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           Golden
           Remains
           OF
           Sir
           
             GEORGE
             FREMAN
          
           ,
           Knight
           of
           the
           Honourable
           Order
           OF
           THE
           BATH
           .
        
         
           BEING
           CHOICE
           DISCOURSES
           ON
           Select
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             M.
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             Henry
             Bonwicke
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Red-Lyon
           in
           S
           t
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           ,
           1682.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           THE
           great
           charity
           the
           Author
           had
           for
           souls
           (
           lest
           any
           should
           take
           example
           by
           seeing
           him
           drink
           )
           and
           the
           desire
           he
           had
           of
           making
           what
           restitution
           he
           could
           ,
           was
           the
           reason
           he
           desired
           me
           to
           set
           out
           his
           Treatise
           against
           Drinking
           after
           his
           Death
           .
           And
           as
           I
           who
           was
           constantly
           with
           him
           must
           needs
           know
           him
           better
           than
           any
           other
           ;
           so
           I
           think
           my self
           obliged
           to
           do
           him
           that
           right
           ,
           as
           to
           let
           the
           world
           know
           he
           was
           not
           the
           Man
           they
           generally
           took
           him
           for
           .
           I
           can
           justly
           say
           I
           never
           knew
           any
           one
           of
           a
           more
           tender
           Conscience
           :
           after
           he
           had
           been
           in
           company
           ,
           if
           upon
           inquiry
           into
           himself
           he
           found
           he
           had
           committed
           a
           sin
           in
           drinking
           too
           much
           ,
           or
           done
           any
           thing
           he
           thought
           extravagant
           ,
           he
           would
           very
           much
           lament
           himself
           ,
           and
           hath
           sent
           for
           the
           company
           he
           was
           with
           ,
           and
           given
           them
           good
           advice
           ,
           perswading
           them
           to
           a
           holy
           life
           .
           He
           has
           made
           resolutions
           to
           
           drink
           nothing
           but
           small
           Beer
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           kept
           till
           the
           violence
           of
           his
           fits
           seized
           on
           him
           so
           severely
           ,
           that
           he
           has
           been
           forced
           to
           drink
           some
           Wine
           to
           relieve
           him
           from
           them
           ;
           but
           hath
           been
           extreamly
           troubled
           ,
           and
           said
           to
           me
           ,
           what
           a
           miserable
           condition
           am
           I
           in
           ,
           that
           these
           fits
           should
           force
           me
           to
           that
           I
           would
           fain
           quite
           cast
           off
           ;
           and
           would
           take
           it
           with
           great
           caution
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           Lord
           give
           a
           blessing
           so
           far
           as
           I
           may
           lawfully
           pray
           .
           For
           his
           Family
           Duties
           ,
           he
           was
           careful
           there
           should
           be
           Prayers
           morning
           and
           evening
           .
           For
           some
           time
           he
           had
           a
           Minister
           in
           the
           House
           which
           said
           the
           Church
           Prayers
           twice
           a
           day
           ;
           when
           he
           was
           gone
           ,
           he
           performed
           the
           duty
           himself
           :
           and
           when
           he
           was
           not
           able
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           illness
           ,
           he
           order'd
           one
           of
           his
           Sons
           to
           do
           it
           .
           Several
           times
           when
           he
           rose
           from
           Prayers
           ,
           he
           would
           give
           his
           Servants
           good
           instructions
           :
           And
           when
           he
           could
           not
           go
           to
           Church
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           violence
           of
           his
           Fits
           ,
           he
           would
           speak
           to
           me
           to
           take
           care
           that
           his
           Children
           and
           Servants
           went
           ;
           and
           bid
           me
           tell
           them
           the
           reason
           why
           he
           did
           not
           go
           ,
           lest
           
           they
           should
           take
           example
           by
           his
           staying
           away
           ,
           which
           he
           said
           he
           would
           never
           do
           if
           it
           pleased
           God
           he
           had
           his
           health
           .
           It
           was
           his
           constant
           practice
           before
           he
           went
           abroad
           ,
           though
           it
           was
           never
           so
           little
           a
           way
           ,
           first
           to
           go
           to
           his
           Prayers
           and
           beg
           a
           blessing
           of
           God.
           For
           his
           Charity
           in
           giving
           Alms
           ,
           he
           had
           bowels
           of
           mercy
           ,
           he
           seldom
           gave
           Alms
           but
           he
           shed
           tears
           of
           compassion
           for
           their
           misery
           :
           And
           when
           they
           return'd
           thanks
           in
           praying
           for
           him
           ,
           he
           would
           say
           to
           me
           ,
           they
           do
           me
           much
           more
           good
           by
           their
           prayers
           ,
           than
           I
           can
           do
           them
           with
           my
           Alms
           :
           What
           a
           mercy
           it
           is
           that
           I
           have
           so
           much
           plenty
           who
           deserve
           no
           more
           than
           they
           !
           On
           the
           Lords
           day
           he
           had
           many
           of
           the
           Poor
           dined
           with
           his
           Servants
           ,
           which
           he
           would
           speak
           to
           with
           a
           friendly
           kindness
           ,
           and
           look
           on
           them
           with
           much
           joy
           ,
           that
           they
           received
           refreshment
           at
           his
           Table
           .
           He
           gave
           yearly
           Pensions
           ,
           one
           to
           a
           very
           ancient
           Widow
           ,
           and
           another
           to
           an
           ancient
           Gentleman
           ,
           who
           died
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           gave
           it
           to
           his
           Brother
           ,
           being
           in
           the
           like
           want
           .
           He
           relieved
           several
           Knights
           and
           Gentlemen
           in
           their
           
           distress
           ,
           feeding
           ,
           cloathing
           ,
           and
           assisting
           them
           with
           mony
           towards
           the
           burying
           their
           dead
           .
           And
           every
           Christmass
           he
           gave
           money
           to
           the
           Poor
           of
           Betchworth
           and
           Brockham
           :
           And
           as
           an
           encouragement
           to
           Charity
           he
           used
           to
           say
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           best
           way
           of
           putting
           money
           to
           use
           ,
           to
           give
           it
           to
           the
           Poor
           .
           As
           he
           was
           thus
           eminent
           in
           this
           Virtue
           of
           Alms-giving
           ,
           so
           he
           was
           no
           less
           in
           that
           hardest
           part
           of
           Charity
           ,
           which
           is
           forgiving
           Enemies
           .
           He
           received
           as
           much
           wrong
           as
           a
           slanderous
           tongue
           could
           do
           him
           ,
           but
           was
           so
           far
           from
           returning
           evil
           for
           evil
           ,
           that
           contrary
           to
           that
           ,
           he
           asked
           me
           what
           he
           should
           do
           ,
           to
           do
           that
           party
           good
           ;
           my
           answer
           was
           ,
           I
           knew
           no
           way
           but
           Prayer
           :
           which
           he
           immediately
           betook
           himself
           to
           ,
           after
           a
           solemn
           manner
           on
           his
           knees
           with
           me
           ;
           and
           after
           that
           told
           me
           ,
           he
           had
           Prayed
           at
           Church
           and
           in
           his
           bed
           for
           that
           party
           ,
           and
           though
           he
           received
           the
           wrong
           ,
           yet
           he
           first
           desired
           to
           be
           reconciled
           .
           I
           could
           give
           several
           other
           instances
           of
           his
           returning
           good
           for
           evil
           ,
           for
           he
           never
           bore
           malice
           against
           any
           ,
           but
           still
           endeavoured
           
           to
           overcome
           his
           Enemies
           with
           kindness
           .
           His
           Charity
           to
           souls
           was
           so
           diffusive
           ,
           that
           he
           wrote
           several
           short
           dehortations
           from
           sin
           ,
           and
           exhortations
           to
           a
           holy
           life
           ,
           and
           used
           to
           cast
           them
           privately
           about
           the
           streets
           ,
           that
           some
           finding
           them
           might
           by
           the
           grace
           of
           God
           be
           wrought
           upon
           to
           forsake
           their
           sins
           .
           One
           of
           the
           Papers
           I
           have
           by
           me
           ,
           with
           these
           words
           in
           it
           ,
           Fear
           to
           do
           ill
           ,
           for
           thou
           know'st
           not
           how
           soon
           death
           may
           overtake
           thee
           .
           He
           was
           very
           just
           in
           all
           dealings
           ,
           careful
           to
           pay
           his
           debts
           ,
           and
           in
           accounting
           would
           rather
           be
           a
           loser
           than
           any
           should
           suffer
           by
           him
           .
           He
           many
           times
           used
           this
           expression
           ,
           Whose
           Ox
           have
           I
           taken
           ?
           He
           was
           humble
           ,
           kind
           and
           courteous
           to
           the
           meanest
           of
           his
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           never
           slighted
           any
           Gentleman
           for
           his
           poverty
           ;
           but
           used
           them
           with
           as
           much
           respect
           as
           those
           that
           had
           great
           Estates
           .
           He
           was
           a
           Loyal
           Subject
           to
           his
           King
           ,
           a
           true
           Son
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           very
           much
           against
           Popery
           .
           He
           was
           a
           loving
           Father
           to
           his
           Children
           ,
           a
           very
           kind
           Master
           to
           his
           Servants
           ,
           and
           
           (
           I
           must
           ever
           owne
           it
           )
           he
           was
           a
           most
           tender
           loving
           Husband
           to
           me
           :
           which
           he
           shewed
           in
           taking
           care
           to
           the
           utmost
           of
           his
           power
           to
           provide
           for
           me
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           last
           in
           his
           extraordinary
           kind
           expressions
           to
           me
           on
           his
           death-bed
           .
           Above
           two
           years
           before
           his
           death
           a
           great
           Affliction
           befell
           him
           ,
           which
           brought
           much
           anguish
           on
           his
           spirits
           ,
           so
           that
           when
           he
           hath
           been
           at
           Prayers
           with
           his
           Family
           he
           could
           scarce
           bring
           out
           his
           words
           for
           tears
           :
           and
           he
           being
           naturally
           melancholy
           ,
           great
           afflictions
           must
           needs
           lie
           heavier
           upon
           him
           and
           be
           harder
           to
           overcome
           ,
           had
           he
           not
           had
           a
           great
           support
           from
           Heaven
           .
           But
           through
           Gods
           grace
           they
           turned
           so
           much
           to
           his
           advantage
           and
           weaned
           him
           so
           from
           this
           world
           ,
           that
           his
           discourses
           to
           me
           were
           as
           Sermons
           treating
           of
           Death
           and
           the
           happiness
           of
           the
           next
           world
           .
           He
           said
           the
           day
           of
           our
           death
           might
           very
           well
           be
           called
           the
           day
           of
           our
           birth
           ,
           giving
           us
           a
           greater
           enlargement
           than
           when
           we
           came
           from
           the
           inclosure
           of
           our
           Mother's
           womb
           :
           And
           told
           me
           he
           and
           I
           should
           do
           as
           my
           Lady
           Falkland
           advised
           her
           friends
           ,
           not
           love
           
           one
           another
           too
           much
           ,
           but
           endeavour
           to
           wean
           our
           affections
           ,
           knowing
           one
           must
           go
           before
           the
           other
           :
           telling
           me
           also
           of
           one
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           had
           word
           brought
           him
           of
           the
           death
           of
           his
           only
           Son
           ,
           said
           ,
           I
           knew
           I
           begat
           a
           mortal
           .
           When
           troubles
           were
           on
           him
           ,
           he
           would
           say
           ,
           Heaven
           will
           recompence
           all
           ,
           Heaven
           is
           a
           sweet
           place
           ;
           there
           is
           no
           disturbance
           ,
           but
           all
           Peace
           and
           Love.
           He
           hoped
           he
           might
           overcome
           his
           troubles
           ,
           which
           he
           could
           never
           have
           done
           ,
           had
           he
           not
           had
           a
           greater
           succour
           than
           any
           on
           Earth
           :
           but
           God
           was
           all
           in
           all
           to
           satisfie
           his
           soul.
           He
           used
           to
           say
           ,
           all
           my
           strength
           is
           in
           God
           ,
           had
           I
           not
           depended
           on
           the
           Holy
           Jesus
           I
           had
           been
           dead
           e're
           this
           .
           He
           could
           not
           lay
           himself
           to
           sleep
           but
           with
           some
           of
           these
           expressions
           ,
           Jesus
           is
           my
           strength
           ;
           God
           is
           a
           very
           present
           help
           in
           trouble
           :
           in
           him
           we
           live
           move
           and
           have
           our
           being
           :
           It
           is
           he
           that
           performeth
           all
           things
           for
           us
           :
           All
           my
           fresh
           springs
           are
           in
           thee
           O
           Lord.
           He
           used
           to
           have
           the
           Italian
           Testament
           ,
           Bishop
           
           Hall's
           Book
           called
           ,
           The
           Balm
           of
           Gilead
           ,
           with
           other
           good
           Books
           at
           his
           beds-head
           ;
           
           which
           he
           would
           read
           in
           before
           he
           went
           to
           sleep
           ,
           finding
           some
           comfortable
           sentence
           suitable
           to
           his
           condition
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           would
           discourse
           with
           me
           as
           he
           laid
           himself
           to
           rest
           .
           He
           used
           in
           great
           troubles
           to
           take
           the
           Bible
           and
           open
           it
           at
           adventure
           ,
           and
           then
           read
           what
           he
           first
           found
           ;
           which
           often
           hath
           been
           so
           suitable
           to
           his
           condition
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           received
           great
           comfort
           ,
           and
           writ
           the
           places
           down
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           by
           me
           .
           His
           heart
           was
           so
           much
           set
           on
           Heaven
           ,
           that
           he
           wonder'd
           how
           any
           Religious
           person
           could
           concern
           himself
           for
           any
           of
           these
           vain
           and
           transitory
           things
           :
           and
           would
           use
           this
           expression
           of
           
             D
             r
             Hammond
             ,
             Let
             God
             govern
             the
             world
             .
          
           And
           when
           he
           heard
           of
           any
           false
           reports
           he
           said
           ,
           Let
           us
           not
           trouble
           our selves
           ,
           but
           consider
           how
           we
           stand
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God.
           He
           was
           very
           fearful
           of
           taking
           Gods
           name
           in
           vain
           :
           Insomuch
           that
           when
           Fits
           seized
           violently
           on
           him
           ,
           and
           pain
           made
           him
           cry
           ,
           O
           Lord
           !
           he
           was
           troubled
           lest
           he
           had
           broken
           that
           Commandment
           ,
           who
           (
           said
           he
           )
           is
           able
           to
           help
           me
           but
           he
           in
           this
           my
           great
           extremity
           ?
           He
           could
           not
           
           endure
           to
           hear
           any
           one
           swear
           ,
           and
           hated
           a
           lye
           .
           He
           wrote
           some
           of
           our
           blessed
           Saviours
           Sermon
           on
           the
           Mount
           ,
           which
           he
           intended
           to
           write
           out
           ,
           resolving
           to
           get
           it
           by
           heart
           and
           make
           it
           his
           practice
           ,
           but
           death
           seized
           him
           before
           it
           was
           finished
           .
           He
           had
           a
           great
           love
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           said
           to
           his
           Sister
           on
           his
           death-bed
           ,
           I
           love
           Gods
           word
           ,
           and
           I
           fear
           him
           .
           When
           he
           first
           waked
           in
           the
           morning
           he
           said
           ,
           God
           be
           blessed
           that
           I
           have
           lived
           to
           see
           the
           light
           of
           another
           day
           ,
           Lord
           grant
           that
           I
           may
           spend
           it
           to
           thy
           service
           ;
           and
           that
           Collect
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           
             Prevent
             us
             O
             Lord
             in
             all
             our
             doings
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           when
           he
           rose
           crossing
           his
           Arms
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           In
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Father
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Son
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           Amen
           ;
           and
           then
           he
           said
           the
           Lords
           Prayer
           which
           he
           had
           a
           high
           veneration
           for
           ;
           afterwards
           he
           read
           a
           Psalm
           .
           He
           did
           not
           use
           long
           Prayers
           ,
           but
           short
           Ejaculations
           often
           both
           day
           and
           night
           .
           When
           I
           have
           waked
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           I
           have
           seen
           him
           lifting
           up
           his
           hand
           with
           so
           great
           devotion
           that
           it
           hath
           moved
           my
           affection
           .
           He
           delighted
           
           much
           in
           discourses
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           holy
           Meditations
           :
           and
           hath
           told
           me
           in
           his
           bed
           ,
           he
           hath
           had
           such
           sweet
           Meditations
           ,
           as
           have
           raised
           him
           even
           to
           Heaven
           .
           I
           am
           not
           able
           to
           express
           how
           excellently
           he
           would
           speak
           of
           his
           love
           to
           the
           Holy
           Jesus
           ,
           and
           the
           blessed
           Trinity
           .
           He
           said
           he
           loved
           God
           above
           all
           ,
           and
           not
           any
           thing
           in
           comparison
           of
           him
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           would
           be
           a
           Martyr
           for
           God.
           If
           he
           were
           sure
           his
           sins
           were
           forgiven
           ,
           and
           the
           pain
           of
           death
           over
           ,
           he
           could
           willingly
           leave
           this
           world
           :
           for
           he
           desired
           to
           be
           dissolved
           and
           to
           be
           with
           Christ.
           He
           hath
           reckon'd
           to
           me
           the
           many
           dangers
           he
           had
           escaped
           ,
           and
           the
           many
           blessings
           he
           had
           received
           :
           admiring
           the
           great
           goodness
           of
           God
           that
           had
           preserved
           him
           to
           that
           present
           ,
           and
           had
           given
           him
           time
           to
           repent
           of
           his
           sins
           ,
           and
           bestowed
           many
           undeserved
           blessings
           on
           him
           .
           He
           told
           me
           he
           had
           desired
           some
           temporals
           ,
           which
           God
           denyed
           him
           ;
           but
           he
           look'd
           on
           it
           as
           a
           mercy
           ,
           and
           clearly
           saw
           that
           it
           was
           better
           for
           him
           to
           be
           in
           that
           very
           condition
           God
           had
           placed
           him
           in
           ;
           and
           would
           often
           speak
           
           of
           Gods
           Providence
           .
           He
           was
           a
           great
           lover
           of
           the
           company
           of
           Divines
           ;
           and
           could
           not
           abide
           to
           see
           them
           slighted
           .
           He
           had
           several
           of
           them
           in
           his
           prayers
           ,
           and
           desired
           the
           benefit
           of
           theirs
           for
           himself
           .
           Satan
           would
           tempt
           him
           to
           lay
           aside
           his
           confidence
           in
           the
           mercies
           of
           God
           :
           but
           he
           resolved
           and
           armed
           himself
           by
           faith
           against
           those
           assaults
           ;
           and
           hath
           said
           to
           me
           that
           he
           could
           as
           plainly
           see
           Satan
           in
           his
           malicious
           designs
           and
           temptations
           against
           him
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           saw
           him
           with
           his
           bodily
           eyes
           .
           And
           sometimes
           Satan
           tempted
           him
           to
           infidelity
           ,
           but
           he
           did
           resist
           him
           and
           presently
           said
           the
           Creed
           .
           I
           heard
           him
           say
           on
           his
           Death-bed
           ,
           Satan
           would
           tempt
           me
           ,
           but
           I
           will
           not
           believe
           him
           :
           And
           then
           said
           ,
           
             I
             believe
             in
             God
          
           ,
           &c.
           which
           made
           me
           think
           he
           had
           the
           same
           temptations
           then
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           told
           me
           of
           at
           other
           times
           :
           And
           that
           that
           good
           God
           that
           had
           sustain'd
           him
           to
           that
           time
           ,
           would
           not
           then
           leave
           him
           ,
           but
           strengthn'd
           his
           faith
           to
           the
           last
           gasp
           .
           About
           half
           a
           year
           before
           his
           Death
           he
           had
           many
           scruples
           ,
           which
           proceeded
           from
           the
           tenderness
           
           of
           his
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           made
           him
           full
           of
           fears
           lest
           in
           this
           or
           that
           he
           had
           offended
           :
           and
           though
           when
           company
           came
           to
           see
           him
           ,
           he
           seem'd
           as
           chearful
           as
           he
           could
           ;
           yet
           when
           they
           were
           gone
           he
           would
           be
           troubled
           for
           any
           word
           or
           action
           he
           might
           offend
           in
           :
           and
           did
           examine
           himself
           of
           his
           former
           life
           with
           sorrow
           for
           all
           he
           had
           done
           amiss
           .
           He
           had
           very
           humble
           thoughts
           of
           himself
           ,
           and
           would
           judge
           and
           blame
           himself
           rather
           than
           others
           :
           and
           often
           say
           a
           proud
           Man
           could
           not
           go
           to
           Heaven
           .
           He
           was
           of
           a
           very
           sweet
           disposition
           ,
           and
           so
           tender
           hearted
           that
           he
           could
           not
           endure
           to
           see
           any
           creature
           in
           misery
           :
           and
           hath
           told
           me
           of
           one
           that
           put
           his
           only
           Son
           to
           death
           for
           delighting
           in
           putting
           out
           the
           eyes
           of
           birds
           ,
           thinking
           he
           would
           be
           a
           cruel
           Man.
           And
           though
           he
           was
           thus
           tender
           hearted
           ,
           yet
           upon
           a
           good
           account
           he
           had
           great
           courage
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           shewed
           in
           his
           readiness
           to
           serve
           his
           King
           ,
           in
           the
           Surrey
           rising
           ,
           and
           at
           other
           times
           ,
           though
           he
           never
           had
           the
           fortune
           to
           be
           in
           any
           action
           .
           He
           was
           a
           very
           good
           Scholar
           ,
           understood
           
             Hebrew
             ,
             Greek
             ,
             
             Latine
          
           and
           Italian
           ,
           and
           had
           the
           French
           Tongue
           as
           perfect
           as
           a
           Native
           .
           He
           had
           great
           skill
           in
           Musick
           ,
           and
           delighted
           very
           much
           in
           it
           .
           He
           had
           a
           great
           love
           to
           any
           he
           thought
           loved
           God.
           Once
           a
           poor
           man
           came
           begging
           ,
           that
           said
           he
           had
           been
           taken
           by
           the
           Turks
           ,
           and
           used
           very
           cruelly
           ;
           but
           rather
           than
           he
           would
           deny
           Christ
           ,
           he
           would
           be
           torn
           in
           pieces
           :
           I
           cannot
           express
           how
           much
           my
           Husband
           rejoyced
           to
           hear
           him
           say
           so
           ,
           and
           he
           was
           so
           taken
           with
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           gave
           him
           both
           Money
           and
           Cloaths
           .
           There
           was
           a
           poor
           Woman
           that
           used
           to
           sit
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Poor
           at
           his
           Servants
           Table
           ,
           and
           he
           heard
           she
           had
           the
           report
           of
           a
           good
           Woman
           ,
           he
           took
           her
           to
           his
           own
           Table
           ,
           and
           used
           her
           with
           much
           respect
           .
           He
           had
           such
           humble
           thoughts
           of
           himself
           ,
           that
           for
           some
           time
           he
           would
           not
           allow
           himself
           decent
           Burial
           :
           but
           afterwards
           he
           consented
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           desired
           his
           Neighbours
           might
           accompany
           him
           to
           his
           Grave
           .
           He
           often
           desired
           me
           to
           be
           buryed
           in
           the
           vault
           by
           him
           .
           I
           have
           something
           in
           memory
           of
           a
           dream
           that
           he
           told
           me
           of
           when
           he
           waked
           a
           little
           before
           
           his
           last
           sickness
           ;
           he
           dream'd
           that
           the
           day
           of
           Judgment
           was
           come
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           appearing
           in
           the
           clouds
           ,
           and
           calling
           the
           Elect
           ,
           he
           was
           left
           behind
           ;
           upon
           which
           being
           grievously
           afflicted
           he
           prayed
           earnestly
           ,
           and
           the
           Blessed
           Jesus
           look'd
           back
           and
           called
           him
           :
           and
           he
           went
           with
           great
           joy
           ,
           and
           was
           received
           into
           Heaven
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Elect.
           He
           was
           full
           of
           fears
           as
           to
           his
           future
           condition
           while
           he
           was
           here
           :
           But
           now
           I
           question
           not
           but
           he
           is
           received
           into
           the
           joy
           of
           the
           Lord.
           He
           was
           a
           sickly
           man
           for
           many
           years
           ,
           troubled
           with
           Convulsion
           Fits
           and
           shortness
           of
           breathing
           ,
           which
           made
           him
           fear
           sudden
           Death
           ,
           and
           pray
           dayly
           against
           it
           :
           But
           his
           last
           sickness
           was
           the
           Yellow-jaundice
           ,
           with
           a
           very
           sore
           throat
           and
           a
           violent
           ▪
           Feaver
           .
           And
           though
           he
           was
           in
           very
           much
           pain
           ,
           he
           bore
           it
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           patience
           ,
           speaking
           comfortably
           to
           all
           about
           him
           :
           so
           that
           they
           said
           they
           never
           were
           with
           any
           one
           that
           made
           a
           better
           end
           .
           He
           was
           much
           in
           Prayer
           ,
           I
           think
           I
           heard
           him
           say
           the
           Lords
           Prayer
           near
           twenty
           times
           in
           one
           day
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           so
           weak
           
           that
           he
           could
           hardly
           bring
           out
           his
           words
           .
           He
           desired
           me
           not
           to
           be
           troubled
           ,
           and
           said
           God
           would
           provide
           for
           me
           ,
           and
           prayed
           God
           to
           send
           us
           a
           happy
           meeting
           :
           He
           often
           told
           me
           ,
           his
           Prayer
           for
           me
           was
           ,
           That
           God
           would
           bless
           me
           with
           the
           Blessings
           of
           his
           right
           hand
           and
           of
           his
           left
           .
           I
           cannot
           remember
           half
           the
           Heavenly
           Expressions
           he
           had
           when
           Mr.
           Benson
           the
           Minister
           of
           our
           Parish
           prayed
           by
           him
           .
           He
           said
           to
           me
           ,
           Mr.
           Benson
           is
           a
           good
           Man
           ,
           he
           speaks
           so
           sweetly
           when
           he
           speaks
           of
           God.
           He
           desired
           the
           Bell
           might
           be
           rung
           ,
           and
           asked
           many
           times
           after
           it
           ,
           if
           it
           did
           not
           ring
           .
           He
           departed
           this
           life
           on
           the
           
             10
             th
          
           day
           of
           May
           ,
           1678.
           being
           Friday
           ,
           the
           day
           after
           Ascension
           :
           And
           I
           hope
           he
           hath
           received
           the
           benefit
           of
           the
           precious
           Passion
           ,
           and
           glorious
           Resurrection
           and
           Ascension
           of
           our
           dearest
           Lord
           ,
           and
           ever
           blessed
           Saviour
           Jesus
           .
           He
           had
           formerly
           desired
           me
           not
           to
           be
           by
           him
           when
           he
           was
           dying
           ,
           lest
           seeing
           me
           should
           make
           him
           unwilling
           to
           leave
           this
           world
           ;
           and
           lest
           I
           should
           by
           any
           sudden
           passion
           disturb
           his
           soul
           departing
           ▪
           But
           at
           last
           
           he
           very
           much
           called
           upon
           me
           not
           to
           leave
           him
           ,
           so
           I
           stayed
           with
           him
           to
           the
           last
           :
           and
           though
           my
           trouble
           was
           not
           to
           be
           expressed
           ,
           yet
           (
           I
           thank
           God
           )
           I
           did
           not
           in
           the
           least
           disturb
           him
           .
           He
           endured
           much
           pain
           in
           his
           sickness
           ,
           but
           at
           last
           I
           could
           not
           perceive
           he
           had
           any
           ,
           but
           his
           breath
           grew
           shorter
           and
           shorter
           ,
           and
           so
           he
           went
           away
           without
           the
           least
           gasp
           or
           groan
           .
           His
           thoughts
           and
           discourse
           were
           much
           of
           death
           long
           before
           ;
           he
           would
           say
           our
           life
           was
           but
           as
           a
           dream
           ,
           or
           the
           shadow
           of
           a
           dream
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           vapour
           .
           And
           when
           he
           saw
           any
           disturbed
           for
           fear
           of
           losses
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           he
           would
           say
           none
           are
           ever
           undone
           till
           they
           come
           to
           Hell.
           He
           loved
           much
           to
           dispute
           about
           Religion
           ,
           but
           once
           being
           disputing
           against
           Predestination
           ,
           and
           fearing
           he
           had
           spoken
           something
           irreverent
           ,
           he
           was
           extremely
           afflicted
           ;
           I
           never
           saw
           any
           one
           express
           more
           sorrow
           ,
           and
           writ
           what
           I
           here
           set
           down
           ,
           and
           have
           under
           his
           own
           hand
           by
           me
           :
           
             I
             did
             immediately
             strip
             my self
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             threw
             my self
             down
             before
             the
             Throne
             of
             Grace
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             had
             no
             propriety
             in
             me
             :
             
             I
             did
             it
             whatever
             it
             was
             to
             vindicate
             God's
             mercy
             :
             I
             have
             committed
             my
             cause
             to
             God
             who
             knows
             my
             thoughts
             ,
             and
             let
             him
             deal
             with
             me
             according
             to
             his
             infinite
             goodness
             and
             wisdom
             :
             let
             Satan
             do
             what
             he
             can
             against
             me
             ,
             I
             know
             my
             Saviour
             is
             the
             Captain
             of
             my
             Salvation
             .
          
           I
           have
           here
           endeavoured
           to
           give
           what
           account
           I
           can
           of
           my
           dear
           Husbands
           life
           ;
           but
           I
           know
           I
           come
           very
           short
           of
           what
           might
           have
           been
           observed
           by
           one
           of
           a
           better
           memory
           ,
           that
           had
           been
           with
           him
           so
           much
           as
           my self
           .
           I
           hope
           the
           Christian
           Reader
           ,
           into
           whose
           hands
           these
           Papers
           shall
           come
           ,
           will
           pardon
           all
           imperfections
           in
           the
           Stile
           or
           Method
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           best
           use
           of
           what
           was
           so
           well
           design'd
           by
           the
           Author
           .
           The
           fulfilling
           of
           whose
           Will
           in
           setting
           forth
           his
           Book
           ,
           and
           discharging
           my
           duty
           ,
           in
           clearing
           him
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           is
           the
           only
           cause
           I
           venture
           to
           appear
           in
           Print
           ,
        
         
           
             Sarah
             Freman
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           I
           
             Received
             a
             Letter
             from
             a
             very
             Reverend
             Divine
             that
             gives
             this
             account
             of
             my
             dear
             Husband
             ,
             which
             I
             write
             in
             his
             own
             words
          
           ;
           That
           he
           was
           in
           many
           respects
           the
           most
           remarkable
           instance
           of
           humility
           ,
           the
           greatest
           example
           of
           godly
           sorrow
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           admirable
           Precedent
           of
           self-denial
           and
           sincere
           detestation
           of
           sin
           in
           himself
           ,
           and
           passionate
           care
           that
           it
           might
           not
           infect
           others
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           known
           .
           And
           of
           this
           it
           pleased
           the
           all-wise
           guider
           of
           all
           things
           to
           make
           me
           a
           very
           heedful
           witness
           about
           18
           years
           ago
           ,
           when
           I
           preached
           at
           the
           Savoy
           for
           Dr.
           
             T.
             F.
          
           Not
           many
           daies
           after
           ,
           I
           was
           summon'd
           to
           wait
           on
           Sir
           
             George
             Freman
          
           ,
           a
           person
           then
           altogether
           unknown
           to
           me
           ,
           whom
           he
           entertained
           with
           a
           most
           doleful
           tenderness
           of
           affection
           ,
           and
           with
           manly
           (
           because
           Christian
           )
           showers
           of
           tears
           spoke
           after
           this
           manner
           :
           Sir
           ,
           
             You
             are
             to
             me
             as
             I
             suppose
             I
             am
             to
             you
             ,
             a
             stranger
             .
             I
             thank
             you
             for
             your
             Sermon
             at
             the
          
           Savoy
           ,
           
             where
             I
             was
             your
             Auditor
             .
             
             I
             do
             not
             think
             you
             aimed
             at
             me
             ,
             but
             sure
             I
             am
             your
             discourse
             pierced
             my
             heart
             .
             I
             could
             scarce
             think
             any
             one
             there
             besides
             concerned
             ,
             I
             dare
             say
             none
             more
             than
             my self
             .
             I
             am
             that
             miserable
             man
             ,
             who
             have
             not
             remembred
             my
             Creator
             in
             the
             daies
             of
             my
             Youth
             ,
          
           (
           my
           Text
           was
           Eccles.
           xii
           .
           1.
           )
           
             and
             now
             what
             shall
             I
             do
             ,
             what
             shall
             I
             do
             ?
             give
             me
             your
             advice
             ,
             assist
             me
             with
             your
             Prayers
             .
          
           Thus
           in
           one
           person
           perceiving
           many
           blessed
           marks
           of
           true
           penitents
           ,
           wounded
           with
           S
           t
           
           Peter's
           hearers
           who
           were
           pricked
           to
           the
           heart
           ,
           Acts
           2.
           inquisitive
           with
           the
           
           Baptist's
           pious
           Auditors
           ,
           S
           t
           Luke
           3.
           vowing
           amendment
           with
           David
           ,
           and
           commanding
           it
           in
           those
           under
           his
           care
           ;
           sending
           to
           me
           as
           good
           Josiah
           did
           to
           Huldah
           the
           Prophetess
           .
           I
           did
           as
           soon
           as
           I
           had
           recover'd
           my self
           from
           that
           tumult
           of
           passions
           which
           a
           sight
           so
           unexpected
           did
           raise
           ,
           apply
           my self
           ,
           according
           to
           my
           poor
           ability
           ,
           with
           utmost
           compassion
           ,
           to
           aid
           the
           sorrowful
           patient
           of
           the
           Almighty
           ;
           who
           was
           pleased
           ,
           after
           diverse
           
           weeks
           conference
           ,
           prayers
           ,
           and
           meditations
           on
           several
           Texts
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           means
           used
           by
           my self
           ,
           and
           others
           of
           far
           more
           experience
           ,
           to
           raise
           up
           his
           troubled
           spirit
           ,
           bowed
           down
           with
           the
           dreadful
           apprehensions
           of
           God's
           heavy
           displeasure
           ,
           and
           to
           stay
           him
           with
           some
           comfortable
           hopes
           that
           our
           heavenly
           Father
           would
           not
           cast
           him
           off
           for
           ever
           ,
           nor
           always
           shut
           up
           his
           loving
           kindness
           and
           tender
           mercy
           .
           For
           which
           with
           what
           singular
           expressions
           of
           penitential
           sorrow
           he
           prepared
           himself
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           able
           to
           utter
           .
           With
           what
           zealous
           indignation
           did
           he
           call
           to
           mind
           his
           sins
           !
           With
           what
           affectionate
           care
           did
           he
           dehort
           his
           Family
           from
           all
           wicked
           and
           vain
           courses
           !
           I
           was
           astonished
           to
           see
           and
           hear
           with
           what
           awful
           reverence
           ,
           prostration
           and
           tears
           ,
           with
           what
           inflamation
           of
           soul
           ,
           he
           kiss'd
           the
           sacred
           Book
           when
           he
           solemnly
           renewed
           his
           Covenant
           with
           God.
           I
           am
           too
           little
           acquainted
           with
           virtue
           ,
           to
           describe
           that
           masculine
           meekness
           ,
           wherewith
           he
           deprecated
           
           the
           injury
           he
           had
           done
           to
           his
           meanest
           attendants
           by
           his
           former
           example
           .
           I
           know
           too
           little
           of
           sanctification
           to
           tell
           you
           with
           what
           fervency
           of
           spirit
           he
           declaimed
           against
           ,
           and
           disswaded
           his
           servants
           from
           the
           imitation
           of
           his
           now
           abhorred
           practices
           ,
           and
           with
           penitent
           Manasses
           solemnly
           resolved
           to
           command
           all
           under
           his
           authority
           to
           serve
           the
           Lord
           ,
           The
           sincerity
           of
           these
           resolutions
           was
           proved
           by
           his
           pious
           behaviour
           ,
           whereof
           I
           was
           till
           1664.
           sometimes
           an
           eye-witness
           ;
           and
           by
           this
           did
           appear
           the
           soundness
           of
           his
           judgment
           ,
           for
           hereby
           he
           declared
           ,
           that
           he
           knew
           how
           dangerous
           and
           senseless
           a
           conceit
           it
           is
           (
           which
           is
           too
           common
           )
           that
           men
           may
           believe
           well
           without
           repentance
           ,
           and
           repent
           well
           without
           amendment
           ,
           live
           well
           without
           prayer
           ,
           and
           pray
           well
           without
           faith
           .
           And
           now
           ,
           Madam
           ,
           who
           can
           think
           he
           wants
           joy
           ,
           who
           thus
           sowed
           in
           tears
           ?
           and
           why
           should
           any
           bewail
           him
           who
           is
           happier
           than
           here
           he
           could
           be
           ?
           Relieve
           your self
           from
           sad
           thoughts
           with
           reflecting
           
           upon
           that
           bliss
           and
           fulness
           of
           pleasure
           ,
           which
           he
           most
           earnestly
           groaned
           for
           and
           now
           enjoys
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           
             The
             disswasive
             from
             Drunkenness
          
           (
           a
           most
           acutely
           pious
           discourse
           )
           I
           had
           from
           his
           own
           hand
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           now
           no
           little
           ornament
           to
           my
           Study
           .
        
         
           The
           reliques
           of
           his
           judicious
           and
           divine
           Pen
           (
           designed
           for
           the
           benefit
           of
           more
           than
           one
           age
           )
           will
           have
           great
           commendation
           to
           the
           wiser
           part
           of
           the
           world
           from
           the
           learned
           Author
           ,
           and
           those
           excellencies
           wherein
           they
           resemble
           him
           will
           give
           security
           that
           none
           can
           buy
           his
           Book
           too
           dear
           ,
           or
           better
           bestow
           his
           time
           than
           in
           reading
           what
           he
           wrote
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           Letter
           written
           to
           me
           upon
           the
           Death
           of
           my
           Husband
           .
        
         
           
             Madam
             ,
          
        
         
           YOur
           loss
           is
           great
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Death
           of
           your
           dear
           Husband
           :
           however
           you
           have
           this
           comfort
           to
           allay
           the
           grievance
           of
           the
           loss
           ,
           the
           hope
           and
           even
           confidence
           that
           he
           is
           gone
           to
           Heaven
           .
           Neither
           will
           it
           be
           accounted
           partiality
           in
           you
           ,
           in
           thus
           charitably
           judging
           of
           him
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           very
           reasonable
           that
           is
           thus
           concluded
           concerning
           him
           .
           Contrary
           to
           the
           usual
           way
           of
           a
           Letter
           ,
           let
           me
           so
           method
           what
           I
           knew
           of
           him
           to
           be
           very
           true
           :
        
         
           First
           ,
           He
           was
           a
           person
           of
           great
           reason
           ,
           and
           had
           such
           a
           judgment
           as
           would
           rightly
           distinguish
           betwixt
           good
           and
           evil
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           He
           did
           not
           thwart
           his
           Judgment
           and
           opinion
           of
           things
           by
           his
           actions
           ,
           but
           accordingly
           steered
           his
           course
           ,
           as
           nearly
           as
           frail
           humanity
           would
           permit
           .
        
         
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           He
           was
           a
           true
           son
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           wondred
           at
           the
           opposition
           and
           contradictions
           of
           others
           to
           its
           Christian
           tenents
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           His
           Prayers
           were
           constant
           unto
           God
           for
           the
           conversion
           of
           our
           Churches
           Enemies
           .
           He
           laboured
           not
           only
           by
           strong
           arguments
           when
           he
           met
           with
           the
           Recusants
           ,
           but
           at
           other
           times
           also
           when
           he
           was
           alone
           ,
           by
           his
           Prayers
           to
           make
           them
           Proselytes
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           He
           was
           heavenly
           minded
           ,
           and
           his
           discourse
           was
           continually
           about
           God
           and
           Eternity
           ;
           and
           he
           affected
           no
           mans
           company
           whose
           talke
           was
           worldly
           ,
           for
           he
           accounted
           it
           frivolous
           and
           vain
           .
        
         
           Sixthly
           ,
           Though
           a
           person
           of
           quality
           ,
           yet
           he
           was
           affable
           and
           courteous
           ,
           and
           strangely
           condescending
           ,
           and
           chused
           his
           Associates
           rather
           for
           their
           goodness
           than
           for
           their
           greatness
           .
        
         
           Seventhly
           ,
           He
           was
           charitable
           ,
           ready
           to
           contribute
           towards
           the
           necessity
           of
           the
           poor
           ,
           and
           timed
           some
           of
           his
           liberal
           gifts
           excellent
           well
           ;
           encouraged
           many
           of
           the
           poor
           Parishioners
           to
           come
           constantly
           
           to
           the
           Church
           by
           entertaining
           many
           of
           them
           at
           his
           own
           House
           every
           Sunday
           .
        
         
           Eightly
           ,
           He
           had
           a
           singular
           love
           for
           you
           his
           affectionate
           and
           most
           loving
           Wife
           :
           It
           was
           nothing
           but
           death
           that
           could
           have
           separated
           him
           from
           you
           .
           I
           might
           speak
           several
           things
           more
           ,
           very
           honourably
           of
           him
           ,
           but
           I
           purpose
           brevity
           .
           Madam
           ,
           I
           know
           ,
           you
           lament
           because
           you
           have
           parted
           with
           so
           good
           and
           vertuous
           an
           Husband
           as
           Sir
           George
           was
           :
           but
           let
           his
           vertue
           and
           goodness
           be
           an
           occasion
           of
           your
           rejoycing
           .
           He
           now
           is
           possessed
           of
           that
           which
           we
           pray
           for
           to
           enjoy
           ,
           Everlasting
           bliss
           and
           happiness
           .
        
         
           
             I
             am
             ,
             Your
             humble
             and
             Faithful
             Servant
             ,
             
               J.
               B.
            
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           THE
           MEMORY
           OF
           THE
           Pious
           Author
           Sir
           GEORGE
           FREMAN
           ,
           Knight
           of
           the
           BATH
           ,
           His
           ever
           Honour'd
           Godfather
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
          
           
             BLest
             Soul
             !
             Thou
             who
             art
             wont
             to
             be
             ,
          
           
             Ev'n
             when
             alive
             ,
             a
             Saint
             to
             me
             .
          
           
             And
             on
             my
             tender
             bead
             didst
             often
             lay
          
           
             Blessings
             for
             which
             thy
             little
             Votary
          
           
             Was
             taught
             to
             pray
             ,
          
           
             With
             humble
             voice
             and
             bended
             knee
             ,
          
           
             As
             to
             some
             Officer
             of
             Heav'ens
             great
             Treasury
             .
          
           
             Hear
             me
             agin
             now
             after
             Death
             ,
          
           
             Accept
             the
             tribute
             of
             my
             grateful
             breath
             ,
          
           
             And
             let
             it
             not
             disturb
             thy
             happiness
          
           
             A
             while
             to
             hear
             my
             Verse
             express
          
           
             Our
             sorrows
             for
             our
             loss
             of
             Thee
             ,
          
           
             And
             joys
             for
             thy
             fruition
             of
             vast
             Eternity
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             2.
             
          
           
             Thou
             ,
             now
             the
             storms
             of
             sin
             and
             grief
             are
             o're
             ,
          
           
             Art
             landed
             safe
             on
             the
             eternal
             shore
             ;
          
           
             And
             looking
             down
             smile'st
             on
             lifes
             Galley
             —
             slaves
             ,
          
           
             Tost
             to
             and
             fro
             on
             Fortunes
             waves
             :
          
           
             Now
             to
             th'
             top
             of
             Honours
             sky
             they
             're
             gone
             ,
          
           
             And
             down
             to
             th'
             Hell
             of
             low
             disgrace
             are
             headlong
             cast
             anon
             .
          
           
             Some
             in
             slight
             Pleasure
             —
             boats
             do
             careless
             row
             ,
          
           
             And
             unconcern'd
             o're
             the
             deep
             Gulf
             they
             go
             ,
          
           
             Ne're
             minding
             either
             Stars
             above
             ,
             or
             Monsters
             hid
             below
             .
          
        
         
           
             3.
             
          
           
             Now
             quiet
             and
             serene
             are
             all
             thy
             thoughts
             ;
          
           
             Thy
             mind
             not
             tangled
             with
             hard
             knots
             ,
          
           
             Ty'd
             by
             thy
             too
             scrup'utous
             fears
             ,
          
           
             Not
             to
             be
             loosen'd
             by
             thy
             tears
             :
          
           
             Which
             vanish
             now
             quite
             out
             of
             sight
          
           
             Like
             idle
             Phantoms
             of
             the
             night
             .
          
           
             And
             Heav'n
             without
             a
             cloud
             does
             now
             appear
             ,
          
           
             Nothing
             but
             Love
             and
             joy
             and
             Hallelujah's
             there
             .
          
           
             Now
             are
             thy
             busie
             scruples
             all
             at
             rest
             ;
          
           
             And
             ev'n
             thy
             Melancholy's
             blest
             ,
          
           
             Which
             did
             thy
             looser
             appetite
             command
             ,
          
           
             Though
             with
             too
             strict
             and
             too
             severe
             a
             hand
             .
          
           
             Now
             thou
             art
             entred
             on
             those
             solid
             joys
             ,
          
           
             Where
             without
             laughing's
             mirth
             ,
             and
             musick
             without
             noise
             .
          
        
         
           
             4.
             
          
           
             Thou
             the
             great
             circle
             of
             all
             arts
             hast
             past
             ,
          
           
             Another
             Drake
             hast
             learning's
             world
             embrac't
             ;
          
           
             And
             knowest
             how
             small
             a
             point
             't
             is
             if
             it
             vye
          
           
             With
             the
             immense
             circumference
             of
             the
             skie
             .
          
           
             What
             folly't
             all
             is
             when
             we'ave
             left
             this
             worlds
             Academy
             :
          
           
             The
             soul
             shakes
             all
             these
             rags
             off
             then
             ,
          
           
             To
             the
             new
             cloath'd
             in
             Heav'en
             agen
             .
          
           
           
             And
             here
             as
             reminiscence
             science
             is
             :
          
           
             So
             there
             when
             we
             forget
             it
             are
             we
             wise
             .
          
           
             Our
             sins
             or
             virtues
             only
             then
             remain
             ;
          
           
             We
             have
             no
             list
             to
             think
             on
             ought
             that
             's
             vain
             .
          
           
             Who
             can
             from
             Heav'ns
             observatory
             view
             ,
          
           
             If
             Tycho
             or
             Copernicus
             be
             true
             ;
          
           
             And
             with
             as
             much
             ease
             know
             ,
             as
             now
             we
             err
             with
             pain
             .
          
        
         
           
             5.
             
          
           
             Thou
             wast
             my
             Guardian
             Angel
             here
             below
             ,
          
           
             And
             didst
             me
             all
             the
             paths
             of
             virtue
             show
             .
          
           
             When
             I
             a
             stranger
             hither
             come
             ,
          
           
             From
             nothing's
             and
             my
             Mother's
             Womb
             ,
          
           
             Did
             neither
             the
             people
             nor
             their
             language
             know
             ;
          
           
             Straight
             didst
             thou
             wash
             my
             soul
             from
             sin
             ,
          
           
             It
             s
             original
             secundine
             ;
          
           
             And
             at
             the
             sacred
             Font
             for
             fear
          
           
             I
             from
             th'
             eternal
             laws
             should
             swerve
             ,
          
           
             Or
             any
             other
             Master
             serve
             ,
          
           
             Madest
             me
             the
             badge
             and
             name
             of
             Christian
             bear
             .
          
        
         
           
             6.
             
          
           
             But
             now
             alas
             !
             thou'
             rt
             from
             this
             Country
             gone
             ,
          
           
             And
             here
             hast
             left
             me
             wandring
             all
             alone
             :
          
           
             The
             clue
             is
             broke
             ,
             and
             weary
             I
          
           
             Bewilder'd
             in
             this
             Labyrinth
             lie
             ,
          
           
             And
             nought
             but
             monstrous
             Minotaurs
             of
             unheard
             Vices
             spie
             .
          
           
             Thy
             sacred
             reliques
             now
             must
             be
          
           
             A
             second
             holy
             Guide
             to
             me
             ,
          
           
             And
             from
             thy
             Book
             I
             will
             such
             blessings
             crave
          
           
             As
             once
             thy
             living
             precepts
             gave
             ;
          
           
             Where
             we
             behold
             thy
             Soul
             ,
             it self
             ,
             and
             free
          
           
             From
             the
             restraint
             of
             vainer
             Company
             ;
          
           
             From
             th'
             heats
             of
             Wine
             and
             passion
             ,
          
           
             From
             complement
             and
             fashion
             ,
          
           
             And
             all
             that
             discords
             with
             its
             native
             Harmony
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             7.
             
          
           
             Thy
             Charity
             expires
             not
             with
             thy
             breath
             ,
          
           
             But
             here
             thou'
             rt
             benefactor
             after
             death
             .
          
           
             Out
             of
             the
             ample
             treasure
             of
             thy
             mind
          
           
             Leaving
             a
             stock
             of
             holy
             truths
             behind
             ;
          
           
             Thou
             dost
             a
             large
             estate
             to
             pious
             souls
             bequeath
             .
          
           
             O
             may
             success
             answer
             the
             great
             design
             ;
          
           
             May'st
             thou
             be
             others
             guide
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             mine
             .
          
           
             And
             may
             't
             increase
             thy
             joys
             to
             see
          
           
             Thy
             Converts
             flocking
             after
             Thee
             ,
          
           
             The
             fruits
             of
             all
             thy
             passionate
             cares
             ,
          
           
             Captives
             of
             thy
             discourse
             ,
             or
             blessings
             to
             thy
             Pray'rs
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             B.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             
             
               A
               BRIEF
               APOLOGY
               FOR
               THE
               Lords
               Prayer
               .
            
             
               I
               Have
               selected
               two
               Texts
               out
               of
               the
               New
               Testament
               ;
               one
               is
               in
               the
               6
               th
               Chap.
               of
               S
               t
               Matthew
               ,
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               9
               th
               verse
               ;
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               
                 After
                 this
                 manner
                 therefore
                 pray
                 ye
                 ,
              
               &c.
               the
               other
               is
               in
               the
               eleventh
               of
               S
               t
               Luke
               at
               the
               second
               verse
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               
                 And
                 he
                 said
                 unto
                 them
                 ,
                 when
                 you
                 pray
                 ,
                 say
                 ,
                 Our
                 Father
                 .
              
               Which
               two
               places
               of
               Scripture
               will
               administer
               a
               redundancy
               of
               argument
               to
               prove
               what
               I
               
               have
               undertaken
               ,
               namely
               ,
               That
               it
               is
               the
               duty
               of
               every
               Christian
               to
               use
               the
               Lords
               Prayer
               constantly
               ,
               both
               at
               his
               publick
               and
               private
               Devotions
               .
               As
               to
               the
               integrality
               ,
               and
               exact
               composure
               of
               this
               Prayer
               ,
               every
               man
               will
               readily
               acknowledge
               it
               ,
               because
               it
               were
               sacrilegious
               impudence
               to
               say
               otherwise
               :
               notwithstanding
               this
               ,
               you
               shall
               hear
               the
               most
               moderate
               of
               its
               opposers
               say
               ,
               that
               the
               assiduous
               use
               of
               it
               is
               not
               necessary
               ;
               and
               many
               since
               our
               late
               dissensions
               began
               ,
               have
               declared
               by
               their
               continued
               omission
               of
               it
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               not
               requisite
               at
               all
               ,
               not
               allowing
               it
               entertainment
               (
               although
               the
               Lords
               Prayer
               )
               within
               the
               walls
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               stiled
               by
               our
               Saviour
               himself
               ,
               
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Prayer
              
               ;
               nor
               into
               their
               own
               houses
               at
               their
               Family
               Duties
               ,
               and
               I
               have
               much
               reason
               to
               fear
               ,
               not
               into
               the
               most
               recluse
               corners
               ,
               when
               they
               have
               been
               at
               their
               private
               devotions
               :
               Thus
               did
               they
               in
               effect
               teach
               Assemblies
               ,
               that
               prayer
               as
               effectual
               as
               that
               ,
               might
               be
               made
               out
               of
               new
               molds
               of
               their
               own
               ,
               and
               
               entertained
               them
               with
               nothing
               else
               ,
               but
               their
               own
               belches
               and
               eruptions
               .
               On
               the
               contrary
               ,
               I
               do
               assert
               the
               necessity
               of
               its
               use
               ,
               both
               at
               all
               times
               of
               prayer
               ,
               and
               by
               all
               persons
               ;
               first
               from
               the
               primitive
               practice
               ,
               and
               the
               high
               esteem
               that
               all
               the
               Eminent
               Fathers
               of
               the
               Church
               had
               of
               it
               :
               And
               next
               I
               shall
               endeavour
               to
               prove
               it
               by
               Logicall
               deductions
               from
               the
               letter
               of
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               in
               one
               text
               ,
               and
               by
               unavoidable
               consequence
               from
               the
               other
               ,
               shewing
               that
               the
               place
               cited
               out
               of
               S
               t
               Matthew
               ,
               must
               of
               necessity
               hold
               Analogie
               with
               that
               of
               S
               t
               Luke
               :
               I
               will
               begin
               with
               that
               of
               S
               t
               Luke
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               in
               the
               original
               is
               an
               adverb
               ,
               compounded
               of
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               
                 adverbium
                 primarium
              
               ,
               and
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               
                 conjunctio
                 potentialis
              
               ;
               sometimes
               it
               signifies
               postquam
               ,
               after
               that
               ,
               as
               S
               t
               
                 John
                 ,
                 chap.
                 16.
                 vers
              
               .
               21.
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               
                 postquam
                 aut
                 pepererit
              
               ;
               sometimes
               quamdiu
               ,
               as
               long
               as
               ,
               so
               S
               t
               John
               9.
               5.
               
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               
                 quamdiu
                 in
                 mundo
                 fuero
              
               ;
               here
               it
               signifies
               quum
               ,
               or
               quando
               ,
               and
               being
               indefinite
               comprehendeth
               
               all
               the
               times
               of
               Prayer
               :
               but
               if
               you
               should
               put
               it
               thus
               ,
               as
               a
               solution
               to
               a
               question
               ,
               namely
               ,
               as
               if
               I
               should
               ask
               a
               man
               when
               will
               you
               do
               such
               a
               kindness
               for
               me
               ?
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ;
               and
               the
               answer
               be
               made
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               Isidor
               .
               when
               you
               return
               ,
               here
               supposing
               I
               had
               told
               him
               before
               when
               I
               would
               return
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               is
               not
               indefinite
               ,
               but
               joyn'd
               with
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               is
               an
               answer
               to
               the
               precedent
               question
               ,
               and
               points
               at
               some
               hour
               ,
               or
               day
               in
               the
               which
               I
               said
               I
               would
               return
               ;
               but
               in
               the
               Text
               it
               must
               of
               necessity
               comprehend
               all
               the
               times
               of
               prayer
               :
               and
               therefore
               this
               injunction
               ,
               
                 When
                 you
                 pray
                 ,
                 say
                 ,
                 Our
                 Father
                 ,
              
               is
               ,
               and
               must
               of
               necessity
               be
               as
               much
               as
               if
               our
               Saviour
               had
               said
               ,
               whensoever
               you
               pray
               ,
               
                 say
                 ,
                 Our
                 Father
                 which
                 art
                 in
                 heaven
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               Nor
               will
               it
               enter
               into
               my
               apprehension
               ,
               how
               this
               can
               possibly
               admit
               of
               any
               other
               explication
               .
               But
               to
               this
               they
               will
               object
               ,
               if
               so
               ,
               that
               our
               Saviour
               enjoyns
               us
               whensoever
               we
               pray
               ,
               to
               say
               ,
               
                 Our
                 Father
              
               ;
               the
               consequence
               will
               be
               ,
               that
               we
               must
               
               say
               no
               other
               prayer
               :
               for
               when
               we
               pray
               in
               another
               form
               ,
               we
               pray
               ;
               how
               is
               this
               command
               then
               fulfilled
               ,
               
                 when
                 you
                 pray
                 ,
                 say
                 ,
                 Our
                 Father
                 ,
              
               if
               we
               take
               a
               liberty
               to
               vary
               from
               it
               ?
               I
               answer
               ,
               that
               by
               these
               words
               ,
               
                 when
                 you
                 pray
              
               ,
               is
               not
               to
               be
               understood
               all
               the
               continued
               time
               of
               prayer
               ,
               but
               some
               part
               of
               that
               occasional
               ,
               or
               assiduous
               praying
               ,
               so
               that
               it
               is
               not
               spoken
               exclusively
               of
               all
               other
               prayers
               ;
               for
               S
               t
               
                 Paul
                 ,
                 Ephes
              
               ,
               1.
               16.
               tells
               them
               he
               ceaseth
               not
               to
               pray
               for
               them
               ;
               and
               verse
               the
               17
               th
               tells
               them
               in
               what
               manner
               ,
               namely
               ,
               in
               words
               of
               his
               own
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               there
               read
               ;
               and
               in
               another
               place
               ,
               
                 Acts
                 2.
                 42.
              
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               
                 And
                 they
                 continued
                 in
                 the
                 Apostles
                 doctrine
                 ,
                 and
                 fellowship
                 ,
                 and
                 breaking
                 of
                 bread
                 ,
                 and
                 prayers
                 ,
              
               in
               the
               plural
               ;
               so
               that
               it
               is
               much
               more
               probable
               that
               they
               did
               use
               occasional
               prayers
               ,
               and
               not
               make
               a
               continued
               repetition
               of
               the
               Lords
               Prayer
               :
               besides
               ,
               we
               find
               that
               S
               t
               Chrysostome
               ,
               S
               t
               Augustine
               ,
               S
               t
               Bernard
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Fathers
               took
               that
               liberty
               ,
               neither
               was
               it
               ever
               questioned
               ;
               but
               however
               ,
               if
               
               the
               Text
               did
               restrain
               us
               to
               it
               ,
               those
               that
               use
               it
               not
               at
               all
               would
               be
               the
               more
               strongly
               refuted
               .
               From
               the
               premises
               then
               it
               will
               appear
               ,
               that
               this
               individual
               prayer
               ,
               these
               very
               words
               (
               for
               they
               are
               the
               immediate
               subject
               of
               that
               command
               )
               must
               be
               used
               by
               every
               Christian
               ,
               whensoever
               he
               applyeth
               himself
               to
               God
               in
               prayer
               :
               But
               to
               this
               they
               will
               object
               ,
               That
               the
               Text
               in
               S
               t
               Matthew
               gives
               a
               dispensation
               from
               using
               these
               very
               words
               ,
               because
               it
               saith
               .
               
                 pray
                 after
                 this
                 manner
              
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               thus
               .
               To
               this
               I
               answer
               ,
               If
               our
               Saviour
               commandeth
               us
               in
               this
               Text
               to
               pray
               after
               this
               Prayer
               ,
               then
               he
               doth
               implicitely
               ,
               though
               not
               expresly
               enjoyn
               these
               very
               words
               ;
               but
               if
               it
               be
               supposed
               to
               be
               spoken
               exclusively
               of
               the
               Lords
               Prayer
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               as
               if
               our
               Saviour
               had
               said
               ,
               You
               need
               not
               say
               my
               Prayer
               ,
               or
               you
               need
               not
               use
               it
               alwayes
               ,
               but
               set
               it
               as
               a
               pattern
               ,
               and
               rest
               alwayes
               ,
               or
               for
               the
               most
               part
               ,
               upon
               your
               own
               methods
               ,
               which
               you
               make
               in
               imitation
               of
               mine
               ;
               what
               would
               the
               consequence
               be
               ,
               but
               a
               horrid
               
               one
               ?
               namely
               ,
               that
               our
               Saviour
               did
               set
               a
               greater
               estimate
               upon
               those
               subsequent
               prayers
               ,
               which
               we
               were
               afterwards
               to
               make
               in
               imitation
               of
               his
               ,
               than
               he
               did
               upon
               his
               own
               ,
               which
               will
               inevitably
               follow
               if
               we
               reflect
               upon
               the
               ends
               of
               prayer
               .
               The
               chief
               subordinate
               ends
               of
               prayer
               (
               for
               there
               are
               many
               others
               inferiour
               to
               them
               )
               are
               these
               ,
               to
               prevail
               with
               God
               for
               the
               communicating
               of
               Grace
               to
               the
               soul
               ,
               that
               so
               by
               faith
               and
               repentance
               we
               may
               be
               interested
               in
               Christ
               ,
               and
               then
               by
               the
               application
               of
               his
               merits
               to
               our
               souls
               ,
               we
               are
               put
               into
               an
               estate
               of
               salvation
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               last
               of
               those
               intermediate
               or
               subordinate
               ends
               of
               prayer
               ;
               for
               if
               we
               continue
               in
               that
               ,
               the
               next
               remove
               ,
               we
               shall
               arrive
               at
               eternal
               salvation
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               ultimate
               end
               of
               prayer
               ,
               and
               of
               all
               the
               Ordinances
               of
               God.
               Thus
               then
               I
               argue
               ,
               If
               these
               be
               the
               ends
               of
               prayer
               ,
               then
               the
               best
               composed
               prayer
               must
               needs
               be
               the
               most
               efficacious
               for
               the
               procurement
               of
               these
               ends
               ;
               but
               if
               our
               Saviour
               commands
               us
               to
               make
               
               prayers
               after
               his
               ,
               and
               gives
               a
               dispensation
               to
               omit
               his
               own
               (
               though
               but
               sometimes
               )
               the
               forementioned
               consequence
               will
               follow
               ,
               that
               he
               prefers
               our
               prayers
               before
               his
               own
               :
               for
               he
               doth
               most
               certainly
               desire
               the
               salvation
               of
               our
               souls
               ,
               and
               doing
               so
               ,
               hath
               as
               certainly
               appointed
               the
               most
               conducible
               means
               thereunto
               ;
               but
               if
               he
               dispenseth
               with
               the
               continued
               use
               of
               his
               own
               prayer
               ,
               and
               enjoyns
               us
               to
               make
               others
               after
               it
               ,
               and
               those
               to
               be
               our
               daily
               prayers
               ,
               it
               will
               inevitably
               follow
               ,
               that
               he
               looks
               upon
               ours
               as
               more
               efficacious
               than
               his
               own
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               most
               blasphemous
               consequence
               .
               But
               again
               ,
               suppose
               this
               Text
               ,
               
                 after
                 this
                 manner
                 pray
                 ye
              
               ,
               did
               not
               so
               necessarily
               enjoyn
               the
               use
               of
               the
               Lords
               Prayer
               ;
               yet
               the
               other
               doth
               ,
               for
               it
               saith
               ,
               
                 when
                 you
                 pray
                 ,
                 say
                 ,
                 Our
                 Father
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               This
               admits
               of
               no
               evasion
               ,
               as
               I
               suppose
               my self
               to
               have
               already
               proved
               ,
               since
               these
               very
               words
               are
               the
               immediate
               subject
               of
               the
               command
               ,
               whereupon
               I
               offer
               this
               argument
               ;
               If
               one
               place
               of
               Scripture
               do
               
                 ipsis
                 terminis
              
               ,
               
               and
               expresly
               command
               any
               one
               Duty
               ,
               and
               any
               other
               place
               of
               Scripture
               seem
               to
               dispense
               with
               it
               ,
               the
               ambiguous
               Text
               must
               be
               accommodated
               to
               that
               which
               is
               conspicuous
               ,
               and
               clearly
               intelligible
               ;
               for
               otherwise
               we
               shall
               make
               the
               word
               of
               God
               repugnant
               to
               it self
               :
               then
               if
               my
               judgement
               fail
               me
               not
               ,
               it
               is
               evident
               ,
               that
               the
               Text
               in
               S
               t
               Luke
               admits
               of
               no
               cavil
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               carries
               but
               a
               seeming
               occasion
               of
               one
               ,
               but
               this
               seemingness
               (
               if
               there
               be
               such
               )
               must
               vail
               to
               the
               other
               ,
               which
               is
               so
               nervous
               and
               evincing
               :
               as
               for
               that
               ridiculous
               caution
               ,
               that
               they
               omit
               the
               use
               of
               it
               in
               publick
               ,
               lest
               men
               should
               idolize
               a
               form
               ;
               they
               may
               as
               well
               say
               ,
               that
               the
               Scriptures
               may
               be
               taken
               away
               from
               them
               ,
               because
               they
               may
               idolize
               the
               mechanick
               part
               of
               it
               ,
               namely
               ,
               the
               paper
               ,
               and
               the
               binding
               ,
               or
               the
               letters
               ,
               and
               not
               look
               at
               the
               system
               of
               Truth
               ,
               which
               is
               comprized
               in
               it
               .
               But
               besides
               this
               ,
               the
               Lords
               Prayer
               can
               no
               more
               be
               accounted
               indifferent
               ,
               as
               to
               its
               peculiar
               use
               (
               which
               is
               to
               be
               offer'd
               up
               
               to
               God
               in
               praying
               )
               than
               any
               other
               places
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               as
               to
               their
               proper
               and
               peculiar
               uses
               ;
               because
               the
               Lords
               Prayer
               is
               a
               part
               of
               Scripture
               :
               Now
               the
               Historical
               part
               of
               Scripture
               is
               to
               be
               believed
               ,
               the
               Doctrinal
               part
               is
               to
               be
               believed
               ,
               and
               practised
               ,
               and
               urged
               in
               polemical
               discourses
               ,
               the
               supplicatory
               part
               is
               to
               be
               pray'd
               ;
               and
               therefore
               my
               Opinion
               is
               ,
               That
               when
               men
               do
               vary
               from
               this
               prayer
               (
               which
               undoubtedly
               is
               lawfull
               ,
               prvided
               they
               do
               not
               exclude
               it
               )
               their
               prayers
               should
               be
               composed
               as
               near
               as
               they
               can
               of
               sentences
               collected
               out
               of
               Scripture
               .
               To
               dispense
               with
               the
               use
               of
               this
               Prayer
               is
               in
               the
               general
               ,
               repugnant
               to
               Theologie
               ,
               which
               enjoyns
               the
               greatest
               reverence
               ,
               and
               esteem
               that
               possibly
               can
               be
               for
               matters
               of
               Divine
               Institution
               ;
               and
               especially
               a
               command
               which
               issued
               immediately
               ,
               and
               with
               so
               much
               clearness
               out
               of
               the
               blessed
               mouth
               of
               Christ
               himself
               ,
               doth
               certainly
               call
               for
               our
               ready
               and
               constant
               obedience
               ;
               and
               it
               is
               contrary
               to
               all
               Christian
               practice
               ,
               it
               having
               
               ever
               been
               magnified
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               inconsistent
               w
               th
               the
               Principles
               of
               Reason
               ,
               if
               we
               take
               but
               a
               moral
               view
               of
               it
               ;
               for
               in
               all
               actions
               the
               medium
               ,
               or
               instrumental
               cause
               ,
               must
               be
               fitly
               proportion'd
               for
               the
               attainment
               of
               what
               we
               design
               ,
               and
               by
               all
               requirable
               circumstances
               accommodated
               to
               that
               end
               ;
               or
               else
               we
               have
               no
               certain
               grounds
               to
               expect
               the
               procurement
               of
               what
               we
               would
               have
               :
               but
               here
               it
               is
               otherwise
               ,
               if
               we
               sue
               for
               blessings
               in
               our
               own
               deficient
               language
               ,
               and
               indigested
               petitions
               ,
               voluntarily
               omitting
               this
               most
               accurate
               form
               ,
               which
               was
               composed
               by
               him
               ,
               who
               is
               the
               wisdom
               of
               the
               Father
               ,
               by
               which
               he
               made
               the
               world
               ,
               the
               first
               of
               S
               t
               John
               and
               the
               tenth
               verse
               :
               Whosoever
               therefore
               doth
               it
               ,
               despiseth
               the
               very
               wisdom
               of
               God
               ,
               he
               is
               guilty
               
                 lesae
                 Divinae
                 Majestatis
              
               ,
               of
               high
               treason
               against
               the
               King
               of
               heaven
               :
               and
               therefore
               it
               is
               not
               strange
               ,
               that
               during
               the
               late
               eclipse
               of
               our
               Church
               ,
               rebellion
               did
               rouze
               up
               her self
               more
               and
               more
               ,
               till
               at
               last
               ,
               with
               a
               bare
               and
               impudent
               
               face
               ,
               she
               laught
               at
               the
               tenderness
               of
               Allegiance
               ;
               for
               there
               is
               great
               reason
               to
               think
               ,
               that
               the
               deliberate
               omission
               of
               the
               Lords
               Prayer
               ,
               was
               the
               sudden
               admission
               of
               rebellion
               ;
               for
               he
               that
               dares
               despise
               the
               wisdom
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               by
               that
               means
               commit
               the
               highest
               treason
               ,
               and
               speak
               the
               greatest
               blasphemy
               against
               God
               ,
               will
               easily
               slide
               into
               a
               conspiracy
               of
               treason
               against
               his
               Temporal
               Prince
               :
               and
               although
               I
               am
               induced
               to
               believe
               ,
               that
               there
               was
               a
               fomes
               of
               rebellion
               and
               spleen
               lodged
               ,
               and
               lurking
               in
               the
               hearts
               of
               many
               these
               late
               wars
               ,
               which
               gave
               the
               first
               spring
               to
               our
               dissensions
               ;
               yet
               ,
               that
               by
               the
               neglect
               of
               this
               prayer
               ,
               joyntly
               with
               the
               discontinuance
               of
               communicating
               in
               the
               Lords
               Supper
               ,
               and
               the
               removal
               of
               Orthodox
               Divines
               ,
               and
               many
               other
               causes
               ,
               I
               have
               great
               reason
               to
               believe
               they
               were
               very
               much
               promoted
               .
               As
               there
               is
               a
               reason
               in
               Divinity
               ,
               why
               the
               neglect
               of
               this
               Prayer
               was
               a
               great
               inlet
               to
               rebellion
               ;
               so
               is
               there
               likewise
               in
               Moral
               Philosophy
               ,
               for
               he
               that
               slights
               
               this
               most
               accurate
               form
               ,
               will
               most
               certainly
               not
               stick
               to
               oppose
               all
               other
               forms
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               by
               an
               argument
               
                 à
                 majore
                 ad
                 minus
              
               :
               and
               he
               that
               opposeth
               Set
               Forms
               ,
               and
               Ecclesiastical
               Constitutions
               ,
               hath
               a
               principle
               of
               licentiousness
               ,
               and
               independency
               in
               him
               ,
               which
               will
               be
               still
               administring
               arguments
               to
               him
               
                 (
                 dato
                 uno
                 absurdissimo
              
               )
               by
               a
               series
               of
               moral
               ,
               or
               rather
               immoral
               consequences
               against
               all
               coercive
               power
               ,
               first
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               then
               in
               the
               State
               ,
               which
               truth
               hath
               been
               (
               though
               very
               deplorably
               )
               yet
               evincingly
               laid
               down
               before
               us
               in
               the
               late
               rebellion
               :
               concerning
               which
               truth
               our
               dread
               Soveraign
               Charles
               the
               second
               ,
               having
               been
               without
               doubt
               along
               time
               satisfied
               ,
               is
               well
               prepared
               with
               instructions
               for
               his
               own
               security
               ;
               though
               I
               believe
               his
               Piety
               more
               than
               his
               Regal
               Interest
               will
               cement
               him
               to
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               repository
               of
               primitive
               discipline
               and
               order
               .
               Whether
               these
               arguments
               may
               be
               prevalent
               with
               many
               others
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               ,
               
               but
               they
               are
               so
               much
               with
               me
               ,
               that
               I
               was
               exceedingly
               scandalized
               at
               the
               publick
               omission
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               am
               well
               assured
               that
               a
               very
               great
               body
               of
               Christians
               in
               England
               were
               so
               with
               my self
               ;
               and
               that
               it
               was
               not
               
                 scandalum
                 acceptum
              
               on
               our
               side
               ,
               but
               
                 scandalum
                 datum
              
               on
               theirs
               who
               did
               reject
               it
               :
               And
               I
               would
               very
               fain
               be
               satisfied
               how
               the
               Dissenters
               from
               Ecclesiastical
               Ceremonies
               can
               quarrel
               with
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               for
               imposing
               things
               in
               their
               own
               nature
               indifferent
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               not
               prohibited
               by
               God
               in
               his
               revealed
               will
               ;
               how
               they
               can
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               except
               against
               the
               imposition
               of
               such
               lawfull
               things
               ,
               and
               plead
               it
               is
               for
               this
               reason
               ,
               to
               avoid
               giving
               offence
               to
               tender
               consciences
               ,
               which
               consciences
               cry
               out
               before
               they
               are
               hurt
               ,
               and
               yet
               maintain
               that
               themselves
               may
               publickly
               omit
               this
               great
               duty
               of
               saying
               the
               Lords
               Prayer
               ,
               and
               that
               to
               the
               offence
               of
               so
               many
               well-grounded
               consciences
               ,
               who
               can
               by
               no
               means
               dispense
               with
               it
               .
               The
               Church
               of
               England
               out
               of
               her
               prudent
               care
               
               to
               preserve
               Order
               and
               Uniformity
               in
               the
               exteriour
               part
               of
               Gods
               worship
               ,
               imposeth
               a
               lawfull
               thing
               or
               action
               ,
               and
               that
               's
               a
               sin
               ;
               the
               Presbyterian
               dispenseth
               with
               the
               not
               performing
               of
               a
               necessary
               duty
               ,
               and
               that
               's
               no
               sin
               .
               The
               Church
               of
               England
               magnifies
               Christs
               Prayer
               ,
               and
               that
               's
               idolizing
               a
               Form
               ;
               the
               Presbyterian
               despiseth
               it
               ,
               and
               that
               's
               good
               Religion
               :
               The
               Parliament
               of
               England
               ,
               of
               which
               the
               Fathers
               of
               the
               Church
               are
               a
               very
               considerable
               part
               ,
               do
               cause
               the
               illegitimate
               Covenant
               to
               be
               burnt
               ,
               and
               that
               's
               a
               great
               wickedness
               ;
               the
               Presbyterian
               slights
               the
               Divine
               Energy
               of
               the
               Lords
               Prayer
               (
               legitimate
               ,
               as
               Tertullian
               calls
               it
               )
               which
               is
               far
               worse
               than
               the
               bare
               action
               of
               burning
               the
               paper
               wherein
               it
               is
               printed
               or
               written
               ,
               and
               that
               's
               not
               ill
               at
               all
               .
               But
               it
               may
               be
               they
               will
               say
               to
               me
               ,
               you
               make
               a
               discourse
               concerning
               the
               excellency
               of
               the
               Lords
               Prayer
               ,
               we
               may
               ask
               you
               the
               same
               question
               that
               one
               was
               asked
               ,
               who
               insisted
               long
               upon
               the
               praise
               of
               
                 Hercules
                 ,
                 Quis
                 unquam
                 vituperavit
                 
                 Herculem
                 ?
              
               which
               of
               us
               ever
               spoke
               against
               the
               excellency
               of
               the
               prayer
               ?
               It
               is
               true
               ,
               I
               never
               heard
               any
               man
               
                 in
                 terminis
              
               do
               it
               ,
               as
               I
               said
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               my
               discourse
               (
               for
               that
               were
               open
               blasphemy
               ,
               and
               persistence
               in
               it
               would
               merit
               excommunication
               from
               the
               society
               of
               Christians
               )
               but
               you
               do
               implicitely
               ,
               and
               inclusively
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               why
               do
               you
               not
               use
               it
               ?
               Actions
               speak
               more
               than
               words
               ,
               and
               cry
               aloud
               in
               the
               ears
               of
               God
               either
               for
               reward
               or
               judgment
               :
               But
               some
               of
               them
               do
               object
               ,
               that
               they
               do
               use
               it
               sometimes
               ,
               but
               they
               are
               not
               bound
               to
               use
               it
               alwayes
               .
               To
               this
               I
               answer
               ,
               that
               the
               intermitting
               of
               its
               use
               ,
               doth
               imply
               the
               setting
               of
               but
               a
               gradual
               esteem
               upon
               it
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               do
               not
               acknowledge
               its
               supereminency
               above
               all
               other
               prayers
               .
               If
               a
               man
               that
               is
               prescribed
               an
               excellent
               dyet-drink
               ,
               which
               never
               sail'd
               the
               cure
               of
               some
               disease
               which
               he
               labours
               with
               ,
               and
               is
               ordered
               by
               his
               Physician
               to
               take
               it
               every
               day
               ;
               if
               he
               intermit
               but
               one
               day
               it
               will
               argue
               that
               he
               doth
               not
               so
               highly
               
               approve
               of
               it
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               that
               he
               doth
               disapprove
               of
               it
               ,
               in
               a
               degree
               proportionable
               to
               the
               discontinuance
               of
               it
               :
               So
               if
               any
               man
               do
               make
               use
               of
               the
               Lords
               Prayer
               sometimes
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               useth
               it
               not
               ;
               what
               doth
               this
               omission
               of
               his
               (
               unless
               it
               be
               through
               forgetfulness
               )
               but
               secretly
               whisper
               to
               the
               understanding
               that
               he
               doth
               not
               intensively
               and
               absolutely
               approve
               of
               it
               ,
               but
               partially
               and
               
                 in
                 gradibus
                 remissis
              
               .
               For
               to
               say
               the
               Lords
               Prayer
               is
               the
               best
               prayer
               ,
               and
               yet
               to
               say
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               requisite
               to
               use
               it
               at
               all
               times
               of
               prayer
               ,
               is
               a
               most
               absurd
               assertion
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               exploded
               by
               all
               judicious
               men
               ;
               for
               if
               it
               be
               the
               best
               ,
               and
               that
               most
               transcendently
               ,
               why
               should
               any
               other
               prayer
               justle
               it
               out
               ?
               It
               is
               true
               ,
               that
               many
               times
               there
               is
               incumbent
               upon
               the
               soul
               the
               guilt
               of
               so
               many
               great
               and
               often
               repeated
               sins
               ,
               that
               the
               deep
               apprehension
               of
               the
               spirit
               at
               such
               a
               time
               requires
               more
               room
               ,
               and
               a
               greater
               field
               of
               language
               to
               rove
               up
               and
               down
               in
               ,
               and
               to
               unbosome
               her
               remorse
               to
               God
               whom
               she
               
               hath
               offended
               ;
               she
               would
               come
               to
               a
               more
               particular
               repentance
               ,
               and
               insist
               upon
               all
               the
               circumstances
               which
               may
               aggravate
               her
               guilt
               ,
               and
               be
               argument
               of
               sorrow
               to
               her
               in
               her
               self-condemning
               ,
               that
               by
               her
               timely
               sentence
               ,
               upon
               her self
               she
               may
               avoid
               that
               irrevocable
               sentence
               which
               Christ
               at
               the
               last
               day
               will
               pronounce
               against
               those
               who
               justifie
               themselves
               ,
               and
               therefore
               is
               not
               satisfied
               in
               her
               deep
               recesses
               of
               grief
               ,
               with
               that
               petition
               in
               our
               Lords
               Prayer
               ,
               
                 Forgive
                 us
                 our
                 trespasses
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 forgive
                 them
                 that
                 trespass
                 against
                 us
                 :
              
               and
               therefore
               other
               prayers
               are
               allowable
               ,
               because
               the
               soul
               doth
               by
               them
               as
               it
               were
               divide
               her
               repentance
               into
               smaller
               parcels
               ,
               and
               make
               it
               more
               fine
               by
               sifting
               it
               into
               single
               circumstances
               ;
               but
               when
               this
               penitent
               Soul
               hath
               recollected
               all
               she
               can
               for
               the
               accusation
               of
               her self
               ,
               and
               finds
               that
               in
               her
               memory
               she
               can
               discover
               no
               more
               ,
               being
               troubled
               she
               cannot
               ;
               now
               let
               her
               make
               a
               sure
               conclusion
               with
               this
               perfect
               prayer
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               summary
               of
               all
               her
               wants
               ,
               
               in
               which
               she
               confesseth
               all
               her
               sins
               ,
               and
               asketh
               forgiveness
               for
               all
               ;
               and
               not
               for
               her
               own
               sins
               only
               ,
               but
               for
               the
               sins
               of
               the
               whole
               Church
               ,
               by
               which
               Petition
               of
               the
               Lords
               Prayer
               we
               are
               most
               sweetly
               taught
               how
               diffusive
               our
               Charity
               should
               be
               :
               and
               now
               having
               confessed
               all
               her
               sins
               ,
               and
               begged
               pardon
               of
               God
               for
               all
               her
               own
               ,
               and
               others
               sins
               ,
               she
               can
               strain
               at
               no
               more
               ,
               but
               finding
               in
               this
               prayer
               a
               sweet
               repository
               of
               all
               her
               scruples
               ,
               commits
               her self
               to
               God
               ,
               till
               the
               next
               time
               that
               he
               shall
               honour
               her
               so
               highly
               ,
               as
               to
               let
               her
               enter
               again
               into
               that
               near
               Communion
               with
               himself
               which
               Prayer
               gives
               us
               .
               So
               that
               to
               conclude
               ,
               though
               the
               Lords
               Prayer
               do
               not
               exclude
               the
               use
               of
               other
               Prayers
               ,
               especially
               when
               they
               are
               collected
               out
               of
               Scripture
               ;
               yet
               it
               comes
               with
               full
               commission
               for
               the
               use
               of
               it self
               :
               Especially
               at
               the
               conclusion
               of
               our
               devotions
               .
               For
               then
               all
               other
               forms
               of
               Prayer
               ,
               which
               are
               like
               rivulets
               and
               little
               streams
               ,
               should
               retire
               into
               this
               Prayer
               ,
               as
               they
               into
               the
               Ocean
               to
               cover
               
               their
               imperfections
               .
               One
               thing
               I
               shall
               add
               more
               ,
               and
               that
               concerning
               the
               brevity
               of
               it
               :
               for
               although
               various
               expressions
               are
               allowed
               to
               the
               Soul
               in
               her
               passions
               for
               sin
               ,
               which
               when
               they
               are
               found
               in
               the
               concerns
               of
               repentance
               ,
               are
               most
               exceeding
               acceptable
               to
               God
               in
               Christ
               ;
               yet
               that
               is
               caused
               by
               the
               unaptitude
               of
               the
               body
               to
               answer
               readily
               to
               the
               first
               motions
               of
               the
               soul.
               And
               therefore
               the
               soul
               cannot
               communicate
               her
               notions
               but
               by
               a
               longer
               successiveness
               of
               discourse
               ;
               but
               those
               that
               have
               most
               evaded
               their
               passions
               ,
               and
               are
               advanced
               nearer
               to
               a
               ready
               use
               of
               their
               noble
               faculties
               ,
               may
               with
               the
               Lords
               Prayer
               ,
               perform
               the
               act
               of
               repentance
               thoroughly
               ,
               and
               obtain
               pardon
               for
               their
               sins
               ,
               with
               all
               temporal
               blessings
               ,
               without
               a
               fear
               ,
               or
               groan
               ,
               or
               any
               farther
               enlargements
               of
               themselves
               ,
               and
               rise
               up
               as
               much
               advanced
               as
               any
               others
               ,
               in
               all
               the
               concernments
               of
               their
               salvation
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               A
               DEHORTATION
               FROM
               ALL
               SIN
               ,
               BUT
               Particularly
               the
               Sin
               OF
               DRINKING
               .
            
             
               
                 Reader
                 ,
              
            
             
               IF
               thou
               hast
               been
               hitherto
               carefull
               to
               lead
               a
               good
               life
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               rule
               of
               Gods
               Word
               ,
               I
               entreat
               thee
               to
               persevere
               for
               the
               Lords
               
               sake
               unto
               the
               end
               ,
               that
               thou
               mayest
               receive
               the
               end
               of
               thy
               hope
               ,
               even
               the
               salvation
               of
               thy
               soul
               ;
               which
               upon
               thy
               continuance
               in
               well-doing
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               most
               certainly
               accomplish
               ,
               to
               thy
               unspeakable
               comfort
               :
               but
               if
               thou
               art
               a
               captive
               to
               the
               false
               ,
               and
               deceitfull
               pleasures
               of
               sin
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               been
               ;
               hearken
               unto
               me
               ,
               who
               can
               upon
               too
               too
               long
               an
               experience
               (
               Lord
               pardon
               my
               many
               relapses
               )
               assure
               thee
               ,
               that
               what
               fair
               appearances
               soever
               sin
               presents
               thee
               with
               in
               its
               first
               approaches
               ,
               it
               will
               leave
               a
               sting
               behind
               ,
               and
               after
               the
               commission
               of
               every
               sinfull
               act
               ,
               thou
               wilt
               most
               certainly
               be
               so
               far
               removed
               from
               God
               as
               the
               greatness
               of
               thy
               sin
               was
               ;
               and
               as
               the
               testimonies
               of
               a
               good
               conscience
               decay
               ,
               so
               will
               the
               accusations
               of
               an
               evil
               one
               come
               in
               their
               room
               ,
               till
               insensibly
               thou
               fall
               into
               horror
               and
               despondencies
               of
               spirit
               ,
               one
               of
               the
               least
               of
               which
               is
               far
               too
               dear
               a
               price
               for
               all
               the
               pleasures
               the
               world
               can
               afford
               thee
               .
               These
               are
               the
               entrances
               of
               Hell
               into
               thy
               soul
               ,
               upon
               the
               withdrawings
               
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               spiritual
               consolations
               ;
               without
               which
               the
               soul
               languisheth
               ,
               as
               the
               body
               fainteth
               upon
               a
               decay
               of
               the
               animal
               ,
               or
               vital
               spirits
               :
               this
               must
               thou
               look
               for
               after
               the
               continuance
               in
               any
               known
               ,
               and
               presumptuous
               sin
               ,
               but
               if
               thou
               find
               it
               not
               ,
               thy
               condition
               is
               dangerous
               ,
               for
               the
               obduration
               ,
               or
               hardening
               of
               the
               heart
               is
               the
               threshold
               of
               Hell
               :
               look
               quickly
               then
               and
               seriously
               into
               thy
               soul
               ;
               labour
               to
               get
               a
               sight
               of
               thy
               sins
               in
               the
               Book
               of
               Conscience
               ,
               whiles
               they
               may
               be
               blotted
               out
               ;
               pray
               earnestly
               to
               God
               for
               a
               true
               sense
               of
               them
               ,
               (
               for
               Prayer
               is
               the
               Key
               of
               Heaven
               ;
               )
               consider
               often
               of
               Death
               ,
               Judgment
               ,
               Heaven
               and
               Hell
               ;
               think
               how
               odious
               the
               sin
               of
               ingratitude
               is
               between
               man
               and
               man
               ,
               and
               that
               unthankfulness
               for
               the
               Blood
               of
               Christ
               is
               the
               highest
               of
               that
               kind
               :
               think
               of
               the
               shortness
               of
               mans
               life
               ,
               and
               the
               great
               business
               is
               to
               be
               done
               in
               that
               little
               life
               :
               that
               thy
               short
               life
               is
               posting
               to
               an
               end
               ;
               O
               the
               folly
               ,
               and
               madness
               of
               sin
               !
               it
               is
               a
               continual
               acting
               against
               reason
               ,
               a
               treasuring
               
               up
               of
               wrath
               with
               the
               God
               of
               all
               Power
               ,
               a
               providing
               for
               the
               society
               of
               Devils
               ,
               and
               damned
               souls
               ,
               who
               will
               be
               cursing
               their
               Maker
               ,
               and
               one
               another
               to
               all
               eternity
               ;
               't
               is
               that
               which
               only
               is
               dishonourable
               to
               man
               ,
               a
               disturbance
               to
               Commonwealths
               ;
               it
               is
               the
               satisfaction
               of
               Devils
               (
               if
               they
               could
               have
               any
               ,
               )
               the
               trouble
               of
               Angels
               ,
               and
               blessed
               souls
               ,
               nay
               ,
               the
               grieving
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               and
               the
               continual
               murthering
               of
               the
               Son
               of
               God.
               I
               have
               no
               design
               in
               this
               short
               Discourse
               ,
               but
               the
               Glory
               of
               God
               ,
               the
               conversion
               of
               souls
               ,
               and
               the
               discharging
               of
               my
               own
               Conscience
               ,
               by
               testifying
               to
               as
               many
               as
               I
               can
               ,
               the
               detestation
               of
               my
               former
               life
               ,
               that
               so
               the
               ill
               consequences
               of
               my
               example
               may
               be
               in
               some
               measure
               repaired
               by
               this
               publication
               of
               my self
               :
               and
               therefore
               wish
               to
               that
               end
               that
               all
               may
               see
               this
               ,
               that
               saw
               my
               debauchery
               :
               and
               I
               beseech
               God
               to
               give
               me
               boldness
               in
               the
               confession
               of
               my
               faults
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               me
               only
               shamefull
               of
               recommitting
               them
               .
               Above
               all
               things
               I
               advise
               men
               
               to
               beware
               of
               immoderate
               drinking
               ,
               which
               dulls
               the
               understanding
               ,
               and
               makes
               the
               soul
               impatient
               of
               contemplation
               :
               it
               disposeth
               vehemently
               to
               the
               pleasures
               of
               sense
               ,
               and
               to
               a
               gigling
               impertinent
               mirth
               ;
               it
               precipitateth
               to
               the
               acts
               of
               uncleanness
               ,
               and
               exciteth
               all
               the
               passions
               ,
               exposing
               men
               to
               many
               and
               daily
               hazards
               both
               of
               soul
               and
               body
               ,
               and
               rendring
               them
               unfit
               for
               any
               employment
               ,
               either
               in
               Ecclesiastical
               or
               Civil
               Affairs
               .
               And
               since
               it
               is
               so
               ,
               that
               some
               mens
               bodies
               by
               their
               temperament
               do
               require
               strong
               drinks
               more
               than
               others
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               a
               total
               abstinence
               but
               a
               moderate
               use
               of
               it
               which
               is
               expected
               :
               for
               which
               end
               ,
               I
               think
               it
               a
               very
               good
               rule
               ,
               by
               which
               to
               set
               some
               observable
               bounds
               to
               drinking
               ;
               that
               men
               would
               drink
               so
               far
               as
               to
               cherish
               the
               stomach
               ,
               but
               not
               to
               the
               least
               elevation
               of
               the
               brain
               ;
               and
               the
               stomach
               is
               satisfied
               with
               a
               small
               quantity
               ,
               unless
               a
               man
               lie
               under
               the
               cheat
               of
               a
               habit
               :
               but
               when
               the
               spirits
               of
               the
               wine
               ,
               or
               any
               strong
               liquor
               ,
               begin
               to
               mount
               up
               to
               
               the
               brain
               ,
               from
               whence
               the
               soul
               doth
               principally
               ,
               and
               most
               immediately
               act
               ;
               the
               contemplative
               power
               begins
               to
               be
               disquieted
               ,
               and
               unfixt
               ,
               and
               the
               soul
               now
               to
               fluctuating
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               and
               wavering
               in
               her
               motion
               ,
               (
               her
               best
               ,
               and
               steady
               operations
               being
               hindred
               )
               pleases
               her self
               with
               being
               conversant
               about
               outward
               things
               ,
               and
               trivial
               objects
               ,
               and
               lies
               more
               exposed
               to
               the
               danger
               of
               frequent
               temptations
               :
               this
               which
               I
               speak
               of
               is
               but
               the
               first
               change
               of
               the
               brain
               ,
               when
               it
               is
               altered
               from
               its
               usual
               tone
               and
               composure
               ;
               and
               although
               a
               man
               may
               drink
               to
               this
               pitch
               ,
               and
               yet
               carry
               civility
               about
               him
               ,
               and
               a
               favourable
               correspondence
               with
               men
               ,
               because
               his
               tongue
               doth
               not
               falter
               ,
               neither
               is
               his
               understanding
               so
               obscured
               ,
               as
               to
               fail
               ,
               at
               least
               in
               matters
               of
               common
               converse
               ;
               yet
               this
               person
               who
               hath
               done
               nothing
               unacceptable
               to
               the
               world
               ,
               hath
               so
               changed
               the
               Scene
               within
               himself
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               now
               more
               at
               the
               command
               of
               his
               sensual
               appetite
               ,
               than
               before
               ,
               and
               his
               noble
               faculties
               begin
               
               to
               lean
               towards
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               stagger
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               God
               ,
               though
               his
               legs
               stand
               firm
               before
               the
               eyes
               of
               them
               that
               see
               him
               :
               I
               appeal
               to
               the
               consciences
               of
               any
               such
               plausible
               drinkers
               ,
               whether
               they
               do
               not
               find
               themselves
               more
               cold
               in
               acts
               of
               devotion
               ,
               more
               fond
               of
               outward
               pleasures
               ,
               more
               affected
               with
               the
               thoughts
               of
               temporal
               honours
               ,
               and
               the
               favour
               of
               great
               men
               ,
               more
               than
               the
               love
               of
               Jesus
               .
               Whether
               the
               contemplation
               of
               eternity
               ,
               and
               the
               estate
               of
               their
               souls
               in
               reference
               to
               that
               being
               ,
               doth
               so
               well
               relish
               with
               them
               at
               that
               time
               ?
               If
               they
               did
               so
               ,
               why
               do
               they
               not
               wave
               a
               Stage-play
               ,
               and
               go
               to
               publick
               prayers
               ,
               which
               are
               at
               that
               time
               ?
               Why
               ,
               instead
               of
               going
               to
               a
               wrangling
               Gaming-house
               ,
               do
               they
               not
               study
               the
               game
               of
               Christianity
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               beat
               that
               experienced
               Gamester
               the
               Devil
               ,
               and
               win
               their
               souls
               ,
               which
               lye
               continually
               at
               stake
               ,
               and
               are
               in
               imminent
               danger
               of
               being
               lost
               ?
               What
               a
               sad
               thing
               is
               it
               that
               so
               noble
               a
               Creature
               as
               man
               ,
               should
               rest
               in
               ,
               and
               be
               
               contented
               with
               trifles
               ,
               for
               whom
               are
               prepared
               the
               glories
               of
               eternity
               ,
               if
               here
               he
               will
               take
               upon
               him
               the
               easie
               yoke
               ,
               and
               light
               burden
               of
               Christ
               ?
               Now
               although
               many
               men
               that
               drink
               not
               ,
               may
               ,
               and
               do
               often
               these
               things
               ,
               and
               far
               worse
               ;
               yet
               drink
               betrayes
               them
               more
               easily
               to
               vanities
               ,
               and
               idle
               pastimes
               ;
               therefore
               be
               carefull
               to
               avoid
               this
               degree
               of
               drinking
               ,
               and
               thou
               wilt
               then
               be
               secure
               from
               the
               scandalous
               sin
               of
               visible
               drunkenness
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               beastly
               consummation
               of
               the
               former
               .
               I
               do
               not
               speak
               this
               to
               perswade
               men
               from
               society
               ,
               and
               chearfulness
               ;
               as
               if
               Religion
               ,
               and
               Mirth
               were
               things
               inconsistent
               ;
               since
               I
               know
               that
               true
               Mirth
               is
               found
               no
               where
               else
               :
               But
               we
               do
               for
               the
               most
               part
               mistake
               Mirth
               the
               most
               of
               any
               thing
               ,
               accounting
               that
               it
               consists
               in
               laughter
               only
               ;
               whereas
               properly
               a
               man
               may
               be
               most
               truly
               merry
               when
               he
               laugheth
               least
               :
               For
               none
               laugh
               more
               than
               Idiots
               ,
               and
               men
               of
               weak
               understanding
               ,
               and
               sensualists
               ;
               while
               men
               advanced
               in
               knowledge
               ,
               and
               
               quieted
               in
               mind
               ,
               by
               serious
               and
               due
               reflections
               on
               themselves
               ,
               do
               it
               but
               seldom
               :
               but
               none
               will
               deny
               but
               the
               latter
               sort
               have
               the
               greater
               cause
               for
               mirth
               ,
               and
               consequently
               must
               needs
               be
               more
               truly
               merry
               :
               for
               true
               mirth
               is
               a
               complacency
               of
               the
               mind
               ,
               arising
               from
               the
               apprehension
               of
               our
               personal
               happiness
               ;
               yet
               while
               we
               are
               in
               the
               body
               ,
               laughter
               is
               natural
               ,
               and
               if
               it
               be
               kept
               within
               its
               bounds
               ,
               and
               placed
               upon
               right
               subjects
               ,
               is
               both
               allowable
               ,
               and
               conducing
               to
               health
               ;
               but
               is
               not
               tyed
               to
               the
               Glass
               ,
               or
               Bowl
               .
               This
               caution
               against
               drinking
               ,
               concerns
               those
               chiefly
               whose
               bodies
               require
               strong
               drinks
               in
               some
               small
               proportion
               ,
               (
               for
               none
               do
               much
               )
               since
               those
               who
               are
               of
               another
               temperament
               ,
               will
               abstain
               without
               any
               mans
               counsel
               ,
               or
               any
               virtue
               of
               their
               own
               ,
               which
               is
               only
               seen
               where
               there
               are
               propensities
               to
               the
               contrary
               ;
               though
               some
               men
               of
               this
               sort
               may
               contract
               habits
               to
               themselves
               ,
               contrary
               to
               the
               first
               requisites
               of
               nature
               .
               I
               cannot
               methinks
               disswade
               men
               enough
               from
               
               this
               sin
               ,
               because
               I
               have
               so
               often
               drawn
               others
               into
               it
               ,
               and
               therefore
               hope
               to
               make
               some
               reparation
               for
               the
               spiritual
               hurt
               I
               may
               have
               done
               them
               who
               are
               yet
               living
               ,
               whiles
               for
               those
               of
               my
               associates
               who
               are
               departed
               this
               life
               ,
               I
               hope
               the
               mercies
               of
               God
               did
               overtake
               them
               :
               and
               I
               wish
               from
               my
               soul
               that
               the
               spiritual
               dangers
               which
               I
               have
               experimented
               ,
               and
               do
               know
               to
               be
               in
               that
               which
               we
               call
               good
               fellowship
               ,
               or
               a
               chirping
               Cup
               (
               two
               seducing
               terms
               )
               and
               the
               great
               scandal
               ,
               besides
               the
               sin
               it self
               ,
               which
               is
               in
               staggering
               drunkenness
               ,
               may
               have
               such
               an
               influence
               upon
               those
               who
               have
               no
               account
               to
               make
               for
               any
               thing
               that
               they
               have
               yet
               done
               as
               to
               this
               sin
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               never
               commit
               it
               ;
               and
               for
               those
               who
               have
               ,
               and
               do
               yet
               continue
               in
               it
               ,
               that
               considering
               the
               great
               dangers
               attending
               upon
               it
               ,
               which
               (
               though
               now
               drown'd
               in
               the
               lavers
               of
               the
               Grape
               )
               will
               one
               day
               rise
               up
               and
               shew
               themselves
               to
               their
               terrour
               ,
               they
               may
               start
               from
               it
               with
               as
               terrible
               apprehensions
               ,
               while
               they
               may
               
               prevent
               the
               danger
               ,
               as
               the
               reprobate
               will
               do
               at
               Hell
               when
               time
               is
               past
               ,
               and
               he
               cannot
               escape
               it
               .
               For
               my
               own
               particular
               ,
               I
               have
               habituated
               my self
               to
               this
               vice
               from
               my
               youth
               ,
               and
               of
               later
               years
               have
               continued
               in
               it
               upon
               a
               misapprehension
               ,
               that
               the
               predominancy
               of
               my
               temperament
               being
               Melancholy
               ,
               which
               is
               cold
               ,
               and
               dry
               ,
               it
               did
               require
               the
               supply
               of
               some
               accidental
               heat
               to
               correct
               it
               :
               but
               I
               do
               now
               think
               I
               have
               mistaken
               my self
               all
               this
               while
               ,
               since
               looking
               back
               upon
               my
               beginning
               ,
               I
               do
               not
               find
               I
               was
               so
               when
               I
               was
               under
               tutelage
               ;
               and
               therefore
               do
               impute
               it
               to
               a
               habit
               contracted
               since
               ,
               and
               some
               intervening
               causes
               of
               discontent
               :
               but
               since
               it
               is
               so
               easie
               a
               thing
               to
               be
               cheated
               into
               an
               ill
               custom
               ,
               and
               so
               dangerous
               to
               be
               under
               it
               ,
               it
               behoves
               us
               to
               be
               very
               vigilant
               against
               this
               adversary
               ,
               which
               comes
               in
               the
               shape
               of
               nature
               ,
               and
               hath
               such
               great
               advantages
               upon
               us
               .
               Custom
               hath
               an
               interest
               in
               the
               actions
               of
               the
               whole
               world
               ;
               in
               good
               men
               it
               disposeth
               them
               to
               goodness
               ,
               
               though
               the
               first
               Principle
               that
               moves
               in
               them
               is
               a
               Principle
               of
               Grace
               ;
               but
               when
               the
               sanctified
               Soul
               hath
               made
               some
               progress
               in
               a
               good
               life
               ,
               custom
               comes
               in
               ,
               and
               promotes
               it
               ,
               and
               facilitates
               our
               perseverance
               :
               in
               bad
               men
               likewise
               it
               disposeth
               ,
               and
               enclines
               them
               the
               more
               strongly
               to
               vice
               ;
               and
               you
               shall
               find
               ,
               that
               men
               who
               accustom
               themselves
               to
               a
               constant
               afternoons-draught
               in
               the
               week
               dayes
               ,
               seldomest
               go
               to
               an
               afternoons
               Sermon
               upon
               the
               Sunday
               ,
               if
               they
               go
               at
               all
               ;
               because
               the
               ill
               habit
               prevails
               so
               strongly
               ,
               that
               the
               vitiated
               stomach
               must
               have
               its
               false
               wants
               supplyed
               ,
               though
               the
               soul
               miss
               of
               her
               spiritual
               repast
               .
            
             
               To
               prevent
               the
               contracting
               of
               this
               habit
               upon
               such
               as
               are
               yet
               free
               ,
               and
               to
               set
               those
               at
               liberty
               who
               are
               enslaved
               by
               it
               ,
               I
               shall
               propose
               this
               general
               remedy
               ;
               be
               alwayes
               employed
               in
               lawfull
               exercises
               :
               It
               is
               an
               Epidemical
               disease
               amongst
               the
               Nobility
               and
               Gentry
               of
               this
               Nation
               ,
               to
               be
               sick
               of
               their
               time
               ;
               which
               is
               such
               a
               burthen
               to
               them
               ,
               that
               being
               tired
               with
               the
               tediousness
               
               of
               the
               day
               ,
               they
               must
               either
               drink
               or
               trifle
               it
               away
               to
               avoid
               a
               surfeit
               ;
               this
               as
               it
               is
               a
               disparagement
               to
               their
               judgments
               ,
               so
               it
               is
               an
               exceeding
               detriment
               to
               their
               souls
               :
               for
               since
               man
               hath
               a
               soul
               which
               must
               be
               eternally
               sav'd
               or
               damn'd
               ,
               he
               is
               a
               fool
               that
               thinks
               he
               wants
               employment
               ,
               and
               he
               doth
               every
               minute
               draw
               nearer
               to
               the
               ruine
               of
               himself
               ;
               therefore
               let
               none
               of
               us
               ever
               pretend
               that
               we
               want
               business
               .
               If
               I
               have
               no
               accounts
               to
               take
               concerning
               my
               estate
               ,
               no
               Law-suits
               to
               follow
               ;
               though
               I
               am
               not
               a
               Magistrate
               ,
               or
               a
               Divine
               ,
               though
               I
               have
               no
               Office
               at
               Court
               ,
               though
               I
               have
               the
               Gout
               and
               cannot
               walk
               ;
               though
               I
               am
               blind
               ,
               or
               shut
               up
               in
               a
               dungeon
               from
               conversing
               either
               with
               Men
               or
               Books
               ,
               or
               whatsoever
               can
               befall
               me
               ;
               yet
               still
               I
               have
               a
               soul
               which
               is
               in
               her
               militant
               estate
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               worst
               of
               these
               conditions
               ,
               I
               can
               do
               acts
               of
               repentance
               ,
               reflecting
               with
               sorrow
               and
               detestation
               upon
               my
               sins
               past
               ,
               and
               renewing
               my
               purposes
               of
               amendment
               :
               I
               can
               meditate
               upon
               
               Gods
               Mercies
               and
               all
               his
               Attributes
               ;
               I
               can
               perform
               acts
               of
               Praise
               to
               him
               :
               and
               for
               those
               publick
               actions
               which
               I
               cannot
               do
               if
               I
               am
               denied
               the
               liberty
               of
               my
               body
               ,
               and
               the
               society
               of
               men
               ,
               yet
               I
               can
               have
               them
               in
               voto
               ,
               and
               desiring
               to
               do
               what
               I
               am
               denied
               ,
               and
               so
               I
               can
               keep
               on
               my
               journey
               to
               Heaven
               ,
               though
               I
               lie
               shakled
               in
               a
               dungeon
               .
               But
               indeed
               employment
               is
               as
               generally
               mistaken
               as
               mirth
               ;
               for
               most
               men
               think
               they
               want
               it
               ,
               if
               their
               time
               be
               not
               spent
               in
               some
               bodily
               exercise
               ,
               or
               upon
               some
               slight
               or
               common
               subject
               ;
               but
               for
               meditation
               upon
               God
               and
               the
               Soul
               ,
               the
               concernments
               of
               it
               ,
               that
               's
               accounted
               a
               symptom
               of
               Melancholy
               ,
               and
               reading
               ,
               writing
               ,
               or
               discoursing
               of
               any
               thing
               that
               is
               serious
               ,
               or
               profitable
               ,
               which
               comes
               the
               nearest
               to
               it
               .
               A
               great
               cause
               of
               this
               evil
               ariseth
               ,
               either
               from
               the
               carelesness
               of
               Parents
               in
               not
               giving
               their
               Children
               a
               literate
               education
               ,
               or
               their
               own
               neglect
               of
               improving
               it
               ,
               when
               they
               are
               at
               liberty
               from
               their
               Tutors
               ,
               or
               Parents
               ,
               or
               whoever
               had
               the
               charge
               of
               them
               :
               
               for
               as
               the
               Principles
               of
               Learning
               and
               Knowledge
               do
               wear
               out
               ,
               so
               the
               delight
               in
               superficial
               things
               grows
               more
               strong
               and
               prevalent
               ;
               because
               the
               knowledge
               of
               any
               one
               thing
               ,
               and
               the
               delight
               in
               it
               ,
               alwayes
               go
               ,
               and
               come
               together
               ;
               since
               we
               cannot
               take
               pleasure
               in
               any
               thing
               which
               we
               are
               ignorant
               of
               :
               therefore
               Hawking
               ,
               Hunting
               ,
               Horse-matches
               ,
               Gaming
               ,
               Stage-plays
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               ,
               are
               made
               the
               business
               of
               our
               time
               ,
               in
               which
               our
               delights
               do
               terminate
               ,
               which
               should
               only
               be
               used
               to
               unbend
               the
               mind
               ,
               and
               give
               it
               relief
               after
               serious
               employments
               ;
               and
               to
               exercise
               the
               body
               for
               the
               preservation
               of
               health
               ,
               being
               altogether
               subordinate
               to
               greater
               ends
               :
               and
               this
               is
               one
               reason
               why
               Taverns
               are
               so
               much
               frequented
               ;
               because
               Libraries
               are
               out
               of
               request
               ,
               and
               holy
               ,
               learned
               ,
               or
               serious
               communications
               do
               not
               relish
               with
               us
               .
               But
               this
               is
               not
               sufficient
               to
               excuse
               them
               ;
               for
               though
               men
               either
               want
               education
               ,
               or
               stifle
               it
               ,
               yet
               they
               cannot
               extinguish
               Reason
               ,
               and
               lose
               the
               Principles
               of
               Religion
               ,
               
               which
               they
               have
               in
               their
               Catechisms
               ,
               in
               their
               Bibles
               ,
               and
               by
               Preaching
               ;
               and
               therefore
               upon
               that
               account
               it
               is
               expected
               by
               God
               ,
               that
               they
               yield
               obedience
               to
               him
               proportionably
               to
               this
               common
               ,
               and
               general
               Knowledge
               ;
               which
               if
               any
               man
               fails
               to
               do
               ,
               want
               of
               education
               will
               not
               be
               a
               sufficient
               plea
               ,
               because
               it
               will
               be
               found
               to
               be
               an
               act
               of
               his
               will
               ,
               running
               contrary
               to
               these
               degrees
               of
               Knowledge
               :
               if
               any
               man
               shall
               say
               at
               the
               Tribunal
               of
               Christ
               ,
               that
               he
               spent
               his
               time
               in
               drinking
               ,
               and
               idle
               pastimes
               ,
               because
               he
               was
               not
               brought
               up
               to
               Learning
               ,
               what
               will
               that
               avail
               him
               ,
               who
               did
               live
               under
               the
               means
               of
               Grace
               ,
               which
               were
               sufficient
               for
               his
               salvation
               ?
               for
               though
               he
               had
               no
               knowledge
               in
               Tongues
               ,
               and
               Sciences
               ,
               yet
               he
               knew
               the
               Commandments
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               could
               not
               plead
               ignorance
               in
               presumptuous
               sins
               :
               and
               though
               he
               that
               cannot
               read
               and
               understand
               Greek
               ,
               or
               Latin
               ;
               yet
               if
               he
               can
               read
               English
               ,
               let
               him
               spend
               a
               part
               of
               his
               time
               in
               reading
               the
               Bible
               ,
               and
               other
               good
               Books
               :
               and
               though
               
               he
               cannot
               discourse
               in
               Natural
               or
               Moral
               Philosophy
               ,
               or
               in
               the
               Metaphysicks
               ,
               nor
               much
               in
               practical
               Divinity
               ;
               yet
               let
               him
               speak
               within
               the
               limits
               of
               his
               knowledge
               ,
               let
               him
               reprove
               common
               sins
               ,
               and
               give
               all
               encouragement
               to
               the
               generals
               of
               a
               holy
               life
               ,
               both
               by
               word
               and
               example
               :
               and
               if
               he
               be
               sooner
               tired
               with
               discourse
               ,
               than
               men
               of
               greater
               knowledge
               would
               be
               ;
               then
               let
               him
               betake
               himself
               (
               as
               I
               advised
               before
               )
               to
               some
               honest
               divertisements
               ;
               but
               not
               to
               any
               thing
               that
               hath
               the
               least
               appearance
               of
               evil
               in
               it
               ;
               the
               result
               of
               this
               is
               ,
               that
               whether
               a
               man
               be
               literate
               ,
               or
               illiterate
               ,
               he
               may
               serve
               God
               :
               and
               those
               Gentlemen
               of
               our
               Nation
               that
               are
               not
               members
               of
               the
               Commonwealth
               of
               Learning
               ,
               may
               yet
               be
               members
               of
               the
               Mystical
               Body
               of
               Christ
               :
               and
               though
               their
               delight
               in
               great
               Studies
               ,
               in
               Polemical
               Discourses
               and
               Meditations
               are
               lost
               ,
               proportionably
               to
               the
               decay
               of
               their
               Knowledge
               ;
               yet
               their
               time
               may
               be
               the
               more
               spent
               in
               the
               Agenda
               of
               Religion
               ,
               and
               they
               may
               be
               allowed
               
               a
               more
               frequent
               use
               of
               lawfull
               recreations
               ,
               but
               not
               of
               drinking
               ,
               though
               but
               to
               good
               fellowship
               ;
               which
               though
               the
               word
               sounds
               finely
               ,
               a
               man
               can
               hardly
               do
               it
               and
               secure
               his
               innocence
               :
               but
               since
               the
               remedy
               of
               continual
               employment
               is
               not
               sufficient
               for
               an
               accustomed
               drinker
               ,
               he
               must
               unravel
               the
               habit
               by
               little
               and
               little
               ,
               to
               which
               the
               shunning
               of
               idleness
               will
               very
               much
               help
               him
               .
               To
               conclude
               ,
               Let
               us
               be
               carefull
               to
               resist
               all
               the
               species
               and
               kinds
               of
               sin
               whatsoever
               ;
               for
               it
               is
               only
               sin
               which
               can
               deprive
               us
               of
               the
               favour
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               if
               once
               we
               are
               excluded
               from
               ,
               we
               are
               eternally
               lost
               ;
               but
               especially
               the
               sin
               of
               Drinking
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               unhappy
               Parent
               of
               all
               other
               sins
               ,
               and
               therfore
               the
               more
               carefully
               to
               be
               withstood
               ;
               which
               care
               if
               this
               short
               Admonition
               may
               but
               stir
               up
               in
               one
               soul
               ,
               I
               should
               more
               rejoyce
               to
               know
               ,
               than
               to
               have
               the
               greatest
               honour
               of
               the
               Nation
               conferred
               upon
               me
               .
               
                 Now
                 to
                 God
                 the
                 Father
                 ,
                 God
                 the
                 Son
                 ,
                 and
                 God
                 the
                 holy
                 Ghost
                 ,
                 be
                 all
                 honour
                 ,
                 glory
                 ,
                 praise
                 and
                 adoration
                 ,
                 given
                 by
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 all
                 his
                 creatures
                 ,
                 from
                 hence
                 forth
                 to
                 all
                 eternity
              
               Amen
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               AN
               ENQUIRY
               INTO
               THE
               Sinfulness
               of
               my
               Life
               :
               Composed
               of
               Confessions
               and
               Supplications
               FOR
               PARDON
               .
            
             
               
                 CHAP.
                 I.
                 
              
               
                 MY
                 intention
                 in
                 writing
                 this
                 ,
                 is
                 to
                 make
                 restitution
                 (
                 a
                 necessary
                 circumstance
                 required
                 from
                 true
                 repentance
                 )
                 for
                 the
                 publick
                 
                 injuries
                 I
                 may
                 very
                 probably
                 have
                 done
                 to
                 the
                 persons
                 of
                 many
                 ,
                 who
                 have
                 beheld
                 the
                 licentious
                 part
                 of
                 my
                 life
                 :
                 I
                 did
                 write
                 about
                 a
                 twelve
                 month
                 since
                 ,
                 this
                 ,
                 being
                 the
                 15
                 th
                 of
                 
                   April
                   ,
                   An.
                   Dom.
                   1664.
                   
                   A
                   short
                   dehortation
                   from
                   a
                   sinfull
                   life
                   ,
                   but
                   principally
                   the
                   sin
                   of
                   Drinking
                
                 ;
                 which
                 I
                 did
                 for
                 the
                 same
                 end
                 I
                 write
                 this
                 :
                 I
                 purposed
                 then
                 to
                 do
                 what
                 good
                 I
                 could
                 both
                 by
                 Precept
                 and
                 Example
                 .
                 But
                 alas
                 ,
                 since
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 miserably
                 fallen
                 into
                 the
                 same
                 Vice
                 ,
                 even
                 the
                 Sin
                 of
                 Drinking
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 chiefly
                 reproved
                 ,
                 but
                 not
                 without
                 many
                 checks
                 ,
                 serious
                 retirements
                 ,
                 and
                 fresh
                 attempts
                 to
                 overcome
                 the
                 Vice
                 ;
                 and
                 herein
                 I
                 manifestly
                 discover
                 the
                 depravedness
                 of
                 my
                 Will
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 proneness
                 of
                 my
                 corrupted
                 Nature
                 to
                 offend
                 God
                 :
                 for
                 when
                 I
                 did
                 set
                 my self
                 most
                 seriously
                 to
                 do
                 good
                 ,
                 I
                 did
                 find
                 evil
                 to
                 be
                 present
                 with
                 me
                 ;
                 O
                 miserable
                 man
                 that
                 I
                 am
                 !
                 But
                 for
                 the
                 residue
                 of
                 my
                 dayes
                 ,
                 if
                 Gods
                 ineffable
                 Mercy
                 shall
                 add
                 any
                 more
                 to
                 my
                 life
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 firmly
                 purpose
                 to
                 spend
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 
                 strict
                 observation
                 of
                 Divine
                 Laws
                 ,
                 having
                 gained
                 by
                 a
                 most
                 dangerous
                 experience
                 ,
                 clearer
                 apprehensions
                 concerning
                 the
                 temperament
                 of
                 my
                 body
                 ,
                 the
                 unprofitableness
                 ,
                 and
                 deceitfulfulness
                 of
                 sin
                 ,
                 a
                 better
                 insight
                 into
                 the
                 subtilty
                 of
                 the
                 Devils
                 proceedings
                 against
                 my
                 deluded
                 soul
                 :
                 O
                 thou
                 who
                 givest
                 both
                 to
                 will
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 that
                 bounteous
                 act
                 hast
                 not
                 been
                 partial
                 to
                 any
                 ,
                 that
                 none
                 might
                 be
                 excusable
                 in
                 sinning
                 before
                 thee
                 ,
                 stir
                 up
                 thy
                 gifts
                 in
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 co-operate
                 with
                 my
                 weak
                 endeavours
                 ,
                 suffering
                 me
                 to
                 live
                 so
                 long
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 have
                 time
                 to
                 make
                 up
                 a
                 sound
                 evidence
                 for
                 my
                 interest
                 in
                 Christ
                 ,
                 though
                 not
                 of
                 so
                 long
                 a
                 date
                 as
                 those
                 happy
                 souls
                 who
                 have
                 been
                 long
                 proficients
                 in
                 the
                 Doctrine
                 ,
                 and
                 practice
                 of
                 the
                 true
                 Christian
                 Religion
                 :
                 for
                 whom
                 I
                 bless
                 thee
                 ,
                 praying
                 that
                 my
                 end
                 may
                 be
                 such
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 bring
                 me
                 into
                 the
                 same
                 place
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 though
                 I
                 be
                 never
                 so
                 low
                 in
                 my
                 celestial
                 degree
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 CHAP.
                 II.
                 
              
               
                 MY
                 Fathers
                 care
                 was
                 such
                 as
                 not
                 to
                 deny
                 me
                 any
                 thing
                 for
                 my
                 Education
                 :
                 I
                 lived
                 in
                 my
                 Fathers
                 House
                 with
                 my
                 dear
                 Brother
                 under
                 two
                 Tutors
                 ,
                 the
                 last
                 of
                 which
                 ,
                 I
                 being
                 arrived
                 to
                 a
                 greater
                 measure
                 of
                 understanding
                 ,
                 had
                 a
                 great
                 affection
                 to
                 .
                 He
                 was
                 of
                 an
                 affable
                 disposition
                 ,
                 and
                 exprest
                 great
                 love
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 even
                 with
                 tears
                 at
                 his
                 departing
                 from
                 us
                 :
                 he
                 was
                 very
                 Religious
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 may
                 say
                 was
                 not
                 unpleasant
                 to
                 me
                 when
                 I
                 was
                 very
                 young
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 Vice
                 of
                 Drinking
                 did
                 soon
                 overtake
                 me
                 by
                 the
                 reason
                 of
                 some
                 loose
                 acquaintance
                 ,
                 who
                 gave
                 me
                 an
                 ill
                 Example
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 I
                 began
                 to
                 go
                 with
                 them
                 to
                 Alehouses
                 ,
                 which
                 did
                 soon
                 initiate
                 me
                 in
                 an
                 ill
                 habit
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 much
                 sooner
                 taken
                 up
                 ,
                 than
                 it
                 could
                 be
                 since
                 removed
                 :
                 Thus
                 I
                 continued
                 till
                 I
                 was
                 about
                 thirteen
                 years
                 of
                 age
                 ,
                 at
                 which
                 time
                 I
                 went
                 with
                 my
                 Father
                 to
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 then
                 a
                 Garrison
                 ;
                 
                 there
                 I
                 being
                 alone
                 with
                 my
                 Father
                 ,
                 was
                 much
                 in
                 his
                 eye
                 ,
                 which
                 did
                 restrain
                 me
                 very
                 well
                 from
                 drinking
                 :
                 being
                 likewise
                 sent
                 to
                 All-Souls-Colledge
                 ,
                 where
                 a
                 Gentleman
                 read
                 Greek
                 to
                 me
                 in
                 the
                 mornings
                 ,
                 I
                 had
                 there
                 likewise
                 a
                 civil
                 play-fellow
                 ,
                 M
                 r
                 
                   Thomas
                   Sanderson
                
                 ,
                 with
                 whom
                 I
                 spent
                 my
                 time
                 in
                 harmless
                 Recreations
                 ;
                 but
                 afterwards
                 being
                 very
                 desirous
                 to
                 go
                 along
                 with
                 my
                 Cousin
                 
                   Martin
                   Harvy
                
                 to
                 his
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 not
                 far
                 from
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 who
                 Commanded
                 a
                 Troop
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 willing
                 to
                 shew
                 me
                 the
                 Countrey
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 for
                 which
                 I
                 was
                 very
                 importunate
                 with
                 my
                 Father
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 suffer
                 me
                 to
                 go
                 from
                 him
                 ,
                 but
                 carried
                 me
                 along
                 with
                 him
                 back
                 again
                 to
                 his
                 Countrey-house
                 in
                 Surrey
                 .
                 But
                 afterwards
                 my
                 Father
                 went
                 back
                 again
                 to
                 Oxford
                 to
                 wait
                 upon
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 was
                 more
                 at
                 liberty
                 again
                 ,
                 and
                 pestered
                 again
                 with
                 my
                 old
                 Companions
                 ,
                 especially
                 after
                 the
                 departure
                 of
                 my
                 Tutor
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 not
                 long
                 after
                 :
                 but
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 my
                 idle
                 and
                 sensual
                 
                 life
                 ,
                 I
                 had
                 intermissions
                 of
                 consideration
                 not
                 without
                 some
                 trouble
                 ;
                 my
                 bashfulness
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 always
                 had
                 in
                 a
                 measure
                 more
                 than
                 ordinary
                 ,
                 did
                 much
                 incline
                 me
                 to
                 drink
                 ,
                 finding
                 that
                 did
                 embolden
                 me
                 :
                 for
                 which
                 reason
                 I
                 have
                 wisht
                 I
                 had
                 been
                 brought
                 up
                 at
                 some
                 publick
                 School
                 ,
                 rather
                 than
                 in
                 my
                 Fathers
                 House
                 ;
                 supposing
                 that
                 strange
                 company
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 from
                 under
                 the
                 tender
                 wing
                 of
                 my
                 dearest
                 Mother
                 ,
                 I
                 might
                 have
                 been
                 rouzed
                 up
                 ,
                 by
                 being
                 put
                 more
                 to
                 my
                 shifts
                 ;
                 and
                 my
                 bashfulness
                 abated
                 ,
                 by
                 being
                 accustomed
                 to
                 the
                 company
                 of
                 strangers
                 .
                 And
                 indeed
                 I
                 found
                 manifestly
                 ,
                 that
                 being
                 so
                 much
                 confined
                 to
                 home
                 ,
                 through
                 the
                 carefull
                 fear
                 ,
                 and
                 love
                 both
                 of
                 my
                 Father
                 and
                 Mother
                 ,
                 bashfulness
                 and
                 melancholy
                 did
                 so
                 gain
                 upon
                 and
                 take
                 root
                 in
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 always
                 a
                 great
                 disturbance
                 to
                 my
                 life
                 :
                 I
                 found
                 likewise
                 my
                 memory
                 both
                 slow
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 retentive
                 ,
                 occasioned
                 by
                 that
                 fixtness
                 which
                 was
                 upon
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 occasioned
                 by
                 the
                 want
                 of
                 business
                 to
                 
                 employ
                 my
                 memory
                 ,
                 and
                 inform
                 my
                 judgment
                 ,
                 and
                 excite
                 my
                 thoughts
                 ,
                 which
                 contributed
                 much
                 to
                 fix
                 me
                 more
                 in
                 melancholy
                 ,
                 and
                 want
                 of
                 confidence
                 ;
                 which
                 though
                 not
                 so
                 considered
                 of
                 by
                 my
                 Father
                 and
                 Mother
                 ,
                 yet
                 I
                 found
                 manifestly
                 in
                 my self
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 a
                 great
                 occasion
                 of
                 mischief
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 did
                 expose
                 me
                 to
                 a
                 loose
                 life
                 :
                 But
                 Lord
                 ,
                 had
                 I
                 stirred
                 up
                 in
                 my self
                 that
                 stock
                 of
                 Grace
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 Divine
                 Principles
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 infused
                 into
                 me
                 by
                 thy self
                 ,
                 the
                 fountain
                 of
                 holiness
                 and
                 purity
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 instiller
                 of
                 holy
                 motions
                 ,
                 thou
                 wouldest
                 undoubtedly
                 have
                 come
                 into
                 my
                 soul
                 with
                 such
                 controuling
                 power
                 as
                 would
                 have
                 reduced
                 my
                 disordered
                 mind
                 to
                 an
                 obedience
                 to
                 thy
                 heavenly
                 will
                 ,
                 the
                 absence
                 of
                 which
                 hath
                 bred
                 in
                 me
                 so
                 great
                 matter
                 of
                 discomfort
                 :
                 but
                 if
                 thy
                 goodness
                 shall
                 spare
                 me
                 for
                 so
                 much
                 future
                 obedience
                 as
                 may
                 place
                 me
                 in
                 the
                 favour
                 of
                 thy self
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 more
                 esteem
                 it
                 than
                 thousands
                 of
                 Gold
                 and
                 Silver
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   A
                   Prayer
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   Desire
                   ,
                   Eternal
                   Jesus
                   ,
                   to
                   call
                   upon
                   Thee
                   from
                   the
                   depth
                   of
                   my
                   sorrows
                   ;
                   upon
                   Thee
                   ,
                   O
                   Divinity
                   incarnate
                   ,
                   whose
                   mercies
                   are
                   bottomless
                   ,
                   and
                   whose
                   Merits
                   can
                   bury
                   the
                   most
                   vast
                   extuberances
                   of
                   repented
                   sin
                   from
                   the
                   eye
                   of
                   thy
                   Fathers
                   Justice
                   ,
                   and
                   secure
                   the
                   relenting
                   sinner
                   from
                   the
                   stroke
                   of
                   his
                   Omnipotent
                   hand
                   ;
                   which
                   nothing
                   can
                   intercept
                   but
                   thy self
                   ,
                   who
                   art
                   all
                   ,
                   and
                   whose
                   intire
                   Obedience
                   can
                   answer
                   all
                   the
                   objections
                   of
                   Divine
                   fury
                   ,
                   and
                   out-wrastle
                   Justice
                   when
                   she
                   makes
                   her
                   greatest
                   assaults
                   .
                   But
                   O
                   my
                   presumptuous
                   soul
                   !
                   though
                   it
                   be
                   true
                   that
                   the
                   Mercies
                   of
                   God
                   in
                   Christ
                   exceed
                   all
                   proportions
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   there
                   are
                   continuall
                   springs
                   of
                   compassion
                   ,
                   which
                   are
                   ever
                   flowing
                   from
                   the
                   breasts
                   of
                   his
                   goodness
                   ;
                   yet
                   how
                   can
                   that
                   avail
                   thee
                   ,
                   while
                   thou
                   art
                   bathing
                   thy self
                   in
                   sensuality
                   ,
                   and
                   courting
                   thy
                   treacherous
                   lusts
                   ,
                   who
                   were
                   the
                   murtherers
                   
                   of
                   the
                   blessed
                   Jesus
                   ;
                   whom
                   if
                   thou
                   chase
                   from
                   thee
                   ,
                   which
                   thou
                   must
                   needs
                   do
                   ,
                   if
                   thou
                   welcome
                   thy
                   sins
                   ,
                   she
                   goes
                   along
                   with
                   the
                   blessed
                   Lamb
                   ,
                   and
                   never
                   leaves
                   him
                   ;
                   where
                   he
                   is
                   ,
                   she
                   is
                   still
                   to
                   be
                   sound
                   ;
                   and
                   had
                   not
                   he
                   come
                   into
                   the
                   visible
                   world
                   ,
                   she
                   had
                   never
                   presented
                   her self
                   to
                   mankind
                   ,
                   but
                   they
                   must
                   have
                   been
                   ever
                   separated
                   from
                   the
                   Glories
                   of
                   Eternity
                   :
                   What
                   can
                   the
                   best
                   extracted
                   cordial
                   do
                   to
                   a
                   man
                   who
                   is
                   naturally
                   dead
                   ?
                   neither
                   can
                   these
                   cordials
                   of
                   salvation
                   advantage
                   thee
                   who
                   art
                   spiritually
                   so
                   .
                   Most
                   blessed
                   Lord
                   make
                   me
                   a
                   subject
                   capable
                   of
                   thy
                   mercy
                   by
                   faith
                   and
                   repentance
                   ,
                   for
                   else
                   the
                   preparations
                   of
                   thy
                   mercy
                   will
                   be
                   my
                   greatest
                   misery
                   ;
                   to
                   see
                   redemption
                   at
                   a
                   distance
                   ,
                   causeth
                   a
                   languishment
                   of
                   the
                   soul
                   here
                   ,
                   if
                   she
                   have
                   any
                   residues
                   of
                   Grace
                   while
                   mercy
                   is
                   not
                   irrecoverable
                   :
                   but
                   to
                   see
                   her
                   removed
                   ,
                   when
                   she
                   can
                   never
                   return
                   ,
                   yet
                   so
                   many
                   times
                   offered
                   in
                   the
                   day
                   of
                   Grace
                   ,
                   is
                   the
                   most
                   bitter
                   ingredient
                   of
                   eternal
                   misery
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   Suffer
                   me
                   most
                   glorious
                   Jesus
                   ,
                   who
                   am
                   but
                   dust
                   and
                   ashes
                   ,
                   to
                   speak
                   unto
                   my
                   Lord
                   ;
                   and
                   let
                   me
                   ask
                   at
                   the
                   mouth
                   of
                   wisdom
                   ,
                   how
                   it
                   comes
                   to
                   pass
                   that
                   my
                   heart
                   should
                   pant
                   after
                   thee
                   now
                   ,
                   and
                   anon
                   grow
                   cold
                   and
                   disobedient
                   ?
                   can
                   Christ
                   and
                   Belial
                   be
                   inmates
                   together
                   ?
                   If
                   I
                   love
                   thee
                   and
                   desire
                   thee
                   above
                   all
                   things
                   to
                   day
                   ,
                   why
                   do
                   I
                   leave
                   thee
                   next
                   ,
                   since
                   thou
                   art
                   more
                   delectable
                   the
                   second
                   day
                   than
                   the
                   first
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   third
                   day
                   than
                   the
                   second
                   ;
                   since
                   thy
                   essential
                   sweets
                   do
                   not
                   like
                   those
                   thou
                   hast
                   created
                   ,
                   glut
                   the
                   appetite
                   ,
                   but
                   become
                   the
                   more
                   gratefull
                   the
                   more
                   frequently
                   they
                   are
                   tasted
                   ?
                   Oh
                   it
                   is
                   my
                   original
                   corruption
                   which
                   strives
                   to
                   demolish
                   those
                   reparations
                   of
                   Grace
                   which
                   are
                   in
                   my
                   soul
                   by
                   thy
                   death
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   obscure
                   those
                   reinfused
                   sparks
                   :
                   But
                   Lord
                   let
                   thy
                   additional
                   Grace
                   ,
                   joyned
                   to
                   that
                   twinkling
                   light
                   which
                   yet
                   remains
                   in
                   me
                   ,
                   improve
                   it
                   to
                   such
                   a
                   flame
                   by
                   thy
                   frequent
                   supplies
                   ,
                   that
                   by
                   its
                   light
                   I
                   may
                   discover
                   my
                   sins
                   ;
                   and
                   by
                   its
                   heat
                   they
                   may
                   be
                   consumed
                   ,
                   
                   who
                   would
                   betray
                   me
                   into
                   that
                   fire
                   which
                   should
                   ever
                   light
                   me
                   and
                   ever
                   burn
                   me
                   ,
                   but
                   never
                   consume
                   me
                   :
                   Blessed
                   Redeemer
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   not
                   onely
                   my
                   own
                   inherent
                   sinfulness
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   spirit
                   of
                   spirits
                   separated
                   from
                   thy self
                   to
                   encounter
                   withall
                   ;
                   but
                   there
                   is
                   another
                   cause
                   in
                   nature
                   which
                   depresses
                   my
                   soul
                   from
                   rising
                   up
                   to
                   her
                   Lord
                   ,
                   the
                   flesh
                   which
                   is
                   ever
                   warring
                   against
                   the
                   spirit
                   ;
                   and
                   besides
                   the
                   usuall
                   evils
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   there
                   is
                   more
                   in
                   me
                   than
                   the
                   bodies
                   of
                   men
                   do
                   often
                   bring
                   with
                   them
                   ;
                   thou
                   know'st
                   it
                   Lord
                   ,
                   for
                   thou
                   made'st
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   since
                   thou
                   did'st
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   silent
                   ;
                   I
                   know
                   thou
                   madest
                   me
                   to
                   thy
                   Glory
                   :
                   what
                   though
                   I
                   have
                   more
                   of
                   earth
                   in
                   the
                   composition
                   of
                   my
                   body
                   than
                   others
                   have
                   ,
                   by
                   which
                   the
                   motion
                   of
                   my
                   animal
                   and
                   vital
                   spirits
                   is
                   obstructed
                   ;
                   though
                   my
                   apprehension
                   and
                   memory
                   be
                   not
                   so
                   quick
                   and
                   retentive
                   ,
                   if
                   I
                   obey
                   my
                   Redeemer
                   ,
                   and
                   hearken
                   to
                   his
                   charms
                   ,
                   the
                   spirit
                   of
                   Jesus
                   shall
                   inspire
                   and
                   quicken
                   my
                   soul
                   ▪
                   which
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   nimble
                   and
                   active
                   
                   in
                   its
                   correspondencies
                   to
                   the
                   Rules
                   of
                   Christ
                   ,
                   I
                   shall
                   have
                   a
                   large
                   amends
                   for
                   the
                   splene
                   and
                   dulness
                   of
                   my
                   body
                   :
                   But
                   when
                   I
                   have
                   been
                   troubled
                   with
                   the
                   incumbency
                   of
                   this
                   weight
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   not
                   looked
                   up
                   unto
                   my
                   blessed
                   Jesus
                   ,
                   whom
                   I
                   might
                   have
                   seen
                   through
                   my
                   thickest
                   blood
                   ;
                   since
                   that
                   excellent
                   spirit
                   which
                   I
                   am
                   by
                   Creation
                   ,
                   doth
                   not
                   require
                   the
                   body
                   to
                   its
                   sublime
                   operations
                   ;
                   but
                   instead
                   of
                   this
                   most
                   injured
                   Saviour
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   run
                   to
                   thy
                   Creatures
                   for
                   help
                   ,
                   yet
                   that
                   I
                   might
                   have
                   done
                   ,
                   for
                   they
                   had
                   not
                   been
                   but
                   to
                   preserve
                   my
                   being
                   ,
                   and
                   support
                   my
                   natural
                   life
                   ;
                   but
                   ah
                   wretch
                   that
                   I
                   am
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   made
                   an
                   inordinate
                   use
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   turned
                   thy
                   blessings
                   into
                   my
                   own
                   curses
                   instead
                   of
                   putting
                   my
                   soul
                   into
                   a
                   more
                   serviceable
                   estate
                   for
                   thy
                   glory
                   ,
                   by
                   correcting
                   the
                   disproportions
                   of
                   my
                   temperament
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   defaced
                   her
                   beauty
                   with
                   intemperance
                   ,
                   and
                   exposed
                   her
                   to
                   the
                   assaults
                   of
                   Lusts
                   ,
                   and
                   Devils
                   :
                   But
                   Oh
                   most
                   meek
                   and
                   mercifull
                   Jesus
                   ,
                   though
                   I
                   made
                   a
                   resignation
                   of
                   
                   my self
                   ,
                   thou
                   didst
                   not
                   give
                   me
                   away
                   by
                   substracting
                   the
                   residues
                   of
                   thy
                   Grace
                   ,
                   but
                   my
                   spirit
                   even
                   in
                   her
                   most
                   deliberate
                   aberrations
                   from
                   thy
                   Rule
                   ,
                   was
                   the
                   object
                   of
                   thy
                   infinite
                   mercy
                   ;
                   and
                   as
                   thy
                   Apostle
                   S
                   t
                   Peter
                   in
                   his
                   diffidence
                   was
                   supported
                   by
                   thy
                   graciously
                   extended
                   Arm
                   from
                   being
                   drowned
                   in
                   the
                   sea
                   of
                   waters
                   ,
                   so
                   was
                   my
                   soul
                   secured
                   by
                   thy
                   stupendous
                   compassion
                   from
                   being
                   overwhelmed
                   by
                   the
                   consequences
                   of
                   my
                   sin
                   :
                   Most
                   dear
                   Jesus
                   ,
                   inflame
                   my
                   soul
                   I
                   beseech
                   thee
                   so
                   with
                   thy
                   love
                   ,
                   that
                   being
                   set
                   on
                   fire
                   with
                   thee
                   ,
                   it
                   may
                   like
                   unto
                   these
                   elementary
                   flames
                   which
                   thou
                   hast
                   made
                   ,
                   be
                   still
                   tending
                   upwards
                   in
                   heavenly
                   aspirations
                   ,
                   till
                   its
                   desire
                   shall
                   arrive
                   to
                   a
                   most
                   happy
                   fruition
                   .
                   Sweet
                   Jesus
                   my
                   Redeemer
                   ,
                   pardon
                   thy
                   Creature
                   who
                   dare
                   thus
                   to
                   expostulate
                   with
                   thee
                   ;
                   the
                   enquiries
                   into
                   Men
                   and
                   Books
                   return
                   upon
                   us
                   with
                   a
                   retinue
                   of
                   errours
                   ,
                   unless
                   we
                   come
                   to
                   Thee
                   who
                   art
                   the
                   Oracle
                   of
                   Divine
                   Truth
                   :
                   It
                   is
                   most
                   true
                   ,
                   Lord
                   ,
                   that
                   we
                   must
                   use
                   those
                   means
                   to
                   attain
                   Knowledge
                   
                   which
                   thou
                   hast
                   laid
                   before
                   us
                   ;
                   and
                   not
                   dream
                   for
                   infusions
                   of
                   truth
                   to
                   drop
                   from
                   thy
                   treasures
                   of
                   wisdom
                   into
                   the
                   gaping
                   idleness
                   of
                   our
                   life
                   ;
                   such
                   Enthusiastick
                   Spirits
                   must
                   know
                   their
                   ignorance
                   of
                   the
                   value
                   of
                   truth
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   should
                   be
                   so
                   poorly
                   attainable
                   before
                   they
                   can
                   be
                   in
                   a
                   capacity
                   of
                   further
                   information
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   A
                   Prayer
                   .
                
                 
                   O
                   Eternal
                   and
                   most
                   merciful
                   Lord
                   God
                   ,
                   whose
                   eyes
                   are
                   alwayes
                   upon
                   the
                   Children
                   of
                   men
                   ;
                   look
                   down
                   I
                   humbly
                   beseech
                   thee
                   upon
                   me
                   ,
                   who
                   in
                   great
                   distress
                   of
                   mind
                   ,
                   and
                   anguish
                   of
                   spirit
                   ,
                   do
                   here
                   prostrate
                   my self
                   both
                   soul
                   and
                   body
                   before
                   thy
                   Divine
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   beseeching
                   thee
                   (
                   who
                   art
                   the
                   God
                   of
                   all
                   consolation
                   )
                   to
                   assist
                   and
                   comfort
                   me
                   thy
                   poor
                   Servant
                   (
                   though
                   exceeding
                   sinfull
                   )
                   with
                   refreshments
                   from
                   thy self
                   ,
                   and
                   let
                   thy
                   heavenly
                   support
                   be
                   alwayes
                   ready
                   to
                   hold
                   me
                   up
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   
                   may
                   not
                   sink
                   under
                   the
                   burthen
                   of
                   sad
                   and
                   melancholy
                   apprehensions
                   which
                   so
                   incessantly
                   oppress
                   my
                   soul
                   :
                   Lord
                   ,
                   let
                   thy
                   holy
                   spirit
                   from
                   above
                   so
                   raise
                   my
                   dejected
                   spirit
                   from
                   the
                   depth
                   of
                   sorrow
                   ,
                   and
                   frightfull
                   imaginations
                   which
                   do
                   continually
                   assault
                   me
                   .
                   Dear
                   Father
                   ,
                   I
                   confess
                   ,
                   that
                   my
                   life
                   hath
                   been
                   a
                   continual
                   reiteration
                   of
                   sin
                   ,
                   and
                   daily
                   repetition
                   of
                   all
                   wickedness
                   and
                   impiety
                   ;
                   that
                   time
                   which
                   should
                   have
                   been
                   measured
                   out
                   in
                   praising
                   and
                   magnifying
                   thy
                   holy
                   Name
                   ,
                   hath
                   been
                   spent
                   in
                   the
                   service
                   of
                   Satan
                   that
                   grand
                   enemy
                   of
                   thy
                   Truth
                   and
                   our
                   Salvation
                   ;
                   I
                   have
                   made
                   a
                   profession
                   of
                   godliness
                   in
                   outward
                   appearance
                   ,
                   but
                   have
                   denied
                   the
                   power
                   thereof
                   ,
                   as
                   if
                   I
                   had
                   favoured
                   Religion
                   for
                   no
                   other
                   end
                   but
                   to
                   preserve
                   my
                   Name
                   from
                   scandal
                   and
                   reproach
                   ;
                   and
                   so
                   O
                   Lord
                   have
                   preferred
                   my
                   own
                   temporary
                   credit
                   before
                   the
                   honour
                   of
                   thy
                   holy
                   Name
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   own
                   eternal
                   safety
                   ;
                   all
                   the
                   sins
                   that
                   in
                   thy
                   decalogue
                   for
                   a
                   Christians
                   life
                   thou
                   hast
                   forbidden
                   
                   to
                   be
                   done
                   ,
                   do
                   I
                   stand
                   guilty
                   of
                   O
                   Lord
                   ;
                   and
                   all
                   the
                   duties
                   thou
                   hast
                   commanded
                   thy
                   people
                   to
                   perform
                   ,
                   O
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   neglected
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   all
                   the
                   judgments
                   thou
                   hast
                   denounced
                   against
                   sinners
                   ,
                   O
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   most
                   justly
                   deserved
                   :
                   so
                   that
                   most
                   righteous
                   God
                   when
                   I
                   look
                   upon
                   thy
                   Justice
                   recorded
                   in
                   thy
                   sacred
                   Word
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   behold
                   my
                   own
                   sinfulness
                   which
                   I
                   cannot
                   see
                   but
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   glass
                   ,
                   I
                   find
                   such
                   a
                   disproportion
                   ,
                   that
                   nothing
                   is
                   then
                   left
                   to
                   me
                   but
                   the
                   expectation
                   of
                   thy
                   everlasting
                   displeasure
                   :
                   But
                   dear
                   Father
                   ,
                   if
                   thou
                   whose
                   most
                   pure
                   eyes
                   cannot
                   behold
                   the
                   least
                   sin
                   with
                   approbation
                   ,
                   should'st
                   strictly
                   enquire
                   into
                   the
                   Lives
                   of
                   men
                   ,
                   even
                   the
                   best
                   men
                   ;
                   and
                   be
                   extream
                   to
                   mark
                   what
                   they
                   have
                   done
                   amiss
                   ,
                   none
                   were
                   sufficient
                   to
                   stand
                   before
                   thee
                   and
                   endure
                   thy
                   touch
                   ,
                   for
                   there
                   is
                   none
                   that
                   doth
                   good
                   ,
                   no
                   not
                   one
                   :
                   But
                   thou
                   Lord
                   hast
                   another
                   look
                   wherein
                   Mercy
                   reigns
                   in
                   abundant
                   measure
                   ,
                   and
                   casts
                   so
                   sweet
                   regards
                   towards
                   the
                   souls
                   of
                   
                   repenting
                   sinners
                   ,
                   as
                   can
                   in
                   one
                   moment
                   raise
                   them
                   from
                   death
                   to
                   life
                   ,
                   for
                   which
                   we
                   bless
                   thee
                   ,
                   for
                   which
                   we
                   praise
                   thee
                   O
                   sweet
                   Jesus
                   the
                   author
                   and
                   finisher
                   of
                   our
                   salvation
                   ,
                   who
                   hast
                   satisfied
                   thy
                   Fathers
                   wrath
                   ,
                   and
                   hast
                   given
                   us
                   access
                   by
                   Grace
                   through
                   thy
                   infinite
                   merits
                   ;
                   and
                   here
                   O
                   Lord
                   I
                   am
                   emboldened
                   to
                   renew
                   my
                   petition
                   ,
                   first
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   pardon
                   of
                   all
                   my
                   sins
                   past
                   in
                   his
                   blood
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   dear
                   Father
                   for
                   all
                   spiritual
                   blessings
                   and
                   temporal
                   which
                   thou
                   seest
                   conducible
                   for
                   me
                   ;
                   but
                   especially
                   ,
                   O
                   Lord
                   ,
                   in
                   this
                   Prayer
                   ,
                   I
                   beg
                   for
                   a
                   chearfull
                   heart
                   ,
                   without
                   which
                   I
                   cannot
                   serve
                   thee
                   as
                   I
                   ought
                   ,
                   being
                   indisposed
                   to
                   those
                   holy
                   Duties
                   which
                   thou
                   requirest
                   from
                   me
                   by
                   the
                   incumbency
                   of
                   sadness
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   disturbed
                   phantasie
                   ,
                   strange
                   fears
                   and
                   deep
                   imaginations
                   do
                   take
                   hold
                   upon
                   me
                   ,
                   but
                   remove
                   them
                   I
                   beseech
                   thee
                   ,
                   and
                   establish
                   in
                   me
                   the
                   fear
                   of
                   thy
                   Name
                   ,
                   and
                   no
                   other
                   fear
                   ,
                   sorrow
                   or
                   sadness
                   for
                   having
                   sinned
                   against
                   thee
                   ;
                   that
                   I
                   may
                   be
                   alwayes
                   merry
                   in
                   Jesus
                   Christ
                   ,
                   
                   and
                   may
                   run
                   with
                   chearfulness
                   the
                   race
                   which
                   thou
                   hast
                   set
                   before
                   me
                   :
                   Lord
                   hear
                   me
                   for
                   the
                   sake
                   of
                   thy
                   beloved
                   Son
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   sweet
                   Saviour
                   ,
                   let
                   my
                   prayers
                   and
                   daily
                   cryings
                   come
                   before
                   thee
                   ,
                   but
                   let
                   my
                   sins
                   be
                   never
                   heard
                   ,
                   O
                   Lord
                   ;
                   I
                   will
                   ever
                   be
                   lifting
                   up
                   my
                   voice
                   unto
                   thee
                   ,
                   Lord
                   send
                   me
                   comfort
                   from
                   thy
                   Holy
                   Place
                   ,
                   that
                   while
                   I
                   live
                   in
                   this
                   world
                   ,
                   I
                   may
                   be
                   a
                   comfort
                   and
                   a
                   delight
                   unto
                   my self
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   a
                   burthen
                   ,
                   but
                   above
                   all
                   things
                   ,
                   a
                   persevering
                   Christian
                   through
                   Jesus
                   Christ.
                   Amen
                   .
                
                 
                   FINIS
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
               PHYSIOLOGIA
               :
               OR
               The
               Nature
               of
               EXTERNALS
               briefly
               discuss't
               .
            
             
               SHEWING
               ,
               That
               no
               true
               Pleasure
               can
               be
               deriv'd
               from
               SENSIBLE
               OBJECTS
               .
            
             
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               .
               
                 Plut.
                 contra
                 Chrysip
                 .
              
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               by
               
                 J.
                 M.
              
               for
               
                 Henry
                 Bonwicke
              
               at
               the
               
                 Red
                 Lyon
              
               in
               S.
               
               Paul's
               Church-yard
               ,
               MDCLXXXI
               .
            
          
           
             
             
             
               TO
               THE
               Highly
               Honourable
               GEORGE
               DUKE
               of
               BUCKINGHAM
               His
               GRACE
               .
            
             
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 ,
              
            
             
               I
               Am
               encouraged
               from
               Your
               Graces
               former
               Respects
               to
               me
               ,
               and
               the
               honour
               of
               being
               related
               to
               Your
               Person
               ,
               to
               dedicate
               to
               Your
               Grace
               this
               Enchiridion
               :
               The
               matter
               of
               the
               discourse
               in
               it
               ,
               out
               of
               my
               Duty
               to
               Virtue
               ,
               I
               dare
               not
               but
               call
               good
               ,
               though
               not
               the
               management
               of
               it
               :
               since
               by
               the
               Rule
               of
               Morals
               ,
               Good
               doth
               
                 Constare
                 ex
                 Integris
              
               ,
               and
               will
               not
               admit
               of
               the
               least
               Evil
               ,
               or
               smallest
               Errour
               
               into
               its
               composition
               .
               The
               simplicity
               of
               my
               intentions
               will
               only
               endure
               this
               touchstone
               ,
               which
               I
               may
               safely
               say
               are
               to
               promote
               Truth
               ,
               and
               no
               wayes
               to
               obtrude
               Falsities
               .
               I
               humbly
               offer
               to
               Your
               Graces
               Patronage
               ,
               only
               that
               part
               of
               it
               which
               hath
               escap't
               misprisions
               ;
               as
               for
               the
               other
               it
               will
               be
               enough
               that
               it
               be
               defended
               from
               the
               rude
               attacques
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               under
               the
               Authority
               of
               Your
               Graces
               Protection
               ,
               though
               not
               of
               Your
               Approbation
               :
            
             
               
                 Your
                 Graces
                 most
                 humble
                 ,
                 and
                 firmly
                 devoted
                 servant
                 ,
                 
                   George
                   Freman
                
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               PHYSIOLOGIA
               :
               Or
               the
               Nature
               of
               EXTERNALS
               briefly
               discuss't
               .
            
             
               BElzebub
               the
               Lord
               of
               Flies
               (
               as
               his
               Name
               signifies
               in
               the
               Hebrew
               )
               is
               with
               his
               swarms
               of
               revolted
               spirits
               continually
               buzzing
               about
               the
               Souls
               of
               Men
               ,
               and
               suggesting
               to
               our
               minds
               falsities
               for
               truths
               :
               perswading
               us
               ,
               that
               not
               Internal
               ,
               but
               External
               things
               are
               the
               matter
               of
               true
               Pleasure
               ,
               that
               so
               causing
               us
               to
               erect
               our
               hopes
               upon
               a
               rotten
               foundation
               ,
               at
               the
               time
               of
               our
               death
               when
               that
               shall
               fail
               ,
               the
               structure
               may
               fall
               to
               the
               ground
               ,
               nay
               ,
               much
               lower
               ,
               even
               into
               the
               Abyss
               of
               despair
               .
            
             
             
               The
               sad
               issues
               of
               this
               suggestion
               ,
               are
               much
               promoted
               by
               our
               Essential
               consistency
               of
               Spirit
               and
               Body
               :
               the
               material
               ,
               and
               bodily
               part
               always
               disposing
               us
               to
               the
               pursuance
               of
               Outward
               things
               ,
               contrary
               to
               the
               approbation
               of
               the
               Intellectual
               .
               But
               since
               the
               depravation
               of
               Mans
               Will
               by
               the
               fall
               of
               Adam
               ,
               we
               are
               united
               to
               Errour
               ,
               and
               need
               not
               a
               Tempter
               to
               lead
               us
               out
               of
               the
               way
               ;
               for
               both
               the
               Principles
               of
               our
               Being
               do
               now
               dispose
               us
               to
               wrong
               Objects
               :
               therefore
               to
               lay
               open
               this
               grand
               Fallacy
               ,
               it
               being
               in
               a
               matter
               of
               so
               great
               concernment
               ,
               as
               is
               the
               Eternal
               happiness
               or
               perdition
               of
               Men
               ;
               let
               us
               examine
               what
               is
               requisite
               to
               the
               constituting
               of
               true
               Pleasure
               .
               To
               the
               making
               up
               then
               of
               true
               and
               real
               Pleasure
               ,
               I
               shall
               lay
               down
               these
               three
               Conditions
               as
               requisite
               :
               First
               ,
               That
               the
               Object
               be
               suitable
               to
               the
               Soul.
               Secondly
               ,
               That
               the
               Soul
               be
               put
               into
               Fruition
               of
               this
               suitable
               Object
               .
               Thirdly
               ,
               That
               the
               perpetuity
               of
               this
               Fruition
               be
               ensur'd
               to
               it
               .
               Now
               let
               us
               enquire
               ,
               whether
               
               External
               things
               ,
               considered
               simply
               in
               themselves
               ,
               and
               not
               relatively
               ,
               as
               they
               have
               respect
               to
               greater
               ends
               ,
               have
               these
               three
               Conditions
               in
               them
               ,
               or
               no.
               First
               then
               :
               Is
               any
               External
               thing
               an
               Object
               suitable
               to
               the
               mind
               of
               Man
               ?
               I
               answer
               ,
               That
               no
               External
               thing
               is
               :
               because
               they
               all
               want
               two
               Qualifications
               which
               are
               requisite
               to
               make
               an
               Object
               suitable
               to
               the
               mind
               ;
               the
               first
               of
               which
               is
               ,
               That
               it
               be
               congeneal
               and
               of
               the
               same
               nature
               with
               the
               Soul
               :
               that
               is
               ,
               a
               substance
               immaterial
               ,
               or
               spiritual
               .
               The
               second
               ,
               that
               it
               have
               in
               it
               a
               sufficiency
               to
               gratifie
               all
               the
               Appetites
               of
               the
               Soul.
               First
               ,
               No
               outward
               thing
               is
               immaterial
               ,
               or
               spiritual
               ,
               for
               a
               spiritual
               substance
               comes
               not
               within
               the
               notice
               of
               our
               senses
               :
               and
               though
               in
               Scripture
               we
               read
               of
               the
               appearing
               of
               Angels
               ,
               as
               three
               to
               Abraham
               ,
               two
               to
               Lot
               ,
               one
               to
               Cornelius
               ,
               another
               to
               S
               t
               Peter
               :
               yet
               this
               must
               be
               suppos'd
               to
               have
               been
               by
               the
               assumption
               of
               bodies
               ,
               to
               which
               they
               were
               united
               ,
               not
               essentially
               ,
               but
               occasionally
               ,
               and
               
                 pro
                 tempore
              
               :
               for
               in
               
               other
               places
               the
               Scripture
               tells
               us
               what
               their
               natures
               are
               ;
               calling
               them
               Spirits
               ,
               
                 Psal.
                 104.
                 vers
                 .
                 4.
                 
                 Heb.
                 chap.
                 1.
                 vers
                 .
              
               14.
               and
               although
               I
               find
               no
               decisive
               Text
               ,
               for
               that
               Opinion
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               a
               Tutelary
               ,
               and
               a
               seducing
               Angel
               ,
               attending
               upon
               every
               Man
               and
               Woman
               ,
               and
               likewise
               Children
               ,
               which
               was
               indeed
               held
               amongst
               the
               Heathen
               ,
               under
               the
               terms
               of
               bonus
               ,
               and
               
                 malus
                 Genius
              
               ;
               yet
               it
               speaks
               indefinitely
               ,
               Heb.
               1.
               14.
               that
               
                 they
                 are
                 all
                 ministring
                 Spirits
                 for
                 the
                 Elect
                 :
              
               but
               notwithstanding
               their
               presence
               appears
               not
               to
               them
               ,
               when
               they
               come
               in
               their
               own
               Natures
               .
               So
               likewise
               the
               Souls
               of
               Men
               are
               not
               within
               the
               notice
               of
               our
               senses
               ,
               being
               Spirits
               ,
               and
               incorporeal
               substances
               ,
               as
               Angels
               are
               :
               for
               which
               we
               have
               the
               testimony
               of
               Scripture
               ;
               Man
               was
               made
               after
               the
               Image
               and
               Similitude
               of
               God.
               But
               since
               the
               sense
               of
               these
               words
               ,
               Image
               and
               Similitude
               ,
               is
               much
               controverted
               in
               the
               Schools
               ,
               let
               us
               look
               into
               the
               twelfth
               of
               the
               Hebrews
               ,
               at
               the
               ninth
               
               verse
               ,
               
                 Furthermore
                 ,
                 we
                 had
                 fathers
                 of
                 our
                 flesh
                 which
                 corrected
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 we
                 gave
                 them
                 reverence
                 ,
                 shall
                 we
                 not
                 much
                 rather
                 be
                 in
                 subjection
                 to
                 the
                 Father
                 of
                 Spirits
                 ,
                 and
                 live
                 ?
              
               where
               Souls
               are
               called
               Spirits
               in
               opposition
               to
               flesh
               .
               Besides
               the
               Testimony
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               we
               have
               a
               demonstration
               of
               their
               nature
               in
               the
               death
               of
               every
               Man
               ,
               for
               though
               the
               Soul
               be
               separated
               from
               the
               body
               ,
               yet
               the
               standers
               by
               see
               it
               not
               :
               we
               hear
               nothing
               but
               the
               groans
               of
               the
               dying
               person
               caus'd
               by
               the
               motion
               of
               Parts
               ;
               we
               feel
               nothing
               but
               a
               coldness
               in
               the
               extremities
               of
               the
               body
               ,
               caused
               by
               the
               cessation
               of
               motion
               ;
               we
               smell
               nothing
               but
               a
               putrid
               savour
               caus'd
               by
               the
               corruption
               of
               humours
               ,
               neither
               do
               we
               tast
               any
               thing
               :
               On
               the
               contrary
               ,
               all
               outward
               ,
               and
               corporeal
               things
               are
               obvious
               to
               some
               one
               of
               our
               senses
               :
               for
               instance
               ;
               though
               we
               cannot
               hear
               the
               Light
               ,
               we
               can
               see
               it
               ;
               though
               we
               cannot
               see
               the
               Air
               ,
               we
               can
               feel
               it
               ;
               and
               though
               we
               taste
               not
               the
               white
               of
               an
               Egg
               ,
               yet
               we
               can
               see
               it
               ,
               or
               feel
               it
               ;
               
               and
               though
               we
               cannot
               smell
               a
               piece
               of
               Glass
               ,
               yet
               we
               can
               likewise
               see
               it
               ,
               or
               feel
               it
               ;
               and
               so
               of
               all
               material
               things
               that
               are
               at
               a
               due
               distance
               from
               the
               organs
               of
               our
               sense
               .
               And
               here
               before
               we
               look
               into
               the
               second
               thing
               requisite
               ,
               let
               us
               examine
               why
               it
               is
               necessary
               that
               the
               Object
               be
               of
               the
               same
               nature
               with
               the
               Soul.
               Thus
               then
               ;
               the
               Soul
               of
               Man
               being
               immaterial
               ,
               that
               which
               makes
               it
               happy
               by
               the
               fruition
               of
               it self
               ,
               must
               likewise
               be
               immaterial
               ,
               for
               as
               it
               is
               a
               fundamental
               in
               Physick
               ,
               that
               Nutrition
               is
               made
               by
               Similaries
               :
               so
               likewise
               is
               this
               assertion
               true
               in
               the
               Metaphysical
               complacency
               between
               the
               Soul
               ,
               and
               the
               Object
               ;
               it
               cannot
               receive
               a
               proper
               supply
               from
               any
               thing
               that
               doth
               not
               bear
               an
               affinity
               with
               it
               in
               its
               substance
               ,
               and
               qualities
               .
               This
               reciprocall
               delight
               between
               Parties
               is
               discoverable
               in
               every
               species
               of
               Created
               Beings
               ,
               and
               in
               every
               action
               in
               
                 Natura
                 naturata
              
               .
               In
               Physicks
               ,
               flame
               and
               flame
               embrace
               one
               another
               ;
               but
               a
               furious
               conflict
               ariseth
               from
               the
               
               convention
               of
               fire
               and
               water
               :
               in
               Morals
               ,
               goodness
               accords
               with
               goodness
               ,
               but
               vice
               will
               not
               be
               suffered
               to
               dwell
               with
               virtue
               :
               and
               in
               the
               Metaphysical
               action
               of
               the
               contemplation
               of
               the
               Soul
               ,
               we
               see
               experimentally
               ,
               that
               she
               cannot
               content
               her self
               with
               inferiour
               Objects
               ,
               but
               is
               still
               seeking
               to
               her self
               some
               more
               excellent
               matter
               of
               delight
               :
               which
               desires
               of
               the
               mind
               intelligent
               men
               may
               take
               notice
               of
               in
               themselves
               ,
               if
               they
               will
               be
               self-observers
               .
               This
               appetite
               of
               the
               Soul
               ,
               is
               the
               reason
               why
               Solomon
               was
               not
               contented
               with
               all
               his
               clusters
               of
               delights
               ;
               though
               he
               turn'd
               over
               the
               whole
               world
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               yet
               he
               arrived
               not
               to
               the
               summ
               of
               his
               desires
               ,
               but
               still
               there
               remained
               in
               his
               spirit
               ,
               an
               appetite
               after
               something
               more
               than
               any
               exteriour
               thing
               could
               furnish
               him
               withall
               :
               so
               that
               at
               last
               he
               openly
               proclaims
               them
               all
               to
               be
               (
               excuse
               the
               catachresis
               )
               but
               full
               of
               emptiness
               .
               Seneca
               saith
               of
               
                 Augustus
                 Caesar
              
               ,
               that
               he
               delighted
               to
               talk
               of
               laying
               down
               the
               Scepter
               ,
               and
               of
               betaking
               himself
               to
               a
               
               recluse
               life
               .
               And
               we
               read
               that
               the
               Emperour
               Charles
               the
               fifth
               resigned
               up
               the
               Low-Countries
               and
               Burgundy
               ,
               and
               afterward
               all
               the
               rest
               of
               his
               Dominions
               ,
               to
               his
               Son
               Philip
               in
               his
               life-time
               .
               And
               of
               the
               Emperour
               Theodosius
               ,
               that
               he
               delivered
               up
               the
               charge
               of
               the
               Empire
               to
               his
               two
               Sons
               Arcadius
               ,
               and
               Honorius
               ,
               though
               with
               power
               to
               resume
               it
               ,
               which
               he
               never
               did
               :
               and
               many
               other
               precedents
               of
               the
               same
               kind
               doth
               History
               present
               us
               withall
               ,
               of
               which
               it
               is
               reasonable
               to
               think
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               not
               only
               the
               troubles
               which
               usually
               attend
               Crowns
               ,
               caused
               this
               in
               them
               (
               others
               being
               deputed
               to
               bear
               the
               greatest
               burdens
               in
               that
               kind
               )
               but
               rather
               ,
               that
               all
               their
               enlargements
               could
               not
               present
               them
               with
               any
               thing
               agreeable
               to
               those
               secret
               appetites
               of
               their
               minds
               :
               and
               this
               dissatisfaction
               there
               is
               in
               all
               the
               entertainments
               of
               sense
               :
               by
               which
               it
               appears
               ,
               that
               the
               great
               capacities
               of
               the
               Soul
               can
               never
               be
               filled
               up
               with
               these
               lean
               ,
               and
               scanty
               Objects
               :
               and
               whiles
               that
               Capacity
               is
               unsupplyed
               ,
               
               there
               will
               be
               a
               coveting
               of
               those
               things
               which
               are
               the
               proper
               Objects
               of
               its
               nature
               ,
               and
               so
               long
               as
               there
               is
               that
               appetite
               ,
               the
               mind
               cannot
               be
               said
               to
               enjoy
               true
               pleasure
               .
               But
               here
               I
               expect
               to
               have
               it
               objected
               to
               me
               ,
               That
               upon
               this
               account
               ,
               the
               Virtuous
               Man
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               the
               Sensualist
               ,
               cannot
               be
               said
               to
               enjoy
               true
               Pleasure
               ,
               because
               the
               former
               as
               well
               as
               the
               latter
               ,
               hath
               not
               while
               he
               is
               in
               the
               body
               his
               appetite
               satisfied
               :
               To
               this
               I
               answer
               ,
               That
               when
               the
               mind
               is
               once
               set
               right
               ,
               and
               hath
               made
               a
               choice
               of
               that
               which
               is
               intrinsecally
               good
               ,
               and
               suitable
               to
               its
               nature
               ;
               immediately
               it
               begins
               to
               enjoy
               true
               Pleasure
               :
               because
               although
               it
               do
               still
               desire
               more
               ,
               yet
               doth
               it
               not
               covet
               any
               thing
               better
               or
               of
               a
               more
               excellent
               nature
               ,
               than
               it
               hath
               already
               tasted
               of
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               desires
               of
               the
               mind
               are
               stopt
               
                 quoad
                 rem
              
               ;
               because
               it
               doth
               not
               covet
               any
               thing
               contrary
               to
               ,
               or
               desperate
               from
               what
               it
               hath
               already
               pitch't
               upon
               ;
               but
               not
               
                 quoad
                 mensuram
                 rei
              
               ,
               because
               it
               desires
               to
               be
               put
               
               into
               a
               full
               fruition
               of
               that
               ,
               which
               it
               now
               enjoys
               but
               in
               part
               :
               upon
               which
               account
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Grace
               and
               Glory
               ,
               seem
               not
               to
               me
               to
               differ
               otherwise
               than
               gradually
               ;
               so
               that
               the
               Spiritual
               man
               hath
               something
               of
               that
               he
               desires
               ,
               but
               not
               all
               :
               yet
               so
               much
               as
               he
               hath
               sufficeth
               to
               bring
               him
               true
               Pleasure
               ;
               though
               not
               to
               make
               up
               the
               integrality
               of
               it
               :
               while
               the
               Sensual
               Man
               pursuing
               a
               wrong
               Object
               ,
               cannot
               possibly
               while
               he
               doth
               so
               ,
               arrive
               at
               true
               pleasure
               .
               The
               second
               thing
               requisite
               to
               constitute
               ,
               or
               make
               an
               Object
               suitable
               to
               the
               mind
               ,
               is
               ,
               that
               it
               have
               wherewithal
               to
               gratifie
               all
               the
               appetites
               of
               the
               Soul
               :
               but
               no
               external
               thing
               can
               accommodate
               the
               mind
               with
               more
               than
               it
               hath
               in
               it self
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               it
               cannot
               entertain
               it
               with
               spiritual
               delights
               :
               how
               far
               short
               will
               it
               prove
               then
               of
               satisfying
               the
               Soul
               with
               all
               it
               is
               capable
               of
               in
               spirituals
               ?
               this
               being
               more
               than
               any
               created
               Intelligence
               can
               administer
               to
               it
               :
               for
               though
               we
               find
               many
               excellencies
               in
               Angels
               ,
               and
               the
               Souls
               of
               Men
               ,
               
               by
               the
               reason
               that
               they
               are
               intelligent
               Natures
               ,
               yet
               they
               have
               not
               that
               sufficiency
               in
               them
               which
               is
               requisite
               to
               an
               Object
               that
               is
               in
               all
               respects
               suitable
               to
               the
               mind
               ;
               which
               must
               not
               only
               present
               it
               with
               something
               spiritual
               and
               incorporeal
               ,
               but
               likewise
               with
               whatsoever
               it
               can
               covet
               within
               the
               genus
               of
               spiritual
               and
               immaterial
               existencies
               ;
               and
               this
               nothing
               can
               do
               ,
               but
               that
               satiating
               Plenitude
               ,
               which
               is
               only
               to
               be
               found
               in
               God
               :
               which
               appears
               to
               be
               true
               by
               that
               propensity
               which
               Men
               of
               large
               apprehensions
               have
               to
               enquire
               into
               those
               remote
               Truths
               which
               yet
               they
               cannot
               see
               clearly
               into
               :
               there
               is
               a
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               Rom.
               1.
               19.
               which
               hath
               such
               a
               Magnetick
               virtue
               in
               it
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               alwayes
               drawing
               the
               Soul
               towards
               it self
               ,
               neither
               will
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Man
               be
               ever
               at
               rest
               ,
               till
               it
               be
               united
               to
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               put
               into
               a
               full
               fruition
               of
               the
               Deity
               .
               How
               do
               we
               hear
               even
               young
               Students
               wrangle
               about
               the
               dividing
               of
               a
               body
               into
               so
               small
               parts
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               is
               not
               capable
               of
               
               further
               division
               ?
               for
               not
               conceiving
               how
               it
               can
               be
               ,
               that
               so
               long
               as
               there
               remains
               something
               in
               quantity
               ,
               that
               quantity
               should
               not
               be
               capable
               of
               being
               separated
               ,
               at
               least
               Intellectu
               ,
               though
               not
               Actu
               ,
               and
               yet
               not
               understanding
               how
               a
               body
               can
               admit
               infinite
               separations
               ,
               they
               are
               still
               searching
               into
               this
               Abstrusity
               which
               remains
               with
               God.
               What
               Battologies
               have
               we
               about
               Free-will
               and
               respective
               Decrees
               ?
               not
               being
               able
               to
               distinguish
               between
               the
               precognition
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               his
               concurrence
               of
               volition
               ,
               or
               necessitation
               ?
               how
               are
               we
               prying
               into
               the
               mystery
               of
               the
               Incarnation
               ?
               into
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               Trinity
               ?
               there
               are
               certain
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               which
               S
               t
               Peter
               speaks
               of
               to
               be
               in
               S
               t
               Pauls
               Epistles
               ;
               which
               although
               they
               are
               
                 things
                 hard
                 to
                 be
                 understood
              
               ,
               yet
               are
               we
               still
               coveting
               to
               comprehend
               them
               ;
               which
               aspirations
               of
               the
               Soul
               do
               shew
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               created
               for
               matters
               of
               a
               higher
               concernment
               ,
               than
               any
               created
               substance
               can
               furnish
               it
               withall
               from
               themselves
               :
               for
               such
               
               things
               are
               to
               be
               found
               only
               in
               God
               ,
               inhesively
               ,
               or
               subjectively
               ,
               but
               they
               may
               be
               communicated
               to
               us
               by
               Angels
               ,
               who
               know
               them
               either
               by
               acquisition
               ,
               or
               divine
               infusion
               :
               and
               these
               tendencies
               of
               the
               mind
               ,
               are
               arguments
               to
               me
               ,
               that
               the
               Soul
               of
               Man
               is
               capable
               of
               apprehending
               those
               abstracted
               Truths
               ,
               which
               it
               so
               covets
               to
               know
               while
               it
               is
               in
               the
               body
               ;
               because
               our
               pressing
               to
               know
               ,
               seem's
               to
               me
               to
               be
               an
               immediate
               effect
               ,
               of
               our
               wanting
               ,
               or
               being
               ignorant
               of
               something
               which
               our
               minds
               are
               comprehensive
               of
               :
               and
               therefore
               Beatified
               spirits
               cease
               to
               desire
               more
               ,
               because
               their
               capacities
               are
               fill'd
               ;
               which
               is
               perfect
               Happiness
               
                 ad
                 modum
                 recipientis
              
               .
               But
               it
               may
               be
               objected
               ,
               That
               the
               Angels
               which
               fell
               desired
               to
               be
               equal
               with
               God
               ,
               but
               it
               was
               impossible
               it
               should
               be
               so
               ,
               therefore
               we
               must
               not
               measure
               our
               capacities
               by
               our
               desires
               .
               To
               this
               I
               answer
               :
               First
               ,
               that
               I
               do
               not
               believe
               they
               ever
               did
               ,
               because
               ,
               it
               must
               seem
               to
               be
               below
               the
               extent
               of
               their
               knowledge
               ,
               which
               
               reached
               to
               so
               vast
               a
               height
               ,
               to
               entertain
               with
               the
               least
               hopes
               such
               a
               childish
               Ambition
               ,
               but
               rather
               that
               their
               Lapse
               did
               arise
               from
               a
               spleen
               ,
               and
               malice
               to
               God
               for
               advancing
               Mankind
               so
               high
               :
               or
               if
               it
               could
               be
               so
               :
               we
               must
               distinguish
               between
               an
               undue
               ,
               and
               vitious
               ,
               and
               a
               natural
               ,
               or
               necessary
               act
               of
               the
               will
               :
               I
               'le
               suppose
               their's
               to
               have
               been
               an
               audacious
               ,
               and
               arbitrary
               willing
               of
               that
               which
               was
               
                 ipso
                 facto
              
               destructive
               to
               their
               happiness
               ;
               but
               these
               propensities
               of
               our
               Souls
               ,
               which
               God
               hath
               so
               infused
               into
               us
               ,
               that
               we
               cannot
               suppress
               them
               ,
               are
               continual
               willings
               as
               it
               were
               against
               our
               wills
               ,
               and
               are
               therefore
               natural
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               accounted
               of
               ,
               as
               the
               effects
               of
               our
               present
               defective
               state
               ,
               and
               these
               I
               am
               induced
               to
               believe
               ,
               will
               hereafter
               attain
               to
               ,
               what
               they
               have
               strain'd
               for
               here
               .
               But
               not
               to
               make
               any
               farther
               digression
               :
               Let
               us
               enquire
               into
               the
               second
               thing
               requisite
               to
               true
               Pleasure
               ,
               which
               is
               fruition
               .
               It
               is
               not
               enough
               that
               there
               is
               in
               nature
               an
               Object
               suitable
               
               to
               the
               mind
               ,
               but
               there
               must
               be
               such
               an
               application
               of
               it
               to
               our
               persons
               ,
               as
               may
               make
               us
               true
               Possessors
               of
               it
               :
               and
               here
               I
               cannot
               say
               exclusively
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               no
               fruition
               in
               the
               Pleasures
               of
               sense
               ,
               for
               were
               there
               not
               ,
               the
               Devil
               would
               have
               no
               train
               at
               his
               heels
               ,
               but
               they
               will
               be
               found
               to
               be
               very
               inconsiderable
               ,
               and
               equivalent
               with
               none
               at
               all
               .
               And
               first
               let
               us
               consider
               the
               Glutton
               ,
               who
               makes
               not
               that
               the
               end
               of
               eating
               which
               he
               should
               ,
               namely
               the
               support
               of
               his
               natural
               life
               ;
               as
               S
               t
               Augustine
               ,
               
               
                 Hoc
                 mihi
                 docuisti
                 ,
                 ut
                 quemadmodum
                 Medicamenta
                 sic
                 Alimenta
                 sumpturus
                 accedam
                 :
              
               How
               soon
               doth
               his
               sweet
               bit
               pass
               over
               the
               threshold
               of
               his
               tongue
               ,
               and
               then
               his
               Pleasure
               is
               over
               for
               that
               morsel
               ,
               consisting
               but
               
                 in
                 ipso
                 transitu
              
               ;
               and
               although
               he
               puts
               in
               another
               ,
               and
               another
               ,
               yet
               it
               cannot
               be
               long
               e're
               his
               stomack
               will
               be
               filled
               ,
               and
               then
               he
               must
               cease
               repeating
               it
               ,
               till
               Nature
               or
               Art
               have
               disposed
               of
               the
               Load
               after
               a
               Scene
               of
               sick
               Qualms
               :
               
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               the
               whole
               Machine
               is
               out
               of
               frame
               ,
               especially
               the
               Brain
               which
               can
               least
               be
               spared
               ,
               and
               he
               fitter
               to
               converse
               with
               the
               same
               Species
               of
               Creatures
               wherewith
               he
               hath
               filled
               his
               paunch
               ,
               than
               with
               Men
               to
               whom
               he
               bears
               but
               an
               outward
               resemblance
               in
               the
               manner
               of
               his
               extension
               ,
               and
               figure
               of
               his
               body
               .
               How
               momentany
               is
               the
               lascivious
               man's
               delight
               !
               he
               looks
               on
               a
               Woman
               ,
               and
               lusts
               after
               her
               :
               if
               he
               gain
               not
               his
               purpose
               ,
               her
               face
               is
               looked
               upon
               by
               him
               ,
               with
               an
               impetuous
               Lust
               ,
               and
               discomposure
               at
               her
               Chastity
               ,
               so
               that
               her
               presence
               is
               a
               positive
               torture
               to
               him
               :
               if
               he
               gains
               her
               consent
               ;
               his
               furious
               lust
               hurries
               him
               to
               that
               bestial
               act
               ,
               where
               his
               fruition
               like
               a
               flash
               of
               lightning
               ,
               dies
               in
               its
               birth
               ,
               even
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               an
               impatient
               desire
               .
               
               Aristotle
               speaking
               of
               Venereal
               pleasure
               ,
               says
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               
                 Animum
                 non
                 exerceri
                 in
                 illâ
              
               .
               So
               likewise
               the
               Miser
               ,
               how
               narrow
               is
               his
               Heaven
               !
               he
               procures
               his
               Money
               with
               
               bodily
               pains
               ,
               hazard
               ,
               and
               base
               submission
               ;
               and
               the
               far
               greater
               part
               of
               his
               time
               being
               usually
               run
               out
               before
               he
               comes
               into
               his
               Kingdom
               ,
               his
               reign
               is
               very
               short
               ;
               and
               although
               the
               fear
               of
               not
               arriving
               to
               it
               ,
               be
               vanisht
               ,
               yet
               the
               fear
               of
               loss
               ,
               which
               is
               greater
               ,
               rises
               up
               in
               the
               place
               of
               the
               former
               ,
               besides
               the
               apprehension
               that
               so
               small
               a
               part
               of
               his
               life
               remains
               to
               him
               ,
               for
               the
               enjoyment
               of
               what
               he
               has
               procured
               with
               so
               much
               difficulty
               .
               The
               Ambitious
               man
               what
               enjoyment
               has
               he
               ?
               who
               after
               much
               busling
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               many
               dangers
               escaped
               ,
               much
               expence
               it
               may
               be
               of
               his
               purse
               ,
               gains
               his
               Minion
               Honour
               ,
               and
               then
               holds
               it
               in
               Pride
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               great
               pain
               to
               him
               that
               gives
               entertainment
               to
               that
               Vice
               ;
               because
               his
               Reverence
               seldom
               ,
               or
               never
               answers
               his
               expectation
               :
               for
               the
               Wise
               and
               Virtuous
               ,
               (
               who
               are
               the
               venerable
               part
               of
               the
               world
               )
               cut
               off
               their
               respects
               to
               him
               ,
               out
               of
               a
               just
               disesteem
               of
               his
               Person
               ,
               or
               it
               may
               be
               out
               of
               charity
               to
               him
               ;
               that
               the
               disregard
               he
               meets
               with
               ,
               may
               be
               to
               him
               
               as
               a
               Julep
               ,
               to
               allay
               the
               Feaver
               of
               his
               Pride
               ;
               giving
               him
               only
               precedency
               ,
               his
               Title
               ,
               and
               the
               compellations
               belonging
               to
               it
               ,
               out
               of
               Duty
               to
               the
               King
               who
               hath
               conferred
               them
               upon
               him
               .
               From
               the
               immorigerous
               Nobility
               and
               Gentry
               ,
               't
               is
               likely
               he
               receives
               none
               at
               all
               ;
               because
               their
               uncultivated
               stoutness
               will
               not
               stoop
               to
               any
               circumstances
               of
               observance
               ;
               and
               as
               for
               the
               common
               scrapings
               that
               are
               made
               to
               him
               ,
               he
               values
               not
               those
               submissions
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               meanness
               of
               the
               Honourers
               ;
               it
               being
               a
               good
               Moral
               Thesis
               ,
               that
               ,
               
                 Honor
                 est
                 in
                 honorante
              
               .
               And
               now
               for
               the
               good
               Fellows
               (
               as
               they
               are
               call'd
               ,
               )
               what
               Pleasure
               have
               they
               ?
               By
               the
               raising
               of
               the
               Animal
               spirits
               to
               an
               undue
               pitch
               ,
               they
               draw
               down
               their
               Souls
               ;
               the
               Soul
               and
               the
               Body
               being
               in
               this
               case
               like
               a
               pair
               of
               Buckets
               in
               a
               Well
               ;
               as
               one
               rises
               ,
               so
               t'other
               sinks
               ,
               and
               being
               fallen
               from
               the
               delight
               of
               a
               sober
               Speculation
               ,
               to
               the
               pitifull
               ticklings
               of
               an
               impertinent
               mirth
               ;
               what
               with
               broils
               ,
               arising
               from
               mistakes
               incident
               to
               such
               
               fantastick
               converses
               ,
               or
               else
               the
               surprize
               of
               a
               drowzy
               intoxication
               ,
               he
               hath
               very
               little
               time
               to
               enjoy
               his
               loss
               ;
               
                 Intemperantia
                 desinit
                 in
                 nihil
              
               ,
               saith
               S
               t
               Chrysostome
               ;
               Intemperance
               ends
               in
               nothing
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               in
               no
               good
               ,
               which
               in
               the
               sense
               of
               the
               Schools
               ,
               is
               nothing
               :
               but
               those
               privations
               ,
               or
               nothings
               ,
               will
               I
               presume
               in
               the
               end
               ,
               from
               the
               sad
               consequences
               that
               issue
               immediately
               from
               them
               be
               concluded
               to
               be
               positive
               ,
               and
               that
               Mens
               Souls
               are
               not
               positively
               damned
               for
               doing
               nothing
               .
               But
               here
               it
               may
               be
               objected
               :
               That
               although
               there
               be
               little
               ,
               or
               no
               pleasure
               in
               excess
               ,
               yet
               in
               the
               moderate
               use
               of
               outward
               things
               there
               is
               .
               To
               this
               I
               answer
               :
               that
               there
               is
               indeed
               more
               ,
               but
               even
               this
               will
               be
               found
               to
               be
               very
               inconsiderable
               :
               For
               External
               things
               considered
               as
               they
               stand
               alone
               ,
               (
               under
               which
               notion
               I
               still
               consider
               them
               in
               this
               discourse
               )
               and
               being
               not
               chosen
               in
               reference
               to
               greater
               ends
               ,
               yield
               but
               very
               little
               Fruition
               to
               their
               Incumbents
               .
               And
               one
               cause
               of
               this
               is
               ,
               
               in
               that
               they
               alwayes
               glut
               the
               mind
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               deficiency
               of
               their
               being
               .
               
               If
               a
               man
               would
               please
               the
               sense
               of
               seeing
               by
               looking
               upon
               a
               handsome
               Woman
               ;
               when
               his
               eye
               by
               often
               repeated
               searches
               (
               since
               all
               the
               lineaments
               of
               Beauty
               were
               never
               confined
               to
               the
               precincts
               of
               one
               face
               )
               hath
               discovered
               all
               the
               attracts
               ,
               and
               impresses
               ,
               with
               all
               the
               variations
               of
               Aspects
               occasioned
               by
               the
               different
               motives
               either
               from
               within
               ,
               or
               from
               outward
               objects
               ,
               till
               at
               last
               he
               is
               entertained
               with
               nothing
               but
               frequent
               returns
               of
               what
               he
               had
               seen
               before
               ,
               the
               disposedness
               of
               the
               mind
               to
               a
               perfect
               object
               ,
               makes
               him
               covet
               to
               see
               some
               circumstance
               of
               Beauty
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               comprehended
               within
               the
               Scene
               of
               that
               Womans
               person
               :
               from
               whence
               presently
               ariseth
               dissatisfaction
               ,
               namely
               from
               the
               objects
               insufficiency
               which
               is
               inconsistent
               either
               with
               the
               duration
               or
               solidity
               of
               Pleasure
               .
               Therefore
               Conjugal
               fidelities
               ,
               are
               restraints
               put
               upon
               the
               
               mind
               ,
               whereby
               a
               man
               resolving
               to
               comply
               with
               the
               Divine
               Will
               ,
               rescinds
               the
               irregularities
               of
               his
               own
               .
               If
               we
               run
               through
               the
               whole
               series
               of
               outward
               things
               we
               shall
               find
               them
               so
               :
               whereas
               on
               the
               contrary
               ,
               as
               Seneca
               tells
               us
               ,
               
                 Magis
                 Veritas
                 elucet
              
               ,
               
               
                 quo
                 saepius
                 ad
                 manum
                 venit
              
               :
               The
               more
               we
               converse
               with
               Truth
               ,
               the
               more
               we
               are
               delighted
               with
               it
               .
               Again
               ,
               Outward
               things
               have
               another
               great
               perplexity
               in
               them
               ,
               
               which
               the
               Sensualist
               often
               meets
               with
               ,
               arising
               from
               the
               Multiplicity
               of
               them
               :
               and
               that
               is
               ,
               many
               of
               them
               present
               themselves
               to
               him
               at
               once
               ,
               and
               though
               they
               all
               differ
               from
               one
               another
               in
               their
               kinds
               ,
               yet
               many
               times
               they
               are
               equal
               in
               their
               attractiveness
               ,
               and
               influence
               upon
               him
               ;
               so
               that
               many
               times
               he
               is
               put
               to
               a
               stand
               concerning
               his
               Election
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               pain
               to
               him
               because
               it
               detains
               him
               from
               Union
               ;
               for
               where
               there
               is
               a
               love
               of
               any
               thing
               ,
               there
               is
               a
               desire
               of
               being
               
               united
               to
               it
               :
               but
               after
               a
               troublesom
               pause
               ,
               the
               mind
               fixeth
               upon
               one
               :
               not
               because
               there
               is
               a
               decision
               made
               of
               the
               question
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               debate
               is
               ended
               ,
               which
               of
               them
               deserves
               most
               ;
               but
               because
               it
               is
               better
               to
               enjoy
               one
               than
               none
               :
               so
               that
               all
               the
               rest
               of
               them
               ,
               being
               equally
               approved
               of
               ,
               he
               carries
               the
               Idea's
               of
               them
               all
               in
               his
               fancy
               ,
               though
               he
               do
               actually
               enjoy
               but
               one
               :
               which
               Impresses
               and
               Images
               in
               the
               Phansie
               ,
               being
               many
               in
               number
               ,
               and
               likewise
               fresh
               ,
               and
               lively
               ,
               draw
               him
               as
               forcibly
               to
               those
               which
               he
               hath
               left
               (
               their
               number
               ,
               and
               the
               lively
               traces
               of
               them
               which
               remain
               in
               the
               Memory
               ,
               being
               opposed
               to
               this
               one
               ,
               though
               present
               )
               and
               thus
               is
               he
               set
               upon
               a
               Rack
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               his
               fruition
               ,
               and
               so
               much
               the
               more
               ,
               because
               the
               present
               enjoyment
               falls
               short
               of
               expectation
               :
               which
               is
               another
               evil
               in
               outward
               things
               ,
               that
               they
               never
               give
               so
               much
               as
               they
               promise
               :
               
               for
               which
               there
               are
               two
               reasons
               :
               The
               first
               is
               ,
               
                 à
                 parte
                 Animae
              
               ,
               
               because
               the
               preliminary
               ,
               and
               foregoing
               apprehensions
               ,
               which
               the
               Soul
               hath
               before
               enjoyment
               ,
               do
               ever
               anticipate
               more
               excellency
               and
               solidity
               than
               is
               to
               be
               found
               in
               the
               object
               .
               The
               second
               reason
               is
               
                 à
                 parte
                 Rei
              
               ,
               because
               all
               outward
               things
               are
               more
               in
               appearance
               ,
               than
               they
               are
               in
               experiment
               ,
               and
               acutual
               probation
               :
               the
               reason
               is
               ,
               because
               the
               Soul
               looking
               on
               them
               in
               their
               approach
               ,
               and
               doting
               on
               the
               gains
               which
               is
               coming
               towards
               her
               ,
               concludes
               they
               are
               as
               thick
               in
               substance
               ,
               as
               ravishing
               in
               their
               anterior
               fairness
               ;
               but
               after
               they
               have
               met
               ,
               and
               embraced
               ,
               she
               finds
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               both
               in
               haste
               to
               be
               gone
               ,
               and
               are
               but
               a
               bare
               frontispiece
               of
               Beauty
               ;
               like
               the
               Portraictures
               of
               Kings
               and
               Queens
               ,
               painted
               upon
               a
               flat
               ,
               which
               behind
               ,
               are
               nothing
               but
               dusty
               canvase
               .
               
               Another
               thing
               which
               doth
               much
               lessen
               the
               pleasure
               of
               them
               ,
               is
               ,
               that
               the
               Soul
               in
               her
               reflex
               actions
               ,
               is
               still
               accusing
               her self
               ,
               and
               thus
               expostulating
               with
               her
               
               self
               :
               Why
               am
               I
               thus
               conversant
               about
               transient
               things
               ?
               how
               long
               have
               I
               sought
               for
               true
               pleasure
               ,
               and
               satisfaction
               in
               them
               but
               cannot
               find
               it
               ?
               certainly
               I
               was
               design'd
               for
               matters
               of
               a
               higher
               concernment
               ;
               since
               I
               find
               I
               can
               look
               above
               them
               ,
               and
               beyond
               them
               :
               how
               do
               I
               dishonour
               those
               noble
               Objects
               ,
               and
               injure
               my self
               in
               descending
               to
               these
               mean
               entertainments
               ?
               These
               and
               the
               like
               contrariant
               thoughts
               ,
               are
               a
               great
               allay
               to
               those
               imaginary
               pleasures
               ,
               and
               being
               mixt
               with
               the
               enjoyments
               ,
               give
               them
               a
               very
               disgustfull
               relish
               .
               These
               circumstances
               well
               considered
               ,
               will
               I
               suppose
               very
               much
               shrink
               up
               that
               bulk
               of
               delight
               ,
               which
               to
               the
               abused
               fancy
               seems
               to
               be
               united
               to
               outward
               things
               before
               enjoyment
               :
               even
               within
               the
               limits
               of
               Moderation
               ,
               when
               it
               is
               distinct
               from
               Virtue
               .
               Let
               us
               now
               look
               into
               the
               third
               Postulatum
               ,
               or
               circumstance
               required
               to
               make
               up
               true
               pleasure
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               certainty
               of
               its
               Duration
               .
               The
               death
               of
               all
               men
               is
               so
               confirmed
               to
               us
               by
               
               Arguments
               
                 à
                 parte
                 ante
              
               ,
               besides
               the
               Physical
               reasons
               which
               are
               produced
               for
               the
               necessity
               of
               it
               ,
               that
               he
               that
               should
               question
               the
               continuation
               of
               it
               
                 à
                 Parte
                 post
              
               ,
               may
               carry
               about
               him
               his
               Phantastick
               head
               ,
               to
               dispute
               it
               by
               himself
               ,
               till
               it
               be
               laid
               at
               rest
               in
               its
               own
               Grave
               ,
               to
               receive
               conviction
               .
               Here
               then
               the
               question
               is
               ,
               Whether
               the
               Sensualist
               hath
               any
               firm
               ground
               of
               hope
               for
               a
               reversion
               of
               his
               pleasures
               after
               Death
               .
               The
               Alchoran
               makes
               fair
               promises
               to
               
               Mahomet's
               disciples
               ,
               that
               they
               shall
               meet
               with
               sensual
               Pleasures
               again
               in
               the
               next
               world
               ,
               and
               if
               any
               Voluptuous
               man
               shall
               presume
               to
               urge
               the
               authority
               of
               it
               ,
               he
               is
               but
               that
               in
               profession
               now
               ,
               which
               he
               was
               before
               in
               Practice
               :
               But
               I
               do
               assert
               the
               contrary
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               impossible
               ,
               that
               the
               Sensualist
               should
               be
               re-estated
               in
               the
               same
               Species
               of
               delight
               ,
               in
               which
               he
               solaced
               himself
               during
               his
               temporal
               life
               ,
               or
               in
               any
               other
               ,
               from
               reasons
               Physical
               ,
               Moral
               and
               Theological
               .
               First
               then
               ;
               the
               body
               will
               most
               certainly
               
               at
               its
               re-union
               with
               the
               Soul
               ,
               exist
               after
               a
               manner
               as
               much
               different
               from
               this
               which
               is
               temporal
               ,
               as
               to
               be
               eternally
               durable
               ,
               differs
               from
               being
               dissoluble
               ,
               or
               in
               a
               state
               of
               corruption
               :
               for
               eternal
               duration
               being
               that
               Divine
               Boon
               which
               shall
               be
               conferred
               upon
               the
               
                 Totum
                 Compositum
              
               ,
               the
               entire
               person
               of
               man
               both
               Soul
               and
               Body
               ;
               the
               Body
               which
               is
               the
               material
               part
               ,
               and
               which
               will
               be
               the
               Instrumental
               or
               intermediate
               cause
               ,
               under
               God
               the
               Efficient
               ,
               of
               its
               own
               duration
               ,
               being
               by
               the
               wisdom
               of
               God
               fitted
               with
               those
               affections
               ,
               and
               properties
               ,
               which
               shall
               be
               requisite
               to
               that
               great
               end
               of
               Eternal
               duration
               ,
               will
               in
               degrees
               proportionate
               to
               those
               future
               consequences
               ,
               differ
               from
               it self
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               now
               under
               a
               state
               of
               corruption
               .
               For
               take
               any
               two
               different
               Effects
               in
               Nature
               ,
               and
               it
               will
               be
               found
               ,
               that
               the
               proximate
               ,
               and
               immediate
               causes
               of
               them
               ,
               do
               differ
               between
               themselves
               in
               the
               same
               degree
               that
               the
               Effects
               do
               :
               
                 Ex.
                 Gra.
              
               Take
               a
               piece
               of
               Wood
               and
               a
               piece
               
               of
               Iron
               ;
               both
               of
               them
               smooth
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               same
               figure
               ,
               and
               bigness
               ;
               the
               Wood
               swims
               ,
               the
               Iron
               sinks
               :
               proportionably
               to
               the
               speediness
               of
               the
               Irons
               sinking
               ,
               it
               must
               differ
               in
               solidity
               ,
               or
               closeness
               of
               parts
               ,
               from
               the
               Wood
               which
               swims
               .
               This
               similitude
               is
               very
               Analogical
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               same
               reason
               the
               consistency
               of
               the
               Body
               in
               the
               state
               of
               Glory
               will
               as
               much
               differ
               from
               its
               consistency
               here
               ,
               as
               the
               consequences
               of
               duration
               ,
               and
               dissolution
               do
               ,
               these
               being
               likewise
               two
               Effects
               of
               two
               immediate
               causes
               .
               Now
               then
               to
               come
               to
               the
               thing
               that
               is
               to
               be
               proved
               :
               therefore
               the
               objects
               of
               Pleasure
               must
               be
               likewise
               disparate
               from
               ,
               if
               not
               adverse
               to
               what
               we
               meet
               withall
               here
               ,
               because
               these
               here
               are
               terminable
               ,
               of
               which
               nature
               there
               will
               be
               nothing
               after
               Death
               :
               For
               the
               Body
               and
               the
               Soul
               being
               made
               durable
               to
               all
               Eternity
               ,
               it
               is
               most
               reasonable
               to
               think
               that
               all
               their
               Celestial
               Accommodations
               must
               be
               durable
               too
               ;
               for
               else
               there
               would
               not
               
               be
               a
               completion
               of
               happiness
               ,
               there
               being
               a
               discrepancy
               between
               the
               recipient
               ,
               and
               the
               object
               .
               But
               to
               go
               a
               step
               farther
               :
               That
               a
               Sensual
               man
               should
               meet
               with
               his
               old
               ones
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               sort
               of
               Pleasures
               after
               death
               ,
               is
               oppugnant
               to
               the
               precepts
               of
               Morality
               .
               By
               a
               Sensual
               man
               I
               mean
               ,
               such
               a
               one
               ,
               as
               makes
               the
               attainment
               of
               corruptible
               things
               his
               ultimate
               end
               ,
               whether
               under
               a
               Notion
               of
               moderation
               ,
               or
               of
               excess
               :
               and
               the
               word
               excess
               is
               to
               be
               taken
               in
               a
               double
               consideration
               ;
               either
               excess
               as
               to
               the
               quantity
               of
               the
               thing
               ,
               
               or
               excess
               as
               to
               the
               propriety
               of
               the
               thing
               .
               First
               ,
               let
               us
               consider
               the
               person
               exceeding
               as
               to
               Quantity
               :
               The
               Miser
               never
               hath
               pelf
               enough
               to
               satisfie
               his
               avaritious
               mind
               ;
               for
               he
               is
               alwayes
               coveting
               more
               ,
               while
               his
               thoughts
               ,
               and
               appetite
               do
               terminate
               in
               Gold
               ,
               and
               Silver
               as
               the
               ultimate
               object
               they
               aspire
               to
               :
               therefore
               he
               loves
               nothing
               beyond
               that
               ,
               or
               above
               it
               ;
               for
               if
               he
               did
               ,
               the
               desire
               
               of
               that
               would
               in
               process
               of
               ●ime
               cease
               ,
               and
               he
               would
               desire
               something
               beyond
               it
               ,
               or
               above
               it
               ,
               since
               desire
               is
               a
               necessary
               effect
               of
               Love
               ,
               issuing
               immediately
               from
               it
               ,
               as
               from
               its
               proximate
               ,
               and
               contiguous
               cause
               :
               if
               then
               he
               loves
               nothing
               beyond
               it
               ,
               or
               above
               it
               ,
               he
               sins
               against
               his
               natural
               Conscience
               ,
               which
               still
               presents
               the
               Deity
               to
               him
               ,
               as
               an
               object
               which
               only
               merits
               the
               whole
               stream
               of
               his
               affections
               ;
               for
               ignorance
               of
               which
               he
               hath
               no
               plea
               ,
               since
               the
               universal
               voice
               of
               nature
               proclaims
               a
               Divine
               power
               ;
               and
               in
               this
               every
               man
               is
               a
               Plato
               to
               himself
               .
               Here
               then
               is
               a
               Moral
               Trespass
               ,
               or
               the
               Commission
               of
               an
               Act
               against
               the
               secret
               impresses
               of
               Nature
               .
               Now
               the
               mind
               presently
               enters
               into
               consideration
               ,
               whether
               it
               ought
               to
               run
               counter
               to
               these
               infused
               habits
               ,
               or
               not
               :
               if
               a
               thought
               propounds
               to
               it
               that
               it
               may
               ;
               it
               presently
               asks
               ,
               why
               then
               these
               Notions
               were
               Imprinted
               in
               it
               ?
               either
               they
               were
               given
               in
               vain
               ,
               or
               else
               that
               they
               should
               be
               practised
               :
               If
               in
               vain
               ;
               that
               
               clashes
               with
               a
               Moral
               Axiome
               ,
               
                 Natura
                 semper
                 agit
                 propter
                 finem
              
               ;
               if
               to
               be
               practised
               ,
               then
               an
               accusation
               of
               Guilt
               ensues
               :
               and
               from
               thence
               naturally
               arises
               ,
               not
               an
               expectation
               of
               Pleasure
               ,
               but
               of
               Mulct
               ,
               from
               the
               Original
               Justice
               of
               that
               first
               Cause
               which
               fixed
               these
               Principles
               in
               the
               Mind
               .
               So
               much
               then
               for
               excess
               in
               Quantity
               that
               I
               may
               avoid
               the
               surplusage
               of
               Argument
               .
               In
               the
               next
               place
               ,
               
               I
               must
               take
               a
               view
               of
               the
               Person
               who
               exceeds
               as
               to
               Propriety
               .
               Every
               Soul
               not
               obstructed
               by
               some
               bodily
               Defect
               ,
               is
               created
               with
               apprehensions
               and
               faculties
               able
               to
               discriminate
               between
               common
               right
               ,
               and
               common
               wrong
               .
               For
               instance
               :
               To
               take
               any
               thing
               from
               another
               man
               which
               he
               holds
               by
               just
               right
               either
               of
               Donation
               ,
               or
               of
               Legal
               descent
               ;
               this
               cannot
               but
               be
               apprehended
               by
               any
               clear
               mind
               to
               be
               Morally
               Evil
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               an
               Action
               of
               such
               a
               nature
               ,
               that
               he
               cannot
               justifie
               the
               doing
               it
               by
               right
               Reason
               .
               So
               is
               it
               in
               all
               cases
               of
               force
               ,
               
               where
               men
               intrench
               upon
               that
               to
               which
               they
               have
               not
               this
               Natural
               Right
               :
               for
               I
               cannot
               trace
               Right
               or
               Propriety
               farther
               than
               the
               first
               Possession
               :
               whence
               ,
               I
               see
               yet
               no
               reason
               so
               valid
               to
               the
               contrary
               ,
               as
               this
               is
               ,
               to
               make
               me
               conclude
               that
               the
               Protoplast
               was
               Lord
               and
               Monarch
               of
               the
               Universe
               ,
               he
               being
               not
               only
               actually
               seized
               of
               it
               ,
               but
               having
               likewise
               received
               an
               unlimited
               Commission
               from
               God
               to
               exercise
               Authority
               over
               all
               things
               as
               we
               may
               read
               
                 G.
                 C.
              
               1.
               from
               vers
               .
               26.
               to
               the
               end
               :
               from
               whence
               it
               appears
               ,
               that
               absolute
               Monarchy
               was
               the
               first
               Power
               that
               overlooked
               the
               earth
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               was
               afterwards
               propagated
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               (
               though
               not
               individually
               ,
               or
               under
               one
               person
               for
               the
               whole
               )
               as
               we
               may
               collect
               from
               the
               Prerogatives
               which
               the
               Kings
               of
               the
               Nations
               had
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Samuel
               ,
               
               (
               a
               place
               cited
               by
               Salmatius
               in
               his
               
                 Defensio
                 Regia
              
               )
               whereas
               there
               are
               no
               forms
               of
               stipulated
               Government
               but
               appear
               to
               be
               accidental
               ,
               and
               superinduced
               
               by
               reason
               of
               succeeding
               dissentions
               ,
               arising
               from
               great
               Communities
               of
               men
               .
               But
               to
               return
               to
               my
               purpose
               :
               If
               then
               there
               are
               such
               primitive
               Aphorisms
               ,
               and
               simple
               Impresses
               of
               Truth
               ,
               fixed
               in
               the
               Soul
               from
               its
               first
               Creation
               ,
               that
               man
               cannot
               but
               rationally
               conclude
               himself
               an
               offender
               against
               that
               Eternal
               Truth
               from
               whence
               these
               communicable
               notions
               were
               at
               first
               derived
               ,
               who
               goes
               contrary
               to
               them
               doth
               ill
               :
               for
               ,
               as
               I
               said
               before
               ,
               either
               these
               Principles
               are
               implanted
               in
               us
               in
               vain
               ,
               or
               else
               that
               we
               would
               conform
               our selves
               to
               them
               :
               to
               say
               it
               was
               in
               vain
               ,
               is
               prophanely
               to
               impute
               to
               God
               the
               weakness
               of
               Ideots
               and
               Children
               ,
               who
               do
               Actions
               insignificant
               ,
               and
               to
               no
               determinate
               end
               or
               purpose
               ;
               if
               then
               they
               were
               given
               to
               be
               put
               into
               practice
               ,
               a
               mans
               natural
               Conscience
               must
               of
               necessity
               bring
               him
               in
               guilty
               upon
               his
               deviation
               from
               these
               rules
               ;
               but
               Guilt
               cannot
               expect
               a
               reversion
               of
               the
               same
               ,
               or
               an
               accession
               of
               any
               other
               kind
               of
               Pleasures
               after
               death
               ;
               
               but
               on
               the
               contrary
               ,
               consigns
               the
               Delinquent
               to
               a
               certainty
               of
               future
               punishment
               :
               and
               if
               in
               the
               third
               place
               any
               man
               shall
               say
               ,
               that
               these
               Notions
               were
               infused
               into
               us
               purposely
               to
               deceive
               us
               ,
               his
               objection
               deserves
               no
               answer
               ,
               it
               being
               so
               horrid
               and
               impious
               .
               Having
               spoken
               of
               excess
               I
               am
               now
               to
               examine
               what
               attends
               upon
               the
               moderate
               use
               of
               outward
               things
               ;
               and
               in
               short
               ,
               the
               moderate
               and
               decent
               Sensualist
               will
               miss
               of
               future
               happiness
               ,
               because
               his
               love
               doth
               acquiesce
               in
               the
               thing
               :
               for
               't
               is
               not
               the
               extravagancy
               of
               the
               Action
               ,
               but
               the
               proposed
               end
               ,
               which
               separates
               it
               from
               being
               good
               ;
               therefore
               the
               same
               Argument
               serves
               for
               both
               ,
               since
               these
               two
               persons
               differ
               between
               themselves
               no
               otherwise
               than
               gradually
               ,
               for
               no
               specifick
               difference
               doth
               result
               from
               the
               inequality
               of
               bad
               and
               worse
               .
               ●
               .
               And
               now
               to
               come
               to
               my
               third
               Argument
               ;
               If
               the
               Disciples
               of
               Nature
               cannot
               but
               expect
               correction
               ,
               then
               by
               an
               argument
               
                 à
                 minore
                 ad
                 majus
              
               ,
               such
               as
               have
               been
               brought
               up
               
               in
               the
               School
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               have
               known
               Gods
               revealed
               will
               ,
               cannot
               but
               expect
               confusion
               for
               their
               defaults
               ,
               instead
               of
               the
               return
               of
               the
               former
               ,
               or
               of
               any
               other
               kind
               of
               Pleasure
               :
               for
               as
               the
               Scripture
               saith
               ,
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ▪
               
               
                 And
                 that
                 servant
                 that
                 knew
              
               ,
               &c.
               
               Thus
               have
               I
               made
               a
               short
               inspection
               into
               the
               Nature
               of
               Externals
               ,
               shewing
               that
               they
               have
               none
               of
               those
               three
               conditions
               in
               them
               which
               are
               required
               to
               the
               constituting
               of
               true
               Pleasure
               .
               First
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               not
               Objects
               suitable
               in
               their
               Natures
               ,
               much
               less
               adequate
               to
               the
               mind
               ,
               since
               to
               make
               an
               Object
               adequate
               it
               is
               not
               only
               requisite
               ,
               that
               it
               be
               immaterial
               ,
               
               but
               likewise
               that
               it
               be
               Divine
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               that
               although
               there
               be
               some
               fruition
               of
               them
               ,
               yet
               it
               is
               so
               often
               rescinded
               ,
               and
               so
               much
               complicated
               ,
               
               that
               it
               is
               not
               to
               be
               reckoned
               of
               :
               and
               thirdly
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               but
               temporary
               and
               ends
               in
               Death
               :
               and
               after
               death
               ,
               the
               result
               of
               sensuality
               is
               inevitable
               misery
               ,
               when
               we
               look
               at
               outward
               things
               as
               our
               ultimate
               end
               ,
               not
               using
               them
               rightly
               ,
               as
               instrumental
               to
               the
               great
               designs
               of
               Religion
               :
               much
               more
               will
               they
               prove
               destructive
               to
               such
               as
               are
               vicious
               to
               so
               great
               a
               degree
               ,
               as
               that
               they
               run
               into
               intemperances
               ,
               and
               make
               these
               outward
               things
               become
               noxious
               to
               them
               by
               offending
               in
               the
               manner
               as
               well
               as
               in
               the
               measure
               ,
               
               of
               using
               them
               ,
               and
               so
               go
               on
               sporting
               to
               everlasting
               ruine
               :
               but
               if
               we
               be
               carefull
               in
               both
               respects
               to
               make
               a
               right
               use
               of
               Outward
               things
               ,
               
               they
               will
               prove
               Salutary
               to
               us
               ,
               since
               every
               thing
               is
               delivered
               out
               good
               to
               us
               ,
               by
               the
               hand
               and
               verbal
               approbation
               of
               the
               Creator
               ;
               but
               our
               abuses
               of
               them
               poison
               them
               ,
               and
               make
               them
               destructive
               both
               to
               our
               Temporal
               
               and
               Spiritual
               Life
               ,
               whereas
               they
               were
               prepared
               by
               God
               to
               usher
               in
               the
               solid
               joyes
               of
               an
               Eternal
               world
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A70079-e3590
           
             Confes.
             Lib.
             10.
             
             Cap.
             13.
             
          
           
             Arist.
             Eth.
             lib.
             7.
             cap
             12.
             
          
           
             The
             first
             reason
             taken
             from
             the
             deficiency
             of
             their
             being
             .
          
           
             Sen.
             Tract
             .
             de
             Irâ
             l.
             2.
             c.
             29.
             
          
           
             A
             second
             reason
             drawn
             from
             their
             multiplicity
             .
          
           
             A
             third
             reason
             ,
             their
             false
             Appearance
             .
          
           
             A
             fourth
             reason
             drawn
             from
             the
             minds
             self-accusation
             .
          
           
             Excess
             as
             to
             the
             quantity
             .
          
           
             Excess
             as
             to
             Propriety
             .
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             Cap.
             8.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             12.
             v.
             47.
             
          
           
             Ens
             unum
             verum
             &
             bonum
             .
          
           
             Miser
             qui
             laetus
             ad
             miseriam
             descendit
             sicut
             stultus
             ad
             crucem
             .
             Theophylact
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             1.
             v.
             13.