           conduce
           to
           your
           spiritual
           inabling
           in
           matters
           of
           eternity
           .
        
         
           Above
           all
           things
           ,
           then
           my
           Deare
           Ones
           ,
           be
           it
           your
           especial
           care
           to
           beware
           of
           
             Novellisme
             .
          
           It
           is
           this
           
           whose
           pernicious
           seed
           has
           spread
           so
           many
           dangerous
           Sects
           ,
           Schismes
           and
           Heresies
           .
           Nay
           ,
           the
           onely
           ruine
           to
           the
           foundation
           of
           Religion
           :
           having
           begot
           so
           many
           main
           breaches
           and
           fearful
           rents
           in
           the
           Church
           ;
           as
           it
           is
           above
           the
           compasse
           of
           humane
           wisedome
           to
           make
           up
           the
           decayes
           of
           so
           disjointed
           a
           Fabrick
           :
           or
           how
           to
           contrive
           a
           way
           for
           repair
           of
           those
           demolitions
           :
           As
           it
           is
           the
           finger
           of
           God
           that
           can
           onely
           effect
           it
           ,
           so
           may
           his
           name
           onely
           have
           the
           glory
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           For
           you
           my
           Sonnes
           ,
           may
           it
           be
           your
           desire
           rather
           to
           appear
           faithful
           and
           fervorous
           Professors
           ,
           then
           forward
           and
           contentious
           Disputants
           .
        
         
         
           It
           has
           been
           an
           inherent
           property
           to
           many
           of
           our
           ancient
           
             School-men
             ,
          
           either
           transported
           with
           the
           Spirit
           of
           singularity
           :
           or
           from
           some
           other
           discontent
           arising
           from
           their
           fruitlesse
           pursuit
           after
           some
           especiall
           Office
           or
           place
           of
           Preferment
           ;
           to
           enter
           the
           Lists
           :
           and
           become
           profest
           Champions
           for
           broaching
           Errour
           and
           Sedition
           ;
           by
           embroiling
           the
           quiet
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           exposing
           the
           long-continued
           Unity
           which
           she
           formerly
           enjoyed
           ,
           to
           those
           fatall
           miseries
           of
           endlesse
           Divisions
           :
           which
           broke
           forth
           into
           Nationall
           Quarrels
           ,
           and
           such
           implacable
           Hostility
           ;
           as
           the
           Church
           became
           a
           constant
           Patient
           .
           
           But
           no
           hand
           so
           inclinable
           to
           pity
           ,
           as
           to
           apply
           to
           her
           bleeding
           wounds
           a
           timely
           remedy
           .
           Now
           ,
           resolve
           me
           ,
           did
           not
           such
           Arguments
           springing
           from
           the
           brains
           of
           those
           ambitious
           and
           opinionate
           Sectaries
           produce
           bitter
           fruits
           ,
           when
           their
           poysonous
           Doctrine
           begot
           such
           dangerous
           distractions
           in
           many
           flourishing
           and
           eminent
           States
           ?
           Lend
           not
           your
           least
           attention
           to
           these
           :
           the
           perversnesse
           of
           their
           spirits
           usually
           invert
           all
           sense
           :
           and
           the
           inconformity
           of
           their
           depraved
           Doctrine
           ,
           will
           sooner
           entangle
           then
           inform
           your
           Judgment
           .
           You
           have
           learned
           better
           things
           :
           rely
           then
           on
           those
           just
           and
           orthodoxall
           Principles
           ,
           
           which
           retaine
           in
           them
           that
           powerful
           efficacy
           ,
           as
           they
           will
           teach
           you
           how
           to
           believe
           ,
           and
           how
           to
           live
           .
           By
           which
           means
           (
           for
           a
           better
           rule
           I
           cannot
           prescribe
           you
           )
           your
           blameless
           Conversation
           shall
           manifest
           to
           the
           world
           the
           fruits
           of
           your
           faith
           .
           How
           fruitlesly
           bestowed
           are
           those
           empty
           hours
           ,
           that
           are
           employed
           with
           what
           subtilty
           of
           arguments
           they
           may
           
             dispute
             ,
          
           but
           never
           with
           what
           purity
           they
           may
           
             live
             .
          
           Polite
           Orators
           ,
           but
           prophane
           Professors
           .
           Such
           Sophisters
           are
           but
           titular
           Christians
           .
           Believe
           it
           ,
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           no
           controversie
           ,
           but
           conference
           among
           the
           Servants
           of
           Christ
           .
           Which
           being
           discraetly
           seasoned
           
           with
           meekness
           and
           mildness
           ,
           beget
           more
           converts
           to
           Gods
           honour
           ,
           then
           a
           thousand
           fiery
           spirits
           shall
           ever
           do
           ,
           by
           speaking
           in
           thunder
           .
        
         
           I
           would
           not
           willingly
           be
           thought
           to
           fall
           short
           of
           that
           Parental
           zeal
           which
           I
           owe
           you
           .
           Men
           have
           nothing
           to
           give
           ,
           but
           what
           they
           receive
           ;
           and
           what
           I
           have
           received
           ,
           I
           shall
           here
           by
           advice
           freely
           communicate
           unto
           you
           .
           
             Subjection
          
           to
           
             Superiours
          
           is
           a
           precept
           of
           high
           consequence
           ;
           I
           shall
           not
           insist
           on
           each
           particular
           ;
           it
           is
           too
           large
           a
           field
           to
           walk
           in
           ,
           and
           to
           lofty
           an
           ayer
           to
           descant
           on
           :
           It
           may
           suffice
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           to
           sacrifice
           my
           life
           in
           that
           contest
           :
           and
           
           without
           aversnesse
           in
           so
           high
           an
           interest
           .
           For
           you
           my
           Sons
           ,
           be
           it
           your
           especiall
           care
           to
           submit
           your selves
           to
           your
           
             Superiours
          
           in
           all
           
             lawful
             things
             .
          
           It
           is
           an
           undispensable
           injunction
           :
           and
           ought
           by
           persons
           of
           each
           distinct
           quality
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           
             conscientiously
          
           thereto
           obliged
           ,
           to
           be
           
             religiously
          
           observed
           .
           This
           might
           seem
           to
           oppose
           my
           Tenent
           ;
           but
           I
           shall
           make
           it
           perspicuously
           appeare
           to
           any
           uninteressed
           judgement
           ,
           much
           otherwise
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Crime
          
           wherewith
           I
           stood
           charged
           ,
           was
           
             Treason
             ;
          
           which
           my
           Conscience
           dictated
           to
           me
           ,
           bare
           the
           Cognizance
           of
           Loyalty
           .
           To
           which
           Principles
           ,
           as
           I
           was
           nursed
           
           it
           ,
           so
           I
           mean
           to
           death
           to
           continue
           a
           constant
           professor
           of
           it
           ;
           wherein
           if
           any
           one
           ,
           as
           there
           be
           many
           ,
           should
           oppose
           my
           opinion
           ;
           and
           tax
           me
           first
           of
           obstinacy
           in
           my
           refusing
           to
           submit
           to
           any
           
             Composition
             :
          
           and
           since
           in
           appealing
           from
           the
           Jurisdiction
           of
           that
           
             High
             Court
             ;
          
           whereto
           I
           conceived
           I
           could
           not
           be
           in
           a
           capacity
           to
           be
           subject
           ,
           being
           neither
           
             sworn
          
           nor
           
             known
          
           unto
           it
           .
           Though
           I
           was
           ,
           as
           some
           thought
           ,
           slow
           in
           my
           
             Reply
          
           and
           personall
           defence
           at
           the
           Barre
           ;
           may
           it
           stand
           with
           the
           patience
           of
           good
           men
           to
           heare
           the
           modest
           Apology
           which
           I
           here
           recommend
           to
           their
           perusall
           after
           my
           death
           :
           wherein
           ,
           my
           dear
           ones
           ,
           
           you
           may
           return
           a
           grateful
           office
           to
           your
           dying
           Father
           ,
           in
           communicating
           it
           to
           our
           Relations
           ;
           or
           any
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           that
           shall
           hereafter
           request
           it
           .
           
             Words
          
           spoken
           in
           
             season
          
           retain
           
             precious
             resemblances
             ;
          
           but
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           no
           words
           could
           have
           been
           spoken
           by
           me
           at
           my
           Arraignment
           ,
           that
           would
           have
           been
           construed
           seasonable
           :
           So
           highly
           was
           the
           
             Presidentall
             Court
          
           prepossessed
           against
           me
           .
           My
           defence
           shall
           be
           short
           ,
           dissecting
           it self
           into
           two
           particulars
           .
        
         
           
             
               Motive
            
             I.
             
          
           
             THe
             first
             relates
             to
             a
             Case
             of
             Conscience
             ;
             
             which
             to
             oppose
             even
             in
             matters
             of
             
               Indifferency
               ,
            
             would
             raise
             such
             a
             tempest
             in
             the
             inward
             Region
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
             as
             would
             not
             be
             quickly
             calmed
             .
             I
             understood
             ,
             how
             I
             could
             enjoy
             no
             peace
             in
             it
             by
             checking
             it
             :
             and
             that
             in
             the
             carefull
             composure
             of
             it
             ,
             rested
             my
             quiet
             :
             having
             not
             onely
             sufficiently
             learn'd
             ,
             but
             experimentally
             felt
             ,
             how
             there
             was
             in
             it
             either
             a
             
               continuall
               Feast
            
             to
             cheer
             me
             ;
             or
             a
             
               cloud
            
             of
             
               Witnesses
            
             to
             condemn
             me
             .
             I
             conceived
             then
             how
             the
             
               Cure
            
             of
             a
             
               troubled
               Spirit
            
             was
             a
             receipt
             of
             high
             and
             precious
             consequence
             .
             It
             was
             my
             assiduate
             care
             therefore
             to
             remove
             all
             such
             subtile
             witnesses
             from
             within
             me
             ,
             
             that
             might
             at
             the
             High-Court
             of
             Tryals
             condemn
             me
             :
             as
             for
             other
             
               Testates
               ,
            
             they
             were
             the
             least
             of
             my
             fears
             :
             I
             knew
             how
             Conscience
             would
             prove
             my
             individuall
             Consort
             ;
             I
             held
             it
             therefore
             dangerous
             to
             displease
             it
             ,
             lest
             I
             should
             perish
             by
             it
             .
             This
             might
             seem
             to
             be
             of
             light
             weight
             in
             a
             temporizing
             skale
             :
             but
             it
             poized
             more
             heavily
             in
             mine
             .
          
           
             My
             high
             obligations
             confirmed
             by
             Oath
             ,
             and
             bound
             in
             ,
             I
             must
             confess
             ,
             with
             an
             inviolable
             tie
             of
             religious
             love
             ,
             had
             so
             inseparably
             united
             my
             thoughts
             to
             the
             devotion
             of
             allegiance
             ;
             as
             the
             serious
             and
             constant
             observance
             of
             it
             begun
             to
             have
             
             that
             influence
             over
             me
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             end
             it
             resolv'd
             to
             a
             Case
             of
             Conscience
             .
          
           
             Sundry
             Disputes
             with
             sinewy
             Arguments
             to
             decline
             my
             opinion
             were
             frequently
             entertain'd
             by
             me
             ,
             during
             my
             several
             places
             of
             imprisonment
             :
             but
             I
             apprehended
             all
             these
             two
             weak
             motives
             to
             alter
             my
             resolution
             ,
             or
             lessen
             my
             affection
             to
             such
             an
             incomparable
             object
             of
             Soveraignty
             .
             Upon
             these
             premisses
             I
             conceive
             that
             if
             I
             should
             appeal
             even
             to
             those
             who
             are
             aptest
             to
             traduce
             me
             ,
             or
             inveigh
             against
             that
             constancy
             (
             mis-construed
             contumacy
             )
             which
             appeared
             in
             me
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             in
             skrewing
             their
             censures
             to
             
             the
             highest
             pin
             ,
             interpret
             it
             otherwise
             then
             an
             errour
             of
             
               Love
               ,
            
             but
             no
             
               love
            
             of
             
               Errour
               :
            
             being
             so
             integriously
             grounded
             ;
             as
             it
             admitted
             no
             alloy
             or
             mixture
             with
             By
             respects
             or
             self-interests
             ;
             which
             is
             become
             such
             an
             Epidemicall
             Disease
             ,
             as
             it
             has
             got
             generally
             an
             influence
             over
             the
             whole
             World
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             return
             to
             you
             ,
             my
             dear
             Sonnes
             ,
             to
             whom
             and
             for
             whose
             benefit
             these
             my
             
               last
               Directions
            
             are
             addressed
             ;
             Be
             it
             your
             care
             in
             the
             free
             injoyment
             of
             a
             private
             condition
             :
             or
             in
             what
             quality
             soever
             it
             shall
             please
             the
             Almighty
             One
             to
             rauke
             you
             ;
             to
             mould
             your
             spirits
             to
             that
             temper
             ,
             as
             your
             
             discreet
             carriage
             may
             free
             you
             from
             publick
             censure
             .
             Many
             eyes
             and
             many
             eares
             require
             cautious
             and
             preventive
             thoughts
             .
             The
             onely
             way
             to
             be
             secure
             ,
             is
             not
             to
             be
             active
             in
             affairs
             of
             State
             .
             As
             for
             those
             who
             make
             it
             their
             practise
             to
             be
             
               Fishers
            
             in
             
               troubled
               waters
               ;
            
             it
             were
             very
             strange
             for
             them
             who
             practise
             that
             Trade
             long
             to
             gain
             by
             their
             purchase
             .
             Privacy
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             the
             onely
             recluse
             of
             safety
             ;
             if
             your
             hours
             in
             it
             be
             not
             well
             imployed
             ,
             it
             may
             become
             as
             dangerous
             as
             a
             place
             of
             agency
             .
             Caves
             may
             be
             as
             proper
             for
             designes
             as
             Theaters
             for
             action
             .
             It
             is
             the
             mind
             that
             makes
             the
             undertaker
             free
             ,
             whether
             he
             be
             
             residentiary
             in
             a
             
               Wildernesse
            
             or
             in
             the
             
               World
               .
            
             Be
             it
             your
             care
             to
             reserve
             a
             sickle
             for
             your
             own
             harvest
             .
             He
             cannot
             chuse
             but
             lay
             himself
             open
             to
             many
             dangers
             ,
             who
             desires
             to
             have
             an
             Ore
             in
             every
             Boat
             :
             or
             too
             officiously
             to
             engage
             his
             person
             in
             others
             Concerns
             .
             Make
             your
             thoughts
             your
             own
             ;
             and
             loyal
             desires
             cannot
             redound
             to
             your
             prejudice
             .
             It
             is
             want
             of
             secrecy
             ,
             and
             too
             much
             credulity
             that
             makes
             many
             Free-born
             Subjects
             ,
             Bondmen
             by
             forfeiture
             of
             their
             liberty
             :
             and
             by
             their
             profuse
             tongues
             subject
             their
             heads
             under
             others
             girdles
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             been
             conscious
             herein
             my self
             ,
             which
             moves
             
             me
             to
             be
             more
             intentive
             to
             this
             Caution
             ;
             the
             neglect
             whereof
             has
             brought
             so
             many
             mens
             estates
             &
             lives
             to
             ruine
             .
             For
             the
             
               Liberty
            
             of
             a
             
               Subject
               ,
            
             as
             I
             hold
             it
             to
             be
             a
             
               brave
            
             but
             
               rare
            
             interest
             ;
             so
             I
             should
             account
             him
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             my
             fortune
             to
             live
             with
             him
             ,
             unworthy
             the
             title
             of
             so
             eminent
             a
             priviledge
             ,
             who
             will
             not
             stick
             to
             engage
             that
             Liberty
             to
             the
             ear
             of
             a
             stranger
             .
             But
             let
             me
             not
             forget
             my self
             by
             insisting
             too
             amply
             on
             these
             observances
             :
             I
             shall
             now
             
               descend
            
             unto
             the
             second
             
               Motive
               ,
            
             which
             not
             onely
             induced
             but
             confirmed
             me
             in
             my
             resolution
             to
             Loyalty
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Motive
             
               2.
               
            
          
           
             IT
             has
             been
             my
             fortune
             to
             hear
             sundry
             persons
             as
             wel
             Spiritual
             as
             Secular
             to
             enlarge
             themselves
             by
             way
             of
             Argument
             upon
             this
             Subject
             :
             and
             some
             of
             these
             ,
             to
             my
             knowledge
             ,
             men
             of
             singular
             abilities
             :
             and
             in
             all
             the
             progress
             of
             their
             Disputes
             touching
             Legall
             and
             Lineall
             Soveraigntie
             ,
             they
             positively
             concluded
             for
             me
             ;
             though
             the
             Arguments
             of
             
               Paraeus
               ,
               Zuinglius
               ,
               Buchanan
               ,
            
             with
             sundry
             other
             Anti-Monarchiall
             Authors
             were
             frequently
             &
             with
             much
             vehemencie
             
             alledged
             ,
             pressed
             ,
             and
             pursued
             :
             so
             as
             ,
             even
             those
             who
             were
             of
             the
             adverse
             Partie
             ,
             pretending
             themselves
             convinced
             with
             soliditie
             of
             Argument
             ,
             and
             strength
             of
             Reason
             ,
             seemed
             wholly
             satisfied
             with
             those
             rational
             Assertions
             :
             though
             ,
             indeed
             ,
             their
             plausible
             pretences
             proved
             to
             my self
             and
             others
             colourable
             disguises
             ,
             meerly
             to
             catch
             and
             circumvent
             us
             ;
             being
             afterwards
             ,
             to
             expedite
             our
             dispatch
             ,
             produced
             for
             evidence
             against
             us
             .
             But
             look
             not
             upon
             these
             Agents
             with
             a
             vindicative
             eye
             ,
             as
             you
             tende
             my
             commands
             .
             Your
             Father
             has
             forgiven
             them
             ,
             do
             you
             the
             like
             .
             He
             retaines
             a
             slight
             
             memorie
             of
             
               his
            
             patience
             and
             dolorous
             passion
             ,
             who
             forgave
             his
             own
             death
             :
             that
             cannot
             in
             the
             recollection
             of
             his
             own
             unworthiness
             ,
             pass
             by
             all
             indignities
             ;
             nay
             ,
             who
             with
             much
             composedness
             has
             not
             learned
             to
             smile
             upon
             the
             affronts
             and
             injuries
             he
             shall
             occasionally
             suffer
             in
             this
             life
             .
             I
             must
             confess
             ,
             the
             first
             Onset
             or
             Encounter
             ,
             before
             I
             became
             well
             schooled
             in
             the
             discipline
             of
             suffering
             ,
             presented
             to
             my
             frailty
             sundrie
             inseparable
             difficulties
             :
             But
             custome
             and
             continuance
             has
             sweetned
             those
             disgusts
             ;
             finding
             them
             ,
             if
             seasonably
             applied
             ,
             and
             temperately
             digested
             ,
             the
             soveraignest
             Receipts
             that
             the
             constitution
             
             of
             man
             can
             partake
             :
             by
             submitting
             his
             will
             to
             his
             command
             ,
             whose
             inscrutable
             wisdom
             far
             above
             the
             pitch
             of
             all
             humane
             apprehension
             ,
             declares
             his
             infinity
             by
             sweetning
             those
             sufferings
             ,
             which
             an
             indulgent
             or
             innate
             love
             to
             our selves
             had
             so
             much
             imbittered
             .
             We
             cannot
             share
             in
             a
             Crown
             ,
             if
             we
             have
             no
             part
             in
             the
             Cross
             .
             And
             blessed
             be
             his
             Name
             that
             has
             armed
             my
             weakness
             with
             this
             resolution
             :
             preparing
             in
             me
             a
             mind
             no
             less
             ready
             to
             bear
             ,
             then
             Justice
             was
             to
             inflict
             :
             my
             actions
             by
             Gods
             assistance
             shall
             in
             this
             approching
             hour
             of
             my
             suffering
             express
             it
             :
             though
             I
             shall
             appear
             slow
             in
             the
             elegancy
             or
             flourish
             
             of
             words
             (
             for
             I
             never
             profest
             my self
             an
             Orator
             :
             )
             neither
             ,
             indeed
             ,
             should
             I
             hold
             such
             a
             dresse
             suitable
             to
             any
             one
             going
             to
             his
             death
             .
             But
             to
             passe
             from
             these
             ;
             it
             behoves
             me
             to
             look
             upon
             you
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             it
             is
             permitted
             me
             to
             live
             with
             you
             ;
             my
             tender
             zeal
             therefore
             of
             your
             future
             welfare
             enjoines
             me
             to
             recommend
             one
             particular
             to
             your
             care
             ;
             which
             infinitely
             concerns
             you
             :
             that
             is
             ,
             your
             choice
             of
             Company
             .
             Good
             Acquaintance
             will
             improve
             both
             your
             knowledge
             and
             demean
             :
             by
             your
             conversing
             with
             these
             ,
             you
             shall
             every
             day
             get
             by
             heart
             some
             new
             lesson
             ,
             that
             may
             season
             and
             accommodate
             you
             .
             
             Whereas
             our
             debauched
             Gallantry
             (
             the
             greatest
             Impostor
             of
             youth
             )
             would
             by
             their
             society
             quickly
             deprave
             you
             .
             Now
             to
             apply
             a
             remedy
             to
             so
             dangerous
             and
             infectious
             a
             Malady
             ,
             be
             tender
             of
             your
             honour
             ;
             beware
             with
             whom
             you
             consort
             :
             Be
             known
             to
             many
             ,
             but
             familiar
             with
             few
             .
             Wherein
             ,
             above
             all
             things
             ,
             make
             use
             of
             this
             
               Directory
               :
            
             it
             will
             prove
             highly
             useful
             to
             you
             in
             these
             relations
             of
             society
             .
             It
             was
             the
             observation
             of
             a
             
               Divine
               Moral
               ;
            
             and
             well
             deserves
             the
             attention
             of
             the
             pregnantest
             &
             prudentest
             apprehension
             .
             Make
             ever
             choice
             of
             such
             for
             your
             companions
             ,
             of
             whom
             you
             retain
             this
             grounded
             opinion
             ,
             that
             you
             
             have
             either
             hope
             to
             improve
             them
             ,
             or
             be
             improved
             by
             them
             .
             The
             one
             ,
             as
             they
             argue
             a
             fairer
             ,
             docile
             and
             pliable
             disposition
             :
             So
             the
             other
             being
             indued
             with
             parts
             ,
             may
             by
             degrees
             bring
             their
             attentive
             consorts
             to
             an
             higher
             pitch
             of
             knowledge
             and
             moral
             Perfection
             .
             And
             great
             pity
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             our
             youth
             ,
             even
             in
             the
             eminentest
             Extractions
             ,
             should
             make
             so
             light
             an
             estimate
             of
             time
             :
             as
             to
             hold
             no
             Consorts
             fitter
             for
             their
             Concerns
             ,
             nor
             corresponding
             with
             their
             tempers
             ,
             then
             such
             who
             onely
             study
             a
             fruitless
             expence
             of
             time
             :
             making
             no
             other
             account
             of
             Hours
             ,
             then
             Harbingers
             of
             pleasure
             :
             and
             as
             airy
             Lures
             to
             attract
             their
             light
             and
             liquorish
             appetites
             
             to
             prohibited
             delights
             .
             Be
             tender
             then
             ,
             as
             you
             wish
             success
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             or
             the
             continuance
             of
             my
             Blessing
             ,
             or
             the
             Honour
             of
             the
             House
             from
             whence
             you
             came
             :
             and
             your
             own
             Reputation
             ;
             the
             preservation
             whereof
             shall
             make
             you
             live
             in
             me
             now
             dying
             :
             and
             raise
             you
             an
             honest
             Fame
             in
             mine
             Ashes
             .
             Fame
             is
             such
             a
             precious
             odour
             ,
             as
             neither
             those
             who
             are
             in
             the
             highest
             rank
             can
             impair
             it
             without
             an
             impeachment
             to
             their
             Honour
             :
             so
             neither
             those
             of
             a
             lower
             condition
             can
             justly
             nor
             conscientiously
             tender
             it
             ,
             but
             it
             will
             send
             forth
             a
             fragrant
             breath
             upon
             the
             preserver
             .
             Houses
             are
             but
             weak
             material
             structures
             ,
             subject
             to
             breaches
             and
             decayes
             ;
             
             unless
             repaired
             and
             supported
             by
             the
             general
             approvement
             and
             repute
             of
             their
             enjoyers
             .
          
           
             I
             could
             challenge
             from
             many
             descents
             ,
             but
             my
             thoughts
             have
             ever
             been
             estranged
             from
             titular
             arrogance
             :
             holding
             onely
             
               Fame
            
             to
             be
             the
             strongest
             continuer
             of
             a
             
               Family
               :
            
             being
             born
             up
             with
             such
             an
             impregnable
             Arch
             ,
             as
             it
             needed
             no
             groundling
             Butteresses
             to
             preserve
             it
             :
             nor
             any
             
               Secondaries
            
             to
             prevent
             an
             untimely
             ruine
             .
          
           
             It
             has
             been
             my
             fortune
             to
             make
             experience
             of
             a
             pretensive
             
               stay
            
             which
             proved
             so
             unsteady
             ,
             that
             if
             I
             should
             live
             many
             years
             (
             as
             now
             my
             short
             life
             is
             measured
             forth
             to
             a
             few
             houres
             )
             it
             would
             make
             me
             henceforth
             to
             remember
             
             that
             cautionary
             advice
             :
             Let
             not
             the
             Titles
             of
             consanguinity
             nor
             affinity
             betray
             any
             man
             into
             a
             prejudicial
             trust
             .
          
           
             Whence
             it
             was
             that
             I
             observed
             some
             Persons
             ,
             no
             sooner
             advanced
             to
             places
             of
             unexpected
             greatness
             ,
             then
             they
             put
             on
             the
             severe
             countenance
             of
             justice
             ,
             pretending
             to
             imitate
             the
             example
             of
             
               Titus
               Manlius
               ,
            
             who
             in
             a
             case
             of
             Justice
             gave
             sentence
             against
             his
             own
             Son
             .
             But
             I
             found
             those
             to
             be
             onely
             formalities
             ;
             or
             politick
             semblances
             :
             they
             would
             not
             disoblige
             themselves
             for
             their
             friends
             security
             .
             These
             differed
             far
             from
             
               Themistocles
            
             opinion
             ,
             amicable
             candor
             and
             resolution
             ;
             who
             being
             requested
             
             to
             bear
             himself
             indifferently
             in
             his
             censure
             :
             and
             even
             to
             his
             own
             to
             put
             on
             the
             face
             of
             rigour
             ,
             answered
             ;
             Be
             it
             far
             from
             me
             not
             to
             pleasure
             my
             friends
             in
             all
             things
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             my
             addresses
             ,
             they
             were
             so
             qualified
             in
             their
             relation
             to
             obedience
             ,
             as
             they
             stooped
             not
             to
             any
             ones
             application
             nor
             assistance
             .
          
           
             Now
             
               Tom
               ,
            
             as
             you
             are
             the
             immediate
             hope
             of
             my
             house
             :
             so
             be
             it
             your
             care
             to
             entertain
             no
             thought
             below
             your self
             .
             Your
             course
             has
             been
             hitherto
             approveable
             :
             enabled
             by
             generous
             education
             abroad
             :
             and
             imitable
             examples
             at
             home
             :
             those
             to
             adorn
             ;
             these
             to
             compleat
             .
          
           
             Being
             thus
             grounded
             ,
             set
             
             your self
             to
             those
             tasks
             that
             may
             usefully
             improve
             you
             ;
             and
             by
             degrees
             accomplish
             you
             .
             In
             private
             and
             retired
             hours
             consult
             with
             the
             
               dead
               ;
            
             being
             the
             best
             means
             to
             make
             men
             wise
             :
             make
             devout
             Books
             your
             discreeet
             Consorts
             :
             they
             will
             tell
             you
             what
             you
             are
             to
             doe
             without
             fear
             of
             censure
             .
             These
             will
             beget
             in
             you
             a
             contempt
             of
             that
             (
             the
             World
             I
             mean
             )
             which
             detracts
             most
             from
             the
             excellency
             of
             man
             .
          
           
             
               Seneca
            
             wisht
             for
             Philosophy
             ,
             whereto
             he
             was
             entirely
             dedicated
             ,
             that
             as
             the
             face
             of
             the
             universall
             World
             comes
             into
             view
             ,
             so
             that
             Philosophicall
             
               Idaea
            
             might
             be
             presented
             to
             us
             as
             a
             spectacle
             
             most
             unlike
             unto
             the
             World
             .
             I
             am
             confident
             ,
             
               Tom
               ,
            
             it
             is
             the
             lowest
             of
             your
             scorn
             to
             suffer
             your
             thoughts
             to
             be
             depressed
             with
             inferiour
             objects
             .
             Continue
             that
             resolution
             ;
             it
             will
             arme
             you
             against
             all
             Occurrents
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             carriage
             of
             publick
             affairs
             ,
             my
             advice
             is
             that
             you
             appear
             cautious
             :
             Many
             by
             putting
             themselves
             upon
             numerous
             imployments
             have
             lost
             themselves
             :
             though
             in
             neighbourly
             offices
             to
             be
             modestly
             active
             ,
             manifests
             signall
             arguments
             of
             piety
             .
             But
             in
             all
             concerns
             appeare
             just
             .
             This
             will
             beget
             you
             a
             good
             report
             among
             men
             ;
             and
             acceptance
             before
             the
             throne
             of
             Grace
             .
             All
             Justice
             is
             
             comprehended
             in
             this
             word
             Innocence
             ,
             all
             injustice
             reprehended
             .
             And
             if
             it
             were
             just
             to
             pronounce
             such
             a
             
               Sentence
            
             upon
             loyall
             
               Innocence
               ,
            
             I
             appeal
             to
             above
             .
             The
             practice
             of
             this
             Divine
             Office
             will
             render
             you
             blamelesse
             in
             all
             :
             by
             measuring
             your self
             by
             others
             ;
             others
             by
             your self
             ;
             and
             in
             doing
             unto
             others
             ,
             as
             you
             would
             have
             done
             unto
             your self
             :
             And
             to
             summe
             up
             your
             directions
             in
             brief
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             more
             impressive
             in
             your
             memory
             :
             Expresse
             your self
             moderate
             in
             arguments
             of
             dispute
             ,
             close
             in
             your
             counsels
             ,
             and
             discreet
             in
             your
             discourse
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             your
             houres
             of
             recreation
             ,
             let
             them
             never
             so
             
             overtake
             you
             ,
             as
             to
             make
             your
             thoughts
             strangers
             in
             what
             most
             concerns
             you
             .
             And
             make
             choice
             of
             suitable
             consorts
             in
             these
             .
             For
             though
             Precepts
             induce
             ,
             Examples
             draw
             :
             and
             more
             danger
             there
             is
             in
             a
             personal
             Example
             ,
             then
             any
             doctrinal
             Motive
             :
             whence
             it
             is
             very
             observable
             ,
             that
             those
             whom
             we
             intimately
             affect
             ,
             have
             such
             attractive
             influence
             over
             us
             :
             as
             whether
             it
             be
             in
             the
             pursuit
             of
             pleasure
             or
             profit
             ,
             we
             suffer
             our selves
             to
             be
             drawn
             therto
             by
             their
             choice
             ,
             without
             much
             examination
             of
             the
             probability
             of
             the
             issue
             ,
             whereto
             their
             assayes
             are
             directed
             .
             All
             men
             are
             taught
             to
             
               eschew
               evil
               ,
            
             and
             to
             
             
               do
               good
               :
            
             and
             there
             are
             
               innate
               seeds
            
             in
             every
             pious
             disposition
             moving
             him
             to
             the
             observance
             of
             that
             direction
             :
             But
             the
             nature
             of
             things
             is
             such
             ,
             that
             where
             a
             good
             man
             is
             joined
             with
             a
             bad
             ,
             the
             bad
             is
             not
             bettered
             by
             the
             good
             ,
             but
             the
             good
             corrupted
             by
             the
             bad
             .
             We
             may
             then
             truly
             conclude
             that
             this
             world
             is
             a
             dangerous
             
               Pest-house
               :
            
             and
             if
             men
             out
             of
             a
             natural
             desire
             of
             conserving
             their
             health
             ,
             and
             of
             avoiding
             what
             may
             indanger
             it
             ,
             would
             be
             loth
             to
             enter
             into
             an
             house
             that
             is
             infected
             :
             much
             more
             are
             they
             to
             decline
             all
             occasional
             wayes
             of
             infecting
             their
             
               inward
               house
               ,
            
             much
             more
             precious
             because
             partaker
             
             of
             immortality
             .
             But
             I
             am
             hopefull
             that
             the
             influence
             of
             Gods
             grace
             seconded
             with
             your
             constant
             and
             intire
             devotion
             ,
             will
             sufficiently
             strengthen
             you
             against
             all
             such
             humane
             frailties
             ,
             which
             either
             the
             pronenesse
             of
             nature
             ,
             or
             the
             corruption
             of
             these
             times
             may
             suggest
             .
             The
             Lord
             prepare
             you
             to
             entertain
             all
             occurrents
             ,
             with
             patience
             &
             che
             e
             fulness
             .
             To
             your
             Superiours
             lawfully
             set
             over
             you
             ,
             pre
             sent
             your self
             in
             due
             obedience
             :
             and
             in
             all
             your
             actions
             acquit
             your self
             (
             for
             herein
             consists
             the
             hope
             and
             accomplishment
             of
             your
             felicity
             )
             a
             faithfully
             instrument
             of
             Gods
             glory
             .
          
           
             Now
             one
             word
             to
             you
             ,
             
             
               Harry
               ,
            
             who
             though
             younger
             by
             course
             of
             nature
             ,
             has
             been
             ever
             dear
             and
             near
             my
             heart
             since
             thine
             infancy
             .
             Thine
             innocence
             has
             here
             for
             a
             season
             been
             a
             sufferer
             with
             thy
             Father
             :
             but
             let
             it
             not
             grieve
             thee
             to
             partake
             with
             him
             who
             doth
             so
             truly
             tender
             thee
             :
             and
             whose
             Parental
             hopes
             have
             been
             ever
             highly
             treasured
             in
             thee
             .
             Neither
             can
             I
             conceit
             otherwise
             (
             having
             had
             such
             experience
             of
             thy
             natural
             towardness
             )
             but
             thou
             rejoycest
             in
             thy
             suffering
             upon
             such
             an
             occasion
             ,
             and
             with
             so
             dear
             a
             friend
             .
             But
             I
             hope
             it
             will
             not
             hold
             consistent
             with
             the
             prudence
             nor
             justice
             of
             this
             State
             ,
             that
             a
             Fathers
             
             guilt
             should
             by
             way
             of
             punishment
             descend
             in
             a
             generation
             .
             I
             shall
             sacrifice
             my
             life
             freely
             ,
             as
             one
             ,
             subject
             to
             an
             
               assumed
            
             authority
             :
             be
             it
             their
             goodness
             to
             spare
             innocence
             :
             though
             I
             should
             in
             my
             loyal
             thoughts
             hold
             such
             a
             Present
             a
             precious
             Pledge
             in
             relation
             to
             a
             just
             Soveraignty
             ,
             and
             a
             subjects
             duty
             .
             But
             I
             hope
             ,
             my
             blood
             may
             sufficiently
             expiate
             the
             grandeur
             of
             my
             crime
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             greater
             ,
             without
             farther
             revenge
             .
          
           
             The
             fortunes
             left
             you
             by
             the
             assistance
             of
             our
             friendly
             Trustees
             (
             for
             I
             have
             been
             long
             time
             a
             stranger
             to
             mine
             own
             )
             may
             by
             Gods
             providence
             appear
             competent
             
             for
             a
             younger
             brother
             :
             Sure
             I
             am
             ,
             it
             is
             all
             I
             can
             do
             for
             you
             .
             Be
             it
             your
             care
             by
             honest
             wayes
             to
             improve
             them
             ;
             at
             least
             to
             preserve
             them
             ;
             which
             is
             good
             husbandry
             in
             these
             dayes
             .
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             if
             your
             estate
             be
             not
             sufficient
             for
             you
             ;
             be
             sufficient
             for
             your
             Estate
             .
             This
             was
             the
             advice
             of
             a
             wise
             Statist
             ,
             observe
             it
             .
          
           
             Return
             my
             blessing
             to
             your
             Sister
             my
             dear
             
               Bab
               :
            
             and
             tell
             her
             from
             a
             dying
             Father
             ,
             that
             she
             needs
             no
             other
             example
             then
             her
             vertuous
             Mother
             for
             her
             Directory
             :
             in
             whose
             steps
             ,
             I
             am
             confident
             ,
             she
             will
             walk
             religiously
             .
             Her
             modest
             and
             
             blameless
             demean
             can
             promise
             nothing
             less
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             my
             
               Dear
               ones
               ,
            
             as
             my
             desire
             is
             that
             you
             should
             in
             this
             
               last
               Legacy
            
             of
             my
             
               Love
            
             and
             Parental
             duty
             remember
             me
             ;
             so
             my
             request
             is
             that
             neither
             you
             nor
             any
             of
             my
             Relations
             suffer
             that
             memory
             they
             retain
             of
             me
             to
             be
             accompanied
             with
             immoderate
             grief
             .
             After
             a
             troublesome
             voyage
             encountred
             with
             many
             cross
             winds
             and
             adverse
             billows
             ,
             I
             am
             now
             arriving
             in
             a
             safe
             Harbor
             :
             and
             I
             hope
             without
             touch
             of
             dishonour
             .
             As
             for
             death
             ,
             though
             it
             appear
             terrible
             to
             all
             flesh
             ;
             I
             have
             long
             expected
             it
             ,
             and
             by
             a
             conscientious
             consequence
             prepared
             
             me
             for
             it
             .
             And
             to
             make
             it
             more
             familiar
             to
             me
             ;
             before
             I
             was
             call'd
             up
             to
             this
             City
             ,
             I
             made
             my
             
               Coffin
            
             my
             
               Companion
               ;
            
             that
             I
             might
             with
             more
             resolution
             looke
             Death
             in
             the
             face
             ,
             whensoever
             it
             should
             assault
             me
             .
             An
             Hatchet
             to
             a
             weak
             spirit
             may
             present
             more
             fear
             :
             but
             a
             Fever
             to
             a
             Patient
             more
             pain
             .
          
           
             My
             peace
             I
             hope
             is
             made
             with
             God
             :
             having
             in
             those
             solitary
             houres
             of
             my
             retirement
             made
             this
             my
             constant
             Ejaculation
             :
             O
             ,
             how
             can
             we
             chuse
             but
             begin
             to
             love
             him
             whom
             we
             have
             offended
             ?
             or
             how
             should
             we
             but
             begin
             to
             grieve
             that
             we
             have
             offended
             him
             whom
             we
             love
             ?
             
             This
             was
             the
             solace
             of
             my
             choice
             ,
             which
             through
             Gods
             goodnesse
             shall
             admit
             no
             change
             :
             and
             with
             this
             will
             I
             end
             ,
             drawing
             now
             towards
             my
             end
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             A
             Receipt
             of
             continuall
             use
             and
             Application
             .
          
           
             
               MY
               
                 Heart
              
               is
               signed
               with
               the
               signet
               of
               Gods
               love
               ;
            
             
               My
               
                 hatred
              
               is
               onely
               bent
               against
               sin
               and
               my self
               ;
            
             
               My
               
                 Joy
              
               is
               in
               God
               my
               Saviour
               ;
            
             
               My
               
                 Grief
              
               that
               I
               am
               not
               all
               his
               ;
            
             
               My
               
                 Fear
                 ,
              
               even
               in
               this
               short
               
                 remainder
                 ,
              
               is
               to
               offend
               him
               ;
            
             
               And
               my
               
                 Hope
              
               is
               to
               enjoy
               him
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               Devotionall
            
             ADDRESSES
             ,
             After
             his
             Sentence
             OF
             DEATH
             .
          
           
             
               DEaths
               Doom
               to
               
                 sensuall
                 Ears
              
               sad
               tidings
               brings
               ,
            
             
               For
               death
               's
               the
               King
               of
               fears
               ,
               and
               fear
               of
               Kings
               .
            
             
               But
               to
               a
               
                 Mind
                 resign'd
                 ,
              
               a
               welcome
               Guest
               ,
            
             
               And
               onely
               Convoy
               to
               the
               Port
               of
               Rest
               ;
            
             
               A
               freer
               from
               
                 Restraint
                 ,
              
               wherein
               I
               long
            
             
               Estrang'd
               from
               
                 Earths
                 content
                 ,
              
               sung
               
                 Sions
              
               Song
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             BEing
             now
             to
             put
             off
             my
             Garment
             of
             Mortality
             ,
             in
             assured
             hope
             to
             exchange
             it
             with
             the
             White
             Robe
             of
             immortall
             glory
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             my
             farewell
             to
             Earth
             ,
             it
             is
             my
             fervorous
             desire
             to
             
               bequeath
            
             these
             my
             
               last
               Addresses
            
             to
             you
             ,
             the
             
               dearest
               Pledges
            
             I
             had
             upon
             Earth
             .
          
           
             Draw
             near
             me
             ,
             and
             heare
             those
             last
             words
             which
             I
             must
             ever
             on
             earth
             speak
             to
             you
             .
             Sure
             I
             am
             ,
             that
             the
             dying
             words
             of
             an
             affectionate
             Father
             ,
             cannot
             but
             fasten
             deeper
             ,
             and
             retaine
             a
             memory
             longer
             ,
             then
             the
             speech
             of
             the
             movingest
             Orator
             .
          
           
             Fear
             God
             above
             all
             things
             ;
             it
             is
             the
             
               beginning
               of
               wisdom
               :
            
             and
             will
             enrich
             you
             above
             
             your
             Portion
             .
             You
             are
             now
             in
             the
             
               ripening
               progresse
            
             of
             your
             Time
             :
             and
             entring
             the
             
               first
               Lists
            
             of
             your
             Youth
             ,
             wherein
             you
             are
             here
             surrounded
             with
             numerous
             
               temporary
               tryals
               ;
            
             let
             good
             company
             seconded
             with
             the
             exercise
             of
             piety
             season
             you
             :
             so
             shall
             
               his
            
             blessing
             ,
             who
             hath
             blessed
             me
             with
             constancy
             in
             suffering
             ,
             crown
             you
             .
          
           
             Be
             honest
             in
             your
             wayes
             ;
             spare
             in
             your
             words
             ;
             plenteous
             in
             good
             workes
             .
             Proportions
             God
             hath
             given
             you
             ,
             portions
             by
             Gods
             providence
             (
             though
             lessened
             by
             these
             occasionall
             overtures
             )
             I
             have
             left
             you
             ;
             enrich
             these
             with
             the
             best
             portion
             ,
             the
             ornament
             of
             Vertue
             .
          
           
           
             Specious
             features
             are
             not
             to
             be
             valued
             to
             the
             precious
             embellishment
             of
             that
             
               inward
               beauty
               ,
            
             which
             accomplisheth
             a
             Divine
             Soul
             .
          
           
             Be
             what
             you
             seem
             to
             be
             ;
             and
             seem
             what
             you
             ought
             to
             be
             :
             I
             never
             loved
             that
             countenance
             ,
             which
             could
             promise
             much
             ,
             and
             perform
             nothing
             .
             Reality
             is
             the
             onely
             
               Cognizance
            
             of
             a
             good
             
               Conscience
               .
            
          
           
             Ever
             reslect
             on
             him
             that
             made
             you
             :
             and
             make
             
               Devovotion
            
             your
             constant
             
               Diary
            
             to
             conduct
             you
             .
          
           
             Be
             tender
             of
             those
             you
             rank
             with
             ;
             either
             to
             better
             them
             ,
             or
             to
             be
             bettered
             by
             them
             .
             Dead
             Flyes
             corrupt
             the
             preciousest
             Ointments
             .
             
             Be
             humble
             to
             all
             ;
             Humility
             is
             the
             way
             to
             Glory
             :
             this
             it
             is
             will
             make
             you
             amiable
             to
             the
             Creature
             ;
             glorious
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             your
             Creator
             .
          
           
             Learne
             how
             to
             obey
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             know
             better
             how
             to
             command
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             consideration
             of
             humane
             felicity
             ,
             there
             is
             nothing
             becomes
             more
             incurable
             ,
             then
             what
             is
             habituate
             :
             when
             custome
             of
             sin
             takes
             away
             all
             sense
             of
             sin
             .
             Old
             sores
             require
             long
             cures
             .
          
           
             Reserve
             Divine
             thoughts
             for
             sanctified
             roomes
             :
             In
             
               holy
               places
            
             is
             the
             Devil
             ever
             busiest
             .
          
           
             No
             disease
             more
             dangerous
             then
             the
             Lethargy
             of
             sin
             .
             This
             sleep
             brings
             ever
             an
             
             heavy
             awake
             :
             For
             though
             like
             a
             tender
             Nurse
             ,
             she
             sing
             a
             sweet
             Lullabee
             to
             her
             deluded
             child
             ,
             it
             is
             ever
             in
             worst
             case
             ,
             the
             more
             it
             sleeps
             ;
             for
             it
             dyes
             in
             sins-slumber
             ,
             and
             perisheth
             untimely
             by
             the
             blandishment
             of
             her
             Mother
             .
          
           
             Consider
             this
             ,
             my
             dearest
             Ones
             .
             
               Resist
               the
               Devil
               ,
               and
               he
               will
               fly
               from
               you
               :
            
             Suffer
             not
             the
             first
             motions
             of
             sin
             to
             seize
             on
             you
             .
             
               Pray
               continually
               ,
            
             because
             you
             have
             an
             enemy
             assayling
             you
             incessantly
             :
             the
             Combat
             is
             short
             ,
             your
             Crown
             eternall
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             
               heat
            
             of
             the
             
               day
               ,
            
             think
             of
             the
             
               Evening
               :
            
             The
             
               earnest-penny
            
             wil
             recompence
             your
             pains
             :
             Continue
             to
             the
             
             end
             ,
             and
             your
             reward
             shall
             be
             endless
             .
          
           
             Be
             not
             too
             curious
             in
             enquiring
             what
             you
             are
             to
             receive
             after
             this
             life
             ;
             but
             so
             labour
             that
             you
             may
             receive
             your
             reward
             of
             glory
             after
             this
             life
             .
             Many
             ,
             by
             too
             curious
             an
             itching
             after
             what
             there
             were
             to
             receive
             ,
             have
             deceived
             themselves
             ,
             by
             loving
             their
             Reward
             more
             then
             God
             .
          
           
             Let
             nothing
             on
             earth
             take
             your
             hearts
             ;
             Let
             the
             Divine
             Love
             onely
             possess
             them
             ,
             so
             shall
             you
             find
             quietness
             in
             them
             .
          
           
             That
             heart
             cannot
             want
             ,
             that
             possesseth
             God
             .
             He
             will
             be
             a
             light
             to
             direct
             it
             ,
             that
             it
             stray
             not
             :
             A
             
               comfort
            
             to
             refresh
             
             it
             ,
             that
             it
             faile
             not
             .
             For
             all
             earthly
             helps
             ,
             they
             must
             either
             leave
             us
             ,
             or
             we
             them
             .
             Wherein
             it
             faleth
             often-tims
             forth
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             most
             afflicted
             even
             in
             those
             ,
             wherein
             we
             expected
             most
             comfort
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             one
             thing
             to
             live
             on
             Earth
             ,
             another
             thing
             to
             love
             Earth
             .
             To
             be
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             are
             different
             conditions
             .
             
               Tabernacles
            
             are
             not
             to
             be
             accounted
             
               Habitations
               .
            
             While
             we
             are
             sojourning
             ,
             we
             must
             be
             journeying
             towards
             
               Canaan
               :
            
             nor
             may
             we
             rest
             till
             we
             get
             home
             .
          
           
             O
             my
             tender
             Ones
             (
             for
             never
             were
             children
             more
             dear
             to
             a
             Father
             )
             make
             every
             
             day
             of
             your
             life
             a
             promising
             passage
             to
             your
             native
             Countrey
             .
             As
             every
             day
             brings
             you
             nearer
             your
             grave
             ,
             may
             every
             day
             increase
             in
             you
             the
             richness
             of
             his
             grace
             .
          
           
             Let
             the
             joyes
             of
             Heaven
             and
             torments
             of
             Hell
             be
             familiar
             with
             you
             ;
             by
             meditating
             of
             the
             felicity
             of
             the
             one
             ,
             and
             infelicity
             of
             the
             other
             ;
             these
             to
             deter
             ,
             those
             to
             allure
             .
          
           
             Be
             not
             too
             much
             taken
             with
             Fashion
             ;
             it
             is
             the
             Disease
             of
             this
             age
             :
             Comeliness
             is
             the
             most
             taking
             dresse
             to
             a
             discreet
             eye
             ;
             whatsoever
             is
             else
             ,
             
               borders
            
             on
             sin
             ,
             and
             becomes
             reputations
             stain
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             not
             now
             very
             old
             ,
             when
             this
             
               Judicial
               Sentence
            
             
             has
             enjoyned
             me
             to
             leave
             you
             ,
             yet
             never
             did
             that
             
               spreading
               vanity
            
             of
             the
             Time
             much
             surprize
             me
             .
          
           
             For
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             did
             ever
             rather
             affect
             not
             to
             be
             known
             at
             all
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             known
             for
             Singular
             .
             It
             is
             a
             poor
             accomplishment
             that
             takes
             her
             essence
             from
             what
             we
             wear
             .
             The
             Rinde
             makes
             not
             the
             Tree
             precious
             ,
             but
             the
             Fruit
             .
          
           
             Neither
             speak
             I
             this
             to
             excuse
             my
             frailties
             .
             I
             confess
             my
             diversions
             have
             been
             many
             ;
             but
             through
             my
             hearty
             Conversion
             and
             unfeigned
             Contrition
             ,
             by
             the
             merits
             of
             my
             Saviour
             ,
             I
             hope
             ,
             my
             peace
             is
             made
             .
          
           
             Now
             to
             continue
             my
             
               final
               Bequest
               ,
            
             My
             desire
             is
             ,
             that
             
             you
             would
             be
             circumspect
             in
             your
             discourse
             .
             Though
             no
             
               Society
            
             can
             subsist
             without
             
               Speech
               ,
            
             yet
             were
             it
             very
             necessary
             to
             be
             cautious
             of
             the
             Society
             to
             whom
             we
             direct
             our
             Speech
             .
             I
             may
             experimentally
             speak
             it
             ,
             having
             so
             highly
             suffered
             by
             it
             .
             Few
             or
             none
             have
             ever
             been
             hurt
             by
             silence
             ;
             but
             many
             ,
             too
             many
             by
             too
             prodigal
             speech
             have
             engaged
             their
             freedom
             to
             the
             power
             of
             their
             Foes
             :
             varnished
             over
             with
             the
             specious
             pretences
             of
             Friends
             .
          
           
             Let
             your
             whole
             
               Life
            
             be
             a
             
               Line
            
             of
             
               direction
            
             to
             your selves
             ;
             and
             of
             
               instruction
            
             to
             others
             .
          
           
             Be
             more
             ready
             to
             
               heare
            
             then
             to
             
               teach
               ;
            
             and
             above
             all
             
             things
             ,
             let
             your
             Famebe
             a
             living
             Doctrine
             to
             your
             family
             .
          
           
             Be
             diligent
             in
             the
             
               vocation
            
             or
             
               imployment
            
             you
             are
             called
             unto
             :
             and
             be
             ever
             doing
             some
             good
             work
             :
             that
             the
             devil
             may
             never
             find
             you
             unemployed
             :
             for
             our
             
               Security
            
             is
             his
             
               Opportunity
               ;
            
             to
             prevent
             his
             sleights
             ,
             give
             no
             way
             to
             sloth
             .
          
           
             When
             you
             come
             into
             any
             
               Holy
               place
               ,
            
             call
             him
             to
             mind
             ,
             to
             whom
             it
             is
             dedicated
             .
             Hold
             your selves
             then
             as
             retired
             from
             the
             world
             :
             and
             lift
             up
             your
             hearts
             to
             Him
             ,
             who
             is
             your
             Hope
             and
             Helpe
             ,
             both
             here
             and
             in
             a
             better
             world
             .
          
           
             Esteem
             of
             all
             men
             well
             ;
             and
             of
             your selves
             the
             worst
             .
          
           
             Suffer
             with
             others
             ,
             when
             you
             shal
             hear
             them
             desamed
             :
             
             and
             preserve
             their
             report
             as
             well
             as
             you
             may
             .
             For
             it
             is
             not
             sufficient
             to
             be
             tender
             of
             our
             own
             ,
             and
             impeach
             others
             :
             but
             to
             tender
             others
             as
             our
             own
             .
          
           
             Stand
             alwayes
             in
             an
             humble
             and
             religious
             fear
             .
          
           
             Be
             not
             ashamed
             to
             confess
             ,
             what
             you
             were
             not
             ashamed
             to
             commit
             .
          
           
             If
             at
             any
             time
             ,
             through
             frailty
             ,
             you
             fail
             ;
             with
             tears
             of
             unfeigned
             contrition
             redeem
             your
             fall
             .
          
           
             Walk
             with
             an
             undefiled
             Conscience
             ;
             knowing
             that
             you
             are
             in
             his
             presence
             ,
             whose
             eyes
             are
             so
             pure
             ,
             as
             they
             cannot
             abide
             miquity
             ;
             and
             whose
             judgment
             so
             cleer
             ,
             as
             it
             will
             search
             out
             hypocrisie
             .
          
           
           
             Keep
             your
             bodies
             undefiled
             ;
             Temples
             should
             be
             pure
             and
             unpolluted
             .
          
           
             If
             your
             desire
             be
             to
             honour
             your
             Maker
             ,
             you
             must
             make
             your
             heart
             his
             Harbor
             .
          
           
             Every
             Countrey
             hath
             one
             chief
             City
             ;
             and
             that
             situate
             in
             the
             Heart
             of
             the
             Land
             ;
             and
             becomes
             the
             Kings
             Seat
             .
             Your
             heart
             shall
             be
             the
             City
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Kings
             ,
             so
             you
             guard
             the
             gates
             of
             your
             
               little
               City
               ,
            
             that
             no
             sinful
             intruder
             nor
             usurping
             designer
             enter
             nor
             surprize
             them
             ;
             no
             corrupt
             affection
             win
             in
             upon
             them
             .
          
           
             Now
             the
             better
             to
             secure
             your
             State
             ;
             let
             your
             eyes
             your
             City-Centinels
             ,
             be
             so
             directed
             ,
             that
             they
             become
             
             not
             distracted
             :
             by
             wandring
             abroad
             ,
             they
             beget
             disorder
             at
             home
             .
          
           
             All
             neighbourly
             offices
             I
             commend
             unto
             you
             ;
             they
             gain
             love
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             oyl
             of
             our
             life
             .
             But
             too
             much
             familiarity
             I
             do
             not
             admit
             ;
             
               Charity
            
             is
             expedient
             to
             all
             ,
             
               Familiarity
            
             to
             few
             .
          
           
             Cherish
             
               Affability
               ,
            
             there
             is
             nothing
             that
             purchaseth
             more
             love
             with
             less
             cost
             .
          
           
             
               Friendship
            
             is
             properly
             term'd
             the
             
               Fruit
            
             of
             
               virtue
               ;
            
             without
             which
             ground
             it
             becomes
             an
             unripe
             fruit
             ,
             and
             loseth
             its
             kernel
             .
          
           
             Prefer
             
               restraint
            
             of
             the
             
               Body
            
             before
             that
             of
             the
             
               Mind
               ;
            
             there
             can
             be
             no
             true
             freedom
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             the
             Soul
             
             is
             liable
             to
             thraldome
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             been
             known
             to
             
               sundry
               Holds
               ;
            
             yet
             I
             found
             my
             infranchized
             mind
             ,
             when
             I
             was
             most
             estranged
             from
             enjoyment
             of
             liberty
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             freest
             enjoyer
             of
             it self
             .
          
           
             Hold
             nothing
             comparable
             to
             the
             estimate
             of
             a
             clear
             Conscience
             ;
             a
             
               continual
               Feast
            
             admits
             no
             competition
             with
             a
             
               Cloud
            
             of
             impeaching
             Witnesses
             .
             This
             hath
             been
             my
             Anchor
             hold
             to
             secure
             my
             Vessel
             .
          
           
             The
             terrours
             of
             Death
             are
             but
             objects
             to
             the
             eye
             ;
             with
             a
             momentany
             sense
             of
             a
             little
             pain
             to
             the
             body
             :
             whereas
             if
             the
             Soul
             through
             the
             gusts
             of
             a
             restlesse
             Conscience
             ,
             
             grapple
             with
             death
             ;
             and
             gives
             up
             her
             hold
             ,
             her
             sufferings
             are
             to
             eternity
             .
             A
             short
             storm
             should
             not
             discourage
             us
             ,
             when
             we
             are
             within
             the
             ken
             of
             our
             Harbour
             .
          
           
             Prosperity
             is
             a
             fair
             gail
             ;
             but
             the
             memory
             of
             it
             rather
             afflicts
             then
             refresheth
             us
             ;
             when
             our
             security
             has
             thrown
             us
             upon
             a
             shelf
             ,
             before
             we
             come
             a-shore
             .
          
           
             If
             earthly
             enjoyments
             had
             seiz'd
             on
             me
             ;
             my
             death
             might
             have
             prov'd
             more
             Natural
             ,
             but
             through
             those
             
               Preparations
            
             wherewith
             Gods
             goodness
             hath
             furnished
             me
             ,
             perchance
             not
             so
             welcom
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             now
             to
             put
             off
             that
             which
             troubled
             me
             most
             ;
             to
             become
             clothed
             with
             his
             
             
               righteousness
               ,
            
             whose
             All-sufficiency
             has
             pleaded
             my
             cause
             .
          
           
             In
             my
             Period
             to
             these
             ;
             and
             to
             order
             your
             course
             the
             better
             in
             the
             Current
             and
             Progression
             of
             your
             affairs
             :
             Let
             not
             the
             Sun
             shine
             upon
             you
             ,
             before
             you
             have
             commended
             your selves
             to
             that
             
               Son
               of
               Righteousness
               ,
            
             to
             direct
             you
             in
             all
             your
             wayes
             ;
             and
             inrich
             you
             with
             all
             good
             works
             .
          
           
             To
             conclude
             ,
             (
             for
             I
             feel
             my
             failing
             Faculties
             ,
             through
             continuance
             of
             my
             long
             restraint
             ,
             and
             late
             necessary
             addresses
             ,
             drawing
             near
             their
             conclusion
             ;
             )
             Let
             your
             
               youth
            
             be
             so
             seasoned
             with
             all
             goodnesse
             ,
             that
             in
             your
             
               riper
               age
               ,
            
             
             you
             may
             retain
             an
             habit
             of
             that
             which
             your
             
               youth
            
             practised
             .
          
           
             Well-spent
             Minutes
             are
             precious
             treasures
             ;
             whose
             reviving
             memory
             in
             our
             recollection
             of
             what
             we
             gathered
             by
             them
             ,
             will
             refresh
             your
             fainting
             Soules
             in
             their
             sharpest
             gusts
             of
             humane
             frailty
             .
          
           
             To
             speak
             of
             
               Marriage
            
             to
             you
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             ;
             onely
             this
             ,
             let
             a
             religious
             fear
             accompany
             those
             acquiescences
             :
             wherein
             ,
             I
             conceive
             a
             parity
             in
             descent
             ,
             a
             competency
             of
             Fortune
             ,
             but
             principally
             our
             harmony
             in
             a
             religious
             profession
             may
             conduce
             highly
             to
             your
             future
             comfort
             :
             and
             remove
             those
             occasional
             
             discontents
             ,
             which
             a
             failing
             in
             any
             of
             these
             too
             usually
             procures
             :
             which
             completed
             ,
             may
             your
             Choice
             thus
             equally
             tempered
             with
             discretion
             and
             affection
             admit
             no
             change
             :
             so
             shall
             a
             pious
             emulation
             in
             your
             succeeding
             Relations
             second
             your
             choice
             .
          
           
             Prefer
             your
             
               Fame
            
             before
             all
             
               Fortunes
               :
            
             it
             is
             that
             sweet
             Odour
             which
             will
             perfume
             you
             living
             ,
             and
             embalm
             you
             dying
             .
          
           
             I
             find
             my self
             now
             ,
             through
             the
             apprehension
             of
             my
             approching
             Summons
             ,
             which
             I
             shall
             entertain
             with
             a
             cheerful
             admittance
             ,
             breathing
             homeward
             :
             the
             eye
             of
             my
             body
             
             is
             fixt
             on
             you
             ;
             the
             eye
             of
             my
             soul
             on
             Heaven
             :
             Think
             on
             me
             as
             your
             Natural
             Father
             ;
             and
             of
             Earth
             as
             your
             Common
             Mother
             .
             Thither
             am
             I
             going
             ,
             where
             by
             course
             of
             Nature
             ,
             though
             not
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             ,
             you
             must
             follow
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             to
             act
             my
             last
             Scene
             on
             a
             Stage
             ;
             you
             in
             a
             turbulent
             State
             .
          
           
             Value
             Earth
             as
             it
             is
             ;
             that
             when
             you
             shall
             pass
             from
             Earth
             ,
             you
             may
             enjoy
             what
             Earth
             cannot
             afford
             you
             ;
             to
             which
             happiness
             your
             dying
             
               Father
               ,
            
             hastning
             to
             his
             dear
             Spouse
             and
             your
             virtuous
             
               Mother
               ,
            
             faithfully
             commends
             you
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Additional
             Instructions
             privately
             delivered
             before
             his
             coming
             to
             
               Tower-Hill
               .
            
          
           
             DEar
             Sonns
             ,
             as
             you
             were
             tender
             to
             me
             ,
             remember
             these
             Funeral
             Advertisements
             of
             your
             adjudged
             Father
             .
             The
             serious
             observance
             whereof
             I
             shall
             account
             my
             Ceremonial
             Obsequies
             .
          
           
             Be
             zealous
             in
             your
             service
             of
             God
             :
             ever
             recommending
             in
             the
             prime
             hour
             of
             the
             
             day
             ,
             all
             your
             ensuing
             actions
             designed
             and
             addressed
             for
             that
             day
             ,
             to
             his
             gracious
             protection
             .
          
           
             Be
             constant
             in
             your
             Resolves
             ,
             ever
             grounded
             on
             a
             religious
             fear
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             seconded
             by
             Gods
             favour
             .
          
           
             Be
             serious
             in
             your
             studies
             :
             and
             with
             all
             humility
             crave
             the
             assistance
             of
             others
             ,
             for
             your
             better
             proficiency
             .
          
           
             Be
             affable
             to
             all
             ,
             familiar
             with
             few
             .
          
           
             Be
             to
             such
             constant
             Consorts
             ,
             where
             you
             have
             hope
             to
             be
             dayly
             proficients
             .
          
           
             Be
             provident
             and
             discreetly
             frugal
             in
             your
             expence
             :
             never
             spending
             where
             honest
             Providence
             bids
             you
             spare
             :
             neither
             sparing
             where
             Reputation
             
             invites
             you
             to
             spend
             .
          
           
             Continue
             firm
             in
             brotherly
             unity
             :
             as
             you
             are
             near
             in
             blood
             ,
             be
             dear
             in
             your
             affection
             .
          
           
             Honour
             those
             to
             whose
             charge
             you
             are
             intrusted
             .
          
           
             And
             sweet
             Jesu
             ,
             with
             thy
             grace
             enrich
             them
             ,
             to
             thy
             glory
             ,
             their
             
               Relations
            
             comfort
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             His
             Letter
             to
             a
             Person
             of
             Quality
             ,
             and
             his
             late
             fellow-Prisoner
             .
          
           
             
               Sir
               ;
            
          
           
             TO
             render
             you
             an
             account
             of
             my
             present
             condition
             since
             my
             remove
             to
             this
             City
             :
             and
             return
             a
             grateful
             satisfaction
             to
             your
             expectance
             in
             all
             such
             concerns
             or
             occurrences
             as
             have
             encountred
             me
             since
             my
             commitment
             to
             the
             
               Tower
               ;
            
             in
             relation
             to
             your
             desires
             and
             expressions
             by
             Letter
             ,
             for
             which
             ,
             I
             hold
             my self
             highly
             obliged
             to
             your
             indeerment
             and
             noble
             resentment
             in
             my
             sufferings
             .
             
             I
             shall
             acquaint
             you
             briefly
             (
             for
             no
             long
             time
             must
             be
             now
             permitted
             me
             ,
             )
             in
             these
             my
             
               last
               lines
               :
            
             as
             the
             definite
             Sentence
             of
             death
             pronounced
             upon
             me
             ,
             has
             sufficiently
             assur'd
             me
             .
          
           
             Some
             short
             time
             after
             my
             commitment
             ,
             Mr.
             
               Mordant
               ,
            
             Dr.
             
               Hewit
               ,
            
             and
             my
             
               self
            
             were
             ordered
             to
             appear
             before
             the
             
               High-Court
               of
               Justice
            
             at
             
               Westminster
               :
            
             where
             we
             stood
             indicted
             of
             
               High-Treason
               :
            
             and
             where
             Mr.
             
               Mordant
            
             by
             his
             discreet
             carriage
             ,
             and
             singular
             preparation
             ,
             seconded
             with
             the
             fair
             acquiescence
             of
             the
             
               President
               ,
            
             after
             a
             long
             and
             anxious
             examination
             of
             his
             cause
             ,
             became
             acquitted
             .
             Doctor
             
               Hewit
            
             denying
             the
             
             
               jurisdiction
            
             of
             that
             
               Court
               :
            
             after
             he
             had
             alledged
             sundry
             arguments
             and
             reasons
             to
             strengthen
             his
             
               appeal
               :
            
             and
             evince
             the
             illegality
             of
             their
             proceedings
             (
             having
             debarred
             himself
             of
             the
             benefit
             which
             he
             might
             probably
             have
             obtained
             ,
             as
             some
             verily
             thought
             ,
             by
             submitting
             to
             a
             trial
             )
             received
             the
             sentence
             of
             death
             .
             Which
             ,
             I
             can
             ingenuously
             assure
             you
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             he
             received
             with
             much
             constancy
             ,
             resolution
             and
             composure
             .
             Though
             it
             has
             been
             reported
             since
             the
             time
             of
             his
             impeachment
             ,
             that
             upon
             maturer
             advice
             of
             such
             as
             by
             a
             more
             peculiar
             
               relation
            
             had
             an
             influence
             over
             him
             ,
             he
             could
             have
             been
             contented
             
             to
             submit
             to
             a
             trial
             :
             and
             that
             petitions
             were
             presented
             to
             that
             purpose
             ,
             but
             through
             some
             
               titular
            
             defect
             or
             other
             ,
             he
             might
             not
             be
             admitted
             to
             that
             favour
             .
             Howsoever
             ,
             I
             am
             very
             confident
             ,
             that
             this
             
               Gentleman
            
             was
             so
             consciencious
             in
             all
             his
             actions
             :
             and
             so
             confirm'd
             in
             his
             
               profest
               zeal
               ,
            
             as
             he
             would
             entertain
             nothing
             below
             himself
             .
          
           
             High
             and
             of
             weighty
             consequence
             were
             the
             Articles
             that
             were
             drawn
             up
             against
             me
             :
             and
             these
             laid
             to
             my
             charge
             with
             much
             vehemency
             .
             Especially
             my
             conference
             with
             some
             persons
             at
             
               Hulb
               ;
            
             which
             I
             conceived
             (
             as
             I
             then
             told
             them
             )
             to
             be
             rather
             a
             secular
             discourse
             ;
             and
             such
             sociable
             
             chat
             ,
             as
             it
             might
             be
             in
             any
             equall
             judgmēt
             ,
             held
             sooner
             for
             a
             
               jest
               ,
            
             then
             a
             design
             of
             State
             .
             Whereto
             the
             
               Attourney
            
             was
             pleased
             to
             make
             answer
             
               facetiously
            
             according
             to
             his
             usual
             manner
             ,
             and
             with
             much
             punctuality
             :
             That
             he
             never
             heard
             in
             all
             his
             time
             ,
             that
             
               treason
            
             was
             held
             a
             
               jest
               .
            
             And
             then
             with
             a
             
               supercilious
               smile
            
             turning
             himself
             towards
             me
             :
             Sir
             
               Harry
               ,
            
             said
             he
             ,
             you
             have
             jested
             your self
             fairly
             out
             of
             your
             Fame
             ,
             Estate
             ,
             and
             now
             according
             to
             the
             merit
             of
             your
             cause
             very
             like
             to
             jest
             your self
             into
             a
             grave
             to
             your
             lafting
             dishonour
             .
             I
             insisted
             not
             much
             upon
             defence
             nor
             vindication
             of
             mine
             innocence
             ;
             for
             I
             understood
             ,
             it
             was
             effectless
             .
             
             Those
             Persons
             who
             were
             my
             accusers
             ,
             were
             for
             time
             ,
             place
             ,
             and
             every
             circumstance
             ,
             such
             convincing
             evidence
             ,
             (
             besides
             their
             personal
             prevalency
             in
             the
             eye
             of
             that
             Court
             )
             as
             my
             reply
             in
             what
             tenor
             soever
             would
             have
             prov'd
             fruitless
             :
             and
             either
             not
             heard
             at
             all
             ,
             or
             expounded
             to
             my
             disadvantage
             :
             The
             onely
             
               Guard
               ,
            
             then
             ,
             that
             I
             stood
             upon
             ,
             was
             
               Silence
            
             and
             
               Patience
               .
            
          
           
             Though
             as
             the
             case
             stood
             in
             my
             particular
             ,
             I
             could
             not
             hold
             those
             
               Persons
            
             my
             competible
             Accusers
             :
             nor
             well
             deserving
             estimatiō
             in
             that
             high
             Court
             ;
             being
             such
             ,
             as
             their
             compliance
             (
             had
             not
             probable
             hopes
             of
             preferment
             diverted
             
             them
             )
             could
             have
             conscienciously
             closed
             with
             my
             Principles
             :
             but
             the
             
               fears
            
             of
             
               danger
               ,
            
             and
             the
             hopes
             of
             
               honour
               ;
            
             were
             in
             the
             
               first
            
             such
             
               determents
               ;
            
             and
             in
             the
             
               later
               ,
            
             such
             inducements
             ;
             as
             they
             begot
             in
             them
             an
             indifferency
             in
             the
             one
             :
             and
             a
             resolution
             for
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             I
             would
             not
             willingly
             give
             you
             a
             trouble
             ,
             as
             I
             shall
             not
             to
             the
             world
             long
             .
             The
             Court
             ,
             upon
             the
             evidence
             given
             ,
             adjudged
             me
             to
             die
             :
             but
             by
             Petition
             and
             the
             
               Protectors
            
             clemency
             :
             not
             in
             that
             dishonourable
             manner
             ,
             as
             we
             were
             sentenced
             .
             So
             as
             my
             resolved
             Soul
             ,
             now
             in
             the
             merits
             of
             Christ
             ,
             is
             winging
             her
             flight
             for
             Heaven
             .
             My
             
             
               preparation
            
             becomes
             freer
             from
             distraction
             ,
             by
             the
             gentile
             demean
             and
             civilities
             of
             our
             
               Lieutenant
               :
            
             and
             by
             his
             command
             ,
             of
             the
             Souldiers
             modest
             carriage
             towards
             us
             ,
             in
             our
             private
             devotions
             ,
             and
             other
             holy
             Duties
             .
             Which
             
               pious
               Office
               ,
            
             as
             it
             conduceth
             much
             to
             our
             peace
             ,
             so
             it
             cannot
             but
             redound
             highly
             to
             the
             
               Commanders
            
             honour
             .
             Compassion
             in
             places
             of
             Command
             ,
             where
             Authority
             may
             be
             executed
             without
             controul
             ,
             deserves
             ,
             for
             the
             
               rarity
            
             of
             it
             ,
             an
             eminent
             Attribute
             .
          
           
             Dear
             Sir
             ,
             He
             begs
             at
             your
             hands
             the
             assistance
             of
             your
             Prayers
             ,
             who
             ,
             as
             in
             his
             Life
             ,
             so
             now
             at
             his
             Death
             ,
             in
             the
             
             reallest
             Offices
             of
             Love
             ,
             remains
          
           
             
               Your
               most
               affectionate
               Servant
               ,
               
                 H.
                 S.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 June
                 4.
                 1658.
                 
              
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           FVnerals
           are
           for
           the
           Dead
           :
           Memorials
           for
           the
           Living
           .
           Solemnity
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           cannot
           parallel
           the
           Memory
           of
           the
           other
           .
           The
           one
           limits
           to
           time
           ,
           the
           other
           to
           Eternity
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           HIs
           Corpse
           by
           means
           was
           permitted
           to
           be
           privately
           carried
           down
           into
           
             Yorkshire
             ;
          
           there
           to
           be
           interr'd
           in
           the
           Burial-place
           of
           his
           Ancestors
           :
           which
           was
           done
           with
           all
           decent
           Solemnity
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           HIS
           EPITAPH
           .
        
         
           
             DEad
             unto
             
               Earth
               ,
            
             before
             I
             past
             from
             thence
             ,
          
           
             Dead
             unto
             
               Life
               ,
            
             alive
             to
             Conscience
          
           
             Just
             ,
             and
             by
             Justice
             
               doom'd
               ;
            
             impeach'd
             by
             those
          
           
             Whom
             
               Semblance
            
             writ
             my
             
               Friends
               ,
            
             their
             
               witness
               Foes
               .
            
          
           
             My
             
               Silence
            
             in
             
               Reply
            
             imply'd
             no
             guilt
             ,
          
           
           
             Words
             not
             believ'd
             resemble
             
               Water
            
             spilt
          
           
             Upon
             the
             parched
             surface
             of
             the
             floor
             ,
          
           
             No
             sooner
             
               dropt
               ,
            
             then
             heat
             
               dryes
            
             up
             the
             showre
             .
          
           
             To
             plead
             for
             life
             where
             ears
             are
             prepossest
             ,
          
           
             Sounds
             but
             like
             
               airy
               Eccho's
            
             at
             the
             best
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Hatchet
            
             acted
             what
             the
             
               Court
            
             decreed
             ,
          
           
             Who
             would
             not
             for
             his
             HEAD
             lay
             down
             his
             head
             ?
          
           
             
               Branches
            
             have
             their
             
               dependence
            
             on
             the
             
               Vine
               ,
            
          
           
             And
             
               Subjects
            
             on
             their
             
               Princes
               ,
            
             so
             had
             mine
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Native
               Vine
            
             cut
             down
             ,
             her
             
               Cyenes
            
             wither
             ,
          
           
             Let
             them
             then
             
               grow
            
             or
             
               perish
            
             both
             together
             .
          
           
           
             Thus
             ●●v'd
             I
             ,
             thus
             I
             dy'd
             ;
             my
             
               Faith
            
             the
             
               Wing
               ,
            
          
           
             That
             mounts
             my
             
               Kingly
               zeal
            
             to
             th'
             
               Highest
               King
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .